great book.  love Cush...not so much Brooklyn....
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This is one of my favorite books ever.  Very well written with no boring parts...I love how she gets into Keatyns mind.
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Nice one.
Love this book. It could be event better if there was more echeveria covered
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I grow up on Where the Sidewalk Ends, and wanted my daugther to experience the same enjoy out of reading the poems.. She enjoys reading this book over and over again. I decided to get her one of his other books called Falling Up, and I was somewhat disappointed that it wasn't as good as Where the Sidewalk Ends. I don't regret getting the book, but wished it was a little bit more funnier.
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I really enjoyed the book. I am NOT normally a fan of $11-plus books on kindle (for God's sakes, I could have bought this in hardcover cheaper than that used! Curse my damned Kindle addiction. Why the heck can't I do like they did in the olden days and read from an actual paper book?!?...but I digress.) ANYWAY, I sprung for this one as I'm a fan of The Guild via Netflix, and Geek and Sundry and largely feel it was worth it. I feel it was a great read, and was unquestionably penned by Felicia Day herself. The phrasing, the tone, everything reflects the Felicia you see on videos. She is highly entertaining, self-deprecating, charming, wacky, and quite wonderful. The book made her seem very accessible for fans with one notable exception.
You can't really write a book where you lay your soul bare (as she essentially did here) and completely skip romantic relationships as an adult. She mentions a boyfriend she lives with a few times but that is it. We don't need his name and social security number, but some talk about how her depression impacted their relationship would be interesting. Some mention of how he supported her during filming the series in their home. Something. The lack of talk about a personal relationship felt a bit like the elephant in the room in this book. That, however, is the only complaint. I continue to be a fan.
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Not the best of her books, but still good. I loved the illustrations a lot. They really captured New York. I would of liked a little more action and suspense. I never felt like "What is going to happen next" or "I can't sit still, I need to turn the page". The part where Jack and Annie thought that Grinda and Balor were Teddy and Kathleen totally had me fooled. I thought that Grinda and Balor were Teddy and Kathleen too.
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I'm not from Brooklyn and not a huge fan of Capote and still loved this book.  The pictures are fantastic.
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I just recieved this book and already have read it half through. The history aspect written about Coney is done first class. The book is presented in hard back form and fabricated well. My reason for only 3 stars is the lack of more photos. I was looking for a pictorial history along with the story. This book has some pics but not like I thought it would. I have just ordered the DVD and hope that will show more of the viewed history that I am looking for.
Being from Baltimore I have never been to Coney and only what I have read has always amazed me. I grew up going to Gwenn Oak amusment park, that was destoryed by Hurricain Agnes in the early 70's  and sometimes a few days during the summer at Wildwood NJ, the plase I still love today over 40 years later.
  "Enjoy" Joe Kopeck
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I LOVE NEW YORK! That is why I read this book. However, Mary Cantwell is a writer and I am not. Sometimes it can be hard to follow bc she is very descriptive. Lots of run-on sentences, but if you don't mind that,  you will not mind digging a little to get to the meat of the story. I'm glad that I read this book bc I feel like I know more about New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have just read the LAST half of this book, and Mary's NEXT book, bc that is where her life really started to get interesting. My interest in New York is what got me through the first half of this book. All in all I did enjoy the book.
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I like Fairstein's books. Great literature they are not, but they are very well-written and very researched. This one involved the museums in New York (which I really, really want to see thanks to this book). A shipment of artifacts to share with other museums goes a bit awry, meaning one of the sarcophagus' open and share it's inhabitant to the men loading the artifacts. It becomes too apparent that the woman inside, though well-preserved is not a member of the royal Eqyptian family!
Cooper and Chapman have their hands way too full this time. Part of it is due to heat, crime goes up with heat. Part of it is sheer stupidity of the criminals. Fairstein does a heart-breaking analysis of 9/11 and its impact on both the city and the people who rushed to respond (cops, firefighters), and it made me remember the anquish all over again.
Cooper and Chapman have a good working relationship. They need to in this one, since the museums are bound and determine not to let the police interfere even though one of the museums is harboring a killer.
Thanks to Fairstein, I got a lot of background about museums I didn't know. Very interesting. What a warren of rabbit holes, filled with stuff we will never get to see, though I would love to visit down there. Maybe the museums should think about having limited tours for those who are interested in seeing the old and 'other' stuff.
Fun book for the beach.
Karen Sadler
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I thought "What I Hate About Living Here" was a great book.  And I'll be if "What I Don't Dislike About Living Here" isn't just as good.  It isn't as funny but it is still a great read.  I really enjoyed both.  I'd read the Wal-Mart book but I'm a cheap-skate.  Well, maybe I'll break down and get it....
