Winter Rose66 reviews
Patricia A. McKillip

Ace Trade, 2002

A Tale of Love, Family, and Faerie

+ Excellent writing, world, and premise
+ Dark and Dreamlike

Rois Melior is a wild child. A disconnect exists between her and the human world, not only because she walks barefoot or forgets the time while wandering in the woods (forever causing those who love her to worry), but also because she is *aware* of what she does, knows it's not normal, yet she ...
  
  











  



  
Od Magic27 reviews
Patricia A. McKillip

Ace Trade, 2006

Typical McKillip

+ An easy, accessible, fun, quick read...
+ pretty good

My introduction to Patricia McKillip was the "Riddle Master" series. At every trip to the book store thereafter, I looked for her additional works. Eventually it occured to me to try Amazon. I've collected all her books now and I've enjoyed each of them. "Od Magic" is, to some extent, predictable ...
  
  











  



  
P.S. I Love You145 reviews
Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler

Warner Home Video, 2008

A nice romantic film

+ Lovely film
+ Well done!

PS I Love You is a bitersweet love story. It is one of those films which you watch with a tear in your eyes and a wisp of a smile on your face. Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank0 has lost her husband (300's Gerald Butler). As she is in mourning over his loss, she recieves letters from her dead ...
  
  











  



  
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1)128 reviews
Elizabeth Peters

Mysterious Press, 1988

Absolutely wonderful escape

+ Delightful read
+ Crocodile on the Sandbank
+ Good book for teenage girls. Nice mystery adventure story with a little romance.
  
  











  



  
Dragonhaven41 reviews
Robin McKinley

Putnam Juvenile, 2007

Fascinating

+ Believable world
+ McKinley's diverse greatness

As a novice RM reader, I had no expectations regarding theme or writing style. I simply dove into a delightful and engrossing exploration of newparenthod. What a funny and riveting book! Hats off to RM.
  
  











  



  
Persuasion (Penguin Classics)24 reviews
Jane Austen

Penguin Classics, 2003

Love's Barriers Delightfully Probed in Polite Conversation

+ Delightful character analysis
+ Another Enjoyable Austen
+ For Austen Lovers
+ Her Last Finished Effort...
  
  











  



  
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition10 reviews
William Shakespeare

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

To Delight Not Study

+ Oxford Shakespeare

You will thoroughly enjoy this all-in-one beautiful volume which is meant to delight not study. Almost two decades after the original "The Oxford Shakespeare:The Complete Works", this second edition is a much improved version compiled by world's leading authorities. It comes with updated ...
  
  











  



  
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe70 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Doubleday, 1966

The Enduring Master of the Macabre

+ POEtic Justice
+ poes book
+ The undisputed master of gothic horror.
+ The mind of a genius
  
  











  



  
Messenger (Readers Circle)103 reviews
Lois Lowry

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006

The Ideal home changes

Identified as the "Companion": to Newbery-winning "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue", I picked up Messenger with high expectations. The other two were terrific, stunning in their own ways. I wasn't disappointed. Lowry's created world in which the three villages of the three stories exist is clever ...
  
  











  



  
Blood Pact (BLOOD SERIES)20 reviews
Tanya Huff

DAW, 2007

4th Book in the Series

+ The dead keep walking.
+ Surprise Ending
+ Creepier and an unexpected ending
  
  











  



  
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems5 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bantam Classics, 1990

At long last: someone worth reading....

+ Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems by Emerson
+ A wonderful selection of essays!
+ excellent retrospective of ages
  
  











  



  
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold188 reviews
C.S. Lewis

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1980

C.S. Lewis's Masterpiece

+ Beyond Excellent
+ I've Lived In It
+ The Best of Paganism
+ Great read, in Lewis' fluid style
  
  











  



  
Shattered Dance10 reviews
Caitlin Brennan

Luna, 2006

wonderful trilogy

+ A good finish.

I had been eagerly awaiting the end to this trilogy and this book did not disappoint. I recommend all three, reading this one without the other two I would not recommend because the 3 books could be one, to understand the later two you must read the first.
  
  











  



  
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson49 reviews
Emily Dickinson

Back Bay Books, 1976

Great collection of poetry!

+ True Dickinson fans....
+ One of the best poetry collections around
+ Your thoughts don't have words every day...
+ mother from another planet
  
  











  



  
Eclipse (Twilight Saga)862 reviews
Stephenie Meyer

Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap), 2009

Delicious Vampire Romance fraught with Angst

+ Best Series Ever!
+ Life gives you choices...

The obsession continues with the addition of this book to the Twilight saga. I can't seem to get enough of Bella, Edward, Jacob and all the Cullens!
  
  











  



  
Undead and Unwed (Queen Betsy, Book 1)269 reviews
MaryJanice Davidson

Berkley Sensation, 2004

Definatly NOT Unamused

+ All hail the new Vampire Queen! But please don't step on her shoes...
+ Thoroughly enjoyable
+ Annoying heroine, interesting story
  
  











  



  
The River Warren: A Novel7 reviews
Kent Meyers

Harvest Books, 1999

A small town tries to comprehend a bizarre act

+ Portrait of community, friendship, family
+ Haunting, wonderfully written novel
+ Fine Work from the hinterlands of South Dakota
  
  











  



  
Arrow's Fall (The Heralds of Valdemar, Book 3)61 reviews
Mercedes Lackey

DAW, 1988

The Best Was Saved For Last

+ The first trilogy holds its own
+ Talia grows up

This was by far my favorite because it was so much more realistic. Lackey does not shy away from what happens to women who are held captive by those bent on harm. The 'far fetching' was exactly that, a little too good to be true, but who wouldn't like to have an ability like that and horses like ...
  
  











  



  
Song Of Unmaking8 reviews
Caitlin Brennan

Luna, 2005

A Solid Middle Pillar of theTrilogy

+ Great book!!
+ satisfying middle book of a fantasy/romance trilogy
+ Wonderful horse-lover's escape!
  
  











  



  
Arrows of the Queen ( The Heralds of Valdemar, Book 1)141 reviews
Mercedes Lackey

DAW, 1987

Avid, but picky, fantasy reader loves this book!

+ An all around wonderful, rich tale!
+ Didn't Think I Would Like It

This is Mercedes' first published book-in 1987, suppose that made me a bit biased since that's the year I was born. I am a huge fan of Mercedes Lackey's writing, but admit that some of her books are better than some of the others. THIS is one of the best! I am very picky in what I read because so ...