New Regular Reviews in Books

Pros: Intense sexual scenes, strong characters, and a great plot.
Cons: Mention of rape.

Pros: An excellent read that prompts indepth questions and spurs the reader to action.
Cons: The reader may consider it to be very heavy at times.

Pros: Wonderful characterization, writing, plotting, pretty much everything
Cons: A couple of times the plot bogs down a bit

Pros: See politics and the law bringing Hitler to power. A 20th century Shakespearean tragedy.
Cons: No maps of Germany locating cities and concentration camps crucial to the biography.

Pros: historical detail, rich characterization with suspenseful, dramatic situations
Cons: none

Pros: Interesting story, and the period is very well explained.
Cons: I didn't feel I knew the man any better at the end of the book.

Pros: Touching, unforgettable
Cons: Not one!

Pros: Excellent detail on what one goes through to become a firefighter
Cons: Relationships between the main character and others were not well developed or defined

Pros: nice message, unique protagonist
Cons: so-so illustrations

Pros: Everyone's favorite murder machine in his own comic.
Cons: I prefer consistant artists on a title.

Pros: Touching story; sweet illustrations; real emotional exploration
Cons: You'll need tissues close by as you read this

Pros: Activity suggestions for all types of learners; emphasis on daily life of ancient peoples
Cons: No color photos (my daughter's complaint)

Pros: Clever, funny, fast read. 
Cons: I don't believe any of it!  Three cheers for Santa!

Pros: Important message, gripping, interesting
Cons: Dark and painful reading

Pros: action, the floresence of Bernie Manuelito
Cons: a general lack of character development, some padding repetitions

Pros: Wonderful characters; good read-aloud; captures America in late 30s-early 40s era
Cons: You might need to explain cultural references to children (is that a con?)

Pros: Well written Dungeons and Dragons adventure module for edition 3.5.
Cons: Printed in China.

Pros: humor, story, characters
Cons: none

Pros: humor, creation of sexy and tender tension filled moments,
Cons: steam level not suited for younger readers

Pros:
Broadens understanding of alternate relationships.
Cons:
None

Pros: Great for those who are curious about how England's royals survived the early 20th century.
Cons: There are some errors in this one.

Pros: Illustrations are a true phenom! Beautifully pieced-together historic fiction; original photography from turn-of-the-20th-Century France.
Cons: Mature themes: alcoholism, death in a fire, drowning, abandoned child, stealing, lying...

Pros: The storyline is one that will keep you interested from front to back.
Cons: There are not more of V.C. Andrews books out there.

Pros: A couple of decent stories
Cons: Most of the rest

Pros: Clever premise, humor, unusual mystery.
Cons: Plods along in spots.