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5 | Love this Series, This installment lives up to the others well | Our family loved this series and passed it around quite a bit. Unfortunately we are starting to out grow the audience age, but I still loved reading it. The author is a gifted story teller and i love having a bard narrate the story to break out of the mold a little bit.<br /><br />We have gotten to know and love the ... | [] | 1328696022 | 1328696022 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,565,628,451,739 | 0 | false |
4 | Great Size, Great Content and Scope | ...But, Hamburg is now off our itinerary. We do love the books and we picked up Berlin and Las Vegas for separate trips and I love the portability and the focused scope of a specific city. We were excited to get the Hamburg book and it had enough photos and information to sway us into visiting the city but it just is... | [] | 1787017753 | 1787017753 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,565,628,228,712 | 0 | false |
5 | Great Learner Book in Spanish | This is nearly perfect for the beginning Spanish student to learn from. There is a variety of tenses to the verbs which is great exposure, but the vocabulary is pretty restricted to the Beginning level with a few new words spread in. The story is cute and pretty straightforward. There is a little quirkiness, like a ... | [] | 8416733376 | 8416733376 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,565,205,065,722 | 0 | false |
5 | A Good Resource | I was very much looking forward to getting a reviewer copy of this book as we are always looking for new education tools. I was a little disappointed to see that a lot of the suggestions were pretty generic, like facebook, twitter, and even Minecraft. But there was also a lot like Socrative and Prezi which I feel are... | [] | 1544338376 | 1544338376 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,565,204,863,005 | 1 | false |
5 | A Small Story about Big Issues | I really liked this book even though part way through it felt like I was listening to a neighbor talk about his summer fencing project. But the book is layered in the complexities of a huge environmental issue of living with a large predator like grizzlies. The whole issue is illustrated in one bear, one summer, and ... | [] | 1328972453 | 1328972453 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,563,305,038,270 | 2 | false |
5 | A Nice Addition to our Spanish Learning Library | We have been collecting Spanish language children's books for a family Spanish learning library and this is a great addition. The language is pretty straight forward and had a not overwhelming amount of new vocabulary words for me. Our oldest were able to get through it without too much problem and it is ready for th... | [] | 8416733457 | 8416733457 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,563,129,369,179 | 0 | false |
4 | Wonderfully Bizarre and a Twisted Unraveling of a Family Secret | I love graphic novels for often being a little on the bizarre side and this collection does that in spades. Tonta is a great and believable character with depth and she is surrounded by an interesting cast of characters from an extended blended family to the homely tutoring classmate who has become a forest spirit. C... | [] | 1683962052 | 1683962052 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,563,046,369,387 | 1 | false |
5 | Perfect Intro to France | I really love this series. It is not exhaustive, but it did give us a great overview of France. We also got Germany and Great Britain and used all three for planning a European vacation for next fall. This "Best of" series from Lonely Planet gives a great introduction to the country involved and starts the daydreami... | [] | 1786573938 | 1786573938 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,948,061,360 | 0 | false |
5 | Cute story we are using to learn Spanish | We have a small library of Spanish childrens books that we have been reading to learn Spanish. Often we find them easy to read and good reinforcement for vocabulary, especially for solidly adding some new words. If you are looking to gain vocabulary, definitely read as much as you can.<br /><br />This book is pretty ... | [] | 841673349X | 841673349X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,943,332,403 | 0 | false |
3 | Subtle, Dry Humor | This reminded me a lot of a comic that used to run in the Onion when it was just a small newspaper out of Madison. It is so subtle and dry in its humor that it almost raises it to an art form...Almost. These strange things live in a post apocalyptic world, which is almost hinted as having been caused by them. They ar... | [] | 1683691202 | 1683691202 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,691,384,956 | 0 | false |
4 | Nice Young DC Comic | This is obviously meant for a young audience 8-10? But it is a actually a cute and quick read. The illustrations are very nice and it is wonderfully drawn and colored, but again with young reader styles which are clean and cute, not gritty or dark. There is a nice little narrative running through a series of stories... | [] | 1401284132 | 1401284132 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,623,138,995 | 0 | false |
5 | Exactly the Book I was looking for | We are looking to book a couple trips this next year to Iceland and another to Europe. This Lonely Planet Best of Series is the best current series I have found. I absolutely love the photos and dream inspiring locations. We got Germany, Britain and Iceland and all were fantastic for giving a high level overview of ... | [] | 1786578131 | 1786578131 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,089,684,576 | 0 | false |
