Review:I am reading many books about pioneer life as research for a novel I hope to write. Until I read Willa Cather I never really understood why they left their homes, gave up everything for a dream. O Pioneers is a beautiful reading experience. I look forward to the other two books of Cather's pioneer trilogy. Read more

Review:almost perfect book for me. beautiful woman from Colorado, starts to discover herself out west in Arizona, and winds up in New York city to chase her dream of singin' opera. good insight in to what it takes to succeed in the world of opera. Read more

Review:Well, I highly doubt this is an honest account of this man's life
Towards the end, I did some research and found others too have doubted the accuracy. Some of his situations seem quite fanciful.
I do not, however, doubt the accuracy in portrayal of the treatment of enslaved and feed Africana and African Americans Read more

Review:Well, I highly doubt this is an honest account of this man's life
Towards the end, I did some research and found others too have doubted the accuracy. Some of his situations seem quite fanciful.
I do not, however, doubt the accuracy in portrayal of the treatment of enslaved and feed Africana and African Americans Read more

Review:I like this book simply because it gives an honest first hand experience into slavery, not the history book type of account with all its bias. It really touches you to see the suffering of one human at the hands of another. Makes me wonder about the so called superior cultured European and their cunning devices.
Love it because it's written from the heart. Read more

Review:With her history of training and teaching writing Wolitzer beautifully develops (on a big plane trip) the background of a woman's decision to leave her famous husband after many many many years of marriage...50s happy daze years of marriage. The dismal reality of "a man's world" over all else brings me up short as I look in the mirror...even the not famous nearly unknown writers can laugh during this read. Read more

Review:As always, Anne McCaffrey delivers a wonderful tale about an aspect of life on Pern. The world is so vividly portrayed by her imagination that I almost wish I could move there to get away from this year's election. Even threadfall and the intrigues of their world are more appealing than our daily headlines. I also enjoy the way each of her novels, while dealing with a different character or craft, supports the overall tale of Pern's battle to free itself of thread. Read more

Review:A breathtaking adventure about the will to survive. The belief that something will happen to make things better. Dragons, Thread, time travel and outstanding People makeup the story. If you have read this series you will know what I am writing about. If you haven't, then you need to get started. Read more

Review:There were too many downright confusing moments and storylines in this book that I keenly felt the lack of an experienced author. Where Anne's books are clearly set out with a threat that the imaginative heroes of Pern conquer, Todd's storyline desperately twists and turns and becomes so convoluted with stuff that should be secondary to the imminent threat. There are glimmers of maturity in his writing that seems all but lost in his previous books but I think this maturity is due to Anne's col... Read more

Review:Anne Mccaffrey left us with a wonderful book. The Skies of Pern shows us how the dragon riders will still be a needful part of Pern. This was (I think) her last book and it is just as good as her first. Her son will still let us visit Pern . But I will still miss her and all the books she wrote. What a gift for future readers Read more