Review:Feet Of Clay is a terrific book. It has always been a favourite of mine and reading it again (for the third or fourth time, I think) it has lost none of its brilliance. It's worth saying that if you're new to Pratchett, don't be put off by the trolls, dwarves and so on. It's just an incredibly effective device for mirroring human society. (And Detritus the troll is a wholly wonderful character, too.)

Here, Vimes and the Watch are investigating apparent attempts to poison the Patrician... Read more

Review:I love Tijan's books and especially this series. I like this story better than the second book but My favorite is still the first book. I cannot wait for the next book. Tijan always keeps you on your toes and her stories are hard to put down. Tis is a must read. Read more

Review:Oscar Wilde must have been quite the character in his day. This play about mistaken identity is not only laugh out loud funny but cutting at the same time. He skewers the upper class with his observations about their behaviour. No wonder it has been done in countless theaters over the years and been made into at least one film that I can think of. Read more

Review:This was the worst Crichton book I have read. The first half plus of the book was filled with slams on the Japanese which may or may not have been true at the time. At any rate reading these was not the least bit entertaining. The characters were dull and uninteresting. To me, this book was a chore to labor through and I was glad to finally finish (and hopefully soon forget). Read more

Review:I always enjoy Debbie's books. She develops characters well, the language is acceptable, and the actions are proper. I can enjoy her stories without blushing!! Or even letting my teenage grand daughters read the books. Read more

Review:I was reluctant to try Debbie Macomber because I thought her books were just "romance" novels and they've never been a favorite. But my mom and sister love her stories and I've grown tired of my usual genre of mystery and fantasy. This was a lovely story that emphasized day-to-day living. The characters are really engaging and the story is very readable. I've been struggling with insomnia for several months now and this book is a nice to read before bed because it's calming, but I can put it dow... Read more

Review:This book was so extraordinarily well-written -- it reminds me completely of what high school was like -- of all the complex & sometimes nonsensical thoughts that ran through my head. It makes so many other novels about adolescence seem somewhat one dimensional.

In the same way that Dave Eggers' stream-of-consciousness "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" captured the way my mind works now, Curtis Sittenfeld's rather more carefully written novel captured a lot of the way my mi... Read more

Review:No issues with the writing or characters but I wouldn't call this a story. It's a prolog of character development. Period. I am not a fan of authors selling books through the incomplete storyline guised as a "prequel". I won't be taking the bait. Read more

Review:He does an interesting job of portraying that era but he is so wordy. I could say in a few words what it takes him a whole
paragraph to express. You have to go back to try to figure out what is his intent. I guess people are impressed by that but
I find it irritating.
You just asked me if I had anything else to add -- no, I'm a person of few words (see above) Read more

Review:If you hate yourself and if you hate the world, if you want everything to end and nothing last except for one thing that is doomed anyways, you must read this book. It will uphold your beliefs that the world is a bad place and then it will reinstate it as the world is not a bad place. But you will not believe it, you will seek a friend. Your friend will not betray you, maybe it's just you. It is all you, you hate the world, the world is you, you hate yourself. The world dies when you di... Read more