Overall a fairly good book
586134
Yep we all know the artwork and handwriting are endearing, but how about the recipes? Overall my wife and I have had a fairly good track record. Some turned out wonderfully, white bean & black olive soup, cashew ginger stir fry, sweet potato pancakes & the lentil walnut burgers.. I think only a few turned out to be sort of weird tasting or kind of bland.... But I don't want to name those because the error very much could have been with the chef preparing them and not to text! So who knows...

But this has been a fine collection to our cook book library. Some other really great ones out there are Vegetarian Planet by Didi Emmons (love this book!), Market Vegetarian by Ross Dobson (small book, big tasty recipes with lots of pictures), or anything written by Deborah Madison. The most important thing is that books like these inspire us to save money, eat consciously, and slow our day down with wonderful healthier food.
2311626
This book was a fast read. There is a lot of white space on the pages that make the book seem bigger than it is. Not that that's relevant to the story itself, but it's worth noting.

I thought the author did a good job of keeping the focus on the main characters. However, that relentless focus often left me wondering, "what is going on here? What is the bigger picture?" The story and the world it took place in seemed as if it had more potential than was ultimately revealed.

Overall, it was a decent book. I wouldn't say it is "profound" or "genius" but as books go, it was better than most and not as good as some.
1817983
I really enjoyed this book, but thought it could be better.  While some of the characters and plot directions are just excellent(Josh & Doug, Emmeline & Toby, Jackie) others seemed so completely superfluous (Marly, Ryan)that they barely intersected with the main narrative and seemed designed merely to pad out the book. Still, pleasant enough and worth reading.
2355806
Seems to be ok could be a little more informing. Some of the topics are too short and some are too long. Overall it's pretty entertaining and educational.
4279531
For the most part this is a fun and informative book. As a previous reviewer noted there are some mistakes, but, honestly, I expect there to be some mistakes in just about every travel book I read. (Although a few in this book could have been easily avoided by a simple internet search.)

The color photos are wonderful, and the history section, while brief, is easy to read and knowledgable. Its a good jumping off book for planning a trip, although again you might want to compare to another travel book or the internet just to make sure you have all the facts straight.

This book definately inspires you however and most of the discriptions of locations and whatnot are accurate. Its a good addition to a collection as most travel books do not include color photos.
2947054
I really enjoyed the book for the most part.  There are some great topics discussed.  I especially enjoyed the chapter on nonprofit/corporation alliances.  The downside: I thought the two chapters regarding Boards were lacking.  Overall, it's definately worth checking out.
176160
I would recommend this book, so I give it a four.  Some of the questions brought up in the text don't seem to be answered, therefore it's not a five.
3687980
I would say that this book is good but far from great. The kindle version had some spelling errors in it, but since we're getting it for free I can't complain too much. They're was a lot of foreshadowing that went on in the book making it fairly predictable. However, having the view points of several people every other chapter or so was enjoyable. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
2301106
I liked the book overall.  It did keep my interest, but I felt there were a lot of ideas and story lines going on at once.  Less ideas more developed may have worked better.
104916
The book has a good baseline story. It's not particularly deep but it is a quick, easy read and keeps you interested. It was definitely worth the Kindle price which is why I rated it 4 stars. It was occasionally frustrating that some of the "common sense" thought processes weren't there with some of the characters' decisions but if you can get past the repeated typos and "why didn't they just do 'xyz' then it's a good book. Besides, if they did what you expected, then it probably wouldn't have been much of a story. I'm interested to find out what the author does in the next book (but I hope there is a better editing process for the digital version...the typos and mistakes drove me crazy).
1710509
It has enough intrique to keep you reading. For the most part it is a good book. At times, the author gives too many details or repeats details already stated earlier.  I skipped over some of the passage due to this. Some of the material seemed redundant.  I will say, though, I  am ready to read the third book so I can find out what becomes of the characters in the story.
3801363
Overall a good book, but I agree with some of the other reviews.  Way too much detail leading up to events. I found myself skipping through a lot of material to get to the point.  I like the way it was constructed, and a good theme, but I would recommend further books to cut out much of the minutia. Some more descriptive language would be helpful too.
214684
well i just happened to see this book browsing through amazon.
The book has various chapters and each chapter is written from point of view of a character.

the books theme is good and could have been brought forward even better.
The characters were decently defined.
i was lost in lots of descriptions and side stuff and lost interest in between.

Book ended nicely for the sequel though
would rate it 3/5
3049326
pretty good for the most part, It got a little slow toward the middle but I would recommend it for light reading
871377
Most reviewers seem to like this book, but I would rate this an ok book.
1229997
Until the end, I actually rather enjoyed this book's take on zombies. These zombies feel pain and in some cases have some form of thought process rather than being the typical swarm of endless shuffling undead. How the zombies are created was a little disappointing to me when it was finally revealed, but overall, this wasn't too bad of a book.

The world painted is quite bleak and hostile, the character's motivations are clear and while he does not always make the most sensible of choices, it's easy to figure out why he makes them and how he got there. The dream sequence was meant to be jarring, but I think it could have been done a tiny bit better without losing it's shock value.

Otherwise I found it a little redundant at times, but overall, a rather enjoyable read.
2715795
Pretty good book overall, but I would have liked it more if there were more color sheme charts/ drawings to choose from.