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Laura's List (reviews) |
| Ratings Key: *****= Excellent, ****=
Very Good, ***=Okay, **=Pretty Bad, *=Don't Bother |
| Genre Key:
B/AB=Biography/Autobiography, CE=Cultural Explorations, C=Child, C/F=Cookbook/Food, F=Fiction,
H=History, L=Literature, LR=Light Reading, M/T=Mystery/Thriller,
NF=Non-Fiction, NS=Natural Science, PS=Political Science, R=Reference,
SF/F=Science Fiction/Fantasy, SS/E=Short Stories/Essays, T=Travel, YA=Young Adult |
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Title (now hyperlinked to brief reviews) |
Rating |
Genre |
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| Allen, Edward |
Mustang Sally: A Novel of Sex, Gambling, and Higher
Education |
*** |
F, LR |
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| Alpert, Cathryn |
Rocket City |
*** |
F, LR |
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| Barnes, Julian |
Flaubert's Parrot |
***1/2 |
F, L |
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| Blume, Mary |
A French Affair: The Paris Beat 1965-1998, Essays |
*** |
NF, B/AB, CE, SS/E |
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| Bryson, Bill |
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the
Appalachian Trail |
***1/2 |
NF, B/AB, H, T |
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| Colfer, Eoin |
The Supernaturalist |
**** |
F, YA, F/SF |
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| Crace, Jim |
Being Dead |
***** |
F, L |
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| Davis, Kathryn |
The Walking Tour: A Novel |
***1/2 |
F, L, M/T |
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| de Bernieres, Louis |
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts |
**** |
F, L, CE |
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| DeLillo, Don |
Underworld |
***** |
F, L, H |
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| DiCamillo, Kate |
The Tale of Despereaux: being
the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread |
****1/2 |
F, YA |
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Because of Winn-Dixie |
***** |
F, YA |
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| Dorsey, Tim |
Florida Roadkill |
*** |
F, M/T, LR |
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Hammerhead Ranch Motel |
*** |
F, M/T, LR |
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Orange Crush |
**** |
F, M/T, LR |
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The Stingray Shuffle |
*** |
F, M/T, LR |
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Triggerfish Twist |
**** |
F, M/T, LR |
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| Farmer, Nancy |
The House of the Scorpion |
***** |
F, YA, SF/F |
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| Fforde, Jasper |
The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel |
**** |
F, L, SF/F, M/T |
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| Franzen, Jonathan |
The Twenty-Seventh City |
**** |
F, L, PS |
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| Gaiman, Neil |
American Gods: A Novel |
**** |
F, L, SF/F |
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| Gaiman, Neil and Pratchett, Terry |
Good Omens |
**** |
F, SF/F |
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| Gourevitch, Philip |
'We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed
with Our Families': Stories from Rwanda |
***** |
NF, CE, H, PS |
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| Heinrich, Bernd |
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with
Wolf-Birds |
**** |
NF, B/AB, NS |
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| Heller, Zoe |
What Was She Thinking? (Notes on a Scandal): A Novel |
***1/2 |
F, L |
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| Holthe, Tess Uriza |
When the Elephants Dance: A Novel |
**** |
F, L, H, CE |
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| Horwitz, Tony |
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook has
Gone Before |
**** |
NF, B/AB, H, T, CE |
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| Hough, Robert |
The Final Confession of Mabel Stark: A Novel |
**** |
F, L, H |
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| Jackson, Jeremy |
Life at These Speeds |
**** |
F, L |
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| Japrisot, Sebastien |
A Very Long Engagement |
**** |
F, L, H, M/T |
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The Sleeping Car Murders |
***1/2 |
F, L, M/T |
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| Kirino, Natsuo |
Out |
****1/2 |
F, L, CE, M/T |
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| Lamott, Anne |
Blue Shoe |
**** |
F, LR |
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| Lee, Chang-Rae |
Native Speaker |
**** |
F, L, CE |
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| Lethem, Jonathan |
The Fortress of Solitude |
*** |
F, L, CE |
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| Livesey, Margot |
Eva Moves the Furniture: A Novel |
**** |
F, L |
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| Magorian, Michelle |
A Little Love Song |
***1/2 |
F, YA, H |
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| Mayes, Peter |
A Dog's Life |
***** |
F, LR |
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| McCall Smith, Alexander |
The Kalahari Typing School for Men |
**** |
F, LR, CE, M/T |
