This book was very powerful and I want to share it with everybody. It’s an amazing story (or should I say journal) of a little girls abuse and also her healing, and the author donates from the proceeds to a foundation that helps abused children. You really should check it out!

Reading this book should be required before going into your next restaurant. Not only will you have a greater appreciation for waiters, but you might just avoid the wrath of your particular waiter.

After having my newborn son the first few weeks at home I felt lost and disoriented. New emotions and strong instincts were overwhelming to me and I felt lost and frustrated. Reading “Let the Baby Drive” helped me to realize that I’m not the only one who goes though a change like that. Hanessian Lu describes her emotional journey though motherhood. This book is especially worth to read because Lu shares her thoughts and feelings instead of giving the advice on how to. She brings up a lot of interesting issues that mothers have to deal with and talks about stereotypes along us. Describing with humor about going back to work or the sandbox politics this book made my anxiety almost go a way. Great reading for a first time moms! Be prepared for laughing and also sharing a tear.

This first book by the man who beat the bank on Jeopardy! - the winningest player ever, to the tune of almost $2.5 million - only briefly recounts the events surrounding that achievement. Instead, it's a highly entertaining and witty look at the fascination trivia has held in society for the past few hundred years, with organized events and publications appearing in the mid-1800s on both sides of the Atlantic. Jennings revisits college competitions in which he participated and through the friends he has made by participating in trivia contests, provides an entertaining overview of contemporary trivia events. My favorite is a radio-sponsored contest held in Stevens Point, WI for the past 40 years that regularly brings thousands to this small town in the dead of winter. For 50+ hours questions are broadcast that will appeal to different generations among a dizzying array of fields of inquiry. Jenkins laments the presence of computer geeks who are adept in using Google at some events, but the espirit d'corps seems alive and well - one long-time team has even purchased a house that will be available for their use each year. If this isn't tantalizing enough, you also will learn how many nipples a female opposum has.

Far from your typical Holocaust book. Narrated by Death, this book is a fabulous read, and although marketed and catalogued for young adults, is very sophisticated and incredibly deep.