Goes

Nancy Krulik's "Pop Goes Latin!", written for a young adult audience, is meant to be a brief intro to the contemporary Latin music scene. To that end the book contains a short introduction, along with profiles of 11 acts: Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, C Note, Christina Aguilera, Chayanne, Elvis Crespo, Luis Miguel, Carlos Ponce, and Shakira.

To her credit, Krulik does pack a lot of essential information--discographies, television and movie appearances, biographical data--into each of the brief (between 6 and 25 pages each) profiles.

However, the book's main weakness is its selective nature. Krulik has chosen to profile only a handful of Latin artists, and I wonder why she selected these 11. I have nothing against C Note, for example, but they had only released a single album at the time this book appeared. There are a number of contemporary Latin acts who have been around longer and who had already produced 2, 3, or more fine albums by the time of this book's publication. Why, for example, was Frankie Negron not included? Or Jerry Rivera? Servando y Florentino? Leo Vanelli? Cesar Borja? Charlie Zaa? Each of these acts has the "youth appeal" which would have made their appearance in this book appropriate.

And while the book is informative and well-written as a whole, the author's frequent lapses into "teenybopper style" language will surely annoy older or more literate readers. In particular, I found her overuse of exclamation points to be distracting.

These criticisms aside, "Pop Goes Latin" is a good introduction to the eleven acts profiled. But as an introduction to the Latin music scene as a whole, it is insufficient.

Robson is an openly lesbian, politically progressive law professor. (In later articles, she has come out as a cancer victim as well.) This is a collection of her essays on lesbians, homosexuality and the law. This book has a great introduction. Robson is a complex thinker, so do not assume this book will just say, "Aren't lesbian lawyers cool!?" Robson's analysis of legal issues can be overly pessimistic at times: as if one domestic partner law or pro-gay legal decision can be criticized for not removing all oppressions throughout the world! Still, this was an interesting read. It differs from many gay legal texts.

This is a little booklet with drawings and a little text. It tells about Sunbonnet Sue and her trip to a quilt show. Most quilters will easily identify with Sue as she goes crazy in the Quilt Mall, loves the exhibited quilts, has a pyjama party and is happily groggy in the end.

It would make a nice little gift for a quilting friend, but if you don't own it, you don't need to rush out to buy it.

My 3 year old son is a BIG fan of Thomas the Tank engine. He saw this book, and we have read it several times already...and it has only been at home for one night. :) It's a simple book, with nice bright illustrations. Any toddler who is a fan of Thomas will enjoy this book.

This book is what I consider the terminal end to the series. I've been a die-hard fan of Slippery Jim for around... two decades (and I'm only 26). This book, however, is a phenominal whiffle of bunk. I can't believe that the series has become this corny. It's terribly insulting that Mr. Harrison would do this to one of my most beloved literary memories. Not that I want to give away any spoilers, but I have one word for those of us that have already read the book... SAUSAGES!
So lets say that you don't believe me. Just have a look at the cover. That pretty much sums up the feel of this book. Corny. It made me irate for days.
I'd still like to recommend the first 7-8 books in the series to you folks, though.

I used to enjoy these books. I really did. Granted, they've never been particularly deep and maybe my tastes for pulp sci-fi have changed. But this is pretty crap. The characters are not at all engaging and the plot is only very mildly interesting. The best thing I can say about this book is that it is very cheap. And it's a hardback, so it makes a stable coaster while I seek worthier pages. I still am fond of Harry Harrison for promoting Esperanto, but that's about it.

There is very little in the world worse than watching a favorite author write well below his potential. The four previous Stainless Steel Rat books I had read were all full of acerbic wit, tight action, and amazing (yet credible) escapes. This one is lacking in nearly every category. With every page, I was desperately hoping that Harrison would break out and regain his form. Alas, it was not to be.

After "MASH" & "MASH Goes to Maine," Richard Hooker "took on a collaborator", William E. Butterworth, for a series of "MASH Goes to..." books.

The first two MASH books are basically collections of short stories with a very loose structure. The Butterworth books are sitcom novels... and not very good ones.

