I read this as a proofreader last September--can't believe I forgot to post it. It was an interesting read. Although Covey is a super-nice guy, his poetry is not my usual cup of tea, so it was actually nice that I had a good reason to read this book. Some things I didn't like, but Covey's use of language was pretty refreshing.

I enjoyed this little YA novel by Steve Cushman. The story was a bit predictable at times, and at times it felt like the voice slipped a bit out of what a 15-year-old would sound like. Also, the editing could have been much better--I caught typos and punctuation errors, as well as places where the language could have been tightened just a little ( Read more... )

Read this on Christmas day. I still feel like there are some questions from the series left unanswered (like why the Alliance saved Book's life when he was injured) but overall it was a good story.

Another solid issue of Cave Wall. I think I'm all caught up now. Favorites in this issue ( Read more... )

This was a cute little novel. Enjoyable, light and fluffy. Not much more to say.

This was really good, well written and incredibly well researched. Grann explores the mystery behind Colonel Percy Fawcett's disappearance into the Amazon in 1925; he tells not only Fawcett's story, but also the tales of the searchers who went looking for him, many of whom also never returned. Finally, Grann goes into the jungle himself looking ( Read more... )

Sim gave this to us for a wedding gift. This volume includes the "Who Killed Retro Girl?" and "Roleplay" story arcs. My only problem was with page layout more than the story--often the binding would make it hard to see/read what was going on near the spine, and I kept getting confused by the two-page spreads about whether I should be reading ( Read more... )

A good issue. I liked the two healthy recipes for holiday party snacks/dips. I might like to check out the "Putomayo Presents: Yoga" CD they reviewed, but Amazon doesn't have it as an mp3 album so oh well.

::edit:: This brings me up to 130 books for the year. That's my second highest yet (in 2008 I hit 140 books), and I still have two weeks to

Full title: The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion & PurposeFrom the title it sounds as though this book is going to be full of nothing but self-help feel-good bullshit, and it was, but a lot of it was actually decent ( Read more... )

Full title: Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets AbroadThis book was really good. It features the work of 34 American poets who have traveled extensively overseas. For each poet, there's a brief biography, then a prose statement from the poet about how travel has affected his or her work, then three poems related to or inspired by travel. ( Read more... )