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The Beloved of God by donnamr Pros: Excellent drama, intrigue, humor, well-defined characters
Cons: None Most people know Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus from the Academy Award-winning movie. That film was a well-done, though very different version of the original play. The play opened on Broadway in December of 1980 and ran for almost 1200 ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Solve the mystery of the Ninth Nugget by jnbmoore Pros: Good mystery
Cons: not a great introduction to the series Summer is in full swing. Luckily our local library does lots of programs that keep the kids busy. Last week Monkey Girl went to one on Bunco*. All the kids left with a book. Monkey Girl chose a book from the A to Z Mysteries series: The Ninth ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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The Greatest Gospel For Guitar by vmadwop1 Pros: A wonderful written book by a great guitar player.
Cons: Hard to turn pages on music stand. Gospel Classics for Acoustic Guitar was written be Steven Zdenek Eckels. It was written for the guitar, and it is all fingerstyle playing. It contains some of the best arranged gospel music I have ever played. Mr.Eckels is a guitar instructor at ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All - A mother and child review-nion, part IX by millinocket Pros: Good mysteries, short chapters, sweetly nostalgic
Cons: "Nostalgic" veers into "dated" at points I remember Encyclopedia Brown from way back in the middle ages when I was a kid. Of course, back then, those books belonged to my brother. Encyclopedia is a boy, so his stories were deemed books for boys. That didn’t keep me from reading them (in ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Devastatingly Dexter by abhaille Pros: Enriches the story told by the Showtime series.
Cons: I thought the description of Deborah Morgan was a bit pale. I spent some of my birthday money to pick up a couple of Dexter books. I've enjoyed the series on Showtime and ordered this book without reading very much about it. Now I'm glad that I didn't read much about it. I probably wouldn't have ordered it and ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Circles, Squares, and Triangles with Boz! by djningr Pros: Cute book, good intro for shapes
Cons: A couple of the pages have rhyming issues... Recent release from Zonderkidz This book is a recent release from Zonderkidz which is a local company where I live. My husband recently won a raffle drawing in which he received a lot of books from Zonderkidz and we were eager to try this book ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Learn Your Colors With Brown Bear and Blue Horse? by jurgrace Pros: Teaches kids their colors; kids love this book
Cons: Some of the colors aren't realistic; the artwork is just okay When my oldest child was born my aunt sent me some children's books. Two books written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle were included in the package. One was P
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Jun 27 '08 |
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A Crucial New Understanding of the 20th Century's Most Famous Naval Battle by booknerd85 Pros: Exhaustive, informative, and engaging study of the Japanese carriers at Midway.
Cons: Not many - this is groundbreaking history. The Battle of Midway is an event that has transcended mere history to become a permanently-ingrained element in the modern American mythos. Few would doubt that it was one of the most important naval battles of the 20th Century. After all, the image of ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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"I'm very special. Surely my prostitute will see that!" by Stephen_Murray Pros: It's over soon
Cons: Han Chinese arrogance and racism, very tired plot Early on in Gold by the Inch the first novel by culture journalist Lawrence Chua, the unnamed, multiply alienated, heavy-cocaine-using, often-impotent, 23-year-old architect-narrator of Chinese descent commits a gaucherie and "promise[s] to spend ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Lacerating a queer Chinese self, and others by Stephen_Murray Pros: bite of the pieces, reflections back at the performances
Cons: too many lists, much seemed bilious to many in the audiences I saw several of local (to San Francisco) bad-boy queer poet Justin Chin's performances during the late 1990s at Josie's Juice Joint. Until I read the 2005 collection of his performance scripts, I had not known that he had stopped such performing or that ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Injustice collecting by Stephen_Murray Pros: sometimes very funny, often insightful
Cons: too often self-pitying, blind spots Justin Chin is a slam poet and San Francisco performer with a lot of grievances, the main ones being with his family, with white men who are attracted to him, and with white men who are not attracted to him. In the various performances pieces in which ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Stay far away from this Halloween by jnbmoore Pros: Ton of facts
Cons: I had to plow through it to finish it Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I remember dressing up as a Mailbox, a lion in a costume made of chicken wire and paper mache. My daughter has taken up the tradition. In the past few years she has been a volcano, a robot from a Sponge Bob ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Reviewing: "Of All Sad Words: A Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery" by kevintipple Pros: A tale well told..