5 | Wonderful Girl Power Book | I read this because my book challenge said I needed to read a book based on a fairy tale. But by the time I got to the end, I was thinking about slotting it into the "Could not Put Down" book. It is a wonderful story of a girl looking beyond superficial standards that girls are put to and her growth into becoming wha... | [] | 1338268465 | 1338268465 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,089,418,180 | 1 | false |
5 | A Quick Poignant Read | This is a moving story about the British evictions of Irish farmers before the Land Wars. The story of young Anna and the trauma that her family goes through is sad and engaging and you are pulled through the pages. The text being in verse makes it a very quick read which to be honest, would have read just as well if... | [] | 0823439550 | 0823439550 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,562,088,632,194 | 0 | false |
4 | A Good Country Guide to Germany | I really like this book and it has most of what I am looking for in a book. The illustrations are good and there are lots of photos and some maps. I find this best of series to be my favorite when looking into a new destination. They lean a little harder on photos and keep the focus more on the key sites of a country... | [] | 1786573903 | 1786573903 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,580,521,527 | 0 | false |
5 | Great, but narrowly scoped guide | We are planning a trip to Iceland in the next year and we were fortunate to get the three book library of guides from Lonely Planet. This one is great for creating dreams of visiting, but it is a little narrow in scope in that it covers a loop around the outside of the island. It is about half the size of the other t... | [] | 1786578409 | 1786578409 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,437,902,364 | 1 | false |
4 | Educational, Mixed Reviews in our Household | I was excited to get a reviewer copy of this book from Amazon as she is my partner's idol. However she ended up not caring for it, saying the writing was not that great and she abandoned it. I'm definitely less likely to abandon a book and I found it interesting and informative, at least for someone who is not steep... | [] | 054497364X | 054497364X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,314,224,529 | 0 | false |
5 | Yes! This is What I Look For in a Guide | I love guides that get my imagination going for a destination. This book is exactly what I want in at least the initial trip planning. It is filled with photos and is great for scanning through the pages, getting excited about a location. I don't necessarily need a guide to each hotel and restaurant, I need somethin... | [] | 1787014398 | 1787014398 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,310,149,508 | 2 | false |
5 | We love Hilda, this is an interesting novelization | It was actually a little weird to read this book. It seemed like a novelization of the graphic novel about the black hound, Which seemed a little unnecessary. But I guess in reality it is the novelization of an animated version of a graphic novel. I had read the original graphic novel with my kids long ago. We are hu... | [] | 191117150X | 191117150X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,265,808,744 | 0 | false |
4 | Perfectly Scoped Book, Could Use more Photos | Cities used to be a place you flew to to get to somewhere else, until Mexico City. Suddenly my interests focused on the museums, restaurants and sights of the city almost more than the allure of 200 million Monarch butterflies. Add Cartegena, LA, New Orleans and Miami and I think I'm hooked on cities as much as field... | [] | 1640971467 | 1640971467 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,129,163,150 | 0 | false |
5 | Perfect Intro to Iceland | Iceland is definitely on my bucket list and on our short list for places to go. I just got this book today and could not put it down for several hours. I think I'm in love with the country and already know so much more about it. I think I finally have a perspective on how much we can reasonably see and how much there... | [] | 1786578107 | 1786578107 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,561,090,634,360 | 0 | false |
4 | A Nice Relationship Story | To be honest, I have had some problems figure out what I wanted to say about this book. It was engaging and I could not put it down, but I don't know that it changed my life in any way, but it was nice enough. The illustrations were great and I liked the thin palette. The illustrations were fantastic, the characters... | [] | 1626726418 | 1626726418 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,560,480,326,654 | 0 | false |
5 | Good Book, Great Read | My partner read this first and really liked it and recommended it to me. The writing is really good and reads well. There is a well developed background and the author creates a very believable and I felt illuminating world for African Americans in the 1944 South. She illustrated the racism. We both really appreciat... | [] | 0316484008 | 0316484008 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,560,398,154,323 | 0 | false |
5 | Wow. | I just finished this book and I'm not sure what to say. My absolute favorite thing about graphic novels is the complete and mindbogglingly strange randomness that many bring to their plots. This story has strangeness in spades. There is an at times homicidal sentient house creature that lives in an apartment buildin... | [] | 1683962060 | 1683962060 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,560,363,094,194 | 3 | false |
5 | Super Cute Inspiration for Those who are no longer beginners | We jumped at the chance to get a reviewer copy of this book because it fits perfectly into our Christmas themed knit animals. We were not disappointed at all when it arrived. It is well illustrated and has a ton of great characters in the book. We were and still are a little intimidated that this is not really a beg... | [] | 144630731X | 144630731X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,560,280,158,295 | 0 | false |
