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The Chocolate Snowman Murders (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 8)
JoAnna Carl
NAL Hardcover, 2008
A tasty mystery to sink your teeth into!
I have all the chocoholic books and I love them all. However, I think it is safe to declare this one the best in the series so far. The last book was a bit of a disappointment but this has renewed my faith in the author, so much so that it was even worth the hardcover ...
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Organic Chemistry I For Dummies
Arthur Winter
For Dummies, 2005
Chemistry
Had been a while siince i took general chemistry and so found organic a little hard. My professor suggested buying this book it was the best $19.99 that i ever spent. Too bad there was no guide for Organic 2!
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Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Philomel, 1987
One of Yolen's best
It's a beautiful story that is passionate about nature and the relationship between a father and a daughter. Jane Yolen's writing turns down a notch as she focuses on making the most beautiful moonlit knight you could imagine for a winter. It's not so much about ...
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Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (The Immortals After Dark, Book 3)
Kresley Cole
Pocket Star, 2007
wow!
This is so good! A hunger Like No Other is still my favorite but this one was was better than the previous No Rest For The Wicked. I usually stay away from books where the main hero is brooding over his killed lover,I like the whole ur the only one for me kind of ...
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Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
Nevada Barr
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008
Nevada Barr's "Winter Study"
Anna Pigeon has a Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)rather tumultous series of experiences in this book - more than "usual" but held interest and was a 'good read' --
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The Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah
Pocket Star, 2006
The Young & the Restless lifestyle in Brooklyn
Wow, great way of describing the the life of Winter. This book lifts up the lifestyle one type of an African American teenager girl in the ghetto life in Brooklyn, NY. As we readers, imagine the different transitions Winter goes through in her life. Shocking, wild ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Masterpiece Masterpiece Masterpiece
No hyperbole here: The Road is a Masterpiece of American 21st Century Fiction. A seminal book of Fatherhood, Survival, Post-Apocalyptic Awe and Dread, Post-Consumer-Culture Imagining and Natural, Geographical Description.
Terms like "Terribly Excellent," ...
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Winter of the Ice Wizard (Magic Tree House 32)
Mary Pope Osborne
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2004
It's a very good book. You should read it.
I really like the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osbourne. I have read all but 6 and just ordered those from my library.
Cole, age 7
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Brian's Winter
Gary Paulsen
Laurel Leaf, 1998
brians winter
I read the book, Brains Winter. It was about brain that is a boy that was in a plane crash and was the only survivor. He lived out the summer in the book, The Hatchet, and at the end was saved. But this book picks up as if he was not saved and shows him serving in the ...
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
David Halberstam
Hyperion, 2007
The Coldest Winter America and the Koren War
I have read numerous books on the Korean War including Martin Russ's "The Last Parallel" and " Breakout:The Chosin Reservior Campaign,Korea 1950 which I found to be excellent. David Halberstam has written I think the very best book of all the books I've read on this ...
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The Mitten
Jan Brett
Putnam Juvenile, 1989
The Mitten
This is a wonderful book, the story will delight all ages.
It's a story of a grandmother knitting a pair of white mittens. One is lost and then the fun begins and so does the story.
A very good read..
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The Winter King (The Arthur Books #1)
Bernard Cornwell
St. Martin's Griffin, 1997
Cornwell's finest novel
Probably Cornwell's finest work - the Arthurian legend brought to life as it was, or as it would have been, had it been true. Set in Britain circa 490AD Cornwell paints a magnificent picture of a mediavel fantasy transplaced into the gritty reality of the Dark Ages. ...
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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Gary Paulsen
Harvest Books, 1995
Excellent, very well written book!
I read this book a few years ago, and it practically had me rolling on the floor laughing at times. Finally got it for myself to own, and it's still every bit as good. Gary Paulsen has a wonderful way with words, and is an excellent storyteller. I wholeheartedly ...
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Coldest Winter, The: America and the Korean War
David Halberstam
Hyperion, 2008
A Must Read on the Korean Conflict
This is a thoroughly researched and overall well written book on the first winter of the Korean War by the late author Halberstam. He worked on this book for well over a decade, and it shows. The focus of the book is on the winter of 1950-1951, with a considerable ...
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Curious George in the Snow
H. A. Rey
Houghton Mifflin, 1998
My Whole Family Loves This Book
This story is delightful. We bought it because we were taking our 2.5 yr old along on a ski trip and wanted him to have a silly little story that related to the mountain and skiing (even though he's not on skis yet). Well, it is just that... and more. He's learned a ...
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