Missmath144 Female, Married. USA

This is a lovely telling of a true story. Although it recounts tales of millions of Jews, Catholics and other Poles being slaughtered in Poland during WWII, nevertheless it is uplifting in its recounting the heroics tens of thousands of people who risked their lives to help people hide and/or escape ... (continue)

A disappointing book from Sharon Draper. The characters are stereotypical. Also, I don't really care for a teen book that encourages young girls to become mothers rather than let a more mature couple adopt their child. In this book, they make the potential adopting parents selfish, and make it a kee ... (continue)

A young girl struggles with knowing that her mother deserted her,that she accidentally killed her mother, that her father doesn't love her, as well as with issues of racial discrimination (she's white but sees black people she cares about treated unfairly). She finds solace in what the author calls ... (continue)

A fascinating history of earth (geology, paleontology, climatology), yet very accessible to the non-scientist. I read it with my husband and we both enjoyed it very much.

I only read parts of the book. Most of it is serious academic articles with many footnotes, although there are some more personal/narrative chapters. It is informative reading, but not engrossing.

Once again the King has called upon his Mistress of the Art of Death to see what she can learn from a set of bones. This time he is hoping that Adelia can prove that the bones are those of King Arthur and Guenivere. Added to this mystery is the disappearance of her friend Emma.

This is a rare sequel in that I liked it even more than the first book. It did seem to end rather abruptly, leaving me wanting more, but that just means I'll be on the lookout for the third book.

Moore has a rather perverted sense of humor, which is what I love about his books. We have here a prehistoric sea monster who has survived to resurface in modern times, Kendra the lusty warrior woman from a series of films, and a small town whose only psychiatrist decides to take everyone off their ... (continue)