Carrie rated Into thin air: 5 stars
Into thin air by Jon Krakauer
"Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon …
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Carrie rated Frankenstein: 3 stars
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks …
Carrie rated 1984 - George Orwell: 4 stars
1984 - George Orwell by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …
Carrie rated The Da Vinci Code: 4 stars
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include …
Carrie rated Khaled Hosseini Limited Edition Box Set: 5 stars
Carrie rated Memoirs of a geisha: 2 stars
Memoirs of a geisha by Arthur Golden
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions …
Carrie rated Jurassic Park: 1 star
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, it presents …
Carrie rated Stranger in a Strange Land: 5 stars
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the …
Carrie rated In Cold Blood: 5 stars
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 …
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Here is the text of Nabokov's own screen adaptation of his celebrated novel, written in California in 1960 for the …
Carrie rated Eat, pray, love: 1 star
Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Like many others, around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. Although she had …
Carrie rated The Bourne Identity (Read a Great Movie): 3 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 …
Carrie rated The Silence of the Lambs: 2 stars
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter, #02)
Thomas Harris will seize you with an emotion more profound than terror.
Of his previous novel, Stephen King wrote, "The …
Carrie rated Nickel and Dimed: 5 stars
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbara Ehrenreich
The author's experience holding low-wage jobs in three parts of the U.S. in the late 1990s.