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Danziger's Slow Road to China by driftless Pros: Remarkably ambitious journey.
Cons: Remarkably boring writing. Couldn't he have picked a smaller continent? The best adventures are the ones you create on your own. It’s with this philosophy that London native Nick Danziger likes to approach his travels and in the early 1980s – still drifting a bit in his mid-twenties – he convinced the ...
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Jun 5, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Eric Shanower and Skottie Young Continue Along the Road to Oz by JediKermit Pros: Incredible illustrations, new and old Oz characters, Toto's back!
Cons: Even more episodic than other Oz books... With some book series, after you've read three or four of them the characters all run together, and you're not quite sure if you've read a book or not until you pick it up and get a few chapters in. That's how I felt about the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, ...
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Jun 5, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Tale Of Redemption by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Well Written, worthwhile.
Cons: None Once a rising literary star, Benjamin Anastas is now washed up and mercilessly hounded by debt collectors. He takes stock of his life, only to see the negatives. His writing career is stalled, his marriage is over, he owes thousands of ...
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Jun 5, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Helpful |
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One Family's Struggle by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Will lead to a better understanding of those who appear different.
Cons: None New York Times correspondent John Schwartz writes a memoir of his family’s quest to help his homosexual son Joseph navigate the frustrations and complexities of life in public school. As early as age three Joseph exhibited signs that he was ...
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Jun 5, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Looking for a Chill on a Hot Summer Night? Check out Red Moon. by JediKermit Pros: Solid characterization, entertaining dialogue, good action set pieces, nice sciencey fiction.
Cons: Too violent and sweary for sensitive readers. Two summers ago I read The Passage. Justin Cronin's story about an apocalypse wrought by mutating vampires scared the heck out of me. And I loved it. His sequel The Twelve was good, but didn't thrill me as much as the ...
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Jun 5, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Cassandra Clare's City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments) by swooshfan2 Pros: Great action and adventure
Cons: Much of the action is predictable, the lead character is incredibly annoying After a pair of mediocre offerings to start The Mortal Instruments series, I went into "City of Glass" with lowered expectations. While I had previously enjoyed the stories told in the first two books, I had also come to terms with the author's awkward ...
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Jun 5, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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“The Wise Men of Helm & Their Merry Tales” will get you smiling! by merle_levy Pros: Great for reading to little ones -- and enjoying on your own.
Cons: If you're an impatient reader, this book might be challenging. If I didn’t know better, I would believe that Peter Seller’s character, Inspector Clousseau, emigrated to France from Helm. The typical Helmite, like the intrepid French detective, will go out of his way to create a complex plan with at least ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Steinbeck's _The Grapes of Wrath:_ Still Vital, Still Relevant by telynor Pros: Gorgeous writing, strong story and characters.
Cons: None. There are novels that hit right on the heart, and make you think when you finish it. For me, such was the case when I finished reading John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath. My interest in reading it had grown after some genealogical ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Lush Tale Of A Delicious Life by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Delicious, wonderful.
Cons: None Marlena de Blasi is a successful chef, food and wine writer, and cookbook author. She has carved out a comfortable, single life for herself owning and running a cafe in St Louis, Missouri. Her two adult children are happily living their own ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A "classic" that does not stand up for me by Stephen_Murray Pros: first third
Cons: last two-thirds, childish romanticism There are books — for me including Huckleberry Finn, Kim, Lolita, Of Mice and Men, and The Great Gatsby — that can withstand ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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House of M: A House of Cards by rmthunter Pros: Solid story, solid art, good character development.
Cons: Choppy start. I have this tendency to dive into a new enthusiasm at a random entry point, so sometimes I have bits and pieces of the what's going on until I find the Rosetta Stone, so to speak. This is especially true of the Marvel Universe, since I find myself ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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John Homans' What's A Dog For? Inspired By Black Lab Mutt, His Rescue Dog Stella~ by jankp Pros: well-researched and fairly interesting; congenial voice
Cons: some of it boring or too geeky; no picture section When John Homans had a dog in his childhood, the dog stayed out in the backyard with a doghouse. Today his Black Lab mix lies at his feet in the house, gets table scraps and enjoys five trips a day to the Dog Run. In only a few decades the American dog ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Avoid Reading This Book Before You Die by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Very mildly amusing at times.
Cons: Disjointed and not very funny. At first, this seemed like a good book to read in short snippets when you only only have a few minutes at a time to read, such as when you are on the toilet. The chapters are very brief, and most are only a page and a half.Journalist ...
