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Junie B. Jones suffers her first heartbreak when she is (Almost) a Flower Girl by jurgrace Pros: Sweet and humorous story dealing with young emotions
Cons: Minor undesirable behavior, but I blame that on the adults If you've read any of my Junie B. Jones reviews, you are no doubt shocked that I am giving this five stars. While my first grade daughter loves this series about the world's most obnoxious kindergartner, the girl drives me nuts. With the exception ...
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Dec 28 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Eighty is Not Enough: Veteran Actor Dick Van Patten Tells All by Bryan_Carey Pros: The humility; The optimism; The generous attitude toward others in the business
Cons: Many decades of experience packed into a small space Entertainment is an important part of the American experience and it has been instrumental in shaping the popular culture. Through plays, movies, television programs, etc., stories are told that convey the emotions and concerns of the times. Television ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Team of Rivals Saves the Union by sweaver Pros: A marvelous look at the greatest American in history.
Cons: It's a long book and a big time commitment. Be ready. Celebrated historian, writer, and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin scored a big success with her most famous work, subtitled "The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln." The book effectively reveals that genius, by looking at how Lincoln ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Legal Thriller - Starts Slow But Finishes Strong by gamblin_man Pros: Great tension and mystery
Cons: Slow, seemingly disjointed start This is one of the books Amazon was giving away for their Black Friday celebration. Randy Singer is a new author to me so free was likely the only way I would have it. I generally like legal thrillers and so tried this novel.Randy Singer ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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An Enlightening History of People, but Not of a Language by mikeyhustle Pros: Lots of leads from which to jump for a more detailed study of the language
Cons: The need to take the information in this gloss and look further into it Having been something of a Judeophile since my teen years, my yearning for knowledge of Judaism (and Yiddish, in particular) led me to this book, billed as "The unfinished story of Yiddish." What I found it to be, more than just the evolution of a ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Publisher Dead---This Book Could Be Responsible by kevintipple Pros: Proof that anything can be published.
Cons: Proof that anything can be published. Uncle Dexter, who believed he was the exiled king of Mars, is dead. Mom wants Adam Weiss to come home for the funeral. Adam would rather stay in the fraternity house at the University of Michigan and play his Xbox, but mom wants him to come home to Rhode ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Michael York has a wonderful reading voice for the Psalms by menkbabe Pros: Michael York reads so beautifully these 150 Psalms. A gem.
Cons: The CD version of this collection is the more current. This is the tape version. In my imagination, I think that the Psalms read by Michael York are read as if commissioned by King David. I can't say as if King David himself were reading the Psalms, for that isn't as accurate as the former, for the reading is clearly one ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Illuminating and discerning book: helpful in Knowing Christ by menkbabe Pros: A classic work, inspiring and helpful in living the Christian life.
Cons: Revealing to a great extent, the work may be too "out of date" for many. I come to recognize publishers that publish books interesting to me, specifically with titles of spiritual and religious topics. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company of Michigan, USA and Cambridge, United Kingdom is one such publisher. A friend ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Amazing Grace by stefs13 Pros: eye opening
Cons: deeply depressing Amazing Grace Jonathan Kozol 1995 Genre: Nonfiction Topic: Living conditions of minority children in the Mott Haven neighborhood of New York’s South Bronx Price: $14.00 USA/$20.00 Canada, paperback ISBN: 0-06-097697-7 ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Magic and Resistance to Magic!! by ram_cv Pros: Good story, Humorous viewpoint of djinni
Cons: Too many viewpoints at the start Introduction I liked the first book of the Bartimaeus’ Trilogy, The Amulet of Samarkhand very much. So after wrapping it out, I got the second book of the series i.e. The Golem’s Eye. The Plot ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Unsophisticated and Rude -- But Not Unloveable by rmthunter Pros: Strong, low-key but edgy boy/boy romances, elegant drawing
Cons: Most could have been more fully developed Unsophisticated and Rude (another of Tenzen's strange titles!) is a collection of Momoko Tenzen's earlier stories, going all the way back to around 1999. They display Tenzen's propensity for understatement, and also an attitude about love ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Tenth Circle - One Family's Trip Through the Hell Known as the Teenage Years by AliventiAsylum Pros: the drawings, depth of the characters, compelling story
Cons: story wanders too much from the main story, uncomfortable ambiguities about date-rape Jodi Picoult is known for taking risks with her stories, often combining stories straight from the headlines with interesting characters and giving them a twist that her readers don’t always see coming. In The Tenth Circle, ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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La Satanica: This Devil Has a Soft Spot by rmthunter Pros: A new twist on boys love, and stronger drawing than in the past.
