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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) 5174 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002
An amazing novel
Without a doubt this is my favorite novel of the series so far. The action in this novel was intense and I finished the novel in a couple of days. JK Rowling always does a great job of mixing foreshadowing and mystery. With each novel, I have begun to realize that nothing is as it seems. I thought I finally figured out the plot, only to be completely surprised in the end.
The novel comes ...
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia 1639 reviews
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Couldn't put it down!
I was shocked when I logged on to Amazon and saw so many snarky, bitter reviews; I expected this book to have a solid five star rating. I do a lot of reading and it not every day that I find a book so engrossing, so honest, so profound, and so funny that I clear my schedule in order to plow through it. To all those mean-spirited reviewers, my question is: if you hated the book so much, why did ...
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The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child 143 reviews
Ron Clark
Hyperion, 2004
Good Book
Very Interesting Outlook on Everyday Skills as well as Classroom Skills!!
I LOVED IT
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The Secret2236 reviews
Rhonda Byrne
Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006
A real Treasure
This is a great product. You can give it as a gift, keep it to be past on to your children and so forth. It is a very inspiring item. I can account for many of the things in there. A must buy.
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She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)1671 reviews
Wally Lamb
Pocket, 1998
Depressingly satisfying
I was recommended this book while in a Barnes and Noble. I could hug the woman whom advised me to buy it. It was terrificly written and completely drew me in. It was highly depressing with all the events Dolores Price had been through, but still I'd recommend this novel to anyone - not just females.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 416 reviews
Hunter S. Thompson
Vintage, 1998
A classic
I read this first in college, and then again recently. It's still just as funny and wonderful as ever.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)2598 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Scholastic, 2004
The series truly begins.
I love Prisoner of Azkaban. I think that this was the novel that really hooked me into the series. I have a hard time writing a literary review of any of the Rowling novels mainly because I do not feel like I'm reading a novel when I read these books, I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm transported into another world and forget to look at the subtext or deeply analyze anything that the writer is ...
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Snuggle Puppy (Boynton on Board)58 reviews
Sandra Boynton
Workman Publishing Company, 2003
A Lovely Book
This is easily a favorite in our house. we first started reading this to our daughter when she was 9 months old. Since then, she has grown to love it more everyday. She's now 18 months old, and never tires of it. She generally likes all the Boynton books, but this one, she loves.
Here's the gist of the story: a mommy dog is baking cookies with her puppy, and tells him/her a story about how ...
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!2178 reviews
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Business Plus, 2000
Amazing Book, Period.
What ppl don't understand is that you're never supposed to actually take things you read in books like this literally. If he says a certain investment is smart, or he made money a certain way, do your research and see if its right for you. Just like any book, the specific examples used are not as important as the message behind the book. I read all the criticisms of Robert Kiyosaki online, (just ...
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The Giver38 reviews
Lois Lowry
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006
The Giver, An Amazing Book!
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everything was perfect? What if there was no violence and no hatred? Imagine a world devoid of color and only minor differences exist. Imagine being able to take a pill that solves all of your problems. For the normal person, this type of world seems to be non-existent. There is no way in our world, which is ...
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The Lovely Bones97 reviews
Alice Sebold
Little, Brown and Company, 2006
Quit whining
I am sick and tired of hearing that this book is a book for those who "have fun reading about rape and murder" and that it is "a slap in the face for murder and rape victims" cause hey, guess what: Alice Sebold WAS a rape victim. Only, she got through it and through her strength and insight, we got Bones. This book is not about "having fun reading about a rape or a murder", and in fact it is not ...
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Captain Underpants And The Preposterous Plight Of The Purple Potty People22 reviews
Dav Pilkey
The Blue Sky Press, 2006
A Book Review by Brendan
In our world Harold and George are nice. In the other dimension Harold and George are evil. Harold and George go in a potty transporter. If you like funny stuff this book is right fo ryou.
You might find something silly in the beginning of every Captain Underpants book.
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Desert Heat (Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 1)27 reviews
J.A. Jance
Avon, 1993
Really Intriging-action packed drama.
This is my first time in reading J.A. Jance, and I really enjoyed the first book here of the Joanna Brady series.
Joanna Brady is happy in Bisbee Arizona, with her husband Andy a cop, and daughter Jennifer. She is waiting anxiously for Andy's return home one night when he is late showing up, and later. Feeling like something is definitely wrong, Joanna goes out to see what she can find. And lo ...
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The Appeal (John Grisham) 427 reviews
John Grisham
Random House Audio, 2008
Great Entertainment
Mary Grace and Tom Payton are a husband and wife legal team and for years they've been representing a woman in Bowmore, Mississippi who lost both her husband and child to cancer which was supposedly caused by Krane Chemical's deliberate chemical spills into the town's water supply. The cancer rate in Bowmore is fifteen times the national average, everyone in town drinks bottled water, even the ...
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir1823 reviews
Frank McCourt
Scribner, 1999
A TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT. DEEP, SAD, WELL DONE.
The author begins his memoir with the voice of a narrator: describing people, events, etc. But, from the first chapter he slowly transitions into a man remembering & than goes back to when he was a boy. The slideshow of imagery & the depth of details made this a great read, despite the often brutal sadness of the story.
The innocence of a young boy of say 8 or 9 is experienced here like in no ...
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Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World111 reviews
Maria Shriver
Grand Central Publishing, 2000
Important Information That Teens Ought to Know
This book talks about the problems and difficulties you face when you hit adulthood. It also tells you things that might help you get through it all.
I liked this book for several reasons. I liked it because I thought it was very educating. Also because I believe this book can help people start preparing for their future. Ten Things I Wish I'd Known-Before I Went Out into the Real World is a ...
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A Pocket Style Manual (Writing Guides)27 reviews
Diana Hacker
St. Martin's Press, 1999
Great Tool for Your Writing
I am excited to use the MLA tools in this pocket guide for writing my college papers. There is so much in this little book, and was worth ever cent of my purchase. There are lots of little things that students forget like noun/verb agreement, and possession. It is very helpful, and every student should have this!
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Hamlet (Cliffs Notes)2 reviews
Carla Lynn Stockton
Cliffs Notes, 2000
Helped me get an `A' in Shakespeare!
I remember well using Cliffs Notes for Hamlet when I was in high school. I did not like Shakespeare at all. I couldn't understand it. I didn't just read the Cliffs Notes, but used it as I read the book to help me interpret what I was reading. The book explains the play passage by passage.
As useful as the Cliffs Notes are for understanding Shakespeare, I found the analyses at the end an ...
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Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in ...5 reviews
Joel Spring
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2003
Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality
This book gives us a lot of examples of how the minorities in this country have had their cultures altered to fit the American version. There are examples of most of the major minority groups and how the education system has played a major part in the pattern of deculturalization.This book is a must have for any student who wants to know the real history, the stuff they leave out of the text ...
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Forgive for Good39 reviews
Frederic Luskin
HarperOne, 2003
Life changing if timing is right.
This is a very practical, straight forward technique for letting go of what you are holding on to emotionally. It takes doing it, not just reading about it. Since I really needed it and was motivated, it worked spectacularly and helped me turn a major corner. For my friends to whom I recommended it, there were no such miracles: they were not in enough distress to bother doing the exercises. Save ...
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