Review:I love all of Johnathan Tropper's books, I've read all of them. This was the last one, (though the first) I loved all of them I can't wait for the next one. This one wasn't as funny as some of the other one's but still great! Read more

Review:Brief Description: Joe Goffman left his small Connecticut town of Bush Falls after high school and never went back--except in his creative life when he wrote a novel called Bush Falls that is a thinly disguised account of his life growing up in the town. The book was a bestseller and was made into a movie. It also pissed off a lot of people in Bush Falls who didn't appreciate the way that Joe depicted them. Now Joe's father is on his death bed, and Joe must return to the Bush Falls and face the ... Read more

Review:I couldn't put this book down. Tropper writes with unbridled conviction which leaves you no choice but to become emotionally involved with each character. Tragic and refreshing - a combination rarely successful. Read more

Review:J.R.R. Tolkien's legacy to the world was a tale of Hobbits and Rings. In Tales From the Perilous Realm, four short stories are added, only one of which is clearly a Hobbitish tale:

* Farmer Giles of Ham: A farmer gains courage as his dog loses it in search of a dragon.

* Smith of Wootton Major: Mysterious processes are afoot regarding cooks, travelers, children, and fairies.

* Leaf by Niggle: A relatively dark dramatization of an artist's creative focus.

* The... Read more

Review:The translation by Tolkien is excellent, but 75% of this 400 page book is commentary, which, if you love commentary, I guess is OK.
That's a lot of commentary, though. I would look at this book at your local library before adding it to your collection. Read more

Review:Texts are fragile and all too easily lost to oblivion. Horrific acts that forever erase cultural memory can often result from unforeseen and uncontrollable natural acts, such as fires. Fires eat ideas. A catastrophic fire in a historical library has culture for lunch. Such random conflagrations could even out-censor Big Brother. Luckily, humanity still possesses "Sir Gawain and the Green Night" because a 1731 fire did not engulf a manuscript known as "Cotton Nero A.x." Dating to the time of Chau... Read more

Review:The book of Lost Tales, Part II includes further tales of the First Age of Middle Earth including: Beren and Luthein, the tale of Turambar (the children of Hurin), the fall of Gondolin, and sketches of the tale of Earendel. Also described are Tolkien's outlines for fleshing out the mythology and developing the right framing devise (a problem he would struggle with all his life).

For me, the clear stand outs here are The tale of Tinuviel and The tale of the Fall of Gondolin. The tale of ... Read more

Review:Once again (and likely for the last time), Christopher Tolkien has passed to us our own Silmaril, diligently pieced together, from the very hand of his father. The respect and honor with which the son edits the father's many passages, letters, journals, and spoken word is no less evident than when doing so in The Children of Húrin. The care he takes to ensure that the editor not overpower the author is executed with great difficulty and expert precision. This is a beautiful story that has finall... Read more

Review:I just started reading this book, and I look forward to it. Justice Ginsburg writes the Forward. She and Scalia were greats friends, for which the great man gift of making. I'd advise anyone who cares about the law, and the virtues that we Americans believe in, to read this book. Read more

Review:I love it! It's a serious 'can't put it down' book. I had no idea what I was getting into, this was my first McCammon novel, and I just happened to stumble on it. I haven't put this book series down. McCammon is an outstanding author, and I can't believe I've never heard of him before! He's instantly shot to the list of my favorite Must-Reads.
Seriously. Read it. Read more