The Friday Night Knitting Club
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Love it! Why Am I Not Surprised!!! :o)
  • Big disappointment
  • Inviting, Cozy Book
  • A one-of-a-kind tale of true camaraderie
  • Got better as it went on
The Friday Night Knitting Club
Kate Jacobs
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0399154094
Release Date: 2007-01-18

Book Description

A charming and moving novel about female friendship and the experiences that knit us together-even when we least expect it.

Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars, who gather once a week to work on their latest projects and to chat-and occasionally clash-over their stories of love, life, and everything in between.

Georgia has her hands full, juggling the demands of running the store and raising her spunky teen daughter, Dakota, by herself. Thank goodness for Anita, her mentor and dear friend, and the rest of the members of the knitting club-who are just as varied as the skeins of yarn in the shop's bins. There's Peri, a prelaw student turned handbag designer; Darwin, a somewhat aloof feminist grad student; and Lucie, a petite, quiet woman who's harboring some secrets of her own.

However, unexpected changes soon throw these women's lives into disarray, and the shop's comfortable world gets shaken up like a snow globe. James, Georgia's ex, decides that he wants to play a larger role in Dakota's life-and possibly Georgia's as well. Cat, a former friend from high school, returns to New York as a rich Park Avenue wife and uneasily renews her old bond with Georgia. Meanwhile, Anita must confront her growing (and reciprocated) feelings for Marty, the kind neighborhood deli owner. And when the unthinkable happens, they realize what they've created: not just a knitting club, but a sisterhood

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Love it! Why Am I Not Surprised!!! :o).......2007-09-20

I bought this unabridged audio because I could relate to the topic. I belong to many beading classes... mainly because I love the days I can bond with other women via the beading. It's a wonderful experience, so I had a feeling I would love this book. However, I had no idea that this read would capture my heart and soul the way it did. Each character was so rich in their identity and I loved the way that they were given voice by Carrington McDuffie. The author Kate Jacobs must be so excited to know that her book is soon to be a movie starring Julia Roberts!!! How exciting is that! She will be perfect for the lead role of Georgia Walker, a strong single mother and owner of the knit store "Walker & Daughter" ...... I wonder who will play the other incredible cast of characters. I just loved them all and was so sad when the story ended. Truly this is one of my favorite books this year. I highly recommend it. I'd also like to recommend "The Knitting Circle" ... another truly fabulous book! 5 starz JMHO //(*_*)\\

1 out of 5 stars Big disappointment.......2007-09-14

I was so excited about this book I bought 3 copies - one for myself, one for my friend who's preparing to open a yarn shop and start a knitting club, and the other for our knitting mentor. I read the book as soon as it arrived, and now I'm almost embarrased to give it to my friends. I was really disappointed in the quality of the writing and felt even I could do a much better job. The characters were shallow, the wording was awkward in many places, and lots of things didn't make much sense. For example, it was not believable that Georgia would keep James' letters for all those years and not read them. She would have thrown them away! The chapter about the crazy film student who was looking for Julia Roberts (what a coincedence, since she just happens to star in the upcoming movie) was strange and added nothing to the story. And what was the purpose of the use of the f-word? It didn't fit the characters. I also figured out the ending way too soon. Plus, knitting had very little to do with the book. When in Scotland, around all those sheep, for instance, there wasn't even a mention of the great yarns that were available!!! You'd think a yarn shop owner would spend time checking out the yarn and how it was produced. Tragic missed opportunity to add something authentic to a book about knitting. This novel was too predictable throughout. Save your money and wait for the movie. Hopefully it will be better.

5 out of 5 stars Inviting, Cozy Book .......2007-08-07

I enjoyed this book so much that I'm rather taken aback at how divided the reviews are. I found the book to be like a blanket, warm and cozy and something you want to curl up in. I don't knit, but the references to the wool and the process made it seem very inviting.

The characters were diverse - of varying ages, walks of life and economic circumstances - and written so vividly that I began to cast them as if for a TV show. Overall, the book is about love and friendship and finding ourselves, with the store and knitting being the central theme that brings most of the characters together.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book and was sad to see it come to a conclusion, ending my connection with the colorful and enjoyable characters. Like some of the other reviewers, I would have liked a different ending because I'd grown attached to everyone, but I did see it coming and the author did tie it all together well.

My biggest disappointment in the book was discovering it's Kate Jacob's first and now I'll have to wait for the next one.

5 out of 5 stars A one-of-a-kind tale of true camaraderie.......2007-08-07

Featuring tracks every three minutes for easy bookmarking, The Friday Night Knitting Club is the audiobook version of professional editor Kate Jacobs' debut novel, tantalizingly narrated by recording artist Carrington MacDuffie. Once a week, the regulars of Georgia Walker's little yarn shop gather for tips of knitting - and end up learning much more as they swap stories about themselves, their loves, their lives, and virtually everything else. When sudden change shake the women to their cores, they discover they've created not just a knitting club, but a tightly bonded sisterhood. Soon to be turned into a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts, The Friday Night Knitting Club is a one-of-a-kind tale of true camaraderie, highly recommended. 10 CDs, 12 1/2 hours, unabridged.

