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Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by dustinnikki Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing really Dr. Seuss books have always been a favorite of mine ever since I was a kid. They have always been great beginner books and fun to read to our kids before they knew how to read. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? is one of the ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Luke Skywalker Swims for His Life in "Rebel Force: Firefight" by JediKermit Pros: Good characterization, interesting setting, intense action.
Cons: None. Luke Skywalker was raised on the nasty desert world Tatooine. He can't be comfortable swimming. But in Alex Wheeler's fourth Rebel Force book Firefight, Luke spends a lot of his time in over his head in water. The ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Thank you (and curse you), Nancy Pearl by jpolhemus  Pros: Fun, extraordinary, nearly inclusive (so-to-speak) book of books!
Cons: Fun, extraordinary, nearly inclusive (so-to-speak) book of books! I'm flighty, a regular flibbertigibbet (if you'll pardon the oxymoron). Reading reviews makes me worse. I'll pop this book into my cart, then that one. After a while I will purchase an armload and still don't know what kind of order to use to select the ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Great Hinckley Fire: Too Much For Children by keithpruitt Pros: John Blair's story, great illustrations, compelling story
Cons: very graphic details, difficult sentence structure, vocabulary for older students On September 1, 1894 an event transpired in Minnesota that would lead to fire spotting by the National Forestry Service. The Great Hinckley Fire was not just a forest fire; it was indeed one of the worse firestorms in United States history killing ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Arcadia Snips will inspire the imagination! by vabookworm87 Pros: Funny, unique, interesting, well written, great imagery, full of plot twists
Cons: Long chapter titles I was asked by Robert Rodgers to read his book, Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium. This was, without a doubt, the BEST book I have read in quite some time!To imagine the incredibly unique world in which this story is set, you must think ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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More Spaghetti, I Say! by dustinnikki Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing really More Spaghetti, I Say! is a Scholastic Reader at level 2. It is written by Rita Golden Gelman and illustrated by Mort Gerberg. Scholastic's level 2 means that it has "vocabulary and sentence length for beginner ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
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A gripping story of survival and redemption by chiliqueen Pros: Vivid imagery, strong characters
Cons: Contains some graphic moments involving assault Ben Mikaelsen's Touching Spirit Bear is the gripping tale of Cole Matthews, juvenile delinquent who's about to be sentenced to jail time for assaulting a fellow student. Tough-as-nails Cole feels like the world is out to get him and it's his right ...
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Jan 02 '10 |
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I don't want to go off on a rant but Dennis Miller's still relevant! by PattyTherre Pros: Funny, almost as relevant today as a decade ago, satirical humor, a quick read
Cons: Some subjects are obviously dated, Miller's style may not be for everyone I am a long time fan of Dennis Miller and always appreciated his style of humor even if I didn't always agree with what he was ranting about.I picked up Dennis Miller - The Rants for a few bucks and read it in two days. It's a funny yet ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
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Facades crack along fault lines from long before by Stephen_Murray Pros: construction, cool tone
Cons: may be too terse for some, shocking to some Swiss writer Alain Claude Sulzer has published eight novels in German. The only one that has (so far) been translated into English, Ein perfecter Keller (The Perfect Waiter), won the 2008 Prix Medicis étranger (the foreign Medici Prize) for ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
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Disappointment In Recycling: "Angel: Smile Time" Is Available Elsewhere (Better)! by wlswarts Pros: Two fun stories, One decent one
Cons: Light on character development, All of these stories are available elsewhere. I am finding myself disappointed in "Angel" all of a sudden. The other day, I was enthusiastically reviewing the Spike Puppet doll (reviewed at: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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Dec 19 '09 |
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Great book period, but an ideal start for someone curious about McCarthy by paulsavage Pros: Emotionally intense, characters, plot, pacing
Cons: I like the pacing, may be a little slow for others In 1992 I was in graduate school in South Carolina. That year Dorothy Allison’s first novel Bastard Out of Carolina was nominated for the National Book Award. I was studying English (specifically Southern American Lit) and was politically ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
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An African American discombobulated by West Africa by Stephen_Murray Pros: a cautionary tale (or tales) with a well-developed thriller plot under the sociosexual angst
Cons: may be very confusing, especially at the start with different kinds of texts Having read all three published collections of short fiction by Reginald McKnight (Moustapha’s Eclipse, The Light that Shines on Texas, White Boys)*, I had already read almost a third of the contents of his 2001 novel He Sleeps. The ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
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Two mysteries, one fine book by dolphinboy Pros: Crisp writing, good mysteries, fast paced
Cons: None for the genre This book is part of a long-running detective stories collectively known as the Nameless Detective books by Bill Pronzini, as the main character’s name was not revealed until the fifteenth or sixteenth book. Nameless, whose name we now know is ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
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More like SOMETHING in the Lake...... by kevintipple Pros: Story at the core....
