books: stories and

books: stories and

books:

Stories and

Jamie Lee Curtis

Joanna Cotler, 2008

Patience, Privacy, Impossible, Stupendous, Superb, Celebrate, Consequence, Irate, Cooperate, Appropriate, Disgusting & Persevere
Do you want to be in a good mood when you read to your tykesters and tykestresses? Buy this book! It's chicken soup for the reader's soul. Can you remember when you were little and liked to play with words, almost like putting together alphabet blocks in the air to ...

Home: A Novel

Marilynne Robinson

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

A pleasant treasure trove
I have to admit , this is the very first audio book I have ever listened to. I always have music playing in the SUV , but I thought I might try something different for a change. A long road trip was pending , and I chose this for entertainment rather than my normal ...

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Vicki Myron

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

WARNING: This book is hard to stop reading and the story is triumphant.
WARNING: This book is hard to stop reading and the story is triumphant. It doesn't matter if you love or hate cats, if you even visit library's. This is a story of tremendous strength, strength of a community, of perseverance the famous reserved courage Iowa is ...

The Lucky One

Nicholas Sparks

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

A great love story
This is a wonderful novel, told in a way that is fascinating and enjoyable. Nicolas Sparks knows how to tell a story. The characters are real and believable. I found myself caring about them early in the book. The author has the ability to make people come alive in ...

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008

loved the whole series
I LOVED IT!!!! I don't understand what all the negative comments are about. IT IS A FANTASY. I am glad I didn't listen to any of them, because I would have missed a great book. I could not put it down. I kept wanting to go the end to look to see how it turned out. ...

New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008

Why can't people just enjoy a good book?
Personally, I tried very hard to resist the Twilight series. I generally don't go for Young Adult Lit., and I generally don't go for fads. But, I gave in. And I am not ashamed to say, I loved it! I love all the books. What I don't get is why people cannot just take ...

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006

Blown away
I usually read Thriller/Romance Novels. Heard about this saga in my used book store and never dreamed I'd read this type of story but so glad I did. I absolutely loved it. Never have I finished a book in 2 days but its true I could not set it down. I carried it ...

The Shack

William P. Young

Windblown Media, 2008

A Bible Teacher's Review
I teach advanced Bible studies to intelligent, accomplished adults and am usually highly suspicious of books with Biblical themes, especially those built around fiction. But this reviewer is happy to qualify my five-star rating thus: This is outstanding reformed ...

Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007

Engrossing Series
I am not an adolescent girl, and usually get impatient with the endless tension (usually born of bad communication skills or stupidity, or both) that is Romance. Somehow these books transcend my usual reading preferences. Though, unlike many readers, I thought the ...

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62)

David Wroblewski

Ecco, 2008

intriguing
I enjoyed this book, however found it somewhat disconcerting in many areas: what really happened to Gar? what was the point of meeting Henry (whom I really liked); the dogs and their obedience to Edgar with his signing. So many unanswered questions, but perhaps that ...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

J. K. Rowling

Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007

Best Book Ever
This is the best, not only Harry Potter book, but the best fictional book I have ever read. Great ending to a great series. Sad to see it go...

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

HarperCollins, 2008

Kipling's Jungle Book in Ray Bradbury's October Country
The Ray Bradbury link is no accident: Neil Gaiman himself has talked about how Bradbury's work has deeply influenced him, and it was in the Bradbury-esquely titled "M is for Magic" that I first encountered Bod Owens, in "The Witch's Headstone". I don't think there is ...

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

HarperCollins, 2006

Wise
A delightful story, and full of wisdom. Influenced me in pursuing what I dream about, and rediscovering my "personal legend" as he calls it.

We the People: The Story of Our Constitution

Lynne Cheney

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008

A history we all need to remember!
If you need a reminder of why we have the ability for such polarized elections, allow people to shout inappropriate remarks about our elected officials or permit mud slinging so vicious we can't wait until the November election; Mrs. Cheney's "We the People" is what we ...

Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 2)

Julia Quinn

Avon, 2008

Well I just couldnt get enough =}
I waited and waited for this book, then i read all these negatives reviews and was scared to open it up, i just hated to be disappointed by my favorite author. Well, i wasn't. I was aware how the book was going to be set up, and i knew it was basically the same story ...