2 out of 5 stars Got better as it went on.......2007-07-28

I'm giving this two stars: averaging one star for the first half and three for the second half. Through the first half of the book I kept thinking, "how are they going to make a movie of this?" It was just all these seperate women and their individual stories and none seemed to have anything to do with the others. They did all come together at the end, though. The first thing that really got my attention was in Darwin's story. She was talking about how she was a good girl, but she didn't want to be a good girl. She said that she didn't want to burn money for her dead anscestors on Chinese New Year. Having grown up in Asia, I can tell you no one burns money or anything else during Chinese New Yea (which lasts for 15 days). Money is burned for dead anscestors at the Feast of the Hungry Ghosts. I just hate it when authors write about something they don't know about and don't bother to check it out. She also mentioned about not wanting to go the Sunday School and skipping church. Anyone going to church likely isn't burning money for dead anscestors in any case. The part about Julia Roberts was weird, too. If the lady was so certain Ms. Roberts was going to show up at that particular yarn store on that particular, why not just hang around by the front door? If someone bought and returned the same item all day long at my store (if I had one) I'd put a stop to it. And why did she stagger in slurring something about "roooobbbeerrrs" at the end of the day? Was she drunk? Overheated? Dehydrated? Deranged? That was just kind of left dangling. I also didn't understand about the letters. Georgia had gotten two letters from James that she never opened. Yet he was sending checks to help with Dakota's expenses and she opened all those. How is it she opened the later envelopes that contained checks but not the first two where he said he wanted to get back together? I wondered, too, about the evening gowns Georgia knitted. If she was capable of doing that, why did she wait to be asked? She could have knitted a few and sold them to some boutiques. For someone who managed to be a single parent and run her own business and do a good job at both, she seemed to be short-sighted about breaking into the fashion business. Peri got right down to business with her knitted purses and had them in store windows in no time. And my final question was about the trip to Scotland. Georgia decided Dakota could miss a little school since it was "just seventh grade". I thought they'd only be gone a week. When it was revealed they spend a month in Scotland, I figured she'd just missed the last week of school. Then they came back and Dakota had to go back to school. It doesn't matter what grade you're in, missing a month means you're going to have repeat the grade. No one can miss that much school. They'd probably withdraw your enrollment.

I wasn't too impressed with the character who tricked her date into getting her pregnant. That was just uncalled for. Who conducts themselves like that? I also could have done without the bad language. These are all college educated women, surely they didn't have to resort to four-letter words to get their points across.

It could have been a good book, but there were so many thing that just made no sense to me. I think the movie might be better, though. If they just hit the highlights it should make a good story.
Mother Night
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Top-quailty writing
  • Inside-Out or Outside-In
  • Ironic Evil
  • Great!
  • Not much has changed
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback
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ASIN: 0385334141
Release Date: 1999-05-11

Book Description

Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as a “true artist”* with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, “one of the best living American writers.”

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

*The New York Times

“A great artist.”—Cincinnati Enquirer

“Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer…a zany but moral mad scientist.”—Time

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Top-quailty writing.......2007-08-30

The usual Vonnegut: brilliant and iconoclastic. Very easy to read because of the short sentences and short chapters, but one needs to be alert to what is going on, who is who. The ending may leave you a bit up in the air. It would be worthwhile to see the excellent movie with Nick Nolte as Howard Campbell, Jr. The movie dialog is basically straight from the novel, but a few key scenes are left out. Look for Vonnegut in a scene.

4 out of 5 stars Inside-Out or Outside-In.......2007-08-07

Mother Night is the story of an accidental American spy in Germany who, as part of his cover, wrote inflammatory Nazi propaganda and read it over the radio during World War II. The narrative takes the form of a memoir, written from prison while the author awaits trial as a war criminal. The moral, as conveniently provided by the author in the preface, is this: You are who you pretend to be, so be careful who you pretend to be. Essentially, then, Mother Night is an exploration of what happened to one man who served evil too openly and good too secretly.

I'm a huge Vonnegut fan, and I probably should have given it five stars since it's better than most of the books out there. I gave it four stars only because at a couple of points I felt like, for a page or two, the dialogue slipped out of the story and began to moralize more explicitly than I'm used to from Vonnegut. Otherwise, I thought the book was perfect: profound, disturbing, sad, and good enough to make me want to scrutinize the differences between my own inner and outer lives. Probably a must read for Vonnegut fans and a great introduction for the unconverted, especially for those who like to save the very best for last.

5 out of 5 stars Ironic Evil.......2007-05-30

Many actors who create public personas blur the lines between their public and private faces. In other words, they become the character they created no matter how contrary to his creator the character may have originally been. Archie Leach became Cary Grant over time just as Marion Morrison became John Wayne after decades of movies. Our hero, Howard Campbell is no different. Instead of standing up to the rascists and antisemites, he meekly submits to their assumptions about him. Purhaps they're more correct than they know. True evil comes not from some insane meglomaniac trapped in his own delusions but from good people who do nothing. Who shut themselves off to survive. To make a buck. To stay out of trouble. A clear mind and clear heart do not a clear conscience make. The little dutiful cogs that make a big machine that chews the world to bits. Goodness comes not from not being bad but in being good on purpose. He was only doing his job but did he have to do it so well? Why couldn't he have been a barely adequate Nazi propagandist/ Allied spy? Just good enough not to be replaced but not good enough to inspire hatred in millions. If only he had cared.

5 out of 5 stars Great!.......2007-05-08

The book came in after just a few days and it was in great condition.

4 out of 5 stars Not much has changed.......2007-02-28

MOTHER NIGHT was first published in 1961. It's amazing how little things have changed.

Howard W. Campbell, Jr., Vonnegut's major character, is an American who has lived in Germany since his father was transferred there when he was eleven. As an adult he is making a good living as a playwright when he is approached by a man named Frank Wirtanen who recruits him to spy for America. Wirtanen warns him that America will never admit they recruited him as a spy. Campbell becomes one of the most famous propagandists in the Nazi party, but during his broadcasts, his coughs and verbal pauses and other mannerisms send important messages to the Allies.

