 | Under the Banner of Heaven 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN: A STORY OF VIOLENT FAITH BY JON KRAKAUER: I finished Under the Banner of Heaven two days ago now, and I haven't written the review yet, waiting to see if anything would change ... read full review |
 | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL BY SUSANNA CLARKE: This was my second attempt at reading this book. I'd tried when it first came out, with the heavy intimidating hardback (though sometimes a giant hardback... read full review |
 | Guns, Germs and Steel 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES BY JARED DIAMOND: This is one of those books that takes you a while to read -- it's pretty heavy non-fiction -- and yet at the end of it, you feel like ... read full review |
 | The Last Kingdom 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
THE LAST KINGDOM BY BERNARD CORNWELL: I’ve been working on a novel for the last four years or so that’s been going pretty slowly. I’ve been doing it in chunks, mainly because it’s historical fiction and invol... read full review |
 | Wheel of Time Series 1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
THE WHEEL OF TIMES SERIES BY ROBERT JORDAN: I tried. I gave it over two years of my life and I still couldn't keep going till the end. Of course, the real end will probably be book fifteen or twenty or, he... read full review |
 | Cell by Stephen King 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
CELL BY STEPHEN KING: Cell is Stephen King's first horror novel since he completed his epic "Dark Tower" series. In the middle of writing the last two books in the series he was asked what he... read full review |
 | The Planets 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
THE PLANETS BY DAVA SOBEL: This is another book I bought because of it's beautiful cover, especially in the hardcover edition, and one which, after reading, I thought had failed in it's job. I've... read full review |
 | The Long Emergency 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
THE LONG EMERGENCY: SURVIVING THE CONVERGING CATASTROPHES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BY JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER: The Long Emergency is an eye-catching book with hits bright alarm-yellow cover and black and red ... read full review |
 | Interpreter of Maladies THE INTERPRETER OF MALADIES BY JHUMPA LAHIRI: This collection of nine short stories won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1999. The author, Jhumpa Lahiri, is of Indian descent, born in London and currently li... read full review |
 | The Traveler THE TRAVELER BY JOHN TWELVE HAWKS: This book actually generated quite a bit of buzz before it was released last June and I had it recommended to me by a few people saying that it was in the vein of Stephen King... read full review |
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