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5 | A book that is better than a dvd | Very well written, diagrams and detailed instructions incluing inhale and exhale and 3 phases seated, standing and floor and can add weights. The details are amazing and at the same time listed in simple steps so not reading for 5 minutes before each move. I cannot believe it but this particular book is better than a d... | [] | 1648766560 | 1648766560 | AHKUN35HSPS5TE6L3LD5EYKYJXJQ | 1,661,465,406,691 | 2 | true |
5 | Perfect to write in all the info you need | Got this for my son, I love that I get to input my own words to and for my son | [] | 1492632643 | 1492632643 | AGCRDPYT2LVR5IWN3GSVZWGFBBTA | 1,635,439,384,934 | 0 | true |
5 | Thick pages | My son is obsessed with this book had to get 2 so I could have 1 has back hp | [] | 0399226907 | 0399226907 | AGCRDPYT2LVR5IWN3GSVZWGFBBTA | 1,635,437,896,741 | 0 | true |
5 | Five Stars | Good condition | [] | 020559526X | 020559526X | AGCRDPYT2LVR5IWN3GSVZWGFBBTA | 1,491,308,096,000 | 0 | true |
5 | Five Stars | nice, would be perfect if the words weren't so small. | [] | 1616265183 | 1616265183 | AGCRDPYT2LVR5IWN3GSVZWGFBBTA | 1,419,608,037,000 | 0 | true |
4 | O.k. calendar | 2015 is a year of a Goat according to chinese calendar so I bought it as a New Year's gift . It could have cuter or more interesting pictures but overall is fine , has some better and some just o.k. pictures , but goats are cute anyway so it would do the job . | [] | 1782082883 | 1782082883 | AHCVOCLUWLMF3A2DIGWCQFD7UCJA | 1,425,411,964,000 | 0 | true |
5 | I will read this again | This is a book to savor.<br /><br />I do not say this lightly, but I really didn't want this book to end, so much so, that I reached out to the author, fyi, she has a Social Media account, just to ask her if there would be a second book because I didn't want to leave this world, Professors Wilde and Bambleby and the Hi... | [] | B09W4JNJ1Y | B09W4JNJ1Y | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,673,543,432,826 | 0 | false |
1 | Anything but Salad as a Meal | "I could live on raw fish." If you agree with this statement, then you might really like this cook book by renowned foodie, cooking instructor and gardening enthusiast Patricia Wells. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of raw scallops and the like. I picked this book based purely on the title; Salad as a Meal. I love salads ... | [] | 006123883X | 006123883X | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,661,108,061,963 | 298 | false |
4 | Good basic reference for pressure cooker noobs | I have had a lot of questions about my pressure cooker and this cookbook has asnwered all of them.<br /><br />There are some great basic recipes in here tool.<br /><br />Irish Beef Stew<br />Chili<br />Corned Beef with Cabbage<br />Chicken Broth<br />Spagetti Sauce<br /><br />But there is so much more you can make with... | [] | 1646110153 | 1646110153 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,585,842,352,721 | 0 | false |
4 | Decent cookbook with basic sweet and savory recipes | There are some nice pictures of the recipes and some really great directions, honestly, when you are just starting out there is never too much explanation in the direction portion of a recipe.<br /><br />But, for a beginner, this is not comprehensive enough. I remember calling my mom the first time I made sugar cookie... | [] | 1646111370 | 1646111370 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,578,441,626,715 | 3 | false |
5 | I feel this one so much. | What a blast. To be honest I don't usually read memoirs, so my opinion is from someone who reads mysteries, romance, YA and the occasional history book.<br /><br />I loved this book. I feel like the writer is an old friend and this book was one long day spent at a spa.<br /><br />The honest truth she uses to share h... | [] | 0807012629 | 0807012629 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,576,389,105,062 | 0 | false |
5 | fun and informative | These are old books, but so fun. They are surprisingly well written with a lot of great information I didn't know about magical creatures.<br /><br />Well worth the read and filled with beautiful pictures. | [] | 0809452294 | 0809452294 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,553,147,995,078 | 0 | true |
4 | Fun quest | This is the second series I've read by Kore Yamazaki, while I was immediately drawn into The Ancient Magus' Bride, Frau Faust is a pretty good story, if not as compelling.<br /><br />In the original story, Faust, a depressed and suicidal philosopher makes a deal with the devil sales rep, Mephistopheles and gets fame an... | [] | 1632364808 | 1632364808 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,524,245,260,505 | 0 | false |
3 | Not as fun as I'd hoped. | This is a good start, but I kept setting it down and then forgetting what I'd read so I probably read this about three times.<br /><br />I don't think it has enough to keep a reader wanting come back for the next volume. | [] | 1632366452 | 1632366452 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,524,197,089,542 | 0 | false |
4 | Interesting peek at the world of dancers | Good beginning. I was hoping for a little more laugh out loud silliness, but what I got was a sensitive and detailed story about dancers. The main character falls in with a dance group and quickly realizes there is potential for friendship and self improvement with these guys who love to dance.<br /><br />Each of the... | [] | 1632363763 | 1632363763 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,523,985,757,780 | 0 | false |
5 | Great way to spend an evening. | Hilarious new installment. The story picks up where it left off in the last volume. The mc is still trying to better herself while enjoying highschool. Unlike the last volume, all the other characters are fleshed out enough that I didn't have to reread the previous volume. Also this is a fast and fun | [] | 0316322059 | 0316322059 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,519,556,468,808 | 1 | true |
