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5 | Beautifully Illustrated Book with a Good Message | This is a wonderfully illustrated and nicely written book. We live in an environmentally aware household and we appreciated this book a lot, although we are a little beyond it's age group which is probably 3-5 year olds. The messages are simple and sweet and I would definitely suggest this as a kind of intro to envir... | [] | 1510728538 | 1510728538 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,526,055,417,326 | 0 | false |
4 | Good Book, but it is for Absolute Beginners | Be careful about ordering this because it is a very basic book, truly for Dummies and 3D printing newbies like me. For me it was perfect because I had so little knowledge of 3D printing in general. But I feel that you have the basics, this book may be far to simplistic for you. Even for me, there were a couple dozen... | [] | 1119464412 | 1119464412 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,525,969,982,395 | 1 | false |
5 | Absolute Page Turner | This is an absolute page turner. Both my partner and I were pulled through it in reading binges. I'm not the biggest mystery reader, but found the way that this one unwound absolutely addicting. I don't want to recap the plot, but I do want to highly recommend this book to anyone who has any liking of mysteries, and I... | [] | 1524720291 | 1524720291 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,525,924,962,666 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great, Genuine Story | This is a wonderful book that handles the struggles of a young woman as she deals with her sexual orientation. I love that it creates such a non-clichéd real world for Ivy to inhabit. Frankly, there is a strong cliché of orphan, busy single parented or new kid isolation that most characters inhabit, this is wonderfull... | [] | 0316515469 | 0316515469 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,525,924,191,103 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Primer to International Travel | This is a wonderfully digestible, inspirational tips book. It is all divided up into sidebars and mini chapters so you can browse through it at leisure and get little facts. I just read it before a couples trip to Costa Rica and it worked well to help us (we are beginner international travelers with a lonely planet s... | [] | 178701133X | 178701133X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,525,886,506,041 | 1 | false |
5 | Take this one to the beach this summer | I would recommend this book to our tween children, and I enjoyed it myself too. The story unfolds in a charming little town on coastal Maine filled with interesting folks that you enjoy getting to know as the book unfolds. I appreciated the relationship between the grandma and granddaughter, and it is portrayed honestl... | [] | 0762462957 | 0762462957 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,524,714,583,715 | 0 | false |
5 | Our Daughter Loved this Book | This book is at the center of a small controversy in our household as only our daughter got a chance to read it. She reported that it was a great good book and the boys were hoping to read it after she told everyone the story. Then we looked everywhere and never saw it again. So this review is mostly from her eyes.<... | [] | 1338185705 | 1338185705 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,524,188,828,090 | 1 | false |
5 | A Charming Book | I really liked this book and it really reminded me of the main character from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She was wonderfully likeable and had your rooting for her. There were good facts about life during World War II and is a great piece of historical fiction. I especially like that it was not a polyannic story and b... | [] | 1501170066 | 1501170066 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,522,208,643,613 | 1 | false |
5 | An Intriguing Small Book for a Intriguing Small Country | This book has truly whetted my appetite for visiting Iceland. It is next on our list of countries to visit and this sets up dreams of hikes and strolls around this geologically stunning country. We have been looking at Ring Road packages so this is absolutely perfect for our itinerary and we are chomping at the bit to... | [] | 1786576546 | 1786576546 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,522,204,674,791 | 0 | false |
4 | Nice Little Book, My Fiancee had some Issues | This is a visually lovely book and I'm impressed that the author illustrated it with her own paintings. They are whimsical and fit the tone and the story seems magical with some bitter pieces of abuse. My fiancée believes that the stories of abuse as well as the elements where the main character is pining for Will ar... | [] | 1943848092 | 1943848092 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,522,164,438,673 | 0 | false |
