Humor & Satire
Review:The story lines are so wonderfully woven and real that once you start with jennifer crusie you can't stop. I'm working my way through all her books. JC if you are reading this. Please please where is your next book? I've now read all the online ones. I'm so desperate I'm even contemplating buying hardback versions that haven't been converted. Read more
Review:I absolutely loved this book! This is the first I've read from either author and I'm definitely a fan. Watching Gary come out of his shell with the help of Travis was the best part. At first I wasn't a huge fan of Travis because he seemed like a cocky jerk but then you see his true self. I love them as a couple. You won't be disappointed in this book! Read more
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:Howl For It was two paranormal shifter romances in one book, each novella length. I originally picked up the book because I’m a big fan of Cynthia Eden’s romantic suspense novels, but I’d never tried her fantasy books. After reading Wed or Dead, I’m definitely trying more of her paranormal books, because it was fantastic! I’ve never read Shelly Laurenston’s stories, so I was pleasantly surprised by her story! It had me cracking up and it was pretty hot!
3.5 Stars Like a Wolf With a Bone-... 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
Review:When I finished reading "Off To Be The Wizard", it really left me hoping there would be another book. However, unlike the first book, "Spell or High Water" literally builds a 'shell' plot, then stuffs it as full as it can get with irrefutable logic, quotes and vague reference to one Indiana Jones movie, early Trek, Star Wars IV, psychological evaluations, time travel permutations within permutations, all being overlaid with a sort of World of Warcraft-D&D-world religion-y humanitarianly orga... Read more
Review:I really liked the first book in this series. It was an inventive concept where geeks find out that they can manipulate a computer file and travel back in time and gain magical powers. The second one was OK, but didn't really add much. The third one is even more underwhelming.
Basically as the title suggests, there's a quest sort of like LOTR or D&D games. An enemy of the geeks traps them in a video game where they have to complete his rather easy, mundane tasks. The characters a... Read more
Review:What a clever story, integrating the two worlds and telling the story from the perspective of the NPCs. Good job drawing me into supporting the characters during their adventure. I'll read the next book for sure. Read more
Review:WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!! I've you're fresh off of completing Scott Meyer's Magic 2.0 series and are looking at this to read more of his works... STOP. Seriously, I mean it. Don't go any further. If you loved his writing style for the Magic 2.0 series and came here expecting a different story told in that same awesomely silly wittiness, you are going to be very, very, VERY dissapointed [And yes, I am aware that the Master of Formalities would say that to use the word 'very' is in bad form as t... Read more