New Regular Reviews in Books

Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing.

Pros: very funny  
Cons: wish there was more background on the concepts

Pros: funny, well assembled collection of mancabulary  
Cons: overdone at times

Pros: Well-written and engaging. Julie Andrews' first 27 years are fascinating. Photos.
Cons: Abrupt ending. I wanted to read beyond 1962.

Pros: Some good characters and amazing ending.
Cons: Most of the characters and the begining.

Pros: Exciting story, Roarke's matured!
Cons: None, really.  Robb did this one right!

Pros: Well-written, Great sense of detail, Moments of interesting character development
Cons: Largely underdeveloped characters, Nothing so much happens in terms of plot.

Pros: Characters that draw you into the story
Cons: Weak writing

Pros: Beautifully written, tender themes in the midst of horror, father-son relationship.
Cons: Some shockingly violent scenes...

Pros: Historical, Detailed, Interesting, Colorful language
Cons: None, really

Pros: Hot sexy Yoai (Japanese gay graphic novel) with brilliant art complimenting a great story.
Cons: Homosexual content may offend some.

Pros: None!!!!
Cons: Everything from the awful writing to the lack of any substance or direction.

Pros: A very intense read.
Cons: May be TOO intense for some.

Pros: Both discs are replete with informative, useful content. Disc One made me "darken" my bedroom!
Cons: Some listeners might feel uncomfortable with Naiman's ultimate application of his "sea of sleep" imagery.

Pros: Characters, storyline, interesting world
Cons: not enough information on the Umbra

Pros: Good for adults and children alike; emphasizes holiday traditions
Cons: Some poems not up to par

Pros: interesting premise, decent characters, reasonable plot
Cons: stereotyping and caricature of "the bad guys"

Pros: definitive comprehensive, multifaceted work on the Greene brothers
Cons: starts at a level above the introductory, not for general readers so much

Pros: presents the full spectrum of types of designs with illustrations
Cons: text mostly discussion of content of designs, not creation of them

Pros: the great northern Peruvian novel
Cons: difficult to follow its exposition through very long paragraphs and jumps in space and time

Pros: Cute pictures, easy way to build vocabulary
Cons: Not quite sure what a "crib book" is

Pros: Characters, story
Cons: cursing

Pros: Good story
Cons: none

Pros: Extremely funny, artfully written 
Cons: Rank sexism and racism expressed, not always convincingly, as humor.

Pros: brings to light effects of Iraq War on average Iraqis
Cons: limited perspective, and little about situations of the poets