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The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World
by Laura J. Snyder

Fascinating, But Dry (1/23/2011)

This book was jam-packed with interesting information about the Victorian era and the four men that it highlights. I was not familiar with three of the four, and the details were well-researched. The style, however, was a bit dry and pedantic. I would have loved to read …more

Three Seconds
by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstrom

Gripping Page Turner (12/10/2010)

Wow! I just couldn't put this one down! Intelligent, intriguing--and even better, I didn't even guess the end. The characters are well drawn and realistic. Would love to read more by these authors!

Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel #13
by Lee Child

Engaging Page Turner (10/14/2010)

This is my first exposure to this series, and I was hooked on the first page. I loved the fact that it was absolutely set in the world of today with today's heroes and monsters. And the research and factoids used to move the story was amazing. My only criticism ... how …more

The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel
by Michele Young-Stone

Riveting Read, Disappointing End (5/13/2010)

The two main characters really captured my imagination, they were well drawn and interesting. However the HandBook inserts got tiring after a while and the repetition of the lightning strikes did stretch my credulity; I wanted the author to have me work a bit more versus spelling everything out.

Romancing Miss Bronte: A Novel
by Juliet Gael

Yawn, too long (3/12/2010)

I really wanted to like this book, but, when, after 100 pages both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights were already published, and I knew that the Brontes hadn't written any other books....Yikes! what would the remaining 300 pages be about? How plain, how sad the lives of the …more

Making Toast: A Family Story
by Roger Rosenblatt

Toast a Little Dry (11/6/2009)

Making Toast is a gentle tale that reads like a reality show camera aiming at this heartbroken family. Unfortunately, although the story is tragic, it is curiously disaffecting. I couldn't help but think of how different this story would be if the family weren't so …more

The Last Bridge
by Teri Coyne

TV Movie Fodder (5/27/2009)

I will admit that I read the entire book in one evening, it is a compelling, easy read. Within the first 50 pages, I had it categorized--this will definitely be a chick TV movie. We have seen the scenario in many slightly varied forms--abuse, rape, coming of age love, and …more

How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer

Thinking about Thinking (12/22/2008)

If my science class had been as interesting as "How We Decide", I would have been more likely to consider a career as a scientist. The book has a heavyweight bibliography, extensive technical references and descriptions of brain parts that I will hopefully never have to …more

How Doctors Think
by Jerome Groopman

Do Patients Think about how Doctors Think? (7/23/2008)

I never really thought that much about how doctors came to their diagnoses or conclusions. To a certain extent like my parents and grandparents, doctors have held a more than human status in my mind.

This book does not really tell me anything that logically, I could have …more

Broken Colors
by Michele Zackheim

Broken Colors (3/13/2008)

The author defines the artistic term of "broken colors" as the mixing of two colors to create a third. The mixed color has a muddy cast versus the luminous quality of the pure, unmixed version. Unfortunately, the execution of this story is muddy, with the characters drawn …more

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