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Water for Elephants: A Novel 1476 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Provocative surprise
+ (four and half stars) A travelling circus during the depression
+ An authentic feel
+ Very well written
+ I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Time Traveler's Wife 1667 reviews
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
loved this book
+ Dealing with loss, shame, and the imperfect
+ wonderful
I love the idea of time travel and have enjoyed similar stories from movies and books such as "Somewhere in Time" and "Wrinkle in Time".
The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my all-time favorite books. The author did a wonderful job weaving the different time sequences together and I thought she ...
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The Shadow of the Wind512 reviews
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
simply the best
+ A Must Read
+ Truly great storytelling
+ Utterly Amazing Book!
+ Brilliant..addicting..superbly written
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Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Classics)899 reviews
Jane Austen
Vintage, 2007
Classic
+ Pride & Prejudice--all time favorite book and movie
+ A Nice Novel
+ Justifiably a Classic
+ Awesome of course
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A Very Long Engagement: A Novel75 reviews
Sebastien Japrisot
Picador, 2004
Moving 'mystery'
+ Great Movie, Better Book
+ Stirring
+ A beguiling, jarring tale of war, love and determination
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The Truth About Forever172 reviews
Sarah Dessen
Puffin, 2006
The Truth About Forever Review :)
+ Dessen is a wonderful author
+ The Truth About This Book...
+ My favorite book during high school. BEST COMING-OF-AGE BOOK!
+ Truely a great book =]
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The History of Love: A Novel274 reviews
Nicole Krauss
W. W. Norton, 2006
equal parts of good and sad
+ Read this Twice before you Decide
+ A Wonderful novel about a novel about love
+ Loved this, very bittersweet
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Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)2577 reviews
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2005
It was written for teens...what do you expect!
+ Amazing
+ Once you're sucked in, all is lost
+ Unexpected surprise
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A Certain Slant of Light86 reviews
Laura Whitcomb
Graphia, 2005
The Light and The Quick and The Lucky to read it.
+ A very powerful story... will grab you 'till the end
+ WOW!!!
+ Oh man
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Gilead: A Novel300 reviews
Marilynne Robinson
Picador, 2006
This is a nearly perfect book
+ Another book you can't put down to you finish it.
+ A Beautiful Novel, Well Worth Your Time
Gilead is a nearly perfect book.
It is quiet, multi-layered, and deeply spiritual. Composed in the form of a letter from the elderly protagonist, John Ames, to his young son, the work is a meditative near-monologue about faith, anger, love, and forgiveness; emotional patrimony, isolation, and ...
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The Host: A Novel646 reviews
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
The Host
+ the Host
+ I'm under Stephenie Meyer's spell
+ Reading of "The Host"
+ The Host
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Gilead: A Novel300 reviews
Marilynne Robinson
Picador, 2006
This is a nearly perfect book
+ Another book you can't put down to you finish it.
+ A Beautiful Novel, Well Worth Your Time
Gilead is a nearly perfect book.
It is quiet, multi-layered, and deeply spiritual. Composed in the form of a letter from the elderly protagonist, John Ames, to his young son, the work is a meditative near-monologue about faith, anger, love, and forgiveness; emotional patrimony, isolation, and ...
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A Certain Slant of Light86 reviews
Laura Whitcomb
Graphia, 2005
The Light and The Quick and The Lucky to read it.
+ A very powerful story... will grab you 'till the end
+ WOW!!!
+ Oh man
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The History of Love: A Novel274 reviews
Nicole Krauss
W. W. Norton, 2006
equal parts of good and sad
+ Read this Twice before you Decide
+ A Wonderful novel about a novel about love
+ Loved this, very bittersweet
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1476 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Provocative surprise
+ (four and half stars) A travelling circus during the depression
+ An authentic feel
+ Very well written
+ I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Truth About Forever172 reviews
Sarah Dessen
Puffin, 2006
The Truth About Forever Review :)
+ Dessen is a wonderful author
+ The Truth About This Book...
+ My favorite book during high school. BEST COMING-OF-AGE BOOK!
+ Truely a great book =]
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Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Classics)899 reviews
Jane Austen
Vintage, 2007
Classic
+ Pride & Prejudice--all time favorite book and movie
+ A Nice Novel
+ Justifiably a Classic
+ Awesome of course
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The Time Traveler's Wife1667 reviews
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
loved this book
+ Dealing with loss, shame, and the imperfect
+ wonderful
I love the idea of time travel and have enjoyed similar stories from movies and books such as "Somewhere in Time" and "Wrinkle in Time".
The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my all-time favorite books. The author did a wonderful job weaving the different time sequences together and I thought she ...
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The Shadow of the Wind512 reviews
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
simply the best
+ A Must Read
+ Truly great storytelling
+ Utterly Amazing Book!
+ Brilliant..addicting..superbly written
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A Very Long Engagement: A Novel75 reviews
Sebastien Japrisot
Picador, 2004
Moving 'mystery'
+ Great Movie, Better Book
+ Stirring
+ A beguiling, jarring tale of war, love and determination
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