1 | Mafia, romancing, twins and smelling stuff | Harlequin Presents, at least the more recently pubbed, don't usually have this much backstory for the main characters. The problem for me was that the female lead was such weird childlike woman/baby and as the story went on she didn't really change much.<br /><br /> Plus the part where she ran away from her father and... | [] | 0373061021 | 0373061021 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,511,987,167,338 | 4 | false |
5 | Funny, light hearted manga | What an absurd gem.<br /><br />The set up isn't that strange for a manga - unless this is your first, but it is all of the ridiculous things that happen when a dragonmaid named Tohru who doesn't understand much about human culture shows up at Miss Kobayashi's home. There is a lot of Amelia Bedelia to this story but w... | [] | 1626923485 | 1626923485 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,511,586,462,625 | 0 | false |
5 | Disturbing and engrossing mystery | There are few things I like more than a murder mystery, but one with a protagonist who reminds me so much of Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes is perfection.<br /><br />Garvie Smith does not want to be here. His strongest motivation for most anything is to avoid responsibility and slack his way through life. He ... | [] | 1338036424 | 1338036424 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,499,708,447,721 | 0 | false |
4 | Nice way to distract myself | First off, I read I Let You Go and so had some ideas about what mackintosh could write and she leads characters to the truth. I think a lot of people will say that they liked I Let You Go a lot more than this one. But for me they were about equal. I liked both books and spent a lot of time wondering what would happe... | [] | 1101988290 | 1101988290 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,492,317,880,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Great Study Guide | I was hoping these had more of a workbook feel to them and a teaching guide with the correct answers, that's why I'm giving this just four stars instead of five.<br /><br />The books are very dense with information, but they have what I think would be a great set of practice sets to prepare for taking the LSAT.<br /><b... | [] | 1506207774 | 1506207774 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,472,064,199,000 | 1 | false |
5 | The book needs to be twice as long! | Daniel O'Malley did it again, another Checquay story for me to love and read and reread.<br /><br />I absolutely adored The Rook. I liked it so much that I have read it four times! So I wasn't sure how much I would like this story. But I counted down the days till it released and what a great story it is.<br /><br /... | [] | 0316228044 | 0316228044 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,469,908,608,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Not wowed. | I didn't find this book as helpful as I'd hoped. Some of it was familiar. I took an art class years ago and the shapes and shading exercises were usefull but the rest was too advanced.<br /><br />It had an extreme jump from dram a cylinder, then draw a banana, now you can draw a hand!<br /><br />I need a lot more rep... | [] | 0823023753 | 0823023753 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,468,191,337,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Worth your time | I didn't have high hopes for this book. The premise sounded good but whenever books have a fantasy land meets normal land set up, inevitably there is a ton of time spent on people being amazed by the horseless carriages and metal beasts flying. It is is just so done to death and boring, but there was something intere... | [] | 0062380338 | 0062380338 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,467,128,260,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Very Informative! | This book is a must for the Ghostbusters fan.<br /><br />The stories and the artwork are exactly as I pictured them when watching the movies.<br /><br />But the best thing about this book is that my son loves it too. He's seen the movies and of course, remembered Tobin's Spirit Guide being mentioned in the movie, and ... | [] | 1608877086 | 1608877086 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,465,605,721,000 | 1 | false |
5 | I'm an emotionally exhausted noodle after this book. | I was a sobbing, pink faced wreck when I finished this book. My crying woke my husband up, it was around 3 am and he awkwardly tried to pull me into a hug, probably thinking I'd had another nightmare (I have some real doozies), but it was just the book. As I snuggled into his warm arms I thought about Isabelle and Vi... | [] | 0312577222 | 0312577222 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,460,676,112,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Lovely and useful guide | This book is a wonderful resource. It has the precise directions for making grains that aren't exactly run of the mill. Everything from sorghum to freekah is in here and I can't wait to try out some of them as soon as I find them in a store.<br /><br />There are some really unexpected recipes in here; desserts for on... | [] | 0848746376 | 0848746376 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,460,351,449,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Engrossing story from beginning to end. | The first part of the book is a letter. A letter, a diary page, it doesn't really matter except that it is from a wounded soldier recuperating after combat. The solidier is female and right there, her description of the other soldiers, all female just blew me away. Imagine, in the age of Gary Cooper, silk stockings a... | [] | 0062342150 | 0062342150 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,456,549,283,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Would the real brilliant please stand up? | Adventurous and twisty. Great storytelling . . .not so much.<br /><br />In the world of Nick Cooper there are bad people and people he has sex with. Okay, so that may be a bit of a generalization but seriously, it sorta seemed this way when Nick stood in judgement for trying to make the best of bad situations. It re... | [] | 1477827641 | 1477827641 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,454,547,318,000 | 15 | false |
