Review:I just really love his writing style. He made me love reading when I was a teenager, and I'm quite a bit older than that now! He brings back characters and places into new told stories and you feel like they are your old friends and hangouts. He can be a funny guy too. Very witty. Read more

Review:I have always been a fan of Louis L'Amour. I have read and reread many of his books. His books are well researched and give vivid descriptions the landscapes, conditions, animals, and the people in that era. Great reads. Read more

Review:If you read this collection of short stories in order to find out behind the scenes gossip about the many movies in which Tom Hanks has acted, or the celebrities he has known,or secret insights into the mind of one of our most successful actors, you will be disappointed. There is nothing in this collection which will change your perception of Tom Hanks one bit – the stories match his screen persona like a tuxedo tailored for Oscar night.

Most of the stories are harmless, pleasant tales o... Read more

Review:Powerful and very human stories though several while interesting are less plausible.Great craftsmanship in the structure of the stories and the developemnt of characters. It is not a flattering picture of post-colonial Africa. Read more

Review:I've only read the first few stories in the book, but I am loving these glimpses of the daily lives of minor characters. Some are written from hilarious points of view, such as an administrator dealing with paperwork on Darth Vader's star destroyer. Each story gives enough information to identify the character from the movies and then brings out who that person really is and how s/he impacts the plot. It expands the universe by saluting the ordinary people (and other life-forms) that populate... Read more

Review:Long time Kim Harrison & Rachel Morgan fan, so I really enjoyed this collection, especially the story of Jenks' adventure with Trent when they go to "elfnap"... well, shouldn't say more. Plus, her non-Hollows stories were good. I rarely bother with short stories anymore (read too fast, feel unsatisfied afterwards that I didn't buy a 600 pg. novel) BUT most of these stories were novellas, so the subjects were dealt with in enough depth to be gratifying and fun.
I can highly recommend thi... Read more

Review:This was a very moving book. It helped me understand another culture and really feel
what the author was sharing. Diaz is an excellent writer. Reading Drown made me
want to read another book of his. Read more

Review:Junot Diaz's collection of short stories, "This Is How You Lose Here, is magical. His characters come to life in these stories of lust, love, loneliness, illness and desperation. Despite their circumstances, the characters never lose hope and the ability to dream.

Besides the beauty of Diaz's language and the authenticity of his characters,it is the universality of the themes, which appeal to all of us.

I heartily recommend this collection. Read more

Review:Neil Gaiman, Death: The High Cost of Living (Vertigo, 1994)

I had a really odd "I'm old" moment when reading this, and seeing Tori Amos' bio listing Under the Pink as a not-yet-completed album to be released early in the next year. Whoa.

Death became, early on, such a popular character in the Sandman books that she got the first spinoff comic. Two collections of it exist; this is the first. It's a minor, but charming, piece of work from camp Gaiman-and-co. One day every century, De... Read more

Review:This is an exemplary novel written by an amazing author. It is a collection of short stories that will grip your imagination and draw you into the story. Paper books give you three Sensory delights. Digital media will NEVER compare. Read more