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Book Review: Bitten (Book II of the Full Wolf Moon Trilogy) by K.L. Nappier

2011-05-10T16:11:00.000-07:00

Review by Valerie C.

This is the second book in the Full Wolf Moon trilogy. It begins 8 years after the first book ends; i.e. it begins in 1950. Doris has been 'raising' the boy who was bitten at the end of the last book as her 'son' and protecting him. However he has killed people during this whole time, although he has been trying to only kill criminals. Meanwhile Max and David and others have become hunters of the wolves, trying to kill them before they kill more humans. It is a faster paced book that the first book was; there is more 'action' and less introspection in this book. It comes to a dramatic conclusion at the end which resolves some things but leaves open other issues. And yes at the end of this book someone is bitten when the wolf is killed. Therefore you know there will be another book.

Book Review: Voyagers by K. L. Nappier

2011-05-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

Review by Deep Philosopher

The book is written with a historic background, in 1896.The location is the heartlands of America, St. Louis in Missouri. We briefly learn about the two primary characters - Greta Roscoe - a courtesan, and Aaron Shane, the minister and how their paths entangle with each other.

Then, all of a sudden, we are drawn into the meat of the story, right at page 27:

"... stopped abruptly, and Greta looked in the direction he was staring. What that, just under the west windows?

A dark shape, like a man sprawled over and unconscious. Or dead.

A deep voice said "Yes, dead, Greta. That's Aaron's shell. You're right, you're both very dead."

A murder mystery with a twist - the amateur "sleuths" are investigating their own murders. The story continues where the author uses the opportunity provided by the plot to combine the elements of a good murder mystery with philosophy, and her imagination

about afterlife, catering to the curiosity most of us have about the life after death, gripping our attention till the end.

Book Review: Full Wolf Moon by K.L. Nappier

2011-05-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

Reviewed by Valerie C.

I just finished reading this book - I started it yesterday and read it nearly constantly in my spare time since that time. It was one of the best pieces of short fiction that I have ever read. It was fast paced and the characters were fully present in my mind's eye. The story is both believable and fantastical. The story takes place in 1942 at a California internment camp where Americans of Japanese descent were forced to live. At first I could not get into the story mainly because I regard this date as ancient history and I don't have a visceral connection to those times. However as I read more and more of the story I became caught up in the lives of the people and their needs and feelings. The ending made me think and the book really involved me emotionally and intellectually. I would highly recommend this book for adults of all ages. I am not sure that I would recommend it for readers under the age of 18 mainly because of the violence of the deaths - even though no gory details are provided, the people who are killed are vulnerable and important to the characters in the story and therefore I don't recommend that young people read it.

Book Review: Future of the Western Hemisphere, book by Anitra Thorhaug et al.

2011-05-03T20:06:00.001-07:00

Review by Deep Philosopher

I received this book as a reviewer for Smart Book Lovers: a high IQ society for book lovers with high IQ. This book pleasantly surprised me - I was expecting an academic book with lot of mathematical modeling, computer simulations and statistical projections. But this book is written in a language everyone can understand. Yes, there are charts and projections, but you don't need a degree in economics or mathematics to understand them. Also, the book covers wide variety of areas from food, environment and energy to economy, religion, language, culture and art.

And even though the book is titled as "Future", it's actually provides a good though brief historical and current state" perspective focused on western hemisphere as well. As someone born in Asia who immigrated to the western hemisphere, I found that to be interesting - it allows me to understand the richness of the cultural heritage and the cultural mixing which happened in the Western Hemisphere. Also, I can use this book to understand the world my children will grow into, and hence prepare them for it!

So whether you are interested in learning about the history, current state and future of the western hemisphere from social, cultural, scientific or plain business perspective, this is a good book to read and refer to!

Book Review: Mr. Sunny Sunshine: Smile (2004) by Dwayne Henson

2011-05-03T18:41:00.000-07:00

Reviewed by Nanette M.

Filled with adorable, imaginative drawings, this comic book is more of an inspirational book for grownups than for kids. Although the ideas are great and the art cute, though, the writing isn't at the same level, showing why graphic novels, a.k.a. comic books are so hard to pull off by one person. It's a great early/ mid-level draft, to my mind, and I hope Henson continues to revise and hone his craft.