2 | Slow starter. | "War is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, training nor the inclination for strategic thought." Dr. Strangelove 1964<br /><br />Even thought this book isn't about a war, it is about the space left by it's absense, which of course brought me right up to Dr. Strangelove and it'... | [] | 1481442716 | 1481442716 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,447,400,363,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Finally, a resolution to a hanging storyline | Once again Golden manages to make two dimensional characters live and breathe. My son is a huge fan of Golden's World of Warcraft books, so much so that he's been nagging me to read them for a couple of years.<br /><br />Ventress was one of the scariest villains from the Star Wars Clone War series. Traumatized by sev... | [] | 0345511530 | 0345511530 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,440,436,708,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Happy to read this. | It's been a while since I've gotten so excited about a Mead book. I liked the bloodlines series, but it wasn't as enthralling as Vampire Academy, in my humble opinion. But practically from the first page I was hooked on Soundless.<br /><br />What I especially like about the book;<br /><br />1. The main character is ... | [] | 1595147632 | 1595147632 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,438,284,744,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Decent read, not as good as the first book, but a satisfying story | Book one, The Living, which you really have to read before this one, had a lot more life and death moments than this book. But this book really gets down to storybuilding and storytelling. Shy and his fellow cruise ship survivors have been through a lot. They have seen a lot of terrible things and it has bonded them ... | [] | 0385741227 | 0385741227 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,437,755,053,000 | 0 | false |
5 | I moved to the other end of the couch, I didn't like having the dark windows at my back when I read this book. | I think the comparisons to Danielewski's House of Leaves are inevitable, but unlike HOV the ending to Wylding Hall was more satisfying and final. I spent two, creeped out and obsessed days reading this book and was pretty depressed when it ended.<br /><br />First off, this is a story told from several different viewpoi... | [] | B00UA1KO82 | B00UA1KO82 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,436,918,443,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Nice little cookbook | This is a timely book as it is a very hot summer and I've not wanted to use my oven or stovetop for anything.<br /><br />the recipes fall into two categories for me;<br /><br />1. Real cooking, you assemble ingredients that wouldn't be good alone or uncooked and make a meal of them.<br /><br />2. You assemble various... | [] | 1627109161 | 1627109161 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,435,774,238,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Great little zombie story | I love zombie books and yet I find so few that I really like.<br /><br />This book combines three things I really love about zombie stories;<br /><br />1. Interesting, flawed characters to root for<br /><br />2. Zombies showing up to muck up everything<br /><br />3. fast paced action mixed with strong world building... | [] | B005C5M4MU | B005C5M4MU | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,435,012,936,000 | 4 | true |
3 | okay book | The major downfall of this book is a lack of example problems. It really is just a book full of practice algebra. So if you were hoping to use this for homeschooling or to give your kid some extra time with algebra during the long summer break (or forgetfullness time, as my teacher used to call it because students wo... | [] | 1483816648 | 1483816648 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,434,314,934,000 | 3 | false |
4 | Fun mystery | Now here is the Charlaine Harris that I fell in love with back in the days when people had aol accounts and Tom and Nicole were still a couple.<br /><br />Unlike the first book in this series, the mystery takes up real space in this story. Like all the Harris books I've loved before, things start out pretty mundane, M... | [] | 0425263193 | 0425263193 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,431,155,204,000 | 1 | false |
2 | Disappointing Story | his reads less like a novel and more like a series of blog posts. I think if it were set up that way, the strange time jumps and the unrealistic way the main character reacts to the increasingly scary encounters with the supernatural wouldn't seems so, well, dull and not at all creepy.<br /><br />I really, really want... | [] | 1602862729 | 1602862729 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,429,752,098,000 | 5 | false |
