Higher Quality Fare
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| Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
All time
favorite
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| The Stolen Child (Keith Donohue) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
Intriguing premise - a realistic fantasy
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| Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) |
Tim
u Kathy
p |
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| Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Bel Canto (Ann Patchett) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| The Magician's Assistant (Ann Patchett) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Patron Saint of Liars (Ann Patchett) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| A Piece of Cake (Cupcake Brown) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| Then We Came to the End (Joshua
Ferris) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
u |
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| Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| Unless (Carol Shields) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| The Dive from Clausen's Pier (Ann Packer) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| Tulip Fever (Deborah Moggach) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| The Piano Tuner (Daniel Mason) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| All I Did Was Ask (Terry Gross) |
Tim
p Kathy
(n/r) |
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| Gods in Alabama (Joshilyn Jackson) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
u |
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| The Road (Cormac
McCarthy) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
Haunting and thought-provoking
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| Neither Wolf Nor Dog (Kent Nerburn) |
Tim u Kathy
p |
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| The Innocent Man
(John Grisham) |
Tim u Kathy
p |
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| The Buffalo Solider (Chris Bohjalian) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| The Eight (Katherine Neville) |
Tim
p Kathy
q |
Of the DaVinci Code style
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| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| City of Falling Angels (John Berendt) |
Tim
u
Kathy
u |
Not as good as
Midnight in the Garden, but an interesting account of Venice
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| Assasination Vacation (Sarah Vowell) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
An amusing
account of traveling to see the sites of presidential
assassinations. You have to be in the right mood for this
one.
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| Eat, Pray, Love
(Elizabeth Gilbert) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Dreams from My Father (Barak Obama) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy p |
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| Three Junes (Julia Glass) |
Tim (n/r) Kathy
p |
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| The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Widow for One Year (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
u |
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| Cider House Rules (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| The World According to Garp (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Until I Find You (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| The Fourth Hand (John Irving) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| A Son of the Circus (John Irving) |
Tim
q
Kathy q |
Usually like
John Irving, but could not get into this one at all
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Lighter Reads for the Beach, Plane and Tired Minds
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| I am America (And So Can You!) (Steven
Colbert) |
Tim
p Kathy
(n/r) |
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| Pompeii (Robert Harris) |
Tim
p Kathy
(n/r) |
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| The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) |
Tim p Kathy
p |
Good for what
it is, and better than his other books
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| Angels and Demons (Dan Brown) |
Tim p Kathy
q |
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| Deception Point (Dan Brown) |
Tim
u Kathy
q |
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| Digital Fortress (Dan Brown) |
Tim
u Kathy
q |
A little weaker
than his other books
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| Timeline (Michael Crichton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Airframe (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| State of Fear (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Next (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
(n/r) |
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| Prey (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Congo (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Sphere (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Rising Sun (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Andromeda Strain (Michael Chricton) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| The Body of David Hayes (Ridley Pearson) |
Tim
u Kathy
(n/r) |
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| Two Minute Rule (Robert Craig) |
Tim
u Kathy
(n/r) |
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| London Bridges (James Patterson) |
Tim
u Kathy
(n/r) |
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| Running with Scissors (Augusten Burroughs) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Naked (David Sedaris) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (David Sedaris) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Dry (David Sedaris) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Barrell Fever (David Sedaris) |
Tim
p Kathy
p |
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| Naked Came the Manatee (Carl Hiassen et al) |
Tim
q Kathy
(n/r) |
Almost good,
but doesn't quite make it. Each chapter written by a
different author.
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| Coming Soon ... |
Tim (n/r)
pqu¬¬ Kathy
pqu¬¬ |
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