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4 | Esoteric Treasure | I was delighted to come across such a disk. Some of my family roots include anthracite miners from PA of Slovak/Russian/Polishethnicity (no, "Whiteash" is not Native American). To clean up and go to a weekend dance or listen to an impromptu "jam" in the mining towns must have been a cathartic delight. I can clearly feel the energy of the musicians in their playing - rightly referred to in the liner notes as rambunctious. I hear a similar quality in the Stanley Brothers' early recordings - commonly referred to as "hillbilly."Fair warning to the uninitiated: The first 5 cuts (Michael Tokarick's band) have two violinists. I'm guessing that one is highly skilled and the other is less skilled, suffering mic-fright, surviving a hangover - whichever - and it can be hard to take. I'm also guessing that the bands, for the most part, got one shot at making a suitable recording due to cost of studio time. But these are only guesses. I, for one, enjoy and treasure this disk nonetheless. | 989 | [
"I was delighted to come across such a disk.",
"Some of my family roots include anthracite miners from PA of Slovak/Russian/Polishethnicity (no, \"Whiteash\" is not Native American).",
"To clean up and go to a weekend dance or listen to an impromptu \"jam\" in the mining towns must have been a cathartic delight.",
"I can clearly feel the energy of the musicians in their playing - rightly referred to in the liner notes as rambunctious.",
"I hear a similar quality in the Stanley Brothers' early recordings - commonly referred to as \"hillbilly.\"Fair warning to the uninitiated: The first 5 cuts (Michael Tokarick's band) have two violinists.",
"I'm guessing that one is highly skilled and the other is less skilled, suffering mic-fright, surviving a hangover - whichever - and it can be hard to take.",
"I'm also guessing that the bands, for the most part, got one shot at making a suitable recording due to cost of studio time.",
"But these are only guesses.",
"I, for one, enjoy and treasure this disk nonetheless."
] |
4 | Swingin' "King of Cats" | Don't let the structure of this story, in "five novellas," affect your judgment before you pick up this excellent book.The five interconnected stories center on Jimmy Lyons, an English rock guitarist. A la Tarentino, these stories are out of chronological order on purpose. The sequence ties the stories together with their organic emotional progression.Based on the idea that "our secrets define us," this story of relationships and self-discovery starts with others peripheral to Jimmy. Subsequent sections reveal when Jimmy joins a band, the Bogs, is bedded by band leader Adam, then finds musical success with the group.The last section is the most disturbing and perhaps the most revealing, as it covers the rough terrain of Jimmy's childhood.The author, Blake Fraina, has crafted a tale of of what drives attraction and the back-and-forth of power in a relationship. It's a gem that deserves a larger audience, and I suspect the name Blake Fraina will loom much larger in the future. | 989 | [
"Don't let the structure of this story, in \"five novellas,\" affect your judgment before you pick up this excellent book.The five interconnected stories center on Jimmy Lyons, an English rock guitarist.",
"A la Tarentino, these stories are out of chronological order on purpose.",
"The sequence ties the stories together with their organic emotional progression.Based on the idea that \"our secrets define us,\" this story of relationships and self-discovery starts with others peripheral to Jimmy.",
"Subsequent sections reveal when Jimmy joins a band, the Bogs, is bedded by band leader Adam, then finds musical success with the group.The last section is the most disturbing and perhaps the most revealing, as it covers the rough terrain of Jimmy's childhood.The author, Blake Fraina, has crafted a tale of of what drives attraction and the back-and-forth of power in a relationship.",
"It's a gem that deserves a larger audience, and I suspect the name Blake Fraina will loom much larger in the future."
] |
4 | Where the fun is | Clare is a dancer. She wants to join the City Ballet, but she's taller than most professional dancers. Can she make it? If she can't, what will she do? On Pointe examines what happens when our dreams change. Clare begins the summer auditioning for the City Ballet, living with her grandfather, and chatting with her friend Rosella, who says negative things about their peers that make Clare uncomfortable. By the end of summer, Clare's perspective and priorities have undergone a dramatic shift.Lorie Ann Grover's verse beautifully conveys the work, pain, and pride that come with being a dancer, as well as the self-consciousness and alienation we feel as our bodies change us from children to adults. Clare learns that our passions don't have to be our professions. This is a valuable lesson for anyone, but it is especially valuable for readers who are passionate about one art or another.I would recommend On Pointe to fans of dance, poetry, or readers struggling to define themselves. | 989 | [
"Clare is a dancer.",
"She wants to join the City Ballet, but she's taller than most professional dancers.",
"Can she make it?",
"If she can't, what will she do?",
"On Pointe examines what happens when our dreams change.",
"Clare begins the summer auditioning for the City Ballet, living with her grandfather, and chatting with her friend Rosella, who says negative things about their peers that make Clare uncomfortable.",
"By the end of summer, Clare's perspective and priorities have undergone a dramatic shift.Lorie Ann Grover's verse beautifully conveys the work, pain, and pride that come with being a dancer, as well as the self-consciousness and alienation we feel as our bodies change us from children to adults.",
"Clare learns that our passions don't have to be our professions.",
"This is a valuable lesson for anyone, but it is especially valuable for readers who are passionate about one art or another.I would recommend On Pointe to fans of dance, poetry, or readers struggling to define themselves."
] |
4 | Youth And Sexuality | "Taming The Beast" is a very painful book about sexuality and youth. Emily Maguire gives us within one novel a psychological study of sexual degeneration, a morality tale, a coming-of-age story and a whimsical love story all at once. The main protagonist Sarah is on a self-destructive sexual quest after she was raped by her teacher (with whom she carried on an affair for a long time). The scariest element in the book is that that dastardly lecherous teacher actually believes that he wasn't doing anything wrong and Sarah is genuinely in love with him. This brings a sickening sense of realism to the novel as most villains actually do not consider themselves to be evil (the comic-book villains who call themselves "Masters of Evil" or "Brotherhood of Evil Mutants" are cardboard caricatures of real villains who are convinced about the "rightness" of their actions). The sad truth is that, I happened to know quite a number of people who are as blind and self-destructive as Sarah... | 989 | [
"\"Taming The Beast\" is a very painful book about sexuality and youth.",
"Emily Maguire gives us within one novel a psychological study of sexual degeneration, a morality tale, a coming-of-age story and a whimsical love story all at once.",
"The main protagonist Sarah is on a self-destructive sexual quest after she was raped by her teacher (with whom she carried on an affair for a long time).",
"The scariest element in the book is that that dastardly lecherous teacher actually believes that he wasn't doing anything wrong and Sarah is genuinely in love with him.",
"This brings a sickening sense of realism to the novel as most villains actually do not consider themselves to be evil (the comic-book villains who call themselves \"Masters of Evil\" or \"Brotherhood of Evil Mutants\" are cardboard caricatures of real villains who are convinced about the \"rightness\" of their actions).",
"The sad truth is that, I happened to know quite a number of people who are as blind and self-destructive as Sarah..."
] |
4 | Breath of fresh air | "These books, IDA MEA, and IDA MAE The saga continues,were like a breath of fresh air." The characters were alive tome, which must be a direct reflection, of the talents of the author. I found myself at the beginning of the books wondering what I could possibly take away from these stories. I thought that there would be nothing that I would be able to relate to, because of the time setting of the story...I could have not been more wrong! Though I was not able to relate to the era,... the pain, joy, suffering, and experiences that Ida Mae and her family shared, are universal...They cross all bounds...age, sex, religion, race...there is something for everyone in these stories!....After having the pleasure of meeting and talking with the author, I felt even more touched by these characters. I will never forget Ida Mae, and never forget Delores Thorton....Thanks Delores for giving us Ida Mae...she is someone that we can all be proud of...(I can't wait for your next novel "Babe") | 989 | [
"\"These books, IDA MEA, and IDA MAE The saga continues,were like a breath of fresh air.\" The characters were alive tome, which must be a direct reflection, of the talents of the author.",
"I found myself at the beginning of the books wondering what I could possibly take away from these stories.",
"I thought that there would be nothing that I would be able to relate to, because of the time setting of the story...I could have not been more wrong!",
"Though I was not able to relate to the era,... the pain, joy, suffering, and experiences that Ida Mae and her family shared, are universal...They cross all bounds...age, sex, religion, race...there is something for everyone in these stories!",
"....After having the pleasure of meeting and talking with the author, I felt even more touched by these characters.",
"I will never forget Ida Mae, and never forget Delores Thorton....Thanks Delores for giving us Ida Mae...she is someone that we can all be proud of...(I can't wait for your next novel \"Babe\")"
] |
4 | Powerful little Lady | Purchased Lady for one of our b/g 3 y/o twins this Christmas. Our kids are into playing with the Thomas train scenes so we bought them 'Down by the Docks' (got it just in time, guess it is being discontinued). We got our son battery powered Thomas and our daughter received battery powered Lady. All things Thomas were a hit. I will echo what another reviewer wrote. Thomas is pokey! Lady has him beat for pulling power and overall speed. She laps him on the track and ends up pushing him and his load while pullin' her own. The button on top of the BP ones are easy for little hands to work. The only thing that stresses Mom is the gear stripping sound that accompanies the act of pressing off the train if the child holds the train in place while shutting it off. One has to pick up the train so the wheels spin free while pushing the off button. Also, we've already replaced the battery in one of them due to tipped-over-train-syndrome(TOTS) that can arise with 3 y/o attention spans :) | 989 | [
"Purchased Lady for one of our b/g 3 y/o twins this Christmas.",
"Our kids are into playing with the Thomas train scenes so we bought them 'Down by the Docks' (got it just in time, guess it is being discontinued).",
"We got our son battery powered Thomas and our daughter received battery powered Lady.",
"All things Thomas were a hit.",
"I will echo what another reviewer wrote.",
"Thomas is pokey!",
"Lady has him beat for pulling power and overall speed.",
"She laps him on the track and ends up pushing him and his load while pullin' her own.",
"The button on top of the BP ones are easy for little hands to work.",
"The only thing that stresses Mom is the gear stripping sound that accompanies the act of pressing off the train if the child holds the train in place while shutting it off.",
"One has to pick up the train so the wheels spin free while pushing the off button.",
"Also, we've already replaced the battery in one of them due to tipped-over-train-syndrome(TOTS) that can arise with 3 y/o attention spans :)"
] |
4 | Very interesting! | We English-speakers are so pelted with the name Shakespeare from earliest recollections, and so over-exposed to scenes and lines from his plays, that many of us (including me, who took a course titled Shakespeare in college) become after a time benumbed and uninterested in anything bearing the too, too familiar appellation. Neverthess, I was curious to see what a non-literary bio of the man might reveal, and was pleased to find much in this book of fresh interest about him and his times. You might be surprised, as I was, for example, to learn how common it was in Elizabethan England for the ordinary man to be involved in lawsuits, or that London sported a two-storey shopping mall. But the choisest plum -- by my peculiar lights -- is a subjunctive-mood classic angrily uttered by the Bard's aged partner at the New Globe Theatre, on the occasion of his being disburdened of the day's ticket receipts by thugs in the employ of creditors: "If my son come, he will thump you hence!" | 988 | [
"We English-speakers are so pelted with the name Shakespeare from earliest recollections, and so over-exposed to scenes and lines from his plays, that many of us (including me, who took a course titled Shakespeare in college) become after a time benumbed and uninterested in anything bearing the too, too familiar appellation.",
"Neverthess, I was curious to see what a non-literary bio of the man might reveal, and was pleased to find much in this book of fresh interest about him and his times.",
"You might be surprised, as I was, for example, to learn how common it was in Elizabethan England for the ordinary man to be involved in lawsuits, or that London sported a two-storey shopping mall.",
"But the choisest plum -- by my peculiar lights -- is a subjunctive-mood classic angrily uttered by the Bard's aged partner at the New Globe Theatre, on the occasion of his being disburdened of the day's ticket receipts by thugs in the employ of creditors: \"If my son come, he will thump you hence!",
"\""
] |
4 | , We Could Have Won! | First, I am a veteran. Also, I instructed and advised foreign troops. So, I read this excellent book differently than the other Amazon reviewers . Ford's book is also a metaphor for how we COULD have won the war in SE Asia. Our special ops people (SF & SEALS)had the right idea and the proper operations in place to win. Our guys won every battle, including Tet. The war was lost by careerists vs warriors, i.e.,too many career ambitious remf staff officerswho defeated the special operations mindset whenever they could.Also, the war was lost by nitpick meddling from elected things in DC and by a defeatist media. If you don't believe me, read what the miltary leaders of the NVA wrote in their histories of that war.Ford's book is a metaphor for this interpretation every bit as much as it is for the civilian interpretation. Like all reviewers here I share the same awe for Ford's incredibly accurate , on-target,conclusions of the book/war, considering it was written in themid '60s. | 988 | [
"First, I am a veteran.",
"Also, I instructed and advised foreign troops.",
"So, I read this excellent book differently than the other Amazon reviewers.",
"Ford's book is also a metaphor for how we COULD have won the war in SE Asia.",
"Our special ops people (SF & SEALS)had the right idea and the proper operations in place to win.",
"Our guys won every battle, including Tet.",
"The war was lost by careerists vs warriors, i.e.,too many career ambitious remf staff officerswho defeated the special operations mindset whenever they could.Also, the war was lost by nitpick meddling from elected things in DC and by a defeatist media.",
"If you don't believe me, read what the miltary leaders of the NVA wrote in their histories of that war.Ford's book is a metaphor for this interpretation every bit as much as it is for the civilian interpretation.",
"Like all reviewers here I share the same awe for Ford's incredibly accurate , on-target,conclusions of the book/war, considering it was written in themid '60s."
] |
4 | Book of Love for sale | After a eight year hiatus, Book of Love is back. This "Best of" collection brings together several of their earlier hits ("Boy"), some of their later obscure hits ("Counting the Rosaries", two new tracks ("Try and Getting Faster"), and a early rarity called "It's In Your Eyes". Well known as the group that opened for Depeche Mode in the eighties, Book of Love started out with bang with their first album but failed to gather momentum into the nineties as grunge basically eradicated the synth driven alternative music Book of Love is associated with. Early hits such as "I Touch Roses" and "Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls" are indictive of what I loved about Book of Love, swirling synths, deadpan vocals, and catchy choruses. Later songs such as "Hunny Hunny" and "Alice Everyday" make me cringe with trite lyrics and what basically amounts to a Brady Bunch style musical production. In the end however, Book of Love always manage to redeem themselves with Ted Ottaviano's musicianship. | 988 | [
"After a eight year hiatus, Book of Love is back.",
"This \"Best of\" collection brings together several of their earlier hits (\"Boy\"), some of their later obscure hits (\"Counting the Rosaries\", two new tracks (\"Try and Getting Faster\"), and a early rarity called \"It's In Your Eyes\".",
"Well known as the group that opened for Depeche Mode in the eighties, Book of Love started out with bang with their first album but failed to gather momentum into the nineties as grunge basically eradicated the synth driven alternative music Book of Love is associated with.",
"Early hits such as \"I Touch Roses\" and \"Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls\" are indictive of what I loved about Book of Love, swirling synths, deadpan vocals, and catchy choruses.",
"Later songs such as \"Hunny Hunny\" and \"Alice Everyday\" make me cringe with trite lyrics and what basically amounts to a Brady Bunch style musical production.",
"In the end however, Book of Love always manage to redeem themselves with Ted Ottaviano's musicianship."
] |
4 | Hayley Hatchet Review | The plot to this book was exciting. Brian is on a plane. He is going to visit his dad. Then the pilot had a heart attack! Brian was in panic, and he did not know what to do! He manages to crash safe but hurt. Mr. Robertson had heard wildlife and fell asleep for the entire night. Brian decided to go and take a drink from the lake but threw up. Brian managed to make a fabulous shelter. Brian found his own sweet berries, and he made a wonderful fire. It was lucky, but Brian found food. Brian almost got saved, but he did not. Brian felt very happy about everything. Brian got attacked by a crazy moose. He luckily was safe. Brian found out that there was a survival pack he was so happy, and he went in the morning to get the survival pack. He had trouble, but he got the great survival pack, and started to make a feast Will there be any life saving thing in the pack? To find out what happens read this amazing book! You really should read this fabulous book. I really love this book! | 988 | [
"The plot to this book was exciting.",
"Brian is on a plane.",
"He is going to visit his dad.",
"Then the pilot had a heart attack!",
"Brian was in panic, and he did not know what to do!",
"He manages to crash safe but hurt.",
"Mr.",
"Robertson had heard wildlife and fell asleep for the entire night.",
"Brian decided to go and take a drink from the lake but threw up.",
"Brian managed to make a fabulous shelter.",
"Brian found his own sweet berries, and he made a wonderful fire.",
"It was lucky, but Brian found food.",
"Brian almost got saved, but he did not.",
"Brian felt very happy about everything.",
"Brian got attacked by a crazy moose.",
"He luckily was safe.",
"Brian found out that there was a survival pack he was so happy, and he went in the morning to get the survival pack.",
"He had trouble, but he got the great survival pack, and started to make a feast Will there be any life saving thing in the pack?",
"To find out what happens read this amazing book!",
"You really should read this fabulous book.",
"I really love this book!"
] |
4 | Whoa! | Dude, this is one seriously cool album! The guitars are really heavy (not to mention reminiscent of Metallica on "And Justice for All"), and there are tons of wild rhythm changes, and cool solos. Chris Barnes is an hilarious vocalist. He'd better watch out or Steve Irwin may try to wrestle him. The lyrics are well, sick, but hey, just don't read them. If somebody swallows something, they'll work better than Ipecac! Check out that song "Hammer Smashed Face", it really rules! I heard that song in "Ace Ventura", and figured that was just a joke, not a real band, but it is! This isn't the best death metal you'll ever hear (that would be Vader and Morbid Angel), but it's definitely worth a listen if you like this stuff. And guys, don't take it so personally if people don't like this band. Not all of us are perverted enough to listen to it. I guess we're the lucky ones. Anyway, if you like death metal, buy this. Or, as Chris would say: bnvbndglhdhtrelthelrhlh...just buy it, okay? | 988 | [
"Dude, this is one seriously cool album!",
"The guitars are really heavy (not to mention reminiscent of Metallica on \"And Justice for All\"), and there are tons of wild rhythm changes, and cool solos.",
"Chris Barnes is an hilarious vocalist.",
"He'd better watch out or Steve Irwin may try to wrestle him.",
"The lyrics are well, sick, but hey, just don't read them.",
"If somebody swallows something, they'll work better than Ipecac!",
"Check out that song \"Hammer Smashed Face\", it really rules!",
"I heard that song in \"Ace Ventura\", and figured that was just a joke, not a real band, but it is!",
"This isn't the best death metal you'll ever hear (that would be Vader and Morbid Angel), but it's definitely worth a listen if you like this stuff.",
"And guys, don't take it so personally if people don't like this band.",
"Not all of us are perverted enough to listen to it.",
"I guess we're the lucky ones.",
"Anyway, if you like death metal, buy this.",
"Or, as Chris would say: bnvbndglhdhtrelthelrhlh...just buy it, okay?"
] |
4 | ALLIGATOR Meets JAWS | Okay usually I don't like CGI films but this one took a bite out of me.Tobe Hooper(Director of Poltergeist and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1&2) along with F/X artists from the Tom Savini school makes this a fun romp thru the swamp.You will find the usual group of teenagers runnning afoul of one pissed off reptillian parent of a Crocodile.A B-movie that is fun and inventive despite so many other films in this Genre.I ordered this from supermart and it was delivered in no time-a few days later-and the quality of the film and the sound are great.If you like movies like Orca-the killer Whale,Jaws,and Alligator,then this is a must have for any true mother nature gone wild DVD collection.While there is one scene of CGI that will have you thinking that this Crocodile should be in the olympics there are several convincing scenes/mock-ups of this Beast that will impress you.Next up:Crocodile 2 the sequel which i saw on the sy/fy channel and also will be adding to my collection-soon! | 988 | [
"Okay usually I don't like CGI films but this one took a bite out of me.Tobe Hooper(Director of Poltergeist and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1&2) along with F/X artists from the Tom Savini school makes this a fun romp thru the swamp.You will find the usual group of teenagers runnning afoul of one pissed off reptillian parent of a Crocodile.A B-movie that is fun and inventive despite so many other films in this Genre.I ordered this from supermart and it was delivered in no time-a few days later-and the quality of the film and the sound are great.If you like movies like Orca-the killer Whale,Jaws,and Alligator,then this is a must have for any true mother nature gone wild DVD collection.While there is one scene of CGI that will have you thinking that this Crocodile should be in the olympics there are several convincing scenes/mock-ups of this Beast that will impress you.Next up:Crocodile 2 the sequel which i saw on the sy/fy channel and also will be adding to my collection-soon!"
