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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
First, I am breaking the first and second rules of Fight Club to talk about Fight Club. Second, this is not an unbiased review. I loved the movie Fight Club. I've lost count of how many times I've see...
Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
This was not the book I expected to read. I chose it because the topic of it was reported to be before and after apartheid in South Africa. That's not a subject about which I know very much, so I thou...
The Lazarus Child by Robert Mawson
I found this buried near the bottom of my TBR pile, and I'm so glad I did. It was a very interesting story posing some thought provoking questions (in my opinion): when a person suffers serious trauma...
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Someone once told me that Cormac McCarthy was impossible to read. The reason, as I remember, had something to do with trying to be too intellectual and as a result his stories were impossible to follo...
Dreamland by Kevin Baker
Dreamland by Kevin Baker was published in 1999 and was named a New York Times Notable Book. It is part of a trilogy Baker has written about the city of New York and its history as viewed from 3 separa...
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Atonement by Ian McEwan won the 2005 NBCC Award. At first the story seems to be about an incident witnessed by 13 year old Briony Tallis. At the time, she believes she has witnessed an act of brutalit...
Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I read Shadow Of The Wind because it was the pick of the month for Good Reads at Shelfari.com.I would have absolutely loved this book when I was in high school. Which is to say, I'd have loved it befo...
The Straw Men by Michael Marshall
I chose The Straw Men by Michael Marshall as my book to satisfy the "Thriller" Challenge for the Readers In Thongs Amazing Page Race Book Challenge. Stephen King's blurb on the cover assured me this b...