Planet of the Dates
 Super fun!: I must admit upfront that I am a friend of the author, and that I have only read an earlier draft of this novel. But I must say it was really very engaging, even to someone like me who usually doesn't enjoy stories of teenage boys and their [... more]
$28.00
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
I really wanted to like this book ...: Russell is a talented writer, whose stories are creative, imaginitive,and often times fun. However, as many reviewers have mentioned, frequently - all too frequently - there is no resolution, they simply end, as if [... more]
$9.95
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American Youth: A Novel
solid debut: The influence of Cormac McCarthy is strongly, if gallingly, present in Phil LaMarche's otherwise solid debut. LaMarche opens with an epigraph from McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, a reference to scars that seems somewhat too obvious, given [... more]
$17.95
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A Widow for One Year: A Novel
Amazon.com Review: John Irving's A Widow For One Year is the epic story of a family, dysfunctional at best, unable to cope with tragedy--or with each other. The unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (The Cat Who Sang for the Birds, The Inner [... more]
$9.95
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Boss is Dead, The
Love Among the Burgers: Chris Mann, underachiever, occasional poet, and night manager of Burger Bear, is a kind of American Everyman. You can almost see Tom Hanks in the role. At one time or another, most of us have had that job slinging hash, driving [... more]
$3.99
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The Man of My Dreams: A Novel
First Time with this Author.: I did not read Sittenfeld's previous novel, Prep, so I had no expectations when I started reading this book. I liked "The Man of My Dreams". Hannah Gavener is an interesting character. She is sent away to live with [... more]
$9.95
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Saturday
Well worth the effort.: Ian McEwan has a voluble, poetic style, with most of his writing elaborating his characters' fleeting, chaotic, but insightful thoughts. He has a way of turning a second's reflection into pages of meditation, or a day into 279 [... more]
$14.95
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Godmother, The
Lack of character development: Tessa spends a lot of time explaining to us just who she is and why she thinks the way she does - then when she is described or criticized by her friends, there seems to be a huge disconnect. I really did not get a clear [... more]
$11.95
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The Brutal Language of Love: Stories
great collection from a stirring new voice: let me start by saying that this is the only book i have ever felt compelled to review on this site, and probably will be the only one for quite some time. picking up this book was an impulse buy, as i violated [... more]
$11.99
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The Falling Nun: And Other Stories
Daring and Insightful: This collection is a wonderful find. Sharply observed and elegantly written, Berkman's stories present the struggles of young urban women to develop social and sexual mores that they can believe in. The struggle is ultimately a [... more]
$9.99
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Safety of Secrets, The
The malignant effects of secrecy: Reviewed by Lisa Heidle for RebeccasReads (7/08) In "The Safety of Secrets" by Delauné Michel, we meet Fiona, a working actor in Hollywood, who is married and expecting her first child. Although this [... more]
$10.95
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Heathen Girls
Great Story! Must Read.: This story of cousins who share a deep bond along with some family secrets is a must read for anyone who loves irreverant humor and characters who stay with you long after the book ends. From the opening pages when I first met [... more]
$6.99
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