After the Butterworth series was played out, Hooker released "MASH Mania," which was a loosely structured series of short stories about the Swampmen in middle-age -- a rock-ribbed Republican middle-age, in fact, amazing though that may be to fans of the TV series, which Hooker hated. Although this book has politics opposite to my own, it's still funny and more importantly, Hooker WROTE IT.

From the completely different writing styles involved, I'd say that if Hooker ever even SAW what Butterworth wrote, it was to say, "Yeah, ok. I'll approve that."

I like Hooker's writing; so I felt rather manipulated by the Butterworth MASH books, which to my mind are Hooker's in name only.

The 5th in the series of MASH Goes To series. The Sahara will never be the same!

After "MASH" & "MASH Goes to Maine," Richard Hooker "took on a collaborator", William E. Butterworth, for a series of "MASH Goes to..." books.

The first two MASH books are basically collections of short stories with a very loose structure. The Butterworth books are sitcom novels... and not very good ones.

After the Butterworth series was played out, Hooker released "MASH Mania," which was a loosely structured series of short stories about the Swampmen in middle-age -- a rock-ribbed Republican middle-age, in fact, amazing though that may be to fans of the TV series, which Hooker hated. Although this book has politics opposite to my own, it's still funny and more importantly, Hooker WROTE IT.

From the completely different writing styles involved, I'd say that if Hooker ever even SAW what Butterworth wrote, it was to say, "Yeah, ok. I'll approve that."

I like Hooker's writing; so I felt rather manipulated by the Butterworth MASH books, which to my mind are Hooker's in name only.

This is the third edition in the MASH Goes To series. The heartland of Jazz will never be the same!

After "MASH" & "MASH Goes to Maine," Richard Hooker "took on a collaborator", William E. Butterworth, for a series of "MASH Goes to..." books.

The first two MASH books are basically collections of short stories with a very loose structure. The Butterworth books are sitcom novels... and not very good ones.

After the Butterworth series was played out, Hooker released "MASH Mania," which was a loosely structured series of short stories about the Swampmen in middle-age -- a rock-ribbed Republican middle-age, in fact, amazing though that may be to fans of the TV series, which Hooker hated. Although this book has politics opposite to my own, it's still funny and more importantly, Hooker WROTE IT.

From the completely different writing styles involved, I'd say that if Hooker ever even SAW what Butterworth wrote, it was to say, "Yeah, ok. I'll approve that."

I like Hooker's writing; so I felt rather manipulated by the Butterworth MASH books, which to my mind are Hooker's in name only.

The MASH Goes To series continues with the virtual destruction of the City of Lights!

After "MASH" & "MASH Goes to Maine," Richard Hooker "took on a collaborator", William E. Butterworth, for a series of "MASH Goes to..." books.

The first two MASH books are basically collections of short stories with a very loose structure. The Butterworth books are sitcom novels... and not very good ones.

After the Butterworth series was played out, Hooker released "MASH Mania," which was a loosely structured series of short stories about the Swampmen in middle-age -- a rock-ribbed Republican middle-age, in fact, amazing though that may be to fans of the TV series, which Hooker hated. Although this book has politics opposite to my own, it's still funny and more importantly, Hooker WROTE IT.

From the completely different writing styles involved, I'd say that if Hooker ever even SAW what Butterworth wrote, it was to say, "Yeah, ok. I'll approve that."

I like Hooker's writing; so I felt rather manipulated by the Butterworth MASH books, which to my mind are Hooker's in name only.

The 10th book in the MASH Goes To Series. SF is a madcap adventure to the Bay City.

Fans of Michael O'Donoghue's black comedy will be disappointed by this light-hearted collection of humorous observations of domestic and political life by Socks, the Clinton housecat, as drawn by J.C. Suares. Small children and cat book enthusiasts will be amused. As far as this reviewer is aware, this was O'Donoghue's last published book before he died in 1995.--Andrew Roaze

The book presents a cute and humorous view of Socks the Cat. The book is very accurate in terms of nature of a cat (shreading priceless antique furniture, destroying China, etc).