Recent recommendationschazzard recommends City of Light by Lauren Belfer for The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan (Dec 25, 2009) mdtwilighter recommends Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz for City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (Dec 25, 2009) Runa recommends Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman for Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers (Dec 25, 2009) Runa recommends Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers for Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman (Dec 25, 2009) monzrocks recommends The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber for Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes by Shoba Narayan, "Another (great) food memoir that has elements of cultural confusion." (Dec 25, 2009) bonne1978 recommends Bayeuxtapeten och slaget vid Hastings 1066 by Mogens Rud for 1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford (Dec 25, 2009) bonne1978 recommends 1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford for Bayeuxtapeten och slaget vid Hastings 1066 by Mogens Rud (Dec 25, 2009) missgardenlady recommends Talk of the Town by Joan Smith for Imprudent Lady by Joan Smith, "these two Joan Smith books are feel-good, witty, original, and clever.
i've never re-read any other books in my life so many times." (Dec 25, 2009) goddessladyj recommends The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen for Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Victorian Governess by Kathryn Hughes for Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë for The Victorian Governess by Kathryn Hughes (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Victorian Governess by Kathryn Hughes for Emma by Jane Austen (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Castle by Franz Kafka for The Music of Chance by Paul Auster (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Music of Chance by Paul Auster for The Castle by Franz Kafka (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford for Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi, "Note the first lines of each -- Kureishi does such a cool job playing w/Ford" (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi for The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford, "Note the first lines of each -- Kureishi does such a cool job playing w/Ford" (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends Soul Mountain by Xingjian Gao for If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino for Soul Mountain by Xingjian Gao (Dec 25, 2009) susanbooks recommends The female malady: women, madness and English culture 1830-1980 by Elaine Showalter for Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud) by Sigmund Freud (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud) by Sigmund Freud for The female malady: women, madness and English culture 1830-1980 by Elaine Showalter (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends In Dora's Case by Charles Bernheimer for Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud) by Sigmund Freud (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends A Sister to Scheherazade by Assia Djebar for Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi for A Sister to Scheherazade by Assia Djebar (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Oblomov by Ivan A. Goncharov for Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Absurdistan: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart for Oblomov by Ivan A. Goncharov (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald for Tender is the Night: A Romance by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Tender is the Night: A Romance by F. Scott Fitzgerald for Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America by Francis Bok for What Is the What by Dave Eggers (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends What Is the What by Dave Eggers for Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America by Francis Bok (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Beasts of No Nation: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala for What Is the What by Dave Eggers (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Erasure by Percival Everett for Native Son by Richard Wright (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Native Son by Richard Wright for Erasure by Percival Everett (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Tempest by William Shakespeare for Mama Day by Gloria Naylor (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Mama Day by Gloria Naylor for The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor for Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, "Naylor so brilliantly plays w/Dante & Jane Eyre" (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë for Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor, "Naylor so brilliantly plays w/Dante & Jane Eyre" (Dec 24, 2009) susanbooks recommends The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë (Dec 24, 2009) BookWallah recommends Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson for Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, "If you are one of the few people in the USA that missed Greg's first (Three Cups of Tea) book you should make amends and rush to read this one." (Dec 24, 2009) missnickynack recommends Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli for Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, "Its the sequel to Stargirl and it is equally as good." (Dec 24, 2009) madcatnip72 recommends The Meuse First and Then Antwerp by Michael Schadewitz for Panzers in Winter: Hitler's Army and the Battle of the Bulge by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., "History of the Otto Skozeny's 150th Panzer Brigade" (Dec 24, 2009) amberwitch recommends Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo for The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson (Dec 24, 2009) amberwitch recommends The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson for Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo (Dec 24, 2009) meggyweg recommends Help at Any Cost by Maia Szalavitz for Will's Choice: A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery by Gail Griffith (Dec 24, 2009) meggyweg recommends I Choose to Live by Sabine Dardenne for Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin (Dec 24, 2009) meggyweg recommends In Search of the World's Worst Writers by Nick Page for Very Bad Poetry by Ross Petras (Dec 24, 2009) meggyweg recommends Very Bad Poetry by Ross Petras for In Search of the World's Worst Writers by Nick Page (Dec 24, 2009) stephxsu recommends Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater for The Dark Divine by Bree Despain (Dec 24, 2009) stephxsu recommends The Dark Divine by Bree Despain for Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Dec 24, 2009) agl1 recommends House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk for Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk (Dec 24, 2009) agl1 recommends Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk for House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk (Dec 24, 2009) GirlMisanthrope recommends Dreadful Skin by Cherie Priest for Benighted by Kit Whitfield (Dec 23, 2009) GirlMisanthrope recommends Benighted by Kit Whitfield for Dreadful Skin by Cherie Priest (Dec 23, 2009) grizzly.anderson recommends Halting State by Charles Stross for Makers by Cory Doctorow, "Both are near-future extrapolations of technology, behavior and society." (Dec 23, 2009) grizzly.anderson recommends Makers by Cory Doctorow for Halting State by Charles Stross, "Both are near-future extrapolations of technology, behavior and society." (Dec 23, 2009) FMRox recommends He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt for Women are from bras, men are from penus : a survival guide for bypassing communication and getting even in your relation by Anna Collins, "It's an interpersonal/self-help guide but it's funny and tolerable." (Dec 23, 2009) ateolf recommends Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett for Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers (Dec 23, 2009) ateolf recommends Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers for Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett (Dec 23, 2009) askdjlyons recommends The Bell Witch Unveiled at Last!: The True Story of a Poltergeist by DJ Lyons for White Reindeer, Kudzu Monster, & Other Tales Of Wonder by DJ Lyons (Dec 23, 2009) askdjlyons recommends White Reindeer, Kudzu Monster, & Other Tales Of Wonder by DJ Lyons for The Bell Witch Unveiled at Last!: The True Story of a Poltergeist by DJ Lyons (Dec 23, 2009) ShelfMonkey recommends The Flying Troutmans: A Novel by Miriam Toews for Amphibian by Carla Gunn (Dec 23, 2009) ShelfMonkey recommends Amphibian by Carla Gunn for The Flying Troutmans: A Novel by Miriam Toews (Dec 23, 2009) RidgewayGirl recommends The Big Love: A Novel by Sarah Dunn for Secrets to Happiness: A Novel by Sarah Dunn, "Dunn's debut novel is a big step above the usual Chick-Lit fare." (Dec 23, 2009) ShelfMonkey recommends The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade for Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Dec 23, 2009) ShelfMonkey recommends Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld for The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (Dec 23, 2009) rjuris recommends The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff for What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg (Dec 23, 2009) rjuris recommends What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us by Laura van den Berg for The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Cassandra and Jane: A Jane Austen Novel by Jill Pitkeathley for The Lost Memoirs Of Jane Austen by Syrie James (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Lost Memoirs Of Jane Austen by Syrie James for Cassandra and Jane: A Jane Austen Novel by Jill Pitkeathley (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Daphne by Justine Picardie for Murder on the Cliffs: A Daphne du Maurier Mystery (Daphne du Maurier Mysteries) by Joanna Challis (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Murder on the Cliffs: A Daphne du Maurier Mystery (Daphne du Maurier Mysteries) by Joanna Challis for Daphne by Justine Picardie (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James for The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Emily's Ghost by Denise Giardina for The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel by Sheila Kohler for The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan for Emily's Ghost by Denise Giardina (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James for Emily's Ghost by Denise