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Barefoot: A Novel 46 reviews
Elin Hilderbrand
Back Bay Books, 2008
Great summer read
+ If you're planning to wait for hours in the airport or somewhere else..
+ K. Bills Barefoot Review
Entertaining, the characters are so real, you feel like you are part of the Nantucket summer.
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The Gathering (Man Booker Prize) 128 reviews
Anne Enright
Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007
Graceful & Imaginative
I'm not surprised that this book won the Booker Prize. Enright has a superior command of the language. She creates fluid yet surprising prose, moving between real and imagined events, past and present with astounding grace and skill. This book is a surreal meditation on family--mother love, sister ...
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Luncheon of the Boating Party40 reviews
Susan Vreeland
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Best Book Ever!
+ Pretty Good Book - - Though Slow
+ Pleasant Diversion
This was one of the best books I've ever read. With all that France has had to endure, the French people are celebrated here through art, food and the love of the outdoors. Ms. Vreeland did an excellent job researching her subject. If you are not an avid art lover or Impressionist fan, you will be ...
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No Country for Old Men 431 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage, 2006
One hell of a book
+ A Great Read Despite Its Problems
+ No Man's Land
+ Well written with disturbingly unique character
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Ghostwalk70 reviews
Rebecca Stott
Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Breaks new ground
+ Ghostwalk
+ Similar in feeling to The Thirteenth Tale
This book breaks new ground in the development of novels. It has elements of historical research, a thriller, a love story, a whodunit, a science fiction, and a ghost story, but it is not typical of any established genre. Its wide-ranging content, drawn from many different fields of intellectual ...
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Dear American Airlines: A Novel 32 reviews
Jonathan Miles
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
Fantastic
+ charmingly hilarious and sad
+ Funny and original self examination from a talented writer
+ One part was better than another ...
+ Entertaining Read
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)291 reviews
Michael Chabon
Harper Perennial, 2008
Ghetto Mentality Retrogression
+ Chabon's best to date
+ Bittersweet like woodsmoke
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon: Ghetto Mentality Retrogression
Review by Arthur L. Finkle
Mr. Chabon writes a masterpiece of a "what-if" portion of history. In this case, what if the Jews lost their War on Independence on 1948?
The solution was one proffered at that time, ...
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The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel48 reviews
Stef Penney
Simon & Schuster, 2008
An impressive debut from Penney
+ cold northern Territories...and more than one mystery to solve.
+ Lyrical - one of the best books I have read in a long time
+ Best Read of the Year!
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Sundays at Tiffany's150 reviews
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Refreshing and Unique
+ Purely Heartwarming
I was delightfully surprised by a Patterson book that escapes the confines of his usual murder mystery novels and suspends the very reality that makes many of his other novels so powerful. I related greatly to Jane as a child, and it brought back many of my own painful memories that were good to ...
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Certain Girls160 reviews
Jennifer Weiner
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008
LOVED IT.
+ Lacks the magic
+ Weiner Delivers a Range of Emotions and Likeable Characters - Recommended!
I am surprised to see that many Good In Bed readers didn't LOVE this book. Is it because of the end? I guess I am not a happily ever after person. To me, Good in Bed is all about Mothers and Daughters and the JOY (no pun intended) that comes from that bond....even though it's a small part of the ...
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The Memory of Water16 reviews
Karen White
NAL Trade, 2008
One of the best I have read this year...
+ Good Book, Good Summer Read!
+ wonderful book
+ The Memory of Water
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The Secret Life of Bees1437 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
great read, very moving and realistic for the time period
+ Good Read
+ Emotional read
+ Excellent Read
+ Nostalgically Current
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Tangerine Dream84 reviews
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2008
Shades of a Past President and his Problem
+ A bit of a stretch, but pretty good
+ Very Good Book Club Pick
United States Senator Stacy Sterling is running for president. He's also running for some kind of record with young hookers that his newscaster wife doesn't know about. She's in New Zealand, he's in San Francisco. She's on vacation with her daughter Dylan. He's on vacation too, only the child he's ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1502 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderful and entertaining
+ Under the big top, under the bright light...
+ A SURPRISE READ
+ Gripping Story and Characters
+ great book
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The Girl Who Stopped Swimming34 reviews
Joshilyn Jackson
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
+ A moving, absorbing thriller hard to put down
+ Highly entertaining page turner
+ Great reading! Jackson is an excellent writer!
+ Review
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Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel94 reviews
Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket, 2008
Arakdy Renko is Back and it was Worth the Wait
+ Another good Russian story
+ Remarkably good at details of Russian life
+ Arkady Is Back!
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The Girl with No Shadow (published in the UK as The Lollipop Shoes)24 reviews
Joanne Harris
William Morrow, 2008
Relevant Magic
+ tri-perspective treat
+ More Witchy than Chocolat
+ Dark Chocolate for second helpings
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Finding Nouf: A Novel22 reviews
Zoë Ferraris
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
A current favorite
+ a Woman's Life
+ An Excellent View of Another Culture
+ A frighting look at our "friends" in the Middle East
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The Third Angel: A Novel45 reviews
Alice Hoffman
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
A Magically Delicious Read!
+ Lovely
+ Wistful and sad
+ Wow Excellent Book
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Mister Pip54 reviews
Lloyd Jones
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008
Popeye
+ an unusual find
"Everyone called him Popeye." Thus begins Mister Pip, an eloquently written story about how profoundly literature can influence lives. As Popeye evolves into Mr. Pip, the personalities and character traits of the islanders also emerge. Mother and daughter, war and resistance, husband and wife, ...
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