5 | Great Collection of Fascinating Facts | I have to admit that after ten or so pages I thought I was in trouble. It seemed to be at such a low level and despite a couple of paragraphs with wonderful new information I thought I was going to have to trudge through a lot of the basics about bugs. But then something wonderful happened. The book did keep its cou... | [] | 1982112875 | 1982112875 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,560,189,629,905 | 12 | false |
5 | Another Well Made Origin Story | I have really been enjoying this series from DC. I have gotten a number of origin stories from the female heroes from DC Link and they have been consistently good. I was not familiar with Raven or Teen Titans in general, so it was good to read this graphic novel. It also spawned a lecture series from my kids to catc... | [] | 1401286232 | 1401286232 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,558,722,354,741 | 2 | false |
5 | Beautiful Book, Good History, Good Reading | This is a nice table top reader. My son is a big aviation history buff and he greatly enjoyed paging through it looking at the generously sprinkled photos and reading the little box facts. I'm a little baffled that it starts with information about the Top Gun movie, I feel like Top Gun deserves more for itself than t... | [] | 0760363544 | 0760363544 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,558,454,977,923 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Conservationist Memoir | Guido is an interesting story. I'm a naturalist and it is great to read stories of individuals who make a difference in the natural world and this is a great example of and individual making a difference. Always quirky, his passions and quirkiness end up being great strengths in his career. He makes a career of helpin... | [] | 1984801694 | 1984801694 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,558,325,021,256 | 8 | false |
4 | A Good Start To Researching Chinese Travel | We have a few bucket list destinations we are trying to schedule in the next few years and China is high on the list. This book did a good, but not perfect, job of getting our dreams going. I think we could have used a more general, less detailed book to start with. I think it will become a good reference later, but... | [] | 1640971297 | 1640971297 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,558,324,325,052 | 0 | false |
5 | Got it for My Son, Read it for Me | This is actually a very good book from introducing someone to cooking. I got it for my son who can do some basic cooking but probably needs a little more direction if he is going to cook for himself full time. I flipped through it and was quickly hooked myself. I found that I was learning a lot about making the perf... | [] | 1611806100 | 1611806100 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,557,848,864,928 | 1 | false |
5 | Great Introduction to Frogs for Young Readers | This is really a fascinating group of animals and this book does a great job showing the amazing features and diversity of frogs. The illustration is striking and much in the mold of Charlie Harper and infographics. The facts are small, bite sized and easily digestible. Our kids skimmed it and pulled out lots of lit... | [] | 1912497980 | 1912497980 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,557,848,356,610 | 0 | false |
4 | Very Adult Comic, Good Backstory | This is a very believable backstory, and well written. It stands well on its own and fleshes out the relationship between Catwoman and Bruce Wayne very well. I feel like the table has been set for a very good Catwoman series. It is raw and gritty, but definitely for a more mature audience. There is a good amount of... | [] | 1401285910 | 1401285910 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,557,848,073,982 | 1 | false |
5 | Well crafted Story | We really liked this book. It was great for getting an opening on Puerto Rican culture and as we are all trying to learn Spanish, we appreciated having a little Spanish in the mix. The story itself is a typical, but very satisfying story or popular girls versus, should I say, more interesting girls. This story is ha... | [] | 1524773239 | 1524773239 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,557,197,924,363 | 0 | false |
5 | Wonderful Summer Read | This is a very relatable premise of young girlfriends growing apart although the tragic backdrop is a little less common. The main character has seen more loss than most by losing her mother from her life and living with a caring grandmother. The core story is very believable as are the characters in general. I love... | [] | 0399175156 | 0399175156 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,557,197,118,384 | 0 | false |
4 | Enjoyable, but pretty disposeable | My partner read this while on a business trip and said that it was entertaining, but probably will not be overly memorable. She said it was cute and romantic but only so so. It definitely filled the bill for entertaining reading and it read quickly, but it was nowhere near life changing. | [] | 0399559418 | 0399559418 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,557,196,512,823 | 0 | false |
4 | Good, Digestible Information | We have been doing a lot of research recently about trips for the next couple of years and we thought A cruise would be a good way to hit Scandinavia. I really like the guide in general, it was a good introduction to the area and what is offered and had enough photos to kind of fire up the imagination. It is a bit more... | [] | 1787014207 | 1787014207 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,919,957,713 | 0 | false |
5 | Good Text for the Subject | My partner got a new leadership position at a nonprofit and we jumped at the chance to receive a reviewer copy of this book. First off, it is thorough and reads like a text book. A very readable text book, but dense with information and, at least for us, lots of new information. It was probably more thorough than we... | [] | 1506382665 | 1506382665 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,552,891,338 | 1 | false |
