Beverly J. Scott has written an exciting, "nail-biting" suspenseful mystery that will keep the reader on the edge of his seat. Skillfully, the narrative moves along with identifiable and realistic characters and authentic dialog. A poetic and sensitive narrative gives readers relief in-between the ever grim developments within the plot. And just when the reader is ready to breathe a sigh of relief, there is an unsuspected twist to boggle his thinking. Righteous Revenge is a great read and a real page-turner. Mystery lovers, don't miss this one! Beverly J. Scott is a new mystery writer emerging on the scene and sure to find great success in her first book, Righteous Revenge.

Evelyn Horan-author, children's historical fiction-Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl Book One. (See more about me).

Don't judge this book by it's cover. I was pleasently suprized by this book. After the first few words I was drawn into this mystery. I had to force myself to put it down, to attend to the other things in my life. I look forward to the next book by Beverly Scott. I know it will be a big success.

"Righteous Revenge" by Beverly J. Scott is, without a doubt, one of the best mysteries I've read to date. The plot is full of suspense, with just the right amount of romance. There are twists and turns throughout the book which leave the reader constantly guessing as to who the killer actually is.

Ms. Scott's writing style approaches the poetic with wonderfully crafted descriptive and words that flow smoothly and gracefully. The inspirational cast to the book enhances the story line of this contemporary novel. The characters seem real and pull the reader into their fictional lives. The very end is mystifying and left me thinking about the book long afterward.

This is a book I had trouble tearing myself away from. An exceptional novel by this first-time author and I eagerly anticipate her next one. With writing of this quality, I predict Ms. Scott will be on the best-seller list before long.

What a wonderfully written book!!!The authors obviously did their homework!!! I am a 15 year old girl and the humor couldn't have hit closer to home!! Thanx to Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman for the best comic strip since Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes!!!

After reading this book, I decided to buy one for everybody on my Christmas shopping list! It doesn't matter if you have a teenager in the house, you can still appreciate the antics of life with one. This comic strip is destined to be a classsic!

Remember when mom and dad were "pains" and how they suddenly became intelligent when you reached the twenties? Jeremy is living through this complex event, sometimes with maturity, but usually in his own world of being smarter than his dumbfounded dad, and many words ahead of his quick-comeback mom. Underlying the narration of this familiar time of life is a theme of strong family love which makes the entire comic strip a wonderful read. Good work, Borgman and Scott! Wish our Pittsburgh newspaper would carry your strip.

Leaves of Red and Gold turned out to be the most interesting book I have read in over a year! You cannot help but be drawn in by the main character -- Matthew Schipani -- as his tale of disappointments, loves, hatreds, frustrations and accomplishments unfolds. Be warned -- the end is riveting and you won't be able to put the book down!

Leaves of Red and Gold is a great story of love, the law, suspense, and politics! I found the main character to be someone I wish I could have known in real life...bright, handsome, enthusiastic, and caring. I picked up this book on a Friday and read all weekend until I was done..I could not put it down!

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! That is what I say about Leaves of Red and Gold! It is an exciting fiction that had me up late at night reading! The characters are extremely well drawn and the settings between Boston and the western part of Massachusetts adds greatly to the novel. I agree with the many reviews here at AMAZON that this is a novel too good to be missed! It does present a strong gay character in a exciting life. I like the fact that he is not "pure", he has his faults, but yet you grow to love him and then the end of the book sends your head spinning! I chose this book for my book club and our readers agree, this is quality stuff!

I also agree with the AMAZON reviewers that this novel would make an excellent movie! It is dramatic and has enough twists and turns that would keep the viewer completely entertained! As I was reading Leaves of Red and Gold, I could envision certain people starring in the many wonderful characters this book developed.

Do yourself a favor, order Leaves of Red and Gold, go hideaway by the pool with a nice drink and sit and read and read and read! You will want more when you close the back cover!

Orson Scott Card has been acclaimed as one of the most gifted storytellers of our time, and he certainly shows it here. The novel reads not like something thought through and put on paper, but as a story told around a warm fire on a cold night.

This is not to say the plot and characters are themselves without merit. To the contrary, Card weaves a fascinating tale of the power (and price) of mercy, both in the past and in the present. I would not recommend the book for the squeamish, however, as (like much of Card's early work) it contains several graphic (in a disturbing sense, not a sexual) scenes.

A very good friend recommended 'Harts Hope' to me years ago. It was my introduction to Orson Scott Card and it shattered my concept of fantasy.

