Shopping Books

I bought this book and loved it... but in the processing of moving I misplaced it and had to co back to Amazon and buy it again... it's that good!

Sugarman is brilliant marketer and seems like a great human being. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in mastering the art of marketing... whether on tv or not!

Jesse Cannone

Sugarman is a TV home shopping success and after reading his book I now know why! Hard work, good insight, lessons learned both good and bad and energy! It is a tough business and this investment will pay off many times if you stick to Joe's way!

As a part-time resident of Paris, I thought I knew all of the "bons addresses", those hard-to-find shops where you can find that perfect, unique gift for yourself or someone at home. I was wrong! On my next trip to Paris, I'll be looking into a number of the lovely boutiques mentioned in this book. Not only are the addresses provided, complete with compelling descriptions, but there are gorgeous photos that make your mouth water in anticipation of actually visiting these havens of shopping pleasure, if only to browse and take in the beauty of their wares. Bravo to the authors and photographer!

a wonderful book, showing the real character of paris to whet your appetite. as someone who is soon to go to Paris for the first time, i loved this book for doing the legwork for me in finding those little boutiques that add character to your holiday , that i probably would have missed. i'm sure they will lead me to other great little shops and experiences.

If you love shopping, or if you know someone who does, get this book. It's a great little guide to all THE best shops in London, from designer boutiques, to outlets, department stores, through to groovy little thrift markets.

This has certainly made my retail-therapy sessions a lot easier! The best part is that you can look up a street in the index, and find out all the shops on that street. SUCH a good idea. I looked up King's Road, and found I could buy everything there from a wedding-dress to a used biker jacket. Now, when I marry a Hell's Angel, I'm all set.

It takes all the legwork out of shopping. And the reviews are smart, wittily written, and tell you everything you need to know.

Now you need never be intimidated by snooty shop assistants ever again. When they say bitchy things to you, like, "Does madam need a size larger? Only we don't seem to stock one. Maybe two sewn together?" you can come STRAIGHT back with something like, "This is your third outlet, isn't it? Hmmm. I wonder why they didn't choose you to run the bigger branch..."

A small victory, but it matters.

I've never been prompted to write a review before, but this is such a cool little book. If this doesn't help you look like a supermodel - you need your reading-glasses fixed. (And this book will tell you where to do that, too.)

You can get guides to other shopping paradises, too - from New York, San Fran and Paris. I daren't even look, or I know I'll be blowing my shopping money on plane tickets.

Genius.

If your trip to London is purely about shopping, then I would suggest this book. There is sooo much shopping in London, it can get boggling. However, I was there 8 days and that was not even enough time to see the sights I wanted to see, let alone shop. I did minimal shopping while in London because I was just so tired and my feet hurt so bad. I did flip through this book for Camden Town Markets and it had some info (very little) on that. This book is laid out more for if you know the store you want it will tell you where to find it. There is also a smaller section orgainzed by areas of London and what shops you can find there. There are no maps in this book so you'll need your own map if you are not familiar with the area. It also had very small sections on places to eat within the various shopping places. The size is not too large, but not tiny. You can carry it with you but in a larger size purse or bag. I would suggest foregoing this book if the main purpose of your London trip is NOT shopping. Otherwise, go for it!

This book is another fun read in this series. I kept wanting to turn the page and keep reading to see what happened next which is something I love about a book. I like some of Sophie's other books better, Undomestic Goddess and Remember Me - but that said, this is a good read and I would recomend it.

I really have found the Shopaholic series to be quite fun and enjoyable. The character Becky Bloomwood is fabulous, witty, quite sweet, but a bit insecure with herself. As with all of the Sophie Kinsella books, it's fun and I found myself laughing out loud in some parts. I must confess that I found this book a little less enjoyable than the first two, but still quite fun.

I know Becky is quirky and loves to shop, and that's what I love about her, but you think she would have learned something by now. I am amazed with how many lies she tells and is unable to tell the truth. I found myself saying to myself, "Come on, how could anyone let it get this far", and frustrated as a result. Becky breezes through seemingly without consequences. I don't like the message that sends.

While some of my comments seems a bit negative/constructive, I still really enjoyed this book. I haven't found anything by Sophie Kinsella that I haven't enjoyed.

