Home Buying for Dummies - Eric Tyson & Ray Brown

Obviously I read this because I'm looking to buy a house.  My last experience was so horrible, I was convinced I did something wrong.  This time I thought I'd do way more research to ensure the same errors were not repeated.  As it turns out, my lack of education was one of the reasons I had trouble, HOWEVER, everything I didn't know SHOULD have been taken care of by the people I hired. It was not.  This book harps on putting together a good team.  I had a team, and as best I can tell, it should have been good, years and years of experience.  But that team dropped the ball at every available chance.  So, I could have corrected them, but  they shouldn't have let any of those mistakes happen to begin with, that's why they were getting paid!
I like the format of this series of books.  As an E-book, it didn't always format right, but you could at least get an idea.  There's a lot of great general information, but as they repeatedly remind you, there are always exceptions.  I know I had a few very odd, specific questions that this book could not answer. (that's what the internet is for)  But as a prep guide, it's very good.

Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin

A classic, so I thought I should give it a try.  It was about what I expected.  The author does a perfect job of setting up the tower so that it crumbles perfectly at the end.  You pretty much know what the deal is the whole time, but it's still wonderful to see it all come together.  And the ending, while not what you want, is perfect for Rosemary's character and makes total sense (unlike some other fiction I've seen lately, ahem!, GoT... anyway!) 
As a classic, if you're a horror/suspense fan, you should probably put it on your list. If you're not a horror/suspense fan, eh, that'd be up to you then, but I enjoyed it greatly.

The Witches of New York - Ami McKay

This was a fun book.  Sneakily feminist.  I liked it. Was it life altering? No. Was it a good romp? Totally.  I loved many of the obscure historical references like the Egypt-mania of the turn of the last century, tansy tea, the weird obsession with seances, carrying coals in oyster shells and especially the Comstock Act.
This book will make you appreciate how far women's rights have come, holy jeeze!  Perhaps the detail I appreciated the most was not a historical reference but the twist the author put on the relationship between Satan and witches.  The "alliance" of witches and the devil was manufactured by demons because witches work against the evils of the world and Satan's work.  So over the centuries, demons have turned people, mostly men, against them.  That was a very crafty move.
I'd recommend this to people who like an entertaining piece of fiction set in the 1880's, but I would not recommend slapping it at the top of your "To Read" list.