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| McGregor, Jon |
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things |
***** |
F, L |
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| McNeal, Tom |
Goodnight, Nebraska |
*** |
F, L |
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| McNeil, Legs and McCain, Gillian |
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk |
****1/2 |
NF, B/AB, H, CE |
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| Miller, Andrew |
Casanova in Love |
**1/2 |
F, L, B/AB, H |
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| Mirvis, Tova |
The Outside World: A Novel |
**** |
F, L, CE |
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| Mones, Nicole |
Lost in Translation: A Novel (CAUTION: This
book is not the story portrayed in the movie of the same name) |
*** |
F, LR, H, CE |
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| Nafisi, Azar |
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books |
****1/2 |
NF, B/AB, H, PS, CE |
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| Narayan, Shoba |
Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes |
***1/2 |
NF, B/AB, C/F, CE |
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| Otsuka, Julie |
When the Emperor Was Divine: A Novel |
**** |
F, L, H, CE |
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| Ozeki, Ruth L. |
My Year of Meats |
**** |
F, L, NS, CE |
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| Patchett, Ann |
The Magician's Assistant |
*** |
F, LR |
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| Pearson, T. R. |
A Short History of a Small Place: A Novel |
****1/2 |
F, L |
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| Perry, Michael |
Population: 485 - Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at
a Time |
**** |
NF, B/AB, SS/E, LR |
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| Philbrick, Nathaniel |
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship
'Essex' |
****1/2 |
NF, H, CE, NH |
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| Pierre, D.B.C. |
Vernon God Little |
**** |
F, L |
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| Powell, Dawn |
Come Back to Sorrento |
***** |
F, L |
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| Rhodes, Dan |
Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey
(CAUTION: Review Contains Spoilers About the Story) |
????? |
F, L |
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| Ross, Ann B. |
Miss Julia Hits the Road |
**** |
F, LR |
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| Rushdie, Salman |
The Moor's Last Sigh |
****1/2 |
F, L, H |
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| Rush, Norman |
Mating: A Novel |
****1/2 |
F, L, CE |
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| Safire, William |
Scandalmonger: A Novel |
*** |
F, L, H |
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| Sciolino, Elaine |
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran |
**** |
NF, B/AB, H, PS, CE |
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| Sher, Ira |
Gentlemen of Space: A Novel |
**1/2 |
F, L, SF/F |
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| Smith, Zadie |
White Teeth: A Novel |
****1/2 |
F, L, CE |
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| Straight, Susan |
Aquaboogie |
**** |
F, L, CE |
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| Stroud, Jonathan |
The Bartimaeus Trilogy - Book One: The Amulet of
Samarkand |
**** |
F, YA, SF/F |
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| Strout, Elizabeth |
Amy and Isabelle: A Novel |
**** |
F, L |
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| Sutherland, Amy |
Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America - Heartbreak, glory,
and big money on the competitive cooking circuit |
*** |
NF, T, C/F |
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| Swift, Graham |
Last Orders |
****1/2 |
F, L |
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| Syal, Meera |
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee |
***1/2 |
F, LR, CE |
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| Tartt, Donna |
The Secret History: A Novel |
***** |
F, L |
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| Truong, Monique |
The Book of Salt: A Novel |
****1/2 |
F, L, H, CE |
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| Udall, Brady |
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel |
**** |
F, L |
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| Walbert, Kate |
The Gardens of Kyoto: A Novel |
**** |
F, L, H |
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| Watson, Brad |
The Heaven of Mercury |
**** |
F, L, H |
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| Whiting, Robert |
Tokyo Underworld: The Fast
Times and Hard Life of An American Gangster in Japan |
***1/2 |
NF, B/AB, H, PS, CE |
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| Wilkie, Curtis |
Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events that Shaped
the Modern South |
*** |
NF, B/AB, H, PS, CE |
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| Winchester, Simon |
Krakatoa - The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 |
*** |
NF, H, PS, Ns |
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| Yoshimoto, Banana |
Kitchen |
**** |
F, L, SS/E |
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