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The book is very good. I liked Zaira, she is one one of my favorite female characters in the Psy/changelling series. I don't know why but she reminds me of Samine from Person of Interest Tv show. Aden was pretty good too but far from being my favorite character. I just could not connect with him the way I did with other characters. Judd and Kaleb are by far my favorite heros. Vasic was so damaged that you just can't help loving him. Drew was just too cute to resist. Aden is a bit flat compared to them. That is the problem when you make a character like Judd and Kaleb. Everyone else looks....well you know...not so good. 
I thought that some mysteries will be resolved in this book but instead new plots appeared. Le Bon is still after Sienna but they let him live for now. The book was more action oriented, with little plot, little romance and felt more like a special episode with the appearance of all the former famous characters as guest stars. Sometimes, it felt rushed like Judd's saving Aden's life with his Tk cell ability. Not even a thank you nothing. Sometimes it was not really beliavable: Walker (i love this guy) who has not been in contact with Aden for over two decades becomes the perfect father figure after a very short conversation. Come on!
The book is definitely a gift to the fans and thankfully I am one. I don't know if someone who has not read all the other books and who is not a hardcore fan would like it as much as I did.

I hope there will be an Anthony/Nikita's story soon. Abott's novella will be very much welcome. I am interested in arrows Axl and Tamar who seem really fun. But somehow, I feel that the next one will be about Changelling Blacksea or  Rainfire. I hope the books will still be good and that we won't have any fillers like Mercy, Dev or Sophia's books (I should not say that since the last five books were great but I can't help it as I was about to stop reading the books because of these fillers)
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I enjoyed 'Brooklyn Follies.' Divorced Nathan Glass comes to Brooklyn expecting to die of cancer. He reconnects with a nephew, once a promising student of literature, who has not finished his degree and lives a lonely, marginal life. He works in a rare bookstore. Glass meets his nephew's charismatic, conniving boss and becomes involved with their lives. This connection brings him into other relationships, including a new love and a resumption of a relationship with his daughter. The characters are well drawn, sometimes quirky but never cute. What prevents me from giving this 4 stars is that Auster cannot prevent his personal feelings from taking over. Of course an author's views will inform the way he writes, but they shouldn't overwhelm the writing. Auster includes yet another set of Christian characters who are rigid, hypocrites and lustful behind their outward piety. This is a stereotype that by no means is representative of all Christians. If any other faith was treat like this, the whining would set off every dog within a 5 mile radius. He also includes a rant against George Bush and the 'stolen' election. In addition to slowing down the book, it's not really accurate; we wound up with Bush due to his win in the long-outmoded Electoral College. Auster writes very well. I love his use of language. I wish he would just cool his jets a little.
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Well, this was not my favorite Pete Hamill novel. (They can't all be my favorite.) But it was still a very good read. I guess because it was about a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, with boy fights and baseball, but without the incongruous romances that I loved in Forever and North River. Still, Hamill displays his love for NYC (in this case Brooklyn in particular), and his respect for moral behavior. I love to read Pete Hamill because I trust him to make the good guys win. I trust him that his hero will take the high road. In Snow in August, while there is no incongruous romance, there is definitely an incongruous relationship that develops and is beautifully crafted. There is also some magic, and a bit of religion.  And when I finished the book, there were words from the author explaining how he came to write this novel, in what ways it was autobiographical, and more. It was an epilogue I liked almost as much as the story that preceded it. I read a review of Snow in August that said, "If you have a pulse you will love this book." I would say, if you don't love it, you will at least enjoy reading it, and probably come back for more.
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Bought for my dear husband, who loved the Brooklyn Dodgers and never stopped loving them. Any Brooklyn fan would enjoy this book.
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I love Duane. And I love Jessica's honesty and how enthusiastic she is. I love their story. Love all the Winston brothers, especially Cletus. I love the dynamics in their household. It makes me want to live there. I love that Duane and Jessica are so honest to each other and they don't lie. Love all the circumstances and people that happened around a/o involve them. But I just don't like the repetition. Not how Jessica likes kissing boys. Not the circumcised penis!
I read kindle and listened to the audiobook. I love narrator's accent and the interview at the end. It was a surprise. I hadn't expected that. But it was super nice to get the author's insight. Love all the questions and answers. I have read (and listened to) both Neanderthal books but not the rest of the knitting in the city series. But after listening to the interview at the end of audiobook, I'll make sure to grab Beauty and the Mustache too. So many good books waiting to be read. Yay.
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A very nice tribute to New York, and a good explanation of how the city works.
I did not find it as entertaining as Roz' other books, but I stll enjoyed it.
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This was a great second, and sadly, only, followup book centered around Lady Sally's infamous Brooklyn brothel. The only reason I would give it four stars instead of five is because the "books," of which there are four, cause the book to read as though you took a very long break between the first and the second - or were waiting a month or more for the next book to be released. This occasional restating of earlier actions, however, only throws the smallest wrench in an otherwise great read. Ha! Werebeagle...