So, everybody’s obsessing over Twilight. Yeah, I got drawn to it by watching girls gush on and on about how good the series was, and how ‘hot’ Edward was, and wearing the tshirts. So, I tried it out. I wish I hadn’t. People need to learn the difference of a good book, and a bad book. And this book is an AWFUL book.

Heres how it went:

“Hi, I’m Bella. I am whiny, selfish, vain, and completely stupid. All the boys adore me, and everybody loves me.”
“Hi, I’m Edward. I am a vampire, and I eat grizzly bears, and I sneak into your house at night and watch you sleep.”

So, you get the point. But, what caused it to be like this?? Lets take a look…

Bella Swan: Okay, first of all, the name was cliche. She ADORES attention. She claims to be shy, but she soaks up every ounce of attention she gets, and then, when she doesnt get enough, she throws some kind of fit saying her life sucks for some absurd reason. In fact, she is the only teenager I’ve read about who throws at least one tantrum per chapter, fit for a kindergartner. Ugh. Then, she moves into Charlie’s house, who cant cook anything even though hes lived on his own forever. As soon as Bella gets to her school, all the boys immediatly fall in love with her, including the creepy Edward. I’m not kidding. Edward is apparently the hottest, most mysterious guy at their school, but he is completely creepy. In a matter of four chapters, they fall in love. Then, Bella Swan, whom I now call WHINY LEECH LOVER is stalked by James who wants to eat her (GO JAMES) simply because she smells good. Then, eddy saves her, then the end.

Edward Cullen: Prepubescent leech. My new nickname for him, too. Or else, SPARKLY BOYFRIEND. Or, CREEPER. Yeah, so Sparkly boyfriend is completely smug. Bella sees past his completely creepy, vain nature, and claims she would die without him, but when he does leave in New Moon, she stomps on Jacob’s feelings. Yeah, Bella needs to seriously get her throat ripped out. If I was a leech, or a werewo
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As if anyone would read this one review out of the hundreds that have already been written about this product but I thought I would give my two cents worth. I’m a average runner fixing to turn 30 and I want to get into marathon running. I have trained and ran in a couple of 1/2 marathons and on the second I used this watch to help me train. It’s all about controlling my pace that I had trouble with before the watch. I would always start a race to fast and wouldn’t have anything left to finish. I’m going to hit a marathon this year and I can’t wait to start training with this watch helping me.
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These are great little toys for the bath. Each is very detailed and cute. My daughter just loves to squirt water with them. They are a good size and safe as well, so I do not worry about her trying to swallow them. They are also rather strudy and strong. They feel solid and I believe they will last a long time unlike some of the cheap ones we have got in the past.

Only downside was I felt it was a little pricy. However if they last, then it is was worth the money. My daughter loves them and plays with them almost every bath.
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It’s just a flash card. Lots like it. But this brand you can trust. I’ve had it for a few months and it’s doing a-OK.
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Ninety-year old Jacob lives in a nursing home where he spends most days parked in the hallway, waiting for Sundays when a visitor comes. He’s excited because a traveling circus has set up next door and he can’t wait to go. He flashes back to his youth during the Depression, when he was penniless and joined a third-rate circus as an almost-qualified vet. There, he fell in love with Marlena, the beautiful star horsewoman. Unfortunately, his boss was her brutish husband.

I absolutely loved this book. It contrasts the misery of being old and helpless with the non-stop action of life “on the show,” though that certainly had its share of misery, too. The pathetic circus Jacob joined was full of lively characters, some kindly, others cruel, and Jacob was forced to grow from naive youth to courageous man. There were many pages that reduced me to sobs, especially those detailing the agonizing despair of some nursing home residents and some instances of animal cruelty at the circus.

I would have given this book five stars, but I didn’t like that it was written in the first person (which immediately takes away some suspense as to the future of the narrator), and it was written entirely in the present tense which struck me as awkward. The story itself is engaging, exciting, touching, and rewarding. Highly recommended.
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A book titled “Conversations with God” can be read from three basic perspectives: 1) the reader can accept this as the absolute word or holy bible of an objective God (i.e. God stands apart from us as an Almighty Creator who sits in judgment of His creation); 2) the reader reads it as a dialogue with a subjective God (God does not stand apart and sit in judgment of us); and 3) the reader treats it as an interesting work of creative fiction.

