Feature: Reviews in Brief

On your way out the door to catch a movie? Surfing the 'net and wondering whether you should stop by your favorite online retailer to buy a DVD or CD? Wondering whether or not you should commit some of your precious free time to the latest bestseller?

We're all in a hurry these days. Time and money are in short supply, and most of us want to get the most bang for our hard-earned bucks without feeling like we're wasting our few spare minutes. That's where BC's Reviews in Brief comes in -- our writers see it, listen to it, read it, play it, use it -- and then let you know whether or not it's worth your time and money.

What could be better than that? Reviews in Brief will tell you what's good and what's not, and won't take up too much of your time to do it. So you can use more of your time doing what you like doing.

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• Book Review: Frugal and Focused Tweeting for Retailers by Carolyn Howard-Johnson

  If you don’t quite ‘get’ what Twitter is all about, your doubts will be clarified after reading this little crash course on the art of tweeting.

  Review by Mayra Calvani — on Sep 30, 2010

• Book Review: Dante's Journey by JC Marino

  A tour d'hell with a Boston cop out for revenge.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 24, 2010

• Book Review: A Christmas Prayer by Amy Parker

  A child acts out the story of the Nativity, saying many simple prayers.

  Review by Nicole Weaver — on Sep 19, 2010

• Book Review: A Necklace for Jiggsy by Kit Grady

  Jiggsy, a junk yard dog, delights in finding a special diamond necklace he thinks will change his life.

  Review by Nicole Weaver — on Sep 18, 2010

• Music Video Review: Junip - "Always"

  Take a look at the music video for "Always" from Junip's new album, Fields.

  Review by aidyspoetry — on Sep 12, 2010

• Book Review: Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em by Ed Miller, Sunny Mehta, and Matt Flynn

  Very good resource to beat the Small Stakes No Limit Hold´em games online.

  Review by Nik Rossi — on Sep 08, 2010

• Book Review: Liberals: America's Termites by Burt Prelutsky

  Prelutsky takes no prisoners with his biting political satire.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 08, 2010

• Book Review: Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis

  A book that will capture the imagination of young or old

  Review by Leslie Wright — on Sep 07, 2010

• Book Review: Animal Sound Mix-Up by Connie Arnold

  A book that explores different animal sounds and why animals make the sounds they do.

  Review by Nicole Weaver — on Sep 06, 2010

• Reviews in Brief: Race to Nowhere Examines the Dark Side of the Achievement Culture

  Are the students of today in a Race to Nowhere because they are burnt out on memorizing and swamped with homework?

  Review by idontgetit — on Sep 05, 2010

• Music Review: Various Artists - Now That’s What I Call Music! 35

  The "Now That’s What I Call Music" scores again.

  Review by John Reed — on Sep 03, 2010

• Book Review: Reason & Tolerance by Davis Jones IV

  Yet another book calling for more amendments to the US constitution.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Aug 30, 2010

• Book Review: Bust by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr

  A dark and comic take on an old noir standby.

  Review by Bill Sherman — on Aug 28, 2010

• One Man's Junk is Another Man's Treasure

  "Too often, everyday throwaways amount to easy fortunes lost." - Dennis L. Prince

  Opinion by Geoff Snyder — on Aug 26, 2010

• Reviews in Brief: Waiting For the End of the World

  Deprived of human contact and armed with only an active imagination, Petr sets about his monotonous night shift at his local supermarket.

  Review by aidyspoetry — on Aug 24, 2010

• Graphic Novel Review: Elephant Man by Greg Houston

  A superhero shuffles through the seedy streets of Baltimore.

  Review by Bill Sherman — on Aug 21, 2010

• Theatre Review: A Wolf Inside The Fence

  A Wolf Inside the Fence is a taut play that centers on the development of these broken people in a school setting.

  Review by Obed Medina — on Aug 18, 2010

• Book Review Plone 3.3 Site Administration: Manage Your Site Like a Plone Professional by Alex Clark

  Attention, Plone website administrators: This one's for you!

  Review by Rick Wagner — on Aug 17, 2010

• Music Review - Lack of Afro - Press On

  Y'all ready for this?

  Review by mixmastermoss — on Aug 17, 2010

• Book Review: Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield

  Rob Sheffield shares stories from his childhood and as a young adult and relates them to his '80s soundtrack.

  Review by SeanRamblings — on Aug 15, 2010