Giardina (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel by Sheila Kohler for Emily's Ghost by Denise Giardina (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan for Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel by Sheila Kohler (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James for Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel by Sheila Kohler (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Emily's Ghost by Denise Giardina for Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel by Sheila Kohler (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan for The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Emily's Ghost by Denise Giardina for The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel by Sheila Kohler for The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation by Regina Jeffers for Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange for Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (Dec 23, 2009) baobhansidhe recommends Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford for Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation by Regina Jeffers (Dec 23, 2009) Miss-Owl recommends Atonement by Ian McEwan for Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee (Dec 23, 2009) Miss-Owl recommends Native Son by Richard Wright for The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Dec 23, 2009) Miss-Owl recommends The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga for Native Son by Richard Wright (Dec 23, 2009) slickdpdx recommends Dogs of God by Pinckney Benedict for Already Dead: A California Gothic by Denis Johnson (Dec 22, 2009) slickdpdx recommends Already Dead: A California Gothic by Denis Johnson for Dogs of God by Pinckney Benedict (Dec 22, 2009) _Zoe_ recommends Beauty by Robin McKinley for Beast by Donna Jo Napoli, "I find McKinley's takes on Beauty and the Beast much more satisfying than Napoli's." (Dec 22, 2009) _Zoe_ recommends Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley for Beast by Donna Jo Napoli (Dec 22, 2009) _Zoe_ recommends Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization by Jeff Rubin for Who Turned Out the Lights?: Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis by Scott Bittle (Dec 22, 2009) _Zoe_ recommends The Keeper of the Isis Light by Monica Hughes for The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (Dec 22, 2009) Gemmifer recommends Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson for Cracked up to Be by Courtney Summers (Dec 22, 2009) Gemmifer recommends Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones for Scavenger Hunt by Stephen Goldin (Dec 22, 2009) Gemmifer recommends Scavenger Hunt by Stephen Goldin for Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones (Dec 22, 2009) amberwitch recommends Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman for Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (Dec 22, 2009) amberwitch recommends Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen for Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Dec 22, 2009) nomennescio recommends Het beste en de rest by Ingmar Heytze for Draak by Hans Verhagen, "Toegankelijke parlando gedichten MET diepgang" (Dec 22, 2009) nomennescio recommends Draak by Hans Verhagen for Het beste en de rest by Ingmar Heytze, "Toegankelijke parlando gedichten MET diepgang" (Dec 22, 2009) ForeignCircus recommends The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield for The Last Will of Moira Leahy: A Novel by Therese Walsh (Dec 22, 2009) ForeignCircus recommends The Last Will of Moira Leahy: A Novel by Therese Walsh for The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Dec 22, 2009) simon_carr recommends Enigma by Robert Harris for The Interrogator by Andrew Williams (Dec 22, 2009) simon_carr recommends The Interrogator by Andrew Williams for Enigma by Robert Harris (Dec 22, 2009) PStC recommends The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett for Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford, "Story of Jack Jackson and finding himself - again coming in full circle like Women in his life. For me - one of the most enjoyable books by Ken Follett" (Dec 22, 2009) Othemts recommends The Alienist by Caleb Carr for The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch (Dec 22, 2009) Othemts recommends The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch for The Alienist by Caleb Carr (Dec 22, 2009) gaskella recommends The glass book of the dream eaters by Gordon Dahlquist for Pastworld by Ian Beck, "For grown-ups - A racy yet great fun pseudo-Victorian melodrama." (Dec 22, 2009) kziarkow recommends Gottesstreiter : Roman by Andrzej Sapkowski for Narrenturm by Andrzej Sapkowski, "Teil 2 der Narrenturm-Trilogie" (Dec 22, 2009) chairless recommends The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey for The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (Dec 22, 2009) chairless recommends The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey for The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey (Dec 22, 2009) Tulimeeria recommends Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk for One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Dec 22, 2009) AnnaClaire recommends Abigail Adams: A Biography by Phyllis Lee Levin for Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey (Dec 22, 2009) catfantastic