REVIEW: Milkies, the Milk Saver.

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Last week I was at Bosom Buddies, a weekly support group for breastfeeding mothers courtesy of Karen Bell, CLC of Breast is Best Lactation Services. We were discussing new products on the market that may be popular with Moms now. That reminded me of when I saw the product [...]

REVIEW: #80 The Handy Law Answer Book

Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes Title: The Handy Law Answer Book Author: David L. Hudson Jr., JD ISBN: 978-1-57859-217-3 Pages: 450 Rating: Synopsis: (As taken from back of book) Everyday we encounter the rules of law — from the time we decide to get married, or perhaps divorced, to making purchases with our credit [...]

REVIEW: #79 Phantoms by Dean Koontz

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Note: I can’t believe I only have 3 entries in the entire month of may. This 3rd trimester lack of energy is REALLY affecting me!! Eek! Title: Phantoms Author:Dean Koontz ISBN: 0425181103 Pages: 448 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from GoodReads.com) They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found [...]

REVIEW: #78 Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Title: Dear John Author: Nicholas Sparks ISBN: 0446567337 Pages: 352 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life–until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly [...]

REVIEW: #77 Pretties – Scott Westerfeld

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Pretties Author: Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 0439891612 Pages: 384 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she’s completely popular. It’s everything she’s ever wanted. But beneath all the fun — [...]

REVIEW: #76 One Amazing Thing

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Title: One Amazing Thing Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ISBN: 1401340997 Pages: 240 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people [...]

REVIEW: #75 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Title: Uglies Author: Scott Westerfeld ISBN: 1435248244 Pages: 425 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken From Amazon.com) Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Not for her license — for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth [...]

REVIEW: #74 Remember Me? By Sophie Kinsella

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Remember Me? Author: Sophie Kinsella ISBN: 0440242401 Pages: 448 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken From Amazon.com) When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a [...]

REVIEW: #73 Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes Title: Odd Thomas Author: Dean Koontz ISBN: 0007695381 Pages: 446 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as [...]

REVIEW: #72 Night By Elie Wiesel

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Night Author: Elie Wiesel IBSN: 0374500010 Pages: 120 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Weisel, Elie’s wife and frequent translator, [...]

REVIEW: #71 Among the Hidden

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Title: Among the Hidden Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix ISBN: 0786230517 Pages: 185 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken From Amazon.com) In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm, [...]

REVIEW: #70 The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Title: The Unit Author: Ninni Holmqvist ISBN: 1590513134 Pages: 272 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) One day in early spring, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. She is promised a nicely furnished apartment inside the Unit, where she will make new friends, [...]

REVIEW: #69 Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Title: Living Dead Girl Author: Elizabeth Scott ISBN: 1416960600 Pages: 176 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends — her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to [...]

REVIEW: #68 Beautiful Creatures

Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes Title: Beautiful Creatures Author(s): Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl ISBN: 0316042676 Pages: 576 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com) There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that’s what I thought. Turns out, I couldn’t have been more [...]

REVIEW: #67 Buddha (Volume 1) Kapilavastu

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Buddha, Volume 1 – Kapilavastu Author: Osamu Tezuka ISBN: 193223456X Pages: 256 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) Ancient India vividly comes to life in this multiple award-winning series that has convinced American readers Osamu Tezuka is indeed one of the world’s greatest comic masters. Bringing unprecedented [...]

REVIEW: #66 Emma Vol. 1 by Kaoru Muri

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Title: Emma Vol. 1 Author: Kaoru Mori ISBN: 1401211321 Pages: 192 Rating: Synopsis: (Taken from back of book) An upstairs gentleman and a downstairs servant share a secret love. The saga begins. In Victorian England, a young girl named Emma is rescued from a life of destitution and raised [...]

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