Reviews by Title

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84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff (5/5)

A
An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (4/5)
The Actor and the Housewife, by Shannon Hale (4/5)
Admit One: A Journey into Film, by Emmett James (2/5)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, by Mary E. Pearson (Audio) (3/5)
After the Moment, by Garret Freymann-Weyr (3/5)
Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko (4/5)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes, by Gennifer Choldenko (4/5)
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (3/5)
Almost Like Being in Love, by Steven Kluger (3/5)
American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (3/5)
American Rust, by Philipp Meyer (4/5)
Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan (5/5)
And Only To Deceive, by Tasha Alexander (3/5)
The Angel’s Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (4/5)
Anne of Avonlea, by L.M. Montgomery (4/5)
Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery (5/5)
Anne of the Island, by L.M. Montgomery (4/5)
Apple of My Eye, by Helene Hanff (2/5)
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein (5/5)
Asking for Murder, by Roberta Isleib (3/5)

B
Beauty, by Robin McKinley (4/5)
Book by Book, by Michael Dirda (5/5)
The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly (3/5)
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (5/5)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne (4/5)
The Boy Next Door, by Meg Cabot (3/5)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, by Truman Capote (4/5)
Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (3/5)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz (4/5)
Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis (Audio) (4/5)
Buffalo Lockjaw, by Greg Ames (3/5)

C
Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck (5/5)
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (3/5)
Cathy’s Ring, by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman (3/5)
The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau (4/5) (Movie)
College Girl, by Patricia Weitz (2/5)
Comfort Food, by Kate Jacobs (3/5)
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, by C.W. Gortner (3/5)
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman (4/5) (Movie)
Creepers, by Joanne Dahme (2/5)

E
Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (5/5)
Everyone is Beautiful, by Katherine Center (4/5)

F
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (5/5)
Family Planning, by Karan Mahajan (3/5)
Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl (3/5)
Farworld: Water Keep, by J. Scott Savage (4/5)
A Field Guide To Burying Your Parents, by Liza Palmer (3/5)
Finny, by Justin Kramon (3/5)
The Fires, by Alan Cheuse (3/5)
The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson (3/5)
Forever, by Judy Blume (3/5)

G
The Gathering, by Anne Enright (4/5)
Goldengrove, by Francine Prose (4/5)
Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell (5/5)
The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale (5/5)
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (3/5)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows (4/5)

H
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (5/5)
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (5/5)
Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger (4/5)
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien (4/5)
The Host, by Stephenie Meyer (3/5)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford (4/5)
The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb (4/5)
How I Live Now, by Meg Rosoff (5/5)
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (4/5)

I
I, Lorelai, by Yeardley Smith (4/5)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick (5/5)
It Sucked and Then I Cried, by Heather B. Armstrong (4/5)

J
The Jewel Trader of Pegu, by Jeffrey Hantover (4/5)
Joy in the Morning, by P.G. Wodehouse (4/5)

K
The Kitchen House, by Kathleen Grissom (4/5)
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (4/5)

L
Last Days of Summer, by Steve Kluger (4/5)
The Last Queen, by C. W. Gortner (3/5)
Let It Snow, by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle
Letter from New York, by Helene Hanff (4/5)
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (5/5)
Looking for Alaska, by John Green (5/5)
The Lost Diary of Don Juan, by Douglas Carlton Abrams (3/5)
Love Begins in Winter, by Simon Van Booy (4/5)
Love Walked In, by Marisa de los Santos (3/5)

M
The Madam, by Julianna Baggott (3/5)
Manhood for Amateurs, by Michael Chabon (4/5)
Maps and Legends, by Michael Chabon (3/5)
Mariposa, by Candis C. Coffee (3/5)
Master, by Toni Sorenson (4/5)
Matrimony, by Joshua Henkin (4/5)
The Memorist, by M.J. Rose (3/5)
Midnight Sun, by Stephenie Meyer (4/5)
Midwife of the Blue Ridge, by Christine Blevins (4/5)
The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman (3/5)
The Mighty Queens of Freeville, by Amy Dickinson (3/5)
Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant (4/5)
Monique and the Mango Rains, by Kris Holloway (4/5)
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers (4/5)
Moonlight in Odessa, by Janet Skeslien Charles (3/5)
My Most Excellent Year, by Steve Kluger (5/5)
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart (5/5)
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, by Trenton Lee Stewart (4/5)

N
New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (4/5)
Newspaper Blackout, by Austin Kleon (4/5)
No One You Know, by Michelle Richmond (3/5)
North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell (4/5)
North of Beautiful, by Justina Chen Headley (4/5)
Note to Self, by Samara O’Shea (4/5)

O
On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan (5/5)
On Writing, by Stephen King (4/5)

P
Paper Towns, by John Green (4/5)
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (4/5)
Persepolis 2, by Marjane Satrapi (2/5)
Persuasion, by Jane Austen (4/5)
The Post-Birthday World, by Lionel Shriver (3/5)
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale (4/5)
The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands, by Laura Schlessinger (1/5)

R
Rainy Day Rescue (Saddle Wise), by Inda Schaenen (3/5)
Rape: A Love Story, by Joyce Carol Oates (3/5)
Reasons To Be Pretty, by Neil LaBute (2/5)
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (5/5) (Movie)
Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates (4/5)
The River, by Moonlight, by Camille Marchetta (5/5)
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (5/5)
Rue de la Pompe, by James Earle McCracken (3/5)
Run, by Ann Patchett (4/5)

S
Shimmering Images, by Lisa Dale Norton (4/5)
The Sighing of the Winter Trees, by Laura Grossman (3/5)
Something Wickedly Weird: The Icy Hand, by Chris Mould (3/5)
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (4/5)
Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (4/5)
Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli (2/5)
A Step from Heaven, by An Na (3/5)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski (5/5)
Strawberry Girl, Lois Lenski (3/5)
Sundays at Tiffany’s, by James Patterson (2/5)
The Sweet Far Thing, by Libba Bray (3/5)

T
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo (4/5)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J.K. Rowling (4/5)
Tea and Other Ayama Na Tales, by Eleanor Bluestein (4/5)
The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield (4/5)
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (2/5)
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (5/5)
The Tory Widow, by Christine Blevins (3/5)
The Trouble with Poetry, by Collins, Billy (4/5)
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (5/5)

U
The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett (4/5)
Under the Covers and Between the Sheets, by C. Alan Joyce & Sarah Janssen (4/5)

W
Walking Across Egypt, by Clyde Edgerton (2/5)
Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen (3/5)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson (3/5)
We Need To Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver (5/5)
The Wednesday Sisters, by Meg Waite Clayton (3/5)
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin (4/5)
The Whaleboat House (Amagansett), by Mark Mills (2/5)
When We Were Romans, by Matthew Kneale (3/5)
When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (4/5)
The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean (4/5)
The Willoughbys, by Lois Lowry (4/5)
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte (1/5)