recommends Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman for The Magicians by Lev Grossman, "Read the short story "The Problem of Susan" included in this collection." (Dec 22, 2009) ldelprete recommends The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, "this book has the suspense factor times 10 and is post-apocalypse. I loved both of these stories." (Dec 22, 2009) aggi recommends We by Yevgeny Zamyatin for Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Dec 22, 2009) benjaminjudge recommends Belle de Seigneur (Bibliotheque de la Pleiade) by A. Cohen for Still by Adam Thorpe (Dec 22, 2009) benjaminjudge recommends Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman for Neverland by Simon Crump (Dec 22, 2009) digifredje recommends Mysteries van de Oude Beschavingen by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts for Mysteries van het christendom by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (Dec 22, 2009) digifredje recommends Mysteries van het christendom by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts for Mysteries van de Oude Beschavingen by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (Dec 22, 2009) digifredje recommends Mysteries rond complotten by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts for Mysteries van het christendom by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (Dec 22, 2009) digifredje recommends Mysteries van het christendom by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts for Mysteries rond complotten by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (Dec 22, 2009) digifredje recommends Mysteries van de Oude Beschavingen by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts for Mysteries rond complotten by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (Dec 22, 2009) digifredje recommends Mysteries rond complotten by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts for Mysteries van de Oude Beschavingen by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (Dec 22, 2009) Furu recommends Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson for Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson (Dec 22, 2009) Furu recommends Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson for Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (Dec 22, 2009) theshadowknows recommends Lady X's Cowboy (Leisure Historical Romance) by Zoe Archer for The Indiscretion by Judith Ivory, "Both have a displaced cowboy for a hero." (Dec 21, 2009) theshadowknows recommends The Indiscretion by Judith Ivory for Lady X's Cowboy (Leisure Historical Romance) by Zoe Archer, "Both have a displaced cowboy for a hero." (Dec 21, 2009) JanePhillips recommends Busting Loose: Cancer Survivors Tell You What Your Doctor Won't by Cheryl Swanson for The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change by Christiane Northrup, "For women concerned about breast cancer, this is a terrific guidebook. Inspirational, helpful, surprising, up-to-date and witty." (Dec 21, 2009) JT8 recommends This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. Reinhart for Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Dec 21, 2009) rosenrot recommends Faerie Wisdom Book and Card Set: Includes 52 Magical Message Cards by Gillian Kemp for The Faeire Book by Samantha Gray, "this is about faerie too, and the art is by the same artist!" (Dec 21, 2009) rosenrot recommends The Faeire Book by Samantha Gray for Faerie Wisdom Book and Card Set: Includes 52 Magical Message Cards by Gillian Kemp, "this is about faerie too, and the art is by the same artist!" (Dec 21, 2009) syrusnmc recommends Chindi by Jack McDevitt for Diving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "It is also a good saga near and close to this one. I liked this book and read it before Diving Into The Wreck. I hope everyone enjoys it." (Dec 21, 2009) syrusnmc recommends Diving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch for Chindi by Jack McDevitt, "It is also a good saga near and close to this one. I liked this book and read it before Diving Into The Wreck. I hope everyone enjoys it." (Dec 21, 2009) JanePhillips recommends Busting Loose: Cancer Survivors Tell You What Your Doctor Won't by Cheryl Swanson for Knockout: Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer--And How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place by Suzanne Somers, "If you actually are facing breast cancer, I'd get the book Busting Loose instead of Somers' book. While Suzanne's latest book is fascinating, I think it's (see more) far too risky to follow her pathway. Busting Loose will show you how to get the BEST traditional treatment, while also giving you ideas about holisic ways to improve your health and keep the cancer from recurring. Cheers to Suzanne, by the way. She's a gutsy lady." (Dec 21, 2009) JanePhillips recommends Busting Loose: Cancer Survivors Tell You What Your Doctor Won't by Cheryl Swanson for The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America by Barron H. Lerner, "Both books are eye-opening and full of unknown information. Busting Loose is more appropriate for those in the battlefield--facing treatment for breast (see more) cancer. The other is more for after you have recovered--and are at leisure to explore why we don't yet have a cure." (Dec 21, 2009) JanePhillips recommends The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride by Lance Armstrong for Busting Loose: