Kerry Jacobson on The Forgery of Venus

This is a most frustrating book. It reminds me too much of "A Beautiful Mind". You never really know who the guy really is or isn't. It's like being back in Philosophy 101, How do I know that I exist? Volumes of talk about what is Art and what the media says is Art. Certainly not one that I will rec ... (continue)

jackie on Betrayals

Second book about Dru Anderson. Dru is hidden in a secret school for djamphir and wulfen teens. But things are not as she should be and soon she is running for her life.

limonata on Dreaming Anastasia

Quite possibly the worst thing ever put on paper.

jackie on Strange Angels

New young adult series by Lili St. Crow is really great. Dru Anderson travels the country with her father fighting paranormal threats in our world. When her father returns one night transformed into a mindless zombie, she finds that she has to figure who is on her side and who wants her dead.

Readingrat on Holidays on Ice

I enjoyed the author's observations working as a holiday elf very much. Didn't care much for the following essays though.

Readingrat on One Last Scream

While the author did a decent job of keeping his story suspenseful (especially at the end), he revealed way too much too early on for the "surprise plot-twist" to be much of a surprise at all. That mis-step combined with a plot that was prone to gaping holes and obvious contrivances made this book ... (continue)

hypnotic_shower on Freakonomics Rev Ed LP

I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed it so much, I read it twice. :)

Honestly, this book is good because you don't any prior knowledge of economics to get through it. The authors do a wonderful job of informing you about Levitt's (/w others) studies without going too dry with the material.

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Eadler on Her Fearful Symmetry

Hard to get through. I did not enjoy very much. It was slow and I kept waiting for something to happen but nothing did.

Eadler on The Host

I could not even get through it. Very bad.

Demonio Pellegrino on The Monster of Florence

A scary and fascinating read on the many mistakes made in the famous investigation on the Monster of Florence. And guess what? The public prosecutor in the Amanda Knox case is the same one that indicted Preston and Spezi for various imaginary crimes while they were writing the book...the same one wh ... (continue)