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I receive compliments about this calendar regularly. My co-workers enjoy seeing the variety of art displayed on my desk and make a point to stop by each day for a view.
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This first time novel by Josh Bazell has me eagerly awaiting his follow up. Beat the Reaper kept me thoroughly engaged in the characters from the opening page clear through to the end. The story is fast paced and jumps from past to present often but it was not at all difficult to keep up with the story. The flashbacks do an excellent job of explaining the protagonist’s current circumstances. Although he was a ruthless killer in his past I found myself rooting for Peter “Bearclaw” Brown to survive when his past comes back with a vengeance.
It is rare that I read a short story collection in which most of the stories are so good they can stand on their own. Even within the collections of some of my favorite authors there are usually two or three that I just connect with. Therefore, I was thoroughly pleased when I found myself enjoying every story within Animal Crackers by an author I had not yet heard about. I am very much looking forward to her future works.
Poignant, beautiful, haunting, gory, and terrifying are not words often used together to describe the same story but this perfectly describes Let the Right On End. Lately our cultural landscape has been inundated with all things vampire with mixed results. The story of a shy young boy who is being bullied at school and doesn’t appear to have many friends and the new girl in the neighborhood that turns out to be a bloodthirsty vampire is by far a more complex & interesting duo than the many current romantic human/vampire couplings getting all of the attention. Favorite scene in the movie: What really does happen when a vampire enters you home uninvited?
Although 2009 hasn't started yet I am very much looking forward to the new year just to be able to view each new day with a magnificent work of art. I peeked at this daily calendar to see what I had in store and I was very pleasantly surprised. Earlier this year I saw another version of this calendar featuring tropical islands on a colleagues desk and had to have one for myself. If you love art I highly recommend you use this calendar as your 2009 desk calendar.
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Art Gallery Calendar by Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Michelle Burnett, August 24, 2009
I receive compliments about this calendar regularly. My co-workers enjoy seeing the variety of art displayed on my desk and make a point to stop by each day for a view.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Michelle Burnett, August 24, 2009
This first time novel by Josh Bazell has me eagerly awaiting his follow up. Beat the Reaper kept me thoroughly engaged in the characters from the opening page clear through to the end. The story is fast paced and jumps from past to present often but it was not at all difficult to keep up with the story. The flashbacks do an excellent job of explaining the protagonist’s current circumstances. Although he was a ruthless killer in his past I found myself rooting for Peter “Bearclaw” Brown to survive when his past comes back with a vengeance.Animal Crackers by Hannah Tinti
Michelle Burnett, August 24, 2009
It is rare that I read a short story collection in which most of the stories are so good they can stand on their own. Even within the collections of some of my favorite authors there are usually two or three that I just connect with. Therefore, I was thoroughly pleased when I found myself enjoying every story within Animal Crackers by an author I had not yet heard about. I am very much looking forward to her future works.Let the Right One In (Widescreen)
Michelle Burnett, August 24, 2009
Poignant, beautiful, haunting, gory, and terrifying are not words often used together to describe the same story but this perfectly describes Let the Right On End. Lately our cultural landscape has been inundated with all things vampire with mixed results. The story of a shy young boy who is being bullied at school and doesn’t appear to have many friends and the new girl in the neighborhood that turns out to be a bloodthirsty vampire is by far a more complex & interesting duo than the many current romantic human/vampire couplings getting all of the attention. Favorite scene in the movie: What really does happen when a vampire enters you home uninvited?Art Gallery Calendar 2009
Michelle Burnett, December 15, 2008
Although 2009 hasn't started yet I am very much looking forward to the new year just to be able to view each new day with a magnificent work of art. I peeked at this daily calendar to see what I had in store and I was very pleasantly surprised. Earlier this year I saw another version of this calendar featuring tropical islands on a colleagues desk and had to have one for myself. If you love art I highly recommend you use this calendar as your 2009 desk calendar.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
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