Book Review: Secrets of the Moneylab: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business by Kay-Yut Chen & Marina Krakovsky

2011-05-03T18:29:00.001-07:00

Review by Deep Philosopher

I have been a fan of Marina Krakovsky - the co-author of the book - since 1995 when her ground breaking book on Oracle was published, and has followed her work since than.

That said, I was a bit intimidated by this book since the main author proclaimed himself to be the lead economist and appeared to a PhD type. (I have nothing against PhD types, but I don't always want to read books written by them). Also, the book cover has a "S" stuck on a microscope - this looks very clever on the small resolution image on the website - making it look like a dollar symbol but when the actual book arrived, it looks like just a S stuck on a microscope.

but i am digressing - once I got over my intrepidness over reading a book written by a Lead Economist - and started reading the book, I found it very useful.

Chapters on what most people consider fair, reciprocity, reputation and trust can be very useful for a small business owner (like myself) - for example, it was interesting to learn about the study where they found that most people consider anything less than 30 - 70 split in a deal where one party can randomly allocate the total amount (neither had to do anything to earn it), even if that meant they got nothing - i.e. most people will take getting nothing over getting something if they feel they are unfairly treated, and most people will actually offer 70-30 or 60-40 even when they did not have to - this shows there is both a sense and an expectation of fairness in humans. Some we all "know", but this is the first quantification on the "spread" - e.g. how many people believe or expect ultimate fairness and split/ expect a split half-way, Vs. 70 - 30 Vs 99 - 1.

Similarly, there is an excellent example from Mattel on how a company trusted its long time supplier who trusted a friend for supplying a payment pigment (which was fraudulently supplied with lead to save cost) sometime be taken advantage of and hence suffer drastic consequences because of their misplaced trust.

And I liked the examples on reciprocity.

the nice thing is that you don't need a background in statistics, economics of mathematics to understand this book.

On the flip side, the authors have tried to dumb down the book a bit too much as places - for example, they give an elaborate table of changing payoffs on page 14 - where payoffs and probability changes between two scenarios with 11 rows - which was a bit of an overkill. I would not draw such a table even when I was explaining the concept to my 10 year old. Similarly, I did not care for the mundane example where Marina insisted on upfront pay for writing a column for a foreign publisher (So?)

thank fully, these were the exceptions not the rule and most examples are more insightful and closer to the ones I quote above. In general, I consider a non-fiction book to be "worth it" if at least 20% of it is useful and new information and this book exceeds that expectation by 300% (I would consider 60% to be useful, practical and new information).

Book Review: Passion Play, book by Beth Bernobich

2011-05-03T18:27:00.001-07:00

review by Nanette M

Not a bad debut novel.

(Warning: tiny plot spoiler in next sentence.) Set in a fantasy Renaissance-y universe, it starts out strongly, with engaging characters who have horrible things happen to them--perhaps even over the top on this one. By somewhere in the middle, though, we get bogged down in the politics of the area (a map would have been verrry helpful), without ever having been able to sort out who leads where in a memorable or reliable way,and then the end is a clear rush to prepare for the sequel. The title is misleading and might well better serve as a series title, as the end clearly begs for the next book.

Nonetheless, I found much of the story hard to put down. Give it three stars and applause for a good start, overall.

Book Review: Dragon's Ring by Dave Freer

2011-05-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

review by Nanette M

I enjoyed reading this book. Nothing is quite what it seems in this world of dragons, centaaurs, humans and assorted magical creatures. One dragon has a sence of humor. This means that when he tells the truth he is seldom believed. He is also a shape shifter. He befriends a waif of an orphan girl. You know there will be consequences from this. There is a reasonably tidy ending. I will look for more of his books.

Book Review: Mimi Loves to Mimic and Mimi Says NO (ages 3-5) books by Yih-Fen Chou (Author), Chih-Yuan Chen

2011-05-03T18:23:00.000-07:00

review by Nanette M

The strength of these two books is their charming, sweet drawings by the wonderful Chih-Yuan Fen. Mimi Says NO is almost--but not quite--a wordless books. The story arcs work, although the writing itself is not at the same level: both have the hint of the didactic to it, although only a whiff.

The format of these books is interesting and different, in that they are smaller than the average picture book and still wider than an early reader.