4 | Exciting little mystery | Before I get into the story, my thoughts about the mystery, the setting, the main characters and how they interact with each other I wanted to share some of my feelings on sibling relationships.<br /><br />I've seen the whole gamut of sibling relationships from outright disgust and hatred, to close friendship, it seems... | [] | 0374300461 | 0374300461 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,429,516,485,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Well written story that didn't enthrall | The problem with hype is that it leaves a lot of room for disappointment.<br /><br />This isn't a bad book, I finished it in a couple of days but I have to say it wasn't very exciting or interesting.<br /><br />The main character is flawed. She's shy and sometimes a little too hesitant. This was the part I liked. To... | [] | 1595148035 | 1595148035 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,428,480,947,000 | 3 | false |
3 | A slow'ish mystery | I've always been wary of books that reviewers describe as slow, as in 'slowly progressing, slow to build tension, slow to reach a climax, slow to get to the point of the words on a page.' I'm an impatient reader, I have a steadily increasing number of books on my kindle and will never have enough time to read them, so... | [] | 0375872779 | 0375872779 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,426,895,590,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Amazing Book Two | I loved book one of the Chronos File so so much that I was pretty sure I'd love book two as well. But, there was a tiny wisp of doubt that without the mystery of time travel, of the Cyrists, of Kiernan and all the things that had changed time into the bizarro world that Kate had to try and save/fix. In other words, I... | [] | 1477825827 | 1477825827 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,421,353,544,000 | 0 | false |
1 | Boring and written down to a younger audience | Something about this story seemed a bit familiar. All weekend I couldn't get the feeling that I'd read this book before. I chatted with my husband, but he said it was highly likely and he'd read lots of sci fi with similar scenario.<br /><br />Finally, I revisited my bookshelf and aha! I found three books with super... | [] | 0062332589 | 0062332589 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,419,320,369,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Readable but not compulsive. | A fast winter read.<br /><br />While this was a quick and mostly satisfying read, I had a few problems with the resolution, the bad guys, the good guys and the entire set up for this book. But somehow, even with these marks against it, I finished the book in two days and generally was entertained.<br /><br />For the g... | [] | 1442474262 | 1442474262 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,416,510,285,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Once you start you can't stop. | I can't believe that I just heard about this book two months ago.<br /><br />Not to brag, but I consider myself to be in the know when it comes to books. If there's a cool kids group for books, I've been in it. It might be the only cool thing I've ever done.<br /><br />But somehow this book slipped right past me.<br ... | [] | B00AESRRQS | B00AESRRQS | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,414,616,214,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Fun action book | I haven't read a John Sandford Book in a while. I'm a huge fan of his Lou Ellen and Kidd novels but less so of his Prey series, so I was interested to see whether or not I'd like this book.<br /><br />I think this book has a lot more in common with the Lou Ellen and Kidd books than his always ready for action Lucas Da... | [] | 0385753063 | 0385753063 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,407,169,520,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Makes me want to read more about America's Early Settlers | I generally like stories of girls at highly competative schools. Especially if the story doesn't get bogged down in sniping or manipulations for boys. So right off the bat, this story looked like something I'd like.<br /><br />But, I have to say it kinda dragged for me. I found myself a bit bored with all the charac... | [] | 0399167773 | 0399167773 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,406,222,741,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Weirdness abounds | I'm a little bit split on this book. On the one hand I applaud the clever set up and world building, but on the other, I'm frustrated by the pretentious and oh so self aware outlook of the characters.<br /><br />I thought this might be a splash of Douglas Adams with a sprinkle of John Woo and a turn of phrase like Der... | [] | 0385538154 | 0385538154 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,406,184,495,000 | 1 | false |
1 | Not very fun or cute | I understand that this is meant to be a book of pictures, cute ones, but I think I reached Pusheen overload by the fifth page. There is no story about Pusheen, the comics aren't that cute either. I was expecting one story to be fun and touching, maybe just something short and sweet, but it was pretty abrupt, and all ... | [] | B00BSBVJVE | B00BSBVJVE | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,405,703,781,000 | 3 | false |
2 | Hard to like characters | This was as much a family in peril story as a drama about what happens to people after years of marriage, kids and life in suburbia. In this view it's a nightmarishly bland existence of carpools, sniping and increasing detachment.<br /><br />I can't say I particularly liked this story, the characters were pretty terri... | [] | 0778314782 | 0778314782 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,403,195,532,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Finally broke my book funk | I have been in a really serious book drought. I don't know what my problem is, but lately, every book I try to read bores me to tears. This has happened before, usually after reading something super duper cool, like when I finished Goblet of Fire I couldn't get interested in anything for days. So I did what I usuall... | [] | 1481402854 | 1481402854 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,397,758,954,000 | 20 | false |
