Book description: Arthur Johnson's loneliness has perverted his desire for love and respect into a carefully controlled tendency for violence. One floor below him, a scholar finishing his thesis on psychopathic personalities is about to stumble upon one of Johnson's many secrets. Review: This short book is fun and creepy, and, on two occasions when describing Arthur's early … [Read more...] about A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell: B+
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher’s Guide 1 by Golden and Holder: C+
From the back cover: As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their members. She is the Slayer. Exclusive Interviews, Totally Pointy Profiles, Behind-the-Scenes Info, and Other Buff-stuff About the Hit Show. Review: The title Watcher's Guide … [Read more...] about Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher’s Guide 1 by Golden and Holder: C+
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks: D
From the back cover: Class of '59 high school senior Landon Carter spends his time trying to stay out of trouble in the small town of Beaufort, North Carolina. The last person he'd ever fall for is quiet Jamie Sullivan, the Baptist minister's daughter. But when he waits too long to get a date for the homecoming dance, she's the only one left to ask. While his friends make … [Read more...] about A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks: D
Light in August by William Faulkner: B
From the back cover: Light in August is one of the most brilliantly conceived, cleanly structured, and efficiently expressed novels in the Faulkner canon. With the timing, climax, and resolution of a great symphony, Faulkner's seventh novel is a eulogy to the outsider: Lena Grove, a guileless pregnant woman who walks from Alabama to Mississippi in search of the father of her … [Read more...] about Light in August by William Faulkner: B
Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani: D
From the back cover: It's Ken Tanaka's turn to stage a mock mystery for the Los Angeles Mystery Club and he's determined to do it right. Tanaka sets himself up as a fake P.I., office and all, only to have a femme fatale try to hire him. Taking the case on a whim, Ken's detecting leads him to a mutilated corpse in a Little Tokyo hotel room. The police suspect Tanaka, and to … [Read more...] about Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani: D