] |
4 | *High School Horror* | Dark Blue is about two girls, Kara and Jordan, and they have been friends since kindergarten. When they get in high school Jordan decides she wants to try out for cheerleading and she didn't make it. The next year she tries out again, but unlike last year, she makes it. A couple weeks after she makes it she starts going on and on about it and kind of leaves Kara out of things and starts hanging out with the popular cheerleaders. Kara gets sad and goes home every night and just cries. If you want to find out if they become friends again read the Color Series by Melody Carlson.I made a text-to-self connection in Dark Blue. At the beginning of the year one of my old friends and I were best friends and now we never hang out or talk. I really thought we would be best friends forever, but like they all say, "nothing lasts forever". It makes me think about how bad Kara felt when Jordan ditched her for all the more popular girls. That was the biggest connection I made in Dark Blue. | 988 | [
"Dark Blue is about two girls, Kara and Jordan, and they have been friends since kindergarten.",
"When they get in high school Jordan decides she wants to try out for cheerleading and she didn't make it.",
"The next year she tries out again, but unlike last year, she makes it.",
"A couple weeks after she makes it she starts going on and on about it and kind of leaves Kara out of things and starts hanging out with the popular cheerleaders.",
"Kara gets sad and goes home every night and just cries.",
"If you want to find out if they become friends again read the Color Series by Melody Carlson.I made a text-to-self connection in Dark Blue.",
"At the beginning of the year one of my old friends and I were best friends and now we never hang out or talk.",
"I really thought we would be best friends forever, but like they all say, \"nothing lasts forever\".",
"It makes me think about how bad Kara felt when Jordan ditched her for all the more popular girls.",
"That was the biggest connection I made in Dark Blue."
] |
4 | Decent for the price | I wanted to start taking supplements to help thicken my hair-it's really bad!-and strengthen my nails. For me, this product works. It isn't like magic where the next morning my hair was akin to Rapunzel and my nails were beginning to curl they were so long. It has taken time to get there, and I am much happier waiting for the good results than speedily trying to slap a bandaid on my issues. It's just like losing weight: the faster you lose it, the easier it is for you to gain it back and the slower you take, the less likely you will gain it back. Is it perfect? No, but my nails begin to bend and chip when I stop taking it and my hair falls out much, much more. I am glad the FDA doesn't control yet another thing in my life. Just because the FDA approves something doesn't make it good for you.Also, I am vegetarian. When you have "dietary issues" it is sooooo much harder to find something you CAN take. Thank you, Country Life, for making a product that works and is affordable. | 988 | [
"I wanted to start taking supplements to help thicken my hair-it's really bad!",
"-and strengthen my nails.",
"For me, this product works.",
"It isn't like magic where the next morning my hair was akin to Rapunzel and my nails were beginning to curl they were so long.",
"It has taken time to get there, and I am much happier waiting for the good results than speedily trying to slap a bandaid on my issues.",
"It's just like losing weight: the faster you lose it, the easier it is for you to gain it back and the slower you take, the less likely you will gain it back.",
"Is it perfect?",
"No, but my nails begin to bend and chip when I stop taking it and my hair falls out much, much more.",
"I am glad the FDA doesn't control yet another thing in my life.",
"Just because the FDA approves something doesn't make it good for you.Also, I am vegetarian.",
"When you have \"dietary issues\" it is sooooo much harder to find something you CAN take.",
"Thank you, Country Life, for making a product that works and is affordable."
] |
4 | What a Wonderful Debut | Norah Jones is going somewhere and my statement about that has nothing to do with grammy nominations. All you have to do is listen to this album and you'll realize this is a voice and expression in modern jazz that we've been waiting for. It's also, wonder of all wonders, the voice bringing jazz to the forefront in other musical genres, teaching those who would, not to box themselves in so tight they can't get out. The only qualm I have with Ms. Jones is her tendency to lower her voice almost to a whisper at certain points, thus disallowing the listener to hear what she is saying and to glean from that understanding and meaning of the song's lyrics. For this reason, the first time I heard the album I thought it was too flat, her voice too unemotional. Then I played it again and was astounded by the expression to be found in her voice when one has gotten past the surface listen and is digging deeper. "Don't Know Why," "Cold Cold Heart" and "Turn Me On" are my favorite songs. | 988 | [
"Norah Jones is going somewhere and my statement about that has nothing to do with grammy nominations.",
"All you have to do is listen to this album and you'll realize this is a voice and expression in modern jazz that we've been waiting for.",
"It's also, wonder of all wonders, the voice bringing jazz to the forefront in other musical genres, teaching those who would, not to box themselves in so tight they can't get out.",
"The only qualm I have with Ms.",
"Jones is her tendency to lower her voice almost to a whisper at certain points, thus disallowing the listener to hear what she is saying and to glean from that understanding and meaning of the song's lyrics.",
"For this reason, the first time I heard the album I thought it was too flat, her voice too unemotional.",
"Then I played it again and was astounded by the expression to be found in her voice when one has gotten past the surface listen and is digging deeper.",
"\"Don't Know Why,\" \"Cold Cold Heart\" and \"Turn Me On\" are my favorite songs."
] |
4 | This Kittie's Got Claws! | The four gothed-out ckicks from Canada,Kittie,rock harder and with more conviction than most of thier bloated male peers on thier ferocious debut,"Spit".Kicking of with the feral title track,the album is a churning,abrasive nightmare of grinding buzzsaw guitars and lead vocalist Morgan Lander's "Exorcist" inspired ranting.Given the fact that the group's average age was around eighteen when they recorded it,thier performances on "Spit" show an amazing power and dexterity,anchored by Mercedes lander's rock-solid drumming.The album's highlite for me is "Charlotte",with an odd,angular melody and a sound that suggests a miraculous combination of Thurston Moore,Courtney love,and Korn's rhythm section,as well as "Choke", a huge,sputtering monstrosity that makes most other "heavy" music out there nowadays sound positively Britney-esque in comparison.Definately a welcome addition to any hard music fan's collection(and I'm not just saying that 'cause I've got a crush on Mercedes!!!!) | 988 | [
"The four gothed-out ckicks from Canada,Kittie,rock harder and with more conviction than most of thier bloated male peers on thier ferocious debut,\"Spit\".Kicking of with the feral title track,the album is a churning,abrasive nightmare of grinding buzzsaw guitars and lead vocalist Morgan Lander's \"Exorcist\" inspired ranting.Given the fact that the group's average age was around eighteen when they recorded it,thier performances on \"Spit\" show an amazing power and dexterity,anchored by Mercedes lander's rock-solid drumming.The album's highlite for me is \"Charlotte\",with an odd,angular melody and a sound that suggests a miraculous combination of Thurston Moore,Courtney love,and Korn's rhythm section,as well as \"Choke\", a huge,sputtering monstrosity that makes most other \"heavy\" music out there nowadays sound positively Britney-esque in comparison.Definately a welcome addition to any hard music fan's collection(and I'm not just saying that 'cause I've got a crush on Mercedes!!!",
"!",
")"
] |
4 | sloppy but profound | I was not disappointed with this novel, but I do not think it belongs on the best novels of the century list. While much of this book is excellent, its flaws are jarringly obvious. There are plot holes galore, characters who inexplicably appear and then are never heard from again, and so much detail that it just boggles the mind. I suspect that when O'Hara sat down to write this book, he just started typing whatever came to his mind, and without consideration for structure, grammar, or punctuation. After he was finished, he sent it off to his publisher and no one, including O'Hara, knew how to edit it. I've read several of his short stories and they suffered from these same flaws. He is, however, a matchless winner when it comes to writing dialogue; all of his characters are distinctly real in the way they talk. Alas, sometimes, I wonder what ever happened to John O'Hara; he was one of the literary lights of the first half of this century, but he is largely forgotten today. | 988 | [
"I was not disappointed with this novel, but I do not think it belongs on the best novels of the century list.",
"While much of this book is excellent, its flaws are jarringly obvious.",
"There are plot holes galore, characters who inexplicably appear and then are never heard from again, and so much detail that it just boggles the mind.",
"I suspect that when O'Hara sat down to write this book, he just started typing whatever came to his mind, and without consideration for structure, grammar, or punctuation.",
"After he was finished, he sent it off to his publisher and no one, including O'Hara, knew how to edit it.",
"I've read several of his short stories and they suffered from these same flaws.",
"He is, however, a matchless winner when it comes to writing dialogue; all of his characters are distinctly real in the way they talk.",
"Alas, sometimes, I wonder what ever happened to John O'Hara; he was one of the literary lights of the first half of this century, but he is largely forgotten today."
] |
4 | Good deal for the $$ | I bought this headset to replace a lightweight model that had broken. These headphones are worn behind the neck style. sound quality is pretty good. The mic is clear and picks up your voice well. The mic is adjustable up and down but you cant position it closer to your mouth. The inline volume control is a nice touch so you wont have to exit a game to adjust the volume. The headset is pretty comfortable unless you plan on wearing it for a long time. After about two hours of playing counter strike source or day of defeat source I'm ready for a break. I must mention that these things are durable. I think you could run them over with your car and they'd still function. To me, that's their best feature since I've had other headseats break. So if you're looking for a decent set of headphones that sound good and will take loads of abuse then these are worth considering. There was a rebate available when I purchased these headphones which made this an offer that I couldn't pass up | 988 | [
"I bought this headset to replace a lightweight model that had broken.",
"These headphones are worn behind the neck style.",
"sound quality is pretty good.",
"The mic is clear and picks up your voice well.",
"The mic is adjustable up and down but you cant position it closer to your mouth.",
"The inline volume control is a nice touch so you wont have to exit a game to adjust the volume.",
"The headset is pretty comfortable unless you plan on wearing it for a long time.",
"After about two hours of playing counter strike source or day of defeat source I'm ready for a break.",
"I must mention that these things are durable.",
"I think you could run them over with your car and they'd still function.",
"To me, that's their best feature since I've had other headseats break.",
"So if you're looking for a decent set of headphones that sound good and will take loads of abuse then these are worth considering.",
"There was a rebate available when I purchased these headphones which made this an offer that I couldn't pass up"
] |
4 | A great movie. | I think the main reason many critics and audiences spoke so low of this movie when it first came out was because so many people were expecting a "Pulp Fiction, part II." I still like Pulp better, but Jackie Brown is still a very good movie. The performances are top notch, and the story line is steady and gripping. I will admit to finding it a bit long, but in end it all seemed to work out for the best. The abrupt ending was quick and eqasy and very likeable. The characters seemed real and very down to earth, even the ones we grew to hat. As always, Sam Jackson gives a fine performances, Pam Greer is irresistable, and even Bridget Fonda, who I normally hate, was fun to watch. I thought Robert Forster was great and extremely belivalbe as a simple bail bondsman who falls for Greer's Jackie. I was surprised to see Bobby DeNiro with such a small part, with such little dialogue, but he worked it well. This is a very good movie that I highly recomend, with a warning to be patient. | 988 | [
"I think the main reason many critics and audiences spoke so low of this movie when it first came out was because so many people were expecting a \"Pulp Fiction, part II.\" I still like Pulp better, but Jackie Brown is still a very good movie.",
"The performances are top notch, and the story line is steady and gripping.",
"I will admit to finding it a bit long, but in end it all seemed to work out for the best.",
"The abrupt ending was quick and eqasy and very likeable.",
"The characters seemed real and very down to earth, even the ones we grew to hat.",
"As always, Sam Jackson gives a fine performances, Pam Greer is irresistable, and even Bridget Fonda, who I normally hate, was fun to watch.",
"I thought Robert Forster was great and extremely belivalbe as a simple bail bondsman who falls for Greer's Jackie.",
"I was surprised to see Bobby DeNiro with such a small part, with such little dialogue, but he worked it well.",
"This is a very good movie that I highly recomend, with a warning to be patient."
] |
4 | German Rock | This is the first Rammstein album I've listened to, being attracted to it in the first place by the single 'Benzin', which constitutes track 1. I wasn't sure what to expect, other than probably more of the same. Rather surprisingly (I felt), I really enjoyed it - less 'Industrial' and more 'Rock' than I expected. I can hear many echoes of decades-old favourites such as Nina Hagen and Spliff.....of course, there's more power chording and the production technology these days is way better, but - German Rock still sounds like German Rock. So if you like the above mentioned Nina Hagen, Spliff et al - you won't get too far out of your comfort zone with this. And it goes without saying - if you're already a Rammstein fan, it may pay you to backtrack & investigate some of the older players in this game, to hear where some of it's coming from.Incidentally, you may enjoy (as I did) putting this album on the headphones, turning the volume up & visiting the Ramstein Air Base homepage. | 988 | [
"This is the first Rammstein album I've listened to, being attracted to it in the first place by the single 'Benzin', which constitutes track 1.",
"I wasn't sure what to expect, other than probably more of the same.",
"Rather surprisingly (I felt), I really enjoyed it - less 'Industrial' and more 'Rock' than I expected.",
"I can hear many echoes of decades-old favourites such as Nina Hagen and Spliff.....of course, there's more power chording and the production technology these days is way better, but - German Rock still sounds like German Rock.",
"So if you like the above mentioned Nina Hagen, Spliff et al - you won't get too far out of your comfort zone with this.",
"And it goes without saying - if you're already a Rammstein fan, it may pay you to backtrack & investigate some of the older players in this game, to hear where some of it's coming from.Incidentally, you may enjoy (as I did) putting this album on the headphones, turning the volume up & visiting the Ramstein Air Base homepage."
] |
4 | A Worthy Investment | It's easy to see why there have been over 1 million copies sold, of The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn. This book looks at financial giving to God from every biblical angle.It would be hard for any believer to read and walk away unchanged, therefore, I highly recommend it to every follower of Christ.The author uses scripture first to take away every excuse we have ever conjured up regarding our financial giving to God, but then he also successfully puts giving in the correct light of worship, stewardship, heavenly reward, and true joy.This book is not about laying a legalistic burden on people, or using guilt to motivate Christians to give to their church.It is clearly presented that the person who benefits most from giving, in this life and in the life to come, is the giver.Short and well-written, The Treasure Principle is an easy read that could change your life. Well worth the investment.The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving (LifeChange Books) | 988 | [
"It's easy to see why there have been over 1 million copies sold, of The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn.",
"This book looks at financial giving to God from every biblical angle.It would be hard for any believer to read and walk away unchanged, therefore, I highly recommend it to every follower of Christ.The author uses scripture first to take away every excuse we have ever conjured up regarding our financial giving to God, but then he also successfully puts giving in the correct light of worship, stewardship, heavenly reward, and true joy.This book is not about laying a legalistic burden on people, or using guilt to motivate Christians to give to their church.It is clearly presented that the person who benefits most from giving, in this life and in the life to come, is the giver.Short and well-written, The Treasure Principle is an easy read that could change your life.",
"Well worth the investment.The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving (LifeChange Books)"
] |
4 | Hack job but a fun read | You don't read a Child novel to experience great pros or a classic novel of immense proportions. You read Child to escape into a simple world with easy to understand characters and easy to follow plot lines with enough twists and enough heroics to make you turn the page. Such is the case with Jack Reacher who finds himself embroiled in another messy situation with Captain Hook for a villain and the standard love interest that is also smart and sassy. I had immense fun reading the novel and burying my worries inside of this work of fiction. Yes there are sentence fragments all over the place and yes some of the dialog needed a rewrite but after all Child is there to entertain.My one pet peeve would be to abandon two major characters -- the stone family. That's part of the problem of throwing this together in a hurry. It's sloppy on Child's part even though we can predict what would happen to them. This is airport reading material and nothing more but it's still a great ride. | 988 | [
"You don't read a Child novel to experience great pros or a classic novel of immense proportions.",
"You read Child to escape into a simple world with easy to understand characters and easy to follow plot lines with enough twists and enough heroics to make you turn the page.",
"Such is the case with Jack Reacher who finds himself embroiled in another messy situation with Captain Hook for a villain and the standard love interest that is also smart and sassy.",
"I had immense fun reading the novel and burying my worries inside of this work of fiction.",
"Yes there are sentence fragments all over the place and yes some of the dialog needed a rewrite but after all Child is there to entertain.My one pet peeve would be to abandon two major characters -- the stone family.",
"That's part of the problem of throwing this together in a hurry.",
"It's sloppy on Child's part even though we can predict what would happen to them.",
"This is airport reading material and nothing more but it's still a great ride."
] |
4 | Overall Good | Overall, a good book with good ideas for getaways. Provides 2-3 day excursions, usually themed according to either environment or activities. For instance, there's the predictable Zoo/Wild Animal Park adventure, but it also gives good ideas for trips into the mountains or desert, or even a horseback themed trip. I think the ideal couple who would enjoy this is those who are near enough to make frequent trips to San Diego, but don't necessarily live here (i.e. LA). Even though I live here, I think it will be good to get away for a few of these.I try to make the most of this city (easy to do since we love it so much!), and this book has some good items that I wasn't aware of, particularly outside the typical San Diego/Coronado/Carlsbad descriptions found in many travel books.For an overall sightseeing guide, one would do better with Fodor's or Fromme's, but this book has some good expanded-area info, as well as some "preassembled" trips, complete with lodging recommendations. | 988 | [
"Overall, a good book with good ideas for getaways.",
"Provides 2-3 day excursions, usually themed according to either environment or activities.",
"For instance, there's the predictable Zoo/Wild Animal Park adventure, but it also gives good ideas for trips into the mountains or desert, or even a horseback themed trip.",
"I think the ideal couple who would enjoy this is those who are near enough to make frequent trips to San Diego, but don't necessarily live here (i.e. LA).",
"Even though I live here, I think it will be good to get away for a few of these.I try to make the most of this city (easy to do since we love it so much!",
"), and this book has some good items that I wasn't aware of, particularly outside the typical San Diego/Coronado/Carlsbad descriptions found in many travel books.For an overall sightseeing guide, one would do better with Fodor's or Fromme's, but this book has some good expanded-area info, as well as some \"preassembled\" trips, complete with lodging recommendations."
] |
4 | The Golden Compass | Lyra has always been adventurous and it has led her into several awkward predicaments, but she is about to stumble into her greatest adventure yet. An unknown force, known only as the Gobblers, has been stealing children. Rumors abound about what happens to the stolen children. When one of Lyra's friends is taken, she decides that she must go find him.Her quest takes her across the world from the city of Oxford to the swamps where the gyptians live and finally in to frozen north of Svalbard. Here she discovers the awful truth of what the Gobblers are really doing, and it's worse than anyone had imagined.Lyra's adventures are beyond belief and fantastic. While she can be quite an obnoxious brat at times, you can't help but fall in love with her and her friends. Her friends are varied but loyal. There's just something about the girl that they can't resist wanting to help. The story is written in a way that draws you into her life and had you rooting for her the whole time.4/5 | 988 | [
"Lyra has always been adventurous and it has led her into several awkward predicaments, but she is about to stumble into her greatest adventure yet.",
"An unknown force, known only as the Gobblers, has been stealing children.",
"Rumors abound about what happens to the stolen children.",
"When one of Lyra's friends is taken, she decides that she must go find him.Her quest takes her across the world from the city of Oxford to the swamps where the gyptians live and finally in to frozen north of Svalbard.",
"Here she discovers the awful truth of what the Gobblers are really doing, and it's worse than anyone had imagined.Lyra's adventures are beyond belief and fantastic.",
"While she can be quite an obnoxious brat at times, you can't help but fall in love with her and her friends.",
"Her friends are varied but loyal.",
"There's just something about the girl that they can't resist wanting to help.",
"The story is written in a way that draws you into her life and had you rooting for her the whole time.4/5"
] |
4 | Trapped | After reading the preview on the back of the book "Of Human Bondage", I was hooked. It spoke of a young man who would answer to the beck and call of his woman even after she used, tormented, and abused him. I wondered what type of man he was. Was he sympathetic and caring or weak with no self-control? The book kept me on my toes. As each new woman was introduced, I asked, "Is she the heartless one?" Throughout the novel, the main character, Philip, is searching for his position in life. I think people are able to relate to Philip because most readeres have struggled with difficult choices at one time or another. At times, I did not agree with the choices he made, but in the end, it all worked out for te best. Because the reader can see into Philip's thoughts, it clears up some questions about why he thinks the way he does. Overall, I believe W. Somerset Maugham wrote an excellent novel. It portrays a real human being who feels and acts in the same manner that most of us do. | 988 | [
"After reading the preview on the back of the book \"Of Human Bondage\", I was hooked.",
"It spoke of a young man who would answer to the beck and call of his woman even after she used, tormented, and abused him.",
"I wondered what type of man he was.",
"Was he sympathetic and caring or weak with no self-control?",
"The book kept me on my toes.",
"As each new woman was introduced, I asked, \"Is she the heartless one?",
"\" Throughout the novel, the main character, Philip, is searching for his position in life.",
"I think people are able to relate to Philip because most readeres have struggled with difficult choices at one time or another.",
"At times, I did not agree with the choices he made, but in the end, it all worked out for te best.",
"Because the reader can see into Philip's thoughts, it clears up some questions about why he thinks the way he does.",
"Overall, I believe W.",
"Somerset Maugham wrote an excellent novel.",
"It portrays a real human being who feels and acts in the same manner that most of us do."
