Bookmarks45 reviews Phillips & Nelson Media Inc Book Junkie + MY NEW FAVORITE MAGAZINE + First Issue of Bookmarks magazine If you are an obsessive reader like me, this magazine was meant for you! I orginally got my subscription as a birthday gift and have renewed it several times. I can't imagine being without this magazine, the reviews are great and I have found several books that I never would have known about on ...             Double Indemnity50 reviews James M. Cain Vintage, 1989 excellent -- a definite no miss + It Always A "Dame", Right? + A KILLER PLOT... + A Step Up From "Postman" -- Plot and Writing are Improved + Classic Noir From a Master             The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: The Trials of Bridget Cleary6 reviews Joan Hoff, Marian Yeates Basic Books, 2001 A Molehill Becomes A Mountain + The cooper's Wife is Missing: the Trials of Bridget Cleary. + The Cooper's Wife and the Whole of Ireland in 1895 In 1895 a relatively unimportant incident occurred in a rural part of Ireland that literally was used by the British to overstate the superstitions and backwardness of the the Irish nation thus depriving the Irish of any possibility of Home Rule at that time. Bridgit Cleary, the wife of a barrel ...             The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 5)80 reviews Alexander Mccall Smith Anchor, 2004 Bring on the Cheerful ladies. + Warm, witty, and wise + Another lovely story + Getting a bit slow, but still fun..             The Great Pretenders: The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteries5 reviews Jan Bondeson W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 History, Mystery and More + A well-writen rehash of speculation, BUT... + Mystery or Fact, Who Can Be Sure? + Intriguing Mysteries + Peek into human identity conundrums down through history             Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare34 reviews Stephen Greenblatt W. W. Norton, 2005 William Shakespeare Biography + Appreciating Will + A slew of theories + Renewed my Love of the Bard             Morality Play46 reviews Barry Unsworth W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 A smart page-turner murder mystery + A medieval mystery + A Play for Modernity + 'All the world's a stage..'             Waiting: A Novel303 reviews Ha Jin Vintage, 2000 Perfect Novel About the Chimera That Never Leaves You + simple story elegantly written + An enjoyable and memorable quick read + In love with the history             The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries)71 reviews John Wyndham Modern Library, 2003 Unexpectedly wonderful... + An 'edited' edition...! + When the Triffids Rise to Power. + A Classic! + A classic piece of work!,             One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael27 reviews Ellis Peters Mysterious Press, 1994 Surprise and Delight + Cadfael series + This being the second chronicle of Brother Cadfael + Grusome tale without all the gory details + Better than the first book in the series             The White21 reviews Deborah Larsen Vintage, 2003 Beautiful Interpretation of Historic Records + Warm, Living Picture of A Young White Girl Abducted by Shawnee + You will be transported! + Novel as Poetry             The Color Purple446 reviews Alice Walker Harvest Books, 2003 Color Purple + surprise + best book ever! I love this book and I would recommend anyone to read it and watch the movie.             Lobster Chronicles, The: Life On a Very Small Island59 reviews Linda Greenlaw Hyperion, 2003 CAPTIVATING READ. + Great read! + Very fun! + Life Among the Boredom and the Chowder...             An English Murder15 reviews Louise Doughty Dell, 2001 gently surprising An unusual book, filled with small surprises. The story of the murder itself is straight forward. The revelations of character in the town though are not. There is real originality here.             Fast Food Nation1409 reviews Eric Schlosser Harper Perennial, 2005 The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes! + By the Author of Outstanding You + highest approval + One Fast Food National Under God ! ?             The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired19 reviews Francine Prose Harper Perennial, 2003 Lots of inspiring information + A Twist of Feminist Lemon + "Muse-hood" I didn't know much about any of these women except Lou Salome and Yoko Ono before I read "Lives of the Muses," but I enjoyed learning about all of them. I found Lee Miller's ability to be both artist and muse especially inspiring.             At the Mountains of Madness: The Definitive Edition (Modern Library Classics)11 reviews H.P. Lovecraft Modern Library, 2005 FANTASTIC + creepy... + Further into the Canon This was a very freaky and disturbing book. I think it is kind of cool how a lot of his stories tie in with the ancient book 'Necronomicon'. Many of the 'fictional' monsters in Lovecraft's works, such as the Cthulu, are monsters that the Necronomicon tells you how to 'supposedly!!' conjure up. It's ...             Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel2478 reviews Arthur Golden Vintage, 1999 MEMOIRS OF A MASTERPIECE + The best book by far + Excellent Portrayal of Geisha Life + Definitely Worth Reading + Memoirs of a Geisha             Gothic Tales (Penguin Classics) Elizabeth Gaskell Penguin Classics, 2001 Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; 'Lois the Witch', a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria; while in The Old Nurse's Story a mysterious child roams the freezing ...             Monk's Hood: The Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael13 reviews Ellis Peters Mysterious Press, 1992 Monk's Hood - Third Chronicle of Brother Cadfael + Great Development in an Interesting Story + Wasn't this a tasty dish? + Derek Jacobi returns heard but not seen as BROTHER CADFAEL in more than just an interesting plot-twister!