Mini Book Reviews: Self-Help
The Art of Extreme Self-Care by Cheryl Richardson: The extreme art of self-care means doing things that make you happy. Period. In this book, Richardson offers up twelve ways...
Nov 11, 2012 1 2 min read
Book Reviews
Mini Book Reviews: Al-Anon Literature
All of these books are conference approved and published by the Al-Anon Family Groups. Al-Anon (not to be confused with Alcoholics Anonymous [AA]) is for the families and...
Mini Reviews
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix: I really wanted to like this book because I love Cinderella stories, and the thought of...
Graphic Novel Review: Romeo & Juliet
I grabbed the graphic novel adaptation of Romeo & Juliet because, well, it's a graphic novel adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. What I didn't know/realize immediately is...
Audiobook Reviews: Precocious British Kids
Why are British kids' books so clever and fun? It kind of seems unfair to the rest of the kids in the world, doesn't it? Anyway, I had some good fun listening to two...
Mini Book Reviews: Summer Fiction
Parents are too easily frightened by the world their children live in. We have to protect them from harm, keep them safe as long as we can, no matter how we feel about...
Mini Reviews: Summer Audiobooks
So, yes, my life has been chaotic and busy, mostly due to all of the teaching and grading I've done this summer. Oh, and the moving. So add it all together, and that left me...
Book Review: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
So I am pretty sure this book just changed my life. That's a weird statement to make, especially when I found most of the The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra...
Novella Review: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption
“Remember that hope is a good thing, Red, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is a novella in Stephen King's...