] |
4 | Utopia! | Given low expectations, no matter how well-recommended, this film can't help but succeed. It's a competent, well-made redoing of the Cinderella story, marred by a couple of narrative cliches (Cinderella's granddaughter telling the Brothers Grimm how it "really" happened, some petty vengeance scenes) and some throwaway lines.Barrymore's luminosity shines through her limitations as an actress; every scene she's in is carried by her heartfelt performance. Angelica Huston is also brilliant as the very arch, evil stepmother. Dougray Scott is adequate as the prince, but one is grateful that he wasn't able to do "Wolverine" for the X-Men movie after watching this. The stepsisters were entertaining, though it was nice to see Melanie Lynskey ("Heavenly Creatures") again.The story kind of lurches, and the throw-away lines and scenes begin to wear on the good will generated by some of the plot innovations. Still, it's a good story, with basically a good heart, and well worth watching. | 988 | [
"Given low expectations, no matter how well-recommended, this film can't help but succeed.",
"It's a competent, well-made redoing of the Cinderella story, marred by a couple of narrative cliches (Cinderella's granddaughter telling the Brothers Grimm how it \"really\" happened, some petty vengeance scenes) and some throwaway lines.Barrymore's luminosity shines through her limitations as an actress; every scene she's in is carried by her heartfelt performance.",
"Angelica Huston is also brilliant as the very arch, evil stepmother.",
"Dougray Scott is adequate as the prince, but one is grateful that he wasn't able to do \"Wolverine\" for the X-Men movie after watching this.",
"The stepsisters were entertaining, though it was nice to see Melanie Lynskey (\"Heavenly Creatures\") again.The story kind of lurches, and the throw-away lines and scenes begin to wear on the good will generated by some of the plot innovations.",
"Still, it's a good story, with basically a good heart, and well worth watching."
] |
4 | Mathematical Archeaology? | This movie is deep in its math. It is also incredibly intriguing. It may even be right. I am not wise enough to know. But the premise is simple: The earth has had at least one more advanced global civilization before us. The evidence? The mathematics that are inherent in the structures of the many of the great historical pyramids. Such as the pyramids in Giza, and in the Andes and so on. As for 'how' this movie was done? It is far from interesting. It is essentially a video tape (that was converted to DVD) of Carl Munck speaking with a whiteboard. If you are not strongly intellectual, or incredibly interested in the subject matter, the movie itself will do nothing to help you stay interested. There is not a single graphic, or otherwise. Its a lecture, with a white board. REALLY.Otherwise, if you are open to alternative explanations for things on Earth, this could be very interesting, and who knows, maybe even true.I would love to 'chat' with anyone that has seen this movie. | 988 | [
"This movie is deep in its math.",
"It is also incredibly intriguing.",
"It may even be right.",
"I am not wise enough to know.",
"But the premise is simple: The earth has had at least one more advanced global civilization before us.",
"The evidence?",
"The mathematics that are inherent in the structures of the many of the great historical pyramids.",
"Such as the pyramids in Giza, and in the Andes and so on.",
"As for 'how' this movie was done?",
"It is far from interesting.",
"It is essentially a video tape (that was converted to DVD) of Carl Munck speaking with a whiteboard.",
"If you are not strongly intellectual, or incredibly interested in the subject matter, the movie itself will do nothing to help you stay interested.",
"There is not a single graphic, or otherwise.",
"Its a lecture, with a white board.",
"REALLY.Otherwise, if you are open to alternative explanations for things on Earth, this could be very interesting, and who knows, maybe even true.I would love to 'chat' with anyone that has seen this movie."
] |
4 | Love that hurts | For cinematic beauty and an exploration of the depths of real love, this film is certainly a crowd pleaser. Debra Winger's verbal and non-verbal barbs are classic! Those who have read Lewis' works may be a little disappointed by some inconsistencies. C.S. Lewis has been described as a man who could "make a new suit look 20 years old just by putting it on". In most scenes, Hopkins looks like he just stepped out of Nordstrom's. Additionally, those who have read Lewis' essays and speeches know that he had many remarkable things to say. The producers and writers of this film missed a great opportunity to introduce this element to a larger audience by filling the speech scenes with some rather bland unremarkable dialogue. While somewhat distracting, these items are minor as they are not the main topic of the story. The film does successfully tell the story of a deep love--a love that hurts--shared by two extraordinary people who did not marry at once, but rather married at last. | 988 | [
"For cinematic beauty and an exploration of the depths of real love, this film is certainly a crowd pleaser.",
"Debra Winger's verbal and non-verbal barbs are classic!",
"Those who have read Lewis' works may be a little disappointed by some inconsistencies.",
"C.S. Lewis has been described as a man who could \"make a new suit look 20 years old just by putting it on\".",
"In most scenes, Hopkins looks like he just stepped out of Nordstrom's.",
"Additionally, those who have read Lewis' essays and speeches know that he had many remarkable things to say.",
"The producers and writers of this film missed a great opportunity to introduce this element to a larger audience by filling the speech scenes with some rather bland unremarkable dialogue.",
"While somewhat distracting, these items are minor as they are not the main topic of the story.",
"The film does successfully tell the story of a deep love--a love that hurts--shared by two extraordinary people who did not marry at once, but rather married at last."
] |
4 | Miracle is a miracle | Han Nolen has created a beautiful yet somehow chilling story of a girl, Miracle, who lives in a world where every number, every color has a meaning and where you can speak to the dead through seances and predict the future. She is starting to wake up and realize that not many other people are like her. She is baffled and offended to find out that the world she lives in is not real, but a fraud built to please. This book really changed me and the way I look at things. It is truly beautiful, but I would not reccomend it to those who are either confused by or just don't appretiate some deepness. This book makes you think. It makes you delve into the depths of your mind and discover some things not just about Miracle, but about yourself too. This is a very uplifting novel. The only reason there is a missing star is because this book temporarily shatters any love you may possess for fantasy. (notice temporarily) I would suggest this book to anyone who think they're ready for it. | 988 | [
"Han Nolen has created a beautiful yet somehow chilling story of a girl, Miracle, who lives in a world where every number, every color has a meaning and where you can speak to the dead through seances and predict the future.",
"She is starting to wake up and realize that not many other people are like her.",
"She is baffled and offended to find out that the world she lives in is not real, but a fraud built to please.",
"This book really changed me and the way I look at things.",
"It is truly beautiful, but I would not reccomend it to those who are either confused by or just don't appretiate some deepness.",
"This book makes you think.",
"It makes you delve into the depths of your mind and discover some things not just about Miracle, but about yourself too.",
"This is a very uplifting novel.",
"The only reason there is a missing star is because this book temporarily shatters any love you may possess for fantasy.",
"(notice temporarily) I would suggest this book to anyone who think they're ready for it."
] |
4 | Can't stop the punk rock | This is the album that started Billy's solo career in America. There are only 4 songs on this cd/EP. Two of the tracks are actually repeats of songs he did with Generation X- "Dancing With Myself" and "Untouchables", one is a cover song, "Mony Mony," and the last song (the only new song) is "Baby Talk." "Dancing With Myself" oddly enough has the same vocal track as the Gen X version but is performed by new musicians. This version is also shorter and has less rock n roll punk rock guitar than the original. The "Untouchables" has new vocals and is also performed by new band. It has less "bite" though than the Gen X version. "Baby Talk" is a fun pop song and is also the song that Billy would start his concerts with in the early 80's. The interview with Martha Quinn is fun to listen to. If you were wondering why he chose to cover "Mony Mony" or what his real name is, you're in for a surprise. I have the cassette tape and the record version of this album-and now I've got the cd. | 988 | [
"This is the album that started Billy's solo career in America.",
"There are only 4 songs on this cd/EP.",
"Two of the tracks are actually repeats of songs he did with Generation X- \"Dancing With Myself\" and \"Untouchables\", one is a cover song, \"Mony Mony,\" and the last song (the only new song) is \"Baby Talk.\" \"Dancing With Myself\" oddly enough has the same vocal track as the Gen X version but is performed by new musicians.",
"This version is also shorter and has less rock n roll punk rock guitar than the original.",
"The \"Untouchables\" has new vocals and is also performed by new band.",
"It has less \"bite\" though than the Gen X version.",
"\"Baby Talk\" is a fun pop song and is also the song that Billy would start his concerts with in the early 80's.",
"The interview with Martha Quinn is fun to listen to.",
"If you were wondering why he chose to cover \"Mony Mony\" or what his real name is, you're in for a surprise.",
"I have the cassette tape and the record version of this album-and now I've got the cd."
] |
4 | unique country blues | Ed Bell used a unique guitar style that is more riff-based, rather than always following the standard blues chord changes. The first four tracks on this CD from Bell's first session are, in my opinion, quite stellar. Each features a memorable melody and a distinctive guitar part. The remaining tracks are a bit more of a mixed bag, especially as regards sound quality. Like a lot of other blues artists, there is a fair bit of musical repetition. However, there is enough variety to keep me interested through most of the running time. Some songs feature Clifford Gibson on guitar, who played in a more urban type of style. Other tracks recylcle the melody and guitar part from the first track, "Mamlish Blues. I'm quite fond of the 8 bar folk song called "She's a fool" that appears a few times that sounds like something John Hurt or Mance Lipscomb would play. The two tracks at the end by Pillie Bolling are a nice addition. Pillie plays and sings in a relaxed, up-beat kind of style. | 988 | [
"Ed Bell used a unique guitar style that is more riff-based, rather than always following the standard blues chord changes.",
"The first four tracks on this CD from Bell's first session are, in my opinion, quite stellar.",
"Each features a memorable melody and a distinctive guitar part.",
"The remaining tracks are a bit more of a mixed bag, especially as regards sound quality.",
"Like a lot of other blues artists, there is a fair bit of musical repetition.",
"However, there is enough variety to keep me interested through most of the running time.",
"Some songs feature Clifford Gibson on guitar, who played in a more urban type of style.",
"Other tracks recylcle the melody and guitar part from the first track, \"Mamlish Blues.",
"I'm quite fond of the 8 bar folk song called \"She's a fool\" that appears a few times that sounds like something John Hurt or Mance Lipscomb would play.",
"The two tracks at the end by Pillie Bolling are a nice addition.",
"Pillie plays and sings in a relaxed, up-beat kind of style."
] |
4 | Comprehensive Read | The sections on Venus and Mars through the signs are worth the price of the book all on their own. I found it to be a very detailed and well researched read. The author takes the time to walk the reader step-by-step through the interpretations and therefore this gives the aspects more relevance. I liked the fact that he did not shy away from the more "base" aspects. He delved into past lives, sado-masochism and sexual aspects with a fine-toothed comb. Another thing I liked was his use of the asteroids. So many "astrologers" write books with no mention of them. Astrology is certainly not a "science" of absolutes. But I take my hat off to the author who researches and incorporates the use of more than just the "usual aspects". Other authors in this field would should take pointers. For those readers who have grown tired of the usual astrology "cookbooks", sun sign generalizations and boring (read sedate) chart profiles, this book and others by this author may well be for you. | 988 | [
"The sections on Venus and Mars through the signs are worth the price of the book all on their own.",
"I found it to be a very detailed and well researched read.",
"The author takes the time to walk the reader step-by-step through the interpretations and therefore this gives the aspects more relevance.",
"I liked the fact that he did not shy away from the more \"base\" aspects.",
"He delved into past lives, sado-masochism and sexual aspects with a fine-toothed comb.",
"Another thing I liked was his use of the asteroids.",
"So many \"astrologers\" write books with no mention of them.",
"Astrology is certainly not a \"science\" of absolutes.",
"But I take my hat off to the author who researches and incorporates the use of more than just the \"usual aspects\".",
"Other authors in this field would should take pointers.",
"For those readers who have grown tired of the usual astrology \"cookbooks\", sun sign generalizations and boring (read sedate) chart profiles, this book and others by this author may well be for you."
] |
4 | Take It For What It Is... | This is not classic Bon Jovi, they didn't intend it to be. I give them all the credit in the world for being innovative and having the guts to put it out there. I love Bon Jovi and I love all the past songs, but this just shows again why they have lasted so long. As I have matured so has their music. This is one of the best. Interestingly enough, the songs I never cared for and thought were alittle cheesy have now become my favorites. "Bad Medicine", if you don't like this then you must be a monk, VERY sexy. "Lay Your Hands On Me", soooo much better. Now the reason I gave it 4 stars, my all time favorite, "I'll Be There For You" lost all of its emotion. Sorry guys but this was the one dissapointment.If you want the old style, then listen to the old stuff. But if you want to hear some great music that stands on its own, buy this one. I haven't listened to anything else since I bought it. The music is great and Jon's vocals are incredible.THANKS GUYS FOR SOME GREAT NEW MUSIC! | 988 | [
"This is not classic Bon Jovi, they didn't intend it to be.",
"I give them all the credit in the world for being innovative and having the guts to put it out there.",
"I love Bon Jovi and I love all the past songs, but this just shows again why they have lasted so long.",
"As I have matured so has their music.",
"This is one of the best.",
"Interestingly enough, the songs I never cared for and thought were alittle cheesy have now become my favorites.",
"\"Bad Medicine\", if you don't like this then you must be a monk, VERY sexy.",
"\"Lay Your Hands On Me\", soooo much better.",
"Now the reason I gave it 4 stars, my all time favorite, \"I'll Be There For You\" lost all of its emotion.",
"Sorry guys but this was the one dissapointment.If you want the old style, then listen to the old stuff.",
"But if you want to hear some great music that stands on its own, buy this one.",
"I haven't listened to anything else since I bought it.",
"The music is great and Jon's vocals are incredible.THANKS GUYS FOR SOME GREAT NEW MUSIC!"
] |
4 | And now for the tops ... | The third installment in the Marketplace series again picks up with Chris Parker, the outwardly disciplined and inwardly tortured trainer. This time, he enters the services of a female Mistress in order to help train a would be dominant, Brian. However, the immature and hasty Brian quickly conflicts with the older, more experienced Chris Parker and is forced to learn about mastering himself before being able to truly master others.Like other books in this series, the book is well written and interesting. It provides an interesting glimpse into the techniques of training and is one of the few decent BDSM books written from the tops perspective. (For an interesting alternative, see Susan Matthew's Prisoner of Conscience) Still, the Brian character is so intensely irritating and childish, it is difficult to identify the characters in this book, which I believe is absolutely critical in really enjoying this type of fiction. A great series but I liked the first two books better. | 988 | [
"The third installment in the Marketplace series again picks up with Chris Parker, the outwardly disciplined and inwardly tortured trainer.",
"This time, he enters the services of a female Mistress in order to help train a would be dominant, Brian.",
"However, the immature and hasty Brian quickly conflicts with the older, more experienced Chris Parker and is forced to learn about mastering himself before being able to truly master others.Like other books in this series, the book is well written and interesting.",
"It provides an interesting glimpse into the techniques of training and is one of the few decent BDSM books written from the tops perspective.",
"(For an interesting alternative, see Susan Matthew's Prisoner of Conscience) Still, the Brian character is so intensely irritating and childish, it is difficult to identify the characters in this book, which I believe is absolutely critical in really enjoying this type of fiction.",
"A great series but I liked the first two books better."
] |
4 | good album | i was greatful to see PJ back in the day when they were huge.that particular got on the news because of security reasons,too many people.i loved their first album,Ten,which is a classic rock album,loved VS. and Vitalogy.but something happened along the way and i'm really not sure what it was,but i just stopped listening.than recently i picked this up and was over all pleased with it's production.it's not as good as the three albums i mentioned but is still worthwhile.here they continue their experimental ways and Vedder continues his Morrison-inspired lyrics.but i couldn't help thinking that it's Vedder who doesn't match the bands musical talents.a couple of songs i thought would have been better kept as instrumentals.but those songs aren't bad ,nor or any songs here.it's just that it's not perfect nor as memorable as previous outings.if you are a fan of PJ than you should like this.if not than you might like it for the song "Given to Fly." overall still, a good production. | 988 | [
"i was greatful to see PJ back in the day when they were huge.that particular got on the news because of security reasons,too many people.i loved their first album,Ten,which is a classic rock album,loved VS.",
"and Vitalogy.but something happened along the way and i'm really not sure what it was,but i just stopped listening.than recently i picked this up and was over all pleased with it's production.it's not as good as the three albums i mentioned but is still worthwhile.here they continue their experimental ways and Vedder continues his Morrison-inspired lyrics.but i couldn't help thinking that it's Vedder who doesn't match the bands musical talents.a couple of songs i thought would have been better kept as instrumentals.but those songs aren't bad ,nor or any songs here.it's just that it's not perfect nor as memorable as previous outings.if you are a fan of PJ than you should like this.if not than you might like it for the song \"Given to Fly.\" overall still, a good production."
] |
4 | Discovery Sounds Kitchen | I read quite a few of the reviews for this toy at this site and, as a result, I had some reservations about purchasing this toy for my 1 year old daughter. Since we already had a large kitchen (from her older sister), I decided to go ahead and try this, anyway, for the interim. And I am very glad that I did. My daughter has really enjoyed playing with it... she adores making the "ice" come out of the "ice machine". She also loves to open the microwave and oven doors to put things in. I am very happy that we decided to give this a try. My daughter is only 13 months and I have a feeling that this toy will be played with for quite some time to come. The comments about it tipping over are valid, but we have it up against a sturdy surface, which is where we would have kept it anyway. In addition, I do agree that the phone is quite frustrating, in that it barely stays in its holder. My daughter, however, is not bothered by this one bit! All in all, I do highly recommend this toy. | 988 | [
"I read quite a few of the reviews for this toy at this site and, as a result, I had some reservations about purchasing this toy for my 1 year old daughter.",
"Since we already had a large kitchen (from her older sister), I decided to go ahead and try this, anyway, for the interim.",
"And I am very glad that I did.",
"My daughter has really enjoyed playing with it... she adores making the \"ice\" come out of the \"ice machine\".",
"She also loves to open the microwave and oven doors to put things in.",
"I am very happy that we decided to give this a try.",
"My daughter is only 13 months and I have a feeling that this toy will be played with for quite some time to come.",
"The comments about it tipping over are valid, but we have it up against a sturdy surface, which is where we would have kept it anyway.",
"In addition, I do agree that the phone is quite frustrating, in that it barely stays in its holder.",
"My daughter, however, is not bothered by this one bit!",
"All in all, I do highly recommend this toy."
] |
4 | Overall, a great camera | As about two or more reviewers got this for the holidays, and so did I. I have to say, this camera is great. I'll just break down pros + cons because it's an electronic devicePROS:- With the 4.1 megapixels, picture and video quality is clear and crisp.- Easy menus.- Overall easy to use if a beginner.- Many different ways and styles to take pictures.- Very durable, as Sony products are mostly all trustful.- Love the zoom in and zoom out features.- Easy to delete videos and pics.- Easy to connect to a computer or a television.CONS:- The memory stick that came with this is only 16MB which is only 8 pictures and 42 secs for video. Luckily, I also got a 256MB memory stick seperatly and I can take about 120 pics and 11 min for video.- The batteries were not charged up when I recived the product.- Sound on the videos are sometimes weak.Overall, this camera is great, but make sure to buy a seperate memory stick or you will only have 42 seconds of fun with the video and only 8 pics. | 988 | [
"As about two or more reviewers got this for the holidays, and so did I.",
"I have to say, this camera is great.",
"I'll just break down pros + cons because it's an electronic devicePROS:- With the 4.1 megapixels, picture and video quality is clear and crisp.- Easy menus.- Overall easy to use if a beginner.- Many different ways and styles to take pictures.- Very durable, as Sony products are mostly all trustful.- Love the zoom in and zoom out features.- Easy to delete videos and pics.- Easy to connect to a computer or a television.CONS:- The memory stick that came with this is only 16MB which is only 8 pictures and 42 secs for video.",
"Luckily, I also got a 256MB memory stick seperatly and I can take about 120 pics and 11 min for video.- The batteries were not charged up when I recived the product.- Sound on the videos are sometimes weak.Overall, this camera is great, but make sure to buy a seperate memory stick or you will only have 42 seconds of fun with the video and only 8 pics."
] |
4 | Corny but likible! | Hard to believe that the same people who gave us "Little Willy", "ballroom blitz" and "fox on the run" started out with 45s that are (unintentionally) more "funny funny" than Spinal Tap's "gimmie some money"! But it's hard not to smile at the safe-as-milk teenage love of "lollypop man" or the neo 20s ragtime of "slow motion". Too bad these singles were unsuccessful at the time of their release. Even today they're still ignored. None of the countless Sweet best-ofs include any of their 68-70 singles (although the B side "lonely out there" did appear on a 1973 K-Tel comp!). Sweet fans should buy this since the corn ball A sides do set the stage for "funny funny", "Papa Joe", "co-co" and their tribute to "Alexander Grham Bell". The heavier metal B sides ("time", "jucier") also predict ""Willy", "blitz" & "fox". BUYER WARNING: the last four songs included, while pretty good, are NOT Sweet. They're from an unnamed studio band that Connely sang for during those sessions (c.1968). | 988 | [
"Hard to believe that the same people who gave us \"Little Willy\", \"ballroom blitz\" and \"fox on the run\" started out with 45s that are (unintentionally) more \"funny funny\" than Spinal Tap's \"gimmie some money\"!",
"But it's hard not to smile at the safe-as-milk teenage love of \"lollypop man\" or the neo 20s ragtime of \"slow motion\".",
"Too bad these singles were unsuccessful at the time of their release.",
"Even today they're still ignored.",
"None of the countless Sweet best-ofs include any of their 68-70 singles (although the B side \"lonely out there\" did appear on a 1973 K-Tel comp!",
").",
"Sweet fans should buy this since the corn ball A sides do set the stage for \"funny funny\", \"Papa Joe\", \"co-co\" and their tribute to \"Alexander Grham Bell\".",
"The heavier metal B sides (\"time\", \"jucier\") also predict \"\"Willy\", \"blitz\" & \"fox\".",
"BUYER WARNING: the last four songs included, while pretty good, are NOT Sweet.",
"They're from an unnamed studio band that Connely sang for during those sessions (c.1968)."
] |
4 | Previously returned item | I received and installed the First Alert SC9120B alarm yesterday. I noticed when I first opened the box the alarm was contained in that it was not covered inside the dust cover that was used in the Kidde units that I had purchased through Amazon. Additionally, as part of the post installation checks, a green LED is supposed to be lit and visible through the 'POWER' hole of the unit, indicating the unit is operational. When I first checked, I did not immediately see the lit green LED but after a more concentrated effort saw that the LED was lit but through the space surrounding the 'TEST/SILENCE' button. While it 'appears' that the unit is functional, I'm not sure that the LED had gotten dislodged from where it is supposed to be installed within the unit, i.e., visible through the 'POWER' hole.Also, since the alarm was not shipped covered in the dust cover, I suspect that either the manufacture failed to use the cover or I received an alarm that had previously been returned. | 988 | [
"I received and installed the First Alert SC9120B alarm yesterday.",
"I noticed when I first opened the box the alarm was contained in that it was not covered inside the dust cover that was used in the Kidde units that I had purchased through Amazon.",
"Additionally, as part of the post installation checks, a green LED is supposed to be lit and visible through the 'POWER' hole of the unit, indicating the unit is operational.",
"When I first checked, I did not immediately see the lit green LED but after a more concentrated effort saw that the LED was lit but through the space surrounding the 'TEST/SILENCE' button.",
"While it 'appears' that the unit is functional, I'm not sure that the LED had gotten dislodged from where it is supposed to be installed within the unit, i.e., visible through the 'POWER' hole.Also, since the alarm was not shipped covered in the dust cover, I suspect that either the manufacture failed to use the cover or I received an alarm that had previously been returned."
] |
4 | interesting | I would recommend this book because I learned a lot about how the simple life can sometimes not be so simple. At a first glance it seems as though Eustace is doing something great and wonderful that will finally make him happy. However, everything that he does, he has to do so perfectly. Eustace almost sucks the fun out of his own life. All of the adventures and great accomplishments are wonderful but he never takes the time to enjoy them. Eustace's life is extremely interesting especially because he is so passionate about everything he does. He does almost everything he wants but doesn't find joy in them. Another interesting part of the book is the fact that Eustace says that he lives this simple life yet he makes money and buys a lot of land. Also, Eustace says that anyone can live their life this way but apprentice after apprentice leave because they can't handle it, or Eustace. This book is extremely interesting when you look at it critically and find the contradictory. | 988 | [
"I would recommend this book because I learned a lot about how the simple life can sometimes not be so simple.",
"At a first glance it seems as though Eustace is doing something great and wonderful that will finally make him happy.",
"However, everything that he does, he has to do so perfectly.",
"Eustace almost sucks the fun out of his own life.",
"All of the adventures and great accomplishments are wonderful but he never takes the time to enjoy them.",
"Eustace's life is extremely interesting especially because he is so passionate about everything he does.",
"He does almost everything he wants but doesn't find joy in them.",
"Another interesting part of the book is the fact that Eustace says that he lives this simple life yet he makes money and buys a lot of land.",
"Also, Eustace says that anyone can live their life this way but apprentice after apprentice leave because they can't handle it, or Eustace.",
"This book is extremely interesting when you look at it critically and find the contradictory."
] |
4 | Better than my old VHS-C | Have used mine about a week. Picture plenty crisp and clear, even in lower light. Don't know how low folks are complaining about, but it performs fine indoors, at night, with the lights on. Daylight through open windows provides plenty of light, but then I've got a lot of windows; ) Autofocus plenty responsive and smart enough to pick out the main subject. 20X optical zoom more than enough.Wee bit of motor noise, but far from 'nails on chalkboard'. Using the analog to digital pass through (which works no problem with iMovie) I've noticed more motor noise on my old Panasonic VHS-C camcorder's tapes.Ergonomics are a bit wonky for my big hands, camera is kind of 'boxey' but it is more than manageable.Can't comment on still pics as I haven't, and probably never will, use it for that. Overall I'd definitely recommend it. Just recently purchased the Lowepro Edit 110 bag and it will fit this camcorder, it's accessories, a spare battery and two spare tapes, all snugly and securely. | 988 | [
"Have used mine about a week.",
"Picture plenty crisp and clear, even in lower light.",
"Don't know how low folks are complaining about, but it performs fine indoors, at night, with the lights on.",
"Daylight through open windows provides plenty of light, but then I've got a lot of windows; ) Autofocus plenty responsive and smart enough to pick out the main subject.",
"20X optical zoom more than enough.Wee bit of motor noise, but far from 'nails on chalkboard'.",
"Using the analog to digital pass through (which works no problem with iMovie) I've noticed more motor noise on my old Panasonic VHS-C camcorder's tapes.Ergonomics are a bit wonky for my big hands, camera is kind of 'boxey' but it is more than manageable.Can't comment on still pics as I haven't, and probably never will, use it for that.",
"Overall I'd definitely recommend it.",
"Just recently purchased the Lowepro Edit 110 bag and it will fit this camcorder, it's accessories, a spare battery and two spare tapes, all snugly and securely."
] |
4 | Four stars...and climbing | Beth Orton's sophmore album is the type that reveals its layers over time, with each repeated listen showing more depth, beauty, and wonderful songwriting. Much has been made of Orton's electronic influences, as demonstrated by her appearances on William Orbit and Chemical Brothers albums, but she is truly a folksinger at heart. Indeed, the electornic touches that decorated Trailer Park don't seem to play as prominent a role on this album, though they are still there. it's just that they are more subtle. Beth's gorgeous voice is her greatest asset, and it really shines through on nearly every track here. Though the mood is downbeat and contemplative, songs such as Stolen Car and Stars all Seem to Weep (my current favourite) can get you moving. With so many differing influences weaved throughout her songs, one can only guess what direction Ms. orton will take next. All I can say is, based on her first two records, I am looking forward to following her career for a long time. | 988 | [
"Beth Orton's sophmore album is the type that reveals its layers over time, with each repeated listen showing more depth, beauty, and wonderful songwriting.",
"Much has been made of Orton's electronic influences, as demonstrated by her appearances on William Orbit and Chemical Brothers albums, but she is truly a folksinger at heart.",
"Indeed, the electornic touches that decorated Trailer Park don't seem to play as prominent a role on this album, though they are still there.",
"it's just that they are more subtle.",
"Beth's gorgeous voice is her greatest asset, and it really shines through on nearly every track here.",
"Though the mood is downbeat and contemplative, songs such as Stolen Car and Stars all Seem to Weep (my current favourite) can get you moving.",
"With so many differing influences weaved throughout her songs, one can only guess what direction Ms.",
"orton will take next.",
"All I can say is, based on her first two records, I am looking forward to following her career for a long time."
] |
4 | ZOMBIES ARE PEOPLE TOO. | Norman sees and talks to dead people. He is tasked to stop the curse of the town's witch trail from centuries ago. In his school, kids who talk to dead people get bullied. The characters are stereotypical.The beginning of the movie has a spoof of "B" zombie films that was very clever, down to the boom mike making it into the picture. I enjoyed this movie more than the famous Tim Burton productions. While there is nothing wrong in this film per se, there are some things parents might want to know. In one sentence, belief in life after death is equated to belief in astrology. Also the hot guy liked by teen Courtney mentions his boyfriend, shades of "Call Me Maybe."The people who killed the young witch were wrong, they were considered simply afraid. There are no religious elements associated with the witch trial.If I was gong to improve this film, I would of had Betty White play grandma and written her character appropriately. Comedian Jeff Garlin as the dad did a great voice. | 988 | [
"Norman sees and talks to dead people.",
"He is tasked to stop the curse of the town's witch trail from centuries ago.",
"In his school, kids who talk to dead people get bullied.",
"The characters are stereotypical.The beginning of the movie has a spoof of \"B\" zombie films that was very clever, down to the boom mike making it into the picture.",
"I enjoyed this movie more than the famous Tim Burton productions.",
"While there is nothing wrong in this film per se, there are some things parents might want to know.",
"In one sentence, belief in life after death is equated to belief in astrology.",
"Also the hot guy liked by teen Courtney mentions his boyfriend, shades of \"Call Me Maybe.\"The people who killed the young witch were wrong, they were considered simply afraid.",
"There are no religious elements associated with the witch trial.If I was gong to improve this film, I would of had Betty White play grandma and written her character appropriately.",
"Comedian Jeff Garlin as the dad did a great voice."
] |
4 | A Gritty Debut | Jack Yu is a man haunted by his past and uncertain in his place. A New York City detective assigned to the Fifth Precinct in Chinatown, he faces daily prejudice from his brother officers and contempt in the community he serves.He is a man tormented by anger--anger over the sudden death of his father who never accepted the son's choice of career, anger at those who prey upon the people least able to defend themselves, anger at those who accept things as they are.But he is a good detective, and this is most ably demonstrated when he takes the lead in a case where a serial rapist is targeting young Chinese girls. This plotline is subsumed when Jack is drawn into another case where the mistress of a Tong leader takes drastic action to gain her freedom, resulting in a cross-country chase and a life-changing conclusion.There are rich characters and exciting plot elements here, though the story does meander a bit. I hope to read more about Jack Yu in other books in Chang's series. | 988 | [
"Jack Yu is a man haunted by his past and uncertain in his place.",
"A New York City detective assigned to the Fifth Precinct in Chinatown, he faces daily prejudice from his brother officers and contempt in the community he serves.He is a man tormented by anger--anger over the sudden death of his father who never accepted the son's choice of career, anger at those who prey upon the people least able to defend themselves, anger at those who accept things as they are.But he is a good detective, and this is most ably demonstrated when he takes the lead in a case where a serial rapist is targeting young Chinese girls.",
"This plotline is subsumed when Jack is drawn into another case where the mistress of a Tong leader takes drastic action to gain her freedom, resulting in a cross-country chase and a life-changing conclusion.There are rich characters and exciting plot elements here, though the story does meander a bit.",
"I hope to read more about Jack Yu in other books in Chang's series."
] |
4 | Suprising connection | When I picked this book up, I was planning on reading a simple story of a huge natural disaster. Instead, I got a lot more than I bargained for, and in the grand scheme of things, that's not so bad. I hesitate to call a mere 430 page book "sprawling," but this one has such tremendous breadth and ambition that it reads more like an epic. That's no slam on Winchester; he does a tremendous job of connecting the dots between incredible events of nature with their socio-political consequences. In this instance, he makes a very compelling and timely case for the Krakatoa eruption affecting the eventual takeover of Indonesia by radical Islamist factions. I do wish we could have had more description of the physical effects of the disaster, and more contemporary information on the island of Rakata today. And, call me juvenile, but a few more pictures and CLEAR, READABLE, USER-FRIENDLY maps would have been nice also. But, overall, Winchester does a fine job of bringing history alive. | 988 | [
"When I picked this book up, I was planning on reading a simple story of a huge natural disaster.",
"Instead, I got a lot more than I bargained for, and in the grand scheme of things, that's not so bad.",
"I hesitate to call a mere 430 page book \"sprawling,\" but this one has such tremendous breadth and ambition that it reads more like an epic.",
"That's no slam on Winchester; he does a tremendous job of connecting the dots between incredible events of nature with their socio-political consequences.",
"In this instance, he makes a very compelling and timely case for the Krakatoa eruption affecting the eventual takeover of Indonesia by radical Islamist factions.",
"I do wish we could have had more description of the physical effects of the disaster, and more contemporary information on the island of Rakata today.",
"And, call me juvenile, but a few more pictures and CLEAR, READABLE, USER-FRIENDLY maps would have been nice also.",
"But, overall, Winchester does a fine job of bringing history alive."
] |
4 | Best So Far | We have owned or used very expensive vacumes ($1,000 plus) in the past, but this by far has been the best we have used. The first time we used it, we were amazed that the pattern in the carpet returned (actually I didn't know there was one). We have a Golden Retriever and needless to say we are amazed, every time we vacume, in the amount of hair it picks up. We have had this vacume since the beginning of April and use it no less than 3 times per week. I suffer from allergies and have seen my symtoms decrease in severity. If there is one thing I could change is the way you empty the container. I do not recommend emptying indoors or into a shallow bag because you still get the "plume" of dust. The container design is much better than other bagless vacumes, but there is still room for improvement (that is why I did not score it a 5 star). None-the-less, I recommend this and have offered any of my friends and family the use of it so they can see what I have been praising about. | 988 | [
"We have owned or used very expensive vacumes ($1,000 plus) in the past, but this by far has been the best we have used.",
"The first time we used it, we were amazed that the pattern in the carpet returned (actually I didn't know there was one).",
"We have a Golden Retriever and needless to say we are amazed, every time we vacume, in the amount of hair it picks up.",
"We have had this vacume since the beginning of April and use it no less than 3 times per week.",
"I suffer from allergies and have seen my symtoms decrease in severity.",
"If there is one thing I could change is the way you empty the container.",
"I do not recommend emptying indoors or into a shallow bag because you still get the \"plume\" of dust.",
"The container design is much better than other bagless vacumes, but there is still room for improvement (that is why I did not score it a 5 star).",
"None-the-less, I recommend this and have offered any of my friends and family the use of it so they can see what I have been praising about."
] |
4 | Great for small car | I have a Subaru Impreza hatch back and had trouble finding a convertible car seat which would fit in the back seat without having to make the front passenger sit very far forward. I like the Britax brand and we had the Wizard in our bigger car (it is a discontinued model which we got from a friend). The Roundabout fits great in the back seat and seems comfortable enough for our 8 month old (22 pounds and quite tall). I like the way the Britax strap adjuster works compared to some of the others out there that are harder to work or less sturdy. The little Velcro patches are a nice touch to keep the straps to the side but they still get tangled a bit.I would have given this seat five stars for the seat itself but when it arrived, the box and seat smelled horribly of cigarette smoke. I was able to air out the seat and it is fine but I was really disappointed it arrived in that condition. I don't know if it was the seller or the delivery folks who were at fault but it was nasty. | 988 | [
"I have a Subaru Impreza hatch back and had trouble finding a convertible car seat which would fit in the back seat without having to make the front passenger sit very far forward.",
"I like the Britax brand and we had the Wizard in our bigger car (it is a discontinued model which we got from a friend).",
"The Roundabout fits great in the back seat and seems comfortable enough for our 8 month old (22 pounds and quite tall).",
"I like the way the Britax strap adjuster works compared to some of the others out there that are harder to work or less sturdy.",
"The little Velcro patches are a nice touch to keep the straps to the side but they still get tangled a bit.I would have given this seat five stars for the seat itself but when it arrived, the box and seat smelled horribly of cigarette smoke.",
"I was able to air out the seat and it is fine but I was really disappointed it arrived in that condition.",
"I don't know if it was the seller or the delivery folks who were at fault but it was nasty."
] |
4 | Rome is wear the lair is. | Holy cow! Rome was the destination for my honeymoon, so when the book landed in Rome and started going to the various sites, I was in heaven, easily able to recognize what was being described. It takes on a whole new meaning when you have stood in front of the fountain where Langdon fights for his life. When my wife and I were in Rome, are running gag was "turn a corner see a fountain, take a picture." Thus, many of the referenced fountains in the book are in our photo album. I was like a kid a Christmas reading this book.It was incredibly fastpaced and very entertaining. Too often I read reviews here that criticize authors for geographical errors or minor misspellings relating to other languages (Latin or Italian in this case). If you are truly that picky, read a non-fiction book or better yet an encyclopedia. I don't know Latin from Spanish, so who cares if its wrong or not. i'm interested in the story. Bottomline is, this one is just as ripe as Da Vinci Code for a movie. | 988 | [
"Holy cow!",
"Rome was the destination for my honeymoon, so when the book landed in Rome and started going to the various sites, I was in heaven, easily able to recognize what was being described.",
"It takes on a whole new meaning when you have stood in front of the fountain where Langdon fights for his life.",
"When my wife and I were in Rome, are running gag was \"turn a corner see a fountain, take a picture.\" Thus, many of the referenced fountains in the book are in our photo album.",
"I was like a kid a Christmas reading this book.It was incredibly fastpaced and very entertaining.",
"Too often I read reviews here that criticize authors for geographical errors or minor misspellings relating to other languages (Latin or Italian in this case).",
"If you are truly that picky, read a non-fiction book or better yet an encyclopedia.",
"I don't know Latin from Spanish, so who cares if its wrong or not.",
"i'm interested in the story.",
"Bottomline is, this one is just as ripe as Da Vinci Code for a movie."
] |
4 | High quality, high cost | I have had my Lexmark X125 printer / copier /fax for several years. I was disgruntled about the cost of ink, so purchased another popular brand printer - and couldn't return it fast enough. The quality was terrible compared to the Lexmark X125. I use mine a lot, but not for printing pictures. I do print in color, and use the color / black cartridges fairly equally.My complaint is the cost of the ink cartridges. I did try a 'remanufactured' cartridge from Walmart and quickly returned to buy the Lexmark brand; the ink didn't last anytime at all in the off-brand.The Lexmark does require proper installation of the cartridges, and I think that's where some are erring. You have to open the utility on your computer, tell it you've installed a hi-yield cartridge, and align to get the proper installation and message. Otherwise, it will continue to tell you you need to replace your cartridge, or that it is 'low.'Overall, I am happy with the quality, but unhappy with the price of ink. | 988 | [
"I have had my Lexmark X125 printer / copier /fax for several years.",
"I was disgruntled about the cost of ink, so purchased another popular brand printer - and couldn't return it fast enough.",
"The quality was terrible compared to the Lexmark X125.",
"I use mine a lot, but not for printing pictures.",
"I do print in color, and use the color / black cartridges fairly equally.My complaint is the cost of the ink cartridges.",
"I did try a 'remanufactured' cartridge from Walmart and quickly returned to buy the Lexmark brand; the ink didn't last anytime at all in the off-brand.The Lexmark does require proper installation of the cartridges, and I think that's where some are erring.",
"You have to open the utility on your computer, tell it you've installed a hi-yield cartridge, and align to get the proper installation and message.",
"Otherwise, it will continue to tell you you need to replace your cartridge, or that it is 'low.'Overall, I am happy with the quality, but unhappy with the price of ink."
