Review:This book is incredibly well written. It depicts life with ALS perfectly (I would imagine) and allows you to be in the patients head. It was just so hard to read and made me super depressed. It’s a great book so feel bad giving it stars but it was excruciating to get through. I even had dreams I had ALS. Prob not a good choice for a beach read. Read more

Review:Totalitarianism. It’s not a concept that we are very familiar with; those of us who have been born free. The sludge of fear, every decision weighed not against what is good and just and right, but instead against what the ‘powers’ will think; the battle to deny self but not lose your spirit in the process – tiny acts of rebellion unidentifiable to the minders but nevertheless something that is your own, a fake accent or a carefully planned ‘accident’; not sabotage but just orchestrated carelessn... Read more

Review:Totalitarianism. It’s not a concept that we are very familiar with; those of us who have been born free. The sludge of fear, every decision weighed not against what is good and just and right, but instead against what the ‘powers’ will think; the battle to deny self but not lose your spirit in the process – tiny acts of rebellion unidentifiable to the minders but nevertheless something that is your own, a fake accent or a carefully planned ‘accident’; not sabotage but just orchestrated carelessn... Read more

Review:Roth plays with post modern concepts in such novels as Operation Shylock, blurring the line between fiction and reality, between character and identity, and in The Plot Against America, he takes yet another post modern bugaboo, and runs with it. This time it is the alternate history, where he re-imagines a facist American in the late 30's and early 40's. Roth seems intent on recapitulating much of 20th century literature. His Zukerman novel's are Marlowesque frame tales, very in keeping with H... Read more

Review:I couldn't put this book down... the subject matter was thoroughly explored and the characters were well developed and credible.
At one point I was taken aback by the self indulgence and feared the story was going to get raunchy.
I am so glad I kept going and look forward to the movie. Read more

Review:A slow, difficult read that's nonetheless rewarding. Fans of the argument that the U.S. no longer makes anything, much to the country's despair, will be heartened by the sanctity of industry in this book. Everything else, however, that comprises your moral compass will be challenged. Have fun! Read more

Review:I resisted reading this piece of trash when it was first released in a blaze of controversy some 50 years ago but in a moment of weakness, out of sheer curiosity, I recently purchased it for my Kindle because it was dirt cheap.

Now, half a century later, 'Dirt' and 'cheap' are still two very appropriate words to apply to this book. If you like reading about a guy whose sexual deviations know no bounds then this is the book for you. It has nothing else going for it. Read more

Review:With this book Philip Roth initiated what promises to be the most impressive "late phase" in American literature since the later works of Henry James. This is an extreme book, very strong medicine, the perfect antidote for American Puritanism in its current (and politically triumphant) Christian Right phase. It is also a masterpiece of American prose. Roth lets rip in the opening sentence and doesn't let up until the great, shattering, Kafkaesque final line. (No, I won't spoil it for you. Read i... Read more

Review:Once again, the first couple of chapters were hard to get into and made for a slow beginning, but the subsequent chapters got better and the book became a much more interesting read. This was much the same as Midnight Crystal. Thank you for asking for my review. Read more

Review:Since Jim Butcher's Dresden Files seems to be finally winding down, I have been searching for a suitable replacement for a wizard in the urban fantasy genre, and I have definitely found him in Alex Verus.
Think Harry Dresden transplanted to London. Benedict Jacka even gave a respectable shout-out to Harry in his first book, Fated, when he said in Chapter one, "I even heard of a wizard in Chicago who advertises in the phone book, but I think that's just an urban legend."
And so, the "wan... Read more