This book was almost like "coming home" again. While I loved the first "Confessions..." book, I wasn't really crazy about "...Takes Manhattan", but with "...Ties the Knot", I give a hearty Bravo to Sophie Kinsella!! The Magic is back!

This time out, we find Becky Bloomwood still living in the US, employed as a personal shopper for Barney's NY. Her relationship with hunky Luke Brandon is solid and the book opens to Becky on yet another shopping expedition, this time for her best friend, Suze's upcoming wedding (to a guy that once fancied Becky, no less!). This is not the only trip the reader will take along with Becky, as she has settled quite comfortably in NYC. Before you know it, things spice up when Luke proposes to Becky and of course, you just know that she said Yes!

The time comes for Becky to start planning her own wedding festivities and she gets a helping hand, not only from her mother who dreams of Becky wearing her own old fashioned wedding dress and fixing up the house in Britain for Becky's big day, but also from Luke's mother, Elinore, being a big-time society matron, she decides to throw them the biggest bash, right in NYC at the tony Plaza Hotel - high society at its best!!

How will Becky decide which way to go? Of course, the idea of getting married at home in the UK makes Becky feel all warm inside, but the idea of the Plaza wedding spectacular is so tempting - it's great fun watching Becky NOT make the decision until the bitter end - that's typical Becky for you - she just wants it ALL!!

Eventually, Becky finds a way to save her special day and by the end of this story, you get to see how much Becky has grown from the original shopaholic into a woman who thinks and dreams, not only what's best for her, but for those around her as well. The book's ending is touching and poignant and leaves the reader, once again, wanting more & I'm sure, "Shopaholic & a Sister" will deliver - Great Read!!

It has been quite awhile since I read Confessions of a Shopaholic (almost five years ago), and I really enjoyed it. It was a no brainer when I saw this one at the library since I enjoyed the first story so much.
I did feel sympathy for Becky when she did not tell her mother or her future mother-in-law about each of the weddings being planned, and this was only because I have a hard time telling people no as well. I did in my mind keep saying Becky you have to tell for your own sanity (ha ha!).
One thing about Becky that is so endearing is her imagination, and the way she talks to herself about these highly imaginable plans that she has. It seems most of the time she sees the good in things though often times things do not turn out the way she had originally planned (due mostly to her own misgivings).
While Becky may be over the top sometimes with her imaginations, she is still a very likeable character. Definitely, the friend you could depend on for a laugh (although maybe you would not want them to know you were laughing directly at them).
Highly recommend this book for a good light read.

I just love the story between Luke & Becky - I guess that's why I love this series so much. I admit that I get frustrated with Becky and her not picking which wedding she wanted to have. I'm not the type that has a problem with making decisions nor do I have a problem telling people how I feel, so I could not relate with her & her dilemma. BUT, I just love the person Becky is and the genuine love she has for Luke. I guess that's why (like everyone in the book) I can look past her stupid mistakes. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series (Sister) even though I know the reviews aren't that great. I have also ordered Shopaholic & Baby, which I'm sure will win my heart as well.

THIS BOOK WAS VERY GOOD TENDER AND KAT TAKE THE CAKE IN THIS BOOK.BUT KAT GOT WHAT WAS COMING TO HER FOR TREATING PEOPLE THE WAY SHE DID. TENDER AND q WERE MEANT TO BE WITH EACH OTHER THIS BOOK IS WORTH THE MONEY GO GET IT.

This book was mad good. Kat was crazy, she was the whole book. If there wasn't a Kat the book would of been stupid.

This book is a must read, I love it. I actually read this book a year before I bought it, correction I've read it three times but it was someone elses book and it was so good I had to own it myself!!!!!
I give it ten starz.

What I remember most about Bad Girlz is that it's ridden with horrible attempts at urban slang that make it hard to concentrate on what little story there is to read. The book actually took me longer than it should have to finish because I kept going back over certain dialogue trying to figure out what slang the author had tried to emulate. "We gon' kick itz at da club, gurl. Sheettt" automatically requires a second look for even the "downest" chick, afterall. This bad slang is displayed excessively during Goldie's (a Hispanic character and friend to the main character) diary entries, which were absolutely laughable. I began to skip over them eventually. The writer wanted us to believe that Goldie was insightful when she wrote; that she poured her soul into it. But the entries read something like, "Dis ish iz gettin ta me. I'm gon' crazy. Kat iz a sheisty b___".