] |
4 | a truth about life | I have not yet read the book (the movie does make me wish to do so), so I won't be offering any comparisons. That said, I think this is a fine story. I find no fault with the plot. (Except... I do wonder what would happen when that water evaporates, and what about if and when the world does come to an end...?) There is a real philosophical and psychological question, about something that touches us all, at the heart of this movie: Would you really want to live forever? The story makes you face that question and reveals some truths about the reality of immortality in the wordly sense, without forcing the lessons down your throat. It is a lovely film, with beautiful natural scenery, stirring music and some of the best acting ever. I imagine the story will be too much for the sensibilities of some, but it is worth viewing for those who have the courage to consider what life would be without death. (The filmmakers' commentary adds to your appreciation of the art in this movie.) | 988 | [
"I have not yet read the book (the movie does make me wish to do so), so I won't be offering any comparisons.",
"That said, I think this is a fine story.",
"I find no fault with the plot.",
"(Except... I do wonder what would happen when that water evaporates, and what about if and when the world does come to an end...?) There is a real philosophical and psychological question, about something that touches us all, at the heart of this movie: Would you really want to live forever?",
"The story makes you face that question and reveals some truths about the reality of immortality in the wordly sense, without forcing the lessons down your throat.",
"It is a lovely film, with beautiful natural scenery, stirring music and some of the best acting ever.",
"I imagine the story will be too much for the sensibilities of some, but it is worth viewing for those who have the courage to consider what life would be without death.",
"(The filmmakers' commentary adds to your appreciation of the art in this movie.)"
] |
4 | Charmed AND Enchanted | This was a reread for me and an enjoyable one.These are the final 2 stories in the Donovan Legacy. A family of witches, each with their own specialty.In Charmed we have Anastasia story. She is the cousin who is an Empath. She is also a healer because of her strong empathatic feelings. After be turned away by her first love when he found out what she was, Ana has stayed away from men to protect her heart. Then widow Boone Sawyer moves in next door with his young daughter. She fears telling him what she is, then fate steps in. This was my favorite out of all the Donovan stories. It is so good. Emotional and loving.In Enchanted we have the story of Liam Donovan a witch and a shape shifter. He goes to the woods to be alone to think about an important choice he is going to have to make. Rowan Murray goes to the woods to find herself. They find eachother and she discovers so much more about herself. This story had a lot more "magic" in it. It was fun and the characters wonderful. | 988 | [
"This was a reread for me and an enjoyable one.These are the final 2 stories in the Donovan Legacy.",
"A family of witches, each with their own specialty.In Charmed we have Anastasia story.",
"She is the cousin who is an Empath.",
"She is also a healer because of her strong empathatic feelings.",
"After be turned away by her first love when he found out what she was, Ana has stayed away from men to protect her heart.",
"Then widow Boone Sawyer moves in next door with his young daughter.",
"She fears telling him what she is, then fate steps in.",
"This was my favorite out of all the Donovan stories.",
"It is so good.",
"Emotional and loving.In Enchanted we have the story of Liam Donovan a witch and a shape shifter.",
"He goes to the woods to be alone to think about an important choice he is going to have to make.",
"Rowan Murray goes to the woods to find herself.",
"They find eachother and she discovers so much more about herself.",
"This story had a lot more \"magic\" in it.",
"It was fun and the characters wonderful."
] |
4 | One of his best efforts. | Christopher Franke is a very effective soundtrack composer, probably best known for his music for the TV series Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger. Before moving to the United States, he had been an influential member of the electronic music group Tangerine Dream for 18 years. They were for a while on the avante garde of new electronic music. But ... you've got to admit that Christopher Franke in particular has swerved in completely the opposite direction. The Celestine Prophecy is based on James Redfield's book of the same name. It contains soothing atmospherics and samples of exotic instruments, and is very accessible. It sounds like the best of any new age music on recording today. This is probably his finest independant record (that is, not with Tangerine Dream or for a film). You can say it's a soundtrack, in a loose sort of sense, but it's really one of those "inspired by ..." deals. However, it's probably the most deep, thoughtful and complex music he's ever written. | 988 | [
"Christopher Franke is a very effective soundtrack composer, probably best known for his music for the TV series Babylon 5 and Walker, Texas Ranger.",
"Before moving to the United States, he had been an influential member of the electronic music group Tangerine Dream for 18 years.",
"They were for a while on the avante garde of new electronic music.",
"But ... you've got to admit that Christopher Franke in particular has swerved in completely the opposite direction.",
"The Celestine Prophecy is based on James Redfield's book of the same name.",
"It contains soothing atmospherics and samples of exotic instruments, and is very accessible.",
"It sounds like the best of any new age music on recording today.",
"This is probably his finest independant record (that is, not with Tangerine Dream or for a film).",
"You can say it's a soundtrack, in a loose sort of sense, but it's really one of those \"inspired by ...\" deals.",
"However, it's probably the most deep, thoughtful and complex music he's ever written."
] |
4 | Trees and Forests | On a recent programming forum, a poster asked if he should code his program as one procedure like his boss instructed. He was, of course, greeted with polite howls of protest. Everyone offered (mostly) good ideas about how one should code if one is a beginner. After a while, I realized they all could be traced back to Elements of Programming Style. I pulled out my first edition and browsed it. Still the best book on style ever. Unfortunately, some of their suggestions, like minimize your use of GO TOs, have now been taken as so many commandments that many languages have now deleted them entirely.Their use of Fortran and PL/1 is hardly a problem. Any competent programmer should be able to read the examples easily and understand the point of the example. If it is a problem for you, I'd suggest you start with an easier book and build up to Elements of Programming Style. The style of which, by the way, is modelled after The Little Book aka Elements of Style by Strunk and White. | 988 | [
"On a recent programming forum, a poster asked if he should code his program as one procedure like his boss instructed.",
"He was, of course, greeted with polite howls of protest.",
"Everyone offered (mostly) good ideas about how one should code if one is a beginner.",
"After a while, I realized they all could be traced back to Elements of Programming Style.",
"I pulled out my first edition and browsed it.",
"Still the best book on style ever.",
"Unfortunately, some of their suggestions, like minimize your use of GO TOs, have now been taken as so many commandments that many languages have now deleted them entirely.Their use of Fortran and PL/1 is hardly a problem.",
"Any competent programmer should be able to read the examples easily and understand the point of the example.",
"If it is a problem for you, I'd suggest you start with an easier book and build up to Elements of Programming Style.",
"The style of which, by the way, is modelled after The Little Book aka Elements of Style by Strunk and White."
] |
4 | An especially useful tool | Anyone who's just getting started with photographing nudes or semi-nudes in the studio would find this video a useful reference. Each of the ten segments explores a photographic idea such as backlighting, shadows, costumes or candlelight photography that can be used as a basis for a singel photo session ... or combined if one has the time available. Obviously it would be impossible to fully explore all the possibilities of any one of the exercises in the context of such a video ... but that's the point. Each segment in the sequence provides a jumping off point for the photographer. It is intended to stimulate experimentation rather than to map out all the possibilities.If one has many years of experience in the studio, perhaps this is not the most useful video but, for anyone in the early stages of their career, I believe its a good investment and worth reviewing periodically as a reminder that there are any number of techniques that one can use to achieve engaging results. | 988 | [
"Anyone who's just getting started with photographing nudes or semi-nudes in the studio would find this video a useful reference.",
"Each of the ten segments explores a photographic idea such as backlighting, shadows, costumes or candlelight photography that can be used as a basis for a singel photo session ... or combined if one has the time available.",
"Obviously it would be impossible to fully explore all the possibilities of any one of the exercises in the context of such a video ... but that's the point.",
"Each segment in the sequence provides a jumping off point for the photographer.",
"It is intended to stimulate experimentation rather than to map out all the possibilities.If one has many years of experience in the studio, perhaps this is not the most useful video but, for anyone in the early stages of their career, I believe its a good investment and worth reviewing periodically as a reminder that there are any number of techniques that one can use to achieve engaging results."
] |
4 | Poems of Blunder. | I eat a lot of wicker furniture and unprocessed wheat so mainly I use this albumn to stimulate my colon. Traditionally I hug my boombox and let the thumping beats of Duck's Quarrel loosen things up for me. I use the bathtub for this because I caught my wife cheating on me and as near as I can see this is the best way to get back at her (I blame the dog).Furthermore, having engaged this album with the sense of touch rather than sound I feel I have a more intimate relationship with it and following that, with Yim Hok-Man. I can't explain with words how I feel about it but if I may...bum bum bum BUMBUM BUBUM Shugga dugga dugga dugga dugga dugga.For those of you who haven't enjoyed the album I'll translate: "The fragrance of a lily flows until the lily's end, it does its duty until the lily passes. So must we pass the fragrance, the kindness and generosity, until we pass. Curses on the white man who spreads yellow fever, may he be kept in a prison of ice as pallid as his face." | 988 | [
"I eat a lot of wicker furniture and unprocessed wheat so mainly I use this albumn to stimulate my colon.",
"Traditionally I hug my boombox and let the thumping beats of Duck's Quarrel loosen things up for me.",
"I use the bathtub for this because I caught my wife cheating on me and as near as I can see this is the best way to get back at her (I blame the dog).Furthermore, having engaged this album with the sense of touch rather than sound I feel I have a more intimate relationship with it and following that, with Yim Hok-Man.",
"I can't explain with words how I feel about it but if I may...bum bum bum BUMBUM BUBUM Shugga dugga dugga dugga dugga dugga.For those of you who haven't enjoyed the album I'll translate: \"The fragrance of a lily flows until the lily's end, it does its duty until the lily passes.",
"So must we pass the fragrance, the kindness and generosity, until we pass.",
"Curses on the white man who spreads yellow fever, may he be kept in a prison of ice as pallid as his face.\""
] |
4 | american graffiti | Okay guys here's the deal,I am ( unfortunately ?) old enough to remember what this film looked like during its original theatrical release. It didn't look that much better than this Blu-Ray.I have always loved this period-perfect nostalgia piece & having experienced this era for myself I can attest to its general veracity. I have seen a number of reviews critical of this transfer, but having owned the VHS & DVD versions rest assured that American Graffiti has never looked better. Yes there is slight edge-enhancement if you really look for it & a bit of Black Crush in the darkest scenes & occasional depth-of-field limitations here & there,but the majority,I'm convinced, is due to source limitations.I suppose that a hurculean effort by an entity like Criterion might be able to improve on this transfer,but only marginally.If you love this little gem of a movie like I do, you can buy this with the confidence that it is about as good as this movie is ever likely to look & sound. | 988 | [
"Okay guys here's the deal,I am ( unfortunately?",
") old enough to remember what this film looked like during its original theatrical release.",
"It didn't look that much better than this Blu-Ray.I have always loved this period-perfect nostalgia piece & having experienced this era for myself I can attest to its general veracity.",
"I have seen a number of reviews critical of this transfer, but having owned the VHS & DVD versions rest assured that American Graffiti has never looked better.",
"Yes there is slight edge-enhancement if you really look for it & a bit of Black Crush in the darkest scenes & occasional depth-of-field limitations here & there,but the majority,I'm convinced, is due to source limitations.I suppose that a hurculean effort by an entity like Criterion might be able to improve on this transfer,but only marginally.If you love this little gem of a movie like I do, you can buy this with the confidence that it is about as good as this movie is ever likely to look & sound."
] |
4 | Feel the power! | I simply cannot agree with the previous reviewer. This recording is another excellent entry in the cycle of symphonies by Maestro Tilson Thomas and the SFSO.The first symphony is undoubtedly the most flogged symphony of Mahler's cycle. Every hack orchestra attempts it and most fail. there are also a myriad of recordings available. In my own collection I have the Inbal, Abbado (BPO) and Bernstein (DG) recordings as well as having heard recordings by Solti, Chailly, Kubelik and Tennstedt. Without a doubt this current version is the most dramatic performance around.MTT holds your breath at the climaxes and then lets the huge orchestral sound swamp you from all around.The recording sound is simply brilliant and fully captures the gigantic range of dynamics needed in this symphony.As you would expect from such a fine orchestra, the playing is superb and immaculate.This cycle promises to be one of the finest of the modern era. But what else do you expect from Bernstein's protege? | 988 | [
"I simply cannot agree with the previous reviewer.",
"This recording is another excellent entry in the cycle of symphonies by Maestro Tilson Thomas and the SFSO.The first symphony is undoubtedly the most flogged symphony of Mahler's cycle.",
"Every hack orchestra attempts it and most fail.",
"there are also a myriad of recordings available.",
"In my own collection I have the Inbal, Abbado (BPO) and Bernstein (DG) recordings as well as having heard recordings by Solti, Chailly, Kubelik and Tennstedt.",
"Without a doubt this current version is the most dramatic performance around.MTT holds your breath at the climaxes and then lets the huge orchestral sound swamp you from all around.The recording sound is simply brilliant and fully captures the gigantic range of dynamics needed in this symphony.As you would expect from such a fine orchestra, the playing is superb and immaculate.This cycle promises to be one of the finest of the modern era.",
"But what else do you expect from Bernstein's protege?"
] |
4 | The descent into madness | Johnny Depp stars as writer Mort Rainey living in seclusion in a lakefront residence in upstate New York after having been estranged from his wife Amy, played by Maria Bello. Depp is licking his wounds from the discovery of his wife having an affair in a motel room with Ted Milner played by Timothy Hutton.The Steven King created storyline gets weird almost immediately when Depp gets an unexpected visit from Southern drawling stranger John Shooter played by John Turturro. Turturro alleges that Depp has plagiarized a story he had written and threatens him. In short order everything surrounding Depp begins to become destroyed. He asks for and gets help from detective type Ken Karsch played by Charles Dutton but the tragedies keep on occuring.In typical King fashion, the storyline gets a jolting twist when we discover that both Depp and Turturro may not be exactly what we think they are. "Secret Window" was an entertaining but not especially noteworthy investment of 96 minutes. | 988 | [
"Johnny Depp stars as writer Mort Rainey living in seclusion in a lakefront residence in upstate New York after having been estranged from his wife Amy, played by Maria Bello.",
"Depp is licking his wounds from the discovery of his wife having an affair in a motel room with Ted Milner played by Timothy Hutton.The Steven King created storyline gets weird almost immediately when Depp gets an unexpected visit from Southern drawling stranger John Shooter played by John Turturro.",
"Turturro alleges that Depp has plagiarized a story he had written and threatens him.",
"In short order everything surrounding Depp begins to become destroyed.",
"He asks for and gets help from detective type Ken Karsch played by Charles Dutton but the tragedies keep on occuring.In typical King fashion, the storyline gets a jolting twist when we discover that both Depp and Turturro may not be exactly what we think they are.",
"\"Secret Window\" was an entertaining but not especially noteworthy investment of 96 minutes."
] |
4 | The Art of Noise | Those who shy away from noise-rock and avant-garde experimentation may avoid an album like this, but "mmmr" isn't arch and inaccessible, like much of Glann Branca's work. In fact, it's surprisingly calm and gorgeous at times, shifting from sheer dissonance to passages of serenity within seconds. And, none of these players are ever far from the foundation of the blues, although that's not to say B.B. King would have any idea what's going on. You can deconstruct this album if you like, or you can play it in the background - believe me, it will work either way. Fans of post-rock should definitely check this out, but anyone who plays the guitar might also want to take a listen to the sonic variety made possible by four committed, intelligent electric guitar experimentalists. It may not be an album you'll play over and over again, or even return to often, but I'm glad I own it, and I'm sure I'll track down other Connors pieces in the future based on the strength of this project. | 988 | [
"Those who shy away from noise-rock and avant-garde experimentation may avoid an album like this, but \"mmmr\" isn't arch and inaccessible, like much of Glann Branca's work.",
"In fact, it's surprisingly calm and gorgeous at times, shifting from sheer dissonance to passages of serenity within seconds.",
"And, none of these players are ever far from the foundation of the blues, although that's not to say B.B. King would have any idea what's going on.",
"You can deconstruct this album if you like, or you can play it in the background - believe me, it will work either way.",
"Fans of post-rock should definitely check this out, but anyone who plays the guitar might also want to take a listen to the sonic variety made possible by four committed, intelligent electric guitar experimentalists.",
"It may not be an album you'll play over and over again, or even return to often, but I'm glad I own it, and I'm sure I'll track down other Connors pieces in the future based on the strength of this project."
] |
4 | Intense and revealing | I ordered this book because it is a part of The Big Read. Several colleagues and I read it and held a book discussion on it. The conclusion of our discussion is that this book provides a glimpse into a side of the Vietnam war that the average person didn't see. It is written in an interesting blend of truth and fiction - except the fiction could actually be true - it is that believable! One of the take-aways from our discussion is that when placed in a new situation where life and death are at stake, we can and often do, turn into someone we didn't know existed. The companion thought is that who we become is based on what we 'carry' into each new situation - our values, our experience or inexperience, our loved ones - and the list goes on. Only one member of our group stopped reading about one-third into the book because the images were too vivid and extreme. Everyone else finished it and came away with a sense of the intensity of the Vietnam experience on the human psyche. | 988 | [
"I ordered this book because it is a part of The Big Read.",
"Several colleagues and I read it and held a book discussion on it.",
"The conclusion of our discussion is that this book provides a glimpse into a side of the Vietnam war that the average person didn't see.",
"It is written in an interesting blend of truth and fiction - except the fiction could actually be true - it is that believable!",
"One of the take-aways from our discussion is that when placed in a new situation where life and death are at stake, we can and often do, turn into someone we didn't know existed.",
"The companion thought is that who we become is based on what we 'carry' into each new situation - our values, our experience or inexperience, our loved ones - and the list goes on.",
"Only one member of our group stopped reading about one-third into the book because the images were too vivid and extreme.",
"Everyone else finished it and came away with a sense of the intensity of the Vietnam experience on the human psyche."
] |
4 | Simply Fun | Judy Foster (Jane Powell) has a happy teenage life. Her boyfriend Oogie (Scotty Beckett) is a bandleader at her school and his sister Carol (Elizabeth Taylor) is her best friend. Her father (Wallace Beery) and mother have a great relationship. However, to make himself seem irresistable, Oogie stands Judy up at a dance. The plan backfires and she brings an older man named Stephen Andrews (Robert Stack) for her date. She then toggles between Oogie and Stephen, although Carol has eyes for Stephen as well. On top of it all, Judy suspects her father is cheating when she mistakes his dance teacher (Carmen Miranda) for his mistress.This movie is strictly fun and nothing more, but with such a great cast, how could you complain? The girls are absolutely beautiful and obviously talented. Powell sings several songs including the memorable "It's a Most Unusual Day." Miranda is much more subdued here than in most of her movies, and therefore is more tolerable. She has a few numbers too. | 988 | [
"Judy Foster (Jane Powell) has a happy teenage life.",
"Her boyfriend Oogie (Scotty Beckett) is a bandleader at her school and his sister Carol (Elizabeth Taylor) is her best friend.",
"Her father (Wallace Beery) and mother have a great relationship.",
"However, to make himself seem irresistable, Oogie stands Judy up at a dance.",
"The plan backfires and she brings an older man named Stephen Andrews (Robert Stack) for her date.",
"She then toggles between Oogie and Stephen, although Carol has eyes for Stephen as well.",
"On top of it all, Judy suspects her father is cheating when she mistakes his dance teacher (Carmen Miranda) for his mistress.This movie is strictly fun and nothing more, but with such a great cast, how could you complain?",
"The girls are absolutely beautiful and obviously talented.",
"Powell sings several songs including the memorable \"It's a Most Unusual Day.\" Miranda is much more subdued here than in most of her movies, and therefore is more tolerable.",
"She has a few numbers too."
] |
4 | Informative | This how-to book will not make you into a screen writer, but it will help you understand how to get there. The authors cover basic writing topics such as plot structuring and characterization, and then move onto more advanced topics such as treatments, pitching, and the legal/business issues screen writers face. You'll find a chapters on specific cinematic genres - feature films, animation, daytime serials, made-for-TV movies, sit-coms, and hour-long television shows. The authors also include informative interviews with professionals about their craft. What you won't find is mechanical advice - how to format a script and the devices, such as the capitalization of character names, specific to screen writing. You'll need to study professional scripts and other books on screen writing to get those details.Like most how-to books on writing, this volume makes the path to becoming a professional seem much easier than it is. Still, it is a good book for the aspiring screen writer. | 988 | [
"This how-to book will not make you into a screen writer, but it will help you understand how to get there.",
"The authors cover basic writing topics such as plot structuring and characterization, and then move onto more advanced topics such as treatments, pitching, and the legal/business issues screen writers face.",
"You'll find a chapters on specific cinematic genres - feature films, animation, daytime serials, made-for-TV movies, sit-coms, and hour-long television shows.",
"The authors also include informative interviews with professionals about their craft.",
"What you won't find is mechanical advice - how to format a script and the devices, such as the capitalization of character names, specific to screen writing.",
"You'll need to study professional scripts and other books on screen writing to get those details.Like most how-to books on writing, this volume makes the path to becoming a professional seem much easier than it is.",
"Still, it is a good book for the aspiring screen writer."