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Jun 6, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Up Country-Going Back to Vietnam by toiletoctopus Pros: Vietnam Perspective, Paul Brenner, Susan Weber, Colonel Mang
Cons: Length, Not a lot of action I was born after the Vietnam war, but am thankful to those whom served during this conflict. Many of them were drafted, and I've tried the best I can, to understand more about it. One of my neighbors was spit upon when he came home, and this makes my ...
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Jun 7, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"Well let's see what I can remember." by aohcapablanca Pros: A lightly fictionalized American life (1835-1941), exciting to age 30. Powerful device for preserving history.
Cons: Typographical errors. A map showing journeys and homes of the hero is sorely wanted. Someone suggested that I read an advance copy of the May 2013 book SHARPSHOOTER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TILMAN MANUS.So I read the book's description on amazon.com but was not initially inclined to break away from my incipient immersion in ...
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Jun 7, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, by Ludwig von Mises by George_Chabot Pros: Short, Pithy, Lots of ideas
Cons: People need to absorb these ideas This short but pithy pamphlet explains the psychological roots of the anti-capitalistic stance that is widespread in the general populace of the capitalist world. Von Mises asserts that there are two reasons why people believe capitalism ...
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Jun 7, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Damned - A teen girl dies and goes to hell by phungus Pros: Very original with lots of humor
Cons: Can be disgusting at times Damned is a story about an awkward teenage daughter of two Brangelina type celebs, and how she unfortunately dies and goes to hell. She spends her time in the underworld making friends with various known figures and trying to get the devil’s ...
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Jun 8, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Choosing the Hero Shouldn't Be This Hard by quasar Pros: had potential, some interesting creatures
Cons: world thinly drawn, uninteresting characters, poorly constructed and realized, sidekick should have been hero When her best friend Pen - short for Pencil - betrays her and admits she is responsible for the nasty image of their maths teacher spray painted on school grounds, Beth's father doesn't even both to respond to the summons from the school. That's the last ...
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Jun 8, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Hardy Boys Volume 6-The Shore Road Mystery by mrroland Pros: An okay read the first time through...
Cons: ...but I doubt you'll come back for more; Could have been better The sixth intallment in Franklin W. Dixon's Hardy Boys franchise, The Shore Road Mystery, is a rather unusual book in that it meshes an ancient (well...300 years old, anyway) mystery with a "brand-new" one.Shore ...
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Jun 8, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Puzzle and Co: Search and Rescue Dogs by toiletoctopus Pros: Dedication of Search and Rescue Teams, Training, Author's story
Cons: Boring parts, Choppy in areas I want to commend Susannah Charleson, and others who are active in search and rescue teams, because they are of immense service to communities in the US and abroad. She has been doing this for years, and I learned a good bit from this book. For instance, ...
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Jun 9, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Drop - Michael Connelly - Bosch gets two, for the price of one by ladyconsumer Pros: Two interesting cases
Cons: A bit heavy-handed Two for the price of one. I like that concept. And, I liked how it worked out, in Michael Connelly's The Drop. Harry Bosch is back - one of the LAPD's finest detectives is facing mandatory retirement in the ...
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Jun 9, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Ancient. Gonzo. Wisdom. Anita Thompson's Ancient Gonzo Wisdom by teamfreak16 Pros: A look into the mind of Hunter S. Thompson
Cons: It's mostly Thompson's political viewpoints, which might or might not offend Hunter S. Thompson (b 1937-d 2005) was a writer that came out of the New Journalism movement that included the likes of Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, John Sack, and Michael Herr. Thompson, however, took the idea further and (quite by accident) invented Gonzo ...
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Jun 9, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices) by swooshfan2 Pros: Great setting, interesting plot, fun characters
Cons: Clare’s still never going to pass for a literary great After having recently completed the first three books in the Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare, I decided to immediately jump into her next series of books, The Infernal Devices. While I'm not a particularly big fan of Clare as a writer, I ...
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Jun 9, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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THE VANISHERS (1986) by Donald Hamilton by barryergang Pros: Good action, great wry-toned narrative.
Cons: Many passages feel padded. Not many, but a few f-bombs throughout. I've been a fan of Donald Hamilton's novels about secret agent Matt Helm since I was in my teens, which means over the course of fifty years, give or take a year or two. Paperback originals under the Fawcett Gold Label imprint, the Helm novels date back ...
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Jun 9, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Secrets on top of secrets in "Every Broken Trust" by kevintipple Pros: Characters, plot lines, richness of setting, etc.
Cons: None for me. “’Just remember. No criminal has the power those with wealth and political clout have. The ultra criminals use politics to thrive unmolested.’” ( Page 231) If chief of campus police Skeet Bannion liked politics she could ...
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Jun 9, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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