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- Book Review: Elijah's Coin - A Lesson For Life by Steve O'Brien
Aug 30, 2009
There are books with hugely complex plots, and a myriad of colorful characters, Elijah's Coin is not in that sector This is a deceptively simple,...
Category: Self Improvement
- Book Review: Living Life - As If Thinking Matters by R. L. Wysong
Aug 29, 2009
Generally when I sit down to write a book review I have the review mapped out in my head, and the review itself is a straight brain dump onto my...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Tightrope - Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty by Michael Karpin
Aug 27, 2009
Although Tightrope is only just over 400 pages, and 50 of those are footnotes this book definitely goes in the saga category It is an impressive...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: That Went Well - Adventures in Caring For My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan
Aug 27, 2009
One of my favorite gripes about books in general is that for one to be successful it is important to hook the reader in the first 50 pages, if you...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Plunder - Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal by Danny Schechter
Apr 4, 2009
A more timely book I can not think of The mortgage world is in tatters, banks are falling in ever increasing numbers, and our flagship automotive...
Category: Finance
- Book Review: Tsunami by Gordon Gumpertz
Dec 17, 2008
Could a tsunami hit Southern California The answer to that question is a resounding yes
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Recovering Charles by Jason F. Wright
Dec 15, 2008
Take my advice, you don't need to read this review, you just need to read the book Just go to Amazon and buy it
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Millionaire Babies Or Bankrupt Brats? By Jim Fay & Kristan Leatherman
Nov 25, 2008
Love And Logic Solutions To Teaching Kids About Money The Love And Logic series of books has garnered a good deal of interest, they are designed as...
Category: Finance
- Book Review: Embracing Your Big Fat Ass - An Owners Manual by Laura Banks and Janette Barber
Nov 7, 2008
When I glanced at the cover, I mistakenly assumed this was going to be some kind of self help and diet book A writing genre that induces a comatose...
Category: Humor
- Book Review: Green Goes With Everything - Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet by Sloan Barnett
Nov 6, 2008
Up until a couple of years ago I was pretty green about being green Green was just a color, one that you wear on Saint Patrick's Day
Category: Fitness
- Book Review: Their Way Home - My Adventures As a Ghost Guide by Melissa Van Rossum
Oct 29, 2008
I flicked through the first few pages of this book, and decided to run a very unscientific poll I asked several people that I know "Do you believe...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Dog Park Diary - The Social Round of Goody Beagle by Kim Pearson
Oct 27, 2008
I have always had a soft spot for dogs, each has their own unique character and charm I also seem to attract them like a magnet
Category: Pets
- Book Review: Dating A Liar, A Cheater, And A Jerk By Kim Wiederholt
Oct 27, 2008
The title is prefaced with A Girlfriend's Handbook, and ends with 100 Reasons Why You Should Take Him Back I was scared when I saw the title
Category: Relationships
- Book Review: Stories of a Recovering Fundamentalist - Understanding and Responding to Christian Absolutism by James C. Alexander
Oct 20, 2008
I have to admit that I was a little leery about this book, as a result it sat on the bottom of my pile Problem was, eventually the pile dwindled,...
Category: Religion and Spirituality
- Book Review: Conspirator's Odyssey - The Evolution of the Patron Saint by A. K. Kuykendall
Oct 18, 2008
I have to admit that while science fiction was a genre that I greatly enjoyed as a teenager, it is a genre that I read only on rare occasions these...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Death in Small Doses by Bernard Steele
Oct 11, 2008
Books with terrorism as a plot line seem to be the favored genre of the 00's Certainly much has been made by the press of the concept that...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: 3 Aces by Richard Ide
Oct 11, 2008
One of the great joys of being a book reviewer is that you never know what is going to turn up in your mail box There are so many great new writers...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Life to the Max - Maxims For a Great Life by a Dog Named Max by Robin Reynolds
Sep 26, 2008
There are as many genres of books as there are readers Life To The Max is hardly a children's book, yet there are aspects of it that I thought...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: My Seven Years in Captivity by Bill Seaton
Sep 26, 2008
I have lived in many places over the years, and there is no question in my mind that San Diego is my favorite city It offers perfect weather,...
Category: Writing
- Book Review: Considering SomeplacElse by B. L. Lindstrom
Sep 26, 2008
As a book reviewer I love to categorize books, but try as I might I cannot seem to find the right pigeonhole to put this book in It has some...
Category: Writing
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