] |
4 | High School Opinion | This is the first time I have ever written a book review, but here it goes. In my opinion, Blood Rush is a story of a sick man who believes in what he is doing. I think that however cruel and messed others may see Ricky Green, he saw what he was doing as a favor to the world around him. His molestation as a child caused him to become savage to all males who made moves on him, or tried to hit on him. This savagery caused him to lash out and destroy those who were not fit to be in this world(whores and homos...his words). He had a great deal of hurt in his life and was due some respect, and he believed that children from families like his deserved respect too. He thought that if went straight to the source of the problems, the bad parents and child molestors, he could save the world and somehow make his killings acceptable. This book tells the whole story of Ricky Lee Green's life, and I think that I was able to see why serial killers are able to do what they do, kill people. | 988 | [
"This is the first time I have ever written a book review, but here it goes.",
"In my opinion, Blood Rush is a story of a sick man who believes in what he is doing.",
"I think that however cruel and messed others may see Ricky Green, he saw what he was doing as a favor to the world around him.",
"His molestation as a child caused him to become savage to all males who made moves on him, or tried to hit on him.",
"This savagery caused him to lash out and destroy those who were not fit to be in this world(whores and homos...his words).",
"He had a great deal of hurt in his life and was due some respect, and he believed that children from families like his deserved respect too.",
"He thought that if went straight to the source of the problems, the bad parents and child molestors, he could save the world and somehow make his killings acceptable.",
"This book tells the whole story of Ricky Lee Green's life, and I think that I was able to see why serial killers are able to do what they do, kill people."
] |
4 | Great Rarities | An album that at first appears somewhat more eclectic than your average Hootie album. After a time of listening to it, the disparate styles of music, which cross from full-on bouncy pop (Araby) to mellow classics (Hey Hey What Can I Do?) to country (Fine Line) to golden oldies (Dream Baby), seem somewhat helter skelter in their scattering throughout this album. Yet after a while, the album seems to pick up a flow that almost begins to make complete sense. Sure, the styling is somewhat random, but the musical quality of the tracks selected, including a soulful live cut (I Hope I don't Fall in Love With You) allows the listener to enjoy the fullest range of Hootie's distinctive and easily identifiable sound. I am purchasing this album for a second time, since continuous play of the first copy left it so badly scratched that I am forced to purchase a second copy to make up for the unplayability of the first. I rate this album as perhaps the very best of all of Hootie's albums. | 988 | [
"An album that at first appears somewhat more eclectic than your average Hootie album.",
"After a time of listening to it, the disparate styles of music, which cross from full-on bouncy pop (Araby) to mellow classics (Hey Hey What Can I Do?",
") to country (Fine Line) to golden oldies (Dream Baby), seem somewhat helter skelter in their scattering throughout this album.",
"Yet after a while, the album seems to pick up a flow that almost begins to make complete sense.",
"Sure, the styling is somewhat random, but the musical quality of the tracks selected, including a soulful live cut (I Hope I don't Fall in Love With You) allows the listener to enjoy the fullest range of Hootie's distinctive and easily identifiable sound.",
"I am purchasing this album for a second time, since continuous play of the first copy left it so badly scratched that I am forced to purchase a second copy to make up for the unplayability of the first.",
"I rate this album as perhaps the very best of all of Hootie's albums."
] |
4 | What Performances! | Julie Harris stars as Frankie, a 12 year old girl trying to figure out where she fits in. Rejected by her peer group, she decides she will join her brother and his future bride on their honeymoon and go with them forever. The family housekeeper, Bernice, played by Ethel Waters, tries to convince her otherwise, but Frankie is strong willed and won't be deterred. Julie Harris gives an intense, painfully honest performance as the struggling adolescent, hitting all the emotional peaks and valleys with such feeling and truth. As Frankie's pseudo-mother, Waters is equally impressive, delivering a charismatic, deeply felt performance that provides the film's emotional centre. The film definitely betrays its stage origins, with a lot of dialogue and little change in scene or action. The film is about characters and the human drama, and although it's hardly uplifting, anyone who can remember the feelings of their youth and wanting to fit in, will understand what it is trying to say. | 988 | [
"Julie Harris stars as Frankie, a 12 year old girl trying to figure out where she fits in.",
"Rejected by her peer group, she decides she will join her brother and his future bride on their honeymoon and go with them forever.",
"The family housekeeper, Bernice, played by Ethel Waters, tries to convince her otherwise, but Frankie is strong willed and won't be deterred.",
"Julie Harris gives an intense, painfully honest performance as the struggling adolescent, hitting all the emotional peaks and valleys with such feeling and truth.",
"As Frankie's pseudo-mother, Waters is equally impressive, delivering a charismatic, deeply felt performance that provides the film's emotional centre.",
"The film definitely betrays its stage origins, with a lot of dialogue and little change in scene or action.",
"The film is about characters and the human drama, and although it's hardly uplifting, anyone who can remember the feelings of their youth and wanting to fit in, will understand what it is trying to say."
] |
4 | An Exciting Read | First if you have not read Kava's A Perfect Evil do so. The people who are the main focus of A Split Second are introduced. Once you have the book(s) make sure you have a lot of time to spend reading. This is an exciting suspense story, one you will not want to put down. Kava does a wonderful job taking you as the reader on a climb into the intrigue of the story. There are several characters introduced; some having subplots. Kava has done a nice job leaving the possiblity of using these people in future books. The only reason I did not give 5 stars for the book was the way it was ended. Though all loose ends were tied up, I felt dissppointed on the ending. It seemed as though for what ever the reason she had to hurry the ending. It had a let down effect as a whole on the book. One page we are engrossed in a search of a house that is on fire, the next everyone (that matters) is out. Not much written on how they got there. All in all I still recommend that you read this book. | 988 | [
"First if you have not read Kava's A Perfect Evil do so.",
"The people who are the main focus of A Split Second are introduced.",
"Once you have the book(s) make sure you have a lot of time to spend reading.",
"This is an exciting suspense story, one you will not want to put down.",
"Kava does a wonderful job taking you as the reader on a climb into the intrigue of the story.",
"There are several characters introduced; some having subplots.",
"Kava has done a nice job leaving the possiblity of using these people in future books.",
"The only reason I did not give 5 stars for the book was the way it was ended.",
"Though all loose ends were tied up, I felt dissppointed on the ending.",
"It seemed as though for what ever the reason she had to hurry the ending.",
"It had a let down effect as a whole on the book.",
"One page we are engrossed in a search of a house that is on fire, the next everyone (that matters) is out.",
"Not much written on how they got there.",
"All in all I still recommend that you read this book."
] |
4 | Wonderful for now!!! | Just got my Panasonic last week and immediately made two loaves -- one basic white, which was beautiful (rose a little high, but is more bread a problem? And the clean up was easy.) and tasted SO good. Could taste the yeast and was yummy. A lot like my grandmother's homemade bread. Only problem was that my daughter burrowed a hole through the soft middle! Guess I'll have to watch her. The wheat loaf was not so good. Did not rise and ended up as a too dense rock. Tasted okay, but I used blackstrap molasses and the irony flavor of the molasses was too strong, my fault. Next time I will use plain old molasses. I think the wheat loaf would be better with more milk/water or less flour or perhaps a combo of wheat and bread flours. Anyway, we are pleased with the overall outcome (my fam LOVES white bread and I never buy it) and I can't wait to try more recipes! Like cinnamon rolls and monkey bread and chocolate bread!!! MMMMM!! Along with the good-for-you-stuff too, of course! ;o) | 988 | [
"Just got my Panasonic last week and immediately made two loaves -- one basic white, which was beautiful (rose a little high, but is more bread a problem?",
"And the clean up was easy.) and tasted SO good.",
"Could taste the yeast and was yummy.",
"A lot like my grandmother's homemade bread.",
"Only problem was that my daughter burrowed a hole through the soft middle!",
"Guess I'll have to watch her.",
"The wheat loaf was not so good.",
"Did not rise and ended up as a too dense rock.",
"Tasted okay, but I used blackstrap molasses and the irony flavor of the molasses was too strong, my fault.",
"Next time I will use plain old molasses.",
"I think the wheat loaf would be better with more milk/water or less flour or perhaps a combo of wheat and bread flours.",
"Anyway, we are pleased with the overall outcome (my fam LOVES white bread and I never buy it) and I can't wait to try more recipes!",
"Like cinnamon rolls and monkey bread and chocolate bread!!!",
"MMMMM!!",
"Along with the good-for-you-stuff too, of course!",
";o)"
] |
4 | Still another joy! | I need to say that this is one of the nicer CDs I have had the joy of hearing. I really do love Tracy Chapman's style of writing and passion for singing found in many of her works; however do not expect to find all of that throughout this album. Here, she has softened up quite a bit from her first couple albums and in some ways it has really has not changed her sound. Some songs like "New Beginning" and "Give Me One Reason" have the blues beat that make them wonderful to listen to. One of my favorite songs on this somewhat-diluted album has to be "Rape of the World" because at this point it is just so true, and it makes me feel some guilt and unhappiness, which is Chapman's form. Another one I remember is "Remember the Tinman", and it has been awhile I still remember that song being like some of the others here. All of the songs will bring up some form of feeling, as found in all of Chapman's CDs, which never seem to change with time or fame, unlike with many other artists. | 988 | [
"I need to say that this is one of the nicer CDs I have had the joy of hearing.",
"I really do love Tracy Chapman's style of writing and passion for singing found in many of her works; however do not expect to find all of that throughout this album.",
"Here, she has softened up quite a bit from her first couple albums and in some ways it has really has not changed her sound.",
"Some songs like \"New Beginning\" and \"Give Me One Reason\" have the blues beat that make them wonderful to listen to.",
"One of my favorite songs on this somewhat-diluted album has to be \"Rape of the World\" because at this point it is just so true, and it makes me feel some guilt and unhappiness, which is Chapman's form.",
"Another one I remember is \"Remember the Tinman\", and it has been awhile I still remember that song being like some of the others here.",
"All of the songs will bring up some form of feeling, as found in all of Chapman's CDs, which never seem to change with time or fame, unlike with many other artists."
] |
4 | yoga-at-home | This is really one of my favourite workout dvds, but it's NOT for beginners. I would not recommend this tape to anyone who is not already familiar with downward facing dog, upward facing dog, and triangle poses -- you will just hurt yourself or get discouraged because Yee does not provide much instruction or modification for a safe practice. He does give good cueing though, if you already know the poses. I've had the dvd for over a year and feel that I am just now mastering the first practice after practicing almost every day. Yee has put together sequences that are sufficiently challenging to keep your interest and encourage you to keep improving. There is enough on this dvd to keep you busy for a long time. The flow between the sequences is quite fast so I memorized the first practice and often do it in a slower form. My one complaint is that he often stays longer on one side than on the other, which is annoying because you have to stop the dvd or try to catch up somehow. | 988 | [
"This is really one of my favourite workout dvds, but it's NOT for beginners.",
"I would not recommend this tape to anyone who is not already familiar with downward facing dog, upward facing dog, and triangle poses -- you will just hurt yourself or get discouraged because Yee does not provide much instruction or modification for a safe practice.",
"He does give good cueing though, if you already know the poses.",
"I've had the dvd for over a year and feel that I am just now mastering the first practice after practicing almost every day.",
"Yee has put together sequences that are sufficiently challenging to keep your interest and encourage you to keep improving.",
"There is enough on this dvd to keep you busy for a long time.",
"The flow between the sequences is quite fast so I memorized the first practice and often do it in a slower form.",
"My one complaint is that he often stays longer on one side than on the other, which is annoying because you have to stop the dvd or try to catch up somehow."
] |
4 | Finally no leaks! | After going through a couple pottys that left me with messes on the floor due to their leaks, I finally found one that doesn't leak! My almost 3-yr old son will sit on it and go potty and he loves to "make the music". The instant reward (hearing the music) is perfect and very motivating for him. I love it that I can actually hear when he goes and don't have to wonder if he's gone or not while he's still sitting. He has even figured out how to put the bowl and splash guard back on himself after I clean them. The only thing is after a month of use, the song doesn't play every single time he goes potty. Not sure if the sensor is out of alignment or what, but it plays most of the time. The chair seems comfortable and has nice arm rests and a back to it. He loves to read the book that comes with it, but we never get past the first couple pages because he's going potty and we're celebrating! We still have a ways to go, but I think we're finally on the right track with this potty. | 988 | [
"After going through a couple pottys that left me with messes on the floor due to their leaks, I finally found one that doesn't leak!",
"My almost 3-yr old son will sit on it and go potty and he loves to \"make the music\".",
"The instant reward (hearing the music) is perfect and very motivating for him.",
"I love it that I can actually hear when he goes and don't have to wonder if he's gone or not while he's still sitting.",
"He has even figured out how to put the bowl and splash guard back on himself after I clean them.",
"The only thing is after a month of use, the song doesn't play every single time he goes potty.",
"Not sure if the sensor is out of alignment or what, but it plays most of the time.",
"The chair seems comfortable and has nice arm rests and a back to it.",
"He loves to read the book that comes with it, but we never get past the first couple pages because he's going potty and we're celebrating!",
"We still have a ways to go, but I think we're finally on the right track with this potty."
] |
4 | Pro's and con's | As a whole, I really like my Kindle.Purchasing books is very easy, though navigating through the selection of books on Amazon is a little difficult. It would be nice if they offered the listings in an additional manner...ie: according to cost, etc. With the amount of reading I do, it gets rather expensive at $9.99 each, when there are many books available at no cost to download, but they are difficult and time consuming to find.It is very nice to read in bed, as it is light-weight and getting comfortable doesn't have to include positions where it is difficult to turn pages......one click with either hand and you are on to the next page. Very convenient.My only real complaint is that there is no internal light. Obviously the technology is available and I do not understand why this isn't standard. A clip-on light works, but it makes the Kindle heavier and has to be adjusted perfectly to not glare off the screen.Would I buy it again? Yes. Could there be some improvements? Yes. | 988 | [
"As a whole, I really like my Kindle.Purchasing books is very easy, though navigating through the selection of books on Amazon is a little difficult.",
"It would be nice if they offered the listings in an additional manner...ie: according to cost, etc.",
"With the amount of reading I do, it gets rather expensive at $9.99 each, when there are many books available at no cost to download, but they are difficult and time consuming to find.It is very nice to read in bed, as it is light-weight and getting comfortable doesn't have to include positions where it is difficult to turn pages......one click with either hand and you are on to the next page.",
"Very convenient.My only real complaint is that there is no internal light.",
"Obviously the technology is available and I do not understand why this isn't standard.",
"A clip-on light works, but it makes the Kindle heavier and has to be adjusted perfectly to not glare off the screen.Would I buy it again?",
"Yes.",
"Could there be some improvements?",
"Yes."
] |
4 | Good WW2 Thriller | This was quite an interesting and suspenseful WW2 drama. Set in Nazi-occupied Holland, the film follows Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten), a Dutch Jew in hiding, as she becomes involved in the Dutch resistance, eventually infiltrating the local Gestapo headquarters by seducing it's Captain, Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch). What follows is a tumultuous odyssey with lots of betrayal, sex, violence, despair, humor, and even love where you would least expect it. Good guys turn into bad guys and vice versa.Personally, I'm all about graphic (female) nudity so that didn't bother me in the least, although I didn't need to see that much of Franken! Overall, I thought the film was very good although it seemed a bit scattered, and there were a few aspects that seemed a bit stereotypical and/or implausible. These are just minor criticisms though, in an otherwise enjoyable and compelling film. Four stars.Oh and I almost forgot, Carice van Houten....Yikes! If only I wasn't married my love. | 988 | [
"This was quite an interesting and suspenseful WW2 drama.",
"Set in Nazi-occupied Holland, the film follows Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten), a Dutch Jew in hiding, as she becomes involved in the Dutch resistance, eventually infiltrating the local Gestapo headquarters by seducing it's Captain, Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch).",
"What follows is a tumultuous odyssey with lots of betrayal, sex, violence, despair, humor, and even love where you would least expect it.",
"Good guys turn into bad guys and vice versa.Personally, I'm all about graphic (female) nudity so that didn't bother me in the least, although I didn't need to see that much of Franken!",
"Overall, I thought the film was very good although it seemed a bit scattered, and there were a few aspects that seemed a bit stereotypical and/or implausible.",
"These are just minor criticisms though, in an otherwise enjoyable and compelling film.",
"Four stars.Oh and I almost forgot, Carice van Houten....Yikes!",
"If only I wasn't married my love."
] |
4 | Four Blind Mice | "Four Blind Mice" is the 8th Alex Cross novel by James Patterson. Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington, DC police force when his friend, John Sampson asks him to help clear Sampson's friend Ellis Cooper of the murders of 3 women in North Carolina. The women were painted with blue paint. Before Sampson and Alex can find the real killer, Ellis Cooper is executed. Other murders occur in which the bodies are painted red, white, or blue and the person accused is innocent. These murders occur in places all over the US. Alex and John realize they are dealing with highly professional killers who had all served in Vietnam. Patterson writes page turners and "Four Blind Mice" is no different. The violence is graphic, and the suspense relentless. I thought that this novel was much better than the three Cross novels before it, but not nearly as good as the earlier ones like "Kiss the Girls" and "Jack and Jill". I gave it four stars because of the page-turning suspense. | 988 | [
"\"Four Blind Mice\" is the 8th Alex Cross novel by James Patterson.",
"Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington, DC police force when his friend, John Sampson asks him to help clear Sampson's friend Ellis Cooper of the murders of 3 women in North Carolina.",
"The women were painted with blue paint.",
"Before Sampson and Alex can find the real killer, Ellis Cooper is executed.",
"Other murders occur in which the bodies are painted red, white, or blue and the person accused is innocent.",
"These murders occur in places all over the US.",
"Alex and John realize they are dealing with highly professional killers who had all served in Vietnam.",
"Patterson writes page turners and \"Four Blind Mice\" is no different.",
"The violence is graphic, and the suspense relentless.",
"I thought that this novel was much better than the three Cross novels before it, but not nearly as good as the earlier ones like \"Kiss the Girls\" and \"Jack and Jill\".",
"I gave it four stars because of the page-turning suspense."
] |
4 | With reservations..... | I just finished this latest book by Elizabeth Berg and it was lovely. It follows Betta, a 50-something widow, along her path of grief following the death of her beloved husband. The book, however, was a bit too "enchanted" for me....even though Betta was suffering from the loss of her husband, somehow things just fell into place too easily for her.Finding the perfect house the first day in a new town, and having friends rush to her aid after not corresponding with them for 30 years --these were things that were just too good to be true!Many parts of the book were glimpses into the past: her college years, her courtship, parts of her marriage, her husband's dying. These glimpses helped to flesh Betta out, but she was not nearly as well-developed a character as Nan in "Pull of the Moon".While coincidence played a bit more of a role than I usually like, Berg's lovely writing and her understanding of grief overcame the negatives.I would recommend this book....with reservations. | 988 | [
"I just finished this latest book by Elizabeth Berg and it was lovely.",
"It follows Betta, a 50-something widow, along her path of grief following the death of her beloved husband.",
"The book, however, was a bit too \"enchanted\" for me....even though Betta was suffering from the loss of her husband, somehow things just fell into place too easily for her.Finding the perfect house the first day in a new town, and having friends rush to her aid after not corresponding with them for 30 years --these were things that were just too good to be true!",
"Many parts of the book were glimpses into the past: her college years, her courtship, parts of her marriage, her husband's dying.",
"These glimpses helped to flesh Betta out, but she was not nearly as well-developed a character as Nan in \"Pull of the Moon\".While coincidence played a bit more of a role than I usually like, Berg's lovely writing and her understanding of grief overcame the negatives.I would recommend this book....with reservations."
] |
4 | depth beneath the story | Something is going on here that reaches deeply beneath the characters and incidents of the story, easily missed if one does not pay heed to Molly's early musings about family. She is asking a profound question about what determines our social units: must they be consistent, continuous, normative? Or is there room for the quirky, the alien, the threatening, the dying? In the end she finds a definition of family that defies the reality of loss, universalizes beyond the confines of parochialism, and offers up hope. Are the characters profound - No, not in their individual selves. Is the plot profound - No, not in its specific events. But, if you catch this glimpse of one's own ability to choose the meaning of family, that is profound. And, also if you hear the message that the only way to deal with loss is through the pain, not around it, you get a bonus gift. Earth-shattering ....not really, but provocative for those who open themselves to the meanings beyond the superficial. | 988 | [
"Something is going on here that reaches deeply beneath the characters and incidents of the story, easily missed if one does not pay heed to Molly's early musings about family.",
"She is asking a profound question about what determines our social units: must they be consistent, continuous, normative?",
"Or is there room for the quirky, the alien, the threatening, the dying?",
"In the end she finds a definition of family that defies the reality of loss, universalizes beyond the confines of parochialism, and offers up hope.",
"Are the characters profound - No, not in their individual selves.",
"Is the plot profound - No, not in its specific events.",
"But, if you catch this glimpse of one's own ability to choose the meaning of family, that is profound.",
"And, also if you hear the message that the only way to deal with loss is through the pain, not around it, you get a bonus gift.",
"Earth-shattering ....not really, but provocative for those who open themselves to the meanings beyond the superficial."
