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The Memory Keeper's Daughter 873 reviews
Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Freeze Frame
+ What a memory!!!
On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...
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The Lucky One 69 reviews
Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
A deeply romantic love story told with depth and passion
+ Lucky One
+ A Satisfying Read
Sparks fly in this wonderfully romantic novel that makes a reader think that anything is possible, that fate or destiny may have other plans for each of us, and that if we follow our hearts we may just end up being The Lucky One.
Nicholas Sparks creates a deeply emotional story of a battle-worn ...
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A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father 122 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Press, 2008
All The Better To Break Your Spirit, Son
+ Sinister and Menacing
+ Almost to close to the soul
We've read much about the dysfunction of Augusten Burroughs's life, starting with his 2002 memoir "Running With Scissors" in which he described the bizarre experience of living with his mother's psychiatrist during the tumult of his adolescence. Though he briefly touched upon his parents' broken ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
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When Charlotte Comes Home: A Novel 5 reviews
Maureen Millea Smith
Alyson Books, 2006
A true gem
+ A literary star is born!
+ Masterful!
+ When Charlotte Comes Home
+ Very Special First Novel!
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler22 reviews
Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart
+ Simply The Best!
+ Great Book
+ Baseball like it used to be
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir1134 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
One heckuva great book
+ Read it against my better judgement ... and LOVED it!
+ Fantastic Story Teller! Page Turner!
+ I was rapt
+ Loved it!
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 1455 reviews
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Fun and engaging
+ Not your usual read . . .
+ An unusual and striking first novel
+ Very Likeable Book
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Plum Island338 reviews
Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2002
Plum Island
+ "The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong...It has to do with cutting the right deal."
+ Another Excellent DeMille Novel
I'm half way through this book and I can't put it down! I've read a few other books by DeMille, all also great, but this is the best so far.
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The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition2515 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
Fantastic
+ powerful and moving
+ Could Not Put it Down
+ All that an exceptional book should be.
+ heartbreaking tale of loyalty
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1501 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderful and entertaining
+ A SURPRISE READ
+ Gripping Story and Characters
+ great book
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62)641 reviews
David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
I loved this book even though it tore my heart out
+ A Beautiful Evocative Read, but a Disappointing Ending
+ LONG but oh so good!!
I finished this powerful book yesterday and find myself filled with grief at its tragic ending after so many pages of serene and beautiful moments. The book is a story of love, trust, and faithful devotion. It is so hard to come to the end of a book like this and the story haunts me.
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The Gate House54 reviews
Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Disappointing - 2.5/5 stars
This review of The Gate House is based on the unabridged audio book by Nelson DeMille and read by Christian Rummel. This is a sequel to the earlier bestseller, The Gold Coast, which was written some 10 years earlier.
This story is set in a world still coming to terms with the effects of 9/11. It ...
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Home: A Novel38 reviews
Marilynne Robinson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Coming back HOME to Gilead
+ A bit too sloww, still worth reading...
+ aging children, aged father
Four years ago, I briefly inhabited Marilynne Robinson's small world of Gilead and was the better because of it. Now she returns her readers to Gilead with a new meditative novel that, I'm pleased to say, is just about every bit as good as its prequel.
Set in the mid 1950s, Glory, the youngest ...
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Echoes from the Infantry: A Novel29 reviews
Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2005
...'Echoes From the Infantry' will leave a lasting impression upon you...
+ Reads Like A Four Star Movie
+ Cried Like A Baby.....
+ touching
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The Gate House54 reviews
Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Disappointing - 2.5/5 stars
This review of The Gate House is based on the unabridged audio book by Nelson DeMille and read by Christian Rummel. This is a sequel to the earlier bestseller, The Gold Coast, which was written some 10 years earlier.
This story is set in a world still coming to terms with the effects of 9/11. It ...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time1455 reviews
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Fun and engaging
+ Not your usual read . . .
+ An unusual and striking first novel
+ Very Likeable Book
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The Lucky One69 reviews
Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
A deeply romantic love story told with depth and passion
+ Lucky One
+ A Satisfying Read
Sparks fly in this wonderfully romantic novel that makes a reader think that anything is possible, that fate or destiny may have other plans for each of us, and that if we follow our hearts we may just end up being The Lucky One.
Nicholas Sparks creates a deeply emotional story of a battle-worn ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1501 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderful and entertaining
+ A SURPRISE READ
+ Gripping Story and Characters
+ great book
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter873 reviews
Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Freeze Frame
+ What a memory!!!
On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...
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