JSA is the only comic I collect and for me it is the only one worth collecting. Many other books have retold the hero's origin to keep it fresh, but Goyer and Johns remind me why I collected comics when I was a kid. The raw enjoyment of reading about superheros; no contrived plots or edgy themes, just good old fashioned comic book goodness.

Hawkman has always come across as a rather boring character and I initially passed on this collection. That was a mistake on my part that I realized when I finally picked it up and read it.

The writers of this excellent series have smartly chosen to keep story arcs fairly brief lasting about five issues. This allows each trade paperback to contain two arcs. The two in this volume are excellent.

The first arc finds the JSA being attacked by the Injustice Society and Johnny Sorrow. The Flash winds up accidently travelling back in time to ancient Egypt in his efforts to defeat Sorrow. (Time travel isn't something treated lightly like in Dr. Who.) This ties the two arcs together nicely and also relates the origins of three legends: Dr. Fate, Captain Marvel and Hawkman.

Other surprises wait as Black Adam joins the JSA and the exploration of Hawkman and Hawkgirl's relationship deepens. Kendra discovers she's really Hawk's wife reincarnated, but everything isn't peachy keen. All in all, it's well written and art is top notch. Enjoy!

Perhaps the title is misleading. There IS some pre-Crisis confusion, but now it's all locked away in Carter's head. Hawkman is a great character and the conflict between Hawkman and Hawkgirl has been played out really well in the pages of HAWKMAN. I recommend this book to everyone. JSA is the original superteam--and they have characters from Alan Scott to the Sand to the new Hawkgirl. It is appealling to all.

John T Hough's newest novel "The Last Summer" is a great read.Mr Hough is a gifted writer whose Chacacters come to life and connect with you on every page.I did not want this beautifully writen book to end.This one is a must read..Michael Mello

This is a beautifully written, engrossing book about complex people and the pain, sadness, and joy that come to them in unexpected ways. John Hough has an unusually fine ear for dialogue and brings the reader into intimate contact with the characters. At the same time while not obstrusively so, the writing has a compelling poetic quality. This is a captivating book about people with interesting sensibilities. It also has a strong narrative line and is a good read. i recommend it highly.

This is fine storytelling, rich and smoothly written without
being slick. It does an excellent job capturing the flavor of
the time and place--Cape Cod in 1968. The book works very well
on a variety of levels: the relationship between an older woman
and a younger man, politics and power structures, and life at a
small-town newspaper. Claire Malek leaves Washington and, by
chance, winds up as a reporter for the Covenant, a twice-a-week
paper in a town on the Cape. She has a lot of learning, and a
lot of unlearning to do about the job. A twice-weekly small-town
paper is not like the N.Y. Times or the USA Today, and the job
of a reporter is very different. You'll learn a great deal from
this novel about the operation of such a paper, from the flatbed
press to the manual typewriters, but there's no getting bogged
down in the details. The author's father and grandfather were
editors of the Falmouth Enterprise (on Cape Cod) and his great-
uncle was Henry Beetle Hough, Pulitzer-winning long-time editor
of the Vineyard Gazette, so the author can describe life on
such a newspaper with loving care.

The Covenant's editor has a son Lane who has just graduated from
college, and who also works on the paper, and there is an
attraction between Lane and Claire, which develops into a
relationship. I have read all too many books which would take
this basic theme and exploit it in an unpleasant manner, but
here things seem very natural and not labored.

The writing style is a joy. As the book gently points out,
as Claire learns, good reporters can tell a story succinctly
and cleanly--they don't waste space, but neither do they
abbreviate. The writing style has this flavor--there is no
sense of padding, no extraneous verbiage, things are told
straightfowardly. Too many novels--too many popular novels--
are short stories padded into 300-page books. John Grisham's
novels seem to be this way, whereas Scott Turow's books are not.
The Last Summer has a fine, easy, unlabored flow to it, and you
don't find paragraphs and pages that you wish had been left out.

There's an epilogue, which brings Claire and Lane back together
after almost 30 years, and the epilogue provides an excellent
counterpoint to the overrated Bridges of Madison County. In
Bridges, each of the lovers has no clue about what the other is
doing over the following years--this never seemed believable--
a top photographer/author who continues his work can be found,
and the photographer can get the local paper, which would let
him know some of what is going on with her life. This is not
always true--it can be hard to find a transient, for example.
In Last Summer, Lane and Claire both stay in the newspaper
business, and, realistically and believably, each has been
able to follow the career and life of the other.

A fine read.

I have NEVER laughed so hard, and been so drawn into a work of fiction. Not only was I loving Johnny McBride and hating Hide immediately, but I was savoring every page...i.e: not reading it when the kids were around to bother me...this is a tremendous read with so much heart and humor:) McAfee should move to the ocean and write full time and honor all of us with further works of art!

