I really liked reading and doing the lessons in this book. The hands-on exercises are fantastic. Better yet, there were a few things I didn't understand clearly, and so I e-mailed the author and she answered any questions that I had. There are a few minor glitches in the book, some proof-read errors, which most of them are corrected on their web site which are listed on the errata page. I've already reported a couple errors that I found and they will update their proof-read error page. One annoying thing was having to turn back and forth to the back of the book to see the database schema diagram. The best thing to do is just photo copy the diagram so you don't have to constantly turn to the back of the book while doing the exercises.