Review: Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Expert narrator [a:Patricia Routledge|385743|Patricia Routledge|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66-251a730d696018971ef4a443cdeaae05.jpg] makes this book her own, after what I'd like to call the first act. During the initial exposition she is much too similar in her character depiction, but something about the vile servant Joseph arouses her interest and she is much better from then on. Now I know what Kate Bush was going on about and this is a good, imaginative Gothic tale seemingly coming from a much deeper well of experience than Emily Brontë had at her young age. Oddly, it is the adults that are more finely etched and realistic than the children.



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Review: Goddesses Knowledge Cards

Goddesses Knowledge Cards by Michael Babcock

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



Mostly Greek, Roman, Celtic, pagan, and ancient world deities, there are some American Indian, Central American and Chinese thrown in with some Welsh ones, including Arthurian figures Morgan Le Fay. The Bible gives up Eve, Mary and even Lilith. The text is cursory, more like captions really, but more descriptive and even depictive than the paintings, which are diffuse and elfin being insufficiently diverse (i.e., formulaic) let along hardly telegraphing the goddess' mien and dimension.,



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Review: Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights by Janet C. James

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This contain's Bronte's preface to the second edition of the book, as well as a detailed synopsis of each chapter. I would have been happy with just the brief summary of each chapter and the dramatis personae along with the family tree of each of the tragically intertwined households. It seems to me novels like this were written for a time when people generally had less demands on their attention and a work like this can help make sense of things and check ... so those are first cousins? Yup.

There is also a bibliography.



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Review: 17 Cents & a Dream: My Incredible Journey from the USSR to Living the American Dream

17 Cents & a Dream: My Incredible Journey from the USSR to Living the American Dream by Daniel Milstein

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



So far I am enjoying it; growing up in the shadow of Chernobyl, prepping to escape to America...

The Ukrainian finding his feet among bullies and restroom washing in McDonald's adn Ann Arbor boldly launches a career at the bottom of the ladder at TCF Bank. At this point, the story becomes less interesting as there feels to be a much brisker pace and even a I'm-so-great attitude coming through. Milstein later founded Gold Star Financial in 2000 and the success of that multi-million dollar company let to his self-published [b:The ABC of Sales: Lessons from a Superstar|12586750|The ABC of Sales Lessons from a Superstar|Daniel Milstein|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328774837s/12586750.jpg|17601398] and this book has a closing Act III about that sales success, sharing it with others and even a full re-print to a speech he gave at Cleary University about hard work and success.



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Review: Leading with My Chin

Leading with My Chin by Jay Leno

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



This autobiography is a quick, easy read. It is sectioned off into paragraph-length remembrances, vignettes that read like on-stage jokes. Many evoke a chuckle, some a hilarious. These are mostly about life on the road in the clubs and among the rising stars and tragic ones. There is a lot about Jay's nonplussed Old World parents and life with his wife. The book goes up to him taking over The Tonight Show.



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Review: Jack And The Beanstalk

Jack And The Beanstalk by William Berry

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Over-sized with five big pop-ups; one for each pair of pages. Nicely done. I had forgotten that like in Puss in Boots, Jack stole the hen.



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Review: Beauty and the Beast Pop-Up Book

Beauty and the Beast Pop-Up Book by Creative Publishing

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



5 pop-ups; one on each pair of pages. Nicely done.



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