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Joanne Fluke - Plum Pudding Murder
Plum Dumb
by pinksteeler
Pros: Familiar characters to series readers. Some recipes sound good.
Cons: S-L-O-W moving story, uninteresting dialogue, pathetic love triangle.
Yawn... Groan! Snarl. I’m telling you now - don’t waste your money and avoid putting it on your wish list. Plum Pudding Murder is barely worth the trouble of borrowing from the library. This story is worse ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Alaa Al Aswany - Friendly Fire: Stories
Struggles for any measure of respect in rigid, impermeable Egyptian hierarchies
by Stephen_Murray
Pros: Notes, Nagi's Face, Kitchen Boy, Boxer Puppies; gallows humor
Cons: depressing picture of life chances in Cairo; some very sketchy or opaque stories
Although published (both in Arabic and in English) before the blockbuster best-seller The Yacoubian Building, the novella and 16 short stories in Friendly Fire by Alaa al-Aswany were written before it. ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Amy Krouse Rosenthal - Little Oink
My Son's Class Loved Little Oink
by msmorvay
Pros: Cute story, counting opportunity, tickle opportunity
Cons: Younger kids might not get the humor, easily explainable though.
I had the opportunity to go in and read to my son's kindergarten class recently.  I wanted to make sure I chose the right book, a book that would hold an entire class room of kindergartner's interests, so I went looking for newly released children's ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Boris Akunin and Andrew Bromfield - The Turkish Gambit: A Novel
Espionage/war/mystery novel from the perspective of a shallow young Russian woman
by Stephen_Murray
Pros: insight into ethnic and sociopolitical reform mobilizations that are still resounding
Cons: a lot of characters, context unfamiliar to many
I have not read The Winter Queen, the first Erast Fandorin Mystery by Boris Akunin (born Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili in 1956 in Georgia). The Turkish Gambit was the third published in English (after Murder on the Leviathan, ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Dalmatian Press and Elizabeth Clasing - Elmo's Delicious Christmas
Elmo's Delicious Christmas Elevates Oscar the Grouch
by bilbopooh
Pros: sweet message, Oscar and Telly
Cons: several major characters don't appear
This is the year that Sesame Street celebrates 40 years at the forefront of children’s programming. While many of the ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Caroll Thibault Pomerantz - Wallpaper: A History of Style and Trends
Wallpaper as Art
by pambo
Pros: Gorgeous examples of art
Cons: None
If you think wallpaper is all about simple flower designs and destined to remain a coverup for damaged walls, you might want to take a good look at the marvelous “Wallpaper: A History of Style and Trends,” which shows us just how artistic it ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Jillian Cantor - The September Sisters
A Missing Girl, a Family Holding its Breath
by dandj
Pros: simply written, yet able to elicit emotion; a great, non-paranormal book
Cons: tiny editing issues; may be looked over for not being part of current fiction fad
Abby and Becky were called the September sisters because their birthdays were 2 years and one day apart.  It could be assumed that two such girls would not just be sisters, but best of friends.  That would be an incorrect assumption where these ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Clive Gifford - Tomb Hunters: Discover the Incredible Lost World of Egypt
Tomb Hunters: An Entertaining & Educational Interactive Egyptian Themed Book
by Freak369
Pros: Packed with information, secret drawer, great artwork.
Cons: NONE!!!
If you are a fan of the Wizardology, Egyptology or Fairyopolis books then you will absolutely love what Tomb Hunters has to ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Barbara Park - Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May) Books
Junie B. finds Goodwill but it wasn't easy
by pestyside
Pros: Junie B., Reality of six year olds, Holiday life lesson, Humor    
Cons: Intentional grammar errors less irritating than in other Junie B. books    
Strange holiday spirits can make children do the oddest things, or maybe it can transform a lump of coal into a squeeze-a-burp that gives warm good feelings rather than a throwing-up fearful feeling. Even Junie B knows when she's wrong but she's so ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Anne Rice - Interview With the Vampire
"I whispered over the hot stream of her blood" Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
by teamfreak16
Pros: Some 30-years later it's still as good as it was upon first read
Cons: Louis can get a bit whiny at times
Armed with notebooks, pens, a tape recorder, and tapes, he prowls San Francisco taverns nightly, a young journalist hoping to interview someone, anyone, with an interesting story. Tonight, he has found someone with a whopper of a tale—Louis, a ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

John J. Lamb - The Treacherous Teddy
Hunting Accident? Or Murder? Brad Must be Beary Clever to Solve This One
by carstairs38
Pros: Confusing mystery with great characters and humor
Cons: Tad slow in the beginning, little true bear influence
I almost passed up the Bear Collector's Mysteries, figuring they'd be too cutesy for me.  I would have been a fool.  The Treacherous Teddy is the fifth entry in the series, and they continue to entertain.The series stars Brad and ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Mark Kimball Moulton - Reindeer Christmas
Mark Kimball Moulton's Reindeer Christmas Encourages Generosity
by bilbopooh
Pros: beautiful illustrations, rhyming narration, tender story
Cons: vocabulary might be too advanced for especially young readers
One of the first Christmas gifts I remember receiving from my aunt Nancy is an autographed copy of Jan Brett‘s Annie and the Wild Animals. Several ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Ray Tedman - Queen
Queen - Rex Collections.. The History of rock band Queen through pictures
by scapp70
Pros: Many pictures that even I haven’t seen before, nice quality paper
Cons: Written history here is nothing new. Photo Captions are often misleading and incorrect
I had just picked up this book from Amazon.com since the price dropped so much within their marketplace.  I paid under $5 for a "like new" copy of this rather large 12" x 8 ½" 160 page book.  On Amazon, I saw the cover of the ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Chayamachi Suguro and Nitro+ Chiral - Togainu No Chi 1
Togainu no Chi: Life and Death -- And Maybe Love -- Among the Ruins
by rmthunter
Pros: Strong, complex story, vivid characterizations, gorgeous graphic work.
