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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 |
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Horse Crazy 2: The Circus Horse by Alison Lester by artemis8 Pros: fun story with some twists, nice illustrations compliment the text
Cons: none really After reading the first book in the Horse Crazy series to my five year old son he said he wanted to read more books about the two girls and the horses, so we put the next few in the series on hold at the library. The Circus Horse is the second ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
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Loom Knitting Decoded by letsknit  Pros: 1) Interesting Patterns
2) Unique content Cons: 3) Could use a few more variety in the patterns selection. Several years ago when I was given a loom kit, I finally started enjoying knitting once again.There are countless things about loom knitting that make it perfect for beginners, except for one detail: little information and patterns about it can ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
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National Audubon Society's Field Guide to North American Trees is Tree-mendous by pestyside Pros: Perfect for the layperson who is working on meeting trees across the country
Cons: Lacks the depth in detail found in regional or state tree field guides Some people collect cookbooks, comic books, gardening books, or favorite author's books. While our movers are convinced we collect all books, the core of my naturalist, outdoor, gardening library are the tree books. This makes sense since trees and ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Frightfully Fun Time Was Had By All by Freak369 Pros: Fun Halloween activity book, alternative to candy, answer key in back of book.
Cons: Puzzles might be a little too easy for some kids. Keeping up with all the Halloween books that are published every year is tough. You have a lot of early reader styled books as well as teen and tween fiction along the ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
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On the First Night of Chanukah Is Simplistic But Fun by bilbopooh Pros: fun family, good overview of some basic elements of Chanukah
Cons: the pictures do most of the talking The 12 Days of Christmas is an incredibly easy song to adapt, so it has spawned its own mini-genre of Christmas books. Cecily Kaiser and Brian Schatell extend its influence by applying it to Judaism in On the First Night of ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
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"Don't go to pieces about this, Sam." "What did you just say, Daddy!?" by aohcapablanca Pros: A method literal-minded children can follow to make sense of commonly used metaphors. Lavishly illustrated.
Cons: Too long. Pedantic. Attempts too much: one thing for children, something different for adult readers. This book's front cover introduces 30-ish Father, six-ish Sam and 20-something Mother. Daddy faces us stiffly sitting at one end of a crowded orange couch, his legs spread very wide. Mommy sits at the other end, legs also unbecomingly spread, but ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
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Deadwood Gulch, by John Edward Ames by cdm72 Pros: Short, simple to follow plot.
Cons: Predictable, I felt talked down to at times by the author. Bounty hunter Cas Everett has returned home to his family farm in Texas after ten years of adventuring to find his parents and siblings have been murdered, and the farm burned to the ground. Neighbor and family friend Yancy Carlson tells Cas he doesn't ...
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Nov 18 '09 |
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Bella Becomes More Sexual in Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer by dragonfire88 Pros: Mostly entertaining book with returning characters. Bella not as annoying.
Cons: Few things will upset some readers. When I finally picked up Twilight by Stephenie Meyer in the fall of 2008, I did enjoy the book though I didn't think it was as great as many other people claimed. It did take ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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If she could speak, what would Lot's wife say? by Stephen_Murray Pros: highly readable
Cons: what is one supposed to take away from reading the book? The title page of Kurt Vonnegut. Jr.'s 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death comes with a précis like those 18th-century books: "A fourth-generation German-American now living in easy ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Lincoln Perry hits the streets again in "The Silent Hour" by kevintipple Pros: Plot, ongoing character development, storylines, etc.
Cons: None for me at all. "The Silent Hour: A Lincoln Perry Mystery" opens with Private Investigator Lincoln Perry working solo while his partner Joe Pritchard mends in Florida. Perry is receiving letters from Parker Harrison, convicted murder, who is seeking his help. When the ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Fugitive emissions by Stephen_Murray Pros: narrator's lyricism and striking images (not least the book's cover)
Cons: sometimes hard to follow (disjointed): Friedman writes better sentences than books It is dispiriting to see how frequent the feeling of isolation remains for young men as they try to come to terms with forbidden desires for men. In "Just a Question of Love," Laurent was close to a cousin who ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Robert Louis Stevenson: A Poet Every Child Should Meet by befus Pros: The wonderful poems; lovely illustrations and well-written introduction
Cons: A timeline of his life and a full bibliography would be great additions November 13th marks the birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish poet and storyteller (1850-1894). In our family, we celebrated the day with chocolate chip muffins and some wonderful poems from Robert Louis Stevenson, a book in the ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Remembered hungers of an only child of a well-off English family by Stephen_Murray Pros: managing to evoke a sad childhood without making adult allowances
Cons: many mentions of unfamilar foodstuffs that sound pretty unpalatable to me "Forget salt and pepper, garlic and lemon. The most successful seasoning for what we eat is a good pinch of nostalgia." The first (and very positive mention) I read of Nigel Slater's memoir Toast was in an Allan Bennett diary entry ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Wealth War and Wisdom: Wealth and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. by texas-swede Pros: Good advice on how to preserve your wealth, interesting narrative of World War II.