] |
4 | curious | I purchased these knives a little over a month ago and use them every day. I haven't had a rusting problem, and my knives are quite sharp and cut fine, probibly because I know how to use the sharpening steel. I don't put the knives in the dishwasher! These knives have been at the top of the sales list on this web site for quite some time, I'm sure a lot of them have been sold and I suspect there are more people satisfied with them than some of the horrible reviews would indicate. I think the majority of average consumers don't write reviews on the internet, only the more sophisticated ones who tend to be more discriminating and critical . However, I am curious and have to ask this question, with such a wide range of opinions in the reviews of these knives, did we all get the same knives? In other words is there a consistency problem with the manufacturer? Some of the damming reviews here don't discribe the knives that I have, and I don't doubt the sincerity of any reviewer. | 988 | [
"I purchased these knives a little over a month ago and use them every day.",
"I haven't had a rusting problem, and my knives are quite sharp and cut fine, probibly because I know how to use the sharpening steel.",
"I don't put the knives in the dishwasher!",
"These knives have been at the top of the sales list on this web site for quite some time, I'm sure a lot of them have been sold and I suspect there are more people satisfied with them than some of the horrible reviews would indicate.",
"I think the majority of average consumers don't write reviews on the internet, only the more sophisticated ones who tend to be more discriminating and critical.",
"However, I am curious and have to ask this question, with such a wide range of opinions in the reviews of these knives, did we all get the same knives?",
"In other words is there a consistency problem with the manufacturer?",
"Some of the damming reviews here don't discribe the knives that I have, and I don't doubt the sincerity of any reviewer."
] |
4 | Not as good as original | As much as I hate to say it, I think Ms. Lupone is the one thing I don't like about this production. While I recognize that her voice is powerful, I truly think that her acting range is limited. What I loved about Angela Landsbury's performance is that her ditziness made her loveable. In my opinion (my aplogies to the Lupone fans reading this) I think Lupone's choice of making the character more worldly comes across as evil instead of charming. I liked her rendition of "Priest," but overall, I didn't like the quality she brought to Lovett. I had the same problem with her as Fosca in the recent Lincoln Center production of Passion. I think she is great when she plays someone like Evita, (strong, ballsy characters) but frail, cute, or sweet are not really her strong suit.It is still a very good production. Hearn is amazing, as are Harris, and Clark. The singing is fantastic, the concert setting really suits the show, not to mention it is one of the best musicals ever written. | 988 | [
"As much as I hate to say it, I think Ms.",
"Lupone is the one thing I don't like about this production.",
"While I recognize that her voice is powerful, I truly think that her acting range is limited.",
"What I loved about Angela Landsbury's performance is that her ditziness made her loveable.",
"In my opinion (my aplogies to the Lupone fans reading this) I think Lupone's choice of making the character more worldly comes across as evil instead of charming.",
"I liked her rendition of \"Priest,\" but overall, I didn't like the quality she brought to Lovett.",
"I had the same problem with her as Fosca in the recent Lincoln Center production of Passion.",
"I think she is great when she plays someone like Evita, (strong, ballsy characters) but frail, cute, or sweet are not really her strong suit.It is still a very good production.",
"Hearn is amazing, as are Harris, and Clark.",
"The singing is fantastic, the concert setting really suits the show, not to mention it is one of the best musicals ever written."
] |
4 | Out of the tombs | OH MY GOD!!!! This is the best Tomb Raider game ever. The grahpics, storyline, and characters are way better. Aside from the controls, its the best. I give this game 5 out of 5 stars. If you were a Tomb Raider fan and got bored with her after the last 3 games, please, please check this game out. I guarentee that you will love this game. Whats so great is there are are a lot more FUN puzzles to solve. The reason why they're so hard is because when you're done you feel triumphant about solving a hard puzzle. Only true tomb Raider fans know what I mean. If you have never played this game before, please. It is so fun and challenging. Thats what makes it exciting. You have a lot more things to do. You don't have to kill every single thing. Theres more to this game than killing and stealing. I'm only 2 levels away from finishing it. No game is perfect and thats a fact, so just deal and look away from the bad things. Have fun! And get ready to be Crofted!!!! Kurtis is soooo cute!! | 988 | [
"OH MY GOD!!!",
"!",
"This is the best Tomb Raider game ever.",
"The grahpics, storyline, and characters are way better.",
"Aside from the controls, its the best.",
"I give this game 5 out of 5 stars.",
"If you were a Tomb Raider fan and got bored with her after the last 3 games, please, please check this game out.",
"I guarentee that you will love this game.",
"Whats so great is there are are a lot more FUN puzzles to solve.",
"The reason why they're so hard is because when you're done you feel triumphant about solving a hard puzzle.",
"Only true tomb Raider fans know what I mean.",
"If you have never played this game before, please.",
"It is so fun and challenging.",
"Thats what makes it exciting.",
"You have a lot more things to do.",
"You don't have to kill every single thing.",
"Theres more to this game than killing and stealing.",
"I'm only 2 levels away from finishing it.",
"No game is perfect and thats a fact, so just deal and look away from the bad things.",
"Have fun!",
"And get ready to be Crofted!!!",
"!",
"Kurtis is soooo cute!!"
] |
4 | The Quiet Room | While spending the summer as a camp counselor at the age of 17, Lori began hearing the Voices. They repeatedly told her she was worthless, everyone hated her, and told her to die. She tried to hide her symptoms as long as possible, believing that everyone else heard voices also. She was able to make it through college, before she became overwhelmed and attempted suicide. At first her parents though she was under stress, that she was going through a phase and expected her to snap out of it after a bit of rest and relaxation. Instead, Lori began the revolving journey from hospital, to half-way house, and back again as she struggled in a seemingly hostile world.From shock therapy, to talk therapy and endless medication Lori spiraled rapidly out of control. Told from multiple point of views, the book explores the effect of schizophrenia on the patient, their family and friends. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in mental health, or affected by the disease. | 988 | [
"While spending the summer as a camp counselor at the age of 17, Lori began hearing the Voices.",
"They repeatedly told her she was worthless, everyone hated her, and told her to die.",
"She tried to hide her symptoms as long as possible, believing that everyone else heard voices also.",
"She was able to make it through college, before she became overwhelmed and attempted suicide.",
"At first her parents though she was under stress, that she was going through a phase and expected her to snap out of it after a bit of rest and relaxation.",
"Instead, Lori began the revolving journey from hospital, to half-way house, and back again as she struggled in a seemingly hostile world.From shock therapy, to talk therapy and endless medication Lori spiraled rapidly out of control.",
"Told from multiple point of views, the book explores the effect of schizophrenia on the patient, their family and friends.",
"I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in mental health, or affected by the disease."
] |
4 | Good, not great | There are good and bad things about this book. If one were to dismiss the fact that the author was a teen and just review this book like any other without any 'special' exceptions, I think that it would come to four stars. Star number one is for style. It fits and it works. Star number two is for characters. Not cardboard- cut outs, but not exactly three dimensional either. Star number three is for action. It's not explosive, but not cheesy either. Finally, star number four is for plot. The plot may not be complex, but it's at least understandable. The missing fifth star was for the addition to vampire lore. Adding in the mind- power stuff almost made me forget that the characters were vampires... they are, aren't they? So once again, age is not part of my review. There are some forty- year old authors who write the same quality books as Amelia Atwater- Rhodes. I will keep on reading this author's books, but I will also keep in mind that there's better literature out there. | 988 | [
"There are good and bad things about this book.",
"If one were to dismiss the fact that the author was a teen and just review this book like any other without any 'special' exceptions, I think that it would come to four stars.",
"Star number one is for style.",
"It fits and it works.",
"Star number two is for characters.",
"Not cardboard- cut outs, but not exactly three dimensional either.",
"Star number three is for action.",
"It's not explosive, but not cheesy either.",
"Finally, star number four is for plot.",
"The plot may not be complex, but it's at least understandable.",
"The missing fifth star was for the addition to vampire lore.",
"Adding in the mind- power stuff almost made me forget that the characters were vampires... they are, aren't they?",
"So once again, age is not part of my review.",
"There are some forty- year old authors who write the same quality books as Amelia Atwater- Rhodes.",
"I will keep on reading this author's books, but I will also keep in mind that there's better literature out there."
] |
4 | Entertaining | Not a bad movie, but one that ignores the facts of geography. The prison unit where Goldie Hawn breaks her husband out of is, in reality, very close to Sugarland, Tx. Nonetheless, they have to embark on a several day journey to get to Sugarland. And at one point we see a road sign that is in Val Verde County! That is hundreds of miles away. Then at the end of the movie, we are informed that Sugarland is near the Mexican border--it is in reality a suburb of Houston --and indeed Goldie and her husband are seen driving through some West Texas scenery before landing in the Rio Grande. If you can overlook all of that insult to your intellignce, it is not a bad movie, all of that actors are great--- especially Ben Johnson and it is a good slice of Texas culture the way it was about 1969. It would have been better to invent a fictional town in West Texas as their destination. That would have explained the journey of several days and the West Texas scenery at the end of that movie. | 988 | [
"Not a bad movie, but one that ignores the facts of geography.",
"The prison unit where Goldie Hawn breaks her husband out of is, in reality, very close to Sugarland, Tx.",
"Nonetheless, they have to embark on a several day journey to get to Sugarland.",
"And at one point we see a road sign that is in Val Verde County!",
"That is hundreds of miles away.",
"Then at the end of the movie, we are informed that Sugarland is near the Mexican border--it is in reality a suburb of Houston --and indeed Goldie and her husband are seen driving through some West Texas scenery before landing in the Rio Grande.",
"If you can overlook all of that insult to your intellignce, it is not a bad movie, all of that actors are great--- especially Ben Johnson and it is a good slice of Texas culture the way it was about 1969.",
"It would have been better to invent a fictional town in West Texas as their destination.",
"That would have explained the journey of several days and the West Texas scenery at the end of that movie."
] |
4 | dated but funny | After reading the other reviews I have to say true, it must have been taped in the early 90s, BUT excellent comedy never grows old. Jeanine Garaffalo is hysterical with her dysfunctional family deadpanning; Jim Carrey does an excellent imitation of both Sammy Davis Jr. and Tom Jones (his hips Never stop gyrating); Tim Allen in his pre-sitcom days perfecting his now classic grunting like an ape (pig?); Seinfeld's rarely seen Jason Alexander; Jeff Foxworthy drawing his Southern comparisons, and on and on. It's completely worth seeing if only to gasp at how different these comedians look today: Richard Lewis was a true Hottie and Chris Rock and Ellen DeGeneres must have been in high school. I'd give it three and a half stars because the hour and some odd minutes took me by surprise a couple of times with my laughing out loud but I'll round it up to four stars because I was able to watch without having to wade through cursing and crude racial comparisons -- always a banner day. | 988 | [
"After reading the other reviews I have to say true, it must have been taped in the early 90s, BUT excellent comedy never grows old.",
"Jeanine Garaffalo is hysterical with her dysfunctional family deadpanning; Jim Carrey does an excellent imitation of both Sammy Davis Jr.",
"and Tom Jones (his hips Never stop gyrating); Tim Allen in his pre-sitcom days perfecting his now classic grunting like an ape (pig?",
"); Seinfeld's rarely seen Jason Alexander; Jeff Foxworthy drawing his Southern comparisons, and on and on.",
"It's completely worth seeing if only to gasp at how different these comedians look today: Richard Lewis was a true Hottie and Chris Rock and Ellen DeGeneres must have been in high school.",
"I'd give it three and a half stars because the hour and some odd minutes took me by surprise a couple of times with my laughing out loud but I'll round it up to four stars because I was able to watch without having to wade through cursing and crude racial comparisons -- always a banner day."
] |
4 | another knut buster...... | this title though not as notorious as 5dv and kwga is just as tasy.....the pacing of this film is even faster(action-wise)than just about any sb film i've seen.it's a NORTH vs. SOUTH, E vs.W story but with a ninja crew tied in to one side.the many fight scenes is based all on honor and revenge for one's school.that's enough reasoning for me if the bottom line is incredible fight scenes with creative weaponry that seems to be the trademark of the sb movies of this time.let me note that not all of the movies starring the 5 deadlies were great but this one is definitely one for the ages....i'd give it 5 stars if the quality could compare with today's movies but the quality was very satisfactory.this copy is almost fullscreen proportion-wise which made it more enjoyable.sound also decent.with movies like this and kwga all you need is a late friday night with the fellas and if your girl can't get into this that's just too bad and she's lucky i didn't pick up the warriors yet.... | 988 | [
"this title though not as notorious as 5dv and kwga is just as tasy.....the pacing of this film is even faster(action-wise)than just about any sb film i've seen.it's a NORTH vs.",
"SOUTH, E vs.W story but with a ninja crew tied in to one side.the many fight scenes is based all on honor and revenge for one's school.that's enough reasoning for me if the bottom line is incredible fight scenes with creative weaponry that seems to be the trademark of the sb movies of this time.let me note that not all of the movies starring the 5 deadlies were great but this one is definitely one for the ages....i'd give it 5 stars if the quality could compare with today's movies but the quality was very satisfactory.this copy is almost fullscreen proportion-wise which made it more enjoyable.sound also decent.with movies like this and kwga all you need is a late friday night with the fellas and if your girl can't get into this that's just too bad and she's lucky i didn't pick up the warriors yet...."
] |
4 | Growing up in Aiken | I grew up in Aiken, S.C. and this book is a wonderful snapshot of part of that town's interesting history. My father was a butler to one of the "Winter Colony" residents which are mentioned in the book. He liked the place so much he decided to retire there. The book is a fun read and gives an overview of most of the different strata which make it a unique place: the old time residents who go back for decades; the "Winter Colony" people (many of whose children and grand children still live there); the engineers, scientists and other professionals who inundated the town in 1955; Blacks; local workers. There is not much mention of Aiken's middle class--reading the book you might think everyone was either very rich, a redneck or a Black servant. But this is not a sociological study but a memoir of the authors' efforts to resuscitate a dilapidaded old mansion. Anyone has done any kind of major remodel on their house will find find their own problems here, writ hilariously large. | 988 | [
"I grew up in Aiken, S.C. and this book is a wonderful snapshot of part of that town's interesting history.",
"My father was a butler to one of the \"Winter Colony\" residents which are mentioned in the book.",
"He liked the place so much he decided to retire there.",
"The book is a fun read and gives an overview of most of the different strata which make it a unique place: the old time residents who go back for decades; the \"Winter Colony\" people (many of whose children and grand children still live there); the engineers, scientists and other professionals who inundated the town in 1955; Blacks; local workers.",
"There is not much mention of Aiken's middle class--reading the book you might think everyone was either very rich, a redneck or a Black servant.",
"But this is not a sociological study but a memoir of the authors' efforts to resuscitate a dilapidaded old mansion.",
"Anyone has done any kind of major remodel on their house will find find their own problems here, writ hilariously large."
] |
4 | GTA IV | The missions aren't as good as San Andreas, or even Vice City, but Its still a decent game.Pros:- Its GTA. Free-roam games always win.- Lots of cool new features (like watching tv, internet browsing, calling friends to hangout, etc.)- Online can be fun.- The detail added (like locked car doors, and visible car damage to a specific area).Cons:- Most of the main characters are pretty boring, which kills storyline interest.- They tried to make the game more "realistic", but it in turn made formerly fun task like killing bystanders or fighting with the police into something you DON'T want to do. What I mean specifically is that the police are too aggressive. One star warrants no longer get you a nightstick beat-down by cops, but instead turns straight to gun fire if you try to escape.- Protagonist character Niko is way too slow when performing actions.- Some people are like Zombies. I've never played a game where I had to shoot someone so many times.. Unless they were a zombie! | 988 | [
"The missions aren't as good as San Andreas, or even Vice City, but Its still a decent game.Pros:- Its GTA.",
"Free-roam games always win.- Lots of cool new features (like watching tv, internet browsing, calling friends to hangout, etc.)- Online can be fun.- The detail added (like locked car doors, and visible car damage to a specific area).Cons:- Most of the main characters are pretty boring, which kills storyline interest.- They tried to make the game more \"realistic\", but it in turn made formerly fun task like killing bystanders or fighting with the police into something you DON'T want to do.",
"What I mean specifically is that the police are too aggressive.",
"One star warrants no longer get you a nightstick beat-down by cops, but instead turns straight to gun fire if you try to escape.- Protagonist character Niko is way too slow when performing actions.- Some people are like Zombies.",
"I've never played a game where I had to shoot someone so many times..",
"Unless they were a zombie!"
] |
4 | Fever 1793 | Fever 1793byLaurie Halse AndersonThe book Fever 1793 is a good book. It is about a very deadly that is going around Philadelphia. The charecters call the fever, "Yellow Fever". It is said to come every late summer around August.The main charectar's family owns a cofeehousemain charectar's name is, "Mattie".Mattie is the hardest working emploie in their family cofeehouse get a lot of business because George Washington's house was built two blocks away.Yellow Fever is a bad illness. The fever has been mostly caught by the river. It has been scaring people away from the shops near the river. The people being scared causes the cofeehouse to get more business.Polly was the 1st one to die from the disease. A lot of people died because of the Yellow Fever. Even Mattie's mother died. This illness caused a lot to move away too.I hope you choose to read this book and enjoy it as much as I did. I give this book a 4 star rateing.To find out the end, read this book. The ending is great. | 988 | [
"Fever 1793byLaurie Halse AndersonThe book Fever 1793 is a good book.",
"It is about a very deadly that is going around Philadelphia.",
"The charecters call the fever, \"Yellow Fever\".",
"It is said to come every late summer around August.The main charectar's family owns a cofeehousemain charectar's name is, \"Mattie\".Mattie is the hardest working emploie in their family cofeehouse get a lot of business because George Washington's house was built two blocks away.Yellow Fever is a bad illness.",
"The fever has been mostly caught by the river.",
"It has been scaring people away from the shops near the river.",
"The people being scared causes the cofeehouse to get more business.Polly was the 1st one to die from the disease.",
"A lot of people died because of the Yellow Fever.",
"Even Mattie's mother died.",
"This illness caused a lot to move away too.I hope you choose to read this book and enjoy it as much as I did.",
"I give this book a 4 star rateing.To find out the end, read this book.",
"The ending is great."
] |
4 | The end of stargate? | The Eight Season of Stargate is largley a success, but beckons the question of why there are two more seasons available on dvd. Season 8 wraps up all the storylines from the past few years, including the gaould, replicators, and some others. And it wraps them up well. I was surprised how a series 8 seasons in could still be so gripping and entertaining. Most shows would have just churned out more of the same, but this season really pushed the envelope. Well, except for Richard Dean Anderson, who was mostly phoning it in this season. Also, the last two episodes seemed out of place as the story clearly ended during the third to last episode. The last two feel almost as if they were done to complete a contract rather than actually forward a story.Overally, I was impressed with Stargate season 8. I liked the feeling that this show truly ended the series, and wrapped up a number of storylines. If you've enjoyed the show before, there's plenty to love about this season. Watch it! | 988 | [
"The Eight Season of Stargate is largley a success, but beckons the question of why there are two more seasons available on dvd.",
"Season 8 wraps up all the storylines from the past few years, including the gaould, replicators, and some others.",
"And it wraps them up well.",
"I was surprised how a series 8 seasons in could still be so gripping and entertaining.",
"Most shows would have just churned out more of the same, but this season really pushed the envelope.",
"Well, except for Richard Dean Anderson, who was mostly phoning it in this season.",
"Also, the last two episodes seemed out of place as the story clearly ended during the third to last episode.",
"The last two feel almost as if they were done to complete a contract rather than actually forward a story.Overally, I was impressed with Stargate season 8.",
"I liked the feeling that this show truly ended the series, and wrapped up a number of storylines.",
"If you've enjoyed the show before, there's plenty to love about this season.",
"Watch it!"