5 | Love This Series! | I was excited to get a reviewer copy of the Barcelona book and it was perfect, and so full of information, I would love to have the whole collection. This Singapore book is no different, it is full of little digestible tidbits that are fun to scan as well as read from cover to cover. It is a little random in organiza... | [] | 1787014835 | 1787014835 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,492,215,847 | 0 | false |
5 | Great Kid Centric Guide to Barcelona | We are planning a trip to Europe and trying to come up with an itinerary and I think this book made Barcelona mandatory. It is perfect for introducing forth through eighth graders to the city. It is full of bite sized factoids and cute cartoon illustrations. The subjects and topics are spot on for kids, animals and pa... | [] | 1787014851 | 1787014851 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,430,209,565 | 0 | false |
4 | Wonderfully Bizarre Premise, with Wonderful Illustrations | I love graphic novels because they often are a little ridiculous and random. This book gave me everything I was hoping for there. It is a mix of "Best of Show" and something else I can't put my finger on, which makes a interesting read. To tell the truth, the most unique and memorable part of this book is the comic f... | [] | 1683691083 | 1683691083 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,421,990,630 | 0 | false |
4 | A Good Start to our Research | This is probably not going to be enough to plan our trip, but it is a good start. Fodors is not the most visual guide out there. I definitely prefer a visual guide for the start of planning just to get the dreaming going. I prefer Eyewitness guides to Fodors, but there is a plethora of information here. In fact, it... | [] | 1640971270 | 1640971270 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,420,406,167 | 0 | false |
5 | Have Loved the Series, But Family is Aging out of it | We have really enjoyed this series over the years. It has inspired school projects about Tuataras, had us make a special trip to see the Aye-Aye's in the Denver Zoo, and despite some questionable biogeography, the kids have learned a lot about some of the most bizarre nocturnal animals. But unfortunately as our young... | [] | 194402011X | 194402011X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,556,202,600,364 | 0 | false |
5 | Satisfying Spin off of the DC World until...Crap Cliff Hanger | This is a great little book with a great premise of super heros tween or teen children coming into their own. Their angst and interaction is well thought out and for the most part, their internal dialogues and reactions seem pretty well thought out. The art work was very strong and combined with the story, you were p... | [] | 1401286399 | 1401286399 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,553,797,021,924 | 0 | false |
4 | Super Cute Photos, Decent Quotes | You can't beat this book visually. High quality photos of puppies and kittens are pretty hard to bash. It is an absolute beauty. The quotes are good, although I did not find as many "life changing" quotes as I was hoping for and quite a few of them were a little long winded. This book would make a good gift for a f... | [] | 0310354129 | 0310354129 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,553,796,596,294 | 0 | false |
5 | Very Nice Little Factoid Book | My kids have always loved books like this. They are filled with little facts that stick in their heads and come back from time to time in conversation and at the movies. The illustrations of locations are limited to basically one photo with a small bubble of basic facts and a couple of paragraphs explanation and an o... | [] | 1787016951 | 1787016951 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,553,711,720,992 | 0 | false |
4 | Amusing Read | This is kind of bathroom reader material. I appreciate the premises and the humor in the exchanges. It is a breezy read that you can easily put down and pick up again as each story is self-contained. To tell the truth, I thought it was funnier when I was relaying the stories to my partner but all in all it was prett... | [] | 1683691040 | 1683691040 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,553,540,296,047 | 0 | false |
5 | Fun Read Worthy of our Graphic Novel Library | We have a extensive and growing library of graphic novels and this one definitely fits in. We have middle schoolers who appreciated the age range for this book, but it might trend a little younger. The humor is great for the average high school boy and the art work is fantastic. The characters are masterfully render... | [] | 031641686X | 031641686X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,552,402,157,046 | 0 | false |
5 | Nice Simple Story of Friendship for Youngsters | This might be a little young for our rapidly aging family. This would probably be good for the 9-10 year old readers, but a little young for our older tweens. The story is a nice little tale of a friendship tested by jealousy and also a tale of growth and adapting to a new situation. It is a pretty straightforward s... | [] | 1328530825 | 1328530825 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,552,400,212,127 | 2 | false |
4 | Cute Book, Nicely Illustrated, Good Learning Aid for Spanish | We now have a bunch of people trying to learn Spanish in the house and this was passed around to everyone from 8th graders to adults as a way to expand vocabulary in an easy and enjoyable way. It has been great reinforcement for the word volar (to fly) and nido (nest) and expanding to bandada (flock.) Childrens books... | [] | 8416733430 | 8416733430 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,552,316,217,776 | 0 | false |
