Book's saving grace were the personal essays at the end. I prefer Sedaris's tales of his life and family to his (arguably scary/disturbing) fiction.
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Election by Tom Perrotta
Who really cares who gets elected president of Winwood High School? Nobody - except Tracy Flick. Tracy's one of those …
Solsetur rated Close Encounters of the Furred Kind: 5 stars
Close Encounters of the Furred Kind by Tom Cox
Have you ever moved house, over a distance of 350 miles, with four cats? If you haven't, and are thinking …
Solsetur rated The Goblin Emperor: 5 stars
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander (1))
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her …
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the …
Solsetur rated The Silver Linings Playbook: 4 stars
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
The Silver Linings Playbook is a 2008 debut novel of American author Matthew Quick.
Solsetur reviewed Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
In David Sedaris’s world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic …
3 stars
Book's saving grace were the personal essays at the end. I prefer Sedaris's tales of his life and family to his (arguably scary/disturbing) fiction.
Solsetur rated Grand Sophy: 4 stars
Georgette Heyer: Grand Sophy (2009, Sourcebooks, Incorporated)
Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on business, he leaves his only daughter Sophia with …
Solsetur rated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 4 stars
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden Tickets and wins a whole …
Solsetur rated Lassie Come-Home: 4 stars
Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight
A collie named lassie has to be sold because her family are having bad times . Lassie escapes twice but …
Solsetur rated The Witches: 4 stars
The Witches by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even …
Solsetur rated Misty of Chincoteague: 5 stars
Marguerite Henry: Misty of Chincoteague (Paperback, 2006, Aladdin)
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased …
Solsetur rated Wailing Ghosts: 4 stars
Solsetur rated Mort: a novel of Discworld: 4 stars
Mort: a novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (Discworld)
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.