Cancer Survivors Tell You What Your Doctor Won't by Cheryl Swanson, "Both are extremely interesting and well-written." (Dec 21, 2009) Othemts recommends The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl for The Alienist by Caleb Carr (Dec 21, 2009) Othemts recommends Time and Again by Jack Finney for The Alienist by Caleb Carr (Dec 21, 2009) holly_golightly recommends The Victim of Prejudice. by Mary Hays for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë (Dec 21, 2009) holly_golightly recommends The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë for The Victim of Prejudice. by Mary Hays (Dec 21, 2009) infiniteletters recommends Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank for Arslan, or A Wind from Bukhara by M. J. Engh (Dec 21, 2009) infiniteletters recommends Arslan, or A Wind from Bukhara by M. J. Engh for Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (Dec 21, 2009) gonzobrarian recommends Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman for The Gates by John Connolly (Dec 21, 2009) owen1218 recommends How Children Fail by John Holt for Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn (Dec 21, 2009) owen1218 recommends Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn for How Children Fail by John Holt (Dec 21, 2009) EatSleepChuck recommends The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester for Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Dec 21, 2009) EatSleepChuck recommends Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks for The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (Dec 21, 2009) EatSleepChuck recommends Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card for The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold, "Both main characters are kids who make up for their meek physical stature with cleverness and perception to rise up the ranks of military. Ender's Game (see more) is noticeably darker, however." (Dec 21, 2009) EatSleepChuck recommends The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold for Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, "Both main characters are kids who make up for their meek physical stature with cleverness and perception to rise up the ranks of military. Ender's Game (see more) is noticeably darker, however." (Dec 21, 2009) foggidawn recommends An Abundance of Katherines by John Green for Going Bovine by Libba Bray (Dec 20, 2009) foggidawn recommends Going Bovine by Libba Bray for An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Dec 20, 2009) foggidawn recommends Deadline by Chris Crutcher for Going Bovine by Libba Bray (Dec 20, 2009) foggidawn recommends Going Bovine by Libba Bray for Deadline by Chris Crutcher (Dec 20, 2009) diskit recommends The Neverending Story by Michael Ende for Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (Dec 20, 2009) sietsmareadinglist recommends The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley for Saving Endangered Birds: Ensuring a Future in the Wild (Cincinnati Zoo Book) by Thane Maynard (Dec 20, 2009) sietsmareadinglist recommends Saving Endangered Birds: Ensuring a Future in the Wild (Cincinnati Zoo Book) by Thane Maynard for The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley (Dec 20, 2009) nsblumenfeld recommends Everland and Other Stories by Paul Witcover for The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford, "Both strong collections of timeless stories, well-written, biting mélanges of realism, fantasy and horror, often with a dollop of nostalgia that never (see more) descends to mawkishness." (Dec 20, 2009) nsblumenfeld recommends The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford for Everland and Other Stories by Paul Witcover, "Both strong collections of timeless stories, well-written, biting mélanges of realism, fantasy and horror, often with a dollop of nostalgia that never (see more) descends to mawkishness." (Dec 20, 2009) BookLizard recommends Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells for Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Dec 20, 2009) BookLizard recommends Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost for Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells (Dec 20, 2009) Maiasaura recommends Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar for The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga (Dec 20, 2009) lordbored recommends Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman for I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb (Dec 20, 2009) Betinna recommends Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman for Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman (Dec 20, 2009) Betinna recommends Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman for Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman (Dec 20, 2009) SugarCreekRanch recommends A Walk in the Woods (abridged audio) by Bill Bryson for Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen, "Both books recall a adventurous outdoor challenge (hiking the Appalachian trail, or running the Iditarod), told with an wonderful sense of humor. Entertaining (see more) reads for the armchair adventurer!" (Dec 20, 2009) SugarCreekRanch recommends Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen for A Walk in the Woods (abridged audio) by Bill Bryson, "Both books recall a adventurous outdoor challenge (hiking the Appalachian trail, or running the