What was the last book you bought after reading a review thinking, "I need to read that book!"?
Natasha V.
EASER EVERYWHERE by Darcey Steinke
Mary Allen
People of the Book
Teresa
THE GARGOYLE by Andrew Davidson. It sounded different and intriguing. It was a great read, gritty and unusual.
Jane Haase
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE --- and it was everything I hoped it would be and more!
Mary
The Wednesday Letters
Catrina Ward
The Guernesy Literary and Potato Peeling Pie Book Club Society
Michelle Weeks
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Christine Willison
SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEM by Uwan Akpan
Loretta Sanford
THE LACE READER ---- I'd like someone to explain the ending to me.
Diane Reuss
HOT, FLAT AND CROWDED by Thomas L. Friedman
Chris Lanphere
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Nancy
Water for Elephants
F Tessa Bartels
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
Elizabeth V
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Jane
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Lis
WHAT WAS LOST by Catherine O'Flynn
Christine
The Kite Runner
Beverly
I'm not influenced to buy books based on book reviews, but by BookTV
Carol Pirtle
DESPERATE PASSAGE by Ethan Rarick
Sandra Hughes
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Lisa
SALE by James Patterson/Howard Roughan
Wendy
The Gargoyle
Noreen Brown
BEANBALL by Gene Fehler
Linda Hastings
I reserve books at the library when I've read a good review, or ask for them as gifts.
Eileen Quinn Knight
WHAT HAPPENED TO ANNA K. is a wonderful update of ANNA KARENINA without effecting the great work of Tolstoy. I am delighted with this book --- it is psychologically pleasurable! I read the review in the New York Times and just had to buy the book!.
Tamara
Twilight
Rene Parnell
The Girl with the Red Tattoo
BBSUE
THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS by Andre Dubus III, and it was magnificent!
Roseann
I bought the whole Twilight series --- all 4 books in hardcover --- after reading TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
Jo Ann
Wicked
Reader4life
THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS
While waiting to buy it I read her first book, LANGUAGE OF LIGHT. I loved this book. The reviewer here on Bookreporter says she was confused about the time period this book was set, which was surprising, as it was perfectly clear to me.
I loved LANGUAGE OF LIGHT by Meg Waite Clayton. It was a beautiful. THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS seemed as though it was written by a different author. I think I was disappointed in it b/c I thought it would be written as insightfully as her first.
Carol Bosworth
THE SHACK by William P. Young. What a great read!!!
Ellen
The last 2 books I bought after reading reviews/recommendations were THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX by Maggie O'Farrell and THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski, which were both very good. I am reading ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE by Barbara Kingsolver (recommended by a friend) right now and it is startlingly good and disturbing if you care at all about what you eat.
Julie H.
THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS by Andre Dubus III
Sherrie Gil
Shantaram
Patti DeMares
Almost every week there is a new book in the newspaper review that I want to read right away.
Diane
One Thousand White Women
Andrea
Elizabeth Kostova - THE HISTORIAN
Bob Coghill
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl
John Keaveny
City of Thieves
Lori Furan-Schultz
TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
Margaret Nance
WHERE THE RIVER ENDS by Charles Martin
Kate Green
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wrobleski. Even before Oprah picked it!
Dianne Gordonn
The 39 Clues
GailB
Ildefonso Falcone's CATHEDRAL OF THE SEA; set in 14th-century Spain, this is recommended if you liked Ken Follett's THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH.
Theresa Holm
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Donna
DREAM WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE by Elizabeth Berg
Lynn
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Elizabeth Clarke
THE LACE READER by Brunonia Barry
Sonnia Ferb
Audition
Joyce
I really am not supposed to by buying books until I get more shelves, so I make regular use of our local library. However, the book I had to return before reading, because it's in such high demand, is THE LACE READER. I'm going to have to buy it! Another that I've purchased and not taken time to read yet, but highly anticipate, is THREE CUPS OF TEA.
B Snell
It had to be a cookbook because those are really the only books I purchase. The last review I read that made me go rush to the library was for THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN.
Nicole M. Daniell
YEAR OF WONDERS by Geraldine Brooks
Carole in Texas
THE WORLD IS FLAT by Thomas L. Friedman
Rita Carter
THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS by Meg Waite Clayton
L Hernandez
BEGINNER'S GREEK by James Collins, THE UNCOMMON READER by Allan Bennett, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS by Meg Waite Clayton. I was not disappointed. All three of these books were great reads!
nmc
The Glass Castle
Jeannie
Danielle Steel - SISTERS
Jeannie
Mary HiggIns Clark's I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE
Jeannie
Richard Bachman's BLAZE
Jeannie
James Patterson & Andrew Gross's JUDGE & JURY.
Mary Q.
