Librarian's Favs
 
 







  
A Long Way From Chicago (Puffin Modern Classics)186 reviews
Richard Peck

Puffin, 2004

Grandma Lies, Cheats, Smokes and Drinks Beer

+ leafystar
+ Grandma is Spry
+ Grade A
+ A long way from chicago is a real thinker
  
  











  



  
Precious Bane19 reviews
Mary, Webb

Pomona Press, 2006

A Book to Savor

+ The Sins of the Fathers...
+ Touching, uplifting, heartrendingly Precious Bane.
+ One of my all-time favorites
+ A Masterpiece
  
  











  



  
The Tale of Desperaux375 reviews
Kate DiCamillo

Scholastic, 2003

Love, Forgiveness, and Bravery

+ book good movie might bad
+ Pure Magic
+ The Tale of Despereux
  
  











  



  
Favorite Jane Austen Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion (Dover Thrift Editions)25 reviews
Jane Austen

Dover Publications, 1997

excellent!

+ Functional Fiction
+ Quality
+ Everything was as promised
+ Great Value - Though Not a Complete Works
  
  











  



  
A Separate Peace769 reviews
John Knowles

Scribner, 2003

fast delivery

+ A Different time, a Different Place
+ Schoolbook

My daughter needed this book asap for school. She received it in 4 days....and in good shape too!
  
  











  



  
The Blue Castle129 reviews
L.M. Montgomery

Bantam Books, 1989

:D

+ A really good and comfy book
+ I give it 4 1/2 stars
+ My All Time Favorite Book
+ My favorite book of all time.
  
  











  



  
Gone with the Wind27 reviews
Margaret Mitchell

Scribner, 2007

This is More Than Five (5) Stars [24][26][36]

+ a whole different book.
+ gone ....
+ Best American Epic Ever Written
  
  











  



  
Inkheart481 reviews
Cornelia Funke

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2005

Fantastic

+ Inkheart
+ Too much literature!

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Hardcover) Ok so I have to admit this book started off slow. Its boring for about the first half. But I stuck it out and read until the end and was so glad I did. This book is so magical you can imagine everything Cornelia Funke wrote down. This book made me think so ...
  
  











  



  
The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain)127 reviews
Lloyd Alexander

Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006

The Perfect Fantasy

+ My favorite children's book
+ My Poor Tender Head!
+ Create Your Own Review
+ Not Free SF Reader
  
  











  



  
The Goose Girl (Bank Street College of Education Josette Frank Award (Awards))121 reviews
Shannon Hale

Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2003

I <3ed dis BOOK!!!!!!!

+ Someone else actually knows this fairy tale
+ The most enchanting fairy tale ever!
+ Great for all ages/genders
+ The Best
  
  











  



  
Ivanhoe (Penguin Classics)53 reviews
Walter Scott

Penguin Classics, 2000

PERHAPS THE GREATEST NOVEL ABOUT KNIGHTS AND KNIGHTHOOD EVER

+ Worth The Effort
+ And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not
+ Better late than never
+ waterlilly
  
  











  



  
The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition36 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Awesome book in a sturdy printing...

+ The best piece of fiction there is
+ Wonderful Read
+ Convenient
+ This is what all authors should strive to be
  
  











  



  
Lorna Doone (Penguin Classics)4 reviews
R. D. Blackmore

Penguin Classics, 2005

Simply Wonderful

+ Good read!
+ Simply Fantastic!
+ A Classic Love Story
  
  











  



  
Rebecca491 reviews
Daphne Du Maurier

Harper Paperbacks, 1997

Great suspense novel

+ Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley again...
+ Details, details, details
+ Psychologically spooky
  
  











  



  
Bleak House (Penguin Classics)74 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2003

A Masterpiece or Simply Too Long and Wanders Too Much?

+ An ironic title, to be so lovely
+ Artfully crafted story from Dickens, but takes patience
+ The not so Bleak House
  
  











  



  
Mara, Daughter of the Nile (Puffin Story Books)158 reviews
Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Puffin, 1985

Exciting read!

+ Good read
+ Who doesn't love this novel.
+ A childhood favorite
+ Great Book!!
  
  











  



  
The Wednesday Wars26 reviews
Gary D. Schmidt

Clarion Books, 2007

Four thumbs up!

+ Loved it, Different Perspective, Not a Synopsis
+ Toads and Beetles and Bats, Oh My!
+ #1 Mysterious Benedict Society fan
+ a favorite of three generations
  
  











  



  
Princess Academy103 reviews
Shannon Hale

Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007

Ignore the title and we'll be okay

+ Very well written
+ great read
+ Who will the Prince choose?
  
  











  



  
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)122 reviews
Alexandre Dumas père

Penguin Classics, 2003

The perfect tale of revenge & redemption

+ Favourite Book - ever!
+ Count of Monte Cristo
+ Very good
  
  











  



  
Ella Enchanted (rack)1138 reviews
Gail Carson Levine

HarperTeen, 2004

Nothing but praise

+ A wonderful book
+ Ella Enchanted
+ best book like EVER..
+ A delightful twist on the classic Cinderella tale...
  
  











  






   



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