New Regular Reviews in Books

Pros: fantastic adventure; exciting characters; colorful description of fantasy world...
Cons: a couple of challenges

Pros: A great little cookbook full of fun...
Cons: with no cons.

Pros: historical detail, characterization, intrigue and descriptive details
Cons: none, although left me wanting to read more by her right away

Pros: Sonia, the ex-revolutionary
Cons: a novel of ideas with such banal ideas

Pros: Bester is the wellspring (gutter?) from which cyberpunk sprang.
Cons: I don't much like cyberpunk.

Pros: Absolutely bone-chilling tales of horror written in delightful form.
Cons: None come to mind.

Pros: An uplifting, heartwarming, humorous and yet educating book.
Cons: If you do not enjoy gardening, nature or green living, go away.

Pros: "Imzadi"
Cons: "Triangle: Imzadi II"

Pros: Inspirational, well-written, intriguing, comforting, and not too long (207 pages).
Cons: No cons except the book left me wanting to hear more more more!

Pros: amusing details in some illustrations, traditional tale with a twist, main character with personality
Cons: somewhat mundane and formulaic, incorporates lots of stereotypes, odd illustration style

Pros: Title with high originality, kick-hiney attitude, and the first gay married couple in comics.
Cons: This story arc was a little predictable.

Pros: Bright colors; repetitive text and expressive illustrations help beginning readers follow the story
Cons: Boo poo...eww! (If you're a kid, this is another pro.)

Pros: Another entertaining book in the Women of the Otherworld series
Cons: Few disturbing things happened

Pros: Balanced viewpoints. Well researched. Interesting historical information.
Cons: Some history focuses too much on family relations and long-forgotten events.

Pros: The topic is clearly defined; Examples given; Implementation steps
Cons: Implementation could use more detail

Pros: great theme, good illustrations, great spring board for more conversation
Cons: none at all

Pros: Puns, fun characters, wishful thinking, sibling love
Cons: Appeals to a limited age range (and a few adults)

Pros: Ann Lovejoy touches on many topics pertinent to organic and convetional garden design.
Cons: Ann Lovejoy could have gone into more detail with some topics, such as pest management.

Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing.

Pros: One of the most influental works ever written, a true horror classic.
Cons: A few of the stories are of lesser quality.

Pros: Great writing, very suspensful, good research.
Cons: Really bad ending.

Pros: Beautiful illustrations, funny story, good underlying themes and lessons for children.
Cons: None.

Pros: Some decent action scenes. Moves the story closer to its conclusion.
Cons: Same old predictable writing and bad cleche's.

Pros: Suspensful, very fast read, lots of plot twists
Cons: A little too similer to previous books.

Pros: Unusual reimagining of faeries.
Cons: Overdose of shoplifting, alcoholic teen angst and four-letter words.