Cons: Graphics are pretty dense, and page size detracts from legibility.
The first volume of Togainu no Chi by Suguro Chayamachi and Nitro+ CHiRAL looks like the beginning to a very good action/adventure series with BL overtones, set in a near-future dystopia that provides an appropriate background to the ...
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Nov 19 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Giovanni Caviezel - Halloween
Halloween by Giovanni Caviezel is a fun board book
by artemis8
Pros: fun shaped pages, happy Halloween theme
Cons: very short for the intend audience
We picked up several Halloween books this year that we hadn't seen before. One of them, simply called Halloween, was a short fun board book on the holiday that my five year old son and I enjoyed.Each page of this 8 page book is cut in the ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Dale Hudson - All I Want to Do Is Kill
A Very Troubled Teen
by saintrose60New Member
Pros: This book caught my interest and since I do read, I purchased it. 
Cons: None.
Fifteen year old Holly Collier was a very troubled teen.  Because she did not live by her grandparents' rules and preferred to live in her own little universe.  She simply thought she was superior and even used drugs.  On that last ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Diana Hacker - A Writer's Reference
Diana Hacker- A Writer's Reference (sixth edition)
by ricechewer
Pros: organized info, good explanations, easy to look up topics with tabs, on-line companion site.
Cons: it is an older edition
Hey there fellow writers. Are you looking for an awesome tool to help improve and assist your writing? If so the Diana Hacker "Writer's Reference (6th Ed.)" is the perfect tool. I bought it for my first English class in college when I was a freshman and ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Gregg Olsen - Bitter Almonds: The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders
Bitter Almonds
by saintrose60New Member
Pros: True-crime story author Gregg Olsen has done a great job writing this book.
Cons: None.
Bitter Almonds is written by author Gregg Olsen who also had written the book "Abandoned Prayers." This is a true-crime story of Stella Nickell who was convicted of the murders of both her husband ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Bruce M. Metzger - The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Updated, Mostly Fascinating Oxford Illustrated Companion To The Bible~
by jankp
Pros: mostly fascinating and well-researched if possible
Cons: a few things discussed in review
Copyrighted in 2008 The Oxford Illustrated Companion To The Bible was not always illustrated and first was published in 1993 with a similar structure by Oxford University Press and Bruce Metzger. That original edition claims to possess over 250 ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Tsugumi Ohba - Death Note 10: Deletion
Shaping up very well. 4.5 stars-95%
by boodapuffmonk
Pros: Great plot, still very gripping, unpredictable, a new character
Cons: Forced character development, pacing issues
Completely bored with his everyday life. Straight A high school student Light Yagumi is about to experience excitement he's never dreamed of. After class, Light comes upon a black book on the ground titled "Death Note". The user instructions describe if ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild
A mystery story made better by being real
by paulsavage
Pros: The story as a whole, the historical and personal parallels
Cons: Nothing significant enough to list
(I’ve noticed that more and more writers are self-referencing their work within their reviews, so I’ve decide, for the time being, to engage in that bit of self-promotion.) I didn’t expect that I would read Jon ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Steve Hely - How I Became a Famous Novelist
Doin' It For The Fame
by disinclined
Pros: Sharp, wickedly funny send-up of the crappy writers who dominate the best-seller lists.
Cons: Not to be taken seriously in any way.
Lately the universe has been sending me fiction and nonfiction books about writing bad novels.  If Steve Hely’s literary satire is anything to go by, then the worse of a novel I write, the greater my chances of becoming a smash ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Carl Bernstein - All the President's Men
"ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN": THE TALE OF TWO JOURNALISTS
by mike.holmes
Pros: Well written, fascinating description of the dogged determination of two jouralists to print the truth
Cons: Somewhat repetitive
Recently, I was privileged to see Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward at a local forum in Odessa, Texas.  My good friend and fellow Epinions writer, Ed Williamson, and I were somewhat surprised to that the venue for the forum was totally packed.  ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Susan Crimp - Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out
It's Not Easy
by msiduri
Pros: Many stories are sad, but need to be heard.
Cons: Can't help feeling there's a bit of an agenda, particularly in the essays.
Mr. Siduri told me that when he was younger, a friend's father once advised him a good place to meet women was church. “But I hate religion,” the dearly beloved replied. “Doesn't matter,” the friend's ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

William Lobdell - Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America--and Found Unexpected Peace
He Looked Around and Thought: This Can't be Right
by msiduri
Pros: Interesting, heartful if sad story
Cons: Child abuse not easy to read about.
In 2000, William Lobdell, had his dream job reporting on religion for the Los Angeles Times. He'd found some amazing, jaw-dropping stories, like that of 70-year-old Madge Rodda, a church organist who gave a Bible to the man who'd raped and nearly ...
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Nov 18 '09 Overall Rating:
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