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A Thousand Splendid Suns 1295 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
A sad burqa "romance" with a semi-happy ending
I enjoyed the book. Despite having a mostly sad story line, the two female main characters demonstrated courage, love, and hope in an otherwise brutal and oppressive marriage. This book is not for children since it frequently describes sexual encounters in a somewhat graphic, though tasteful, manner.
No need to recount the story since other reviewers have already done that. I'll just express ...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 244 reviews
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
APA Manual
I needed this book for formal written papers for nursing school. It is exactly what was needed based on school requirements. It gives you all the examples needed for references and for publications.
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays47 reviews
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 2007
Smart, eclectic, and hilariously funny.
Full disclosure: I have a major intellectual crush on David Foster Wallace. Yes, yes, I know about his weaknesses - the digressions, the rampant footnote abuse, the flaunting of his amazing erudition, the mess that is 'Infinite Jest'. I know all this, and I don't care. Because when he is in top form, there's nobody else I would rather read. The man is hilarious; I think he's a mensch, and I don't ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1470 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Good book
A friend raved about this book so I purchased it. It is a very good read
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The Way We Work
David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 2008
In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on anatomy classes, dissections, and even reached inside the rib cages of two cadavers to compare their spleen sizes. He observed numerous surgeries, including a ten-hour procedure where a diseased ...
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The Shack1545 reviews
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2008
inspiring and intriguing book
The Shack is an amazing book. I think it is a book everyone should read. It will definitely give you lots to think about.
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We the People: The Story of Our Constitution 14 reviews
Lynne Cheney
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008
The prefect gift
A friend recently introduced me to Lynne Cheney's books, and I think they're some of the best history books for kids that I've seen. "We the People" is no exception. Mrs. Cheney does a great job of telling the story of our Founding in both an interesting and easy-to-understand way. This book is a great gift for all the kids you know.
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The Secret Life of Bees1402 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Gorgeous Prose and Characters
The Secret Life of Bees is one of those books that is always talked about yet might not be as good as people say it is. You don't really know until you read it yourself. It has reached such a high pedestal in today's literature that it might just be hype. But it is certainly not. This novel was one of the best I have read this year.
Lily Owens, fourteen years old, is growing sick of her home. ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1563 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
5 stars versus ANYTHING (except maybe the Bible)
This is a literary work of art by one of the greatest living authors. The subject matter can be dark, but for those giving it anything less than 5 stars... I guess those folks really need to do some homework.
Why am I reviewing it? This book is the single GREATEST Father's Day gift for a man with a child (especially a son) that I can possibly imagine. THAT is what this book is about, ...
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Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Wont Regret5 reviews
T.D. Jakes
Atria, 2008
before you do think again
many of us are not as good as we can be because we make poor decisions. this book must be studied and absorbed so that you are equipped in the time of decision so that you can make the right choice that will yield you the right reward: not a simply a good one.
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The Kite Runner2503 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
Must read
The book is fascinating, throws you into a world that is hard to comprehend for some and yet a lot of what is being described are things everyone of us "westerners" feels and does as well.
A must read.
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Goodnight Moon582 reviews
Margaret Wise Brown
HarperFestival, 1991
Generations
I bought this book for my daughter - in paperback, hardback, coloring book, etc.! This was her all-time favorite book growing up and now I'm buying it for her newborn son! That makes me really think this is a book "for generations".
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story 81 reviews
Diane Ackerman
W. W. Norton, 2008
Terrifying and moving
The most incredible thing about this book is that it really happened. Jan and Antonina Zabinski were zookeepers at the Warsaw Zoo and were disgusted and horrified by the treatment of the local Jews by the Nazis. As the Warsaw ghetto was gradually cleared by the total annihilation of its occupants, Jan devises ways to bring them to the Zoo secretly and to hide them in the cages which were formerly ...
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The Jewel of Medina 9 reviews
Sherry Jones
Beaufort Books, Inc., 2008
Opens hearts and minds
The Jewel of Medina brings the reader into a relatively unknown world of 7th Century Saudi Arabia and brings to life the events surrounding the beginning of Islam. The novel seems very respectful of Muhammad to me while at the same time focusing on the lives of his wives, especially A'isha. It seems shocking to us today to realize that she married him when she was only nine as we forget that in ...
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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)271 reviews
Valorie Schaefer
American Girl, 1998
Where Was This Book When I Was Growing Up?
The Care & Keeping of You:
The Body Book for Girls
Where was this book when I was growing up? What a great book for girls.
As a mother of three girls and a grandmother of four girls, I give thumbs up to The Care & Keeping of You.
I began reading this book with my nine-year-old granddaughter, Autumn. She enjoyed learning about how to brush her hair, and her teeth. She loved the ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)3222 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
HPDH cd review
This item is wonderful to add to ones collection.
My children enjoy listening to the Audio book as much as reading the book itself
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The God Delusion1267 reviews
Richard Dawkins
Mariner Books, 2008
A Book for Every Thinking Person's "Must Read" List
One will readily expect the perceptions and reviews of Richard Dawkins' THE GOD DELUSION to fall along what might euphemistically be called "party lines." Blue Staters, rationalists, and the college educated (especially in mathematics, engineering, the sciences, and technology) will find it thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating even if they disagree with the author's views. Red ...
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Unaccustomed Earth117 reviews
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
Rich with detail and complexity, these short stories are novels that end too soon
As we've come to expect from Jhumpa Lahiri, this collection of eight short stories examines the immigrant experience in America, including the difficulties of adjusting to a new culture and workplace and the clashes between immigrant parents and their fully American children. Lahiri's stories, however, are not limited to immigrant issues but address global issues relevant worldwide: how we need ...
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments89 reviews
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 1998
Sheer genius.
David Foster Wallace is one awesomely smart guy. This is both his greatest strength and his potential Achilles heel as a writer. Personally, I will read anything this man writes, because I think he is a true genius with a rare sense of compassion, and a hilarious sense of humor. Even when his writing falls victim to its own cleverness, I still find it worthwhile - perhaps because one senses that ...
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What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids)38 reviews
Dawn Huebner
Magination Press, 2005
End of Worries
My daughter had chronic stomachaches which we had checked out medically. We were assured that they were stress related. This book was just what we needed. She loved being able to actually write in and draw in the book about her worries. It was engaging and empowering for her to create something tangible for her to work with. She especially loved drawing what her worry bullies look like. It ...
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