Sandra White

Perfectly useful and comprehensive but a little vague and general

I'm pretty happy with my experience with this book, though it's more general advice and information than strictly instructional, which is good because flexibility and failure are human and OK. The author leaves all the decision-making to us, to you.

Ms. White gets brownie points from me for correct usage and spelling of the words “pored” and “its.” However, after wading through onslaughts of telling-and-not-showing, I was finally defeated by this bit of dialog: “ 'It's beautiful out here, Jack. Blakefield's city fathers have done a superb job expanding and building without totally demolishing the wonder of Mother Nature.'”