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Voices (Annals of the Western Shore) 13 reviews
Ursula K. Le Guin
Harcourt Children's Books, 2006
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ Voices: 4 1/2 stars -- Better than Gifts
+ Voices
+ A thoughtful political fantasy
+ The power of words
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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay 47 reviews
Nancy Milford
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
I loved this book.
+ Intriging, sad, very well done
+ Enlightening
I picked this book up for the first time in a summer rental house. I couldn't put it down and I had to run out and buy my own copy when I got home. I was not familiar with Millay before reading this book, so I cannot compare it to the million other opinions of her, but as a narrative on its own I ...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day735 reviews
David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke
+ David Sedaris does it again!
+ Not heartwarming... in a good way.
When I opened this book I had limited time so I decided to look for the shortest essay in the book so I could sneak in a quick read. I selected "Big Boy" which started on page 97 and ended before the next essay that started on page 100. By the end of the first paragraph I was already laughing and ...
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The Oracle's Queen (Tamir Trilogy, Book 3)34 reviews
Lynn Flewelling
Spectra, 2006
wow
+ Great series!
+ The Tamir Trilogy
+ engrossing
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The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1)100 reviews
Lynn Flewelling
Spectra, 2001
The Bone Doll's Twin
+ Great!
+ Absolutely Brilliant!
+ Wonderful start to the trilogy!
+ Absolutely loved it!
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Hidden Warrior (Tamir Trilogy, Book 2)37 reviews
Lynn Flewelling
Spectra, 2003
One of the best series ever!
+ ...and now I can't wait for book three.
And let me tell you, I read a lot :-)
My life was on standby mode until I read The Bone Doll's Twin and Hidden Warrior, because the books are just too good to put down!
I never skipped a page, although I found myself looking at the end every once in a while just to make sure everything will be ...
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Daughter of Heaven: A Memoir with Earthly Recipes9 reviews
Leslie Li
Arcade Publishing, 2006
Stone soup and conversations with Old Man Hill
+ China, land of symbolism and tradition
+ An interesting culinary memoir!
+ Illuminating Daughter
+ A MUST READ!
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Daughter of the Forest (The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 1)255 reviews
Juliet Marillier
Tor Books, 2002
Gorgeous fairy tale retelling
+ Still Dazed...
+ i love it!
+ A strong and endearing heroine
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Out on a Limb54 reviews
Shirley Maclaine
Bantam, 1986
One of my favorite books and movies EVER
+ INSPIRING & THOUGHT-PROVOKING!
+ Naïvete Or Illumination? ~ The Spirituality Of The "New Age"
+ Naïvete Or Illumination? ~ The Spirituality Of The "New Age"
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)2657 reviews
J.K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999
Second favourite in the series!
+ Step 2 in a 7 step program
+ Thrills, Chills, Ill Wills & The Wiz Kids' Sleuthing Skills
+ Excellent 2nd book
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Deerskin167 reviews
Robin McKinley
Ace, 1994
Easily my favorite of all Robin McKinley's books
+ pretty good
+ Good Fantasy - Great Message
This book exhausted me. I bought it and stayed up all night to read it, and it left me feeling emotionally drained. It's very rare that I get so invested in a story, and in a character, but Lissar was both very real and very human, and I really CARED about what she went through and what happened to ...
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The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics) 9 reviews
Ursula K. Le Guin
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003
No bosses, no bankers, no owners, no wars...
+ The best
+ Utopia versus dystopia..
+ Physics, Governments, Relationships & LeGuin's Perfection
+ If you thought Sci-Fi is only about the future...
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Moral Disorder: and Other Stories18 reviews
Margaret Atwood
Nan A. Talese, 2006
A BRILLIANT, DEEPLY MOVING, TOUR DE FORCE CHARACTER STUDY -- AND SEIMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TO BOOT!
+ Brilliant Writing at its Best!
+ Good, but not her best
"Moral Disorder" by Margaret Atwood is a collection of eleven short stories. Each stands easily and delightfully alone; in fact, five of them have previously appeared in magazines. But taken as a whole, this collection gathers synergy and eventually morphs into a most uncommon and extraordinary ...
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Like Water for Chocolate438 reviews
Laura Esquivel
Trans-World, 1996
YUmmy!
+ An endearing little book
+ Quirky but fun all the same
+ Mystical, Erotic, and Delicious
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Transformation (Rai Kirah)81 reviews
Carol Berg
Roc, 2000
A slave's dilemma
+ Intelligent plot and realistic characters are muddied by slow pacing and unbelievable plot points. Moderately recommended
+ You should be reading the book, not my review
+ Fast paced start to the Trilogy
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The Remains of the Day195 reviews
Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage, 1990
Deepest gratitude to my brother
+ A charming, multi-layered classic
+ Bantering and Dignity
+ A reminder of the dangers of rationalizing away one's feelings
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Searching for Jane Austen10 reviews
Emily Auerbach
University of Wisconsin Press, 2006
An excellent book on the image vs the reality of Jane Austen
+ Sign me up for class....
+ A Delight
+ New insights on Jane Austen
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The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript276 reviews
Umberto Eco
Harvest Books, 1994
Gripping mystery telling a story of religious life in another century
+ one of my top 5 books of all time
+ Excellent
It's a fabulous WHODUNIT!!
The characters come alive with the author's fascinating description of physical characteristics, his telling from whence each person came to this abbey, and through personality traits. The reader feels like he is meeting each of them in real life.
The book starts out ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life321 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
HarperCollins, 2007
Terrific book!
+ You Take the Good, You Take the Bad
+ True Inspiration
Barbara Kingsolver has struck a wonderful balance among educating readers about gardening, slow food, food science and telling a great tale of a family's adventure of local eating. The recipes are great, too!
What a revelation to learn that we have all been anesthetized by the large ...
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Archangel (Samaria, Book 1)138 reviews
Sharon Shinn
Ace, 1997
The first book to be written in the series-like all her novels it's pretty good
"Archangel" was the first to be written in Sharon Shinn's now famous Samaria series, in which a group of angels keep the peace on a planet that was populated by a God by using music to pray, ask for medicine and prove to the God that all are in harmony. This book shows the change of power from one ...
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