by Bella (Brooklyn, NY): I’m a ten year old girl who recently read this book. It was a deep, yet fun confection about growing up in the early 1900’s, the time where New York was spilling with immigrants and Coney Island was at its prime. It prompted me to read online and ask relatives about [...]
by avid (springfield, il): This book is important, yet has been largely overlooked by reviewers and book clubs. It’s not just a history of Hurricane Katrina, but a personal account of the storm and its aftermath. More significantly, it spotlights our country’s emergency response plan and the bewildering policies that could affect any [...]
by Don G.: Ellis’ book is a great read. People who read it with the idea that history is a noun, full of facts, dates, people, and places, miss the point. Ellis intends us to look at history as a verb, the inquiry, not the things, but the relationship between the things. [...]
by Carol Byers (Oregon): I found Benjamin’s ‘Alice I Have Been’ to be fascinating with many of life’s experiences seamlessly expressed. To gain the most of this story, I needed to read a bit about the actual life of Lewis Carroll as well as the Liddell family (Alice was the third of three Liddell [...]
by Pat O (Sherwood Park, AB Canada): This book is an amazing read. I opened it last week and I couldn’t put it down. I cried a few times because I was overwhelmed by this man’s tenacity and integrity. He is an inspiration!
I have read many of the reviews on [...]
by Matthew White (Cleveland, Ohio): I really liked this book a whole lot, until I dusted off my edition of the original "Dune" and started reading. I read reviews of the house books online decrying plot holes and what not, but I didn’t really take them seriously because any sort of book as monumental as [...]
by Billy (California): The only thing that was possibly bad about this book was that the beginning was presented in such a confusing manner that I had no clue what was going on. However, that quickly changed as the introduction was made to the endearing character of Tommy. There are many sad things [...]
by Andy A (UK): A good few people have recommended this book to me over the years knowing that I have a great interest in WW1 & WW2.
I am not normally one to read novels (I prefer historical text books) but after the book was recommended to me yet again I [...]
by Sara: Before I read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, big books really weren’t my thing. I picked it up because my Aunt was reading it, and once I did I rarely put it down – not during school, on the bus, or at home. Edgar taught me that just because you feel useless, doesn’t [...]
by Book Club Cheerleader (Northern California): Most families have their pigeonholes and identities. Coming from a family of three girls, I know first-hand about family roles and labels. My oldest sister, Linda, was “The Smart One”; my middle sister, Sheri, was definitely “The Pretty One”; so as the baby, I had to do something [...]