Wow.

This was a brief, deep, amazing book that left me wanting to read more. Very cool.

This was great—the perfect mix between “real life” and the ironic things that happen that make life funny, and bearable. The story was good, the acting was great … highly recommended!

This is definitely worth a read

By now, many people have seen the film with Colin Firth. If you haven’t, it is very much worth viewing.

This book is based on the research & family documents discovered by Mark Logue, grandson of Lionel Logue, King George VI’s speech “therapist.” It is the warm story of Logue’s life, his orgins in Australia, the close relationship with his wife, and finally, what turned out to be a long-term and caring relationship with the King of England.

Not much information is given on actual speech therapy techniques used, as the field was in its infancy and records weren’t kept.

Also included are actual recordings of a couple of the king’s speeches, interesting to listen to in the context of the story.

If you’re an Anglophile, which it seems I may be turning out to be, or you simply enjoyed the movie, you’ll want to pick up this book.

For me this was a whole new way of looking at the world, treating the marginalized simply as people instead of as “problems.” For every happy story there was a sad one, true, but what Father Greg is doing with the gangs in East L.A. is nothing short of amazing.

This is a quirky wonderful novel about, as the subtitle says, second chances. A relationship that may not be quite what it seems, a death, a mangy old stray dog, and an “old man” combine to make this story funny, sad, and definitely worth reading.

I think I started this hoping for a little more personal biography, and much of this is a recounting of her professional history. I enjoyed it more as it went along, especially when she got into her motion picture career, which was a bit more familiar to me. Loved her sense of humor, too, very succinct and to the point …

This was lovely, very well-crafted, magical with a real-life footing. I watched it with our 10-year-old and my 87-year-old, and we all enjoyed it.

I have never really read “The Diary of a Young Girl,” and listened to a seriously abridged audio of the book. So I found this graphic novel enlightening on a number of levels.

First of all, it sets what’s happening in Germany alongside what’s happening with the Franks. And the book actually begins before Anne was born, and goes on a bit after her death (the history of the book, etc.). The other thing I had never really put together, that this book makes a point of, is the relation of the Great Depression (which went worldwide) to the rise of Nazi Germany. In that light, the change of German government made a little more sense …

I see a lot of self-help and relationship books, and I’m always a sucker for a catchy title. That said, this book was one of the most helpful and intelligent books on relationships I’ve read. Written by Harvard-educated lawyer and couples mediator, this book speaks to the basics, starting with appreciating your mate. She cites a survey that states that 94% of people who are told “good morning” by their mates “said that their relationship was good to excellent.” Who knew? There are some ideas in this book definitely worth trying.

Ce magnifique!