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Still raging by BBailey182 Pros: Bouton remains an entertaining writer.
Cons: Tough to keep the names separate. Jim Bouton wrote one of the biggest-selling sports books when his "Ball Four" came out more than 30 years ago. The baseball establishment hated its honest portrayal of what life was really like on a major league team, and yelled at Bouton a ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Vogue Knitting: Accessorize by mjhollingshead Pros: instructions are written in plain clear statements
Cons: yarns listed can be pricey, I substitute Trisha Malcolm's compilation - Accessorize: Scarves-Hats-Ponchos-Socks & Mittens is a bound collection of past patterns from Vogue. The cover immediately caught my eye as I was walking by the rack where it was on display. A quick check of ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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A bewitching world of love and magic by chiliqueen Pros: Strong characterizations and detailed settings.
Cons: Profanity, sexual abuse and rape The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez follows the lives of four sisters named for classic movie beauties: Loretta Young, Rita Hayworth, Bette Davis, Sophia Lauren, and their brother Cary Grant Gabaldon, and their mysterious connection to ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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Trixie Koontz thinks we should all be Happy! by pestyside Pros: Trixie, her distractions, humor, philosophical musings, Dean Koontz's imagination
Cons: Dog-speak sometimes difficult to follow What exactly should we know about finding happiness in our lives? In Trixie Koontz’s words bliss comes when we are able to find a place within ourselves called Quiet Heart. The real question though is how to find that place and Trixie’s ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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Touched by the Gods, or So They Used to Say by msiduri Pros: Well-organized, broad range of topics
Cons: Wanted a little more depth at times I’m not sure whether it was the subtitle “An Expert Explains What You Really Need To Know” or that this was one of only two books I found on the subject in the library that made it necessary for this book to come home with me. No ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Apostle to the Apostles-The Secret Magdalene by skbreese Pros: Beautifully written, Poetic, Compelling
Cons: Slow and plodding at times Much like the controversial movie The Da Vinci Code, Ki Longfellow's highly acclaimed novel, The Secret Magdalene, is a fictionalized account of historical events, that challenges the very foundation of the Christian faith. It is within ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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The Music teacher...A living Nightmare by marie1963 Pros:
Scholastic book produces another brilliantly funny, and educational children's book Cons: None Of all the Black Lagoon stories I've read, and reviewed, I must say that this story "The Music Teacher from the Black Lagoon" is the weirdest, and funniest of them all. In this edition of the Black Lagoon stories, the story's main ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman by cdm72 Pros: Great story, great writing, great characters.
Cons: Um . . . I found one typo? I realized the other day just how impatient my daughter is when there’s book she wants to read when I looked over and saw she was reading Neil Gaiman’s THE GRAVEYARD BOOK. See, I was reading it, too. I was somewhere around page 50 and when I asked what ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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Gay Romance gets Steamy in THUNDERBOLT BOYS EXCITE VOLUME TWO. by talyseon Pros: Very hot and steamy artwork carries this volume through.
Cons: Weak on plot, heavy on angst, Homosexual content may offend some. Thunderbolt Boys Excite Volume 2 by Tojo AsamiWarning: This is a Yaoi review. Yaoi is a form of Japanese graphic novels, a manga featuring gay romance. Usually written by women, for women, this stories range from sweet ...
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Nov 23 '08 |
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You know you should not read this review don’t you? by texas-swede Pros: Creepy, imaginative, a page turner (for me)
Cons: Probably not scary enough for his fans (Hardcover version) When you read this review can you hear my voice in your head? How does it sound like? Is it someone you know? Well that is what I thought. As you may have guessed you shouldn't read this review. What I am about to tell you is ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bottlemania (Elizabeth Royte): Where H2O Meets $$$ by MiDoyle Pros: A cynical but factual look at America's bottled water obsession.
Cons: Some people refuse to see bottled water for what it means in the long-term. Just a few short months ago (pre-Wall Street meltdown, of course), an unrepentant capitalist or master of the universe type, might have read Elizabeth's Royte's Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It [2008, Bloomsbury USA, 256 ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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The Complete GED Preparation from Steck Vaughn by keithpruitt Pros: Full coverage of all areas, correlated to the practice test, simple format.
Cons: The size can be intimadating. Student doesn't need all materials. For seventy years Steck Vaughn has been synonymous with Adult Education. The leading company in supplemental preparation materials for adults has cornered the market on GED materials. Continuing its long relationship with the GED Testing ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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At the beginning by BBailey182 Pros: Nice look back at an historic baseball moment.
