Customer Review: Good writing, good pacing, but I couldn't help but wonder at this book's treatment of a theme similar to that written by Doug Adams several years earlier in "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". Adams' treatment was comedic, rather than dramatic, however.
Customer Review: Poisonwood Bible is one of my favorite books, why pick it apart? Every few years I get hungry to read it again. My criteria for a good book is simple: Does it make me laugh, cry, think, feel, does it take me into other worlds or other times? Poisonwood does all of those things.
Customer Review: Brooks has written a long engaging tale of elves, humans, demons, and magic. Monsters include lizards, croaks, and a giant centipede. Children street gangs seek survival as demons lead once-men to wipe out the human race. The two remaining Kights of the Word are the only defence and their hope rests... more info
Customer Review: Thing I Liked Best About The Book: The relationship between the characters.
The relationship between all the characters were written so uniquely. Miles didn't act the same to every other character - the relationships between Miles and his classmates, parents, and teachers were all unique... more info
Customer Review: I listened to this one as I drove back and forth to work, 40 minutes each way. The story is great, and the oral performance is absolutely superb! I rarely repeat a book, in any form, but I'm getting ready to listen to this one again. Highly entertaining.
Customer Review: The efforts of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson together with Greg Call who provides the odd illustration every now and again has resulted in another extremely high quality read that can be enjoyed by both children and adults as well. Fifth book in the series and third dealing specifically with the... more info
Customer Review: Joseph Conrad is an amazing writer; he uses the English language of the late 19th and early 20th centuries beautifully, he describes the colonial world at its apogee, he tells engrossing stories but even his seemingly potboiler plots (such as The Secret Sharer) raise disturbingly serious moral... more info
Customer Review: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy is even better than I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You! This second Gallagher Girls novel has more adventure, espionage, and boy questions than the first, taking everything a step further. In this second book, find out what happens when the... more info
Customer Review: Picking up a book by John Green is a guaranteed treat; you know you are going to become friends with a host of teens who will make you laugh, make you think, and make you recognize yourself in them. An Abundance of Katherines is no exception, and it's a fun ride from the first pages. Colin... more info
