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reviewed In the Land of Believers: An Outsider.... January 11
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's
When I turned thirteen, I joined a youth fraternity that was aimed at young men. The organization does a tremendous amount of good work in the communities where a chapter is located. The people who belonged …
reviewed Planet of the Apes. August 03, 2011
posted in Forbidden Planet - Sci-Fi Books & Films!
Planet of the Apes (Signet)
The book by Peter Boulle is quite different in many respects to the resultant films and TV series – The Planet of the Apes!        If you've seen the film (and …
reviewed Lord of Misrule (Morganville Vampires.... June 08, 2011
posted in Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Lord of Misrule (Morganville Vampires, Book 5)
I will be the first to say that thus far this series was a little dry and boring compared to others out there. The drama and action are really stepped up 100% in this book where the town of Morganville …
reviewed Mockingjay. May 12, 2011
posted in Forbidden Planet - Sci-Fi Books & Films!
Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)
   *** MINOR SPOILERS ***      In the first book, Katniss was written as an unselfish girl who went to the Hunger Games as a tribute to District 12 in place of her little …
reviewed Catching Fire. March 30, 2011
Catching Fire
The first book was new and interesting but the second one, Catching Fire, really dropped the ball for me.      ** Minor Spoilers **   Katniss is our main character, a 17 …
reviewed A Visit from the Goon Squad. March 04, 2011
posted in Cage
A Visit from the Goon Squad
   Because I am dragging myself through a list, The 2011 Tournament of Books, in order to impose a challenge and to experience some other tastes in literature, I didn't abandon this book …
reviewed Skippy Dies: A Novel. March 04, 2011
posted in Cage
Skippy Dies: A Novel
Skippy Dies broke a lot of my rules for literature and still allowed me to love it. I can't stand violence to children in what is, essentially, an entertainment. Really graphic, unhealthy sexual activity …
reviewed 1984 (novel). February 23, 2011
posted in SF Signal
1984 (British first edition)
There are very few writers whose work has been so profound that their names have become adjectives. Shakespearean. Kafkaesque. Orwellian.      1984 remains George Orwell's greatest …
reviewed Bad Marie: A Novel (P.S.). February 10, 2011
posted in Cage
Bad Marie: A Novel (P.S.)
   Marie is a liberating alter ego for those who want to fly to foreign lands on a moment’s notice. There is a freshness to entering the mind of someone with so little regard for consequences, …
reviewed Batman: Whatever Happened to the Cape.... January 30, 2011
posted in For the Love of Comics!
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
    This story about Batman is a convoluted one with many odd twists to the plot; you begin wondering if the Joker was not really just a big joke played on Batman. The premise is that Batman …
reviewed Little Bee: A Novel. January 25, 2011
posted in Powell's Books
Little Bee: A Novel
I'll give Little Bee points for drawing me in - it was a compelling and super fast read. The main character is very well done, however I couldn't muster any empathy or even much likability for …
reviewed You Know When The Men Are Gone by Sio.... January 12, 2011
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
You Know When The Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
You Know When The Men Are Gone is a beautifully written slender volume of short stories centering around the wives of deployed soldiers based at Ft. Hood, Texas. The stories are loosely related involving …
reviewed The Godwulf Manuscript. January 04, 2011
The Godwulf Manuscript
The Godwulf Manuscript was the late Robert B. Parker's debut Spenser novel in what turned out to be a series of more than thirty. Written in 1974, this book is very much a product of its times, just …
reviewed The Book Thief. January 03, 2011
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
The Book Thief
I put off reading this book for so long, but then so many of the end of 2010 recaps had this among their favorites of the year so I figured I would give it a try. And I loved it. I think a lot of what …
reviewed The History of Love: A Novel. December 31, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
The History of Love: A Novel
Why oh why did I buy this book and then leave it languishing on the pile for THREE EFFING YEARS? Why?    And why didn't any of you shame me for doing so?    The …
reviewed The Secret History by Donna Tartt. December 31, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Tartt's story, about a college student who wheedles his way into an exclusive group of eccentric Greek majors at a small liberal arts college and participates in the murder (and subsequent cover-up) of …
reviewed Everything That Rises Must Converge. December 31, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
Everything That Rises Must Converge
This was my first experience with Flannery O'Connor, and I am irate that no one shoved it into my hands and forced me to read it sooner. I have a feeling that O'Connor would have been inescapable …
reviewed Marley & Me: Life And Love With The W.... December 29, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Marley & Me: A Memoir
    I bought a copy of John Grogan's Marley & Me in a CVS two years ago (this was, of course, before I started boycotting CVS, but that's a topic for another blog post) but …
reviewed Mockingjay. December 24, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)
Dystopia, Big Brother and post-apocalypse are themes that have been included in novels so often that it could well be a life's work for a librarian to prepare an exhaustive catalogue of titles. But, …
reviewed First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria. December 17, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace
   Eve Brown always planned to join the Peace Corps someday, but it wasn’t until 1988, when she was in her mid-twenties, that she decided it was time for a little less conversation and …
reviewed The City & The City. December 16, 2010
The City & The City
Oh, this book! It. Is. So. Good.    Where to start?    At its core, China Miéville's The City and The City is a police procedural. But it is so much more than that. …
reviewed How to Buy a Love of Reading. December 16, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
How to Buy a Love of Reading
   Before you even ask, no, How to Buy a Love of Reading is not a how-to book, at least not in the traditional sense. It is a novel. And this is what it’s about. Carley Wells is …
reviewed The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons.... December 16, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane
   When our lives are turned upside down in moments of tragedy, pain, and struggle, opening a book can seem like the last thing we should be doing. But Erin Blakemore says that isn’t …
reviewed The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an.... December 16, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
   After reading the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica and living by all of the rules in the Bible, A. J. Jacobs found himself addicted to “experience journalism.” He couldn’t …
reviewed The Good Good Pig. December 16, 2010
posted in The Book Lady's Blog
The Good Good Pig
   When Sy Montgomery and her husband adopted a piglet they named Christopher Hogwood, a piglet who “was a runt among runts,” they had no idea what they were getting into. Christopher …
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