January 31, 2006 – 5:30 am
Book Description
One dollar and eighty-seven cents.
That was all. And sixty cents of it was in
pennies…. Three times Della counted it.
One dollar and eighty-seven cents.
And the next day would be Christmas.
In the beloved title story of this handsome collection, a man and woman each long to bring home just the right gift for the other. But with so little money, how can there be hope? The poignant twists and heartwarming conclusion of this perfect plum of a story help explain the lasting appeal of this most American of authors. Read More »
January 30, 2006 – 5:25 am
Review
Chicago Sun-Times The scariest book I’ve ever read….It crawls under your skin and into your dreams.
I thought this book has its moments. Especially when the members tell their stories about their past. I really like the one that Sears James told. Which later turns out to be an intricate part of the plot. Eventhough I recommend reading this book, I thought that the ending could have been done better because the last chapters were a let down. It seems that Mr Straub was rushing to finish the book. Maybe he had a deadline to meet or something. So he just created the last chapter with out much thought and detail like his earlier chapters. Read More »
January 27, 2006 – 9:48 am
This book is a must read for all C.S. Lewis fans, or even fiction or science-fiction fans. Lewis does a better job of portraying a battle of angels and devils then Frank Paretti did in This Present Darkness. This book lets the reader see the eternal conflict between good and evil. Satan and God. Lewis does a remarkable job in this extraordinary book! For all Christians (and science-fiction or fiction fans), this is a must read!!
Book Description
The final book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Space Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, That Hideous Strength concludes the adventures of the matchless Dr. Ransom. The dark forces that were repulsed in Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra are massed for an assault on the planet Earth itself. Word is on the wind that the mighty Read More »
January 26, 2006 – 10:24 am
I found this book hard to put down, with very ingenious plot twists, compelling characters, and an unusual and seductive international setting in Red China/CA. This book gets you thinking, and its clear and focused style is a joy to read in a genre that I often find overwhelmed by overblown style and simplistic plots. Although I found the romance element to be unrealistic, the characters were well rendered, and the story unique enough to have me hoping that Flower Net will be the first in a series.
Synopsis
The first body was found in ice: the U.S. ambassador’s son, entombed in a frozen lake outside Beijing’s Forbidden City. Thousands of miles away, in the heat-baked hold of a Chinese smuggling ship, another corpse is uncovered, this one a red Prince, a scion of China’s political elite. Read More »
January 25, 2006 – 8:39 am
I have enjoyed James Patterson’s books. Jack and Jill was no exception. Running two simultaneous story lines, with entirely different villains, kept me turning the pages. The short chapter format made it even harder to put down. “Just one more chapter, then I’ll go to bed” doesn’t work when the chapters are so short. You are compelled to keep going! I admit I would have liked a better ending, at least finding out who was behind the presidential assassination. But all in all, it held my interest, and I look forward to Patterson’s next book
Book Description
In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied–terre. The only clue? A mysterious rhyme signed Jack and Jill, and promising more of the same. On the other side of town, D.C. detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene where the
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