Customer Review: The Pillars of the Earth is by turns scholarly and a guilty pleasure. If you ever wanted to know a host of architectural data about European cathedrals, it's there. The information about the cathedrals would be a cinematographer's dream. You can easily visualize the sweep and scope of England's... more info
Customer Review: "Netherland" is a very good read. Hans van den Broek, Joseph O'Neill's protagonist and narrator is of four worlds: childhood in The Hague; pre-9/11 London; 9/11-era New York City; and post-9/11 London. O'Neill's tale weaves together van den Broek's recollections interrupted by reveries of these four... more info
Customer Review: I was so excited to read this book. I've read a couple other of McCarthy's works and I think he's a phenomenal writer. He proves with The Road that stylistically, he's still a king. His dialogue, as always, is very blunt and tongue-in-cheek. It's flatness may turn a few people off, but I love it.more info
Customer Review: When young Michael Berg meets Hanna, she is more than twice his age, but in spite of this they soon become involved in what many would call an inappropriate love affair. Their's is an unusual relationship, with Berg reading to Hanna each day before making love. While Hanna is clearly keeping... more info
Customer Review: This book was a bit hard to get into and you have to make an effort to sit down and get into it, but in the end it is worth the effort. It is the story who of two families that are neighbors in a Sheffield, England suburb-the Sellers and the Glovers. Over three decades, from the mid 1970s to the mid... more info
Customer Review: This book is an easy read thanks to the gifted talents of writer Khaled Hosseini. It is a moving and gripping story that is hard to put down, and one I would highly recommend!
Customer Review: I was raised in the South - white - and find this a fascinating concept. Enjoyed the book - our book club read it. Warm but not syrupy. Uplifting. Has some tension that ends satisfactorily. Interesting tid-bits about bees also. Find I keep writing the next book in the series in my mind. Guess I... more info
Customer Review: I read this book because of the reviews it received here on amazon.com. I finished the book and have to say I enjoyed the writing, which is why I'm rating it three stars. But it left me scratching my head wondering why I finished. It was mostly boring. Perhaps I saw small glimpses where I thought I... more info