Cons: A couple of curious writing decisions. It's almost difficult to believe, but it's been more than 100 years since the World Series started. Football and basketball championships don't go back that far, and hockey was something of a regional pastime back then. Yet the Series began ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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New Green Ways You Never Thought Of! by furryloo Pros: A very quick read and covers just about everything!
Cons: I will not be able to remember all this! Just a thought... Before I share my thoughts on this, I would like to recommend that you also check out popsrocks review review on this same book for a detailed description of the format. Why I ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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_The Uncommon Reader:_ An amusing 'what-if?' story by telynor Pros: Smart, witty prose in spots.
Cons: Becomes unbearable towards the end. This one had been lurking for a while on my Mt. To-Be-Read, and last night I was looking for something to lightly amuse me on a very cold night. Being the inveterate Royal-watcher that I am, I knew that this was one novella that I needed to read, so I ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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The White Tiger - A Purrfect Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize! by cr01 Pros: Very observational and interesting story.
Cons: It's a Man Booker Prize Winner! I thought I'd never see it my lifetime: a readable and unpretentious Man Booker Prize winner. However, with the 2008 winner The White Tiger, we have such a beast.I know I'm being a little mean as a few of the previous years winners have ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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Get in touch with your Dark Side: STAR WARS ROLEPLAYING GAME: SCUM AND VILLAINY by talyseon Pros: Slick, well constructed game book, useful, versatile, detailed, with a complete adventure.
Cons: A bit pricey at $39.95 Star Wars Roleplaying Game: Scum and Villainy Designed by Greg Astleford, Robert J. Schwalb, Owen K.C. Stephens, Rodney Thompson, JD Wiker."You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." Obi-Wan ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Why be ordinary when you can be Elmer? by deenaf Pros: Excellent book for building self esteem.
Cons: None! Ask any preschooler who Elmer is, and they can answer… a colorful elephant! Elmer the elephant is the basis for many lessons ranging from color concepts, art concepts, and socialization concepts. He is one versatile ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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the botanical interests and work of John Muir by henryberry Pros: gives focus to the foundation of Muir's interest in
Cons: fine visual matter and design pretty much overshadow the text John Muir, like John Burroughs, is identified with California. This identification along with Muir's Thoreau-like attachment to nature and his enthusiasm for it make Muir's involvement with nature seem like a celebration of the promise of openness and ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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critique of postmodernism with ideas about the recovery of nature by henryberry Pros: in-depth, insightful critique of the contemporary, postmodern world
Cons: author's perspective--value--of recovery of world of nature in human life controls the critique Le Brun puts forth an elaborate and elucidating perspective of what literary critics, social commentators, cultural historians, and such commonly call postmodernism without ostensibly dealing with this condition directly. Many students of postmodernism ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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illustrated overview of first generation Egyptian film by henryberry Pros: good overview of history and variety of first generation Egyptian cinema
Cons: scant historical perspective or critical analysis The work introduces one to the range and vitality of Egyptian films in their early decades. Many do not realize how active the country's film industry was. Many of the films are not exotic as Muslim, Middle Eastern culture is looked at as exotic or ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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Dancing Dinos Upbeat Tutors by kentmom Pros: Very user-friendly learn-to-read book.
Cons: None. Dancing Dinos Go To School is an example of lots of little things coming together to create a near-perfect book for emerging readers.The story is short but sufficient. (Dinosaurs cause a bit of good-natured trouble at school.)The ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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Read the Book, Maybe Help Solve A Problem by kentmom Pros: Very digestible book about some serious social/societal problems - for high school readers and up!
Cons: None. Really. How Does It Feel To Be A Problem? Being Young and Arab in America is probably the best book I'll read this year. While the writing itself isn't stellar, the book's construction is, and the author's research (primarily personal interviews) ...
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Nov 22 '08 |
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Brain Quest is a Highly Effective Learning Tool by Bryan_Carey Pros: The different dimensions of learning; The thoroughness in its approach.
Cons: None! Kids who are approaching kindergarten need to have a few basic skills in place before they take the plunge into the world of elementary school. Preschools are an excellent place to begin the pre- kindergarten process of learning, but the initial learning ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Balogh's _The Ideal Wife_ is a waste of time - can an impulsive marriage survive? by telynor Pros: Some of the descriptions are nice, and Miles is certainly a hunk.
Cons: Not one of Balogh's better efforts. Every now and then I read a romance novel to give some relief from the serious subjects that I read. But this time, when I picked up a book by Mary Balogh -- an author that I usually respect and like -- I found myself rather disappointed. First ...
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Nov 21 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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