The Fireside Book Chat

The Fireside Book Chat


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Everything Bad is Good for You by Stephen Johnson - a book review by Cory
May 08, 2010

Everything Bad is Good for You by Stephen Johnson - a book review by Cory

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Amber
May 07, 2010

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America. New York: Holt Paperbacks , 2001. N. pag. Print. The book Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America is about the author Barbara Ehrenreich putting herself in the low wage work

It’s Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong - a book review by Sam
May 06, 2010

Armstrong, Lance. Its Not About the Bike, My Journey Back to Life. New York: Berkley, 2001. “The definition of courage is: the quality of spirit that enables one to encourage danger with firmness and without fear,” states Lance Armstrong on page 266

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser - a book review by Lindsay
May 05, 2010

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Print. Schlosser’s main point through out the entire book it that the fast food chains have changed the United States in a negative way. He begins by talking about the founders

100 Selected Poems by E. E. Cumming - a book review by Kaitie
May 04, 2010

Cummings, E. E.. 100 Selected Poems. 1st Evergreen Ed ed. New York: Grove Press, 1994. Print. E.E. Cummings 100 Selected Poems is a collection of some of his most well known and poems.  Among these highly praised poems is "Buffalo Bill's," "a man who ha

Questions About Angels by Billy Collins - a book review by Meagan
May 03, 2010

Collins, Billy. Questions About Angels. Pittsburgh: William Morrow and Company, 1999. Billy Collins is an amazing poet. His book the, “ Questions About Angels”, has greatly impacted on my thinking. It made me realize how to look at the world thou

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer - a book review by Gretta
May 02, 2010

Pelzer, Dave. A Child Called "It." Deerfield Beach: Health Communications, Inc., 1995. Print. A Child Called "It" A Child Called “It” is a true story about a young boy who has been abused almost his whole childhood by his mother. When he was a baby up

Tweaked by Nic Sheff - a book review by Shannon
May 01, 2010

Sheff, Nic. Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008. Print. This book was written by Nic Sheff. It is about his struggle to stay sober. The book goes through about two years of Nic's like in and out of trea

Against Medical Advice by James Patterson - a book review by Brandi
April 30, 2010

Patterson, James, and Hal Friedman. Against Medical Advice. New York City: Grand Central Publishing Company, 2008. Print Against Medical Advice was a sad story about a child living with Tourette's Syndrome. The book, written by James Patterson and the li

The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer - a book review by Kaitlyn
April 29, 2010

Pelzer, David. The Lost Boy. Deerfield Beach: Health Communications, Inc, 1997. Print. David Pelzer was very young when he first started to be abused by his mother.  One day David's teachers noticed the bruises on his arms and decided to take action.Â