 | Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 One of my favorite books! I say 5 stars.
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 | Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer by John Grogan
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $0.01 Sweet stories, but can't comapre to Marley & Me!
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 | Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad by Firoozeh Dumas
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $2.45 A silly read to accompany Funny in Farsi. Tales of not always fitting in.
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 | The Reader (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage International) by Bernhard Schlink
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 I admit - I saw the movie first, but I found the book unforgettable.
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 | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Buy new: $14.58 / Used from: $10.98 Hilarious!
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 | Falling Man: A Novel by Don DeLillo
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.93 Chaos after 9/11. The last three chapters made the book.
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 | A Redbird Christmas: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.99 Sweet story. Just ok overall.
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 | The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $0.01 Just wonderful. Honest and sincere. Kelly Corrigan is a great story teller.
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 | The Boy In the Striped Pajamas (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Random House Movie Tie-In Books) by John Boyne
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.66 Geared towards a younger reader, but the story is from an interesting point of view.
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 | Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel by Lauren Weisberger
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $0.01 Predictable. Entertaining enough but just ok.
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 | Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 I'm glad I finished this, but I thought it was a drag to get through. Not a favorite.
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 | sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.70 Actually cute, but just about as interesting as one would expect.
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 | Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
Buy new: $10.55 / Used from: $2.95 Memorable and heartfelt. I lovely journey about life and family. A welcomed and different experience with a Sparks book.
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 | I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.17 Not a laugh out loud funny, but well crafted. I thoroughly enjoyed the volunteerism essay.
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 | Homecoming (Vintage International) by Bernhard Schlink
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.99 Too puzzled for me. I kept waiting for the storyline to pick up.
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 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle) by Mary Ann Shaffer
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $5.95 Clever writing and enjoyable characters. Recommended.
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 | Mommywood by Tori Spelling
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $9.46 Some of the mommy drama is annoyingly redundant, but she seems real and honest like it or not. Overall a good quick read.
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 | Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox
Buy new: $20.79 / Used from: $0.64 Absolutely wonderful. Extremely well written and inspirational. I am passing this one on.
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 | Mighty Queens of Freeville, The: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them by Amy Dickinson
Buy new: $18.39 / Used from: $5.50 Some sweet stories. I expected this to go a bit deeper into the relationships.
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 | Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $3.18 Totally over the top. Funny but sometimes I wanted to say "Shut up!"...maybe that's the point.
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 | House Rules: A Memoir (P.S.) by Rachel Sontag
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $1.42 A brave story. Some of the cruelty is almost too difficult to read - a really twisted family system.
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 | Gossip Girl #1: A Novel (Gossip Girl Series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $0.01 Guilty pleasure! Younger read but enjoyable if you watch the show.
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 | My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.45 A page turner. My first Picoult book and I will plan to read another. True, it's a little cliche at times but I enjoyed the characters. A compelling topic that makes you think.
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 | Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Stan Redding
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $0.01 An amazing adventure. Who cares if you saw the movie - read it.
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 | Mr. Maybe: A Novel by Jane Green
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 Easy Chic Lit. It took me 100 pages to get invested, but the end kept me reading.
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 | The Shack by William P. Young
Buy new: $6.00 / Used from: $1.71 So much hype I had to see what it was all about.
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 | Privileged by Zoey Dean
Buy new: $11.89 / Used from: $1.10 Cute. Nothing surprising, but an ok beach bag addition.
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 | Gossip Girl #2: You Know You Love Me: A Gossip Girl Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar
Buy new: $8.79 / Used from: $1.69 Guilty pleasure again... the first in the series is better.
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 | The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 A well written story that captures the toll a spiraling lie takes on a family.
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 | Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $0.01 A fun sisterhood story with a promising plot. Kind of rambled - not a favorite.
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 | Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $0.01 Way too predictable.
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 | Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $1.84 Didn't want to set it down.
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 | Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.93 Delightful! Makes you want to try some of the outrageous recipes yourself.
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 | The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Buy new: $8.52 / Used from: $2.23 A fantastic journey of time. I wasn't big into the time travel concept at first but this worked for me.
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 | Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.85 Saw the end coming half way through. Quick and enjoyable but not a favorite.
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 | The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.71 A little over the top. It was ok.
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 | Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.72 A great loveable character. I didn't love it quite as much as some of the reviews but I would like to read the sequel.
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 | Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $1.86 Wow. An amazing story of a town's tragedy and those involved on every side.
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 | Have a Little Faith: A True Story by Mitch Albom
Buy new: $11.00 / Used from: $9.17 I loved Tuesdays with Morrie so I was looking forward to this one. Albom did not disappoint. Heartwarming. A great book to gift.
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 | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $5.97 Clever storytelling. The only downside was that I felt it was a little lengthy in places it didn't need to be.
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