Reviews by Linda K. (Belvidere, IL)

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The Language of Secrets
The Language of Secrets
by Dianne Dixon
Captivating! (2/17/2010)
Sir Walter Scott probably said it best, “O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!”. No one wants to hurt the ones they love, but sometimes in our effort to protect those loved ones it seems necessary to engage in little white lies, or lies of …more
The New Global Student
The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
by Maya Frost
If I could do it all again... (11/12/2009)
If I could do it all again, I would wait about 40 years to be born so that I could read The New Global Student during my summer vacation after 8th grade, and begin my high school years with a different outlook. Fortunately, for those of you who were born in the late 90s and …more
Baking Cakes in Kigali
Baking Cakes in Kigali
by Gaile Parkin
There's More To A Cake Than Flour And Water (6/23/2009)
The main character, Angel, bakes cakes. Her cakes are far more than an edible pastry. Each cake she bakes celebrates an occasion that is laced with sadness and despair, as no one has gone untouched by the horrors of genocide Rwanda lived through. If that was not enough, …more
How We Decide
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer
How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer (12/16/2008)
We hear that, “Not to Decide is to Decide.” Thus, it would appear that we are always making decisions – one way or another.

But exactly what is involved in making decisions? What happens internally, in our bodies and our brains? And when we make a decision, is it because we …more
The Christmas Train
The Christmas Train
by David Baldacci
The Christmas Train, by David Baldacci (12/16/2008)
I chose this book for our book club to read this month December. This time of the year, there is an abundance of light holiday reads. This was one of them. The main character has been banned to train travel, and he has to make it from the east coast to the west coast in …more
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