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein (and it lived up to every good thing I read about it!)
Art
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Kathleen Nightingale
Afloat
Trez
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Vicki
The Shack
Cheryl
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Debbie
DON'T SCREAM by Wendy Corsi Staub, You mentioned the book on your web page and then I read what people say about the book. I find most of my books that way, especially if I am going to try a new author.
Jen
The Given Day
Diane
MARCH by Geraldine Brooks
Lauren
AMERICAN WIFE by Curtis Sittenfield --- although, I don't buy books, I get them from the library.
Kathy Evans
THE SUGAR QUEEN by Sarah Addison Allen
Michelle Miller
Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD
Georgia
The Gargoyle
Carol N
THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Ann Bowen
THE BLACK TOWER by Louis Bayard
Jana Harver
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL LIE SOCIETY --- I loved it! The reviews were right on.
Gord
James Patterson's SAIL. I am sure it will match the usual standards of this author.
Julianne Perretta
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein
Ray Palen
WHOMPYJAWED by Mitch Cullin
Karen V
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Jodi is famous for her ripped-from-the-headlines plots. I wanted to see what she did with the whole high school massacre scenario --- I am not disappointed.
Phyllis
THE HOST by Stephenie Meyer
Mary
THE TROUBLE WITH BOYS by Peg Tyre
Cheri C.
SUPREME COURTSHIP by Christopher Buckley --- loved it!
Pat Plishka
the Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Sherri Staples
I read all of Stephanie Meyer's vampire books after reading a review of BREAKING DAWN and seeing it on teenreaders recommended list. My 13-year-old daughter and I polished off all 4 books in succession in probably a two-week time period.
Bonnie Szul
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT by Mary Jane Clark (What a writer!)
Mary
The Lace Reader
Sheila Connolly
Tana French's INTO THE WOODS and the sequel, THE LIKENESS.
Sonia
The Dive From Clausen's Pier
Thomas P. Ray
The Given Day
Nora Zapata
The Shack
James Keith
THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN by James Lee Burke
Judy O.
Two books that I read reviews about on Word of Mouth were: THE KITE RUNNER and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Consequently, I read both of them before they became wildly popular.
Irish
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Irish
The Lace Reader
Andria Plonka
GOOD PEOPLE by Marcus Sakey
Brenda Tucker
I read Katherine Neviville's THE EIGHT after I read the reviews in this column. Very good book. Thank you.
Lisa Bruno
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Cathy Hanlon
Three Cups of Tea
Debi
OBEDIENCE by Will Lavender
Barbara Bocan
THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER by Kathleen Kent
Frankie
LOVING FRANK by Nancy Horan
Elizabeth Sutherland
THE BOOK THEIF by Markus Zusak
Geri Dosalua
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein. Actually I got the library where I work to buy it. I listened to the audiobook, which was great.
Jen
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory. It was on just about every bestseller list, I saw previews of the movie, and an awful lot of people were leaving good reviews so I thought I have to find it. I liked it!
Jen
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd. I kept seeing reviews for this book, and it must have been lost on me because I didn't think it was all that great. I may have to read it again to see what I missed.
Jen
ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan. I kept hearing about this book everywhere because of the movie, and I saw reviews. I liked it, but sometimes it seemed a little long in spots and I started to lose interest fast.
Jen
THE PAINTED VEIL by W.Somerset Maugham. I actually got the movie (I had never heard of this book) then started reading up on it and had to have the book. It's the only book I've ever asked a bookstore to hold for me, which was good because they only had two of them.
Amy Gross
This past weekend, the 27th of September. I read about the James Villas book, DANCING IN THE LOW COUNTRY and thought it sounded really good. I plan to try it.
MH Harmon
THE GOD OF ANIMALS. Loved it!
Betty Schatz
THE FRONT PORCH PROPHET by Robert L. Atkins
Juanita Adamson
BULLS ISLAND by Dorothea Benton Frank
Hedi Hopwood
Christopher Buckley's SUPREME COURTSHIP and DEWEY by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter, both from the New York Times Book Review Sunday paper.
Barbara Boik
PERFUMES: The Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez
Winterlily
Just by reading the product description of THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly, I know that I have to have that book. I can't wait until it becomes available.
Kathy Vieira
I believe the last book I bought on the strength of a review was ON CHESIL BEACH by Ian McEwan. Sadly, I was very disappointed by this book, especially after reading the wonderful ATONEMENT and SATURDAY. It won't ruin my faith in reviews, though!
Marilyn
Just today, I read the review of DEWEY in the bookreporter!
Bev Uebel
Water For Elephants
Danelle Drake
EAT, PRAY, LOVE! What a great book!
Jean
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
karzmarski
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Joan
My Lobotomy