5 | Great Guide for Cruises | This is a very nice guide for the ports of call on Alaska tours. It is well illustrated and filled with enough information to feel informed for travel. I am in the planning stages of a trip with my dad and this is definitely firing off the imagination of what we can do. The maps are great, it is scannable I was able... | [] | 1787014193 | 1787014193 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,552,313,616,946 | 0 | false |
3 | Writing was Good but didn't like the character or plot | I never really got close to the main character of this book. I kept finding her whiny and was a little unable to accept that a tween could run away from her family and lie about what she was doing. The writing was fine but the story seemed a little weak. I just could not get over how self centered the main character... | [] | 152477023X | 152477023X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,551,935,885,277 | 4 | false |
4 | Aquaman Meets Twilight | This has all the romantic tension of twilight combined with the origin story of Aguaman. Granted, I think it is better than Twilight, but I don't think I was quite looking for the start of a love story. Also, since I have just seen the newest Aquaman movie, I was alternating between thinking that this is a just a reh... | [] | 140128339X | 140128339X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,551,719,080,104 | 7 | false |
5 | Absolutely Love These Guides | We have gotten a number of European Eyewitness guides including Berlin and this Prague guide and we could not be happier. They are so full of photos that are delightful to page through and just daydream and discover what we want to see in the city. Then you can zoom in on the specific details of the things you want t... | [] | 1465471553 | 1465471553 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,550,864,248,223 | 0 | false |
4 | Good Information but no inspiring photos | We are looking at the possibility of going to a Rio and I was excited to get a reviewers copy of the Fodor's travel guide to Rio and Sao Paulo. However, I have to admit that I am a little disappointed by the book when I received it. It is chock full of information, decent maps, and logistics, but hardly any photograp... | [] | 164097105X | 164097105X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,550,853,918,610 | 0 | false |
5 | Very Interesting Cookbook and Concept | When I read 2-ingredient dough, I was thinking water and flour, which is a basic paper mache recipe. But self rising flour and Greek yoghurt is an interesting concept. The recipes do not stay at two ingredients, but the base is always the flour and yoghurt which they show to be a flexible base for all kinds of doughs ... | [] | 1624147445 | 1624147445 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,550,766,664,205 | 12 | false |
4 | Weird but entertaining | Ok I understand that this is a modern retelling of a fairytale, but I found that while reading it, it seemed like it was ripping off fairytales and I could not shake that feeling. The writing was good and I found it entertaining but I did not feel like I learned from it, nor was I moved particularly by the ending. Basi... | [] | 1624147151 | 1624147151 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,550,725,300,404 | 0 | false |
5 | A Truly Poignant Book | Maybe it is just because I am a red head like the main character in this book, or maybe it is that I just spent time with my boys from a divorce and spoke to my aging father, but i found this book truly moving. That is pretty amazing for a book that is just a series of four or five colored prints that look like styliz... | [] | 1910620491 | 1910620491 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,550,535,253,526 | 0 | false |
5 | The information is great, but I miss the glossy pages | These are my favorite city guides by far. We just used the Mexico guide for our time in Mexico City and absolutely loved using it. It is very thorough as far as sites go, although not particularly deep in information. So it may need some internet search support, but as far as a survey of the locations, it is wonderf... | [] | 146547160X | 146547160X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,550,031,153,725 | 0 | false |
3 | Did not catch on in our household | Out of three people who started this book in our house, only one finished it. Our daughter finished it but did not praise it at all. My partner finished about six chapters and said she could not go on as the characters did not mean anything to her and she did not like the writing, and I got a chapter in, meaning to g... | [] | 0451478800 | 0451478800 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,548,707,918,566 | 0 | false |
4 | Stewart Little Meets Water World | This is an interesting and timely setting for this book. The great pacific gyre forms the exotic location for this quaint little story in a fantasy world where animals create a floating world full of inventions and adventure. It is a decent read and likeable enough but somewhat disposable entertainment. It took a wh... | [] | 1629796751 | 1629796751 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,547,094,962,237 | 0 | false |
5 | Very Interesting Premise | I really like historical fiction. It seems to bring the past alive in ways that textbooks don't. The book is great in that it has a very unique backdrop of a leper colony in the Phillipines in 1906 and goes over changes in their quarantine laws that deeply effect the main character but having her stripped from her mo... | [] | 0553535323 | 0553535323 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,547,058,655,353 | 0 | false |
4 | A fun, but silly read | This is kind of a silly but entertaining story. It had good humor and was a fun read. It is not a deep story with a goofy premise that a girl mixes an Asian acne medicine with a tanning bed and finds herself invisible. Cue the antics and mild friend and family dramas. The book got passed around the house and was well... | [] | 0399551522 | 0399551522 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,546,904,829,275 | 0 | false |