3 | Okay story | First off I should say that what drew me to this book was dragons. I love, love, love dragons.<br /><br />But this is the first markdown for this book, even though a lot of the situations in this story and the worldbuilding are wrapped up in dragons (and dragon powers) there wasn't a lot of dragons in the story. This... | [] | 0670015709 | 0670015709 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,394,727,177,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Not enough mystery and interesting revelations to keep this reader going | I really wanted to like this book. In fact, I loved the first few chapters, Nyx is not a kind person. She tries to be, but she is flawed and seething with the injustices in her life. Namely, the terrible deal that her father struck with the Beast of the story, the Gentle Lord. He and Nyx's mother got twin daughters... | [] | 0062224735 | 0062224735 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,393,462,556,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Put aside all your prejudices about zombie podcasts and listen. | My husband told me about this one and I wasn't super enthusiastic about it. I'd already tried out a couple of podcasts and found them to be badly written and performed. So I gave this one a try and woo hoo, it is insanely good, like listening to a movie with sound effects; distant hammering of gunfire, creaky rusted ... | [] | 1455114588 | 1455114588 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,391,629,656,000 | 5 | false |
3 | Maybe, maybe not | My best friend I used to share books back and forth, we didn't get many since we lived in a small town with a small town library that mostly catered to the seniors in the area. So whenever we found a book we both wanted to read, we'd hang out and take turns reading. Some books we were wildly fanatical about and the o... | [] | 0547959206 | 0547959206 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,390,462,585,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Better than I thought it would be but with a few probs | Okay, so it isn't a spoiler to say that the hero of this story becomes heroic, fearless and endowed with an unquenchable need for justice after his woman dies.<br /><br />This happens so often in books/comic books that the comic author Gail Simone coined the phrase, 'women in refrigerator,' to describe how the girlfrie... | [] | 0345539788 | 0345539788 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,390,461,463,000 | 7 | false |
5 | Why oh why did I get this? | This series ends on a real cliffhanger mystery and now I have to wait even longer for it to come out.<br /><br />If you like the previous series, then you will definitely like this one.<br /><br />All the characters are here and crazy, mad Azula adds a certain painful urgency as she tromps through the books bringing de... | [] | 1616551844 | 1616551844 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,388,470,580,000 | 2 | true |
4 | Historical Romance - Old Skool Style | I read a lot of romances in the 80' back when they cost between $3 and $4 a book, and I used to hide them in my school bag from friends. They had terrible covers, often with heroine's looking like they were having an attack of some sort and were in imminent danger of a wardrobe malfunction.<br /><br />This book is one... | [] | B001CTU5O4 | B001CTU5O4 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,387,476,495,000 | 3 | false |
3 | Surprising story | I went into this book with a whole list of expectations and I'm happy to say they were all a little off of what the real story turned out to be.<br /><br />My idea of the story went a little bit like this; girl becomes a princess when she leaves her humdrum world behind and enters Aurora.<br /><br />I was partly right,... | [] | 0385742770 | 0385742770 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,387,441,954,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Hope amid the ruins | I still remember picking up the first book in this series, Enclave. I had pretty high hopes for it, but was resigned to being underwhelmed, but here I am, years later reading Horde and loving every minute.<br /><br />Every book in this series has turned out to be better than the last and that isn't something I can say... | [] | 1250024633 | 1250024633 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,385,055,519,000 | 0 | false |
4 | I love this book. | I've been reading a lot of stories about people with special powers. Just a little rundown to let you know this isn't my first time to the super powered rodeo I have read [[ASIN:1451638248 Hard Magic (The Grimnoir Chronicles)]], [[ASIN:0804136572 Ex-Heroes: A Novel]],[[ASIN:0061448788 Gone (Gone Novel)]], [[ASIN:08050... | [] | 0385743564 | 0385743564 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,382,030,647,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Strange Otherworld Book | I think a lot of readers will compare this to Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series. The similarities are rampant; normal girl discovers a strange 'otherworld' that exists alongside the everyday human world. There is, of course, a handsome mysterious boy. Also, dangerous monsters appear.<br /><br />But the... | [] | 0373210736 | 0373210736 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,379,008,305,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A threat to Biodiversity and personal freedom | I can't recall what I was thinking when I picked this book. Agriculture, genetically modified corn and a future world of corn farmers, scavengers and arranged marriages? So so weird and really doesn't sound like my kind of story. So it might have been the pretty cover with it's grim corn stalks that sealed the deal ... | [] | 1477817204 | 1477817204 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,376,583,552,000 | 3 | false |