From the opening page the humor starts and Johnny McBride begins the journey of his life. With the humor born of a lifetime of experience and the poetic use of language John P. MaAfee brings the world a book about life and making decisions. From the West Texas cow county of the west, you will travel with McBride even further west until he ends up in Southeast Asia. After that it is back west by a means almoast unbelievable that McAfee makes real. Then the questions are answered, even some that didn't seem to be questions in the first place. A truely enjoyable read, it was hard to put down and I did so only to preserve the domestic tranquility. Then it was up early to finish before going to work. McAfee has gone beyond SLOW WALK IN A SAD RAIN. This book is the must read of 1998!

If you've enjoyed the work of Cormac McCarthy, then you should not miss "On Rims of Empty Moons. McAfee wanders over similar terrain as McCarthy, but he has the craziest imagination you've seen in print for years, and a wild sense of humor that finds laughs even in the midst of the goriest events and the blackest tragedies. The book takes the reader on a crazy journey from the dry landscapes of West Texas and northern Mexico to the steamy jungles of VietNam, and accomplishes all without a false note, because the author knows intimately the places and the ways of life he talks about. My personal thanks to McAfee and his publishers at Texas Tech Press for a book in which finally an Anglo author writes about Mexico without making the speech of the characters and the language they use sound like snippets of dialogue from an old Cisco Kid movie. Can't wait for the movie version! (Nahh! Hollywood couldn't cope with this kind of imagination without emulsifying and adulterating it!)

Just for the record there are MORE than 12 books. Furthermore, yes, they are incredible. It's an ongoing adventure with a fantastic plot. I've used them to get my students into reading allowing them to DO something with their reading. But yes, there are more than 12, I DO in fact have them all and am NOT in fact interested in parting with them.

The Lone Wolf series is a great series. I have all 12 books and am going through them all again. Get this book.

The book basically brings you right smack into the surreal world,whereby evil and good fight for control.I can say joe dever moves you with all the vivid memories of how lone wolf journeys through the land to arrive at durenor to get the sommerswerd.The book made me think about life in fact and could even control my feelings[angry,sad,etc.]with the vivid descriptions of the situations.UNFORTUNATELY the books are all out of print.I just wish joe dever would actually consider reprinting new issues,as i never had a chance to find out how lone wolf developed in the later issues.PLEASE DO REPUBLISH THE BOOKS.

I'm not a kid. But this book about endangered birds, and the practices by humans that are behind it, is an engaging and interesting read for parents also. Buy it, and read it with your kids.

I learned that if there is something really great in the world you should not destroy it. Other kids should read this book because it has great expressions and it's a fun book to read...S.S. (age 8)

What the Parrot Told Alice can be read by young children (age 8-10) as an early-reader chapter book and by older children (through middle school) as an environmental learning tool. The story is well-written with excellent characters that all children love. And it combines good reading with scientific learning - just perfect for elementary and middle school children...The Science Spiders(TM) Newsletter.

This book was great! This is one of my favorite Sweet Valley University books. Jessica Wakefield and Michael McAllery get married, but Jessica's too scared to tell anyone. Elizabeth Wakefield loves Tom Watts, but WIlliam White loves her. Nina Harper suffered an attack along with Bryan Nelson. But will she ever get close to him? Isabella Ricci wants Danny Wyatt to help her get closer to Tom Watts, but they end up getting closerto eachother. Todd Wilkins is starting to realize that Lauren Hill isn't as wonderful as he thought she was, plus he's going through some hard times due to the scandal. This book is great!

I liked this book, it wasn't boring and it continues what was left off in "What Your Parents Don't Know" I just wish that ELizabeth and Tom could at least find out that one of them have feelings for the other because it's beginning to get irratating that they always get jealous of one another when they are with another person or when they get interuppted by someone when one of them are finally going to confess that he likes her and vice versa.

I liked this book because it has romance, suspense, plenty of suspicion and of course, a very unexpected ending. This is one of the best Nancy Drew books I have read since I started reading them last year. I couldn't put it down

Guys, don't be put off by the word "love" in the title. This is a book about guys for guys -- which means it's for us too, ladies. As a woman, I have to say that I was shocked to learn that men actually talk about women, relationships, sex and commitment the way Dearie's characters do -- and in such detail! This is what happens when we're not around.

Dearie's characters are so real, you know them from the first page. I know Jack, and Alex, and Sarah, and Kim!!! The book reads almost like a play -- more dialogue than pure action, but the story is my life and the lives of my friends. Dearie's ear for what matters is dead on, both in what the characters say, the scenes, the circumstances -- everything rings true. And his writing is clear, crisp and breezy, like a nice summer cocktail. Be both entertained and enlightened -- read this book!