4 | Great Idea, Decent Cookbook, but I think I'll need to expand beyond it's pages | A long time ago I had a book that helped you cook once every 30 days then have meals ready for the rest of the month. We did it for a while and it worked but that 30th day was completely taken up by shopping and cooking. When I saw this book I thought, once a week would be a great middle ground. And all in all I lik... | [] | 1465464867 | 1465464867 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,521,465,586,300 | 1 | false |
5 | Kids Loved It, Looking for Book Two | Our fifth grader loved this book. She is an avid reader of Warriors, Seekers and Bear Haven and she said this was as good or better than all of them. She read through the book rather quickly and breathlessly relayed the story to us. It is a coming of age story of a young lion with the powers of a spinner that can br... | [] | 1328707261 | 1328707261 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,520,988,255,210 | 1 | false |
5 | A Humorous Primer on Law | This book obviously hit a chord with our kids as the book was quickly handed down the line. Also it was apparently a quick, easy and engaging read because each of them finished it in a single day and once one of them had it, it did not leave their hands. Their consensus was that it was four out of five stars but I'm g... | [] | 1328799204 | 1328799204 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,520,984,536,560 | 0 | false |
5 | A Wonderfully Eclectic Collection of Inspiring Stories for Women (and Men too!) | This is a wonderful, inspiring and eclectic group of triumphant women's stories. There is a consistent theme of feminism in the stories but there is a whole spectrum of issues that needed to be overcome from autism, to poverty, to war, to lack of musical talent. I wish every girl (heck every boy too) got a chance to ... | [] | 1626728690 | 1626728690 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,520,120,375,140 | 4 | false |
5 | Charming and Magical, This is the Way Children's Books should be written. | I should point out that this book was for younger readers than our kids, but it was wonderfully charming and our youngest got through it quickly. It is like purely distilled childhood imagination with everyday items from umbrellas to bicycles becoming magical to wonderfully empathetic and helpful, almost magical pets.... | [] | 151073483X | 151073483X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,519,850,920,014 | 0 | false |
4 | A Fascinating Look into Wolf Pack and Their Emotional Capabilities | I have read a lot about wolves in my lifetime and watched the Dutcher's documentaries. My partner is an attorney who has long been involved in the fight to protect wolves, so I am pretty steeped in the lore for and against the wolf. This book is an interesting addition to our library. I loved getting some of the bac... | [] | 1426218869 | 1426218869 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,517,287,713,474 | 0 | false |
5 | Realistic and Believable Story | This is a nice little story and a very fast read. Equally delightful are the believable characters who inhabit this authentic story. There are a couple of things that I really loved about the story. First, it was interspersed with examples and explanation of the scientific process and second it took on a very serious... | [] | 1524715662 | 1524715662 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,517,286,779,820 | 0 | false |
4 | Intriguing Intro to Manga | I was using this as an entry into understanding Manga and to see if the kids would be interested. Perhaps in some ways this may not be the entry I was looking for. Mostly this is because Faust is a very Eurocentric story and I was looking more for a Japanesecentric book. That being said it is an experience for an Ame... | [] | 1632364808 | 1632364808 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,901,454,477 | 0 | false |
4 | A Great Journey and Adventure Through Grief | This book definitely grew on me. I can't put my finger on it, but for some reason I was not that happy with the book for the first 50 pages or so, but I was pulled through it. In part I think it was because it was so heart wrenching to see Lily go through some irrational hope and denial of her father's death. I could... | [] | 0544978005 | 0544978005 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,857,333,219 | 0 | false |
4 | A Charming Story with Disturbing Elements | In large part this is a warm and charming story of how wrongs can be made right. A girl from an abusive home makes a new friend and her life changes for the better. But I'm not sure I'd want a child to read about the abuse in the book, as I think it could be scary given the descriptions of physical and emotional abuse.... | [] | 1524717479 | 1524717479 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,856,626,071 | 0 | false |
4 | A Good but Not Great Read, Unevenly Paced | I was a little disappointed with this book after I saw the Oprah book club praised it as one of the top twenty books I'll read this year. which it might because I probably read about twenty five a year, but if it gets in the top twenty, it may be more on sample size rather than its own merits. It definitely was not a... | [] | 162097293X | 162097293X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,733,397,068 | 1 | false |