5 | Hard to Put Down True Story | I am a history lover, but not necessarily a horse lover, but I loved this book. I had a hard time putting it down and mowed through it in a few days, which is quick for me. I really loved the historical context that everything was put into and for the non-historian, there is plenty of explanation and narration to mak... | [] | 0525644741 | 0525644741 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,546,836,337,469 | 0 | false |
4 | Likeable, but the jury is a little out on this one | First, I can't fault any book that makes it hard to put down. It reads very well and I was fully engaged but I fell short of loving this book. Initially I was pulled in because, like the main character, I read Whitley Streiber's Communion and was somewhat traumatized. For me, I slept with a baseball bat next to my be... | [] | 132884160X | 132884160X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,546,630,969,798 | 2 | false |
5 | Quick easy read I could not put down | This was a cute little read that very much is in the vein of Stand By Me and Goonies, but with an original story line. But more than just cute, it was a wonderfully engaging and quick read that I could not put down. I am very much looking forward to the kids reading it. There is better writing perhaps but few books tha... | [] | 0316524786 | 0316524786 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,545,890,300,434 | 5 | false |
5 | The Content I Expect, A Little Less Quality Materials | I love the DK tour books. They are absolutely full of information and photos and become like little dream lands for pre trip research and daydreaming. This one is no different, in fact Amsterdam may be the perfect venue for these guide books. All the DK strengths are here from the 3D overhead neighborhood and buildi... | [] | 146547157X | 146547157X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,543,515,536,881 | 6 | false |
5 | A Nice Little Book | My partner is one of the leading pro wolf attorneys in the nation so the Mexican Wolf story is nothing new in our household, but this is a nice little story about the recovery efforts. It is pretty small, just the immediate story or a single pair and their nine pups being released in Mexico. It is slight on details b... | [] | 1632170841 | 1632170841 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,542,924,999,595 | 2 | false |
3 | Inspirational Story, Had a Hard Time Getting Engaged Though. | I got this to read with my partner who has been a Girl Scout Leader for years and I thought she would appreciate reading the story. She actually ended up abandoning it part way through saying that she did not like the writing style. I pushed through it and found the story to be inspiring, but like her I found the wri... | [] | 1328809560 | 1328809560 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,542,657,805,978 | 2 | false |
5 | Well Written but Sad True Story | This is a sad story to read about, but the author does a wonderful job of relaying it. I was definitely pulled in from the first chapter and loved her on the ground reporting mixed with facts. She also does a good job of explaining both sides from the individual wildlife hunter to the Chinese medicine but stays on th... | [] | 0306825503 | 0306825503 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,542,639,567,783 | 0 | false |
4 | Interesting and Quick Reading Little Book | This is rather bizarre, it has bite sized chunks of reasonable relationship advice juxtaposed next to the quirky scenes of Hey Arnold. At times it made it seem like the Hey Arnold creators had been carefully and insidiously placing relationship counseling into their series and at times it looked like they were just t... | [] | 1465475516 | 1465475516 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,540,579,042,320 | 0 | false |
4 | Interesting Read for a Mixed Vegetarian/Omnivore Couple | I am in a mixed vegetarian and omnivore relationship - she's the vegetarian - and it was interesting to read this with her. We talk a lot about this and she is in a sustainability council so we get this general messaging a lot. We read it together and I think it resonated with her more than it did with my cynicism. ... | [] | 0807019453 | 0807019453 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,540,481,660,691 | 1 | false |
5 | Proved to Be a Delightful Quirky Read | This book unfortunately was misplaced until just recently, but it quickly made the rounds in our family and we found it to be a delightful and easy read. Our youngest read it and she quickly recommended it to everyone. I love the lists which made the read seem even easier and the pages flew by. Great book for young ... | [] | 1524765090 | 1524765090 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,540,480,496,307 | 0 | false |
5 | JROTC Unit has Gotten Good Use of this Series | I got a copy of the 2018 test prep and several of the cadets have used it in preparing for the ASVAB. Every JROTC unit should have some laying around and I recommend this book for anyone looking to improve their score. I especially like the seven (a good number for a test prep quide) and the in depth test taking tips... | [] | 1119476240 | 1119476240 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,539,825,070,050 | 0 | false |
