This book about a cargo cult is hilarious. The title alone is great fun, and as the book unfolds it make perfect sense. Tucker Case starts off the novel as not a terribly likable guy. He's a womanizer and has poor impulse control and it costs him - it cost him a great deal. It is hard to not relate to Tucker, though, as his thoughts are hilariously human as he somehow manages to achieve the redemption his character so desperately needs.

This book has an entire cast of likable and memorable characters. Moore excels at layering threads of plot and action together in what becomes a rich and detailed tapestry. This book is no exception to that rule. I have bought this book several times over simply because I love being able to loan this book out, but it is so good it never returns home again. It is well worth it to share Moore with others. I have to give someone a book by Moore and have them dislike it - everyone who reads him ends up being a life long fan.

This has long been a favorite book by Christopher Moore for me. This story has so many laugh out loud moments that I can't even count them all. This large cast of characters makes this a hilarious book with several fun plots threads that weave together for a hilarious whole. This story is a must read for any fan of Moore's as his brilliant and crazy story telling is at its best.

This is a funny and fun book, but probably my least favorite of Moore's works (although I am behind on reading some of his newer books) as it feels at times as if it moves a little slow. That said, this is still a book Ive read more than once, that has made me laugh out loud, and that sets up some great scenes in future novels, too.

I also enjoy how well Moore writes his characters. They are usually interesting and funny and this book is no exception to that. An enjoyable book from and enjoyable author.

I enjoyed this book and its take on collecting souls, the titular Dirty Job. Called Death Merchants, our protagonist, Charlie Asher finds himself among the many Death Merchants that operate in San Francisco. For those who have read previous books by Moore, some characters will be recognizable from other stories, but this is a stand alone book that readers unfamiliar with Moore will have fun reading without feeling as if they are missing something. The characters from previous books feel like a gift from the author for those familiar with his other works, but do not take away from people who start off with this book as their first Moore novel.

I enjoyed the humor of this book and the story flows along very well. The characters are memorable and fun. I've heard that Moore was writing a sequel to this book, and I have to say that rereading this book in preparation for the sequel was joyous fun. There are always so many jokes or funny scenes in Moore's novels that still make me laugh out loud when re-reading his books. I would recommend this book for any fan of humor, the absurd, or fans of his other works.

This is one of my favorite books by Christopher Moore, although most of them are. That said, I will say that the book starts off a little slowly for me and it does take a while to warm up to the main character. However, once the beginning 20-40 pages are read, this book picks up speed and keeps going until the end.

Live all of Moore's books this story has humor to spare. Coyote is one of the most fun characters in the first place, so having him wreak havoc on the main character's life is fun to watch. Being inside Coyote's head occasionally is always great for hilarity, but as with most of Moore's books the hilarity really does carry some of that universal truth.

I tend to think of this book as a road trip book as for quite a lot of the book the characters are traveling or feel somewhat nomadic. I would say read the first 40 pages and if you aren't hooked on the story, feel free to go about your day. Other than a slow start, this book is an excellent read with more than a few parts that are laugh out loud funny.

This book was a lot of fun. Recently, my mother has been visiting New York and inviting us to go to Broadway shows with her. It was really fun to read about some of the people who have performed there in historical shows. I loved the first hand accounts from people who were both known to me and new. I did not expect the format of this book to be so much personal narration, but once I got past the unexpected format, I really enjoyed it. Personal narratives are a wonderful way to tell the history and convey the feel of Broadway. An excellent read if you are interested in theater and Broadway especially. i did have to look some people up as I wasn't familiar with them, but that was fun, too.

I loved this book, and not simply because of the great illustrations. Working out and lifting weights is something I've been doing for the past three years, but I am pretty clueless about most of the things that go into it. Being able to see what muscles are used, how best to do a particular lift or strength exercise was wonderfully invaluable to me. I have other books of this nature that mostly focus on men's anatomy, so having one that was focused on women's bodies was really wonderful. The information was incredibly helpful and according to my trainer, accurate. I think anyone interested ins strength training or a visual guide to help understand what those muscles are actually doing would benefit from this book.

