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Seven miles can be very far and very dangerous distance by Stephen_Murray Pros: characterization, showing why emigrants risk their lives
Cons: the realities shown Written in English by Laila Lalami (who was born in Rabat in 1968, where she lived through earning a B.A. in English from Université Mohammed V In 1991) is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and ...
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Nov 09 '09 |
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Self-published Vampire Novel Doesn't Live Up to the Hype by vampsita  Pros: An ending I couldn't predict
Cons: unpolished writing, bad editing, and an under developed plot In my experience with self-published novels, there are seldom, if any, critical reviews; this makes it harder to determine if the book is really worth my time. Susanne Saville's "Vampire Close" is one such example. I first heard about it on GoodReads and ...
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Nov 09 '09 |
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Let Me Tell You a Tale Of High Adventure: CONAN: THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER. by talyseon Pros: Powerfully written and beautifully illustrated work that brings Conan to life.
Cons: None; this is as close to perfection as Graphic Novels get. Conan: The Frost Giant's Daughter by Kurt Busiek, art by Cary Nord, from the works of Robert E. Howard."Know, O Prince that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the sons ...
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Nov 09 '09 |
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Small Woman, Big Character by mandymala Pros: Good/true story, interesting historical context, variety of events to keep you reading!
Cons: .....
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summer I found myself in the middle of a discussion about favorite books with an elderly woman. She recommended a book called The Small Woman by Alan Burgess. As she said it was out of print and hard to ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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Bobby Brown:The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But... by brandyjbrown Pros: The book will take Brown's fans back in time to his glory days.
Cons: The book is not put together well, and leaves out chunks of possibly pertinent information. I have been a huge Bobby Brown fan dating back to his early days in New Edition, and have followed his antics in the tabloids for years. Needless to say, when "The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But..." was released, I rushed for a copy of ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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The Marked series just keeps going on strong - especially if you like sex by hist Pros: Great character work, plotting and some good prose
Cons: Satan's already evil. No need to lay it on so thick! Warning: spoilers for the first two books are enclosed Eve of Chaos, third book in the "Marked" series of books by S.J. Day, is much the same as the first two books, which is both good and bad. Fans of the first two (like I ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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A brilliant novel....both in 1985 and today by hist Pros: Great characters, plot, prose, pretty much everything.
Cons: One anachronism slipped through the updating process. The Touch was written by F. Paul Wilson in 1985, but a new edition of the book has now been released. Being a new fan, I had to pick it up. I have no idea if this was the case when the book was originally written, but it is now part of ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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Still a great work for the most part. 4.75 stars-96% by boodapuffmonk Pros: More suspense, some plot twists, and background.
Cons: New main character is rather annoying, another cliffhanger. 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 08 '09 |
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Christopher Andersen's Barack And Michelle: A 'Rush' Job by jankp Pros: they're wonderful, interesting people; picture section
Cons: largely boring; irritating; flawed I first became suspicious of Christopher Andersen's 2009 biography, Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Family, when I noticed that his text gave October 3, 1992 as the Obama's wedding and in the picture section's caption their wedding ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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A mixed bag that is worth picking from by dolphinboy Pros: Quite a few good ones, one great tale
Cons: Several very mediocre stories I always find it difficult to review an anthology, as I am tempted to review each story. However, at 650 pages (of a fairly small font) and a total of thirty stories, I do not think it wise (or useful) to fully review each. I will list all thirty titles, ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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A novel(la) of sexual violence that I don't regard as a "classic" by Stephen_Murray Pros: portrayal of relationships between characters in the Sudan
Cons: overkill and underinformative about marriages of both main male characters The back cover of Season of Migration to the North, first translated into English in 1969 (having been published in Arabic three years earlier) has an assertion from Edward Said that it is "among the six finest novels to be written in modern Arabic ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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Whose Tracks Are These - We Just Might Know by pestyside Pros: Color plates, diagrams of fore and hind prints, walking gait, and scat when beneficial
Cons: Only 80 mammals, not intended to be comprehensive What remains when an animal passes through undetected fascinates those who crave the connection with nature. Signs of wildlife are almost as intriguing as actual sightings. One need not be a professional naturalist to identify wildlife signs. A ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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The Loudest Whisper: I Can Barely Hear It by rmthunter Pros: Good drawing and page design, appealing character designs
Cons: Not a lot of substance, no interesting wrinkles. Temari Matsumoto's The Loudest Whisper is actually a story collection, of which the title series makes up about a third.One would think that by now Japanese high-schoolers would have learned: when you decide to pretend to be ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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Nine Dragons - a shocker from quthor Michael Connelly by quidrock Pros: Speed and anxiety, a new look at an old Bosch, a foreign locale.
