Organize for a Fresh Start: Embrace Your Next Chapter in Life by Susan Fay West

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book had been a Free Friday selection, and it is no longer free.



This book helps a reader whose processes and systems are no longer working because there may have been a major transition in the reader's life such as empty nest, downsize to a smaller home, elderly parent moving in, changing careers, and others. West uses the acronyms of REORGANIZE and SIMPLIFY to help the reader stay on track until the job is done and the home supports you in your new life.



I'm finding the book's charts and questionnaires useful as I work through a smaller transition, having a household with two retired adults needing to use rooms differently for full-time hobbies.



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Rick Steves' Scandinavia 2006 by Rick Steves

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book has information I will use when I am in the ports of Arhus, Denmark; Oslo, Norway; and Bergen, Norway. Geiranger, Norway is not included.



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Lonely Planet Dublin: City Guide by Fionn Davenport

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


These Lonely Planet books are an excellent book for planning for they includes the websites for attractions and museums.



These whet my appetite for the places I want to visit and for the places I did not know exist prior to my research.



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Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off of Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison by Peter Schweizer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I read parts of this book to my husband when I was upset by what I read.

60 Minutes Nov. 13, 2011 episode http://www.tv.com/shows/60-minutes/watch... dares to ask the politicians about the trades and land deals discussed in this book.

I encourage all of us to read this book and ask our politicians what steps they are taking to eliminate what is referred to as honest graft.



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Hard Truth by Nevada Barr

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


There seems to be two groups of readers of the Anna Pigeon mysteries. I belong in the group that enjoys the settings and histories of the National Parks with a mystery. I'm not in the group which likes the darkness of "true crime" genre. I would put this one in the dark variety, and I don't recommend it to my friends who prefer the earlier books.



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Vigilante by Stephen J. Cannell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Vigilante is the eleventh book in the Shane Scully series about an LAPD Homicide detective.

I found it entertaining and hard to put down, and I read it in three days.

I recommend it to fans of Stephen J. Cannell's work.



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Darke by Angie Sage

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the most recent book of the Septimus Heap series.

Great adventures are in store for Septimus Heap who may start his Darke Week at the Dark of the Moon on The Longest Night. It is also his 14th birthday and the 14th birthday of Princess Jenna. A birthday celebration for both of them is planned at the Castle by Sarah Heap. The Darke power of a former villian has grown so that he can establish a Darke Domaine and get his revenge on all he feels have hurt him. It is also an opportunity for the redemption of Simon Heap.

I recommend this book for fans of the series. There is a weight of finality to the book as we readers see these characters come of age at fourteen.


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