At the end of the war he is captured by Bernard B. O'Hare as a war criminal, but Wirtanen comes to his rescue and helps him escape to America where he is living in a run-down attic.

At the beginning of the novel Campbell is about to stand trial in Israel, having been outed by a Russian spy named Kraft-Potapov. Prior to his arrest, he is reunited with his wife Helga who he thought was dead. He is also celebrated by a collection of weird American neo-Nazis led by a crazy dentist named Lionel J.D. Jones, who thinks he can prove Jewish and negro inferiority using their teeth. Jones also publishes a newspaper called The White Christian Minuteman.

When Campbell's address is revealed in The White Christian Minuteman, all kinds of so-called patriots come looking for him, the foremost of whom is Bernard B. O'Hare, now a failed businessman who has devoted his life to the recapture of hero/war criminal Campbell.

Irony runs rampant. No one is who he/she seems to be. For me the climax of the book was when O'Hare confronts Campbell. Campbell says to O'Hare, "There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side."

Here we are in 2007, forty-six years later, and we've still got politicians and commentators reviling "evil-doers," and Swift boaters portraying silver star winners as unpatriotic. It seems like we should've learned something in all that time.
'night, Mother: A Play (Mermaid Dramabook)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Gaining an Insight on a Difficult Topic
  • A devastating portrait of a mother and daughter
  • One of the Most Fearsome Plays of the Past Thirty Years
  • Great play
  • Mother, mother....
'night, Mother: A Play (Mermaid Dramabook)
Marsha Norman
Manufacturer: Hill and Wang
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0374521387

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'night, Mother is a taut and fluid drama that addresses different emotions and special relations. By one of America's most talented playwrights, this play won the Dramatists Guild's prestigious Hull-Warriner Award, four Tony nominations, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1983.

'night, Mother had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in December 1982. It opened on Broadway in March 1983, directed by Tom Moore and starring Anne Pitoniak and Kathy Bates; a film, starring Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek, was released in 1986.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gaining an Insight on a Difficult Topic.......2007-05-15

I thoroughly enjoyed this play. I watched the film awhile back, and since I wanted to change choose different films for my Film Appreciation class, I decided to review the play before adding 'Night, Mother to my list. What a powerful play. It sheds light on a very difficult subject. Jesse, the main character, makes the decision to "get off the bus early" after careful thought. She shows that some people contemplate this critical experience probably more carefully than buying a house or a car. Her decision is hardly spontaneous or emotional, nothing that I imagined at all. The power of the read helped me to decide to buy the video later on. I also ended up buying a collection of Marsha Norman's other plays, hoping that I will duplicate the insight gained by reading this play.

5 out of 5 stars A devastating portrait of a mother and daughter.......2006-10-15

"'night, Mother" is a tour de force conversation between a mother, Thelma, and her daughter, Jessie, who has just told her that she is going to commit suicide at the end of the night. The play is a taut high-wire act that leaves you spellbound as Thelma tries to convince her daughter not to go through with it and Jessie sternly insists. Thelma and Jessie are extremely dimensional, deep characters with an achingly believable relationship. Through the course of their conversation it becomes apparent that there is a yawning chasm between them despite their seeming closeness, and while Thelma thinks that the two can put it right Jessie doesn't believe it -- or want to try. The fierce, emotional back-and-forth between Mother and daughter keeps you on the edge of your seat. The dialogue is very natural and believable, and the playwright, Marsha Norman, displays an extraordinary acuity for what her characters are feeling and have gone through to reach this point. Norman has crafted a devastating portrait of two women that leaves an enormous impact on the reader. I only finished it two hours ago, but I seriously doubt that "night, Mother" will be leaving my thoughts any time soon. Highly recommended -- but keep the Kleenex on hand, just in case.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Most Fearsome Plays of the Past Thirty Years.......2006-10-11

Marsha Norman's 1983 Pulitizer Prize-winning 'NIGHT, MOTHER is frequently described as a play "about suicide." Although the play does indeed deal with suicide, this is actually a shallow designation; it is about a lot of things, but most particularly control: who has it, who wants it, and the extent a person will go to obtain it.

The play involves two characters: Thelma, an elderly woman, and Jessie, her middle-aged daughter. They have lived together in an isolated house on a rural road for a number of years. Thelma describes herself as "a plain country woman;" she enjoys life in a fundamental way, not expecting more than she already knows, watching television, knitting, nibbling at sweets, and enjoying regular visits from her son and his family. Jessie, who suffers from epilepsy and is divorced, has become something of a recluse, and her life consists largely of managing her mother's home and thinking on the past. One evening, as the play begins, Jessie informs Thelma that she has decided to kill herself right after she gives Thelma her weekly manicure.

Thelma does not take Jessie seriously at first; clearly there have been too many scenes between the two for Jessie's statement to have any real meaning for her. But Jessie is serious indeed, and over the course of an hour and a half the play evolves into a battle of wits, Jessie determined to kill herself, Thelma equally determined to prevent her from it. In the process, we learn quite a bit about the family and their lives and the various emotional and factual secrets the women have hidden from each other over the years.

