Review:I have never read anything by Sophie Kinsella before, but was drawn to this novel by the premise. Being a classic film buff, the entire time I was reading it I kept envisioning it in my head as a 1930s or 1940s movie. To me it has all the charm of "Blithe Spirit" or "Topper" and I could clearly see Sadie as the free-spirited ghost flitting about in her Twenties' garb, refusing to leave until she had her precious necklace, much to the dismay of her earthbound great-niece. Too bad directors lik... Read more

Review:This is a light and funny collection of one novella and several short stories. I prefer the depth of novels, but if you’re looking for quick, short reads, this is fun.

Moyes is able to give intriguing glimpses into her characters’ lives in very brief tales. In a couple of the stories, married life does not seem appealing at all. The short story Holdups is particularly funny, but there are a lot of hilarious lines throughout the book.

There isn’t a ton of depth here, but it was defi... Read more

Review:The novel opens in November 1939 when Hitler, having narrowly escaped an assassination attempt after delivering a lecture at a Munich beer hall, is on a private train traveling to Berlin. Following his meeting with his war generals at the Reich Chancellery, Hitler falls onto his bed. Not having slept for two days, he is once again in a dreadful emotional state, and yet again begins to think of his deceased mother. To overcome this weakness or fear as a friend put it and on his suggestion, Hitler... Read more

Review:I purchased this collection because I had heard for years about the Lamb family's adaptation of Shakespeare to make it more suitable for children. I have a two-year-old daughter who enjoys listening to both short stories and chapters from novels such as Stuart Little or The Tale of Despereaux, and even Read more

Review:Over a background of symbolism, the story of Narcissus and Goldmund ("mouth of gold") develops: thinking and feeling; abstraction and concretion; ideas and feelings; intellectual and sensual pleasures.
Goldmund is a student at a Medieval monastery where Narcissus is a teacher. Narcissus opens Goldmund's eyes, revealing to him that the life of the convent is not for him, that he must go out to the world and experience it. So does Goldmund: he wanders around Europe for years, seducing countless... Read more

Review:Samantha Young has done an an amazing job with this series. It doesn't have to be read in order but it makes for a more compelling read if you do. It is a series that you can read again and again, I actually have.

I am looking forward to her future works. Read more

Review:Loved that ,the guys are on the job! However, the girls almost always get the guys involved but they didn't want to ask the girls to help. I think they should have. I want to read more stories about the guys. Read more

Review:I have read all he sisterhood books they are tense at times funny at other times all the ladies are special in here own way it is enjoyable to step out and just sit and read the book and go on adventure can not wait for another one Sue Read more

Review:The wonderful combination of Elizabethan theater and the Galaxy Far, Far Away returns in William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher. Combining his love of the classic trilogy and the Bard, Doescher followed up the overwhelming success of his first crossover adaptation by bringing further the tragedy of Episode V in all it's glory in the form of iambic pentameter, prose, and even haiku.

Doescher continued his excellent translation of film dialogue to late 16th century ... Read more

Review:Hardy's last novel before public indignation forced him to give up book writing (for poetry) really uses passion as a destructive force. As he takes his most likable male character in Jude and basically ruins him against his 2 least enjoyable female leads in Arabell and Sue. Sue more than anything is infuriatingly fickle and will either make you yell at the book or wish for her early exit. She's a real struggle to cozy up to and yet she becomes the voice for Hardy to express his disgust with soc... Read more