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The Loudest Whisper: I Can Barely Hear It by rmthunter Pros: Good drawing and page design, appealing character designs
Cons: Not a lot of substance, no interesting wrinkles. Temari Matsumoto's The Loudest Whisper is actually a story collection, of which the title series makes up about a third.One would think that by now Japanese high-schoolers would have learned: when you decide to pretend to be ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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Nine Dragons - a shocker from author Michael Connelly by quidrock Pros: Speed and anxiety, a new look at an old Bosch, a foreign locale.
Cons: Connelly wrapped up the book too quickly, relying on events, not characterization. Ah, Harry Bosch. Hero of most of Michael Connelly’s superb crime thrillers. Los Angeles detective; stoic, brooding, professional, capable of taking crimes apart bit by bit and then trailing every one of those bits to earth, until the ...
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Nov 08 '09 |
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CONAN: BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD. Start of an Epic Series. by talyseon Pros: Truly gifted art and writing bring the barbarian to life.
Cons: There are none; this is as close to perfection as graphic novels get. Conan: Born on the Battlefield by Kurt Busiek, art by Greg Ruth. From the Works of Robert E. Howard.This graphic novel tells the tale of Conan's early life and loves, and the lessons he learned on the battlefields of cruel ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Ricochet by Sandra Brown by serc Pros: complicated plot, interesting story
Cons: characters are weak Reading Sandra Brown novels can be a hit or miss affair. Sometimes Brown delivers deliciously fast-paced and fun stories, and sometimes her books read more like a mildly entertaining soap opera. I recently listened to Sandra Brown's ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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America was right to defend a Vietnamese ally against aggression. by aohcapablanca Pros: Rapid review of Vietnamese history. Provocative lessons. Maps. Photos. Air and land war.
Cons: Overlapping chapter themes facilitate too much repetition. Narrow focus on Indochina blurs global big picture. Were you an American alive 1964 - 1975? I was. And to all of us the war in Vietnam was for a time inescapable.In the first three years of the Nixon Presidency (1969 - 1972) Vietnam was my life. First I spent a year immersed in Vietnamese ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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If You've Only Got One Novel In You, Quit While You're Ahead: "Her Fearful Symmetry." by wlswarts Pros: Moments of nice prose, Thorough in setting details.
Cons: Obsessive with the Highgate Cemetery details, Lousy characters, Poor narrative development, Cliche story, Unsurprising Every now and then, I am surprised by circumstances around me. Some weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to discover Audrey Niffenegger had a new novel out. My partner and I were out at the bookstore and I saw it, oohed and ahhed and my partner ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Under intense pressure Light finds a way to shine. 5 stars-99% by boodapuffmonk Pros: Intense situations, more character and story development, lots of suspense.
Cons: Ends on another cliffhanger, needs more development of supporting characters. Completely bored with his everyday life. Straight A high school student Light Yagumi is about to experience excitement he's never dreamed of. After class, Light comes upon a black book on the ground titled "Death Note". The user instructions describe if ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Memoirs of Several Hells and the Redemption of a Sudanese Child Soldier by Stephen_Murray Pros: surviving and writing cogently about
Cons: experiences no one should have War Child is the tale of someone whose world came crashing down at a young age, who survived several seasons in hell, inflicted some violence in return for that inflicted on his people (the Nuer of southern Sudan), was lifted (smuggled) into Kenya ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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A communication and behavioral workshop for single men by taylor_braun  Pros: A quick and interesting read that better depicts male and female interaction.
Cons: Some of the methods the book describes are simply social bragging. This book was given to me by a friend who knew that I was having some problems meeting women. When I first heard of Mystery and the so called game that Pick Up Artists (PUAs) play I was a little intrigued and very skeptical. Fortunately for my friend, ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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The Amazing Spiderman: Pop-Up... Very Cool and Cheap; Great Gift Item!! by popsrocks Pros: Cool pop-ups
Marvel Character Collection Cons: Must be cared for Spiderman was a very well known comic book character before he made the big screen. He also had many other characters, mostly rivals, that were introduced many years ago. In this book, "They're Baaaack!" Yup, this book The Amazing Spider-Man Pop-Up: ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Live Green, Be Happy by ssjakira1 Pros: Chock-a-block full of useful information
Cons: None I'd considered looking into a few green-related books here and there, but never took the next step and bought any. So when I got to pick this one up for free, my first thought was, "Sweet."I admit I've never been into the whole "live green" ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Holiday Crime Anthology by kevintipple Pros: Good stuff. Period.
Cons: None. On one of the writing lists I am on the subject of "reviewer bias" came up this week. While some argued that a reviewer should have absolutely no bias and only good reviewers had none, I briefly argued that every human being has bias and reviewers are no ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Once a rallying cry, now fading into history: Wake Island by trailhound Pros: First-hand accounts. Writing style. Important piece of U.S. history.