The play is brilliantly constructed, performed in "real time" without any scene changes or intermission; the characters--and the equally vivid people they discuss but whom we never see--are equally well rendered. There are moments are laughter, even more moments of insight, but the play is progressively intense, progressively dark, with all the power of a noose that slowly tightens around your neck. One of the most fearsome bits of theatre of the past thirty years or so, easily the equal of such legendary works as Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

5 out of 5 stars Great play.......2005-08-05

This is one of my favorite plays of all time. it's a great discussion on the issue of suicide. There's one line Ive always remebered: When the daughter is trying to justify the idea that she wants to off herslef, and she uses an illustration of someone riding the bus and riding the bus, and they could just stay on and ride it around the block another round, but why bother. It's really well written, and how the mother and dauther get along is interesting.

4 out of 5 stars Mother, mother...........2005-01-07

*I did not read this, but saw it recently on Broadway at the Royale Theatre.

'night, Mother is a hell of a play. For a two person play, which takes place in real time, it is a moving decent into the demon world of two women, mother and daughter, co-dependents, best friends, enemies, like no other.

Jessie, the daughter is a woman deeply in pain, so much so that her capacity to live has gone, as has her capacity to love. Thelma is her mother, desperately clinging to the one person she loves, whom she needs more and more, and loses sight of more and more.

There were many sobs and sniffles in the audience towards the end of 'night, Mother, and though reading the script is different than seeing it performed by terrific actresses (Edie Falco as Jessie and Brenda Blethyn as Thelma), the story is good enough and in your face enough to do the job.

This is a play about when, if, why and how we stop being parents or kids, and start being our own people, or if that is even possible. Somewhat depressing, but serious and true.
Stargazing Sky
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    Stargazing Sky
    Deborah Kogan Ray
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    Night's Child, Vol. 15: Moira's Story (A Sweep Novel)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • ugh, dissapointment
    • Made me cry =
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    • Morgan Rowlands and Moira Byrne
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    Night's Child, Vol. 15: Moira's Story (A Sweep Novel)
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    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars ugh, dissapointment.......2007-09-07

    I found this book really hard to read. It's still good, but I only suggest reading this if you enjoyed the books that were from a different point of view. If you want to know how Morgan's story ends go on a fansite and read some spoilers.

    3 out of 5 stars Made me cry =.......2006-07-03

    [--sorry bout the spoilers]
    You know, after reading the sweep series, you jus *had* to read its conclusion. But after reading the prologue, I almost started crying, I mean what is a Sweep book without HUNTER!! <33 And I couldn't get myself to read the book, and just skimmed through it to get a glimpse of what will happen and I couldn't believe that Hunter could just die like that. And I read jus bits from the last page and concluded that he is still alive which calmed me a bit so I went on reading. But then the introduction of Moira, as COLM's daughter and I could not LOOK at the cover (which I suppose, is a picture of Moira) and I was just like NO! and kept ranting about it to all my family and friends who had no idea what I was talking about. And I almost ripper off the cover but it's a library book so I just stuck a piece of paper on it =P psh im weird i noe. And then I went back to skimming through to confirm that Moira is NOT Colm's daughter and soon found out that she wasn't and was finally satisfied enough to make myself read on. I liked the happy ending and all but I don't know, SIXTEEN YEARS was just a bit too much, and I wanted a little Hunter/Morgan-ness. *shrug* Overall, this book kept me feeling depressed-ish for weeks on end. Poor Hunttteerr. So if you're a sentimental freak like me, maybe you could consider staying away from the book.

    1 out of 5 stars Avoid this book if you are a Sweep fan.......2006-03-23

    This book is AWFUL! The Sweep series is a incredible series but this 'special edition' is really crap. Firstly Moria, is barley even an original character, she behaves and feels so much like Morgan that its creepy, her encounter with the dark wave is way too much like Alisa's and her realationship with the neighbor boy is similar to her mother's experience.
    The fact that this book is what the series builds up to KILLS me. Firstly I personally feel Cate Tiernan did not write this willingly :) I think it was a gimmick to sell more books.
    Secondly, wtf..who in their RIGHT STATE OF MIND would kill off Hunter?! Obviously someone who is very close friends with a certain white jacket, not only has Hunter's life been hard enough with him, losing his parents from the dark wave, then feeling responsible for him brothers death, to finding his parents where one is dead, one hates him and would rather die and commit 'dark magic' than live to get to know his son, but then he is taken to some cursed island to ROT while his soulmate almost dies from grief then marries another man! Poor Hunter, this book infuritates me!
    I could go on and on but I have done enough of that that on other forums dedicated to Sweep so I will save you all from my ranting ability and just say:
    TAKE MY WORD FOR IT DONT READ THE BOOK IF YOU LOVE SWEEP THE SERIES. But if you havent read sweep, and happen to come across this book by itself help yourself, it would be safe for you to endure this book because you havent read all about the other characters and seen so much promise to let it all just float away on some stupid ferry boat.....>.>
    ok im done.....

    3 out of 5 stars Morgan Rowlands and Moira Byrne.......2005-03-02

    I am sad that this is the last book of the Sweep series. I as satisfied with this book but a lil dissapointed. I was glad the Morgan still contacted her adopted family and Bree and Robbie. I was satisfied that the book mentioned what was going on with them and how they were along with some of the blood witches that were in the series. I was dissapointed that it didn't tell us how Alisa was doing or if she was still into Wicca or if she was initiated. Also some of the coven members from Kithic were not even mentioned. I was glad that Killian stay close to Morgan but his mother and other brother and sister were really mean to Morgan. Ciaran was mean to Morgan before he died. She had to do what she had to do. Iona is a bitch. Morgan is the Destroyer, the sguiurs dan. Morgan is like her birth father but she is the good version of him. Morgan can heal and destroy. There is a light and dark side to everything. Everything has to be in balance. Moira seems to have inheritied a lot of her mothers power. They both live in Ireland and Morgan has rebuild Belwicket along with some of the members that had survived the dark wave. Hunter is also in this book and so is Sky. Morgan is the most powerful witch that anyone has ever know. This book is good so I gave it 3 1/2 stars because of some of my dissapointments. Read to see what happens to Morgan, Hunter, and her daughter.

