Book reviews written by clyde m

Reviews

Sort by:

1 2 3 4 5 | Next » Last

Displaying 1-10 of 172 reviews

Lunatics: A Novel

by Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel
- Rated 4 stars
“A riotous romp through the accidentally intertwined lives of Phillip Peckerman and Jeffrey Horkman. Whether they are driving down the New Jersey Turnpike after each other, or whether they are in Tianamen square, you don't know what to expect is the formulaic style of the sitcom writer Alan Zweibel and humorist Dave Berry. This is a quick read that you will want to finish in one setting, be prepared to drive anybody else crazy who is around with absurd laughter.”

clyde m wrote this review Sunday, January 1, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
The Quality of Mercy

by Barry Unsworth
- Rated 3 stars
“Erasmus Kemp versus Sullivan. Have versus have nots, slave versus free. Justice seeker versus justice abater, with a woman involved in the middle.”

clyde m wrote this review Wednesday, December 28, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Midnight Rising

by Tony Horwitz
- Rated 4 stars
“An excellent overview of the raid at Harper's Ferry by John Brown and his men which led to secession and the civil war. Reading this book, you see that not much has changed on the political landscape, just nuances and a vastly larger union, and people as subjects to corporate owners today. The south still has the same kind of "secessionist sway" it is just enacted within the Republican party today and has eliminated most forms of moderation. ”

clyde m wrote this review Wednesday, December 28, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs
- Rated 5 stars
“Best book of the year. Unbelievable first novel from the Mental Floss blogger. It was like Being John Malkovich meets the first chapters of Genesis that talks about our human origins, yet is glossed over by many. Am looking forward to the sequel to see which loop period of time Jacob Portman, Millard, Emma, Enoch, Olivia, and Ms Periegrine are taken to and if Miss Avocet is ever found. ”

clyde m wrote this review Sunday, November 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
The Story of the Jews : A 4,000-Year Adventure

by Stan Mack
- Rated 3 stars
“A cartoon version of the history of the Jews in 250 pages. Great depictions, though my favorites were from the middle ages.”

clyde m wrote this review Sunday, November 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
When You Lunch With the Emperor

by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Rated 3 stars
“I was hoping that this would be in the style of, "I served the King of England" upon the backdrop of the political intrigue that it entailed. But instead, I found this a quriky tail through the eyes of Ludwig Bemelmans, author of "Mathilda" pretty much written in the same style, but without the cartoons. This is not a bad read, but after a long day, you pick this up, and the excess verbosity from someone who is not writing in his native language just puts you asleep.”

clyde m wrote this review Friday, November 4, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
The Trap

by Michael Grant
- Rated 3 stars
“Ocean's 12 for kids with a decent amount of fantasy characters thrown in.”

clyde m wrote this review Friday, November 4, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Prized

by Caragh M. O'Brien
- Rated 5 stars
“Great Dystopia, a continuance from Birthmarked. Our heroine goes back to search for the lost city that her grandmother came from and finds that there is no returning home. Cannot wait for part III to see where they go next.”

clyde m wrote this review Friday, November 4, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
Darth Paper Strikes Back

by Tom Angleberger
- Rated 3 stars
“This is a great book for kids who liked "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" as it is done in the same format except the protagonist is a finger puppet who tries to defeat it's nemesis, another finger puppet. ”

clyde m wrote this review Saturday, September 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
The Retirement Miracle

by Patrick Kelly
- Rated 3 stars
“An informative , yet very simple sales pitch for universal indexed life insurance and indexed annuities as where to stash your money for retirement. After reading it, it makes you feel like you have been suckered by the banks and mutual fund investment advisors.”

clyde m wrote this review Saturday, September 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink )