An easy read - took me a day. Anyone who has ever been out of work, or drunk, or both at the same time will get a kick out of this one.

Beautiful. Heartbreaking. The vehicle of a mother's love explained with a glimmer of insanity. Interactive in a way only Danielewski can be. You'll love it.

If you took my advice and read Showing Our Colors, this can be the second book in your ever-growing compilation of feminist works. It's honest, folks. It's real. It's stuff everyone should read.

Required reading for a German Lit in Translation class - I wouldn't rank it up there with the others. It's entertaining, but it didn't provoke much thought out of me. It's the life, made to seem like adventure, of Hans J Massaquoi starting before WW2 and going well past it.

Eh - more required reading for, you guessed it, a Drama class. Some of it is interesting. It's short and sweet, and apparently this guy's the official when it comes to this stuff. If you want to read this, make sure you are interested in drama, what it is, where it came from, why it is structured the way it is, and all the stuff you never even thought about being interested in.

It's a memoir. If you want to figure out how to write one, read it. Otherwise, unless you have some sort of insatiable urge to re-live Wolff's childhood, steer clear.

Well, it's Faulkner, and from what I understand, an easy Faulkner. I enjoyed it - so will you if you are interested in a commentary on racism in the south (come on, it is Faulkner). But, there's more to it than that, and the characterization is pretty neat, you see every one from every possible perspective.

Not many books will make me laugh out loud. Eggers cracked me up on more than one occasion. This is a great pick me up, and if you have ever been a teenager or a twenty something, had anyone who meant something to you die, and have any inkling towards sarcasm whatsoever, you're bound to enjoy this book. It gets a little dull in a few spots, but it kept me smiling through federal jury duty!.

I couldn't resist when I saw it at Salvation Army for 50 cents. I enjoyed it. I don't really care about the memoir issues, Oprah, etc. It's interesting, I swear. Take from it what you will.

A must for British Lit, I suppose...a little too much for me. Paul loves Miriam, Paul loves Clara, but most of all, Paul loves his Mother in an all too Freudian way...but then I guess that's the point. What does sex do to self? What is the relationship between sex and love? Etc. Read it if you must. I would have been fine without it.

Interesting if you are into that oh so boring British upper class chit chat about the outing to the opera sort of thing. Otherwise, not so much. It has it's ups and downs.

It's a fun one. If you're in college or if you've been in college, you'll probably like it. If you're thinking about going to college, maybe wait until you're there to read it, you probably still have such high hopes.

It's Howard's End all over again, but it's contemporary. I started out not liking it too much because it was a rewrite, but it definitly picks up. Skill level: easy - and it is entertaining. You'll get a good look at modern racial constructs (from within, from without), the politics of university life, and a look at the struggles of one marriage. I'd read it again.