    1 out of 5 stars Disappointment.......2005-02-22

    I was so disappointed with this book. It is true that the book ties up a few loose ends left in the rest of the series but not ones I was interested in. like Morgan and Ciaran's relationship after book 14. The relationship dies completely. it doesn't involve any of the characters that you grew to know in the series, Bree, Robbie, Mary K, Raven, Alyce, Daniel. Also, even though this is Morgan's daughter's story, it's still the same problems all over again! "I don't know who I am anymore," "what if he's betraying me," "I have to find my father," "what the heck's going on?" blah blah blah. It's boring. This book is a TERRIBLE way to end a series. I don't recommend anyone who enjoyed the Sweep series to read this book.
    I Love You, Good Night
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Cutest book ever
    • Our baby's favorite
    • Smootchy bedtime book
    • How much do I love it? as much as raccoons love trashcans!
    • I Love You, Good Night
    I Love You, Good Night
    Jon Buller , and Susan Schade
    Manufacturer: Little Simon
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Board book

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    ASIN: 0689862121

    Book Description

    I love you like frogs love flies!

    I love you like pigs love pies!

    As a child gets ready for bed, this sweet book

    evokes all the ways parents can say,

    "I love you."

    Some ways are silly, some are heartfelt, but all of them describe unconditional affection. This enduring bedtime favorite is now available in a sturdy board edition -- the perfect way to say good night.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Cutest book ever.......2007-05-13

    I have been reading this book at bedtime to my son since he was born and he is now 9 months old. It gives me cute ways to explain how I love him, not to mention has made me crave blueberry pancakes on more than one occassion!

    5 out of 5 stars Our baby's favorite.......2006-02-22

    This was an impulse purchase Christmas present for our seven-month-old. At the same time, we purchased two classic books for babies, ones we knew and loved already from reading to our older children, and which we thought were sure to please. From the first day this one was her clear favorite over the others -- at nine months now she will dig it out of a pile of books, pushing others aside when we try to offer them, and she "talks" to and laughs at the illustrations all the way through. I am thrilled with how well the book has engaged her interest (and I can't say I mind the excuses for "kisses and cuddles", either), so I give the book my highest recommendation.

    4 out of 5 stars Smootchy bedtime book.......2003-11-19

    This book is a short bedtime book (about 100 words) filled with comparisons of a parent's love. The narrator loves you like blueberry pancakes, like the wind blows, etc. Some of the comparisons are rather humorous, and the book ends with the message "Now go to bed!".

    4 out of 5 stars How much do I love it? as much as raccoons love trashcans!.......2002-09-17


    An "I Love you" bedtime story, with a different twist. In the book, mom and daughter are preparing for the little girls bed time, and out doing each other with...

    "I love you as much as...."
    and inserting some humorous images, instead of over done sweet or sappy lines.


    MY little girl is 11 now, and we don't read bedtime stories, but we still remember this book and say " I love you as much as frogs love puddles."

    5 out of 5 stars I Love You, Good Night.......2001-01-10

    This is a wonderful book that children love to hear over and over. The beautiful drawings depict a mother helping her little girl prepare for bedtime while telling her how much she loves her. My 2 year old daughter (and my 9 year old son) enjoys "reading" each line with me. This is a book that gives a warm, snuggly feeling everytime we read it!
    Good Night Fairies
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Nancy4golf Fairies Storybook
    • Beautiful illustrations
    • Beautiful Illustrations
    • Charming, original artwork and inexhaustible fun
    • Beautiful artwork but lacking story
    Good Night Fairies
    Kathleen Hague
    Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 1587171341

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    Children enamored with the notion of fairies will drink up Kathleen and Michael Hague's lush picture book like nectar. When a mother is asked by her child about how fairies spend their days and nights, she embarks on a dreamy account of these mysterious, magical creatures. For starters, fairies hang the stars in the sky each evening "so every child will have a night-light." They also teach birds to sing, paint the wings of butterflies, comb mermaids' hair, and sleep "on leafy beds in secret gardens." The wondering child falls asleep to these poetic musings, welcomed to dreamland by the fairies.

    Lyrical colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations, filled with elaborate detail, accompany this gentle bedtime story. Readers are challenged to find and count all 321 winged fairies in the book, and to look for the red-capped fairy hiding on each page. The author-illustrator team has paired up on several bestselling titles, including Ten Little Bears and Alphabears. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

    Book Description

    "Of all the world's creatures, there is nothing so like a fairy as a child," a mother whispers in this gentle and reassuring bedtime story. At her child's bedside, she tenderly reveals all of the delightful secrets about how fairies live, work, and play. They teach birds to sing and draw rainbows to brighten rainy days,...they make spring flowers bloom and scatter autumn leaves,...and when little animals are sleepy, the fairies read bedtime stories to them.

    Bursting with luscious images filled with over 300 fairies, here is the perfect good-night treat by a best-selling author-illustrator team. A special fairy with a red cap hidden on every spread is just one of the many wondrous things that can be discovered within!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Nancy4golf Fairies Storybook.......2007-07-23

    Precious story just right for my Flower Fairies' party for my favorite granddaughters and little girls in the neighborhood.
    Wonderful illustrations.