Cons: None. There was not much to cheer about in the U.S. in December 1941. Japan had just launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, catapulting the country into World War II. Most of Europe was under a Nazi chokehold while the Italians claimed the ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Cirque Du Freak #2: How to be a vampire's assistant. by ssjakira1 Pros: Whoa! Shan, I am surprised (and pleased) with the violence!
Cons: Not too much going on until the end. By accident, I started reading this book first. I'd seen the trailer for the movie and after eyeing Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak series at work for so long, I finally decided I ought to read it. Sure, it's in the teen section, but ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Future Failure: Fights, Flu, Flights, and Fantasies in the 21st Century Wild West by quasar Pros: great world building, interesting characters very much intwined with the world
Cons: blurb is misleading, speeds up a bit at the very end Some of the older folks in Outpost 12 remember the days when food was plentiful, when there were trains and television and computers, when people could travel and the world consisted of more than an army garrison, a high wall, and a small group of locals ...
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Nov 07 '09 |
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Eve Investigates the Murder of a Teenager in Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb by dragonfire88 Pros: Another entertaining book in the series with likable returning characters.
Cons: Some disturbing elements. After hearing good things about the In Death series by J.D. Robb for a while, I picked up the first book, Naked in Death, and was quickly hooked. Since then, I have read all the books and continue to pick ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
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Further indulge your Freemason fetish but expect much of the same by clafayette Pros: Typical Dan Brown story with more info on the Freemasons than you ever thought possible.
Cons: Typical Dan Brown story, same theme, same type, same type of ending. Wait for paperback. Welcome back Mr. Robert Langdon for further adventures in the Freemason and Related Legends category! Disclaimer: I am a complete hypocrite. The above statement is made in an effort to explain what I am about to tell you ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
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Route 66 Backroads || journeys from 'the Mother Road' by sleeper54 Pros: A good place to start for arm-chair travelers. You will need more for real-world travels.
Cons: More discrimination of 'must see' vs 'OK trip' would have been nice. ...'Route 66'The name conjures an icon of the American way of life: always on the road seeking the next grand vista ...the next travel adventure, breaking through all obstacles of geography, climate, and native populations unfortunate ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
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Educational, uplifting and immensely entertaining! by cpw1952 Pros: The music is to die for!
Cons: Haydn's life is actually quite underwhelming ... but it is what it is! Jeremy Siepmann and Naxos Records have created a truly winning recipe with their "Life and Works" series. The combination of an audio book with music is an extraordinarily powerful and compelling way of bringing the biography of a classical ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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An Evergreen Is Ever Useful in Who Would Like a Christmas Tree? by bilbopooh Pros: educational, realistic illustrations
Cons: rather dry Last weekend was Halloween. Our house is still decked out with pumpkins, black cats and bats. But I heard my first carol on a commercial last night, and the grocery store down the street is selling artificial trees. The Christmas season has ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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An outstanding ethnography of "sexual outlaws" in an Islamic African city by Stephen_Murray Pros: engagingly and clearly written with extended examples
Cons: doubts about the extent to which "citizenship" is cognized by the people studied Rudolf Gaudio's ethnography of Hausa 'yan daudu has a longitudinal perspective (1993-2006) that was not originally planned. Gaudio began his fieldwork in Kano, the largest city in northern, Muslim Nigeria with malami, ultra-respectable Islamic ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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LOVE Robert Munsch! by kpolo23 Pros: Fun, easy read, cute storyline
Cons: None Mortimer is an adorable book about a little boy who is supposed to go to bed. Once he's put to bed and the person saying good night leaves, he is heard singing at the top of his name at the top of his lungs. This is making his family ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
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Shepherding Parents by kpolo23 Pros: Scripturally basedTeaches parents how to teach children to be respectful and obedient
Cons: Not as much real-life application (see supplemental titles) This book was really eye-opening for me. There were a lot of things in the book I was already doing but Tedd Tripp gave scriptural references as to why we should be disciplining our children and what the Bible says about parenting. I was ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
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Josophine Nobisso; The Weight of the Mass; A Catholic Tale of Faith by popsrocks Pros: artwork
Cons: Some references in the story I didn't understand While my wife was in preparation for a few hour children's learning session at our church, that she was involved in, I read the book Weight of the Mass. Some of the educational points of that day will be based on this book. The title is a play on words, ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
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Sugar Would Not Eat It by Emily Jenkins by artemis8 Pros: repetition at a good level for 4-8 year olds, nice colorful illustrations
Cons: he yells at the cat Sugar Would Not Eat It is an adorable book about a boy who finds a kitten and tries to care for it. Leo discovers a kitten on the steps to his apartment and decides to keep it and name it Sugar.Leo thinks it would be nice to offer Sugar ...
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Nov 06 '09 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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