November 2012 | Saw Wiki

Sleepers Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I suspect that the first 2/3 of this book are true. The vignettes of life on the streets of Hell's Kitchen in the 60s ring true. The section on life in a boy's "reform school" is UNDERSTATED, if anything. In most such places, as brutal as the guards may be, the young thugs you are locked in with are...

Why Johnny Can't Read: And What You Can Do about It Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I found this book back in 1987 right before my first child turned 5. After reading the book, I decided I had better teach my son to read myself before the local public school had a chance to mess him up. I couldn't believe how fast he learned to read! Using this book made it simple, easy, and fun for...

Duchess in Love Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I really did enjoy this book. James has been criticized more than once for having too much going on in her novels, but I find her refreshing and innovative. Duchess does have a lot of set up, and I admit that the following three books of the series are better, but this particular novel was the hook....

Every Boy's Got One Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This was an amazingly funny read that fan's of chick lit should surly appreciate and those readers that may not naturally gravitate to chick lit will find this a worthwhile read that offers both a quirky look at travel and romance. This book is set up in journal, and e-mail format and the story is told...

Rise and Shine: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Journey from Near Death to Full Recovery Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)More than a book you can't put down, although it is that, Rise and Shine is an unforgettable ride that propels the reader through the roller-coaster adventure of Simon Lewis's recovery, from the deepest coma possible without being dead to his triumph over the naysaying doctors, the impossible door slams...

Bound Feet & Western Dress: A Memoir Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This novel was given to me by my younger brother for Christmas 1997. He said he thought it might be interesting for me--I think it is the best gift he's ever given me. I am the eldest daughter of a Chinese family; my own mother came from China and I and my brothers were born here in America. The biography...

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When Douglas Perry saw the Broadway revival of Chicago in the late 1990s, he became fascinated with the factual events that inspired the show. He expected to be able to find a book about the real-life "killer dillers," but found that there wasn't one. An accomplished journalist, Perry sought to rectify...

Shark Dialogues Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Written by a woman of Hawaiian descent who clearly loves her people, this family saga is the story of Hawaii itself. The central character is the matriarch Pono, whose life includes harsh realities and surreal myths. Her long and passionate love for her husband Duke has caused her great joy, but the...

The Red Umbrella Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Lucia Alvarez wants what any fourteen year old girl wants--to spend time talking about boys with her best friend Ivette, to go to the movies and dances, and to avoid babysitting her annoying younger brother Frankie. It's just that her parents are so old-fashioned. Can't they see Lucia is old enough for...

The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In Celtic Twilight, originally published in 1902, Yeats recites several accounts of encounters with the faerie folk and with the people of Ireland of the time which gives us insight into Irish folklore, myth and legend.Yeats associates poetry with religious ideas and sentiment. And, I believe that he...

The Ultimate Fit or Fat Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Thanks again Covert!I was wary of purchasing this book as I've read Covert Bailey's original "Fit or Fat" and doubted that there was anything new to say on the subject. However, a friend convinced me to give it a try and I'm glad that I did. Valuable new information on wind sprints (not as strenuous...

This Book Will Change Your Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have devoted much time to the exercises in this book and so far my life has not changed (drats!) but I have accomplished making a complete fool out of myself (which, to be honest, is no real change).So far I watched a movie starting with an "F" (Fern Gully), imagined everyone naked (which I do not...

Bodega Dreams: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ernesto Quinonez' debut novel, Bodega Dreams, breaks through stereotypes, and enlightens the reader to the numerous human elements that make up El Barrio. Nevertheless, his purpose is not to explain the socio-economic group dynamic that makes up contempoary East Harlem. His purpose is to tell a good...

The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)For readers who care about where we're all going in this mad-media world of Internet highways and smart technology, this book is a necessary pit stop for refueling and refreshment. Only 151 pages long, this totally chapterless work can be read in a sitting of three hours (as if it were one single, long...

The Book of Bright Ideas Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have been reading a plethora of genres for 40+ years, and every once in a wonderful while I stumble across a masterpiece that fortifies my love of prose. "The Book of Bright Ideas" is a precious gem among the junk jewelry of average reads. Button, narrator, gifts a summer to remember as her new best...

Masters of Atlantis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The predilection of humans to involve themselves in cults is a perplexing topic that requires years of study and stacks of dictionary-sized psychology books in order to understand.Or......you can just read Masters of Atlantis then move on to your degree. Charles Portis continues to hold me in awe with...

The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)After decades of producing fiction that was rejected by mainstream readership and reviewers for being self-centered, exotic in prose, filled with psychological theory, and coterie in style, Anais finally found acceptance by integrating all of the above in this published version of her diary. Timing is...