I love Bill Bryson and this book did not disappoint. It is funny, informative and a great travelogue rolled up in one. I can easily imagine Australia in its many configurations. The descriptions of cities, national parks, the outback and tiny towns make you feel like you are there. The author also highlights people across the continent from city dwellers to small town people to aborigines. This was a great book.

Very interesting and poetic book. The premise was very interesting and it was a book that truly made you think. Another great book from John Green.

I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did. I would have given it 41/2 stars if I could. It is nominally about gemstones but it is really about love, loss, sacrifice, family and joy. The main characters are strong, educated women who lean that the joy we find in life has nothing to do with material goods.

What a beautiful book! The writing is lyrical. Although it took a bit to get hooked on the book it was well worth the effort. Hope, loss and love are explored in some of the most beautiful prose ever.

I love Lucinda Berry books. The psychological twists and turns are wonderful. This book is about three families. The wives are best friends as are their eldest sons. Everyone has a secret and no one is really happy. Themes of loss, love, loneliness, and forgiveness run throughout the book. I was hooked from the first page and just about read it in one session.

A light read about an 80 year old woman who finds a way to move from grief to reinvesting in life. Themes of hoarding, love, forgiveness, friendship and family abound.

I love this author and this book did not disappoint. He combines history with a compelling story. His books are set in Mississippi /Louisiana and deals with racism during the 60's and 70's and at the present. His books gives the reader a real understanding of what it was like during both time periods.

The book describes how a number of medical discoveries were made, the people who made the discoveries and how those discoveries were (or were not) accepted by the medical community at the time. It is written in plain, easy to understand language and following the explanation of each discovery, he summarizes the information making it very easy to follow the history. If you are interested in how and why things happen I think you will enjoy this book.

Greg Iles deviated from his usual theme of racism to that of a supernatural tainted story of guilt and suspicion. He makes you believe both theories - the supernatural reason and the logical explanation. He ties in characters from other books so you feel like your invested in them.

fantastic i love this book. it really helps me understand the world of harry potter a bit more when i read that there was a quidditch team for massachusetts i was so excited