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Excellent Ways to Increase Your Sense of Contentment and Happiness by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Positive uplifting and very useful.
Cons: None Gretchen Rubin's first self-help book, The Happiness Project, was a blockbuster New York Times Number One Best Seller, and this book is having the same success. Although she was a successful lawyer and Yale graduate, even clerking for Supreme Court ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis and Susannah Cahalan by toiletoctopus Pros: Resilience of the author, Focus on a rare condition
Cons: Boring in some sections, Disorganized to a degree Susannah Cahalan is a writer for the New York Post. A young lady, only twenty four years old, she should have been in the prime of her life. Yet a devastating event happened to her, that ate away at her brain, and almost killed her. She is a very ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Believe It or Not, the Movie is Better by carstairs38 Pros: Story will entertain the target audience
Cons: Not much for adults at all. Dragons. Danger. Fantasy Middle Ages. What more could anyone look for in a book aimed at middle graders? Unfortunately, when it comes to How to Train Your Dragon, these elements don’t quite come together. ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Black Sheep - CJ Lyons - a decent thriller with a wild cast by ladyconsumer Pros: The mystery held my interest.
Cons: Some unrealistic parts. Black Sheep by CJ Lyons features FBI Agent Caitlyn Tierney. Caitlyn has a way of closing cases, but almost never by following standard protocol. In fact, she’s so far off the beaten path that her job is on the line. Now, once ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Dinner - This Meal's Worth Missing by deenaf Pros: Provokes interesting conversation on sensitive issues.
Cons: Boring chapters of reflection by the narrator. We selected The Dinner by Herman Koch for our book club. We selected based on the sentence from the Wall Street Journal, touting it as “a European Gone Girl”. Since we had read Gone Girl in our book club and ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca by artemis8 Pros: fun story about a dog, great illustrations of NYC, rhyming
Cons: nothing major, but all their passengers are Caucasian On a list of recommended books for second graders was The Adventures of Taxi Dog so I brought it home from the library to read with my eight year old.This is a "cute" book as my son described it, about a stray dog on the streets of New ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Linc and Pandora team up in "DOUBLE VISION" by F. T. Bradley by kevintipple Pros: Storing story and plotlines, interesting characters, action and humor, ....
Cons: with no cons for this reader. They say that each person has a double floating around on the world. Somebody that looks like him or her and may even act the same way. Nearly everyone who knows Lincoln, who goes by the nickname Linc, hopes and prays for his parents’ sake that ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The New Avengers: Sentry: And Just Who Is He Watching? by rmthunter Pros: A different kind of superhero story.
Cons: "Fits and starts" pacing. Brian Michael Bendis' New Avengers was a series that grabbed me right off the bat, and I finally got my hands on the second collection, Sentry. As you might imagine, it focuses on Robert Reynolds, the Sentry, who doesn't remember who ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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We're All Made of Stars by driftless Pros: Plenty of deep science thoughts.
Cons: Briefly covers dozens of complicated topics. I hope this doesn’t make you feel old, but every hydrogen atom in your body – its most abundant atom and a key constituent in every protein and DNA molecule – is about 13.7 billion years old. Formed shortly after the Big Bang, ...
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Apr 07 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Dr. John McDougall's The Starch Solution Based On Low-fat, Whole Foods, Vegan Diet~ by jankp Pros: excellent medical and nutritional info; engagingly, helpfully written; lots of great recipes
Cons: recommends salt not seasalt; okay, what about a tapioca recipe? ;-) Until I started reading the latest book by John McDougall, MD, I still believed that eating too many starchy vegetables was not too healthy. As a health-conscious vegan for about a dozen years, I was eating them, but not as many as nonstarchy veggies, ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Phil Spector and the tragic death of Lana Clarkson: Reckless by trailhound Pros: Some interesting info. on both Spector and Clarkson.