    4 out of 5 stars Beautiful illustrations.......2007-01-09

    I bought this book for my grandchildren who are really inyo fairies right now -- not necessarily Disney-type but the "real" ones.
    This book was so beautiful and the pictures so intricate that the kids love to play "find it" as well as hear the story. In fact, I think the grown-ups like the narrative more than the children, but that's okay, too.
    Adults who are not comfortable with the fantasy of fairies probably would object to the credit given to them for creations (turning leaves colors, etc.) I thought it was lovely and simply reminded the children that it was a story.

    4 out of 5 stars Beautiful Illustrations.......2006-05-08

    I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 because I think the story is a bit lacking. The illustrations on the other hand are stunning and I highly recommend this book.

    5 out of 5 stars Charming, original artwork and inexhaustible fun.......2006-03-14

    Kids these days get too much silly humor and not enough of the touching, sensitive fairy tales of old, a most unfortunate stunting of the growing mind in my cynical opinion. Good Night, Fairies is one the most beautifully illustrated fairy books with plenty of peculiar critters hiding around every corner for your little one to point out and say, "Hey (Grand)Ma/Pa, Look at this guy!" Twenty years down the road, this could very well become your tyke's favorite childhood picture book. And of course, it works just as many wonders for grown-up children like myself, happily childless. Though not necessarily in the style of artwork, there's something reminiscent in the mood of Arthur Rackham's fairy illustrations, mysterious, a little creepy, and impossible to stop staring at.

    3 out of 5 stars Beautiful artwork but lacking story.......2005-10-18

    The story of Good Night, Fairies, such as it is, is a fanciful list of all of the things that Fairies do. Without a story-line to tie those acts together this book reads more like a catalog of Fairy capabilities than a story. As such it can make a good bed-time book for younger children who want to think some happy thoughts before they go to sleep.

    For my daughter the situations are too simple to hold her interest, so this book only rarely comes off the shelf while more story centric books like "Frog and Toad are Friends", "The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly", and "Woody, Hazel, and Little Pip" are all worn on the edges.
    The Last Night of Ballyhoo
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • The Beauty of Ballyhoo
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    • VERY WONDERFUL PIECE OF THEATRE
    • A second great work by an under-appreciated genius
    • You Won't Want to See the Last of Ballyhoo
    The Last Night of Ballyhoo
    Alfred Uhry
    Manufacturer: Theatre Communications Group
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 1559361409

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    5 out of 5 stars The Beauty of Ballyhoo.......2000-01-23

    The Last Night of Ballyhoo is a powerful piece of drama. We see this powerful genius in its ability to draw laughter and tears from an audience in a single dizzy breath: who can forget Lala's burst of kleptomania, or Sunny's candle-lit Shabbat prayer in the final scene? I was blessed to take part in a community theater production of this play as Lala Levy; as a result of this opportunity, I and the cast came to know intimately the characters of Ballyhoo, and through them we lived the larger whole. From an actress' point of view I can tell you that the striking beauty, quick wit, and profound themes of this play can scarce be rivaled. However, whether one approaches this play as a reader, audience member, or actor, one will become more sensitized to the prejudices that ever haunt our race - the fear of "the other kind," be they separated from us by "the Elbe" or some less tangible distinction. Along with the characters of Ballyhoo we discover anew that there is no "us" and "them" - only "us."

    1 out of 5 stars What's all the ballyhoo about?.......2000-01-13

    Mediocre garbage by the same guy who wrote "Driving Miss Daisy". Yet another mediocre play about Southern jews. There is probably a great book or play to be written about jews in the South, but this isn't it

    5 out of 5 stars VERY WONDERFUL PIECE OF THEATRE.......1999-11-18

    I have read and had the oppurtunity to see this beautiful piece performed. Alfred Uhry knows how to write characters that come to life so you feel like you know them. This play is wonderful and keeps wanting to more about the people of it.

    4 out of 5 stars A second great work by an under-appreciated genius.......1999-07-07

    Alfred Uhry strikes again with his second work examining racism and anti-semitism in the American South. In a clever twist, the playwright focuses on the prejudice of Jews of German decent against "the other kind" meaning Jews of Slavic decent. This infinitesimally subtle difference in ethnicity represents a world of difference in Southern Jewish society.

    Exploiting the significance of such a minor distinction, Mr. Uhry expertly exhibits the lunacy of every type of racism.

    5 out of 5 stars You Won't Want to See the Last of Ballyhoo.......1998-05-26

    Alfred Uhry's stunning play, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" achieves two major accomplishments: it examines the timeless issue of biggotry (even within one's own minority group)and delivers it in a gift wrapped package which looks, feels and sounds like a good old fashioned Broadway play. Like "Driving Miss Daisy," Uhry examines the peculiarities in the lives of Southern Jews, drawing a great deal of humor from the "fish out of water" theme that seems to plague his lovable and ultimately loving family. Set against the darker backdrop of Americans in 1939 speculating what Hitler may or may not do in Europe, the characters in Ballyhoo dance with and around one another as they struggle for acceptance within their own community. Issues of racism are raised when the Jewish characters try to delineate the idea of "us" and "them" within the confines of Jewish society in Atlanta and other prominent Southern cities. Ultimately, Uhry shows us (as in "Miss Daisy") that there is no "us" v. "them," there is simply "us." That may sound overly simplistic, but Uhry's points stay with us long after the play is finished. That is the sign of a playwright who is a true craftsman. Would you like to see how a good play is constructed? Then pick up "The Last Night of Ballyhoo."
    The Night I Disappeared
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Just amazing!
    • An Indiscriminating LIfe
    • The Night I Disappeared
    • Wonderful and Wacky
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    The Night I Disappeared
    Julie Reece Deaver
    Manufacturer: Simon Pulse
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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    ASIN: 0743439791

    Book Description

    HELD HOSTAGE BY AN INNER WORLD

    Something scary is happening to seventeen-year-old Jamie Tessman. Ever since she and her mother arrived in Chicago, she's been plagued by freaky mind-slips and vivid daydreams about her sort-of boyfriend, Webb. When Jamie's inner world starts taking her hostage and keeping her imprisoned for longer periods of time, she becomes terrified that she is slowly losing her mind.