This wasn't a great book, but it wasn't awful. I love reading about sisters, so the premise was of interest to me right from the start. I actually did read this book while on vacation, and it was an easy and quick read, perfect for sitting on the beach and picking up in between conversations with friends and family members. It wasn't terribly memorable and while the basic plot was intriguing, I felt that Nora Roberts did a much better book with a similar set in "Montana Sky" than this book managed to do here. Again, it wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't terribly memorable. This was a book that was light and airy, easy to put down, and fairly predictable.

As a huge fan of the original Star Wars trilogy, I have seen Star Wars (a New Hope, if you must) thousands of times. Imagine my joy when my sister and I found this gem in the bookstore!! From the intro, I was hooked. I am a fan of Shakespeare and I simply LOVED the merging of Shakespearean verse with one of my all time favorite movies (or movie trilogies).

I think this would be a great gateway for those that find reading Shakespeare difficult. This would be a wonderful way to ease them into the work of the bard through something familiar. I also found so ingenious and brilliant that I would laugh out loud with joy from the wording.

One of the best buys I've picked up in recent times. Looking forward to seeing future installments!

I initially thought this book would be more along the lines of what type of knowledge - scholastically - everyone should know after receiving a college degree. Instead, this is more of a slim, pocket sized guide for freshmen going away from home to universities and living in dorms. So, this is not for commuting students, or nontraditional students. This is very specific to students who will live in dorms their first year.

That said, it provides a lot of good tips on making friends, dealing with roommates, pulling all-nighters, a handy caffeine guide, and other tips and tricks for laundry, cooking, dating, and college experiences that would be helpful to many people who are venturing out on their own for the first time.

I took one star off as there is a lot of relating to someone through complaining about the food and other things that I found to be somewhat negative, but mostly, for a guide for a very specific set of people, this little book does the trick. It would be an excellent gift to anyone graduating and going off to university.

Beware!! Spoilers!!!

So many thoughts!!

First off, I loved, loved, LOVED Park's parents. Maybe because I had a father that was similar (no license until you can drive a stick) but I really liked his dad. I liked that his dad knew Richie, so already knew kind of where Eleanor was coming from and he wanted to help, but had no idea how, other than giving her a place to be and food.

I loved Park's mom, especially after Christmas, when she sees Eleanor's family at the grocery store and she understands the poverty they are living in. I also liked that scene because you have this image of Eleanor's mom as a beauty from Eleanor's description of her, but to Park, her mom looks like someone who might have been as beautiful as Eleanor once, but it kind of faded.

I love that Park kicked Steve in the face. Ahh, the days before zero tolerance. That scene was really well done, especially with Steve saying that he had no idea that Eleanor was Park's girlfriend. Park saying it shouldn't matter (you shouldn't tease anyone that way) and Steve missing the point entirely and saying that of course it matters because they are friends. I loved this scene because Park couldn't help kicking him in the face and also because later, when Park starts wearing eye liner to school it is considered "cool", like Ozzie Osbourne, simply because a) people like Park b) he can and will kick your ass. I also like that his father tries really hard not to be proud of him, but you can tell, he totally is.

I love that show more comics brought them together. I never really read comics before my husband, so this really resonated with me because after meeting him I read Sandman, then through a class at school, I read Maus, and the Dark Knight. Later, I read Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Books and comics (which are like books with art) are a great thing to bond over, because if there is a lull in conversation, you can always talk about them.

I love that they also bonded over music, and OH MY GOD I so remember mixed tapes. I made mixed tapes well into my 20's, and will still make CD's, albeit not with the same frequency. And the Smiths!! I loved them so much in high school and still do to this day. The album Louder Than Bombs was constantly in my tape deck in my car and my husband now knows most of their songs too (he gave me comics, I gave him the Smiths), simply through being around me. The song they are talking about that he first plays for her the lyrics are "I am the son, I am the Heir" and I love that she misinterprets it as "I am the sun, I am the air" because without having liner notes, how else would you know?

