New Regular Reviews in Books

Pros: Likable characters; strong mystery plot with plausible ending; more time with Gemma James
Cons: None this time out!

Pros: It's gory, claustrophobic, dark. This one shows that King knows just what scares us.
Cons: At almost 500 pages (paper-back), this could have been trimmed down a lot.

Pros: Fun story and adventure; great action and team-up; artwork is great
Cons: Some may not like the cartoony-like artwork

Pros: Some great photographs, interesting angle on some topics.
Cons: Far too much focus on human waste and hygiene. Very much a television tie-in.

Pros: One truly fantastic story, another good story
Cons: Stories part of series, one boring, one confusing

Pros: Well-written
Cons: Very controversial

Pros: Contains some of King's best work
Cons: Wildly inconsistent

Pros: Excellent examples for each covered area, appealing format, website
Cons: Opening suggestions might be met negatively by reluctant students, not comprehensive

Pros: gives additional background for fans of the original book
Cons: reads too much like a term paper

Pros: lovely writing
Cons: too-predictable plot

Pros: Shows value of quiet pets; Norman's expressions; font size; appeals to children
Cons: Digital illustrations

Pros: the hard-boiled boilerplate
Cons: silly ending

Pros: The research; The actual quoted material showing the deception
Cons: Tedious reading- it may put you to sleep at certain points; Redundancy

Pros: Emotional and well told.
Cons: Hard to keep track of characters.

Pros: good chracters, good story, gives you something to think about
Cons: slow in spots

Pros: Some characters and stories are interesting. Some good satire. Well written and researched.
Cons: Others are dull and heavy-handed. Pacing is uneven. Less profound than it would like.

Pros: Thorough, amazing illustrations
Cons: None

Pros: wonderful writing, interesting characters, unique theme
Cons: can get a little complicated

Pros: Well written and researched with no "left or right" agenda
Cons: None

Pros: Brancati
Cons: translation

Pros: Afghanistan, Pakistan explained-alliances and enemies, funny, sad, well written
Cons: None.

Pros: story, characters, message, voice
Cons: Absolutely none

Pros: Retains most of the original story.
Cons: Stuffy dated illustrations.

Pros: Awesome Lift-The-Flap design, cute story, fun for kids.
Cons: $5.99 cover price.

Pros: Great story, fiction that reads like reality, baseball, relationships, forgiveness
Cons: Excellent book, no problems