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A must-read - 5 Stars out of 5 Sharon Cathcart talks about Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama by Tim Wise This brief book (two essays) is something I would recommend to any reader who wishes to understand issues of racism in today's world. One need only look at the badly spelled signs at "Tea Party"... Read more »	Review of Prisoner's Dilemma Cheryl L Snell talks about Prisoner's Dilemma by Cheryl L Snell Despite the chattering masses insistence that we have left behind the shackles of monochromatic forms, most lovers of literature remain lodged within the confines of the printed word. No pictures, no... Read more »
Read this when you turn 45 Kristen Caven talks about Rhoda: Her First Ninety Years by Rhoda P. Curtis This is a great book to read when you're 45 - and feeling old! Rhoda Curtis/Pack/etc. brings the reader in like a close friend, of which she's had many. Many friends, many stories, many interesting... Read more »	Whoopsie Judith Octavo talks about My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler I already thought of Chelsea as one of the funniest comediennes of late before I read this book. I was reading the lines from the book as if it's her self-deprecating manner of speaking that's... Read more »
Review from Pam Tate from the Book Worm Book Club heather caudill talks about Eternity's Deception by heather caudill Recently a pre-release copy of Eternity's Deception was sent to Pam Tate with the Book Worm Book Club in Tuscon Arizona. I have posted her review of the second book in the series. Again thank you so... Read more »	A bilious compilation of mean green things! Rebecca Brown talks about Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart This was a prize for my blog about Spring in my neck of the woods & as I'm a retired reviewer, I'm thrilled to add my recommendation for this scarily satisfying read. Sized to fit a coat pocket... Read more »
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, and one is that this book is phenomenal Jenna Moquin talks about Two or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy Allison I read "Two or Three Things I Know for Sure" years ago, and recently re-read it and recommended it to a friend of mine. It's a memoir, something I don't usually read, but I'd recommend it to anyone.... Read more »	New Scientist Jeff Biggers talks about Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland by Jeff Biggers New Scientist, February 2010 "Biggers is a cultural historian and it is the social strip-mining that angers him most. But seldom have the environmental and social landscapes been so well described in... Read more »
New Scientist Jeff Biggers talks about Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland by Jeff Biggers New Scientist, February 2010 "Biggers is a cultural historian and it is the social strip-mining that angers him most. But seldom have the environmental and social landscapes been so well described in... Read more »	Orion Magazine Jeff Biggers talks about Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland by Jeff Biggers Orion Magazine, March-April, 2010 Scott Russell Sanders "As a writer and radio correspondent who has worked in Appalachia, Jeff Biggers knows well the public history of our ruinous ﬂing with coal.... Read more »

The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler, a novel by Frank Sanello Frank Sanello talks about The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler by Frank Sanello from HubPagesA Brilliant New Look at the Private Life and Perversions of Adolf Hitlerby Christopher Antony Meade United Kingdom Hub AuthorFinally a great novel of the twenty first century and about... Read more »	A Book For All Ages Charles A. Ray talks about Wallace in Underland by Charles A. Ray Wallace in Underland is a book that appeals to all age groups. The user friendly language makes the book unique. Dialogue and illustrations add value to this work. It is a fact that we do not have to... Read more »
Read with highlighter... lynn liccardo talks about Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Susan Henderson This is a title that I could not resist when choosing books for the Housewarming Party prize. It is a book meant to be read many times. During the first pass, so many of these six-word memoirs will... Read more »	review for Women's Studies Issue No. 37.4 Maria Espinosa talks about Letter to My Mother (translated) by Brenda Webster Edith Bruck. Letter to my Mother I(Lettera alla Madre) Translated by Brenda Webster with Gabrielle Romani. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2006 Edith Bruck, well-known in... Read more »
Interesting jitu rajgor talks about The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Very interesting book.I read this book last week. Hosseini's writing is lucid and clear to the topic. Great work. Read more »	The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler, a novel by Frank Sanello Frank Sanello talks about The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler by Frank Sanello from HubPagesA Brilliant New Look at the Private Life and Perversions of Adolf Hitlerby Christopher Antony Meade United Kingdom Hub AuthorFinally a great novel of the twenty first century and about... Read more »
The Best Moments from the Books Raissa Falgui talks about Beezus and Ramona Movie Tie-in Edition by Beverly Cleary I hesitated before buying a video of the movie version of Beezus and Ramona, having read mixed reviews. My mother, though, who gets a video of almost every new movie (we find it hard to make it to... Read more »	Armies of the Night Kim Hoffman talks about The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer Armies of the night, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and/or On the Campaign Trail '72 are all enduring books, capturing the 1960's period from ground level, with... Read more »
Richard Nelson Bolles, author, What Color Is Your Parachute? George H. Schofield, Ph.D. talks about After 50 It's Up To Us, Developing The Skills And Agility We'll Need by George H. Schofield, Ph.D. "The genius of life involves learning how to deal with interruptions to our expectations, our dreams, and our plans. For everyone searching for tools to deal with interruptions after fifty, this book... Read more »	Author, Owner, Wine Country Writer, Editor Mary Lynn I. Archibald talks about Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan I was fascinated and appalled by this book, which wove a strange tale about very strange Burma. It was absorbing and so well-written. A cliffhanger. Read more »