I went back and forth between being enchanted and bored to tears with this book. Alice ended up being more of a dynamic figure than I would have expected, and maybe I liked it so much because her instincts seem so fundamentally different f…

BO-RING.

This riveting story line is hampered by it’s clumsy, long-winded prose. The show is excellent—the characters become likable, distinct and strong. The book just meanders and none of the men have any real distinct qualities. I quit after 250…

It took me 3 weeks to get through the boring first 80 pages of this book. Once it picks up, it’s fantastic. It gets an “almost made me vomit” award.

The only thing that doesn’t translate too well is the name of some of…

This book is a whiny foray into the life of a bitter and dull suburban woman.

Alice loses her memory, which is a fantastic vehicle for a book. I was captivated for the first 35 pages. I figured her past would be seedy, complicated…

I read this when I took a trip to New York as a teenager. That was the weekend I got my first fake ID, belly button ring, dyed my hair pink, and got so drunk, etc. that I watched Dick Tracey twice in a row at 4 in the morning after getting…

I’m glad my high school English teacher made us have “To Kill a Mocking Bird Day.” Some how, it went over without race riots, and mostly we just had bean bag tosses and various snacks, which didn’t seem that much like the book to …

The first few pages of this book are incredible. Coupland kind of blows his load, though, and the story isn’t that fantastic, the characters aren’t that loveable. There are enough bits and pieces that are really brilliant. Oh it’s so pop. O…

I skipped four days of school and almost peed my pants on MARTA because of this book.

I’m not sure if it is as wonderful as I remember, but I am fairly sure I was a little bit in love with this book when I read it as a youth.

Reading this book is about as pleasurable as listening to a bitchy, controlling mother fight with her cruel equally bitchy daughter. If you love the prattling of judgmental Chinese women, this one is a big time score.