] |
4 | Pretty good book! | I may have enjoyed this book more than i usually would, because when i found this at a thrift store i had no idea there was such a genre as "medical thriller". I was excitied to read this book for the simple reason that i have never read any type of book quite like it.Basically, it is a generic thriller with medical details and a plot concerning an ebola "outbreak". The story is, quite simply, "average woman saves the country". Now there was an instance or two where something happened that was a little far fetched, but i don't mind too much, being that this IS fiction. There was also one loose end that wasn't wrapped up. These two reasons are why i rated four stars instead of five.All in all, i enjoyed my first Robin Cook book, and i do own and plan to read two more of his books that i found at different thrift stores(those are "Fatal Cure" and "Crisis").To sum up my opinion of this book: it a pretty enjoyable thriller and page-turner. I am happy i took the time to read it. | 988 | [
"I may have enjoyed this book more than i usually would, because when i found this at a thrift store i had no idea there was such a genre as \"medical thriller\".",
"I was excitied to read this book for the simple reason that i have never read any type of book quite like it.Basically, it is a generic thriller with medical details and a plot concerning an ebola \"outbreak\".",
"The story is, quite simply, \"average woman saves the country\".",
"Now there was an instance or two where something happened that was a little far fetched, but i don't mind too much, being that this IS fiction.",
"There was also one loose end that wasn't wrapped up.",
"These two reasons are why i rated four stars instead of five.All in all, i enjoyed my first Robin Cook book, and i do own and plan to read two more of his books that i found at different thrift stores(those are \"Fatal Cure\" and \"Crisis\").To sum up my opinion of this book: it a pretty enjoyable thriller and page-turner.",
"I am happy i took the time to read it."
] |
4 | Partial review | I have to say, I had to read a short story collection for my English class, I picked this one because I wanted something more modern, current and relevant. I got that and a lot more! I started reading various stories, not in order and I found out that this collection is full of Black protagonists. I didn't know the others but I was aware of the book, but having a collection like this is rare, all truly moving and touching...except...the structural errors that occurred throughout all the stories, there were strange indents, strange comma uses, it was quite hard to read. I just noticed these things, they didn't hinder the story or ruin the stories in anyway, just made them a little difficult to read. I don't know if it was part of the story or just poorly edited, its one of those things I think people should be aware of.On brighter note, this is a very highly entertaining, mind-opening and touching collection of stories, I truly must buy for all those short story enthusiasts! | 988 | [
"I have to say, I had to read a short story collection for my English class, I picked this one because I wanted something more modern, current and relevant.",
"I got that and a lot more!",
"I started reading various stories, not in order and I found out that this collection is full of Black protagonists.",
"I didn't know the others but I was aware of the book, but having a collection like this is rare, all truly moving and touching...except...the structural errors that occurred throughout all the stories, there were strange indents, strange comma uses, it was quite hard to read.",
"I just noticed these things, they didn't hinder the story or ruin the stories in anyway, just made them a little difficult to read.",
"I don't know if it was part of the story or just poorly edited, its one of those things I think people should be aware of.On brighter note, this is a very highly entertaining, mind-opening and touching collection of stories, I truly must buy for all those short story enthusiasts!"
] |
4 | The Best One Yet | We've tried three different wipes warmers and this is the best one yet. We haven't had any brown wipes, they are always moist. Pampers wipes do work better than Huggies wipes because of the way they are packaged- the pampers wipes are folded into each other so when you pull one out it pulls another out. The Huggies don't do this and then you have to open up the compartment each time which is aggravating. Also, you really do have to keep on top of the "pillow"- it dries out and gets brown and hard pretty quickly, about every 4-5 days I've found so you have to remember to keep rewetting it. The refill pillows are $7 a pack so I try to make them last as long as possible- it's worth it though because there haven't been any brown wipes unlike the other brands I tried. However, I've been diligent about keeping my pillows wet and I haven't had to open a new pack yet- we've been using the same one for three and a half months.Overall, a great product- the best one I've found so far! | 988 | [
"We've tried three different wipes warmers and this is the best one yet.",
"We haven't had any brown wipes, they are always moist.",
"Pampers wipes do work better than Huggies wipes because of the way they are packaged- the pampers wipes are folded into each other so when you pull one out it pulls another out.",
"The Huggies don't do this and then you have to open up the compartment each time which is aggravating.",
"Also, you really do have to keep on top of the \"pillow\"- it dries out and gets brown and hard pretty quickly, about every 4-5 days I've found so you have to remember to keep rewetting it.",
"The refill pillows are $7 a pack so I try to make them last as long as possible- it's worth it though because there haven't been any brown wipes unlike the other brands I tried.",
"However, I've been diligent about keeping my pillows wet and I haven't had to open a new pack yet- we've been using the same one for three and a half months.Overall, a great product- the best one I've found so far!"
] |
4 | Someone For You ! | This was a wonderful story one that touched by heart ! After talking about this story, 15 people that I know have now bought this book ! Check out Someone Like You and see if you agree ! Blythe touched my heart and I was sure hoping she would not let Khalil get away ! After going thru ups and downs in a relationship going no where .She finally meets Khalil ! Is he the one for her? It was hard for her to tell but the writing was on the wall ! Was she going to see it or let Khalil get away ! I also wondered about Blythe's mother ! Did she really love her daughter or was it she just did not know how to show it ! What happened the night of the accident after the arguement between her parents ! What about the time her mother caught her father in his office with another woman ! Yes you have got to read this one to find the answers ! What about that Fashion designer Alda she had those style working at the fashion show during the Kawanza celecbration ! Check this one out for sure ! | 988 | [
"This was a wonderful story one that touched by heart!",
"After talking about this story, 15 people that I know have now bought this book!",
"Check out Someone Like You and see if you agree!",
"Blythe touched my heart and I was sure hoping she would not let Khalil get away!",
"After going thru ups and downs in a relationship going no where .She finally meets Khalil!",
"Is he the one for her?",
"It was hard for her to tell but the writing was on the wall!",
"Was she going to see it or let Khalil get away!",
"I also wondered about Blythe's mother!",
"Did she really love her daughter or was it she just did not know how to show it!",
"What happened the night of the accident after the arguement between her parents!",
"What about the time her mother caught her father in his office with another woman!",
"Yes you have got to read this one to find the answers!",
"What about that Fashion designer Alda she had those style working at the fashion show during the Kawanza celecbration!",
"Check this one out for sure!"
] |
4 | What a voice! | I heard Tebaldi many times at the Metropolitan, and no recording can truly give a full idea of the radiance of her voice at its best. It was an opulent, luscious sound, with a depth all its own. Her stage persona was charming and sympathetic, but ever-so-slightly aloof: she was a true diva in the original, untainted meaning of that Italian word: a "goddess" inhabiting her own special realm.This selection is drawn, with few exceptions, from her glory days in the 1950s, and includes some-but by no means all-of her finest moments on disc. While no recording can quite recreate her special aura, it CAN reproduce her way with a phrase, the exquisite light-and-shade of her personal style. In this she was a fine musical interpreter, and a real Italian: no heavy-breathing psychotics from Renata! Her heart, like the timbre of her voice, was full of Italy's sun.In the glorious tradition of Claudia Muzio, Tina Poli-Randaccio, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Maria Caniglia and Mafalda Favero. | 988 | [
"I heard Tebaldi many times at the Metropolitan, and no recording can truly give a full idea of the radiance of her voice at its best.",
"It was an opulent, luscious sound, with a depth all its own.",
"Her stage persona was charming and sympathetic, but ever-so-slightly aloof: she was a true diva in the original, untainted meaning of that Italian word: a \"goddess\" inhabiting her own special realm.This selection is drawn, with few exceptions, from her glory days in the 1950s, and includes some-but by no means all-of her finest moments on disc.",
"While no recording can quite recreate her special aura, it CAN reproduce her way with a phrase, the exquisite light-and-shade of her personal style.",
"In this she was a fine musical interpreter, and a real Italian: no heavy-breathing psychotics from Renata!",
"Her heart, like the timbre of her voice, was full of Italy's sun.In the glorious tradition of Claudia Muzio, Tina Poli-Randaccio, Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Maria Caniglia and Mafalda Favero."
] |
4 | Perfection By Design | Randy's book sits prominently in my family room along side other Porsche books and is one of the few that is up to speed with some of the latest offerings from Zuffenhausen. Writing a book on the 911 is nearly impossible because there is so much out there. You have to know where to start and where to end,--and just how much to stuff in the middle. Randy pulls this off with a great selection of photos, most never before seen, and accurate detail of the nuances of the famous 911. The only negative I can find is what puts a book in the top 5% of books, and that is matching copy to photographs,--on the same page. This is extremely hard to do because it is generally unpredictable, where one paragraph or photograph will start or stop. That, along with a handfull of errors in photo IDs keeps it from perfection by design itself but it's nicely assembled and beautifully printed. Anyone with a 911 in their garage should have this book to help explain their addiction to normal people. | 988 | [
"Randy's book sits prominently in my family room along side other Porsche books and is one of the few that is up to speed with some of the latest offerings from Zuffenhausen.",
"Writing a book on the 911 is nearly impossible because there is so much out there.",
"You have to know where to start and where to end,--and just how much to stuff in the middle.",
"Randy pulls this off with a great selection of photos, most never before seen, and accurate detail of the nuances of the famous 911.",
"The only negative I can find is what puts a book in the top 5% of books, and that is matching copy to photographs,--on the same page.",
"This is extremely hard to do because it is generally unpredictable, where one paragraph or photograph will start or stop.",
"That, along with a handfull of errors in photo IDs keeps it from perfection by design itself but it's nicely assembled and beautifully printed.",
"Anyone with a 911 in their garage should have this book to help explain their addiction to normal people."
] |
4 | Still reading... | I'm still in the process of reading this book. I'm little over 3/4 of the way through and keep thinking I'm going to find something inspiring here. Don't get me wrong, this is a good book but it really applies to the couples who have been married 8+ years without stepchildren. Yeah, that's a whole other set of baggage. This is my first marriage but my husbands second and he has two children (and a Bi-polar ex-wife) from that marriage. What is talked about in this book is indeed mostly common sense but what I have always thought was common sense isn't so common. Iris is good at pointing out that none of us are perfect and we need to pick our battles. What's really worth a fight to you? Piles of clothes and the cap being left of the toothpaste just aren't what people should divorce over. I also like that she compares starting a family to creating a new civilization of your own. She really does touch on some important bases in marriage but certainly not all the possible bases. | 988 | [
"I'm still in the process of reading this book.",
"I'm little over 3/4 of the way through and keep thinking I'm going to find something inspiring here.",
"Don't get me wrong, this is a good book but it really applies to the couples who have been married 8+ years without stepchildren.",
"Yeah, that's a whole other set of baggage.",
"This is my first marriage but my husbands second and he has two children (and a Bi-polar ex-wife) from that marriage.",
"What is talked about in this book is indeed mostly common sense but what I have always thought was common sense isn't so common.",
"Iris is good at pointing out that none of us are perfect and we need to pick our battles.",
"What's really worth a fight to you?",
"Piles of clothes and the cap being left of the toothpaste just aren't what people should divorce over.",
"I also like that she compares starting a family to creating a new civilization of your own.",
"She really does touch on some important bases in marriage but certainly not all the possible bases."
] |
4 | Cut Loose Again | I was a little skeptical about this remake. but i was very surprised on how well it was made. this movie ended up being pretty good (thanks to denis quad for being such a great actor) i thought that the cast was excellent. i can't say that for to many remakes. but the original is still the best. i was a liitle worried about the guy who played willard since chris peen did such an awesome job. but the new guy held his ground. julianne hough did a pretty good job as ariel. kenny wormald was not to bad as ren, but kevin bacon was better. i measn keny did a good job don't get me wrong but kevin was better. the original always is. and last but not least dennis quad was excellent as shaw moore. him and john lithgow are equales. if you have not seen this movie then i recommend that you do. p.s. they should of kept the tractor scene. one thing i do have to say is that they did tell what happend to shaw's son. in the first the just tell you in the movie not show you like in this one. | 988 | [
"I was a little skeptical about this remake.",
"but i was very surprised on how well it was made.",
"this movie ended up being pretty good (thanks to denis quad for being such a great actor) i thought that the cast was excellent.",
"i can't say that for to many remakes.",
"but the original is still the best.",
"i was a liitle worried about the guy who played willard since chris peen did such an awesome job.",
"but the new guy held his ground.",
"julianne hough did a pretty good job as ariel.",
"kenny wormald was not to bad as ren, but kevin bacon was better.",
"i measn keny did a good job don't get me wrong but kevin was better.",
"the original always is.",
"and last but not least dennis quad was excellent as shaw moore.",
"him and john lithgow are equales.",
"if you have not seen this movie then i recommend that you do.",
"p.s. they should of kept the tractor scene.",
"one thing i do have to say is that they did tell what happend to shaw's son.",
"in the first the just tell you in the movie not show you like in this one."
] |
4 | Good Read | Okay I went to the movie first but after seeing the movie (which despite the critic reviews I thought was brilliant) I had to read the book. The book tied up loose ends as in Richard's mindset when he was in the jungle and the ending was definitely a lot more grisly in the book. I did enjoy the story and found it interesting that it was written by such a a young author and I was completely captivated by Richard's character. Despite being a Brit in the book I think Leonardo di Caprio portrayed him extremely well and Robert Carlyle was brilliant as ever. Shame they could not have expanded his character in the movie as he was a pivotal feature in the book. If you've seen the movie and not read the book I would certainly recommend doing so as it provides an insight into Richard that you may miss. Normally I prefer books to movie versions but in this case, albeit a number of differences, I can say I enjoyed both and believe Danny Boyle did a great job as indeed did Alex Garland. | 988 | [
"Okay I went to the movie first but after seeing the movie (which despite the critic reviews I thought was brilliant) I had to read the book.",
"The book tied up loose ends as in Richard's mindset when he was in the jungle and the ending was definitely a lot more grisly in the book.",
"I did enjoy the story and found it interesting that it was written by such a a young author and I was completely captivated by Richard's character.",
"Despite being a Brit in the book I think Leonardo di Caprio portrayed him extremely well and Robert Carlyle was brilliant as ever.",
"Shame they could not have expanded his character in the movie as he was a pivotal feature in the book.",
"If you've seen the movie and not read the book I would certainly recommend doing so as it provides an insight into Richard that you may miss.",
"Normally I prefer books to movie versions but in this case, albeit a number of differences, I can say I enjoyed both and believe Danny Boyle did a great job as indeed did Alex Garland."
] |
4 | Nice product | I read many, many reviews before ordering this. We have an 11-year-old (luckily) very, very healthy 50-lb. dog who likes to curl up on a high-framed bed. She doesn't have too much trouble jumping on and off the bed without the stairs, but given her age, I wanted to make life easier for her and not wait for her to land wrong and hurt herself at her age. Like many of the other reviewers, we are have a bit of trouble getting her to use the steps, probably due to her aforementioned ease negotiating the height of the bed without them so far. She has no problem putting her front paws anywhere on them, but when it comes to committing her full weight to the steps with her back paws, she won't do it. I was glad to know this going in, and we will continue to work with her. We are very satisfied with the quality of the product, and I encourage purchasers to measure the height that they need as this product comes is varying sizes. I nearly ordered the wrong size, so be sure to measure. | 988 | [
"I read many, many reviews before ordering this.",
"We have an 11-year-old (luckily) very, very healthy 50-lb.",
"dog who likes to curl up on a high-framed bed.",
"She doesn't have too much trouble jumping on and off the bed without the stairs, but given her age, I wanted to make life easier for her and not wait for her to land wrong and hurt herself at her age.",
"Like many of the other reviewers, we are have a bit of trouble getting her to use the steps, probably due to her aforementioned ease negotiating the height of the bed without them so far.",
"She has no problem putting her front paws anywhere on them, but when it comes to committing her full weight to the steps with her back paws, she won't do it.",
"I was glad to know this going in, and we will continue to work with her.",
"We are very satisfied with the quality of the product, and I encourage purchasers to measure the height that they need as this product comes is varying sizes.",
"I nearly ordered the wrong size, so be sure to measure."
] |
4 | As good as I expected. | I have a Nokia N73 with 2 GB memory, and holds hundreds of mp3 songs. I wanted to able to use my Nokia via bluetooth to play the songs by genres on my home stereo. After research, I decided to go with Motorola DC800. The price is very reasonable $67. It comes with all the necessary audio cable. I just plugged the audio cable into my stereo receiver, and very easy pairing with my Nokia by following the quick start guide. The sound quality is as good as I expected, clear, good range, and very little noise. Some reviewer stated poor sound quality, possibilly due to the reduce quality of mp3 format itselt and not the bluetooth device. Might want to increase the bit rate to 192 instead of standard 128 bit mp3 format.pros: Very affordable price. very small. easy installation.cons: Does not pair with regular motorola bluetooth headset HS850. As stated on the manual, it will pair with motorola stereo headset HT820, and possibilly with other motorola stereo headset like MOTOROKR S9. | 988 | [
"I have a Nokia N73 with 2 GB memory, and holds hundreds of mp3 songs.",
"I wanted to able to use my Nokia via bluetooth to play the songs by genres on my home stereo.",
"After research, I decided to go with Motorola DC800.",
"The price is very reasonable $67.",
"It comes with all the necessary audio cable.",
"I just plugged the audio cable into my stereo receiver, and very easy pairing with my Nokia by following the quick start guide.",
"The sound quality is as good as I expected, clear, good range, and very little noise.",
"Some reviewer stated poor sound quality, possibilly due to the reduce quality of mp3 format itselt and not the bluetooth device.",
"Might want to increase the bit rate to 192 instead of standard 128 bit mp3 format.pros: Very affordable price.",
"very small.",
"easy installation.cons: Does not pair with regular motorola bluetooth headset HS850.",
"As stated on the manual, it will pair with motorola stereo headset HT820, and possibilly with other motorola stereo headset like MOTOROKR S9."
] |
4 | Fine Scottish Fiddlin | The blurb on the outer cover was this quote: "Blazin Fiddles is the Led Zepplin of Scottish music."Well, I'm sold! When I listened to the cd I came up to this conclusion. The guy who said that quote must drink. A lot.I was expecting the raw power of Led Zepplin. That's not to say the album isn't good. It's just really. . . polished. (That could be what the reviewer was getting at). The musicians have excellent technique and really capture the feel of the Scottish fiddle. Their tune choices are nothing short of outstanding. A great mix of jigs, reels, airs, and strathspeys. They definitely didn't re-hash tired old standards. The guitar and sometime piano accompaniment added to the full sound without detracting from the whole. The production is very slick and arranged and there are glimpses of the wildness of Scots music peeking through here and there. The cd is very good and well worth buying. I was expecting something with a little more fire and a little less orchestration. | 988 | [
"The blurb on the outer cover was this quote: \"Blazin Fiddles is the Led Zepplin of Scottish music.\"Well, I'm sold!",
"When I listened to the cd I came up to this conclusion.",
"The guy who said that quote must drink.",
"A lot.I was expecting the raw power of Led Zepplin.",
"That's not to say the album isn't good.",
"It's just really.",
".",
".",
"polished.",
"(That could be what the reviewer was getting at).",
"The musicians have excellent technique and really capture the feel of the Scottish fiddle.",
"Their tune choices are nothing short of outstanding.",
"A great mix of jigs, reels, airs, and strathspeys.",
"They definitely didn't re-hash tired old standards.",
"The guitar and sometime piano accompaniment added to the full sound without detracting from the whole.",
"The production is very slick and arranged and there are glimpses of the wildness of Scots music peeking through here and there.",
"The cd is very good and well worth buying.",
"I was expecting something with a little more fire and a little less orchestration."
] |
4 | A Cozy Read | The Winter PearlBy: Molly Noble BullIn 1888 a young woman alone in Colorado is always in peril. But Honor McCall has to get away. She escapes her abusive uncle to be injured in a stage coach robbery and rescued by a kind, widowed pastor.She starts a new life healing from her injuries in the boarding house owned by Rev. Jethro Peters' mother. Once healed, she accepts a job at the house. Sure that her uncle will find her she must save enough money to escape again.Love and mercy are two things she never trusted or expected. But she finds both in this gentle family that employs her. Their acceptance draws her to faith and opens her heart to love.Will her past prevent the love she finds in Jethro Peters and the miracle of Christmas? . . .Reading this book is like snuggling up in front of a roaring fire, drinking hot chocolate on a cold winter night. Molly Noble Bull has woven a tender love story out of a harsh wilderness. And, you will be drawn into the hearts of the characters. | 988 | [
"The Winter PearlBy: Molly Noble BullIn 1888 a young woman alone in Colorado is always in peril.",
"But Honor McCall has to get away.",
"She escapes her abusive uncle to be injured in a stage coach robbery and rescued by a kind, widowed pastor.She starts a new life healing from her injuries in the boarding house owned by Rev.",
"Jethro Peters' mother.",
"Once healed, she accepts a job at the house.",
"Sure that her uncle will find her she must save enough money to escape again.Love and mercy are two things she never trusted or expected.",
"But she finds both in this gentle family that employs her.",
"Their acceptance draws her to faith and opens her heart to love.Will her past prevent the love she finds in Jethro Peters and the miracle of Christmas?",
".",
".",
".Reading this book is like snuggling up in front of a roaring fire, drinking hot chocolate on a cold winter night.",
"Molly Noble Bull has woven a tender love story out of a harsh wilderness.",
"And, you will be drawn into the hearts of the characters."
] |
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