Brandwashed by Martin Lindstrom

Stars:★★★★★ Summary: Martin Lindstrom reveals pervasive marketing practices used by some of the world's largest companies to manipulate...

Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg

Stars: ***** Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Originally 1990, Updated 2011) Picture Book 48 pages Summary: When it comes to the environment, youn...

Dream Big Little Pig by Kristi Yamaguchi

Stars: ***** Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (2011) Illustrations by Tim Bowers Picture Book 4 and up Summary: Poppy the Pig has big dreams - lots o...

C'mon Papa: Dispatches From a Dad in the Dark by Ryan Knighton

Stars: ***** Knopf Canada, a division of Random House (2010) Nonfiction: Memoir/Biography/Parenting 272 pages Summary: C'mon Papa is Rya...

Welcoming Spring with Picture Books

Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand Stars: **** Holiday House (2011) Summary: Excited that spring has finally arrived, Mole tries--unsuccessf...

Confessions of a GP: a year of life, death & earwax by Dr. Benjamin Daniels

Stars:***** HarperCollins UK (2010) Adult Nonfiction/Memoir 336 pages Summary : A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An ...

Saving Women's Hearts by Martha Gulati (Tour + Giveaway!)

Stars: **** Wiley Publishing (2011) Adult Nonfiction: Health/Heart Disease 272 pages Summary: Mention the term "heart disease" and...

500 Kisses & My Sex Life (ahem.. those are book titles)

Happy Valentine's Day! I've got some hot book reviews for you! 500 Kisses: Inventive, tantalizing, and lusty ways to kiss, lick, nib...

I Like You by Sandol Stoddard Warburg

Stars: *** Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1993) Summary: Here is the book that Charlie Brown would have given Snoopy, Tonto would have given the...

Homer's Odyssey and Dewey's Nine Lives (Cat Books)

Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper Stars: ***** Delaco...

Your Baby is Speaking to You by Dr. Kevin Nugent

Subtitle: A visual guide to the amazing behaviors of your newborn and growing baby. Stars: ***** Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Compan...

Awakening Consciousness: A Girl's Guide & A Boy's Guide by Robin Marvel

Stars: ***1/2 This review is for both books at once as they have only minor differences. Summary: These are workbooks designed to encourage ...

Speed Reviews - Mixture

No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not To Have Children by Corinne Maier Stars: **** Summary: The shocking treatise that was a bestselling internation...

Speed Reviews - YA Fiction

If you've been keeping up with me this week, I've got some more speed reviews of books I read a year or more ago. Stolen Voices by E...

Speed Reviews - Children's Books

A few more speed reviews for you. These are books I read over a year ago that never got reviewed. They're short since it's been so l...

Speed Reviews - Mental Illness Memoirs

Some more really old reviews that just never got done. They are short since it's been a while but if the book sounds interesting, check ...