reviews

Floating Terror... Author:  Ross Coen Any fifth grader can tell you that American involvement in World War II was precipitated by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. And many high school students can tell you about the subsequent battle in places like Midway, Guadalcanal and the Philippines.  For most Americans these exotic battles sites were far removed from their everyday lives, but Japanese war strategists hoped to change that, hatching an ingenious plan to bring the war to North America.  Acting out of desperation as the war was turning against them, Japan constructed tens of thousands of enormous [...]

A Surprisingly Addictive Dark Mystery By: Stieg Larsson Well, I finally jumped on the “popular books” bandwagon, a contraption I usually sneer at as it rumbles by and I clutch my eclectic, never-heard-of-out-of-print babies to my chest. But, I did quite enjoy J.K. Rowling, Jodi Picoult, and (do I have to admit this publicly?) Stephanie Myer. I’ve been hearing hype about this series ever since college when my journalism professors would swoon over the writing and give us excerpts to look at, so when I arrived to pick up a hold which the library didn’t have yet and the unabridged [...]

Revenge of the Green-Eyed Monster By: M.C. Beaton Agatha gets the green thumb – mostly from green envy when she returns to Carsley to meet Mary Fortune, the new babe in town who has her sights set on none other than the easily swayed James Lacey. Always a sucker for competition, Agatha decides to join the gardening society and show this Mary Fortune a thing or two only to discover that when it comes right down to it she isn’t natures little gardener. Turning to the ever mischievous Roy for help, the two concoct a scheme to save Agatha’s garden. [...]