Review:I still love Flavia, and would recommend these character-driven mysteries to anyone who enjoys humor, quirky characters and a good whodunit; I am getting tired of the ceaseless hostility Flavia receives from her older sisters, however, and would like to know the underlying cause (as, apparently, would Flavia!) There seems to be a bit of a cracking in the wall of anger (Daffy answers a few of Flavia's questions, Feely sends Dieter to keep an eye on Flavia), but it still seems a bit much. I look f... Read more

Review:Every time Alan Bradley writes I am on pins and needles until I can get my hands on his latest! The newest in the series does not disappoint! I love it....hated it to end! What's next for Flavia? Stay tuned! Read more

Review:I loved Flavia. I found this book disappointing. There were leads that lead nowhere. The title had no relevance. Flavia did not get a chance to unfreeze her mother. Damn! The bad aunt really didn't do anything so bad in this book and her daughter had no real role. Come on Alan Bradley, get a good editor, work harder and give us another book like the others. Read more

Review:I love Flavia DeLuce, whom I first encountered in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. It's just after WWII, and Flavia, 11-year-old sleuth and chemistry fan (with a specialty in poisons), lives in a rambling estate in England, the daughter of a stamp collecting, absent minded father. She has two older sisters (Daphne and Ophelia) who torment her mercilessly and a deceased mother, about whom she wonders quite a bit. She rides her bicycle, named Gladys, all around her village of Bishop's Lac... Read more

Review:Nach der grandiosen Theater-Vorstellung des Puppenspielers Rupert Porson, fällt am Ende nicht nur der Vorhang, sondern auch eine Leiche auf die Bühne. Jetzt heißt es Ruhe- und einen kühlen Kopf bewahren, denn was zunächst wie ein Unfall aussieht, entpuppt sich schnell als skrupelloser Mord.
Flavia ermittelt wieder, und dabei ist ihr Inspektor Hewitt keine große Hilfe. Statt sie in sein Ermittlungsteam aufzunehmen, behandelt er sie wie eine gewöhnliche Elfjährige, was der Guten gehörig gegen d... Read more

Review:A good detective story. Relatable characters. The setting is 1900 San Francisco and Isabelle (Bel) is a strong female protagonist. The plot has lots of surprises and the backfill history is done well. I hope Flynn continues the series with Detective Riot and Bel. Read more

Review:Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Firebrand" is, without a doubt, one of the best books I have ever read. The retelling of the 'Iliad' through the eyes of Kassandra and the other women including Helen, Andromache, and Creusa is fresh and leaves the reader wanting more. I loved all 603 pages and would have been perfectly happy if it had lasted another 600 pages. The book is of a rare kind that makes you *feel* for every character in such a way that when Troy does fall and everyone is doomed to deat... Read more

Review:Okay..I'm sure that most people who read the summary gasped and said," How dare she! It was great!" (Well, some of them, anyways) ;)However, I didn't say that I DIDN'T like it..it's just that I was a bit..dissapointed.Let me just explain myself.First of all, I have to commend Marion Zimmer Bradley for giving the readers some background for what goes on in 'The Mists of Avalon' and continuing what happend in 'The Forest House'.Also, as far as I know, it also seems to be historically accurate. Fin... Read more

Review:I loved this book! The book has an amazing way of telling it, although I gave this book four stars(Four and a half, if we could do half) it's a wonderful book. The gram er is a bit old in the way I see it...but, everyone should read this classic! Read more

Review:Dante's Inferno had sinners chased through forests by evil hounds, and all the punitive mechinations available to the medieval mind hard at work. Niven and Pournelle added all the cruelties that humanity has created for itself since then. As a vain and self-centered science fiction author transits Hell in the company of a repentant Mussolini, the 'new cruelty' is hard at work.

Some sins are revisited, as a fashion model is punished for her obsession with her diet along with classic glut... Read more