5 | A great way to forget your cares | I was a new mom and money was tight, I mean that we had a countdown till payday, ate a lot of beans and rice and buying new books was strictly a thing of the past.<br /><br />I had a lot of things on my mind; how to pay for a root canal without insurance, the gas pump on our old volvo, finding a speech therapist for ou... | [] | 0449006379 | 0449006379 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,375,938,784,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Where have you been all my life, Mr. Clines? | It took me two tries to get into this book. I guess the first time, I wasn't ready for the slow burning mystery, I gave up after three pages (yeah, I know that's super lame of me, but I have a pile of to be read books that reaches to ceiling and I guess I got distracted by something else). But the second time I was r... | [] | 1618680528 | 1618680528 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,373,323,000,000 | 0 | false |
3 | A little bit let down, to be honest | I really, really liked the darkling, he was that bad boy you see at school, the one all the girls lust after and I had high hopes that somehow, someway, that Alina's powers of light could do more than heal the Shadow Fold, they could heal the darkness she sensed in the Darkling.<br /><br />So, I don't want to give away... | [] | 0805094601 | 0805094601 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,371,752,927,000 | 1 | false |
1 | Wasted Potential | Some things about this book just don't work for me, I'll try to set them out, but even my complaints seem muddled, so be patient with me.<br /><br />1. Unreliable narrator- Esther's 'voice' vascillates between a hyper, naive ten year old to a world weary, old before her time tween. Which made it hard to form a vision... | [] | 006211851X | 006211851X | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,370,557,447,000 | 0 | false |
1 | Such an annoying and idiotic heroine | You end up drugged, taken to a remote villa, your clothing removed, your jewelry and watch taken and wake up to a strange man who tells you that your freedom depends on the actions of your fiance's father, what would you think?<br /><br />I think there is only one thing to think, that is that your kidnapper bears a gru... | [] | 0373131410 | 0373131410 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,369,158,757,000 | 13 | false |
3 | My expectations needed to be lower | So the last time I was in the Demon Cycle world I was pretty upset. There was one thing that really stuck in my craw, so to speak and I hate to say that, for me, this series and author has failed to be redeemed.<br /><br />There was a lot, I mean a huge butt ton of rapes in this series.<br /><br />Now I get it that th... | [] | 0345503821 | 0345503821 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,368,737,350,000 | 2 | false |
2 | I just couldn't finish this book | I've tried, on multiple occasions to finish this book.<br /><br />When I first got this book, I read ten pages (which felt more like fifty) and set it aside, promising myself I'd get back to it when I wasn't so distracted and could really devote myself to the story.<br /><br />Sooo, five months later, I picked it up ag... | [] | 1616951273 | 1616951273 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,368,728,516,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Great cookbook for Pressure Cooking but the recipes are blah | This is a great practical reference book for the Pressure Cooker Novice (that would be me). If you've never used one or seen one used (strange but true, my mother isn't real fond of cooking and the only appliance I ever saw her buy was a microwave) then this book has a lot of important information about buying your fi... | [] | 1936493411 | 1936493411 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,368,726,556,000 | 0 | false |
5 | I can't stop thinking about this book | There's a great synopsis of this book and many reviewers have taken the time to give other readers a peek into what this story is about, so I'm only going to concentrate on my impressions of the story and the main character, Cassie.<br /><br />Cassie is a survivor. She's the type of young woman that statues and street... | [] | 0399162410 | 0399162410 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,368,724,431,000 | 5 | false |
2 | Hot Mess | I have a confession.<br /><br />I like romances where the hero and heroine hate each other. I like that they only notice the character flaws of the other person and are mystified by the way others rhapsodize about their hated foe's eyes, hair, physique, etc. It makes the moment when their feelings of hate and disgus... | [] | 1476730091 | 1476730091 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,366,223,878,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Romance with a sexy underworld twist | I didn't have the highest hopes for this book, I'd just finished a super exciting book and was so riled up by it's cliffhanger ending that it was going to take a lot to keep me interested.<br /><br />This book managed that feat.<br /><br />In fact, it was super fun and fast paced. I could barely set it aside, each tim... | [] | 0988054035 | 0988054035 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,365,278,709,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Uneasy blend of romance and paranormal | I didn't go into this book with high expectations, I was just hoping for a pleasant, easy read while I rode the train. Something to block out the sound of the couple arguing next to me and the omnipresent train track noises.<br /><br />The first part of this book is pretty on target, the characters are introduced, the... | [] | 1612185983 | 1612185983 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,362,072,964,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Middle Book Syndrome | So embarrassing, my hubby said, 'that's the tenth time you've sighed. What's up?'