Giving them 3 stars, with a slight edge towards Mimi Says NO

Book Review - Inside the Giant Machine: An Amazon.com Story

2010-11-04T12:25:00.001-07:00

Title: Inside the Giant Machine: An Amazon.com Story
Author: Kalpanik S.
Reviewer: Adam Zion

At first glance, this looked to be a dry description of information
systems at Amazon.com. First glances were wrong, however: this was
actually a rather entertaining look at information systems at
Amazon.com. The book is entertainingly written, especially as it
describes both the internal culture at Amazon.com and the anonymous
author's own life outside of it. The main shortcoming of the book is
that it seems to jump overly quickly from the author's initial
enthusiasm with Amazon.com to his disillusionment with and departure
from the company, without describing enough of why thing happened.

Quick and Easy Book Review of "Career Match - Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do"

2010-07-27T08:12:00.000-07:00

"Career Match - Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do" is the winner of 2010 Sharp Writ Special Award for Best Research. Using a workstyle assessment technique called ColorQ, this is probably one of the best career self-testing books you'll ever run across.

Book Review: The Pursuit of Perfect by Tal Ben-Shahar

2010-07-12T19:13:00.000-07:00

Title: The Pursuit of Perfect
Author: Tal Ben-Shahar
Genre: Self-help
Reviewer: Adam Zion (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Pursuit of Perfect deals with the inherent challenges facing anyone with the Sissifyan character trait of perfectionism. Ben-Shahar suggests adopting the approach of 'optimalism instead,' which is intended to replace the impossible goal of perfect with the more manageable one of accepting failures along the way to a higher goal. The book's frequent 'Time Ins'- effectively quick little exercises focusing on the subject of the current chapter- keeps the reader focused on how to apply the book's teachings to his or her own life.

Book Review: Sweet Farts Rippin' It Old-School by Raymond Bean, reviewd by Isabella T.

2010-07-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

Don't judge a book by its cover or in this case its title. At first, I was reluctant to read a book with such a title. I was expecting potty humor and all things gross but to my surprise I found a rather engaging, funny little novel that I can actually recommend to other kids. In this novel, Keith invented a way to sweeten your farts which lead him to great success but now he has to come up with another amazing invention. How do you top sweetening your farts? That is Keith's dilemma. Here is a story where the difficulty lies in trying to top your last great feat. This is the bigger message of the book beyond the idea of sweetening your farts !!

Isabella T
Lonestar Mensa
Age 9

Poem: Sonnet 14 by Isabella Taylor

2010-07-02T17:52:00.000-07:00

Sonnet 14

Oh my sweet fruitful love

Abundance of vermillion seed

As delicate as a morning dove

Dear devotion to my every need

Rubies laden in your mossy hair

Your skin a white fleshy albedo

For you to share my golden chair

Arils encase the seeds I now know

The pomegranate stained lip

No longer to be mine

Justified by a lover's quip

Exalted by the divine

Fruit of the dead in Hades domain

Abiding love no longer calls my name

Isabella Taylor
Age 8

Poem (sestina): The Curse of Gold by Isabella Taylor

2010-07-02T17:51:00.000-07:00

The Curse of Gold (by Isabella Taylor, Age 8)

It was upon a dreary yesterday
That I gazed upon God’s acre so grotesque
With feet firmly pressed into the blackened loam
A soul now pitted in darkness
Devaluing your life for gold
To plunge so willingly into Aphrodite’s curse

From rich, chesnut hair to the oiled grey strain of this befallen curse
Oh, to long for yesterday
Twas only a shining mineral reflecting gold
Changing man’s reason to thoughts so grotesque
A beacon of light now plunged into darkness
Submerged deep down under the loam

This rich treasure birthed from loam
Sustaining man’s greedy curse
A jeweled promise hidden in the darkness
A drink from Lethe to forget your yesterdays
Leading you into Hades realm of the grotesque
No longer having a heart of gold

Who knew when you began this search for gold
In the innocent, unapologetic loam
Your shovels would bend so grotesquely
And under your breath you whisper a curse
As all your days turn into empty yesterdays
Continuing the dig deeper and deeper into the abyss of darkness

Every attempt seems to end in darkness
Temperatures rising in a fever of gold
With this false hope that today will be better than yesterday
Your clothes bathed in the scent of loam
Strengthening you to free yourself from this poor man’s curse
But I find your fury so utterly grotesque

A joyful clamor with a smile so grotesque
You finally found a piece of light in the darkness
However you have not beaten the curse
A twist of fate brings you only fool’s gold
With a bellowing cry you fall face down into the loam
Wishing you could have changed your yesterday

Yesterday, you would have never imagined flecks of gold as grotesque
The loam blanketing its deceit in darkness
And you but a mere victim to its golden curse

Poem: Winter Day by Isabella T.

