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Confessions of a Shopaholic Reader

Book Review 4 January 2010 | 6 Comments

The book “Confessions of a Shopaholic”  by Sophia Kinsella is the first of a 5 book series. I just finished the fifth book two nights ago. I stayed up until 4 a.m. reading it, because I can be stupid like that. Staying up late and reading is one of my very most favorite things to [...]

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Book Review 7 December 2007 | 1 Comment

I have just read… ‘Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope’ by Jenna Bush. I did like it. It is is written at a pre-teen level, but I didn’t mind. I don’t want to know the details of the horrible things that happen to her. I just want to know what happens and how she got [...]

Book Review: “Alternadad” by Neal Pollack

Book Review 26 May 2007 | 3 Comments

For my April book of the month I used the Jon D. Schlueter method of book selection: Good cover art. As I walked through the Central Library’s New Book section my eye stuck to a yellow duck with a beak ring. The title also resonated with me because of my state of impending fatherhood. The [...]

Book Review: “The Nanny Diaries” by Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Book Review 22 April 2007 | 0 Comments

I was unsure if I wanted to read “The Nanny Diaries” until I learned that the book was made into a movie. The movie will open in September and will star Scarlett Johansson. One of my most favorite things is to read a book and then watch the movie made of it. I just love [...]

Book Review: “Next” Michael Crichton

Book Review 8 April 2007 | 0 Comments

I continue on my annual goal of reading a book a month (minimum) and this month felt like some candy. Not that 420+ pages is candy, but for me fiction always reads easier than non-fiction. My book for March was “Next” by Michael Crichton. I’ve read several of Crichton’s novels so I felt I knew [...]