Book Reviews by Readers Like You

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah's Book Club) By Sidney Poitier - Sidney Poitier,The Oscar-winning actor and humanitarian offers an intimate look at his journey from a childhood of poverty to cinematic success.This autobiography explores his rich and inspiring life, the lessons he’s learned and his commitment to maintaining personal ethics and artistic integrity in the face of racism.Sidney Poitier is known worldwide for sensitive and powerful portrayals in socially...Read Full Story

Arthur Celebrity Audiobook (Stories for Heroes) The adventures of Arthur and the gang are brought to life by your favorite celebrities in a Enhanced Compact Disc featuring stories, songs, pictures, games and educational materials for children and parents alike to enjoy. Celebrity readers Clay Aiken, Tom Arnold, Kevin Bacon, Marc Brown (author), Daisy Fuentes, Marcia Gay Harden, Cheri Oteri, Jeff Probst and Kelly Ripa deliver lively and amusing performances to accompany Ziggy Marley’s catchy...Read Full Story

Larklight - I'm heavy on the kids books this month. Means of escape. And this one is pretty darned escapist. Imagine that Newton didn't just figure out gravity, but also faster than light travel. What we end up with is a Victorian world in which England's empire stretches not just across oceans, but across planets. It's an interesting mix of proper manners and complete sexism and crazy etiquette with space travel and alien races and universal domination. And it works somehow. Thoroughly...Read Full Story

What happened this month? Surely I read more than this? Hmmm. Whole point of writing these is for me to keep track of what I read, so I’m failing mightily to reach my goal. Or failing mightily in reading time lately. Either way – boo. And given three of these were books I couldn’t even finish? Sad. Catching Fury and Mockingjay – Books two and three in the Hunger Games trilogy. Which might should have stopped with book two. Sigh. The first two in this series are great, gripping, stunning. But...Read Full Story

Running behind - on reading and posting - thanks to things with my mom. She's improving, BTW, but we still have a long row to hoe.Skinny Dip - Grabbed this at my mom's when I ran out of other things to read. It was definitely a good, solid, take-to-the-pool read. Surprised it hasn't been made into a movie yet, though. It's just the right kind of fluff for that. Lots of unbelievable things, plenty of action. Not quite a chick flick given the action, despite the main-main character being a...Read Full Story