2010-07-02T17:35:00.000-07:00

Winter Day

My hands tremulous from the cold

I grasp the clay mug

The scent of chamomile wafts by

The hot liquid traverses down my throat

Warming my body

My cheeks sanguine

I thrust open the wooden door

To relish in this snowy day

Isabella T.
Age 8

Poem: Christmas Dinner by Isabella T.

2010-07-02T17:34:00.000-07:00

Christmas Dinner

My cheeks glow like candy apples

Wine glasses are toasting

Aroma of turkey pervades

Steam rising from sweet, orange yams

Forks and knives fall with a clang

Full bellies satisfied

Smiles plastered on faces

Isabella T.
Age 8

Poem: Word Banquet by Isabella T.

2010-07-02T17:33:00.000-07:00

Word Banquet

I grow strong

On this diet of words

The most satisfying meal

Feasting on knowledge

Dining each day

On letters

And a poem for dessert

Isabella T.
Age 8

Short Story: A Christmas Tree in the Desert by Konrad Langlie

2010-07-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

A CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE DESERT
By KONRAD LANGLIE

Convoy Support Center Vulture, Saudi Arabia, December 24, 1990

“Major, why is the Colonel screwing with us by sticking us out in the middle of the desert on Christmas Eve?’ Specialist Hector Torres, a 19 year old industrial arts student at Bronx Community College; asked the 38 year old Support Center Commander and high school history teacher. Major David Harris was asking himself the same question. A week earlier they had been sitting in a high rise housing complex assigned to US Forces as a temporary base in Riyadh. They were part of an Army Reserve Logistics support group from Queens, New York. They had just arrived in Saudi Arabia and had been looking forward to seeing the Bob Hope Christmas show in Riyadh. For the past week they had been setting up this Convoy Support Center (CSC) along something called alternative Main Supply Route (MSR) Dodge. They had dropped a fuel bladder and hooked up several fuel stations to it. They had also set up several GP medium tents complete with cots. They had even constructed a fast food facility to dispense hot chow in the form of hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries and coffee. They named the food facility Smittyburger after Smitty, the cook in charge. Working almost nonstop; the soldiers had completed the CSC in four days.

The soldiers’ morale had been high at first as the reservists were thrilled to be contributing to the war effort. Even if some of them were not sure who the enemy was. Sergeant First Class Dorothy Jones, a plus sized, municipal clerk and grandmother from Brooklyn; had discreetly asked Harris if that Saddam guy was on our side or the other side. For the last three days with little to do and no convoys in sight morale had sagged. The thirty odd men and women were quarreling among themselves and complaining about the mission. The latest theory was that the Army had called them up by mistake and this mission was a make work assignment along an imaginary supply route. Missing the Bob Hope Show was the primary complaint of his troops. Master Sergeant Wilson and Harris had tried to make light of it by suggesting the show would be pretty dull with the girl’s all dressed head to foot in burkas and the Saudis censoring Hope’s jokes. Not like the old Vietnam shows that Harris and Wilson had seen two decades earlier. Vietnam had been Harris’s and Wilson’s war and they had never expected to see another. The surprise and shock of being called up for a war from his sedate civilian life was still unsettling to Harris.

“Torres, this CSC is essential for the Army to get troops and supplies in place before the war starts.” Harris patiently explained the rationale for the mission to the skeptical Torres. He had been asked the same question by the rest of his soldiers over the past three days and given the same answer. Despite his pat answer; Harris was no longer certain the Army was ever going to send a convoy along MSR Dodge. Harris toured the CSC facility looking to see if he could find some finishing detail that would keep the men busy for awhile. “How are you doing?” Harris asked Sergeant Hinckley, the sentry on duty. Hinckley was a volunteer replacement fill-in from Syracuse, New York; who was a jeweler in civilian life.