I think that this story really sucked me in simply through nostalgia for that time period because I remember it. I remember mixed tapes being a kind of friend currency - it wasn't just wooing a potential boyfriend or girlfriend, we would share mixed tapes between friends, the "Oh my God you have to listen to this song!" When I think of high school, I more often than not think of the music, because it was such an important and vital part of the high school experience, high school survival for me.

This book had tons of little details that made me like it - like Eleanor talking about how Shakespeare is making fun of Romeo and Juliet, otherwise why mention Rosalind?

Going back to an earlier book, "Summer Sisters", I found the similarity in jealousy of siblings to be interesting. In this book her sister Maisie is jealous and pissy because Eleanor gets to leave and has somewhere else better to go. I was talking to my husband about how it seems that children in abusive homes don't have the bond other siblings do simply because there is too much jealousy over petty shit. He equated it to prisoners not really wanting other prisoners to be allowed an escape.

I love that Eleanor is smart enough at the end of the book to just leave and run away. I also love that Tina, who has been giving her such a hard time at school, recognizes at least a little bit that Eleanor is in deep shit and offers to help her. I thought that was a brilliant bit where Steve talks about killing Tina's stepdad, so he could kill Eleanor's too, if she wanted. It lets you know WHY Tina is being helpful and a little bit about why she is kind of a bitch.

I never really totally warmed to Eleanor. I understood where she was coming from, I understood that she was terribly damaged, but she never really became likable to me. Park was absolutely likable and honestly the best thing about Eleanor is she liked Park, but I think that she is just so damaged at this point that it is part of why I didn't like her. I don't mind damaged, but she seemed so shut down, and she never shared very much, and she freaks out the first time she is at Park's house. She doesn't like Batman. I mean, come on. Then after she moves away, she not only doesn't call him, she doesn't write to him, doesn't read what he has sent her. I just wanted to smack her.

Which leads me to the ending - I was not quite satisfied. What were the three words on the postcard she sent Park? I love you - which she never said or I miss you - which they both said tons? What happened to the rest of her family? Did they move up north, too? I am sick of Lady vs. Tiger being every author's cop out ending - the Stephen King book I just read ended much the same way - and that while I know that life isn't nice and neat and tidy, a few more details would not have killed anyone. Did her uncle take in all 5 kids? Did her mother go too? WTF happened?

And speaking of the mother, hated her. I have zero respect for women who put abusive, asshole, drunkard husbands before the welfare of their kids. When Eleanor gave her the $50 for Christmas so they could buy food, she didn't even say thank you. Her mom put them in this position and then doesn't even have the decency to say thanks. What a bitch.

Even though I was not happy with the ending, there was so much greatness in this book that I love it anyway. I loved that Park's dad woke up or was awake when he is sneaking out to take Eleanor to Minnesota. I love that he knows exactly why she has to run away, and that he says if the uncle doesn't take her in to bring her back and they will figure out something. His dad was a stand up man. Also, I love that he says that Park can take her to Minnesota, but only if he drives the truck with a stick shift. Hardass. But he knows how to motivate his son.

It was kind of like when Park's younger brother asked to have his girlfriend over and his dad says he can if he gives up Nintendo. His brother doesn't like the girlfriend enough to give up Nintendo, but Park was like "Sure, I can give up Nintendo" and his dad said he didn't have to. The younger brother missed the point of the exchange, but he was basically saying if the girl isn't worth giving up Nintendo, then you aren't really that into her. Park loved Eleanor enough to drive a stickshift, even while his dad was watching. Just full of win. Loved it.

