Hypnotic
Book title: Turtle Moon
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
This is a wonderful Alice Hoffman, maybe slightly better than *Practical Magic*! The cast of characters are memorable, each with a past and are three dimensional people, unique and their names fit them. You can identify with each and every one. The Angel added a lovely touch to the story, who lives in the gumbo lingo trees, and his affection for Shannon. Shannon's mother's ex-boyfriend, Julian, helps Lucy search for her son Keith, and a murdered woman's baby, causing them to go all around Verity, and even up to Long Island. Wonderful, memorable, hypnotic. Alice Hoffman has done it again. And her descriptions of Great Neck and accuracy of high schools are fantastic!!! :) *Turtle Moon* is a definite winner.
EAN: 9780425136997
Pages: 304
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Authors:
Alice Hoffman
Another perfect score for JK Rowling!
Book title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Another perfect score for JK Rowling. Well. It was worth the wait. Harry Potter is back at his "mischevious" ways. But is someone out to kill Harry again? Harry, Ron, and Hermione are officially teenagers now. They've finally started to notice people from the opposite gender. But are they in love with the right people? Harry's life seems to take a turn for the worst after his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. Nobody will beleive that Harry didn't enter himself into the TriWizard Tournament. Not even Ron beleives him, which gets them into a very long quarrel. But some of the people that are very well liked by different readers are dieing. One of whom is vastly over rated. Not that I don't like them of course. If your thinking about reading it, you really should. Don't get left behind. Follow the trend and read it, or you'll deffinetaly get left out.
EAN: 0038332187076
Pages: 734
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Authors:
J.K. Rowling
Wendelin Van Draanen Does It Again!
Book title: Flipped
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Wendelin Van Draanen has written many books, including The Sammy Keyes series. Now for something completely different, Flipped is the best book she's written. The humerous story of two kids who grew up together, and one who can't live down the fact that Juli Baker is absolutly in love with him. This is an excellent book with humor, sadness, and a little romance. I think that Wendelin Van Draanen has come up with, yet again a excellent book for millions.
EAN: 9780375825446
Pages: 224
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Authors:
Wendelin Van Draanen
Actually 4.5 Stars
Book title: Thinking in Java (3rd Edition)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
I have to agree the writing style is not the best. Often I lost concentration reading paragraph after paragraph on the same topic. Does not do a good job at pointing out important stuff from the less important. Having said that, I must praise the writer for such in-depth coverage of Java and definitely recommend to have a copy for reference. Not for beginners. Pefect for Intermediate Level programmers.
EAN: 0076092020813
Pages: 1119
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors:
Bruce Eckel
My copies keep disappearing
Book title: Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
I think over the years since I first discovered this book, I have probably bought 10 copies. They all disappear, as most "borrowed" books do. As other reviewers have noted, it is hilarious. The only people I know, who did not find it funny, are those who never finished high school, or just squeaked by. I was reminded of a line from the World History section of the book recently. The line from the book was, I believe, "Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with an 80 foot clipper." A teacher was actually the one who reminded me of it. She was referring to a large catamaran and made the claim it could "circumvent" the world. She went on to mention it had its own "desaltation" unit. Fortunately, she was not teaching my daughter English!
EAN: 9780440203520
Pages: 192
Publisher: Laurel
Authors:
Richard Lederer
Heavy going, but worth the effort
Book title: The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
I think that a lot of people who work in information technology tend to think that the problems that we have with things like web-based search and retrieval are unique to Internet search engines and catalogue databases. I know that I've been working in the field while lacking an adequate sense of the historical basis of information organization.Svenonius breaks information organization down into ideology (purposes and principles), the formalization of the processes involved in information organization, knowledge based on research, and key problems that need to be solved. It's information that's very useful for anybody who is involved with organization of information-- even for people like me who work more on the technical than conceptual side of content management systems.
EAN: 9780262194334
Pages: 264
Publisher: The MIT Press
Authors:
Elaine Svenonius
Amazing Colors
Book title: The Whimsical Bakehouse : Fun-to-Make Cakes That Taste as Good as They Look!
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
I am an avid collector of cooking books. I adore decorating, garnishing and finding unique ways of displaying/presenting the items that I have baked.This book has the most unique cakes that I have ever seen with the absolute best color chart for mixing your own colors. They are vivid and if you follow the directions your buttercream will come out almost exactly like the picture in the book.So far I have made the firefly cake and it was spectacular.I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to make their cakes extra special.
EAN: 9780609608968
Pages: 160
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Authors:
Kaye Hansen
Liv Hansen
The Best Book By Far
Book title: When Death Comes Stealing (Tamara Hayle Mystery)
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
This book by Valerie W Wesley '' When Death Comes Stealing'' is the best book I ever read and I have read all lot of books. This is the best by far. Tamara Hayle is a strong intelligent women with a mission: to raise her kid right in these mean streets, but her ex - husband brings danger to her door when he wants her to investigate in his son's death. Her son in - law. Police say he died because of an overdose on coccain, but he thinks someone killed him and made it seem like he died of an overdose. In Tamara's investigation she discover some grimy news that could end her life and her son's. This book holds action, suspense, and excitement. If you want a great mystery book you should definitly read this book.
EAN: 9780380724918
Pages: 320
Publisher: Avon
Authors:
Valerie W. Wesley
Journey to the East without a Lonely Planet Guidebook
Book title: The Journey to the East
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Paperback
This is a whimsical journey to different lands and through other times. Originally published in German as "Die Morgenlandfahrt", or Journey to the Land of Light, it is a spiritual expedition by members of a secret League. Written in the first person, HH (Hesse) seeks his dream only to lose it through despair. He learns despair can be transformed to creativity just as creators of art, music and poetry have proven. This short novella could be read within a rainy afternoon, but the prose is so fluid you'll want to read it again, even when the sun is shinning.
EAN: 9780374500368
Publisher: Noonday Press
Authors:
Hermann Hesse
Spong Builds His Messages.
Book title: Why Christianity Must Change or Die : A Bishop Speaks To Believers In Exile A New Reformation of the Church's Faith & Practice
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
Rating: 5/5
Binding: Hardcover
I made the mistake of reading this book before reading "Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism." Now this book makes much more sense. Bp. Spong does his homework, builds his themes carefully and provides references as one reads along. I suggest that his books be read in order of their publication date for the full impact.Some may argue that Bp. Spong is no longer Christian. I would argue that he demonstrates in his every thought and action that he is a true Christ-follower and it is integrated into his very being. He is a thinker who encourages others to do the same.
EAN: 9780060675325
Pages: 288
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Authors:
John Shelby Spong (Author)