A careful reading of this book should preclude the first perspective. The philosophy contained in these pages maintains that God is subjective. In other words, we are part and parcel of God and therefore we can know God experientially. If God is an ocean, then we are each a drop from that ocean. Therefore a conversation with God is the same as a conversation with our own divine nature–our higher (or highest) inner self. I read the book from this perspective, which enabled me to respect the thoughts therein as being perhaps divinely inspired, while still taking it all with a grain of salt.

I found the book to be interesting, inspiring, and perhaps even enlightening. I have read quite a bit of spiritual philosophy, ranging from “new age” to traditional religions and many paths in between. While many of the traditional established religions contain a lot of negativity in the way of threats of horrific consequences for displeasing God, I found it refreshing that there is none of that here. Walsch’s God doesn’t care what you do, but created life with immutable laws such as karma (cause and effect). You are free to do as you please and God will not get angry at you or condemn you to hell. Walsch’s God maintains that we were all created to be Gods unto ourselves, and that whether we realize it or not, we are creating every aspect of our own reality both consciously and unconsciously every moment.

I often read an interesting spiritual, inspirational or self-help book with a highlighter nearby. I don’t think I’ve ever hig
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is just about the best book I have ever read. From the very begginning of the book until the very last words, I could connect with this mysterious character Salinger created. Although Holden was quite hard to figure out, he stil had a very strong sense of humor. With a smart-alec tone to his thoughts you gradually find out his past and his present. In the entire book you embark on a journey to uncover Holden’s true self. In Holden’s mind you go through the same typical midlife crisis a teen would. This was a very good book and deserves a spot on the bookshelf next to the Harry Potter series. I advise anyone of any age to read this book and think whats beyond the words. People have interpreted this in so many ways and theres no entirely correct way. Great Job, Salinger.
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I bought this book based on the reccomendation that this book is similar to the Harry Potter series. I believe that this is a terrible comparison. That being said I did enjoy the book, but this is unfortunately nothing close to the Potter series.
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I’ve used this vacuum for more than six months now, and I can tell you that this is a terrific overall vacuum and a great value for the price. Suction pressure is excellent, design is very simple and easy to use, and the light weight makes it easy to push around the floor and transport up and down stairs. However, when you get a machine like this that is generally so well designed and built, it does make you shake your head in perplexed amazement over how the product engineers would allow a major and obvious performance flaw, namely the vacuum’s performance on bare floor. As has been mentioned, the carpet brush on the head of the vacuum runs continuously, there’s no way to turn it off, and its rotational speed is so high and brushing action so strong that most anything on the floor, even just dust, gets pushed away from the vacuum before the suction has a chance to pull it up. The obvious solution is to pull the suction hose out of its normal socket connected to the head (which is elegantly simple to do), connect it to the extension wand, and use one of the attachments on the bare floor. If there were only a bare-floor nozzle attachment at least nine inches wide, this would be a more than adequate solution to the problem and I would have rated the product with the full five stars. However, such an attachment is not included (which I find inexplicable given the product decision not to provide a means of stopping the floor brush), so you have to use the furniture nozzle that’s only 3 inches or so wide. In smaller rooms, this is an adequate solution, but with larger areas of bare floor I find it more efficient to use a broom to sweep the dust into one corner where it’s quick and easy to pick up with the furniture and crevice nozzles.

Aside from this most unfortunate combination of poor product decisions, I don’t find any other real flaws (including the motor noise, which I find quite tolerable), so I still recommend it.
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I have read a bunch of novels recently that kept me engrossed for the first 70-80% and then faded badly. Water for Elephants is worth reading right to the satisfying ending. It is very well paced and has interesting twists and all the characters seemed real to me.

I had never considered the 1930’s touring circus as a basis for righting a novel. Now I want to learn more about it. That’s because Gruen does such a nice job describing it. The characters (and the animals!) are very human and I think she captures the time they lived in quite well. I am impressed that there are over 1000 reviews and still more coming for a book that’s been out now for over 4 years. It speaks to some of the universal qualities that appealed to me and perhaps other readers. The lead character is interesting, he’s human and he has reflected on a life well lead while yearning for more. I see a little bit of my father in there!

One thing I am always looking for is how well a writer can give voice to a character that is so different from him or herself. Ms Gruen as a modern woman writing in the first person a man in the 1930’s does very well in making Jacob a believable character. The writing is tight, swift and it was a pleasure to read.
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