John Dearie's book paints a vividly realistic portrait of New York and single life here from the man's perspective (one often overlooked in writing or films these days). Although more about dialogue than action, the book moves quickly, as each character or scene evokes familiar memories of our own lives-- the persona we take on in public or private, the crossed signals people send, the ease with which we manage to screw things up without realizing until too late... This is Dearie's first published book, but I expect we'll be hearing much more from him. If you're thinking of purchasing, then (as one character memorably puts it) carpe diem-- seize the carp!!

This is one of the only books that I have read that honestly describes the plight of every single guy you ever meet in New York, if not the world. Not only did I wonder why the author was giving away our precious secrets, I wondered how he managed to get away with it! I couldn't put the book down. My only regret is reading the book so soon, I would have enjoyed it much more sitting on the beach drinking a cool cocktail, served to me by either a short man in a white suit, or a HOT island goddess. Hopefully she wouldn't have read the book yet, or she would be able to know everything I was thinking!

Kudos to the author.

This was a good book. I liked it all the way through. I think he should have done a sequel to it, telling what happened to the Dainid and Alyssa.

Alyssa and her best friend, Caitlin, are on a dinosaur dig inthe midwest. After some eggs are dug up, strange occurances andattacks begin to take place. None of the attacked people die - they all become ill, and then vanish. Alyssa begins to wonder - are the victims turning into dinosaurs? Read this exciting book to find out. It was a fun, quick read.

I love the idea of dinosours coming to life. At times in this book I wanted to laugh, others cry. Alissa (main charecter) is smart to think something is going on when an odd fern grows in the middle of the desert. This book has great twists like how Caitlin, Alissas best friend, becomes a dinosour. Just the right amount of adventure, horror, and fanstey. If you liked Mr. Peel's work with "Diadem" you're going to LOVE this!!

Naiche is described so stirringly in this book by Dr. Tayac that any native or non-native American would want to know him. Many American children in 2002 grow up multi-culturally and this wonderfully written children's book clearly evokes a compelling portrait of Naiche's world. The richness of Naiche's Indian culture will expand the horizons of any child who reads this page turner.

This is a timely book, especially with the typical flurry of Native American activities that start in November in schools around the nation. One of the best qualities of this book is that it shows that Naiche is like any other American boy: has a family, lives in a house, eats pizza, plays soccer, and wears cargo pants. Native Americans are still the subject of stereotypes fueled by many aspects of society. For example, sports team mascots that reinforce people's ignorance. This book goes a long way toward showing that Native children have the same dreams and needs as all of our children.

This is a beautifully written and photographed book that should be on every teacher's reading list, public library, and family bookshelves.

Having seen an advance copy of this extremely informative and enjoyable book, I can urge teachers and parents looking for entertaining material on how Native Americans in the East live today to buy this book. It tells the story of a multi-tribal boy and his daily life. Dr. Tayac has an engaging writing style and the history and culture are presented in a very accessible manner.

I recently stumbled across The Sleep of Stone in my local library and thought it looked interesting. My read of it turned out to be a predictable, but pleasant experience.

It is a very short novel about the origens of a local legend. The shortness makes it an enjoyable quick read and the legend, although influenced by various fairy tales, is fresh and captivating. The story is presented in a simple storytelling frame structure. An old man encounters a young couple in a local romantic grotto and ends up telling them the sadly romantic legend associated with it of a young couple from years before and of the creature whose consuming love of the young man tried to destroy them. It is a story sweetly told, but with a close eye to the deep emotions of the characters.

I found the actual tale of the Sleep of Stone to be the best part of the book. The frame story was cute, but it was distracting. It actually took me a few tries in starting the book because I couldn't get past that part. While the end part is good, the beginning part (which sets up the real story) is not very captivating.

The real strength of the book was the way as a reader I was able to empathize with the characters' emotions. The young love of the couple was evident, but most vivid were the feelings of the creature that tried to destroy that love. The creature's obsessive love of the young man completely consumed her. This burning desire pushes her to trick, murder, and unleash utter chaos at the young couple's wedding. The passion is so real, it is disturbing.

The book follows a typical plotline for a fairytale type story, but it still is a touching and enjoyable read. Pick it up for a short cozy evening and have fun.

The Sleep of Stone is marvelous. It's a simple story, but told with stunning beauty and depth. The atmosphere is dreamy and slightly surrealistic. This wonderful little treasure can be read on so many different levels-- The Sleep of Stone just goes to show that fantasy doesn't have to be of epic proportions to be excellent. This slim little volume touched me more than six or seven hundred pages of complex plots and myriad characters could have.

You have to read this book it was the best book ever to be written and one you simply just can't pass up. I rated it a ten only because there were no higher choices!!! There is just not enough words in the english dictionary to describe how wonderful a book this really was!!!