Cons: with no cons. Blacklin County, Texas is a fairly, quiet place most of the time which is how Sheriff Dan Rhodes likes it. His idea of a citizens' Sheriff's Academy had seemed like a good idea at the time in that it would teach folks about the department and generate ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Playing Dress Up with Your Cat is Not Recommended by carmenbabylove Pros: Beginning reader, written in rhyme, simple words
Cons: Girl is insensitive, cat is rude, story is average, use of the word "dumb" Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat is part of the Hello Reader series and is a rhyming primer for beginning readers. It is rated a level two and suggested for kindergarten-grade 2. It is 30 pages long and it written Rita Golden Gelman and illustrated by ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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The storm is back and she has returned for revenge… by sarah5775 Pros: Held my interest well enough, and had a really unexpected ending
Cons: A theme that has been used a hundred times The Taken by Sarah Pinborough explores the themes of revenge and redemption. This creepy horror tale centers around an evil child back from the grave. In terms of originality, this plot has been done many times- evil children have been a mainstay in ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Sister Grieves a Beloved Pet in The Berenstain Bears Lose a Friend by bilbopooh Pros: gentle story, support of family
Cons: Since when does Brother call Sister "Sis"? Goldfish aren't the most interactive of pets, but they're often the first pet a child has, and attachments can still form even though they don't run, play fetch or curl up on a kid's bed. When my brother Nathan was four or so, he received a fish at the ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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A Pigletish Lemur Lets Go of the Jitters in Something Might Happen by bilbopooh Pros: very funny, might alleviate fears
Cons: Aunt Bridget's methods are rather dismissive One of the most popular exhibits at my hometown zoo is the one housing the incredibly noisy lemurs, which have a habit of getting all worked up and filling the air with sounds of their barking and screeching. I don't think of them as timid creatures; I ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Yrsa Sigurdardottir combines gruesome details, compelling mystery by sarah5775 Pros: Intriguing story keeps you guessing, some suspense
Cons: Book is slow at times, dragging in the middle Last Rituals is by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, an Icelandic author whose previous works have all been for children. Since Last Rituals contains graphic details of ancient torture, mutilation and even cooked body parts, it is hard to imagine Sigurdardottir ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Well, Something Beneath Our Feet, Anyway by msiduri Pros: Interesting story, well-defined characters, natural explanations
Cons: Many depressing elements, not suitable for younger or more sensitive children. In her short life, Katie Carson Blaine has already known a lot of loss. She lost her father some years prior to the beginning of the story. Her stepfather has been gone for about eight months. Now Katie, her mother and her stepfather’s son, Jay ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Karma Wilson Book about Childhood Teasing by carmenbabylove Pros: Addressed childhood teasing
Cons: Some ideas may be upsetting to young children, some difficult words Karma Wilson is a much loved author in our home. I came across Sweet Briar Goes to School at our library and checked it out. It is a 30 page picture book which is geared towards mature preschoolers through early elementary. Synopsis ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Sister Gets Into a Scuffle in The Berenstain Bears and the Bully by bilbopooh Pros: Brother's concern for Sister, shows that bullies may have troubling issues to deal with
Cons: confusing, no clear message, seems to say fighting is okay In The Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd, Sister Bear gets her first taste of the cruelty that children are capable of when hip Queenie comes to town and excludes her from her fun. Queenie, who eventually becomes one of Sister's best friends, is ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Sister Has Trouble Adjusting in The Berenstain Bears and Baby Makes Five by bilbopooh Pros: covers important topic, Sister's-eye view
Cons: Mama and Papa aren't very observant In The Birds, the Bees and the Berenstain Bears, Sister Bear is very excited about the new baby that will be joining her household. But by the time the baby comes home in The Berenstain Bears and Baby Makes Five, she's not so sure that ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Brother and Papa Both Have Problems in The Berenstain Bears and the Homework Hassle by bilbopooh Pros: encourages responsibility with homework, lots of fun references to pop culture
Cons: Sister's taunts, Papa seems to have backslid Brother Bear just can't seem to get a handle on his homework. There are two different Berenstain Bears books about him getting behind in school. One of these is The Berenstain Bears and the Homework Hassle. In the other book, it's a lousy ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Sunshine Home Acknowledges the Turmoil of a Loved One Entering a Nursing Home by bilbopooh Pros: sensitive story on an important topic, great illustrations
Cons: a bit depressing Nursing homes can be scary places. Even the nicest of them are likely to feel cold and impersonal in comparison to home, and the loss of independence can be devastating both to the elderly person involved and to family members. Eve Bunting's ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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Grimly comic memoir of a child soldier in West African civil wars by Stephen_Murray Pros: Birahima's sardonic voice
Cons: the realities recorded, the interruptions to define words Ahmadou Kourouma's novel Allah n'est pas obligé (Allah Is Not Obliged) won the 2000 Prix Renaudot in year 2000 and The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. (An early (1932) winner of the Prix Renaudot was Voyage au bout de la nuit by ...
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Jun 27 '08 |
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