<br /><br />Instead of answering, 'oh, my book is sorta disappointing,' and then moving on, I ranted and raved for the length of time it takes to finish peeling a ten pound bag of potatoes, in other words, way too long.<br /><br />My rants... | [] | 0061996181 | 0061996181 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,359,045,889,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Not the worst book I've read this year, but not as good as I wanted it to be | I've been a little bit distracted lately, Christmas is almost here, the weather outside makes riding my bike a chore instead of a pleasure and I've been drinking too much coffee (this isn't really a complaint, I love, love coffee but it gives me a wee bit of insomnia) which means bedtime has moved later and later and m... | [] | 0738730408 | 0738730408 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,356,203,324,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Everything seem sinister in this book | Jumping at your own shadow. I used to think of this phrase as a big time exaggeration, but in the Shadow Society, the main character, Darcy Jones, sees portents of danger and sinister intentions everywhere.<br /><br />With just a glance from the hero, Darcy Jones shivers with dread. This book has a lotta lotta dread.... | [] | 0374349053 | 0374349053 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,354,766,365,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Spiritual Pressure Rising! | This is the perfect calendar for Bleach fans. I decided to get it a few months early (I usually buy a new calendar in December) because I lost my 2012 calendar, maybe Hollows took it, don't know, one day it was on the wall, the next, POOF!, no calendar just an empty nail.<br /><br />Each month has a different characte... | [] | 1554842476 | 1554842476 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,349,631,723,000 | 3 | true |
5 | By some strange miracle, this book is even better than the first | While reading this book I realized something that the main character, Alex already figured out, things are not going to get better for a very long time, probably not during his lifetime. There won't be a point in the book where he eventually reaches a safe and happy ending where there is always enough food and water a... | [] | 1933718757 | 1933718757 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,349,630,914,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Fun, Quick, Easy read that will draw in even reluctant readers | My household has been on a Japan kick lately. Mostly because we've all become slightly (read completely) obsessed with the anime show Bleach. So finding a book that has Samurai and is set in Japan was a win win for me.<br /><br />But once I sat down with it, I started to get cold feet, the story that sounded so entic... | [] | 4805312289 | 4805312289 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,348,639,503,000 | 2 | false |
5 | You can all go home now, the position has been filled. | I made Jim Lahey's pizza dough and my quest for perfect pizza dough has now ended. Just a little recap of the events that lead up to this quest. The setting, Tuscon, Arizona, 2004, an ugly, tiny kitchen and a pile of pepperoni. I'd finally mastered the art of yeast dough, thanks to a recipe from the Bread Bible and I t... | [] | 0307886158 | 0307886158 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,348,207,644,000 | 142 | false |
5 | Kept my kiddo reading into the night | "There just aren't enough books about Samurai."<br /><br />This was the lament I heard from my son last month. I wasn't aware of this lack, but once I started looking I realized he was right, there aren't many Samurai/Ninja books for middle grade readers.<br /><br />I found this one just by combining samurai/children ... | [] | 0763653462 | 0763653462 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,346,117,176,000 | 1 | true |
5 | The more things change, the more they stay the same | Or as my sweet granny used to say, 'same s##*, different day.'<br /><br />Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan have made it through the wilderness to the relative safety of Sanctuary, a goodly sized settlement protected by tall wooden fences. But the fences keep out more than the people eating freaks. Sometimes the walls k... | [] | 0312650094 | 0312650094 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,346,098,748,000 | 8 | false |
5 | The Amish vs. Vampires This is gonna be a trend! | Bonnet Apocalypse - a new subcategory of YA Fiction!<br /><br />Yeah, I wasn't sold on it, I mean it just sounded too silly.<br /><br />But, wooohoo, I'm a believer now.<br /><br />I freaking love this book.<br /><br />The book started out slow. Usually when I read that about a book I give it a wide berth. I like qui... | [] | 0547859260 | 0547859260 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,345,506,659,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Surprisingly Readable | There are no deadly villains, no car chases or knife fights, yet, just by the power of fun characters and silly world building this book held my interest for three days.<br /><br />If you've read the synopsis, then you know the bare outline of the story, vampires are alive (okay, not alive, but existing) and the whole ... | [] | 0062089641 | 0062089641 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,342,108,589,000 | 0 | false |
2 | Nothing to see here, move along. | You know those things that other people rave about; organic wine, paleo bars and Ed Burns movies, yeah, they're nice, but seriously, you aren't jumping up and down with excitement about?<br /><br />That's how I feel about The Age of Miracles. It's a story about a girl whose self absorbed parents are heading for a bit... | [] | 0812992970 | 0812992970 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,340,726,729,000 | 10 | false |
