Review:The book was perfectly fine in terms of its looks. It came in great condition. The story itself is a bit boring though. I had to buy it for an acting class. The impact and meaning behind the final scene with Emily is so powerful. But the rest of it fell flat for me. I didn't gain enough insight into the characters to really care about them, I didn't care about anything that was happening, there was no real character or interesting plot development and all the action was very mundane and quick. I... Read more

Review:This book of short poems will take your breath away. Atticus writes what we are all feeling about love, loss, and being free. No wonder he's considered the World's most tatooable artist. So many great thoughts in gorgeous bite sized poems! Read more

Review:This is one of the best audio book reads of all time. I have listened to many audio books and been bored. This is the first audio book that I have ever listened to that has made me want to buy the Audio book first over the Paperback. Read more

Review:Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse, is a heartwarming story that will leave no eye dry. It touches a chord that children don't see very often in children's literature, a good reason for receiving the Newbery award.
The style of this book is very unique. Fourteen year old, Billie Jo, shares in a diary of sort everything that happens to her, how she feels, and what her dreams are. By the end of the book children will feel that they really know her. They can put themselves in her difficult sit... Read more

Review:I do not recommend this novel for children under the age of 18. The main character is a ten year old girl, psychologically and physically abused by her mother and possibly sexually exploited. For 10 years, she knows nothing beyond the four walls of the family apartment. She and her brother are then moved to the country before London is bombed. While morbid curiosity kept me reading to the half way point, this novel raises so many flags. Read more

Review:I must admit that I had no idea what this book would be about before I began. No one had given me a clue as to what adventure I would be taking as I read, so I am inclined to say as little as possible while convincing you this a "must read." Children have a remarkable way of creating and imagining another world and set out to act out life in that world of make-believe. The main character, Hannah, does just that. Except that her world is choked by the holocaust. Though this subject can be... Read more

Review:I have read most of Ms. Cooper's books and I found this latest to be a bit different from all the others. While it is a "modern" romance, the main character, Becca, belongs to a somewhat fundamental Christian sect and this influence all her decisions in the book. I am not a fan of the Christian romance category but I wouldn't put this in that genre. Her faith is essential to understanding her character (however, it did get in the way a bit for me at the end). I don't want to give anything away b... Read more

Review:I liked this story a lot! Interesting constant flow of past & present time, great character building with story & sub-stories. A page-turner that finds yourself also turning back-pages to re-connect your own thoughts of where this story may go & then try to tie the pieces together! Read more

Review:This book has me more depressed than the political developments of the last year. The book is about us, our country, our tribes, and our bleak prospects for the future. The Us and Them thinking that has propelled our foreign relations ever since 9/11 turns out to have similar consequences when war breaks out between the Red South and the Blue North. With half of the South disappearing in to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico, poverty is endemic and huge groups of poor refugees make their w... Read more

Review:The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin tell the fine, but often sad, tale of four siblings who learn as young children the exact date on which each will die. A Romani fortuneteller delivers this information and leaves the children to grow up knowing what no one is ever intended to know.

The book brought to mind Robert McCammon's book Boy's Life in the way that it presents us with extraordinary events and talents as almost banal. Ms. Benjamin is skillful as a writer and helps us to suspend dis... Read more