Ok. I think I am done. This is the kind of book where for a few days after reading it, I couldn't read anything else. It just stays with you. show less

JAK used to be one of my go-to authors for a fun and good romance. I think that the time for her being a must buy author for me is over. I know from reading her books that she tends to recycle characters and have certain types of characters that she uses frequently, but since they are the kind of characters I like, this doesn't bother me. However, this book just did not grab my interest. I wanted it to, and I wanted to enjoy - I was so excited to get one of her books as a review - I like to give good reviews. However, this book just bored me. I wish there was a nicer way to say it, but I felt like I had to slog through a bunch of information and descriptions that was mostly just filler. The quality of JAK's writing has been going steadily downhill and I think this is the final book by her I am going to buy for a while. I don't know if she is in such demand that they are not giving her enough time to write the usually excellent novels she has put out in various names, or if she is just bored with writing and phoning it in. Either way, this one was a bummer because it could have been good and just simply wasn't.

As someone with some weight to lose, yoga can be challenging. There are many position where my face is smothered by breasts and other positions that are challenging due to the extra me I have around, well, everywhere. This book was really helpful because I was able to see pictures of people doing different yoga moves while battling the same difficulties I sometimes find myself battling. I enjoyed the visuals and thought that this was a really good book and really helpful. I would recommend it to other people who are interested in doing yoga but worry that they are too fat - this book clearly illustrates that you can still do the poses and the work regardless of size.

As a professional tarot reader, I found that this book was very interesting and contained quite a few helpful techniques. Often times when reading tarot for clients, you run into the same issue or situation over and over again. This book has helped me to see how some of those situations can be healed or helped.

I like any book with useful and interesting anecdotes and was pleased to see them in this book. I always enjoy seeing how other professionals deal with their tarot readings and how tarot can be used in many different ways. I also liked the author's easy going writing style. The page flew by as I read this book and that is something that is rare and should be praised.

I also liked that the author made sure to mention that the healing mentioned in this book is not for people who have serious conditions that can be cured by doctors. This book is more for chronic conditions that have a lot of pain attached to them.

This is not a good book for those beginning with tarot or for those beginning with energetic healing. It is wonderful compliment to any library on tarot and opens up a great deal of information for people, like me, who are both interested in tarot and healing practices such as Reiki.

This book had a wonderful premise and was very creepy. The storyline follows a documentary filmmaker as he puts together the story from former members of a cult. The premise is solid and the action is solid, but the writing is at best uneven.

The writing in the book was a bit clunky and at times, even though I was engaged by the premise and the ideas, i felt like I had to trudge through some pretty awful writing to get there. Nothing takes you out of the story more than knowing that you are reading, and sadly this book had the feel of work while reading it.

That said, there were a lot of moments where the pages flew by and I was entirely engaged with the storyline. This author has great potential and when his writing is solid, it is fantastic. He does not lack for creativity and he created a truly scary, thrilling novel.

I've read dozen of books on the chakras, studied Reiki and healing touch extensively, and I found this book to be an easy to read guide on the chakras. While looking at the chakras from a more clinical, psychological viewpoint, the author takes the reader through each chakra and what emotional and psychological areas it focuses on.

It is hard to write a book on chakras that does not deal with the body's energetic system, as chakras are a significant part of the body's energy system. By discovering what chakras are working and not working, the author helps to guide people into better emotional and psychological health and wellness.

I think that this slim volume would be a great addition to anyone's library on the chakra system and wonderful introductory book for people who are looking for ways to work with their chakras and become more psychologically sound.

While my husband and I are happily married, I do like to read books on ways to improve and strengthen relationships. I find it fun to see what we are doing correctly and what we could use help with. Some of the books have good advice and some books are not that great at providing insight into what works in a marriage and what doesn't

"The Marriage Whisperer" is one that is wonderfully insightful and helpful. The exercises and things to keep in mind I think would help any couple, whether they are successful or struggling. I am glad I have this book and I plan on sharing it with my husband as well. I would love to give this book to any and all couples that I know. I think it provides tips and techniques to help make life smoother between couples.