The lack of character development was noticeable as well as a certain rush between the main character's mental transitions - what little there was of it. She had the mind of a five year old when she was fifteen and the mind of a ten year old when she was an adult. She was still falling victim to things she shouldn't have fallen for after learning the in's and out's of the environment she chose to live in. In street fiction, we all cheer the person who is done wrong in their youth, but the catch is that these characters are usually still very young by the end of the story. It doesn't allow a lot of growth unless the story is told over a large span of time, which isn't usually the case. So I understand the author's need to rush the main character's so-called maturity. That is forgivable, but I've noticed Shannon Holmes bad "slang" in his other book Dirty Game - which I couldn't even get pass and simply closed the book after the first two chapters.

the book was good from the beginning!!
this book had me crying towards the end...i recommend this book to anybody who likes to read REAL books. It felt like i was watching a movie!!
this is worth buying it!!

I like this author, and the book has a great premise. Unfortunately, I don't think the author cared enough about them to ever bring them to life. The situations in this book are quite hilarious -- and they would work really well as a popcorn movie. It's just not a book.

Sellevision, By Augusten Borroughs, is sadly dissapointing. It is predictible and childish. By neglecting to develop some of the characters the depth of the main character is limited. This is the story of Peggy Jean, the second leading host on the home shopping network, Sellevision. Peggy Jean is plagued by a stalker, and then devoleps a drug addiction. Lame. Another character, Max, has an embarrassing moment reminiscent of that is broadcast live on national television and is forced to leave his job at Sellevision. To handle Max's struggle to get a new job, Burroughs resorts to a gay cliche in a plot riddled with Cliches. turns to gay porn. Another character, Leigh, has an affair with the boss at Sellevision, and struggles to obtain his love. Bebe, the lead host on Sellevision, is very lonely, and channels this abandonment through shopping. She starts to go on a wide array of dates through the internet.

The thing that really bothered me in Sellevision, is that, the gay man conquered the least. In most books I read, the homosexual man is put down. I thought this would be different from a gay author. I know the world can be more difficult for gay men, but I thought that possibly, for once, the gay man would triumph. All the characters in the book make great accomplishments, While Max struggles to keep hold of his life.

Enjoyable and easy to read, though I didn't find it hilarious like some of the other reviews. Found some of the characters to be quite true to life, and reflected some of the horror of TV hosts that we are subjected to on these shopping networks!

First, let me say that Augusten Burroughs is one of my favorite authors overall. But this book just did not work. I kept waiting for it to get better, and wanted to throw it across the room when I finally finished it. I wanted my money back. More than that, I wanted my life back -- the time I'd wasted reading this. The characters are despicable and unlikeable. I checked into the order of his work, and found that he'd actually written this BEFORE "Running With Scissors." In my opinion, each book he's written has gotten consistently stronger. Running With Scissors was good, but a bit uneven in pacing and dragged at times. "Dry" was perfection. "Magical Thinking" was outstanding as well. I feel like Burroughs' talents have evolved as a writer, and Sellevision was a sophomoric effort. I think they are riding on his other successes to get this published and sold now. Or at least that's what I thought until I saw so many positive reviews for the book. Still, do know that his other books are ALL memoirs and this is fiction, and it just doesn't have the same voice at all. The whole thing felt very forced to me.

This, Augusten Burroughs's first book, is sort of a combination soap opera and farce. It's fast moving, irreverent in the extreme, and very funny. It's also a bit crude at times, which I mention simply as a point of information, not as a criticism.

When I mention farce, I automatically think of P.G. Wodehouse, against whose works all farce must, I think, be measured. Sellevision measures up reasonably well. Burroughs doesn't have Wodehouse's gift for language, but, then who does? Four stars instead of five because the plot seems a bit too contrived and arbitrary for my taste, but definitely worth a read.

Was this book edited?! Too many run on sentences for me, I could barely follow the story because I was so blown away by the errors. The amount of sentences that began with AND or BUT were too many for me, it was distracting. This is the first D.S. book I've read and I would like to read more but if this the case all of the time, I'll pass.

The ghost of Sarah Furguson appears in this inspirational story of hope. Of course no Danielle Steele book is complete without a beautiful romance too.