Cons: but there are issues as noted in the review. Part fantasy tale, part mystery tale, this short book tells the tale of what can happen when a person is locked into sadness. The fisherman, Cal, is a stern father of two young children, a daughter and son. While the daughter, much like his wife, ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Connections by BBailey182 Pros: Comprehensive, and not just a boring re-telling of the facts.
Cons: None come to mind. Sports teams are interesting from an historical perspective. There's really no link between a team playing now and that same team playing 50 years ago -- the players are certainly different, the owners are probably different, the rules on and off the ...
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Jan 02 '10 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Breathtaking Read by mcrowl Pros: superb characters, wide-ranging story, great suspense
Cons: I didn't find any cons. Having never read anything by Sebastian Faulks before, I was surprised to find myself sailing through A Week in December’s 518 pages at a rate of knots. Faulks is a wonderful writer with a sharp use of language, and an ability to ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Maisy's Pirate Treasure Hunt: Set Sail With Maisy! by GravityGirl Pros: Bright colors, keeps toddler engaged, familiar characters
Cons: None My toddler daughter has always been very particular about the books she reads and the shows that she watches. She is beginning to branch out, which is surprising, but she remains devoted to old favorites and Maisy is still queen around these ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Making the Backyard Home by pambo Pros: Creative ideas about ways to use the backyard.
Cons: Could use more info on costs. We're in the midst of the blizzard at the moment so it's a little difficult to picture spring yard projects, but luckily, "Cultivating Life: 125 Projects for Backyard Living" is at hand. Written by Sean Conway, a well-known garden designer ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Secrets From The Past-Vengeance Road by skbreese Pros: Fast paced thriller, Terse writing style
Cons: Thinly developed characters, Unresolved subplots, Former crime reporter, and author of several highly acclaimed suspense thrillers, Rick Mofina, takes his readers on a non-stop roller coaster ride in his tense, fast paced, novel Vengeance Road. Mofina also introduces the reader to a new lead ...
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Jan 02 '10 |
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Archaeologically Informative Drama by bvckvs Pros: Engaging, entertaining and somewhat educational.
Cons: First two-thirds of book slowly setup for a long conclusion. While the drama was entertaining, the education was engaging.Although tech manuals and text books are my standard faire, I enjoyed this murder mystery quite well. This is probably because of how jam-packed it was with stuff that only an ...
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Dec 19 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Up close by BBailey182 Pros: The author had good access to his subjects.
Cons: Didn't pick a great year for study. There are few sports figures who are as "two-sided" as Bill Belichick.The New England Patriots head coach appears in public to be vanilla enough to fill an ice cream factory. He rarely says anything particularly interesting in news conferences, ...
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Jan 02 '10 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Mr. Christmas — Santa Claus' Nephew Helps Deliver Presents to the Mr. Men by elvisdo Pros: Great Christmas story; colourful characters
Cons: Pages start to rip out very easily The Christmas season is always a very busy time of the year and the one person who really feels the Christmas crunch is Santa Claus. Every year he checks his naughty and nice list to see who is or isn't getting any presents. But that nice list is growing ...
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Dec 21 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Smoke Screen by serc Pros: fast-paced, plot-filled story; fun romance; excellent audio narration by Victor Slezak
Cons: end is a bit too drawn out During my time in nursing school, I spent a lot of time in my car. Both my school and the hospitals that I did my clinical hours at were quite a distance from my house; audiobooks became one way to deal with the endless driving. Smoke ...
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Dec 20 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Blank Slate 2: The Past Deciphered by rmthunter Pros: Strong story, vivid characters, beautiful graphics in an absorbing thriller.
Cons: Visuals are a little dense sometimes. The second volume of Aya Kanno's Blank Slate poses some new questions about Zen's past and Hakka's part in it. Colonel Gia, whom we met briefly at the end of volume 1, holds ...
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Dec 20 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Introducing Kathryn Dance, a new female investigator by cpw1952 Pros: A very detailed, interesting discussion of the prosaic art of criminal interrogation.
Cons: Daniel Pell is a little artificial and doesn't truly come alive off the pages! Most thriller fans will pick up a Michael Connelly novel expecting that it's going to be about Harry Bosch. Similarly, most Jeffrey Deaver fans (and I expect there's a whole pile of crossover), will pick up one of his novels expecting a story about ...
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Dec 20 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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