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mfbiwap123 reviewed The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. May 06

A scholarly investigation into a Catholic-Jewish "incident" that reads like a page-turning thriller.

In reading The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David Kertzer, readers might find it difficult to not shake their heads in utter disbelief, for it elicited that reaction in me. Nominated for the National … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Saintly Women Of Modern Times. May 06

Exceptional biographical portraits of saintly Catholic laywomen.

Being a lay Catholic in the modern world is not always easy, for there are many impediments that prevent people from slowing down and finding the simple quite time in their lives to pray and to contemplate … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exor.... May 06

The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist

An excellent book on a serious subject, told objectively, respectfully and critically.

With a plethora of exorcism movies available for viewing consumption, the subject itself has always been viewed as either an archaic act of old world superstitious wizardry or a scream feast with friends … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel. May 06

The book makes for compelling reading from a cross-cultural and anthropological point-of-view.

After reading Matt Baglio's book-The Rite-the possession case of Anneliese Michel immediately sprang to mind, primarily because of the fictionalized films that were based loosely on her life and … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed An Academic Question. May 06

Quietly witty and humane. However, it is one of her lesser established novels.

A reader not familiar with the works of Barbara Pym might come away from reading An Academic Question less than enthused. Hence, it would behoove them to read her Booker Prize nominated Quartet in Autumn … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed The End Of Alice. May 06

A disgusting horror novel in every sense of the term. Moralistic and disturbing.

There are so many criminal happenings in society that it almost seems inevitable that a book like The End of Alice would come into print; when murder and crimes against children dominate the national … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. May 06

A wonderful children's book that works as history, biography and story.

Winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal for Children's Literature, Jean Lee Latham's Carry On, Mr. Bowditch tells the fascinating story of Nathaniel Bowditch, the author of the all-around and famous … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Wonderful, Wonderful Times. May 06

Another literary dud from Austria's Elfriede Jelinek.

Published in 1980, Wonderful Wonderful Times is a novel whose title is a complete contradiction to anything of what the book is indicative of. Understood and accepted. For me, however, it was a confirming … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed The Graveyard Book. May 06

Dark, spooky and edgy. Totally engaging and fun.

Once again, with imaginative and narrative skill, Neil Gaiman has created a children's book unlike any other. At once gothic and phantasmagoric, it is still, at heart, a children's story with … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed A Confederacy of Dunces. May 06

A sweeping magnum opus of jocularity, originality, creativeness and even hurt.

Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the 1960s, A Confederacy of Dunces is a book unlike any other that I have previously read. I have often heard it referred to as THAT book, a kind of complement … more

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xinzhi001 posted a Quick Tip about Green Eggs and Ham. May 06

A Quick Tip by xinzhi001

look nice,green eggs and ham will take me into the books.I think if I read it, I will be more smart,haha

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mfbiwap123 reviewed The Most Dangerous Game. May 06

A masterfully crafted edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Winner of the 1924 O. Henry Memorial Prize for Best Short Story (the Pulitzer Prize for stories) The Most Dangerous Game, also known as "The Hounds of Zaroff," is quite a thrilling and twisting … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Something Beautiful for God. May 06

Beautiful and inspiring, an instant Christian classic.

If Malcom Muggeridge never wrote anything else in his life with the exception of Something Beautiful for God, his literary and journalistic reputation would have been assured. An eloquent yet succinct … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor. May 06

A valuable contribution to the life and works of Flannery O'Connor.

Writers in general like to keep their lives private, or so I've been told, and when often asked about their personal lives, I've heard it said, You want to know me? Then know my books, and all … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Saintly Youth of Modern Times. May 06

Inspiring and interesting. A nice book for religious and non-religious alike.

Sainthood is a fascinating process, because every minute facet of the candidate's life is exposed, dissected, analyzed and scrutinized. Volumes of books can be written and hundreds of witnesses can … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Psycho. May 06

Unnerving and creepy and forever a horror classic.

Still disturbing and spooky after all these years, Psycho is a horror novel unlike all the others, because the true horror does not stem from the typical gothic elements that are found in most books … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Ghellow Road. May 06

One woman's gripping account about schizophrenia, suicide and survival.

Ghellow Road is a moving narrative of one woman's brave confrontation with her past and the gnawing demons of crippling mental illness that plagued her mother and thus affected the whole of her adolescent … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (New York Revi.... May 06

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (New York Review Books

A stark, haunting and painful recollection of a son's view of an incomplete life.

A contemporary masterpiece in the genre of the literary memoir, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams is actually an unceasing nightmare where closure is not a possibility, primarily because it recounts the suicide … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed 84, Charing Cross Road. May 06

A charming book of acerbic, gracious, hilarious letters that chronicle a twenty-year correspondence.

Letter writing is such a pleasure in this technology driven age of e-mailing and texting, partly because it is such an intellectually contemplative and slower paced act. The fluid clarity of thinking … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Speaking Truths. May 06

A psychologically fierce novel that is engrossing, affecting and satisfying.

Child abduction cases like those of Steven Stayner, Jacob Wetterling, Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard-when covered in the mainstream newspapers and national media-always evoke a vast array of hard-to-grapple … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque. May 06

Dark. Picturesque. And ghoulish. Addictive tales of the gothic, horrific and macabre.

Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque is an impeccable collection of stories, illustrating yet again why Joyce Carol Oates is one of this country's most underrated yet illustrious authors working today; … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Deviant: The Shocking True Story of E.... May 06

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the

Before there ever was a Norman Bates, there was Ed Gein.

Drawing on interviews and historical records, author Harold Schechter has written the definitive true-crime story of Ed Gein, Wisconsin's psychopathic and grave robbing necrophilic monster, whose … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Vanishing (Tim Krabbe book). May 06

A tautly crafted novel that is prosaically sharp and horrifically evocative.

Near Dijon, France, Rex Hofman and Saskia Ehlvest-his love interest-are heading to a hotel in Nuits-St. Georges in Burgundy; they are on vacation. After a brief spat while on the road, they pull into … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Geek Love. May 06

Macabre literary fiction that is both innovative and intoxicating.

Breathtakingly original in plot and in character creation, Geek Love is a unique work of contemporary fiction unlike any other. Initially, I wanted to dislike the story of the complex Binewski clan, … more

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mfbiwap123 reviewed Dracula (novel). May 06

A towering and gloomy masterwork of gothic splendor, scholarship and imagination.

In rereading Dracula-my "October" book-I discovered many nuances and subtle flaws the eluded me upon my first reading of it. They included physical descriptions of the characters and incorrect … more

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