“Just staying awake sir,” Hinckley replied. “Am I supposed to load my weapon on this duty?”
“I don’t think so; we haven’t received any authorization to carry loaded weapons yet.” “I think they are waiting till we get closer to real hostilities,” Harris answered. He wondered himself why the order to carry loaded weapons had not been issued, especially in remote locations such as this. Saudi Arabia might be a police state with tight border controls but he knew from his extensive readings that there were factions in this Country that were opposed to the American presence. “Just keep watching the road and pass the word on to your relief to get me if you see a convoy coming up the road.” Hinckley nodded his head in affirmation and at the same time rolled his eyes.

The stars shone brightly in the clear cool desert night; as midnight approached. “Just as they must have shown two millennium ago, not that far from here,” Harris contemplated as he gazed skyward. Nancy, his bride of two years, was probably sitting at home dreading every phone call. She would be wondering if the call was a notification that something had happened to him. Her dread might be justified. Iraq had a huge Army and Air Force plus missiles with chemical and biological warheads. Nobody knew what was going to happen if war started. There were thousands of body bags stored in Riyadh; waiting for the estimated forty thousand dead. Nancy was always full of surprises; he should check his duffle bags to see if she had planted something for Christmas. He began digging through the bag in which he had packed a huge supply of socks and underwear; items which he had always been short of in Vietnam. Sure enough at the bottom of his underwear bag; he found a wrapped package. “What’s this?” “There’s something else at the bottom of this bag!” Harris said to himself, as he removed the package. He reached back into the bag and pulled out an eight inch Christmas tree, mounted on a round wooden stand.

Harris covertly carried the miniature tree out of his tent and placed it in the middle of the recreation and morale tent. Then he called out to the troops to see his surprise. The faces of the thirty men and women gathered around the small tree broke into smiles and tears as they stared at the memento of the holiday and began sharing stories of other Christmases.
A shout from Hinckley interrupted the nostalgic reverie, “Something is coming up the road!”

The soldiers rushed out of the tent and watched as a Military Police Humvee with blacked out headlights drove into the support center. A line of trucks and busses followed the Humvee into the center. As the busses stopped dozens of soldiers wearing desert camouflage uniforms with the screaming eagle patch of the 82nd Airborne piled out of the busses. A major carrying a map approached Harris, “Is this CSC Vulture?” “We need fuel and the men need to eat.” “The other MSRs are at capacity; so the Army is pushing everything it can up MSR Dodge.”

“Merry Christmas Santa and welcome to Vulture!” Harris greeted the puzzled major. Harris then turned and yelled, “Smitty, get the burgers and fries started, you got customers!”

Short story: A Mother's Christmas by Alan S. Ferguson

2010-07-02T16:53:00.000-07:00

A Mother’s Christmas

She knew this day would be perfect now as she exited church after Midnight mass concluded and was greeted by a soft snowfall that would reach four inches before it moved on to bless another city. She walked home on the light feel of the sidewalk decorated courtesy of Mother Nature’s flurried confetti. Reaching home, she noticed how her frosted windows perfectly encircled the candlelights that proclaimed that this was Christmas.

Once inside, she shook off the remaining snowflakes and lit the Christmas tree that she spent hours trimming that week. It would be the longest night of the year, for it was just past one o’clock and her ex-husband and daughter would not arrive until eight in the morning at the earliest.

She imbibed some hot chocolate with the hope that its soothing properties would induce a quick and restful sleep. It must have worked because the next sound she heard was the pitter of small footsteps followed by the patter of a larger, yet gentler set of the same.

“Please come in, it is so wonderful to see you again,” she said holding back her tears.

It had been a year since they had traveled that great distance to visit her again. They remained cordial ever since their split and he kept his promise to bring their only child home to her at least once a year.

“Mommy, Mommy!” Chris screamed with joy. She did not notice how her mother had aged since last year. She only saw the joy in her face and felt the love she expressed as she held out her arms and squeezed her most precious gift.

“It is so good to see you again, how are you getting along?” he asked knowing the answer.

“This day makes the year almost bearable,” she replied as he wished he could do better.

“Come, let’s open the presents,” Chris squealed as she urged her mother towards the tree.

“If you only knew how hard it is to let go,” she replied putting her down.

Chris ran to the tree and grabbed a present with each hand.

“How is she doing now?” the mother asked concerned about her daughter’s progress.

“Well, it was tough at first, but she is doing much better. She had found a whole new group of kids her own age and the things they learn nowadays,” the father answered to the relief of the mother.