Cons: Most of book focuses on Spector's career. Not much investigating by the author. I don’t think we’ll ever know for sure what happened on the night of February 3, 2003 in Phil Spector’s castle-like home in Alhambra, CA. But we do know he has since been convicted of second degree murder for the death of Lana ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
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The Superior Spider-Man #3 - My former ally and friend, my new enemy. by luquillo Pros: Writing is still solid for most part along with artwork
Cons: Small issues that I hope are smoothed out Spider-Man's long time enemy Otto Octavius aka Dr. Octopus managed to pull his greatest trick, and like a great magician he never told him his secret. He was able to swap minds with Peter Parker taking his body and becoming Spider-Man, while leaving ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
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The Superior Spider-Man #2. - Let's see does Otto have the moves. by luquillo Pros: Sharp character development and comedic moments
Cons: Marvel needs more faith in Otto carrying this series Spider-Man's long time enemy Otto Octavius aka Dr. Octopus managed to pull his greatest trick, and like a great magician he never told him his secret. He was able to swap minds with Peter Parker taking his body and becoming Spider-Man, while leaving ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
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Secret Avengers #1. - Earth's Mightiest undercover ops. by luquillo Pros: Interesting premise
Cons: Needed more in certain areas SHIELD agents Maria Hill and Phil Coulson still place the safety of the country and world at the top of their list. Therefore, this places them in many dangerous situations and they need the firepower to deal with them. They want to re-create the Secret ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Shades of Blue... Post Abortion Syndrome by djningr Pros: I like the awareness it brings to this topic
Cons: none This is a stand alone title by Karen Kingsbury dealing with a topic that you don't hear talked about a lot. This is a fictional story dealing with the effects of Post Abortion Syndrome. Many times when abortions are talked about you have people on both ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Uncanny Avengers # 1. - Dropping "Mighty" and "New". They're "Uncanny" Now! by luquillo Pros: Cliffhanger ending and good enough writing
Cons: Not enough action at all While a mysterious figure performs a disturbing surgery on the head of his victim; the X-Men and the Avengers have to move on. Wolverine prepares to deliver the eulogy for on old friend, and Captain America is set to assemble a new team of Avengers. ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
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A controversial opinion of Soviet preparation for WWII by randallw Pros: Compelling ideas presented by the authors
Cons: Takes some concentration to sort out events and people This book ( Thunder on the Dnepr ) focuses on the early phase of fighting on the Eastern Front in World War II; a good portion of the book looks into Soviet preparation for the war, and how conclusions by other authors gave almost no credit for ...
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Apr 06 '13 |
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"The Less Preferred One" by momofdaughters Pros: easy read, great description of fictitious city, surprises, thought provoking
Cons: main character wasn't the most likeable "Jacob Have I loved" was the book we discussed for our homeschool book club this month. It took my daughter a while to pick out a book that we would host, until she saw this one. She was intrigued by the Biblical reference. Sarah ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Dr. Freudine Enjoys A Debate Of Satirical Novel Atlas Drugged: Ayn Rand Be Damned! by jankp Pros: mostly enjoyable read; satirical
Cons: lectures from both sides ran long NOTE – Dr. Freudine is a fictitious psychiatrist and my alter ego who sometimes helps me to review books, movies, and music. Last time she commented on a debate of the movie Atlas Shrugged 11: The Strike. ************* I fix myself ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
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The Known World: An Unknowable Narrative by countess_eva Pros: It ended.
Cons: The structure destroyed the story. Twenty years before the civil war, in the deep South, is a plantation of slaves and one man working to buy his freedom and later that of his wife and son – only that son, Henry, aligns more with the tyranny of slavery and the power of ownership, ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
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Lessons Learned From an Interrupted Childhood by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Beautifully written, descriptive prose.
Cons: None Leigh Newman has written a beautifully descriptive, detailed memoir of her family's disintegration and her twenty-two year search to find a place where she can be comfortable and content. The book is infused with a sense of longing and loss, and so ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Tap Dancing on the Roof: Linda Sue Park Introduces Korean Sijo by befus Pros: Excellent introduction to the form; some wonderful poems
Cons: None that I could see I still recall the fun I had writing haiku in sixth grade. My language arts teacher introduced the concept behind those gem-like Japanese poems, and it seemed like I spent the next month mentally counting syllables.While many American school ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
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Some artful jolts a lot stronger than caffeine by Stephen_Murray Pros: style and content! and a fairly wide range
Cons: fear that the promise won't be fulfilled (with a followup volume) When Drinking Coffee Elsewhere was the "On the Same Page" selection of the San Francisco Public Library (way back in 2006), author ZZ Packer (1973-) was very charming and very pregnant and said she was working on a novel set in the South after the ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
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Terry Francona's Book Hits the Boston Red Sox Shelves by toiletoctopus Pros: Terry Francona, Boston Red Sox, Funny Stories, Leadership Skills
Cons: Boring in a lot of sections, non-stop Manny Ramirez, Keeps you at arms length, Organization I'm still upset that the Boston Red Sox fired skipper Terry Francona. Even more irritating, was the hiring for one year of Bobby Valentine, which everyone with a pulse, knew was going to be a disaster. While we do have John ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Wild, Wild East of Business Experiences by TheSmartTraveler Pros: Very interesting entertaining, and scary.
Cons: None Tim Clissold does a great job of writing about his shocking, humorous, excruciatingly frustrating seventeen year odyssey of loving, living in, and working in China. This book is a must read for any Westerner who thinks he wants to do business ...
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Apr 05 '13 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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