Danielle Steel writes an interesting novel that flips between the past and present and teaches an important message of hope and healing. Charlie Waterston has recently gone through a divorce that has totally devastated him and he needs encouragement. After he loses his job in the New York office, he meets an elderly widow on his way to Vermont who is full of life and vitality. She teaches him the meaning of living life to the fullest despite life's hard knocks. She allows him to stay at her old Chateau where he can spend time alone contemplating. Here the ghost of Sarah Ferguson appears to him with more of life's lessons. Charlie then finds Sarah's detailed diaries in the attic and a beautiful love story unfolds that gives Charlie the hope that he can go on.

I just finished this book and OMG, I LOVED it. What great stories. I loved reading about Francois and Sarah, their story is so heartwarming and inspiring. Like Charlie said while reading the journals, they almost became real to me. I HIGHLY recommend this book to all.

This book for the lack of a better word was cheesy. I read my first Danielle Steel book a few weeks ago (Malice) and was really impressed. I decided to grab another thinking it would be good as well. This book was slow and the brokenhearted story line dragged on forever. On top of that the main character was such a whiney complainer and that I couldn't stand even reading about him. This book was bad and extremely predictable. BIG DISSAPOINTMENT.

Really! I bought this book thinking it would be nothing more than 'mindless chicklit', expecting it to serve its purpose as a time-waster on a cross-country flight, and nothing more... But guess what? I really liked it! And it really made me think about my own shopping habits and (gasp!) credit card debt... In fact, within 30 minutes of arriving home from my trip, I immediately began listing some of my own extravegant purchases on ebay, a'la Save Karyn...

Let me start by saying I have a Masters Degree in English Literature. lol
I don't reread books much and when I do they are usually literary books... I'm not really a fan of Chick Lit, except for Bridget Jones because that was hilarious.
And yet this book.... It's just fun fun fun! I must have read it about 5 times. It's my relax book. It's just a fascinating story and Karyn is such a character.
For the first half of the book even the most sympathetic reader may feel like kicking Karyn at times because she does come across as vapid and so brainwashed by the media's idea of what women should look like but boy does she ever grow and change! Not completely, she remains a little on the shallow side, still thinking that she has to have blond hair etc... but she really does grow up and the fact that 9/11 happens in the middle of this book keeps it from being too light weight and boring. 9/11 in the midst of all this consumerism is a shocker!
I don't think people gave Karyn money because they felt sorry for her. They gave her money because she is entertaining, funny and such an unusually sunny personality without being annoying. I love this book.

Karyn's antics are very amusing, and she keeps your interest througout. I thought the premise was ridiculous - she has the gumption to ask for money to pay off credit card debt, when there are so many more deserving causes out there. But once you read the book, you can't help but feel a little bad for her. The language is a little sophomoric ( saying "anyhoo" once is forgivable but several times is a bit much for a published book) and it has a very bloggish "I went here I did this" style but that was probably intentional. The shopping excursions are fun to read about.

This was a cute and funny book. I laughed as I read her justifications for the things she charged. When the light bulb finally turned on for her, she was having to charge on one card and take things back to pay on another card. I applaud her for creative method of paying off her debt.

If you are a compulsive saver who couldn't imagine being carrying a balance on a single credit card, this book will disgust you. But if you are like most of us, who have found themselves loaded down with the weight of consumer debt due to circumstance and spending habits, you will love this story. Karyn pulls herself out of her self-made pit with wit, humor, and a great attitude. I read the book in two days and loved it the whole way through. I highly recommend this...especially before you go on one more shopping trip with a wallet full of plastic. It just might make you reconsider.

Sophia Giambelli loved being part of the large flamboyant Giambelli family and Giambelli/MacMillan wines. She had her own little niche carved out by handling the marketing department smoothly from her San Francisco base of operations, but her family was another matter altogether. Sophia's professional life was firmly in place, but her family was always trying to deal with one drama or another. Her mother Pillar had been married to her father, but unfortunately in name only. Pillar loved Tony Avano, but he made it clear early on that she would only be one of many that he would be a lover to, so they had been living apart for the better part of Sophia's life. It was her grandmother Theresa and her husband Eli that held the iron fist on the family and the family business.