Before too long, Chris had a floor full of wrapping paper strewn about the living room. “Look daddy! Mommy brought you some things too,” she said as she ran up to her father clutching a couple of gifts.

“Thank you,” he said and the love that led him to propose to her ten years ago, still flowed through him.

This wonderful holiday time together flew by and like last year, ended too soon. She left the room a mess of crumpled wrappings and walked them to the edge of her yard. Soon they disappeared and she returned to the warm confines of her home while the embers in her heart burned with the emptiness and knowledge that another year would pass until they would see each other again.

Sitting there staring at the empty room, with tears and sobs at each memory, she clutched a faded newspaper whose headline told the story of a father and his daughter, killed in a Christmas day crash three years ago.

Written by Alan S. Ferguson, author of ‘Dreams of a Janitor-Kenosha’s Spiritual Guardian of the Annex.’

Book Review of "Mimi Loves to Mimic" by Isabella Taylor, member, Lonestar Mensa

2010-06-02T21:10:00.000-07:00

Mimi Loves to Mimic
Written by Yih-Fen Chou
Illustrated by Chih-Yuan Chen

Mimi Says No is a delightful story about kids and the power of “No!”. I thought the story and the illustrations were cute. It was very simply written with a strong point. I think very young kids will find this quite humorous. Parents will read it and be able to relate to this book as well!

Mimi Loves to Mimic is a story about Mimi wanting to imitate everyone around her. This is a cute story where kids are learning about their environment through imitation. Kids will like it and relate to it. Its one of those books that their parents will read to them and they will say “AGAIN, READ IT AGAIN!”

Book Review of "Mimi Says No" by Isabella Taylor, member, Lonestar Mensa

2010-06-02T21:08:00.000-07:00

Mimi Says No
Written by Yih-Fen Chou
Illustrated by Chih-Yuan Chen

Mimi Says No is a delightful story about kids and the power of “No!”. I thought the story and the illustrations were cute. It was very simply written with a strong point. I think very young kids will find this quite humorous. Parents will read it and be able to relate to this book as well!

Book Review of "Mr. Sunny Sunshine-Nothing but Smiles: A Comic Book" by Isabella Taylor, member LoneStar Mensa

2010-06-02T21:07:00.001-07:00

Mr. Sunny Sunshine. Nothing but Smiles. A Comic Book.
By Dwayne Henson
Smiles bring happiness and positive feelings to all. Smiling is something simple you can do to make the world better. Although, I think the message of this book is lovely and positive, I felt like it was too corny. It was as if the book was trying too hard.

Review of Just Before the Dawn by Joseph A. Gillian, reviewed by Sonnet Erin Brown

2010-03-03T17:22:00.000-08:00

Title: Just Before the Dawn (Rebecca Remembered)
Author: Joseph A. Gillian
Genre: fiction
Reviewer: Sonnet Erin Brown (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
Rating: 1 of 5 stars

Gillan’s novel begins with promise as Rebecca opens a letter from the main character and a former lover, Thomas. It is a 200-page letter that she has kept secret from her husband William, waiting for him to leave the house before stealing a few moments to read what Thomas has written. This immediately hooks the reader into the story.

Unfortunately, as the story continues, it becomes increasingly repetitious and bogged down in details. Some of the details included in the story are pertinent and enjoyable, but most of them become tedious to the reader. At points, the reader can actually skip several pages of text without missing the plot—in some cases, whole chapters can be skimmed.

Finally, the ending leaves something to be desired. Though Rebecca is a prominent character in the novel, the reader never finds out what becomes of her. All in all, the story fragments unpredictably and tends to meander aimlessly into topics that have nothing to do with the actual plot. A disappointing read for the average reader, but it may be enjoyed by those who enjoy extremely detailed narratives.

Review of That Little Hardback by Chuck Borough, reviewed by Becky Harp

2010-03-03T17:20:00.000-08:00

Title: That Little Hardback
Author: Chuck Borough
Genre: nonfiction, comical, biography
Reviewer: Becky Harp (Glendale, Arizona, USA)
Rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book should be in every home in the world. Chuck's thoughts are funny, sad, politically and unpolitically correct; it's almost like having a conversation with him, a religious physicist. I keep this book on my night stand and reread parts almost every night. You may not agree with everything he says, but readers won't be able to put it down. I know I couldn't.

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