Dancing on a Powder Keg: The Intimate Voice of a Young Mother and Author, Her Letters Composed in the Lengthening Shadow of the Third Reich; Her Poems from the Theresienstadt Ghetto. by Ilse Weber
Killer Fashion: Poisonous Petticoats, Strangulating Scarves, and Other Deadly Garments Throughout History by Jennifer Wright
AUTHOR: John Meyer, Stephenie Meyer, Adam Halwitz, Cindy SpertnerMY RATING: Leave This Song Behind is a collection of poems that depicts different life situations teens experiences: such as depression, problems with parents, sexuality and love issues, to name a few. Teen poetry but a young adult, such as I, still can relate to some of the poems in this book.Several of these poems that I associate myself into are: Write What You Know by Mandy Seiner; Charcoal Boat by Callie Zimmerman; A Letter to the Past, Present, and Future Selves by Sofia Wesley; and Chinese Politics (over dim sum) - Eda Tse. There are other poems that are quite remarkable, e.g., Don't Fall In Love by Claire Podges; and The Sistine Closet by Hannah Livernois.  The selection of poems in this outstanding book will leave readers ponder whether they have experienced the same situation or currently in that state, which was described in each poem. If you are into poetry, having a copy of this impressive book should not be missed.Thanks to the publisher for the review copy of this. |
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AUTHOR: Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Man a Cookie is a 32-pages pure comic entertainment. Wives would be able to relate to the funny and — more often than not — annoying behaviors of their husbands that were narrated in this graphic novel. 
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AUTHOR: Tracy Calhoun| MY RATING: JJ's Journey: The Unbelievable Life of JJ, The Therapy Dog is a must-read for dog-lovers like me. Undeniably, the canine's compassionate personality and truly being the man's best-friend is shown here through JJ's story. JJ has also retired from being a therapy dog and she was undergoing chemotherapy. It is really heartbreaking whenever our canine pals/family are sick and we always try to ease their pain by giving back the comfort they've given us. The lives of dogs usually span from 10-15 years and even though their life expectancy is short, they devote their whole life spreading love and empathy; and that's what we should learn from them. It's not how long we live, but on how we spend/use it to help others. |
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MY RATING: I've got to enjoy only 6 out of the 35 new poems/prose in this 3rd book of Lang Leav. I was anticipating that this could be better than her 2nd book, Lullabies. But I was quite disappointed that it didn't meet my expectations. These are the 6 poems/prose that I like in this book: Virtual Love  A Writer's Plea Take me someplace where I can feel something—I want to give away my heart. Tell me his name so I can know love when it speaks to me. Give me someone I can write about. Dear Love  In Love You’ve not yet had your heart in halves, so little do you know of love— to tell me I will soon forget, there will be others to regret. Now all the years have proved you wrong, my love for him burns bright and strong; you can’t divide the stars from night— from love there can be no respite. Hope  The Saddest Thing   |
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| MY RATING: I tried to like the poems in this book by Lang Leav. But it seems that no matter how much I try, I can't seem to connect to almost 90% of the content of this collection. I just found some poems too pretentious while some are bland and vague. |
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| MY RATING: I had high hopes for these poetry books of this author because they are always on the bestseller list in our local bookstores here. So I was really curious about what's the hype and give some time to read them. Just like my review of her book Love & Misadventure, I was thinking that maybe I was neither in love or heartbroken that's why I cannot fully grasp those poems. But I guess it's not me because there are other not-so-good reviews about this. Still, regardless of the low rating I gave and the bad review, I found some good poems in this book such as When, An Artist in Love, Forewarned, The Dream, The Poet, Perfect, Ode to Sorrow, and Almost.  While the short stories I enjoyed are Patience  Dyslexia, Dead Poets, Despondency, and Nostalgia for Today.  |
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| MY RATING: These are the poems that I like in this book: Just Friends, Afraid to Love, A Way Out, The Keeper, and Jealousy. Is it me or it is just that some of the poems included here are either lack of depth or feelings? But despite that, I really like Lost Things  and Dead Butterflies;  especially the latter. I might have enjoyed these books of Lang Leav if I am either in love or heartbroken at the moment. |
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| MY RATING: ★★★★★ Just within this year, I was able to read the first two poetry books of Michael Faudet and I was quite disappointed, thus I have to rate them low. But this latest and soon-to-be-published poetry book of Faudet is very impressive! I can count a lot of poems that are remarkably well-written most notably Destined To Be Yours, Love, and A Beautiful Deception. Once released, I would definitely obtain a copy because this is for keeps. |
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MY RATING: Similar to Faudet's first published of a compilation of poems, this 2nd book of the author didn't please me. There are few prose and poems that are a bit okay yet still far to be considered remarkable or exceptional. |
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