Cons: Connelly wrapped up the book too quickly, relying on events, not characterization. Ah, Harry Bosch. Hero of most of Michael Connelly’s superb crime thrillers. Los Angeles detective; stoic, brooding, professional, capable of taking crimes apart bit by bit and then trailing every one of those bits to earth, until the ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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CONAN: BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD. Start of an Epic Series. by talyseon Pros: Truly gifted art and writing bring the barbarian to life.
Cons: There are none; this is as close to perfection as graphic novels get. Conan: Born on the Battlefield by Kurt Busiek, art by Greg Ruth. From the Works of Robert E. Howard.This graphic novel tells the tale of Conan's early life and loves, and the lessons he learned on the battlefields of cruel ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Ricochet by Sandra Brown by serc Pros: complicated plot, interesting story
Cons: characters are weak Reading Sandra Brown novels can be a hit or miss affair. Sometimes Brown delivers deliciously fast-paced and fun stories, and sometimes her books read more like a mildly entertaining soap opera. I recently listened to Sandra Brown's ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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America was right to defend a Vietnamese ally against aggression. by aohcapablanca Pros: Rapid review of Vietnamese history. Provocative lessons. Maps. Photos. Air and land war.
Cons: Overlapping chapter themes facilitate too much repetition. Narrow focus on Indochina blurs global big picture. Were you an American alive 1964 - 1975? I was. And to all of us the war in Vietnam was for a time inescapable.In the first three years of the Nixon Presidency (1969 - 1972) Vietnam was my life. First I spent a year immersed in Vietnamese ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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If You've Only Got One Novel In You, Quit While You're Ahead: "Her Fearful Symmetry." by wlswarts Pros: Moments of nice prose, Thorough in setting details.
Cons: Obsessive with the Highgate Cemetery details, Lousy characters, Poor narrative development, Cliche story, Unsurprising Every now and then, I am surprised by circumstances around me. Some weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to discover Audrey Niffenegger had a new novel out. My partner and I were out at the bookstore and I saw it, oohed and ahhed and my partner ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Under intense pressure Light finds a way to shine. 5 stars-99% by boodapuffmonk Pros: Intense situations, more character and story development, lots of suspense.
Cons: Ends on another cliffhanger, needs more development of supporting characters. 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 07 '09 |
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Memoirs of Several Hells and the Redemption of a Sudanese Child Soldier by Stephen_Murray Pros: surviving and writing cogently about
Cons: experiences no one should have War Child is the tale of someone whose world came crashing down at a young age, who survived several seasons in hell, inflicted some violence in return for that inflicted on his people (the Nuer of southern Sudan), was lifted (smuggled) into Kenya ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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A communication and behavioral workshop for single men by taylor_braun Pros: A quick and interesting read that better depicts male and female interaction.
Cons: Some of the methods the book describes are simply social bragging. This book was given to me by a friend who knew that I was having some problems meeting women. When I first heard of Mystery and the so called game that Pick Up Artists (PUAs) play I was a little intrigued and very skeptical. Fortunately for my friend, ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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The Amazing Spiderman: Pop-Up... Very Cool and Cheap; Great Gift Item!! by popsrocks Pros: Cool pop-ups
Marvel Character Collection Cons: Must be cared for Spiderman was a very well known comic book character before he made the big screen. He also had many other characters, mostly rivals, that were introduced many years ago. In this book, "They're Baaaack!" Yup, this book The Amazing Spider-Man Pop-Up: ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Live Green, Be Happy by ssjakira1 Pros: Chock-a-block full of useful information
Cons: None I'd considered looking into a few green-related books here and there, but never took the next step and bought any. So when I got to pick this one up for free, my first thought was, "Sweet."I admit I've never been into the whole "live green" ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Holiday Crime Anthology by kevintipple Pros: Good stuff. Period.
Cons: None. On one of the writing lists I am on the subject of "reviewer bias" came up this week. While some argued that a reviewer should have absolutely no bias and only good reviewers had none, I briefly argued that every human being has bias and reviewers are no ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Once a rallying cry, now fading into history: Wake Island by trailhound Pros: First-hand accounts. Writing style. Important piece of U.S. history.
Cons: None. There was not much to cheer about in the U.S. in December 1941. Japan had just launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, catapulting the country into World War II. Most of Europe was under a Nazi chokehold while the Italians claimed the ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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