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With 28% of the vote, the winner is... To Kill a Mockingbird ! To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee      6 (28%) In Cold...

How Not to Read: Harnessing the Power of a Literature-Free Life by Dan Wilbur I have not read this yet, but I want to tell you how I came...

My Life From Scratch by Gesine Bullock-Prado My rating: 3 of 5 stars Confession: I read this book by accident. Some time ago, I saw L...

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness My rating: 2 of 5 stars I am going to say something in this review that no one (least of all me) eve...

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations : A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literatur...

I recently discovered that Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, hosts a monthly event called Spoons, Toons & Booze . This event ...

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn My rating: 4 of 5 stars I devoured this book like a cupcake, in three bites, and enjoyed every crumb. Like...

The Red House: A Novel by Mark Haddon My rating: 3 of 5 stars You probably recall the quirky narrative voice from the author's previ...

Luminarium by Alex Shakar My rating: 5 of 5 stars I'm not quite sure where to start with this one. It's not an easy read, but n...

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really would give this four and a half stars -- it's very close to ...

An Uncommon Education: A Novel by Elizabeth Percer My rating: 2 of 5 stars This started out so promisingly, with sweetly tender descript...

How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran My rating: 4 of 5 stars I found this both entertaining and thought-provoking, which is a pretty great...

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness My rating: 4 of 5 stars For starters, I don't really consider myself a fan of the paranor...

The Broker by John Grisham My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think maybe John Grisham bought some Rosetta Stone software to try to learn Italian...

Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle My rating: 1 of 5 stars Okay. I like coffee. I like mysteries, and I don't expect them to be great...

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt My rating: 4 of 5 stars In case you couldn't tell from the title of my post, this book remind...

An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was am completely charmed by this book. Full disclosure: I wasn't e...

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had a brief argument with myself over whether to give this four or five stars. In ...

The Graduate by Charles Webb My rating: 1 of 5 stars I am sure I can write a review in the style of this book. I read most of it on a s...