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Belong to Me: A Novel
Marisa De Los Santos
William Morrow, 2008
Another beautiful story written by one of our best rising stars.
+ Love Love...
+ A Testament to Love of All Types
+ Slow start, Powerful ending
+ STOP - Don't read this book - unless you've read "Love Walked In" first.
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River of Heaven: A Novel
Lee Martin
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
Another great read from a gifted storyteller
+ "It was a long time ago and we were different people"
+ My Midwest
+ A sweet and tragic story, well-told
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Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel
Elizabeth Noble
William Morrow, 2008
Tremedous!
+ A book about love: between mothers and daughters, sisters, and others
+ Touching book!
I loved every page. I have daughters of my own and found it very insightful. If only all fiction could be this griping. Recommend it for the summer and beyond.
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Tangerine Dream
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2003
Good fiction
+ A Nice book
+ Made me wonder, what if?
I really liked this book. The ending was one of the best, the writing was good and made me feel like I was really out there on the ocean, sailing with those girls and that's what fiction is all about.
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Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
Beautiful
+ Beautifully written
+ Excellent book
+ Wonderful characters
+ A comforting familiarity
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After Hours at the Almost Home
Tara Yellen
Unbridled Books, 2008
A Rising Star at the "Almost Home"
+ This book will be a movie one day
+ Great read
Tara Yellen has a way with words that describes places, people and their lives in a way that compels you to keep turning the page. The setting is a bar in Denver on Super Bowl Sunday, not a locale that I know - or didn't - until I read Ms. Yellens first novel. She breathed life into her characters ...
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The White Tiger: A Novel
Aravind Adiga
Free Press, 2008
Ehalivan 2
+ Brilliant first novel!
+ Dear Mr Premier, there are some things about India you should know...
+ Four Thumbs Up
+ A Voice Like Dave Eggers
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The Gift of Rain: A Novel
Tan Twan Eng
Weinstein Books, 2008
a deeply satisfying historical novel
+ truly a gift
+ I am in awe
+ Luminous, Sweeping Epic With a Unique and Complex Hero
+ Compelling Read
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The Cure for Modern Life: A Novel
Lisa Tucker
Atria, 2008
TUCKER IS THE CURE FOR MODERN LITERATURE
+ What if....
With each book Lisa Tucker gets better and better. She's that rare author who writes beautiful, original stories with deep and meaningful characters.
This book has her trademarks - people who crave family and carve it out of thin air if that's what they have to do - people who break your heart ...
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The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
Salman Rushdie
Random House, 2008
Enchanted
+ Enchantress: "You are already who you are, [sire]...Whereas I am just trying to become what I have it in me to be."
+ Pretty good.
As a huge fan of Salman Rushdie, I was once again impressed with The Enchantress of Florence. I do have to say that it is much less experimental and thus more accessible to the average reader. Despite this, it maintains the intellectual integrity of philosophies and ideas seen throughout Rushdie's ...
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Off Season
Anne Rivers Siddons
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
One of her best novels!
+ I'm so glad I loved this book!
+ A good read, but ...
+ Take-the-breath-away prose
+ entertaining family dram
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The Girl with No Shadow (published in the UK as The Lollipop Shoes)
Joanne Harris
William Morrow, 2008
Fantastic!
+ Dark Chocolate for second helpings
+ Delicious!
I love way Joanne Harris paints her books - you can smell, taste, hear, see what the characters do. It's so atmospheric, "try me, taste me". The 3 different points of view that this book shares with it's readers gives such a full description of what's going on - and how the characters feel about ...
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The Resurrectionist
Jack O'Connell
Algonquin Books, 2008
For dark and terrifying atmosphere there is no better mystery writer than O'Connell!
+ A Real Worcester Tornado!
+ Kept me interested:
For dark and terrifying atmosphere there is no better mystery writer than O'Connell. This story of a man caring for his son in a coma revolves around a fantasy comic book and the nature of consciousness.
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The Forgery of Venus: A Novel
Michael Gruber
William Morrow, 2008
Classic Gruber
+ Fascinating
+ A Novel with Sprezzatura
+ A Painter's Read
+ Art forgery thriller rivets the reader
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Thank you, Mr. Hosseini
+ Great novel
+ A Thousand Splendid Suns
+ Astonishing Book!
+ Overwhelmingly gripping and realistic read
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