Cons: A few, probably, if you care. Momoko Tenzen's La Satanica is a recent work (first published in Japan in 2007) and offers some -- well, not exactly surprises, but some interesting developments in her work. A note: since Epinions' naughty word filter won't ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Ciao Ciao Bambino: When Boys Grow Up by rmthunter Pros: Momoko Tenzen: Lean, elliptical, low-key stories, elegant graphics
Cons: Doesn't really have the punch she can deliver. Momoko Tenzen's Ciao Ciao Bambino includes two groups of stories, both about romances between students and their teachers. It's a fairly recent work, and shows some interesting developments in her drawing as well as her ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Luna and the Big Blur: A Story for Children Who Wear Glasses by marytara Pros: Luna accepts her glasses, Illustrations, father-daughter story
Cons: mistakes she makes are silly Last year when my daughter started wearing glasses, it was a big giant hurdle for her to leap over. She really didn't want to wear glasses, because she felt that "princesses didn't wear glasses" and that she wouldn't look pretty any longer. This ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Sinclair siblings are Sinful-Ivy has envy by terrid Pros: Historical details, the interesting characters
Cons: waiting for the next book This is the second of a series of historical romance novels about the Scottish Sinclair siblings. This book can stand alone. The Sinclair children have been thrown out of their family home until some major changes are made. They were given a ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Family Changes by terrid Pros: Characters, plot
Cons: none Sisters Dahlia, Violet, Iris and Rose are grown though sometimes you wondered. Each has married, raised children and held responsible positions in the work world yet when they get together they almost always revert back to their youthful ways to ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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How Episode III Came to Be: Star Wars, Labyrinth of Evil by Bruguru Pros: Good pacing, great dialogue, a fun read all around.
Cons: Nothing major comes to kind. It's generally agreed that Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is the best of the three prequel films leading up to the classic Star Wars trilogy. And indeed, the film has grace, plot, and ties in nicely with the later (or earlier, depending on ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Use Your Noodle To Draw And Doodle Some Marvelous Medieval Mischief by Freak369 Pros: Over sixty images to color or complete, fun for most kids.
Cons: Kids who over-analyze things will hit a creative speed bump with this. Doodling can be a relaxing thing to do when you are stressed out on the phone waiting for someone to answer, it can also be a way to gauge someone's frustration level. Not by what they are doodling but by how fast they are doing it ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Thought provoking book, matters of the heart for lay people, too by menkbabe Pros: Thought provoking and reachable for the layman.
Cons: You'll have to work at this somewhat. Take on this "On Christian Theology" if you choose to learn more of religious things, like matters of the heart and unities in God. The writer, Rowan Williams, says, "Theology needs to make connections, to search out and display unities..." This book by ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
Overall Rating: Helpful |
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Excellent Commentary; Learned and Edifying by menkbabe Pros: Brilliant work, and most interesting to a Benedictine especially.
Cons: Not everyone's cup of tea, as it is somewhat academic. "The Rule of St. Benedict" is an optimistic work. Sister Aquinata Bockman, the author of the book of commentary on it titled, "Expanding our Hearts in Christ: Perspectives on The Rule of Saint Benedict", says it is so for the monastic, and for the reader ...
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Dec 27 '09 |
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Many Moons by serc Pros: charming story about a princess; text is gently humorous; illustrations are wonderful
Cons: writing style may be difficult for some grade schoolers Before school ended for the year, my daughter Julia's second grade class participated in a project where the kids read Caldecott Award-winning books, or had them read to them. After they had read eight books, the kids received a ...
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Dec 26 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Architect, Genius, Survivor, Snob: Asterios Polyp is also an Everyman by JediKermit Pros: Very mature graphic novel, great themes, unique characters.
Cons: Will get overlooked because of its format... A few months ago I started seeing book reviews for David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp. The title alone sounded bizarre but intriguing, and after reading several more recent reviews putting it at the top of the list of the year's graphic ...
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Dec 26 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Something New Under Tatooine's Twin Suns: Luke Skywalker's Biography by JediKermit Pros: Good characterization, reconciliation of the two Star Wars trilogies; good use of Star Wars "Apocryphas"
Cons: None. Sometimes it's nice to revisit classic characters and see what other authors do with them. This was my thinking when I picked up yet "another book with a lightsaber on the cover," Ryder Windham's A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker. ...
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Dec 26 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Tracking the Human Love of Drinking by pambo Pros: Colorful, interesting work.
Cons: Heavier on science than some might like. Pardon the play on words, but "Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages" is a sober look at the history of the human thirst for booze. Nothing less should be expected from author Patrick E. McGovern, who holds ...
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Dec 26 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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