    Jamie's mom doesn't seem to notice anything is wrong. No one does -- until Jamie meets Morgan, a new friend who's had her own "brush with nuttiness." When Jamie disappears into her inner world one night and can't find her way out, Morgan sees to it that Jamie finally gets help. Morgan's aunt, a psychiatrist, breaks through Jamie's paralyzing fear and helps her unravel a tangle of long-forgotten, horrifying secrets in her past....

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Just amazing!.......2007-06-29

    Jamie is a normal 17-year-old girl. Well, not completely. Her dad is dead, and her mom is a big-time lawyer. The only real friend she has is Webb, her sort-of boyfriend. But, he's off backpacking in Europe, and Jamie has to follow her mother to Chicago, where a HUGE trial is going on.

    Jamie does NOT want to be there. She would much rather be with Webb. In fact, she wants to be with him so much, she starts to daydream about him while riding a rented bicycle down the streets of busy Chicago. But this isn't any normal daydream. She feels like she is really at the beach, with Webb. She can smell the salty air, and feel Webb's hands as they braid her hair. HONK!! Jamie is jolted out of her daydream, right into a moving car! Could Jamie really space out that much? Why did her daydream feel so real? And why does everyone stare at her whenever she comes out of one? Is she really talking out loud to Webb? Shouldn't he be in Europe? What at first seems so innocent, just like a few daydreams, turns out to be more sinster then Jamie, or anyone, could ever imagine.

    This has got to be one of the most spectacular books out there. The characters are handled so well, and the plot is nothing short of stupendous. You have to read this book at least twice to catch all the clues dropped in by the author. I recommend this book to everyone!

    4 out of 5 stars An Indiscriminating LIfe.......2006-02-10

    The Night I Disappeared is mostly about a normal teenage girl named Jamie. But really Jamie isn't normal at all or had a normal life.
    Jamie's mom is a lawyer that is non stop. Her mom gets all the publicity a famous person does just on a court case. Well Jamie's mother has to go live in Chicago to do a famous murder trail. When stress is put on Jamie because she misses her friends and boyfriend everything gets out of control.
    Jamie starts to have dreams or `clips' in her mind about her boyfriend Web. Soon the dreams become a hassle for her. Her mom very concerned about her healthy, she sends her to a physiatrist. Jamie went ahead and agreed so it wouldn't put even more stress on her because of the case. When Jamie soon finds out things her life, her family is hit like a bolt of light hitting the earth. Jamie soon finds out that her life isn't what she thought it was.
    I really liked this book because it has a twist in it. It leaves you stunned because people's lives can be like that. It leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat. You can also make so many comparisons and you can understand what Jamie has to go through.
    My dislikes are how the book goes back and forth from her dreams and her real life because it can confuse you. Other than that I wouldn't say anything else bad about it.
    I would recommend this book to any person. A person who really loves mystery or Rebecca Davis books would also enjoy this
    I hope you enjoyed this review and go out and check and read this book. I will defiantly leave you stunned.


    5 out of 5 stars The Night I Disappeared .......2005-12-07

    Excellent. It starts off slow, but as you progress it gets better and better. It surprised me at the end, that something that seemed so unimportant became such a big plot point. Very surprising ending. This book is recommended for teen readers.

    5 out of 5 stars Wonderful and Wacky.......2005-10-31

    I love this kind of book, and I had to read this for school, so I was happy! This is one of the best books i have ever read. Its a heart warming story about a girl and and horrible night. I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

    5 out of 5 stars Review For The Night I Disappeared.......2005-05-13


    Julie Reece Deaver's The Night I Disappeared was a great fictional book. She has a lot of imagination, which makes this book very interesting.

    It tells about a girl, Jamie Tessman, who just left her hometown in California to go with her mother to Chicago on a business trip. Her mother is a successful and famous attorney. Everyone knows Jamie for that, but She is way different from her mother. Her father died when she was young, and ever since then she hasn't fit in anywhere... except when she is with her, sort-of boyfriend, Webb. They are so perfect together and she could be with him forever, until she finds out that he has never really been there for her at all. With the help of her new (and only) friend Morgan and Morgan's aunt she discovers a secret that has been keeping her separate from the rest of the world. She starts seeing things in Chicago, and she starts to think that she is slowly becoming crazy. When she finally gets the help she needs, she has to choose between Webb and reality.

