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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression 69 reviews
Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Bantam, 2008
Thoroughly Enjoyable
To be honest with you, I don't know who recommended this book to me but I am eternally grateful to whomever did, because it really was a fun read. I enjoyed it so much that I went out and bought my own copy of it so I can lend it to people. My great-great-grandma immigrated from Germany to Iowa and her daughter and grand-daughter grew up in Iowa till the Great Depression drove them to Ohio. The ...
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Killing Floor 175 reviews
Lee Child
Jove, 2006
Great introduction of Jack Reacher.
I just read this book last year and I really liked it.
The first Jack Reacher book I read was The Hard Way, which was O.K.,
but I decided to start at the beginning and work my way forward.
This was a great introduction of this character and I have read
the whole series now, up to and including the new one called
"Nothing to Lose".
The best ones are "Killing Floor", "Tripwire", "Die ...
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Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
James Lee Burke
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Much beloved Louisiana lawman Dave Robicheaux is back again, this time in the brand new setting of the rugged Montana mountains.
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The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) 21 reviews
Donna Leon
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008
Donna Leon at her Very Best
I am not a mystery fan. But I love books that transport me to an interesting place and/or time. Donna Leon excels at this. She has lived in Venice for over 25 years and writes lovingly of the people, the canals, and life there. She has created a wonderful set of warm, endearing characters. particularly Commissario Guido Brunetti, his family, and Signorina Elettra. I'm working my way through ...
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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)66 reviews
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
Sandord proves again he is the Leader of Mayhem, Murder & Mystery
Along with James Lee Burke, John Sandford is the leading author of mayhem, murder and mystery and he proves it again as a woman's daughter disappears in the local Goth culture and Lucas Davenport returns to make the world right.
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Plum Boxed Set 3 (7, 8, 9): Contains Seven Up, Hard Eight and To The Nines (Stephanie Plum Novels) 10 reviews
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007
Great purchase
My mom got me started on these books and now I can't stop reading about Ranger!
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Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations51 reviews
Alex Harris, Brett Harris
Multnomah Books, 2008
Timely Advice For The Impressionable Years
The teenage years are arguably the most crucial and impressionable years of one's life. A person's future can often be decided by decisions made during this period. Many come undone while others go on to greatness. Teenagers need advice and guidance to set themselves up early for a happy and prosperous future.
Do Hard Things urges teenagers to push themselves, expand their boundaries, go after ...
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Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole Novels)
Robert Crais
Simon & Schuster, 2008
After the fabulous success of THE WATCHMAN, Crais comes roaring back with his Elvis Cole series. Elvis was a hero when he cleared an innocent man of a murder charge. But when that innocent man is found dead three years later holding photos of the victim, Elvis is the one on trial.
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive1907 reviews
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
A Courageous Child
A Child Called "It" is the story of the childhood of Dave Pelzer. Do to his mother's drinking problem, he suffers severe punishments, which he refers to as "games." Some of the "games" are deadly, frightening, and down right malicious. She grinds down her second son's self esteem by forcing him to wear the same clothes to school day after day.
His world turns upside down when he was only four ...
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Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)22 reviews
Steve Solomon
New Society Publishers, 2006
Outstanding book
This book is simply outstanding in everyway. We have been gardening for many years and found this book to just take gardening to another level. This book told us why things we had been doing for years in the garden worked. It also told us why we were having trouble with certain aspects of the gardening relm. We sent this book to everyone we know who has an interest in gardening and they all ...
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The Tin Roof Blowdown (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)114 reviews
James Lee Burke
Pocket, 2008
Best one yet!
This book is overwhelming. The devistation of Katrina left New Orleans in a dreadful state and Mr. Burke tells it like it is. With all the details of reality and sorrow. I was so overcome with emotion, it brought tears to my eyes and I felt so helpless and still do. If you did not read this you must, each of his books leave me with such a feeling of gratitude. He is a wonderful author and I ...
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Slash105 reviews
Slash, Anthony Bozza
HarperEntertainment, 2007
Slash is so honest!
Slash
Slash is very honest in his book. It was a real page turner. I bought this book for my hubby for christmas. He finished it in 3 days. Then I got it and finished it in a week. Love it!! I hope to read more from this author in the future!!
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl167 reviews
Timothy Egan
Mariner Books, 2006
WE didnt know it was this bad
I was just a kid and I enjoyed those dust storms because they let school out
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What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask39 reviews
Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, ...
Walker Books for Young Readers, 1998
For boys who want to know the facts, this book has the answers!
What's going on down there? A general question, perhaps, but one that boys between the ages of ten and fourteen ask regularly about the changes their bodies undergo during puberty. In Karen Gravelle's book, What's Going on Down There: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask, she describes the physical and emotional changes that occur in boys (and, to a lesser extent, in girls) during ...
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The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Novels)158 reviews
Lee Child
Dell, 2007
Reacher vs the mercenaries
Jack Reacher gets a chance to match wits with exgi's who are mercenaries. How does Lee Child keep producing these wonderfull books without repeating plots or scenes? Really worth reading. A lot of action and pretty gruesome in some areas.
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Spin101 reviews
Robert Charles Wilson
Tor Science Fiction, 2005
Another amazing sifi must read
Spin is a great novel. It is one of those great scifi books where the scifi aspect is not front and center but is a tool to tell a more human story. I found that I could not put this book down and I lost quite a bit of sleep staying up late reading it. This is a must read for all scifi fans.
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Now and Then58 reviews
Robert B. Parker
Putnam Adult, 2007
Terrific read...
I've been reading Parker for a long time, and it's great to see him back at the top of his form again. Even when the book is not great, Spenser is always fun. And this book shows our favorite PI at his best. Wisecracking with cops and bad guys, flirting with beautiful women, and, of course, being the ultimate tough guy when he has to go into action. I liked the story too, which kept me guessing ...
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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time165 reviews
Valerie Bertinelli
Free Press, 2008
Losing It
Excellent book. I could hardly put it down. Looked forward to reading it every chance I got.
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The Big Sleep105 reviews
Raymond Chandler
Vintage, 1988
A Big Debut
Nearly seventy years after it was published, The Big Sleep is still an interesting detective story with an intriguing style. This was Raymond Chandler's first published novel and it made him a celebrity. In an old interview I read somewhere, Chandler said he was going against the grain of the then-popular British detective novels that climaxed with the gathering of all the suspects into a single ...
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Cruel Zinc Melodies (Garrett, P.I.)16 reviews
Glen Cook
Roc, 2008
Why did I waste my time.....
I had this book on pre-order, but with the last few books in the series, I was not in a big hurry and cancelled it.....well, I just finished this one (in record time), and can happily say that I am sorry it's over. At first, some of the language was pretty strong, and I thought this was going to be another book that didn't seem to have been written by Cook, however, that quickly passed and I just ...
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