Love it for the historical aspect of the book, and the
time and place setting. However, the book does lack some character development. Also, noticed several
typos in the text which were not caught by any of the
book's editors. That kind of got on my nerves a bit.
Overall, a good book read though.
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an excellent wordbook for use by any Scrabble player.
The number of possible words to make by adding on to either the beginning or the end of an existing word is just mindboggling. One could sit the entire day, just looking through this book, and reading the thousands of available words capable of being played in the game.
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Another hysterical, crack-up-laughing novel about some more of the folks of Lake Wobegon, by the expert, one of a kind storyteller, Garrison Keillor. You will not be able to put this one down until you have finished it! You just got to love those wacky, funny ol' people of his (and his fans' ) imagination. ...
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"Possible Side Effects" is a hysterical, funny collection of various short stories from the author of "Running With Scissors". Some of these are so crazy, you'd swear they were totally made up! Most are extremely funny, with a few emotional and a bit sad. Was glad that the book is a good mix of stories from his childhood, as well as his life as an adult living in NYC. An excellent book choice for laughter. A warning though, it does contain "adult content and language" in some of the short stories.
Also, the audiobook is read by the author. So funny.
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the author, Janine Latus, tells a very difficult, and emotionally painful story of her life, and that of her family, in this book. She writes about the emotional and physical abuse in some of her own relationships. In addition to this, tells the readers about her beloved youngest sister, who was senselessly murdered on the 4th of July, 2002, by her free-loading, ex-con, live-in, boyfriend. Although I've never lost a sister to a physically violent death, I have lost a close friend through this crime. I cannot imagine how painful it was for the author to write her story and open up all these wounds again. ....
I read this book in one day, in one sitting.
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The Shanghai Tunnel by Sharan Newman
TDB, February 10, 2009
Love it for the historical aspect of the book, and thetime and place setting. However, the book does lack some character development. Also, noticed several
typos in the text which were not caught by any of the
book's editors. That kind of got on my nerves a bit.
Overall, a good book read though.
(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
Scrabble Wordbook by Mike Baron
TDB, April 11, 2008
an excellent wordbook for use by any Scrabble player.The number of possible words to make by adding on to either the beginning or the end of an existing word is just mindboggling. One could sit the entire day, just looking through this book, and reading the thousands of available words capable of being played in the game.
(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor
TDB, April 10, 2008
Another hysterical, crack-up-laughing novel about some more of the folks of Lake Wobegon, by the expert, one of a kind storyteller, Garrison Keillor. You will not be able to put this one down until you have finished it! You just got to love those wacky, funny ol' people of his (and his fans' ) imagination. ...(7 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)
Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
TDB, April 6, 2008
"Possible Side Effects" is a hysterical, funny collection of various short stories from the author of "Running With Scissors". Some of these are so crazy, you'd swear they were totally made up! Most are extremely funny, with a few emotional and a bit sad. Was glad that the book is a good mix of stories from his childhood, as well as his life as an adult living in NYC. An excellent book choice for laughter. A warning though, it does contain "adult content and language" in some of the short stories.Also, the audiobook is read by the author. So funny.
(3 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)
TDB, April 3, 2008
the author, Janine Latus, tells a very difficult, and emotionally painful story of her life, and that of her family, in this book. She writes about the emotional and physical abuse in some of her own relationships. In addition to this, tells the readers about her beloved youngest sister, who was senselessly murdered on the 4th of July, 2002, by her free-loading, ex-con, live-in, boyfriend. Although I've never lost a sister to a physically violent death, I have lost a close friend through this crime. I cannot imagine how painful it was for the author to write her story and open up all these wounds again. ....I read this book in one day, in one sitting.
(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
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