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This is a delightful book. It's fantasy for people who aren't necessarily fantasy fans. That is, the characters are fairies and the like, but she doesn't take pages and pages just to describe in great detail which wings the left phalanx of fairies sports, and which ancient celtic battle gave them their name and their broad, blue swords, and on and on. It's just a good story with a modern-day protagonist entering a world she didn't know existed. I really liked it a lot.
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I've been following the program for five days, and it's very easy, and my fatigue and joint pain and heart symptoms have almost disappeared. I especially notice my increased energy and diminished need for sleep. I'm looking at this as an experiment -- follow the program 100% for a while and see what it does to my numbers. I'll report back when I get my next blood tests.
So far, the recipes I've tried have been great, and the folks at the discussion board at drmcdougall.com have been very helpful, too.
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As an atheist, I'm not the ostensible audience for this book, but I found myself in a situation where I felt like I was the choir being preached to. That is to say, I agree with most of Harris's ideas, so it's unfortunate that I found so much of his logic shaky, and his writing disjointed. Still, the book raises some important points, draws attention to some really urgent issues of national (US) policy, and is small enough to be read in one sitting. I liked it. I wanted to love it.
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I'm not a huge reader of science fiction, and I have never read Morrow before, but I really did enjoy this book. It was both deeper and funnier than I expected. It was also more violent than the light tone at the beginning would suggest.
You don't have to have a feeling about religion one way or the other to enjoy this book, but if you've ever been an evangelical Christian, I think there are some special jabs in there for you.
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This is an easy read, but a complex one, as well. I read it on the plane from Tokyo to San Francisco, and it made me feel like a citizen of the world.
A friend in India tells me that Lahiri's books are considered to be the romanticization of India that one would expect from an American of Indian descent. "Kind of like cowboy movies," he said, and I knew instantly what he meant.
Still, this is a darn good cowboy movie, if you ask me.
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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
Serene, April 16, 2008
This is a delightful book. It's fantasy for people who aren't necessarily fantasy fans. That is, the characters are fairies and the like, but she doesn't take pages and pages just to describe in great detail which wings the left phalanx of fairies sports, and which ancient celtic battle gave them their name and their broad, blue swords, and on and on. It's just a good story with a modern-day protagonist entering a world she didn't know existed. I really liked it a lot.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
The McDougall program for a healthy heart :a life-saving approach to preventing and treating heart disease by J Mcdougall
Serene, April 16, 2008
I've been following the program for five days, and it's very easy, and my fatigue and joint pain and heart symptoms have almost disappeared. I especially notice my increased energy and diminished need for sleep. I'm looking at this as an experiment -- follow the program 100% for a while and see what it does to my numbers. I'll report back when I get my next blood tests.So far, the recipes I've tried have been great, and the folks at the discussion board at drmcdougall.com have been very helpful, too.
(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Letter To a Christian Nation (UK Edition) by Sam Harris
Serene, August 14, 2007
As an atheist, I'm not the ostensible audience for this book, but I found myself in a situation where I felt like I was the choir being preached to. That is to say, I agree with most of Harris's ideas, so it's unfortunate that I found so much of his logic shaky, and his writing disjointed. Still, the book raises some important points, draws attention to some really urgent issues of national (US) policy, and is small enough to be read in one sitting. I liked it. I wanted to love it.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
Serene, August 6, 2007
I'm not a huge reader of science fiction, and I have never read Morrow before, but I really did enjoy this book. It was both deeper and funnier than I expected. It was also more violent than the light tone at the beginning would suggest.You don't have to have a feeling about religion one way or the other to enjoy this book, but if you've ever been an evangelical Christian, I think there are some special jabs in there for you.
(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Serene, August 6, 2007
This is an easy read, but a complex one, as well. I read it on the plane from Tokyo to San Francisco, and it made me feel like a citizen of the world.A friend in India tells me that Lahiri's books are considered to be the romanticization of India that one would expect from an American of Indian descent. "Kind of like cowboy movies," he said, and I knew instantly what he meant.
Still, this is a darn good cowboy movie, if you ask me.
(23 of 41 readers found this comment helpful)
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