    At first when I started reading this book I didn't quite understand but then I learned that the whole point of the story was for Jamie to overcome her fears. I felt like I was with her through every step of the way, and every time she got just a little bit closer to reality. I thought this was a great book and really enjoyed reading it. I will never forget this book.
    Forests of the Night: A Novel
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • Those who can, do....
    • Another solid effort from James Hall
    • Incredibly bad.
    • Basic premise is flawed, which was distracting for me
    • A COMPLEX, FASCINATING BOOK
    Forests of the Night: A Novel
    James W. Hall
    Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0312271808
    Release Date: 2004-12-23

    Book Description

    In the tradition of James Dickey's Deliverance and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, bestselling author and award-winning poet James W. Hall has written a literary novel that is also an intricate, suspenseful mystery-a story blending the macabre and the historic, the genteel and the aberrant, the violent and the heroic. With his signature mix of brooding atmosphere and compelling action, Hall takes readers deep into America's own Heart of Darkness. Policewoman Charlotte Monroe has cop instincts. Scratch that. There isn't a name for the gift she has, something that borders on psychic, an ability to read people's faces and body language like the morning headlines-to size up their intentions and act before they do. It's a real ability that the FBI is trying to teach to its agents. The bureau is spending millions so they'll know the difference between a slightly raised eyebrow and a faint twitch of the lip. But Charlotte's a natural with god-given abilities, and the Feds want her in the worst way, maybe even to the point of blackmail.Still, Charlotte's gift fails to prepare her for the stranger who shows up on her doorstep with a chilling warning for her husband, a mysterious note scrawled in Cherokee hieroglyphics and a promise of things to come: "You're Next."The warning becomes more ominous as Charlotte and her husband, Parker, discover the complex truth about this man, including his position on the FBI Most Wanted list and his connection to their family.When Charlotte's deeply troubled teenage daughter runs away to join the charismatic outlaw, she follows the two of them into the spectral mists of the Great Smoky Mountains-and to the beating heart of a 150-year-old blood feud that will endanger everything she loves and challenge everything she believes.

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars Those who can, do...........2006-08-30

    those who can't teach. Mr. Hall should stick to his classroom. This book was terrible. It started out with back story, came to the present, slipped into back story before page 70 and I gave up. The characters were flat and uninteresting, I didn't believe for a minute they were real people. There was zero chemistry between Charlotte and Parker and their daughter was a cliche. Much was made in the beginning about Charlotte ability to read faces and then...just disappeared. I almost quite reading on page 16 when Charlie Mears meets Charlotte Monroe! HELLO! There are millions of names out there - try to get some that are different from one another! This guy teaches writing? I'm glad I don't live in Florida!

    4 out of 5 stars Another solid effort from James Hall.......2006-01-28

    With Forests of the Night, James Hall takes a break from his series of Thorn novels. This book follows Miami cop Charlotte Monroe, a woman with an exceptional ability to read other people. One day she returns from work to find her husband Parker chatting with a young Cherokee named Jacob Panther. Charlotte quickly identifies him as one of the FBI's most wanted, but before she can do much, he gets away and goes into hiding.

    The bombshell of having this man in her house is followed by an even bigger one from Parker: Panther is apparently his son from a teenage romance. Parker, a criminal defense lawyer by trade, refuses to accept Panther's guilt, leading to a major conflict with Charlotte. In the middle is their sixteen year old, schizophrenic daughter who has run away in search of Panther.

    Indeed, there is more to Panther's story than is initially presented, and it's all linked to an event that took place back in 1838 and is described in the prologue. (There is one historical error in this prologue, as Andrew Jackson is referred to as president; actually it was Martin Van Buren.) It is Charlotte's role to find out what this link is, even as she acts to get her daughter home.

    This is a very good, well-written crime novel, although a little atypical for Hall. In most Hall books, the villain is a rather off-beat character who is warped in a unique way. In this book, the villain is a bit plainer and actually remains faceless through most of the story. Also, although Hall's books are never comic (unlike fellow Florida writer Carl Hiaasen), there usually is a touch of humor that this book doesn't have. That is not to say this book is flawed, but it is just a little different from other Hall books. However, whether you've read Hall or not, this book should not disappoint.

    1 out of 5 stars Incredibly bad........2006-01-23

    I can make this short; it was awful. There wasn't a single character about which I cared; the plot was just plain absurd and the ending silly. I kept reading to learn more about Charlotte's talent, which isn't employed in the story until the very end by which time I was no longer interested.

    3 out of 5 stars Basic premise is flawed, which was distracting for me.......2006-01-07

    If you don't give it too much thought, you'll probably really enjoy this thriller. Others have already adequately covered the basic plot, so I'll skip that exercise.

    The author made one serious mistake, which for me detracted from an otherwise good story. Namely, he had a genetic defect being passed on from father to son, though it involves a defective "X" chromosome ("Fragile X"). As almost anyone knows, the father can only donate an "X" chromosome to a daughter (otherwise, if he donates a "Y" rather than an "X" chromosome, he ends up with a son). If he can't pass on an "X" chromosome to a son, then he obviously can't pass on a genetic defect linked to the "X" chromosome to a son either. Since this error affects the entire plot, I can only give this book 3 stars (I would have given it 4 otherwise).

    Aside from that, I found the story to be rather enjoyable, although not really what I would call a page-turner until it got toward the end.

    5 out of 5 stars A COMPLEX, FASCINATING BOOK.......2005-12-31

    This was an excellent book. I love how we are given seemingly irrelevent information, which is made clear and all fits together by the end of the book. The dialogue is real, which is something i find lacking in many of these suspense novels today. The storyline is complex and interesting, and makes for a great read.
    (It would make an awesome movie, too)

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    6. The Quinn Legacy
    7. The Red Book (Caldecott Honor Book)
    8. The Rules of Engagement: The Art of Strategic Prayer And Spiritual Warfare
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