I have yet to this day found another novel that has stuck with me so completely. I became engrossed in the story from the first paragraph and enraptured by the end. The words flowed through you like liquid poetry. I found myself stopping many times to re-read paragraphs that stunned me with the beauty of their flow and imagery.

I have purchased this book for many friends who have come back to it as many times as I have. I recommend it highly!

No matter whether you read Card's current or old stuff, it's all great! In this moving tale published in 1983, the story reads as a skillful blending of a long parable and historical Bible narrative. Think this might sound boring? Not in the least. Card draws you into the story and provokes you to think. This is one of his many gifts. There is hidden meaning throughout this book. You'll see this in both the obvious and subtle passages of the story. And as you reflect on what he has to say, you'll also find yourself relating to his characters. You'll care for them. And as they experience trials, hardships, pain, sacrifice, and joy, you'll experience it along with them. In Hart's Hope, Card uses one of his typical character techniques: A young child. In this case, two young children. Though their birth's are separated in time by many years, their paths are destined to cross. And though both have been inflicted with childhood scars of unjust pain and suffering, their ultimate divergent responses are as opposite as night and day. Where the one chooses to permanently hate and seek retribution, the other seeks to heal. And in doing so, ascends to those heights attainable only through self-sacrificing love. My only disappointment with this book was that it had to end. Like all of Card's stories, you don't want the story to finish, but to just keep going on.

Journey to Cubeville is cram packed with outrageously funny jokes, as usual. Scott Adams is brilliant. His jokes are funny, and no matter how strange they are, they are somehow very close to the sad truth as well. I am a member of the DNRC (Dogberts New Ruling Class) and an avid Dilbert Fan who has all of the books. I can honestly say that this one is one of the best to date.

This book has some of Scott Adams' best work in it. Just pour on the sarcasm and take shots at corporate America!

In addition, there are punch out Dilbert finger puppets with a punch-out cubical so you can "Micro Manage" your own group of peons (as close as most of us will get :-)

Dilbert rules!! This is my first Dilbert book and I really enjoyed it. The situations and jokes are very funny and easy to relate to. Kudos to Scoot Adams spokesperson for the common man.

Although the U.S. Army Rangers is mostly glamorized for its daring assault on Pointe du Hoc during the Normandy landings in WW2 and in Spielberg's movie "Saving Private Ryan" (which involved a certain squad of 2nd Battalion Rangers on a dubious mission), it has evolved into a leaner force in Vietnam with a much different mission, that of being the long-range "eyes and ears" of the Army. In "Charlie Mike," Leonard B. Scott portrayed the harsh reality of combat through the eyes and minds of these soldiers whose every mission was a struggle for survival, isolated deep behind enemy lines. As a former Ranger himself who served in 'Nam, Scott's descriptions of the sights and smells of combat as well as the camaraderie of the Brotherhood-in-Arms possess a realism and immediacy few novels equalled even today. The only deficiencies (hence "only" 4 stars) in this book are the poorly drawn romantic scenes; they probably are best left out altogether because, rather than lending a more human element to the story, they only served as boring interludes to the pace of the action. Luckily, the novel's written in "snippets" so that you can easily skip these parts. All in all, not a bad debut novel. If you like this type of book, I highly recommend "Black Hawk Down," which is based on the snafu in Mogadishu, Somalia.

scott has done it again.Every book by him is hard to put down.In charlie mike you get to know the charecters and feel part of their platoon.Read all books by this ranger.

The book is very realistic. Detailed in every way. l.b. scott is a wonderful writer and he captures the horror and compassion of vietnam.A must read for prior military.The follow up book the Last Run picks up where Charlie Mike leaves off. They are great books for ones own collection

This book is a real page turner, facinating the reader with each horrifying story. If you travel on foot in grizzly country, this book will keep you alert and on your toes the next time that you venture out. Not a stupid "When Animals Attack" piece of sensationalized garbage, this book educates on the possible causes of bear attacks. Written from a conservationist, but by no means tree-hugging or bleeding heart, point of view, the book inspires a deep respect and admiration - and a health dose of fear - for these powerful animals.

Mark of the Grizzly is an excellent choice for anyone that loves the outdoors.... whether it is hiking/fishing in the backcountry, visiting national parks, or just an interest in bears, this will be one of the best books you ever read on the subject. Once I started reading, i couldn't put it back down. Not only is the book entertaining, it is also educational. McMillion reveals numerous ways of decreasing the chance of being mauled by a bear while in the backcountry and what you should do in case you're one of the unlucky ones. I have read nearly all of the books on bear attacks released within the past 20 years, and I'd have to say this one ranks right at the top.

