Feeding the Whole Family: Cooking with Whole Foods11 reviews Cynthia Lair Sasquatch Books, 2008 still loving it + one of my top 3 cookbooks + Great ideas I bought this book (with the old purple cover -- Feeding the Whole Family: Whole Foods Recipes for Babies, Young Children and Their Parents) when my girls were babies. They're now 11 and 9, and we still go back to it for certain beloved recipes, especially the beet salad, the one with the greens ...             Blame the Rain1 review Samhain Publishing, Ltd., 2006 If you like it hot... Then look no further. Ann Cory knows how to write hot romance, and this one literally sizzles off the pages. I absolutely loved Sable's character. She has such a fun spirit about her even when things just don't seem to be going right for her. And Max, he's so real, he practically leaps off the ...             Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy (Public Works Trilogy)9 reviews Matt Ruff Grove Press, 2004 Matt Ruff is a genius - SGE is a symphony of words, images and characters I originally wrote this "private" review in December 2002; however, I noticed some of the negative reviews and decided to re-post. Matt Ruff is just amazing. SGE and FOTH are two of my all time favorites. I've read SGE twice but lost my original copy so now I must buy another. Thank you to ...             The Ancient Rain (A North Beach Mystery)3 reviews Domenic Stansberry St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 superb urban noir + Revenge is not sweet San Francisco Private Investigator Bill Owens asks his colleague Dante Mancuso of Cicero Investigations for a favor; keep his two frightened children, fourteen years old Kate and ten years old Zeke safe while he is charged with murder; his wife attorney Jill is in Chicago. Twenty-seven years ago, ...             The Blackstone Chronicles: The Serial Thriller Complete in One Volume (Blackstone Chronicles)66 reviews John Saul Ballantine Books, 1998 Excellent Read ...(Spoilers possible) + one of the best books I ever read I've been reading Saul a long time now. I'm just reading The Blackstone Chronicles because I'd gotten into reading a few other new to me authors and hadn't cycled back around to Saul's work in a while. I'm glad I've picked him up again. This story was wonderful. Set against the backdrop of ...             Deborah Lawrence: Dee-Dee Does Utopia Peter Frank, Susan Platt, ... Marquand Books, 2008 Oversized and eclectic, Dee-Dee Does Utopia presents a series of meticulously crafted collages, made by the Seattle artist Deborah Lawrence, that explore popular concepts of the sublime. For the project, Lawrence combined images and texts to illuminate the results of a survey she conducted in November of 2004. Prompted by her own dismay at recent political events, the artist sent a mass e-mail ...             The Winter Lodge (Lakeshore Chronicles, Book 2)14 reviews Susan Wiggs Mira, 2007 Interesting. + Nice Read but a few funny things + Love the Lakeshore Chronicles + fun story + great recipes             On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature Nicholas O'Connell University of Washington Press, 2003 "On Sacred Ground" explores writings about the Northwest, the area that extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the Siskiyou Mountains. There is astonishing geographical diversity in this bioregion, and yet the entire Northwest shares a similarity of climate, flora, and fauna. For Nicholas O'Connell, the effects of nature on everyday Northwest ...             Into the Forest127 reviews Jean Hegland Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998 The best book I've read this year! + captivating story of one potential future Follow the lives of Nell and Eva, two sisters forced to face life in an eerie and horrific apocalyptic world. The authors descriptive first person narrative brings all of the emotions to the surface which grips the reader through this entire book. She also creates a warm and seductive landscape ...             Forget Me Not: A Memoir20 reviews Jennifer Lowe-anker Mountaineers Books, 2008 The Story of Humanity at its Finest + When you walk into the wilds they can overtake you... + riveting story of inspiring courage + Thankful to Jenni Lowe-Anker for sharing her intimate story + This is an awesome and riveting novel!             Red Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village6 reviews Bill Carter Scribner, 2008 Egegik, AK - The Real Thing + Sockeye Running: A primer on set netting + Bill brought to life what few have ever experienced. + Crazy and Exciting, Just Like His First Book             Mrs. Perfect25 reviews Jane Porter 5 Spot, 2008 Mrs. Perfect--The Perfect Summer Read or Anytime Read! + Enjoyable light read, but the ending...too perfect + Mrs. Perfect + An Interesting Journey-- + LOVED this book!             The Forest Lover45 reviews Susan Vreeland Viking, 2004 Walking in the life of an artist + Fascinating + Wonderful book! Vreeland's account of Emily Carr's life paints a visual conception of her life that feels like a personal experience. Her writing reminds me of Barbara Kingsolver, another favorite of mine. She is very descriptive in both scenery and characters. There are times when I wonder if I read the ...             Backscatter: New and Selected Poems1 review John Olson Black Widow Press, 2008 incroyable -- unglaublich This book is wondrous as gegenschein, the rarely seen atmospheric phenomena in which a softly glowing oval region appears in the night sky in the region of the anti-solar point. It's special as alpenglow, the horizontal red band of light sometimes seen to the east at sunset, particularly above ...             Axeman's Jazz1 review Tracy Daugherty Southern Methodist University Press, 2003 Captivating, original, and highly recommended Tracy Daugherty's Axeman's Jazz is the riveting story of Trisha Washington, a woman who returns to the Houston neighborhood where she was born. A child of mixed races, Trisha's homecoming forces her to cope with the neighborhood problems of violence, poverty, and the advancing politics of ...             Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change1 review William H. Calvin University Of Chicago Press, 2008 Even Handed Approach on How to Get Out of the GW Problem The author is a neurosurgeon by training, but has a solid background in science that certainly qualifies him to write on the topic of this book. As such, he provides a fairly even handed view without a particular ax to grind. Years ago I read his very enjoyable and interesting The River That Flows ...             The Half-Life: A Novel10 reviews Jonathan Raymond Bloomsbury USA, 2005 A Page-Turner + A gorgeous and vivid debut Novel! + The Oregon Trail in the 1800's to Portland in the 1980's As an Oregonian who loves regional fiction, I was a little worried. Usually, when a novel is descibed in terms like, "It's the story of friendship..." it is one of those over-wrought, over-written books that don't ever tell a story. Happily, my worries were wrong. This book is a page-turner. ...             The Secrets of Jin-shei28 reviews Alma Alexander HarperOne, 2005 Magical Change of Pace from Standard Fantasy Fare + Sisters of the heart + A magical, alternate Middle Kingdom + Almost             The Good House: A Novel63 reviews Tananarive Due Washington Square Press, 2004 Riding with the King + Another "Due" Author + I love Ms. Due!! + Amazing work             Historic Photos of Washington State (Historic Photos.) (Historic Photos.) Dale Soden Turner Pub Co, 2008 Washington State has a rich history. Known for its stunning natural beauty and diversity, Washington was populated for centuries by a large number of Native American tribes. Explored by British sea captains in the late eighteenth century, the region was opened in the early nineteenth century with the aid of explorers Lewis and Clark. With the coming of the railroads, cities such as Seattle, ...