Review:"Bright Lights, Big City", a brilliant product of the 80s era of superficiality and excess, is a portrayal of a yuppie news reporter living in near-total denial. Strangely, the second-person technique manages to effectively create a bond of sympathy between reader and hero, as we are drawn into the conflicts and misfortunes that beset the nameless reporter. The novel, which is idiosyncratically told in the second-person, relates the episodes that transpire in the bustling nighlife of Manhattan, ... Read more

Review:Rules of Attraction is a first-person narrative that alternates between a few egocentric, hedonistic college students as they become intertwined in a love triangle. There isn't a dull moment in the book in large part due to the story and Ellis' provocative style of writing. The characters are quite shallow and far from morally inclined, to the point where some will readers get sick to their stomaches. This is Ellis' intention though as the underlying message of his writing is a critique of th... Read more

Review:Any longer and this book may have become tedious. I liked the noir feel, the terse, at times luminous prose. A very captivating book overall. It felt like The Big Sleep to me--I didn't really know what was going on and couldn't keep track of all the characters but that doesn't matter. It has great atmospherics and a doom to it. It worked for me. But I like BEE. He's a risker taker and a talent. It's fun to watch him work. Period. Read more

Review:My brother is a pooping connoisseur, but was getting bored with the old standby, the shot gun s***, and his fancy move, the bidet blob. This book will really help him get out of his defecation drudgery, and bring him more pooping pleasure! Thanks so much! Read more

Review:This is for fans of the TV hit "Justified". This book ends where "Justified" begins. If you like that show, you'll love this book and the adventures of Raylin Givens..the no-nonsense US Marshall. This book is a fun, entertaining read. It leaves you wanting more. I'm a Leonard fan for life. Read more

Review:Bulgakov entirely destroys the concept of Russian literature most of us got from college - dull, grey, plodding and intense. Instead, Bulgakov is witty, irreverent, fantastical and intensely colorful. The political implications of his works are so well intertwined with the stories that you can pay them intense attention or ignore them entirely as you choose. His plotlines are hilarious and just twisted enough to keep you guessing and surprised.
While Master and Margarita is clearly his gre... Read more

Review:An enchanting book filled with charming photos of Tuna and furbished with Courtney's delightfully witty captions. Having a rainy day? A flip through this book will cheer you up no end. Part of my daily morning routine is to look at Tuna's Instagram page and see what shenanigans he's been up to. He's a perfect advocate for appreciating our own individual beauty and for supporting rescue animals. Read more

Review:Translation: C.J. Hogarth, 143496 words

The first 10 chapters (half the book) have everything that makes a picaresque novel: funny characters, funny adventures and travels. It rolls along at a perfect pace. Gogol is witty and smooth, a suave motor mouth. I wouldn’t say that as a narrator he’s in the way, but he is crowding the reader.

Gogol’s deadpan narrative style is suitable for comedy. The main character, Chichikov describes an acquaintance, Sobakevitch, as “a bear, and not... Read more

Review:Translation: C.J. Hogarth, 143496 words

The first 10 chapters (half the book) have everything that makes a picaresque novel: funny characters, funny adventures and travels. It rolls along at a perfect pace. Gogol is witty and smooth, a suave motor mouth. I wouldn’t say that as a narrator he’s in the way, but he is crowding the reader.

Gogol’s deadpan narrative style is suitable for comedy. The main character, Chichikov describes an acquaintance, Sobakevitch, as “a bear, and not... Read more

Review:This was a delightful children's book discovered by my former sister-in-law when she worked in a children's book store. Why on earth the marketers described this as a book for teens is beyond me. Even kids of about 9 or ten understand the humor in a story about a worm who eats dirt for breakfast, lunch and dinner and finds hair "OH NO!" in his meals. What dirt!

Your kids need not be teens to enjoy this delightful Gary Larson comic for kids. Read more