Tyler MacMillan loved being in his element, and that was the vineyard. He had loved the vines and the earth they grew in since he was a small boy. Even though he held top position at the vineyards, he always loved the hands on work. It was a part of him, and one that he was unwilling to give up. Tyler always credited Theresa for introducing him to this great love of his, and was so glad that his grandfather Eli had married her. It took him completely by surprise when Theresa summoned the entire family to the big house for an announcement. He was even further shocked to find out he and Sophia were being groomed to take over the business from them. They were to learn all aspects of the company, which meant learning each other's jobs. An outsider named David Cutter was being brought in to oversee everything for 12 months, and then the power would transition to them.

Everything was going according to plan until someone started murdering top executives at the company. Someone was trying to bring down Giambelli/MacMillan, but Tyler and Sophia were determined to stop them, and find out who was responsible. What they didn't expect was their attraction to each other or the strong feelings growing between them. Tyler and Sophia only hoped they could identify who was trying to destroy the family before they ended up the next victims. Strong characters in a good story.

I borrowed this book from my cousin a few months ago and only just now finished it. It does grip you, and I found myself missing it when I accidentally left it at my aunt's house.

That said, this isn't one of Nora Robert's bests. There are so many charcters and plots that it feels thrown together. Who has a grudge against this one, who cheated on this one...so much going on, and a lot of it didn't have to do with the central plot. But still, I hung in there, as most scenes were still interesting and I fell in love with David Cutter and his family (note, NOT the main chracters - I found myself not really caring about them). The small family saved the book, as Sophia and Tyler did in fact get on my nerves, since every one of their scenes seemed exactly the same.

But the ending is what irked me the most (I'll try not to put spoilers, but I'll give you a warning just in case). The book is divided into parts, and the last part seemed...rushed. It's almost as if Nora Roberts was going along semi-smoothly, hit the last section and realized "Oh, crap, I have to write an ending now." Events wind down so quickly you feel like you're on a roller coaster. But what killed me ('sxcuse the pun) was that the ending revelation had NOTHING to do with ANYTHING! It was impossible for even the most savvy reader to guess "whodunit," and isn't that the fun of a mystery? The ending "twist" feels like it was thrown in just to give the readers a jolt, but fails to tie the story together in a way that leaves you satisfied.

Honestly, I think Nora Roberts would have benefitted from turning this into one of her infamous romance trilogies, with a seperate murder for each book - thus giving her time to further develop each character and plot. But whatever, it was an alright read.

I had started this book more than once and couldn't get interested in it enough to continue mostly because the main character annoyed me (Sophia. I liked Tyler and the other characters but Sophia was not just independent (which independent is okay)but she was nasty who slept around with weak men who she made sure would not stand up to her. I finally decided while traveling at Thanksgiving to finish it. I liked Tyler and even though Sophia softened somewhat by the end of the book I would still be in doubt about marriage between her and Tyler. Maybe it would work but would she revert back to the hard buisness woman?? We'll never know! Anyway, there is a good mystery with more than one bad guy (or woman). I loved David and his children. Their relationship was touching and without them and his romance with Pilar I think I would not have liked the book as much. I don't have a great interest in how wine is made or the whole processing so found that a little boring though I know some would find that interesting. I ended up skimming through parts of that as the book was fairly long anyway. I always like the close Italian family that NR has written about before as in Blue Smoke. I agree with others that I would have liked more to the ending but the book was already so long, that perhaps we can be satisfied that the main characters ended happily. One aspect that bothered me was the question that one of the characters could murder someone (even they were a jerk-but didn't deserve to be murdered)and there would be no consequences. I had mixed feelings about that. All in all after I finally got into it, it wasn't a bad book though I never fully warmed up to Sophia but there were so many other characters that sort of saved the day. It was a very typical NR book of family relationships, romance and some surprising twists.

The book delivery came quickly & in great condition. I loved the book.
It makes me want to move to Napa Valley. Chears...

Nora Roberts has the ability to take the reader to a very specific place and time. That may sound simplistic, but only a few writers can do it. In this case the place is a winery/vineyard in the Napa Valley of California and, briefly, Venice and northern Italy. After reading this, I know substantially more about viticulture than I did. I've never had much admiration for wine snobs (and still don't), but the raising of grapes and making of wine is fascinating business.

