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What does your name mean to you? Does it define who you are, or is it just a label? Is it a distinct part of your personality or just something people used to refer to you? Does it affect you and your life? Have you ever even really thought about... (more »)

I venture to the Strand about once or twice a month. After passing one particular book several times each of my visits, I picked it up and read the back, which I have to say does not a true critic make, but I didn't have book reviews on the... (more »)

TailSpin, by Catherine Coulter is an FBI thriller that keeps the reader turning pages. As it gets harder and harder to keep secrets, several story-lines start to intertwine, making it impossible to put the book down. These many secrets are what... (more »)

Crime Review Delayed Justice By Jack and Mary Branson The book “Delayed Justice” starts with something I absolutely agree with and am grateful for the authors that they point it out: the families of the perpetrators are the forgotten... (more »)

Caitlin would have never thought that she would ever be put in a situation like she was. Her whole life changed in a short time. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen is about Caitlin, who has lived a normal, teenage life until one day Cass, her sister,... (more »)

The Giver- Lois Lowry The Giver is an intriguing tale narrating the wonderful incidences faced a young boy Jonas in a Utopian Society called 'The Community'. Considering the chaos rampant in our lives as for today,I believed that I... (more »)

I loved the DragonSpell series, so when I saw this one I just had to read it. It took me a little longer to get into then Ms. Paul's other novels, but not much. Before long I was adventuring right along with Tipper and her friends, laughing... (more »)

Baseball by the Numbers: A Review of Moneyball Early on in Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, an entertaining guide to the otherwise dull world of baseball statistics, we encounter baseball manager Billy Beane at the draft pick, representing his... (more »)

Imagine living inside the doors of a candy factory. Imagine having never met other kids and have never walked beyond your property line. This is the life of eleven year old Logan Sweet in The Candy Makers, by Wendy Mass. This book is about four... (more »)

'Dear John' is an ecstatic journey of a soldier, John Tyree and has been written in three consecutive parts. The story revolves around John's life when he was a carefree lad, and lived life according to his own rules, and then when... (more »)