Reviews

I saw an article in the New York Times discussing the 40th anniversary of the publication of Deliverance and decided to give it a try. Although reading it was not always a pleasant experience, I’m not sorry about my decision.

This spiral book is very easy to use and turning pages for quick referencing for viewers. I am a total beginner by the way! What is so great about the Complete Knitting Techniques & Projects -it gives 25 splendid colorful examples and they are presented beautifully throughout the pages. I really like the step by step instructions, list equipment types for basic techniques, fabrics, decorative techniques, finishing, correcting mistakes, accessories, babies/children, and a stitch library.

 I first saw Peter Arnell on the Martha Stewart show talking about this book and his rebranding of himself.  I was definately interested when I found out he had gone from 406 lbs. to 150.

Having read most of Kelley’s other books, I was slightly disappointed in this one but not because of the writing. Since it is an unauthorized biography, Kelley had to work with mainly press reports and very few interviews. She states at the beginning of the biography that everyone who works/worked for Oprah had to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Therefore, there were not many people willing to speak about Oprah.

British Historian Tony Judt has written a brilliant polemic on the way we view government.  Judt’s Ill Fares the Land

I've been a James Lee Burke fan (and especially a fan of his character Dave Robicheaux) for many years, so I was delighted to discover Swan Peak, a novel that features Robicheaux and his friend Clete Purcel out of their usual Lo

This book, about the disastrous 2008 ascent of the Himalayan peak K2 which claimed the lives of 11 climbers and severely injured 2 others, is a riveting account of ambition, human error and heroism in one of the most punish

This is another first book by a new author. And it is a good one. Cold Kiss by John Rector begins with a young couple, Nate and his pregnant girlfriend, Sara, heading from Minnesota to Reno to get married. They stop at a roadside diner in Nebraska just as a snowstorm begins. They are low on cash so when Syl White, a fellow traveler whose car has broken down, offers them $500 to take him to Omaha, they accept.

Daniel Clowes' masterpiece, in my opinion, is Ghost World, his graphic novel about a youthful social misfit named Enid. (The credible film adaptation was aided considerably by the acting talents of Thora Birch.)