Review:I picked up this book because I am quite interested in psychiatry and the development of psychosis.

Unfortunately, for me, ""The Psychopath Test" did not pass my readability test. The pace is meandering, and the cases sited are not as interesting as others in books about Borderline Personality Disorder or Narcissism.

Maybe it's only because it's summer, and I should be looking for beach reads, but Jon Ronson's book just did not hit the spot for me at this time. Read more

Review:If you are on the fence about the necessity of the death penalty I suggest you read The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton. If you believe in the need for a death sentence, I also suggest you read it with open eyes and ears. Actually, everyone should read Hinton’s memoir, because it is in my opinion a necessary read on how broken the US justice system really is. And more: it is the story of how an innocent man spent nearly 30 years on Death Row in Alabama, and continued to fight for freedom wh... Read more

Review:I am leading a discussion of The Paris Wife written from the point of view of Hadley, Hemingway's wife during the 20's so I thought reading A Movable Feast would make the period and story more interesting. Both books are really good but A Movable Feast brings Paris alive with the sights, sounds and relationships that Hemingway had with his friends. There is little of Hadley in the book but with a few words you know how Hemingway felt about his first wife. Read more

Review:Author A.E. Hotchner (1920-) a notable Hemingway scholar and biographer enjoyed a 14 year friendship with Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), he would earn Hemingway's trust and become a confidant. "Hemingway in Love: His Own Story" is a good engaging read complete with personal photos. Hotchner, was also friends with Hemingway's widow Mary Welch (1908-1986) explains the delay in revealing this story was out of respect for her.

In the early 1960's there was much stigma related to mental illness... Read more

Review:I thought this book was lacking in two respects. First, I felt the portrait of that time in Paris when Hemingway was trying to break through was not very detailed. Many other books, most notably Hemingway's posthumous memoir, A Moveable Feast, better capture the atmosphere of Paris in the 1920s. So if a reader is seeking to understand that particular time in Paris, this is not the book. Second, the author states often that Hemingway was a "revolutionary" writer, but does not really back up t... Read more

Review:I give this book 4 stars because as great as a man I think Mr. Booker T. Washington is and was, I can't tell you how troubled I am about how he kissed Europeans rearends. I think that he is a tremendous man in terms of building (Tuskegee) and being unrelenting about how Afrikan people should be educated. But he used the word humble, modest, and loyal when it come to how Afrikan people's should look at the European in the south. That was disturbing. Read more

Review:Fantastic book. I grew up in MN, and my mother's and father's families grew up in the same Southern MN area. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books always rang true with my family stories. This is a great historical book, the foot notes show the recorded history and reveal that Laura Ingalls Wilder only at times "stretched the truth". This book makes Laura's stories even more 'true'. I cannot recommend it higher. 10 stars would not due it justicve. Read more

Review:This book was originally written in the mid-90s and this version has been updated with a Introduction and Afterward. What really surprised me is that Bernie Sanders has been saying the same thing and fighting for the same issues his whole life and his whole political career. This book really portrays Sanders' passion for creating a society that benefits everyone and truly convinces me that he genuinely cares about the middle class. It's a quick read, but a little heavy on the acknowledgements... Read more

Review:At age 70, I well remember the news reports of the horror at Jonestown almost forty years ago. Stationed in Germany at the time, I pictured Jones, like Hitler, a charismatic leader taking his brainwashed followers to the grave.

Jeff Guinn was interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, leading me to this book. His was the first book on Jones I'd read, and thought none could possibly be better. (It might, though, be "Raven," by Tim Reiterman.) "Road" is the one to read if time is a concern, "... Read more

Review:I've always been a fan of Kathy Lee Gifford, I was watching the Today Show when she spoke of her book. As I was listening to her, you could feel the compassion she felt in writing this book and her love for God. Her faith in God shines through and as she is talking I knew this was a book I needed to read. So bought this book that day and started reading it right away . The way she wrote this book was like her sitting here and talking to me. I couldn't put it down. I am ashamed to say I d... Read more