That said, I did not rate this 5 stars because some of the way things were phrased was a little on the hokey side and I found the anecdotes to be puzzling and somewhat self congratulatory. I understand using your own life experience in examples to illustrate your point, but found the ones included in the book to be a little annoying.

However, if you are looking to learn skills on helping your relationship grow and thrive, this book provides wonderful insight and great advice.

I enjoyed the descriptive writing style of this novel, and I received the audiobook version. I really do wish that it had been read by Hugh Laurie, but the voice actor does a great job, so I got over my disappointment rather quickly. This is a wonderful and fast paced novel with a lot of vivid imagery and description in it. I think if I had been reading it I might have glazed over during some of the rather descriptions, but as an audio book, I enjoyed it quite thoroughly.

This book was not one I was able to really get into. The writing seemed somehow slow and a bit off in the beginning chapters and it didn't hold my interest. It also seemed to be a very self important book, but given the descriptions in the beginning I had no idea why. I didn't find this intriguing, but rather, annoying.

This is a great books (well, two volume set, really) for the film fan. If you like early movies or horror and science fiction, this book will fill in a lot of gaps for you as it goes through many movies that are not viewable as they do not exactly exist currently or they are very hard to track down. The information provided is good and complete but not dry like many other movies compendiums have been. They are interesting to read and if one cannot watch these movies, the entry on the films provide information that is intriguing and interesting.

I am not much of a fan of silent movies, and got this series for my husband, but I have found that through reading the entries I would love to go back through and watch many of the titles in the book. I think any film historian or silent film fan would benefit greatly from this set, as it provides wonderful information in a clear and engaging way. Overall and very fun read and an interesting reference to have on hand.

This was initially a slow moving, albeit intriguing tale. As I am familiar with Lovecraft, this story was interesting and I appreciated that the author worked to mimic Lovecraft's style of writing. Part of the slow moving beginning is building the suspense and the clues as our protagonist, Carter Weston, moves to obtain a book for his tutor. Along the way he hears the murmurs of the horrors to come. A fun read although I would have liked it to be a bit more engaging from the get go. I have a difficult time with slow moving stories so I had to force myself through the beginning stages of this book. However, if you like Lovecraft type horror stories, this is good book to read.

I enjoy most of Amanda Quick's books, even though her heroine and hero are often cut from the same molds as all her previous heroines and heroes. That said, the new mythology and world building of this book was intriguing. When much of the character of the book is the paranormal, that often negates having the same type of characters to read about as a problem. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and found it a fun, satisfying afternoon read, however, once I put the book down, it left very little impression on me other than "That was fun". It was entertaining and had a happy ending, like all of Quick's book, so that left me satisfied, but if you are looking for something that stays with you or resonates on a deeper level, this is not the book for you. This is a popcorn book - fun and entertaining but not filling. However, since that is what I wanted from a Quick novel (a quick novel) I have no complaints. The hero was dashing and heroic, the heroine smart and funny, and they were both very likable with very little stupidity to speak of. Therefore, this is a fun beach read or something to while away an afternoon with.

While I enjoyed the pictures of the muscles being worked with various exercises, this book bothered me on a couple of levels. The first level is that the majority of the strength exercises depict mean, while most of the stretching exercises depicted women. A small and somewhat petty complaint, but this did offend my feminist sensibilities somewhat. I've just become pretty active with Crossfit and lift weights as do the majority of women in my gym so it would have been nice to see some of that reflected here. Also, many of the exercises depicted are ones that I do not do. So while this is a great book for visually seeing what muscles are worked when, it did not really help me out in the manner I was hoping it would as most of it just wasn't applicable. I think this would be an excellent group for a personal trainer to study and it would probably help people with anatomy, but for my purposes it wasn't too great.

