This should be a must read for the young and sexually active as well as the old and not so sexually active. It will give them a new outlook on life and love, by showing them none of it ends or dissipates with age. Love, lust and the need for human contact remains with us until the day we die whether we admit it to ourselves or not. I read Jane’s second book first which only made me want to read her first book even more. I was not disappointed! This is a wonderfully engaging book written by a strong woman willing to go against convention and speak openly about her love life before and after the age of 64. I cannot say enough good things about this book!

I checked this out from my library and this is such a worthwhile book that I am going to add it to my collection!

Well when they said it was EVERYTHING about candlemaking they really meant it. It was very informative and maybe even too much so. I kinda forgot my purpose of reading the book in the first place just because of all the extra crap that they put in. This is a great book to read for entertainment purposes or if you have to write a report about the history and mythology surrounding candles and candlmaking, but as a practical, no nonsense, go to guide for candlemaking it would probably be better to find a different book on that subject. This would be a great book for a professional (eat, breath, sleep) candlemaker.

I could not get into this story because the flow from the very beginning was choppy. It took me two weeks just to get through a measly 20 pages of the first chapter and I still couldn’t figure out why the title of the book was Seven Loves. When I finally finished that first chapter, I could not see putting myself through anymore torture just to say I have never given up on a book. Well, I give up! And I will probably not try to pick up this book again.

A dear friend of mine gave me this as a going away gift. I only recently found it packed away in one of my boxes. Feeling a bit nostalgic I read it, only to find one of the love poems inside to be dedicated to me. I will treasure it always!

This book helped to give me the confidence to start my own writer’s group.

Absolutely hilarious! This book shows the humorous side to Benjamin Franklin. Basicly “He wrote and published several outright hoaxes during his career…just to see how quickly his readers would recognize the hoax.” According to the book they almost always failed to realize the stories were just preposterous fiction. These are the stories in this book. Great read!

This book is worth reading if only for the first story, but reader beware. I made the mistake of reading the first story on a full stomach and was unable to eat anything for about three days. The first story is about an eating specialist, the second about the misadventures of a winged cat and it’s various owners, and the third about a forgotten town and some donkeys. Overall this book was pleasant enough, but if not for the first story would be quickly forgotten.

This is a vague story about a family’s violent beginning and survival of subsequent generations due to drawing on the strength of their constant misfortune. I did not thoroughly enjoy this book nor did I dislike this book. It just was a book. Perhaps if I were more familiar with the area in which it took place and the culture, I may have found it more engaging.

This woman is truly an inspiration! If you are feeling down this is the book to bring you back up. The author is in her 90’s and is doing more in her day-to-day than some people I know. I love her outlook on life and the humor she has for it. This is a quick and delightful read. This will be one of those books that I will want to reread every few years as I get older as a reminder of what I can really do if I would just shut up and live.