2 | Feisty Interesting heroine dragged down by slow story | Wow, it's taken me a long time to finish this book. it starts out pretty ordinary, as far as stories about girls who hear voices, spend time at the loony big to stop hearing voices and then find out that they aren't crazy, just special kind of book.<br /><br />But, for me, the story just dragged and dragged and I real... | [] | 0345531701 | 0345531701 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,339,686,930,000 | 7 | false |
4 | Likeable characters, fun and fast story | So, I was a little bit disappointed that the romance in this story was similar to so many young adult romances, in other words, it's a case of insta-love.<br /><br />But, this couple, in spite of crushing on each other from page one, have a few giant hurdles to overcome before they can be together.<br /><br />Here are ... | [] | 1250003326 | 1250003326 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,336,679,851,000 | 2 | false |
5 | This book makes me mad. | If you read the first book, you already know the premise of this story and where it left off with Kieran, Seth and Waverly. You know why the New Horizon attacked, you know what they wanted with all the girls from the Empyrean (nope, not a girl band or fashion advice) and you know what lengths Waverly went to to escape... | [] | 0312621353 | 0312621353 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,336,064,455,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Like hanging out with an old friend | For anyone who suffered Avatar deprivation after the series ended, this is for you.<br /><br />So, I don't think it is a spoiler to say something about where the series ended, because if you don't know, you should NOT read this book, watch the show first, then come back and grab this novel.<br /><br />Aang defeated the... | [] | 1595828117 | 1595828117 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,335,555,439,000 | 5 | false |
5 | Bleary eyed from staying up all night to read this | You know those books where you crack them open promising yourself that you'll just read one chapter, maybe two because you have important things to do and it's late to be starting a new book? Well, my good intentions flew out the window after I started this book. Here's a brief rundown of all the ways I slacked off so ... | [] | 0312656742 | 0312656742 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,335,385,182,000 | 3 | false |
5 | We can make you better. | Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to harsh on a book you don't like than it is to write something nice about one you love?<br /><br />I'm not even sure where to start with this one. I'm a third of the way through and so far, I love it! Have to get back and finish it.<br /><br />Update:<br />I'm done and fee... | [] | 0385742371 | 0385742371 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,335,291,156,000 | 1 | false |
2 | The Scrappy Doo of Dragon stories | I have been more than patient, I waited for Temeraire and Lawrence to get back to the fight against Napoleon through three books and now this one drags the story to Incan South America (might as well have been back to Africa, the storyline is so similar). Uh uh, I'm done now (sorry if I sound ticked off, it's just tha... | [] | 0345522869 | 0345522869 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,334,253,512,000 | 21 | false |
3 | Quick read that kept me guessing | I don't usually like stories that have a second narrative alongside the main storyline, so when I realized this one did, I was pretty peeved. But the second storyline wasn't overly intrusive and actually added to the story towards the end (sadly, the ending seemed a little rushed to me and not wholly satisfying, I sus... | [] | 0061992763 | 0061992763 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,334,204,826,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Everything you ever wanted to know about Polar Bears | The first thing I did when I got this book was I skimmed it, looking for pictures. I know, just because it's a book about bears I shouldn't expect any pics, but I was a tad disappointed that there were no pics, maybe in the other versions?<br /><br />Anyways, if you thought this was extra long report on bears, ala you... | [] | 0547152426 | 0547152426 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,332,445,189,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Took me a long, long time to finish this book | I like mysteries. From the dry and intricate, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to cozies like Sprinkle with Murder (a Cupcake Bakery Murder) I love a good case of whodunit.<br /><br />At its heart, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is a mystery. Sure there is romance and a healthy dose of teen angst, but what kept me readin... | [] | 1442421762 | 1442421762 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,332,349,341,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Lola, why are you so confused? | I loved this book, but, there's just one thing that's been buggingm e, something I have to get off my chest before I can move on with this review, 'Lola, stop being so confused and torn. You know what you want, go for it!'<br /><br />Okay, sorry, I'm done now. Then again, if Lola took my advice, almost half of this b... | [] | 0525423281 | 0525423281 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,330,805,737,000 | 0 | false |
5 | I was afraid to turn the pages | One of my closest friends loves true crime fiction, especially books about serial killers. Over the years she's pressed me to read books about Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and the nightmare inducing, Jeffrey Dahmer, my response has always been the same, 'hell no!'<br /><br />I like happy endings, sexy vampires, angsty w... | [] | 0805092625 | 0805092625 | AGLTXNHKNRY5SAZ62RG76WRBN75A | 1,330,116,755,000 | 31 | false |
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