4 | I really love graphic novels from different viewpoints | I really love graphic novels from different viewpoints. There is something about the media that makes situations very vivid and believable. This book falls in this in that it has some interesting little vignettes from the life of the author. They are strange and disjointed themes without a central theme or direction,... | [] | 1328972445 | 1328972445 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,539,185,626,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Cute, Different Finding Your Place Book | This was actually a rather strange take on the "I want to fit in" story. From page one, it is obvious that the main character is popular with nearly everyone. Usually, the person feeling like they don't fit in is an oddball that is ostracized or bullied, but in this case it is a much different person trying t... | [] | 1328911128 | 1328911128 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,538,583,112,433 | 8 | false |
5 | Poignant and Eye-Opening | Absolutely heartbreaking to hear of the free falling decline in Lion numbers. The situation just seems hopeless, but the fact that they are still in the world and that there is still an Asiatic lion at all give some hope. And perhaps education from books like this will create some alarm that will help us to save this... | [] | 1472916131 | 1472916131 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,537,936,245,498 | 0 | false |
4 | Good Book, But appaently causes mild amnesia. | A couple of our kids read this book and enjoyed reading it and have good feelings about the book but surprisingly few strong memories of the book. We actually pulled the book out and as we read the description there was a lot of "Oh yeah's" that brought back some memories but the book definitely did not burn strong me... | [] | 0316471496 | 0316471496 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,537,495,999,846 | 0 | false |
5 | A winner for Adults and kids in our family. | My partner and our youngest daughter really liked this book. They like that a lightning strike caused her to be very good at math. They highly recommend this book to other gifted and talented students and kids as well as adults. | [] | 1524767573 | 1524767573 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,537,495,703,141 | 0 | false |
3 | Our Youngest Found this to be OK but hard to Follow | It never seemed to really catch her imagination and the only kid that picked it up abandoned it a little ways in. It did not get a recommendation from our sixth grader. She said it was better than nothing, but not great. | [] | 1338045377 | 1338045377 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,537,495,460,818 | 0 | false |
3 | Did not capture our kids imagination | We got this for youngest daughter. And although she Read it she said it was just OK and would not recommend it to her brothers.She felt it was worth the time but really not her type of book. She said the story just didn’t really go anywhere or do anything super exciting. | [] | 133820999X | 133820999X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,537,458,909,353 | 0 | false |
5 | This is a nice little reader | This is not a big book, but it was a very pleasurable read. I was surprised at how long a lot of quotes were, and how timely a lot of it seemed in our again, highly polarized political world. Lincoln was definitely a thoughtful and elegant individual. I'm glad I got a chance to read this book and recommend it to all h... | [] | 0486440974 | 0486440974 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,536,259,038,859 | 0 | false |
4 | Wonderfully Illustrated Book, Story is a Little Light | This is a wonderfully illustrated book with a nice story concept. We read it to a couple of nieces and they caught on to the fact that a story was going on behind the backs of the books characters and looking quickly at each page to see what new details they were missing. It is a nice little deconstruction of a pictu... | [] | 1911171666 | 1911171666 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,536,258,248,273 | 0 | false |
4 | Nice Elementary School Comic | I think our kids have all aged out of this book (sixth grade and above,) but this would be a perfect book for first through fourth graders, especially anyone that is dreading or thinking about the first day of school. The humor is clean and young and the stories are straightforward and great for these early readers. ... | [] | 133804768X | 133804768X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,536,257,768,971 | 0 | false |
5 | Wonderful Middle School Social Story with a Great Magical Twist | The number one reason I like graphic novels is that they tend to be quirky and this book is a perfect example of why I like them. My youngest son is a tween who loves the Raina Telgemeier books as well as the Babysitter's Club so I thought this would be a perfect book for him as on the cover it looks like its a book a... | [] | 1338139215 | 1338139215 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,535,142,256,040 | 2 | false |
3 | Adorabale Book, but my family can't seem to get into it | I thought this book was a can't miss for most of my family, but it seems to be striking out. My partner who loves animals found it inane and abandoned it after a couple chapters, our youngest daughter, aged 10, finished it but said that it was just ok "It was ok that I read it, but I don't want to read it again, it wa... | [] | 1524765368 | 1524765368 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,535,031,470,101 | 1 | false |
5 | A Great Book in a Promising Series | I love reading books with my kids and this is an absolutely wonderful book to read with them. It is quick and well illustrated, but it is also wonderfully crafted. The characters are wonderfully developed and at least in this chapter of the series, they are realistically trapped in their personal limitations and faul... | [] | 0316508381 | 0316508381 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,534,884,125,603 | 0 | false |
5 | Our three tweens devoured this book | Our tween boys loved this book, in fact, I have not been able to pry it from their hands. It has made the rounds once and our twelve year old is rereading it. They loved the twist at the end and it is well set up for a second book which they are keeping their fingers crossed for. I got caught up into the first couple... | [] | 0316510440 | 0316510440 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,534,628,937,542 | 0 | false |
