 | Independent People by Halldor Laxness
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.80 A lovely story about the struggles of a stubborn Icelandic farmer and his family's perils and troubles to overcome obstacles and survive in a harsh environment. Tragic, humorous, sad.
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 | The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters: A Novel by Elisabeth Robinson
Buy used from: $0.01 Heartfelt & touching story of a feisty woman producer in Hollywood dealing with a sick sister and men. Witty and imaginative. Has some excellent quotes.
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 | April Witch: A Novel by Majgull Axelsson
Buy used from: $0.02 A disabled woman being declared crippled and unable to function in society sent away shortly after birth. Her magic powers she possesses people & follows her adopted sisters' disfunctional lives
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 | Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Buy used from: $5.79 Excellent book on CD in the "Shopaholic"series, the character seems to be as frivolous as before, yet at the end of the story she seems to understand how her careless ways affect her loved ones.
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 | Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
Buy used from: $0.01 Fictional account of a greek/american hermaphrodite's interesting story and family history, from the days of the destruction of Smyrna by the Turks until the family's US immigration & life after.
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 | Rebecca's Tale: A Novel by Sally Beauman
Buy used from: $0.01 A mystery about a woman's death, told by 4 different people trying to figure out her past leading to her mysterious death. Very slow in the beginning but mid-way & at the end it got very interesting.
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 | Men and Other Mammals by Jim Keeble
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $0.01 A story of an up and coming poet/writer in London and his life after his girlfriend deserts him, his effort to reconnect with his brother and estranged father. Comical and touching, light read.
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 | Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor by Rick Marin
Buy new: $31.95 / Used from: $0.01 Pointless novel about a sharp tongued, shallow ,commitment phobic, wise guy/writer's dating life in NYC after his divorce, good if you have nothing else to read
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 | Flights of Love: Stories by Bernhard Schlink
Buy used from: $0.01 Short stories about the wounds left by loving someone or something, sad stories of people trying to come to terms with the past and present.
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 | Love and Other Recreational Sports by John Dearie
Buy new: $18.68 / Used from: $0.01 A manhattan writer's dating story after a bad break up with a girlfriend. Lovely conversations in this book, a bit like the male Sex & The City type of reading material. Very enjoyable novel.
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 | Bundle Of Joy? (Red Dress Ink) by Ariella Papa
Buy used from: $0.68 Interesting story of a socially awkward greek/cypriot/american girl and how she is trying to deal with a difficult mother, finding a place to live and finding love,& her best friend's pregnancy
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 | Light House by William Monahan
Buy used from: $0.01 a HILLARIOUS book about these disfunctional insane characters being stuck together in an Inn due to a storm and how they are all on eachother's case with dangerous results
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 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Interesting story of an indian boy born to a family that owed a zoo & his adventure at sea after being the sole survivor from a shipwreck, along with a tiger he tames. I found the ending surprising.
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 | The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Buy used from: $0.01 Read slowly,since it's quite a confusing and a bit too Sci Fi Fantasy for my usual tastes story. Has it's suspenseful moments. Just an ok novel.
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 | Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 VERY slow moving novel about a girl and her life in England before and after WWII. Dissapointing because the author focuses on parties and food prep rather than real deep character development.
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 | The Nature of Water and Air by Regina McBride
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $0.01 Sad & tense tale set in Ireland, a girl grows up with a mother that's pretty depressed & thinks she's a selkie (seal-woman). Interesting twists & turns in a hazy, dark & adventurous story.
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 | The Absence of Nectar by Kathy Hepinstall
Buy used from: $0.01 Witty & suspenseful story of two children trying to get away from their evil step dad who is making their life a living hell. Hillarious characters & lots of suspense. Excellent story.
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 | Hardboiled and Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto
Buy new: $16.38 / Used from: $0.93 Two short stories of loss and moving on. One is a ghost story. I love Yoshimoto's writting, just wish it was a longer book...
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 | Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka
Buy used from: $0.01 An epic story of Samurai clashes and two missionaries from the US that get entangled in this adventure. Lots of battles and a great intriguing adventurous story.
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 | The Road to Esmeralda: A Novel by Joy Nicholson
Buy used from: $0.87 A story about a couple's vacation in Mexico that takes a very wrong turn after some events. Very interesting, and mysterious.Some things aren't as they appear to be with lots about corruption
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 | Picture Maker: A Novel by Penina Keen Spinka
Buy used from: $0.01 Fascinating story of a native american girl & her adventures after being taken as a slave by another indian tribe & fleeing to go as far north as Greenland, to escape her captors & start anew.
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 | The Third Wedding (Greek Fiction and Memoirs) by Costas Taktsis
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $9.98 A story of two feisty,temperamental and quarelsome greek drama queens, dealing with family issues in the rough late 1930's early 1940's life in Greek society. Comic & tragic at the same time.
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 | The Winter Of Our Discotheque by Andrew W.M. Beierle
Buy new: $23.00 / Used from: $0.01 Great story of the rise to fame of a greek boy from FL and his love life's ups and downs & search to find love & "the one" in NYC's crazy urban jungle of a society.
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 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J. K. Rowling
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $0.43 Great adventure in the Harry Potter series. The fight with evil is getting deadlier and more dangerous while the characters are maturing much more. Enchanting, suspenseful & mysterious as always.
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 | I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $0.01 Excellent & well written book about a man dealing w/his schizophrenic brother, his haunted past w/an abusive father & finding out his family history. I got tears on a few occasions w/this book.
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