Scott McMillion's "Mark of the Grizzly" is a very good bear book. As a man who has been interested in bears for many years, a man who has observed many bears in the wild for many years, and as a man who hunts black bears with primitive, single shot, muzzleloading rifles, I came to this book with many opinions of my own. McMillion anticipated my ever comment, my every question and my every objection. He responded to each of them and then he went on to teach me things I didn't know about bears.

This is an important book because it is a great study of the relationship between brown bears and man. But it is also an important book because as the human population grows and we edge out wildlife, and especially potentially dangerous wildlife, it may become one of the only reliable books on the kind of man/bear encounters described within its pages. Such encounters have been a big part of human history.

I had my local library buy this book for me. I read the book and now I am going to buy a copy for my home. If you have an interest in bears, this is a book you should read and own.

Incidentally Scott, If you're out there and you come across this post: A) Congratulations. B) Bears DO respond to a "dinner bell". C) Drop me a line sometime and I'll tell you a local bear story I heard recently.

You will laugh, cry and be confused when you read this book. This book can teach you that what you think is good is not always good.

There is a boy named Peter Pan. He sprinkles fairy dust in Wendy and her two brothers. Then he shows them how to fly. He takes them to Neverland and shows them to the Lost Boys who live there. Wendy becomes their mother. She makes up rules, like any other mother would do. The boys have to follow these rules. Everything was fine until Captain Hook came with his crew to where the boys and Wendy were. While Wendy and the boys were at the lagoon, where they go every day after dinner, they see a girl named Tiger Lily, princess of her tribe. She was captured by Smee, one of Captain Hook's men. Then Peter saved her. A few days later Wendy and the boys were on their way to Wendy's house when they too were all captured by Captain Hook. Then Peter saves them. Then the lost boys, Wendy and her brothers go home. All except for Peter.

It is mostly about what the people in the book think is right with childhood. The kids in the book think that if you grow up it is bad, but in our case it is actually good.

Peter Pan is a violent book not really made for children under the age of 10 but people 10 and up can read it. It is violent because of the language that is spoken and the idea that killing could be fun. Also, the vocabulary is very difficult for children under 10 to understand. Even if you're older it is difficult to understand.

Overall, it is a good book but watch out for the violent ideas if you are reading it to little children.

When talking of literature, people tend to look solely at books they read today but forget what they used to read, namely the ones we read as children. It is a common misunderstanding that children's literature is to be read by children and children only, but when we come to think of it, which one of us are not children, at least in our hearts?

One of the best books any child, young or old, can read is Barrie's Peter Pan. Although written in the past century, it has something for any generation at any time. Its humorous views at the world from a child's mind left me rolling over the floor, laughing; the exciting storyline kept me busy with reading until the end; and the serious undertone made me think of whether the world wouldn't be a better place if we realised that deep down, however deep, we are in fact all children. So if YOU are a child, which you most certainly are, get yourself a copy and enjoy your ongoing childhood.

This is an utterly charming work. It has been retold myriad times, but nobody else has done it as well as the original teller, J. M. Barrie.

It's difficult to know what to say about a book like this... everybody knows the story. But I guess that unless you've read this book (not just seen a movie or read a retelling), you don't really know the character Peter Pan, and without knowing the character, you don't really know the story. So read it.

By the way, if you enjoy this, you probably would also like "Sentimental Tommy" and its sequel "Tommy and Grizel", both by Barrie. There are differences (for one thing they're not fantasy), but there are also compelling similarities. Anybody who found Peter Pan a deep and slightly bittersweet book would be sure to enjoy them.

-Stephen

Card has a tendency to turn cultures into setpieces (the most egregious example of which is Samoa in "Children of the Mind"), and that tendency is evident here. It strains our willing suspension to think that thousands of years could pass with family-clans learning and doing the exact same thing. It detracts from the believability of the story. That said, it does increase its fable-like qualities and allows Card to get to the point more quickly.

And Card does have an interesting point. When I read this book a few years ago, I enjoyed its adventure and revenge aspects. When I re-read the book for this review, I enjoyed it for an entirely new reason: the book sets forth the importance of autonomy and self-determination, and their primacy compared to other human values. Lanik forms his own purpose and becomes his own person; he is willing to kill an entire family-clan because it was attempting to deny the other clans their right to self-determination; and finally, he destroys the link between the planet Treason and the rest of the Republic in order to give the planet the autonomy it deserves. Card wove his theme consistently from the individual, through the group, to the collective.