Iditarod), told with an wonderful sense of humor. Entertaining (see more) reads for the armchair adventurer!" (Dec 20, 2009) pyrocow recommends Kurt Vonnegut's crusade; or, How a postmodern harlequin preached a new kind of humanism by Todd F. Davis for Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Dec 20, 2009) simon_carr recommends Flashman by for Coward on the Beach by James Delingpole (Dec 20, 2009) Busifer recommends The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved (Studies in the Evolution of Language) by Robbins Burling for The Search for the Perfect Language by Umberto Eco (Dec 20, 2009) Busifer recommends The Search for the Perfect Language by Umberto Eco for The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved (Studies in the Evolution of Language) by Robbins Burling (Dec 20, 2009) Gemmifer recommends A Walk in Wolf Wood by Mary Stewart for The Ghosts by Antonia Barber (Dec 20, 2009) yokai recommends American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis for Killer on the Road by James Ellroy (Dec 20, 2009) yokai recommends Killer on the Road by James Ellroy for American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Dec 20, 2009) enrique_molinero recommends Dead Eye: Pennies for the Ferryman by Jim Bernheimer for Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey (Dec 20, 2009) TheFlamingoReads recommends The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett for Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd (Dec 19, 2009) KimB recommends The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas for The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher, "Another very well written novel with a familial tension base. Set in Australia." (Dec 19, 2009) arethusarose recommends Faery Moon by C. J. Cherryh for Faery in Shadow by C. J. Cherryh, "Faery Moon is an ebook - a revised version of Faery in Shadow, rewritten to make it the book Cherryh wanted it to be. The ebook is available from the author (see more) at http://www.closed-circle.net/" (Dec 19, 2009) Tanglewood recommends Leaves in Myth, Magic & Medicine by Alice Thoms Vitale for Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham (Dec 19, 2009) Tanglewood recommends Leaves in Myth, Magic & Medicine by Alice Thoms Vitale for The Trees in My Forest by Bernd Heinrich (Dec 19, 2009) Tanglewood recommends Black: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau for Colour : Travels Through the Paintbox by Victoria Finlay (Dec 19, 2009) Tanglewood recommends Alexander Von Humboldt and the Botanical Exploration of the Americas: The Botanicals of America by H. Walter Lack for Botanicals: Butterflies & Insects by overstreetleslie (Dec 19, 2009) Betinna recommends Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman for Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (Dec 19, 2009) BookshelfMonstrosity recommends The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland for Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (Dec 19, 2009) steven03tx recommends The Sea by John Banville for Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, "The Sea is also a story about a man's life twisted by his memories of a childhood romance by the sea. The outcome is quite different, but the language (see more) and themes of memory are similar." (Dec 19, 2009) steven03tx recommends The Sea by John Banville for Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (Dec 19, 2009) fhilo01 recommends Daughter of the Flames by Zoë Marriott for Sisters of the Sword 3: Journey Through Fire by Maya Snow (Dec 19, 2009) BookshelfMonstrosity recommends Princess Alyss of Wonderland by Frank Beddor for Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Dec 19, 2009) BookshelfMonstrosity recommends White Stone: The Alice Poems by Stephanie Bolster for Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Dec 19, 2009) loriephillips recommends Medicine Road by Charles De Lint for The Wood Wife by Terri Windling (Dec 19, 2009) loriephillips recommends The Wood Wife by Terri Windling for Medicine Road by Charles De Lint (Dec 19, 2009) ladybug74 recommends The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo for Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz (Dec 19, 2009) JessicaGentz recommends A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel by Gaurav Suri for Pythagoras' Revenge: A Mathematical Mystery by Arturo Sangalli (Dec 19, 2009) simon_carr recommends The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for The Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies (Dec 19, 2009) simon_carr recommends The Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies for The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Dec 19, 2009) simon_carr recommends Dracula by Bram Stoker for The Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies (Dec 19, 2009) kochanneo recommends First Test by Tamora Pierce for Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (Dec 19, 2009) Sukisue7 recommends Evermore (The Immortals) by Alyson Noël for Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (Dec 19, 2009) strangeinfatuation recommends The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc: A Novel by Loraine Despres for The Reconstruction by Claudia Casper (Dec 19, 2009) BookshelfMonstrosity recommends Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder for Cutting for Stone: A novel by Abraham Verghese (Dec 18, 2009) | 
