37. The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter by Katherine Ellison Lots of studies done on rats in this one. The author is an investigative journalist, and that is evident throughout. She reports...is a history of libraries, but much more. It delves into libraries' role in our societal conscious and continually praises the beauty of books. Lots to learn from this book, and just as much to enjoy

Title: Funny Letters From Famous People Author: Charles Osgood Format: Paperback Date Started: 10.29.08 Date Ended: 10.29.08 Number of Pages: 223 Grade: Summary: This lightweight... In the end, this male-heavy book reveals less humor and more pain than the letter writers intended, which may be something of which old school CBS anchor Osgood is aware. Comments: Hillarious

Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason by Russell Shorto   Russell Shorto has taken a unique approach to the conflict between science and religion...focus of the book, only a thread used sporadically to tie Shorto’s ideas together.               To read more about Descartes’ Bones , buy it or add it to your wishlist, click here. .  

More info about these titles on our website: http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/upcomingMystery.shtml Murder Packs a Suitcase by Cynthia Baxter (Bantam pb, 1st edition, $6.99) Bright Hair About the Bone...The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler (Bantam hc, 1st US edition, $24.00) - this series is a delightful combination of spooky and quirky; I'm looking forward to reading this one! (Elizabeth)

The mister and I almost never go to the movies, but I would love to see this: And if you haven't read the book , you should!

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has always been one of my favorites books of all time, so I admit that I picked this book up for the title alone.  Luckily, I was disappointed...again.  She shares details to illustrate her points, but some of them are from other families, and she never overshares, keeping this snappy little tome moving along at a brisk pace.  A fun, quick read.

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World Writer: Vicki Myron with Bret Witter Genre: Non-Fiction Pages: 277 Do you love cats? Because if you do, I double-dog-DARE you to look at this...Lovecraft because, well, getting through that prose feels like pulling teeth, so I'm going to read something that will hopefully be more enjoyable. So, next up will be . . . Graceling by Kristin Cashor

#44 is 'Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme', by Chris Roberts. Per the jacket summary: "Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seem-a wealth of concealed meanings hids..."down in the bear pit, swilling beer" along-side the adults. *snorts* There's a subtle humor, too, very British, that I liked. Made for entertaining reading, though I can't say it was a quick read.

Alas -- an agreeable atrocity! Absolute awareness awaits anguish after an anticipated awakening. Be bold, be brash, be best: bewildered butterfly breeders boast benign but beautiful beliefs -- beware... dastardly dreams develop during dubious dinner dates. Endure evermore: evil eavesdroppers elicit echos, eventually exiled; essentially eliminated. Forward? Flighty foxes forever fight for favoritism

87 I heard about this book while I was reading book reviews out of a magazine.  Now, I don’t remember the exact magazine, but I can say with a certain amount of certainty that it was for people...in books related to drugs or family struggle.  There is also a book that his son wrote, called TWEAK, from his point of view that is also out in stores now.  Wait for this review in coming weeks.