But there's no need to overanalyze this book. Exercise your own autonomy, and read it and enjoy it on whatever level you want.

Treason was the first book I read by O.S.Card, and I was blown away. It's one of those stories that I just wanted to jump into and become a character. For me it is an excellent satire of the beligerant ways of humans, and it keeps me guessing about how life could be in parallel dimensions. I read Ender's Game shortly after and was not let down at all. Card is a one-in-a-lifetime author who captures the adventurous and wonderous sides of his readers

Not since Ender's Game has a book so successfully denied me my much-needed rest. Treason took me two days to read -- only interrupted by two eight-hour shifts that I refused to call in for, and, even then, it stole my breaks.

Now, while I would like to resent the work itself for exhausting me so, I could never bring myself to hate something so brilliantly constructed, so perfectly woven and so beautifully written. Card's outdone himself this time. A first-person shifting-milieu character piece -- only Card could pull that off. And pull it off, he did. It was, perhaps, the greatest reading experience of my life.

Life, death, fear, discovery, perseverance, deception...all incorporated into a story that shakes the earth at will, makes the hours pass like minutes, and engages the reader's imagination so greatly -- so completely -- that he/she might well radically regenerate a second, maybe even third mind. This book was so damned good that I bought a second to lend to friends.

I have no higher a recommendation. Satisfied?

I have always been fascinated by novels of ideas. I do not think that putting ideas into a narrative is easy and "Knowledge of Angels" is successful in bringing back to life the lively debates of the Medieval theologians. However, when it comes to philosophy the story is weak. It builds on a now somewhat outdated Enlightenment idea of Reason being natural and self-sufficient. Here we have a Prince who comes from an unknown place (a sort of rationalist Utopia of the 18th century) and ends up disputing with Medieval scholars. It is as unbelievable as a story where Plato is tele-transported to the British Library in the 19th century to have a discussion with Karl Marx. On the whole, however, I recommend the book as it is well-written and a good read

Jill Paton Walsh's "Knowledge of Angels" should havewon the Booker Prize. It is arguably the most outstanding yetaccessible of the five novels that made the shortlist in 1994. Set in the medievial ages, KOA is a brilliant and highly intelligent fable of ideas. Controversial perhaps, but timeless. Even today, we continue to debate the question of whether the concept of God is innate to man or acquired through the intellect and the socialisation process. In the middle ages, certainly during the times of the infamous Spanish Inquisition, it was heretical to espouse the creed of atheism. The crime was punishable by torture and death. The story of Amara (the wolf child), brought up and suckled by wolves before being returned to human society, was to be the great experiment by which learned scholars of the day sought to prove the existence of God. Palinor, the castaway who hails from a world where people live by the principles of humanism, finds his life endangered when his unconventional ideas threaten the orthodoxy of the day. Paton Walsh's novel isn't even specifically about religion or humanism. It is about the need for human society in its search for truth to understand the confining nature of paradigms, to continually challenge conventional wisdoms and reinvent itself, and to practice tolerance if the search for truth is to be served. Astonishing, yet not. "Knowledge of Angels" is a beautifully crafted and highly entertaining novel of ideas that should be read by those who love good literature. I can't recommend it highly enough. END

Knowledge of Angles by Jill Paton Walsh is one of the best books of our time. Its richly illustrated plot was truly unique. We read this book for a high school English class and both agreed that it was one of the best books we've ever read. The story of a wolf-girl slowly interwines with that of a man unjustly persecuted because of his beliefs. A young girl, raised by wolves, is captured by men and brought into the human society. A kindly boy finds help from the Cardinal who in turn decides to perform a religious experiment with her. She is brought to a secluded cloister where she is to be kept without any mention of God in her presence. In this way, the Cardinal tries to find out if there is actually a high spirit, that seems to guide you. This careful experiment soon leads to surprises, that would best have been left unknown. The story of a wrongly persucuted man makes "The Knowledge of Angles" even more amazing. Palinor, a king from an unknown "perfect world" fell off a boat and swam to a nearby island. He is immediatly thought to be an athiest because he neither knows that God exists, or knows that He doesn't. Palinor was put into prison, then released and taken to talk to the Cardinal. His arguments are so convincing that he even has the Cardinal somewhat doubting his faith. The two stories come together to create a very important theme, one of love, hate, God, and sympathy.