Review:I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn. It was a captivating page-turner and I would give it 5 stars and two thumbs up. I am a student athlete in college so I don't have a lot of free time on my hands, but I made time for this book and eagerly read it over spring break. I couldn't put it down!

The book is set in the future at the year of 2025. Society is drastically different and everyone is encouraged to get a "barcode tattoo". This tattoo basically contains all... Read more

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Review:I find that Write Great Fiction's layout is easier to comprehend - the outlines, the charts, the lists, the illustrations. My favorite part of this book is when Nancy Kress goes through with the list of traits for your characters: What are their values, what do they look like, what do they fear, what organizations do they affiliate themselves with? This helped me illustrate my characters more.

Unlike Orson Scott Card's books which are a conglomeration of paragraphs that lack visual aids, ... Read more

Review:Bhagavad-Gita or, The Song Celestial (From the Mahabharata).

This is an excellent treatment of millenia-old Hindu religious thought for the modern day thinking man. The main body of the book is Lord Krishna's explanation to his life-long friend and champion archer Arjun of life's purpose. I heartily recommend it to any reader interested in obtaining an overview of one of India's greatest philosophical works! Read more

Review:This is slightly shorter and thicker than New World Pocket Dictionary, which my 11 year-old son claimed "perfect size". It has some distinct features that we liked: 1. Pronunciations provided 2. Words with self-evident prefix are listed separately at the bottom of pages, which make true "new" words easier to spot. 3. Pages have rounded corners (think of iPhone), thus less prone to being creased. 4. It does have 40000 words, about 100 per page, a good overall size. 5. Less words on one page make... Read more