Archive for April, 2010

Save 15% at Barnes & Noble

April 28th, 2010 by Book Reviewer


Save 15% off one eligible item at Barnes & Noble through May 2, 2010. This offer is valid online only. Discount is taken automatically on the most expensive item in your shopping cart during the checkout process and BN.com when you enter the coupon code below. Cheap Book Deals Promo Code: C7P7D8U The cheap book [...]

$5 cookbooks

April 27th, 2010 by Book Reviewer


Check out over 250 cookbooks from Barnes & Noble priced at only $5. These bargain books range in topics form appetizers to western barbeque to salads. This sale ends on May 10, 2010.

Drive by Daniel H. Pink

April 16th, 2010 by Book Reviewer


Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink: It used to be (way back when) that we were motivated solely by the desire survival. Later, as we evolved, our prime motivators became the seeking of rewards and the avoidance of punishment. Scientist across multiple fields are advising that we’ve now come [...]

The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

April 15th, 2010 by Book Reviewer


Joshua Ferris’ last novel “Then We Came to the End”, was a clever and irreverent look at the failures and foibles of office life in an advertising agency. It was an enjoyable read, if a touch too-close-for-comfort for those who have toiled in that kind of environment.   “The Unnamed” is a far cry from [...]

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

April 14th, 2010 by Book Reviewer


For whatever reason, it’s rare to come across a “horror” novel that truly delivers on horror. A novel that disturbs and disquiets in equal measure, without resorting to the monsters that so many horror novelists seem to need to fall back on. Perhaps two of the best examples of this kind of psychological horror novel [...]

Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

April 13th, 2010 by Book Reviews


Oh, Agatha Christie. It almost seems silly to write a review for one of her novels, and yet, it’s necessary in case someone who has never read one of her books might stumble upon it and, thereby, happen to pick one up.   There isn’t a writer or reader who could easily dismiss that she [...]

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

April 12th, 2010 by Book Reviews


The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale: At the dawn of the era of detectives (which, incidentally, was relatively recent), there was one detective at Scotland Yard who outshined all of his peers. Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher was the cream of the crop when [...]

Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

April 9th, 2010 by Book Reviews


Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem: Kurt Vonnegut is now lost to the world, but never let it be said that his legacy doesn’t live on. Jonathan Lethem, while an engaging writer of his own right, clearly must have been a fan of the legendary Mr. Vonnegut. Throughout Chronic City, Lethem treats us to names and [...]

Buy 2 Get 1 Free

April 8th, 2010 by Book Reviewer


Purchase two bargain priced books from Barnes & Noble and get the third for free. This offer is valid only for specially priced titles at BN.com. The free book will be the lowest priced title in your cart at the time of purchase. Barnes & Noble members can also get their members discount for the [...]

The Women by T.C. Boyle

April 8th, 2010 by Book Reviews


The Women by T.C. Boyle: “Is it easy to live with a genius?” asks the back cover. Apparently not. Nor, however, is it easy to live with the kind of person who lives with a genius.   T.C. Boyle explores the life of Frank Lloyd Wright through his relationships with his three wives and one [...]