5 | The Family Treasured This Book | My partner and her children loved this book. Really, she said it was one of the best children's books they've read in a long time. Such beautiful characters and an enjoyable story. Even more importantly, the book told the story of an immigrant family -- an important message that is not often available in children's lit... | [] | 1338157795 | 1338157795 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,534,564,395,267 | 1 | false |
5 | Great Action Filled New Series, Beautifully Illustrated | This is a great start to a series that seems to be following a popular formula of a character going to a special school where they have a particular specialness that makes them standouts. Then add a limiting and incremental method of generating a set number of books; seven years at Hogwarts; seven wonders of the world... | [] | 1426331592 | 1426331592 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,533,754,873,830 | 7 | false |
5 | A Very Worthy Sequel | I really liked the original book in this series and this sequel holds up wonderfully to the original. Perhaps my memory is failing me a little but I actually think it reads even better than the first. And this book especially reads aloud very well which I have found to be a rarity.<br /><br />The characters are easy ... | [] | 1328696014 | 1328696014 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,533,738,804,788 | 0 | false |
4 | Relevant Story with Good Ending | This was kind of a difficult book for me. It is very timely and very poignant, and I think that having kids in middle and high school made this book touch home with me and at least my youngest son. We had an interesting conversation about the whole phenomenon of school shootings and it was fascinating what he had to ... | [] | 1338186523 | 1338186523 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,533,263,045,532 | 0 | false |
3 | Sorry, could not get into this one | I got over my head on this one. I have been reading Spanish books to gain vocabulary and unfortunately this was too advanced for me. I'm back to Narnia books etc.<br /><br />I did get the book in English from the library and made it through. I figure Isabel Allende, how could I lose, but I just never could get into ... | [] | 0525436456 | 0525436456 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,532,888,663,298 | 1 | false |
5 | Wonderful story enjoyed by ages 11 to 50 | This is a delightful and triumphant coming of age story in a time of Star Wars and some pretty epic bullying. It is a quick read that pulled me and my two sons through in about an hour apiece. The story is full of all the tribulations of being a short and skinny middle schooler trying to make his way through the world... | [] | 0316440493 | 0316440493 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,532,529,200,080 | 0 | false |
5 | Wonderful Coverage of the Fall and Return of the Sea Otter | This is a wonderful, and frank book about the natural history of Sea Otters. It tackles the controversies and facts of the loveable and hateable creature in a fairly evenhanded way. The author does a good job of showing how much influence the otters have on their environment, turning rock reefs with an abundance of u... | [] | 1632171376 | 1632171376 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,532,449,511,127 | 0 | false |
5 | A Delightful and Engaging Adventure | This is a great concept that had our kids flipping pages rapidly to make it through the storyline. I think it is a rather unique and love how engaged the kids remained while reading it. It went from kid to kid during a road trip to Grandmas and was picked up over and over again. I love how the novelty of the choose ... | [] | 1683690575 | 1683690575 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,532,446,753,426 | 1 | false |
5 | An Absolute Page Turner for Those with Curiosity of Natural History | This book has proven to be an one seems to find the empty niches to fill. For example, it fills in the evolution of wasps to bees (and sometimes back) very well, with examples I habsolute joy to read. I have read a number of books on bees and loved Bernd Heinrich's "Bumblebee Economics" - which is cited in th... | [] | 0465052614 | 0465052614 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,530,639,461,631 | 1 | false |
5 | Ridiculous Premise, Questionable Word Use, Fun Story | A fun book if you can forgive the suspension of belief it takes to get over the premise. But what a premise it is, Dinosaurs in the 1860's... There is a good selection of historic facts that blend history and fiction. Important battles, places and events pop up throughout the books as well as characters based on histo... | [] | 1338268813 | 1338268813 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,529,498,208,475 | 0 | false |
5 | Another Winner from Funke! | I liked this book, and I loved that our kids also liked it. We have read a number of Funke's books and I love her writing style and again, love that our kids have enjoyed reading her books. I don't think this is her strongest book, but it is a very good book. We had not read the first book (although we are going to) ... | [] | 1338215531 | 1338215531 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,528,473,167,617 | 0 | false |
3 | Hmm... Don't think I'll Pass This One to the Kids | We love to read books as a family, passing it from one person to the next, parent to child to sibling. I think this one if stopping with me. It was ok, it had some twists, one big and seemingly inevitable, but I don't think it is one for the kids. To be honest, I don't know that it has enough action to keep them movi... | [] | 0544284771 | 0544284771 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,526,397,661,192 | 1 | false |
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