Cons: I did not buy his thesis. "Wealth War and Wisdom" is essentially a summary of the history of the 20th century with the focus on what happens to markets and wealth in times of crisis and war. I bought and read this book because I thought it seemed to present important insights of ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Mr. Green--In the conservatory--With the garden fork! by imagine_stars Pros: Fascinating character and voice, creative and touching
Cons: Plot becomes nonexistent in places A writer, according to Thomas Mann, "is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." Unless the "other people" include Christopher Boone.Christopher is 15 years old. He lives with his father in England, ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon - Pirates of the Caribbean by AliventiAsylum Pros: good characters, interesting story
Cons: light on facts, poor sentence structure I came across the Magic Tree House series of books while trying to find books for my 9 year-old son who is on the autism spectrum. He needed to graduate to chapter books and was a bit resistant to challenging himself. I tried a ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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All Most Humor-Enthusiasts Will Want To Read Again: “The Onion Presents Our Front Pages!” by wlswarts Pros: Consistently funny
Cons: A bit expensive, Not a complete anthology of the magazine. Every now and then, I give myself a reviewing challenge; I have twenty minutes to write this review before I lose my place on a public terminal. Can I make it? Let’s find out! Recently while perusing books at Barnes & Nobel, my partner and I got ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Vive Le Chevre! by disinclined Pros: Rich, evocative, grisly detail about the realities of living with goats.
Cons: Sometimes overblown and pretentious with goat rapture. Sometimes there’s a long wait between when I put in a hold request for a book and when I actually get it. By the time it makes its way into my hands, sometimes I’ve forgotten what on earth possessed me to ask for it in the first place, ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Politics gone wild by lavinousman Pros: Interesing story with a great plot that will keep you guessing until the end.
Cons: A bit long and drawn out at times, could have been a few chapters shorter. New Characters, new twists, new plot line, Dan Brown's Deception Point brings more to the table than a good bedtime read. This book kept me interested from beginning to end. Although it did seem to run on and left me wondering if i could skip to another ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Opus Soars in A Wish for Wings That Work by bilbopooh Pros: Opus, outstanding illustrations, touching story
Cons: fans of the strip may be disappointed that Opus is the only familiar character In my dad’s office, there hangs a Bloom County comic strip in which young Binkley awakens in the middle of the night to the horrifying specter of an axe-wielding librarian announcing that his book is hundreds of weeks overdue. I’ve ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Fresh Idea, but Disappointing Execution by vampsita Pros: change of pace from most urban fantasy offerings
Cons: bad writing, poor editing, unlikable characters Buying a new book at full price by an author you've never heard of before can be a gamble. But when you have an author blurb from a beloved source like Rachel Vincent, who says, "Monk's writing is addictive, and the only cure is more, more, more" you're ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Rachael Ray's Newest Cookbook is a Book of Favorites by msmorvay Pros: Lots of recipes, most quick and easy, nice picture sections, good variety
Cons: No nutritional information, paper cover makes it hard to keep opened with out damaging cover. I recently received a gift certificate from Overstock.com recently and I immediately went on line to see what books they had there and I saw that Rachael Ray has a new book out, and since I have every other one of her books I figured I would snatch up ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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JibJab Creators Gregg and Evan Spiridellis Skewer Commercialism in The Longest Christmas List Ever by bilbopooh Pros: great rhyme, wonderful illustrations, good message
Cons: a wee bit of exaggeration... When I picked up The Longest Christmas List Ever, I was attracted by the cover art, featuring a perplexed-looking boy, pencil in hand, mulling over his Christmas list amidst a sea of brightly wrapped packages. I didn’t realize that I was ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
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Junk Food Alert by wendy7734 Pros: Cute story with lessons about healthy food.
Cons: I suppose you could get a paper cut when reading... As a child, I remember owning many of the Berenstain Bear collection books although I cannot tell you which I specifically owned. What I do remember are the cute stories that tend to have a specific lesson in each one. I enjoy reading these ...
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Nov 17 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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