This is a horribly titled book, but it does give you an indication to the books contents. While there are a few helpful and insightful additions in this book, many of the things discussed in the book are fairly common sense and the rest are so completely geared for the male anatomy, that as a woman, they did not have much resonance for me. That said, I think that if a man wanted to improve his sexual prowess this would be a good book to read to help with confidence as well as performance. It is written in a friendly and non threatening tone and there is not a judgmental attitude you often encounter with sex books. So, this is a pretty decent book, but one definitely geared for men who are in heterosexual relationships.

This book is an excellent explanation of all things Scorpio. The details are fantastic, new information is provided - and I have a lot of astrology books - and overall it is smashing. My husband is a Scorpio, so reading this aloud with him was funny, as so many things were right on the money as far as personality typing goes.

I would love to have the whole series of books with all of the signs explained in one volume from this author. The writing is fun and funny, smart and witty, and enjoyable. In many astrology books, you feel as if you are slogging through some bad writing, but this book was well written and fun to read. I highly recommend it.

I was very excited about this book as I love horror movies. My plan was to read this book and if I enjoyed it, get the other books about the horror movies of other decades. If you merely want a listing of horror films from the decade, then this is the book for you. This book provides some information as well as background on a great many horror movies. I plan on using it to make a list of movies to watch, as there are a large number of movies from the 90's I missed. This book will help me a great deal with that endeavor.

However, much of the writing is very dry and academic. This is not the worst thing in the world, but it does make for a bit of boring read. Also, the manner in which the movies are reviewed and rated makes little to no sense to me. Some pretty awful movies are given a high rating and some really good movies are trashed, with little reasoning behind the positive or negative ratings.

Overall, if you are looking for a reference books to help you watch some movies, this will help. If you are looking for a fun read which gives a good idea of the movies of the 90's, this is not such a great find.

I really thought that this book was going to be science fiction. I am not someone who really enjoys a contemporary setting. I also have to say that I really hate reading about slavery of any kind, especially the modern day human trafficking kind depicted in this novel. For what this novel was about, it was well written and engaging. I found the love story a little hard to swallow given the circumstances surrounding the couple in question - that of slave and master. She escaped and was free and he then enslaved her once she reached adulthood, which is not something I find forgivable. It was very difficult to enjoy this book due to the fact that it wasn't the genre I thought it was, it was also about a topic I dislike, and the characters were terribly difficult to relate to. Well written, but not my cup of tea.

This was an enjoyable, but not very memorable Regency romance. While I expect a certain amount of manipulation out of romance novel heroines, this heroine was almost not very likable because of her behavior. It is sometimes difficult to get into this book as it does have a tendency to drag in various places. While I did find it enjoyable it wasn't very memorable, nor is it a book I would recommend.

It has taken me a while to finish this book due to the very slow pacing. I enjoy the characters and the world building, but wish that the pace had been more even and that the ending hadn't moved so fast. Slow beginning and fast ending are one of the worst combinations. That said, this was a fun read with many supernatural characters, including a gargoyle. When you have a gargoyle as a main character, you really can't go wrong!

Lynn Kurland excels at writing romance novels and time travel romance novels. I am not a big fan of the time travel trope or of the middle ages, but while Lynn Kurland is writing on both of these topics, I will be an avid reader. She excels at making the characters so likable and vivid that you buy into the rest of her world, whether it be a world with time travel or the middle ages.

This is an interesting take on the evil sister tales - but the heroine being "too nice" to stand up for herself is a bit tiresome. I do not like that so many romance novels equate being a doormat to being a good person. It simply doesn't make any sense to idealize weakness. That said, the heroine does learn to live and grow in such a positive way, that you like her in spite of this. The hero of this novel is as likable as all of Kurland's heroes - strong, capable, curious, and quite funny.

I recommend any and all Kurland titles, including this one. While I normally like a book where there are sex scenes, Kurland's books are not about sex at all - she has the bedroom door FIRMLY closed. That does mean that you can feel comfortable loaning or recommending this book to most anyone and that is always nice.