The plot is not very complicated. Someone is trying to sabotage the wine business. Who that is is not much of a mystery. The two-dimensional characters are pretty much the usual in a Roberts novel: a gorgeous, highly competent young woman and a handsome hunk clash, then mesh, during the sub-plot of another love affair. We've seen all this before and know exactly what to expect. There are few flaws in the characters, few contradictions, regrets, or self-doubts. There never are in Nora Roberts characters. There's a great deal of action and jeopardy, but it is the place and feel of the atmosphere that make this worthwhile.

My only wish is that somehow Ms. Roberts would put a little more meat on the characters and a few surprises in her plots. She could be a first-rate novelist. Of course, she is giving her loyal readers what they think they want, as evidenced by the fact that her books are all best sellers and have made her wealthy. She is to the so-called romance novel what James Patterson is to the thriller. And that is low praise indeed.

For fans of such detective television shows as "Cold Case" and "Without a trace" Laura Lippman's "What the Dead Know" will satisfy the beach reader set. Anyone who wants a deeply inspiring mystery should bypass this entirely. Like a good wine I was looking forward to reading this author and anticipated a twisting turning plot with a satisfying ending. What I got however was a "two buck chuck". I cared little for the characters who seemed so self-involved I wondered if they even knew they were part of the plot line. The main character has no name and no existence and we travel her path with some curiosity and empathy. I liked her, but it didn't help that the rest of this forgetful cast seemed in the way of her journey. Ms Lippman dumbs the reader down with lots of course language and sexual overtones. It make sence that Det. Infante would see the world as jaded and obsene, but everyone? I found myself skimming over their continuous chattering trying to find the string to the end of the mystery. I wanted this to be good. I just didn't need to wade through the trash to find the jewel. Which I knew was there, I just couldn't see it. Next time I'll just watch "Cold Case" and fast forward through the commercials. Try "The Thirteenth Tale" if you want a good deep mystery about sisters. It is more than a great Merlot, its sublime. Will I try Laura Lippman again? Someones going to have to convince me.

This book has been ballyhooed as something great, but it is just a pedestrian suspense story with a fairly predictable twist. The writing itself is serviceable but nothing inherently pleasing.

I truly loved this book. I found it easy to follow, even through the flip flop of time, and when the twist at the end came, it felt like I should have known, but I did not see it coming. I thought it was a great suspense, and it just wet my appetite for more Laura Lippman.

Laura Lippman's WHAT THE DEAD KNOWS is suspense that keeps you glued to the end excluding a sluggish beginning. The story is told from to perspective of each character who crosses the path of Sunny Bethany. But who is Sunny and what has been her convoluted life for 30 years since she and her sister never returned from the mall?
Based on an unsolved crime the story rings with both truth and fantasy. This is not a book to take to bed if you've got an early morning call. Find a day when you can disappear into the covers of a fine, well told story and start reading. It will be a day well spent.
Writing as a Small BusinessSins of the Fathers: A Brewster County NovelUnder the Liberty OakNatchez Above The River: A Family's Survival In The Civil WarQualifying Laps: A Brewster County NovelGuns Across the Rio: A Texas Ranger in Old Mexico

It was a parent's worst nightmare. Sunny and Heather Bethany disappeared from a Baltimore mall in 1975 and no real trace of them was ever found. Now thirty years later a disoriented woman walks away from a motor vehicle accident and claims to be one of the Bethany sisters.

Author Laura Lippman built a story spanning the thirty years, moving back and forth in time and bringing the characters to life. Sunny, fifteen, and Heather, eleven, are realistic and well-delineated. Their parents, Miriam and Dave, survive the loss in very different ways. The present-day mystery woman is abrupt and secretive, not likable and not easy to know. While two of the characters seemed to me to be somewhat stereotyped, the rest had the kind of realistic loose ends that only a good writer can create.

What the Dead Know feels like a novel rather than a suspense novel, if you care to make that distinction. There is a great deal of beautifully written back-story and some readers may think it's extraneous to the plot line, but the narrative conveys a vivid sense of time and place that is its own reward. The bonus I found in this book is the way Lippman wrapped it all together into a surpisingly well-supported ending.

Recently I've read several books in which the narrative moves back and forth along the time line of the story. I'm a little wary of that structure but Lippman handled it beautifully.

I listened to the unabridged CD version of this book and found the performance by Linda Emond to be very effective. While I prefer a book in print, this is one audio presentation I can recommend enthusiastically. I'll definitely be reading more from this fine writer.

Linda Bulger, 2008