5 | A Great Adolescent Mystery | I have to admit that both my partner and I got to about page 80 and got bogged down in this book. It is plagued by constant references back to the first book that got a little old (Lots of "This felt very similar to last year when...") But I am really glad that I picked it back up after it sat on the bedside ... | [] | 054499146X | 054499146X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,632,379,146 | 1 | false |
5 | A Great Intro to the Wings of Fire World | Well, I see what all the fuss is about the Wings of Fire series. We have a house full of readers and a couple of the kids have read a book or two out of the series, but it has never taken hold in our household in the same way that many other series have. This was my introduction into this world and I have admit I am ... | [] | 0545942152 | 0545942152 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,211,227,030 | 0 | false |
5 | Beyond Headlines, Immersive in History and Culture | I have to admit that I did not start out liking this book much. I didn't find the writing overly compelling for the first half dozen chapters. But as I read, I appreciated this insight into the first Gulf War more and more. I am very much a current events and history buff with enough years under my belt to have exper... | [] | 054478507X | 054478507X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,516,210,069,833 | 1 | false |
5 | A Wonderfully Illustrated and Written Mystery, Entertaining and Educating | This is a very visually impressive and plot interesting graphic novel. I knew a little about Gaudi and Barcelona and this book has left me wanting to know more, much more. In fact we have looked into packages to Barcelona.<br /><br />Graphically this book is wonderful. It is wonderfully colored and illustrated in re... | [] | 1942367163 | 1942367163 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,513,625,316,336 | 0 | false |
4 | Very Well Designed and Illustrated Cookbook | This is the way that cookbooks should be, a beautiful picture for every recipe. For design, this is a fantastic book. Unfortunately, I didn't find as many inspiring meal ideas as I was hoping for. One of the biggest problems is that my partner and her kids are vegetarians, which is actually why I turn to a lot of coo... | [] | 0848755138 | 0848755138 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,513,266,711,835 | 1 | false |
4 | Kids Liked it Better Than We Did | Neither my partner or I came away from this book very satisfied with the ending. And both of us struggled to finish it. Reading the description, it sounded like a perfect book for our family, but I don't know. The biggest reason I am giving it four stars is that our one son who finished it said it's pretty good and ... | [] | 0545870747 | 0545870747 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,513,198,877,631 | 0 | false |
3 | It's Decent and has Value for Kids with a Good Deal of Scratch Experience, Good for Begginners too. | I like the theme and the material that is there. My oldest sone has been somewhat active with Scratch and he went through this book and basically recreated the jet pack game but using simplistic sprites to get the gaming controls down. Initially I scoffed at complaints that there should be downloadable sprites as I c... | [] | 1465464727 | 1465464727 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,511,819,558,624 | 2 | false |
4 | A Good Reference, Wish They Hadn't Cut Corners on Production | This is a great delivery of Rap history in little bite sized pieces. It kind of reads like a bathroom book with little bite sized nuggets of facts. You can pick up the book, read a few pages and put it down again, or you can flip through it enjoying the striking illustrations. Unfortunately it is a little strong on A... | [] | 0316430978 | 0316430978 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,510,414,091,739 | 0 | false |
4 | A Good Read for Animal Lovers | This was a quick read that I was able to finish on a single flight. We are huge fans of Because of Winn Dixie which this book was compared to. It was in the same vein as a basic feel good/Animal makes life better book. It was entertaining, but not quite as moving as Winn Dixie.<br /><br />We are looking forward to hav... | [] | 0399539077 | 0399539077 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,510,034,684,285 | 0 | false |
4 | A Great Overview of Life in the New Anthropocene | I heard an NPR discussion about the Anthropocene recently and was amazed at the controversy surrounding the terminology. I was especially intrigued that the rather unglamorous geologists find themselves as the key holders to confirm or deny that we are in a new era. So, I was excited to see this book, not fully under... | [] | 1421423006 | 1421423006 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,507,837,796,979 | 0 | false |
5 | A Wonderfully Educational Travel Memoir | I really liked this book, it kind of seems like a refined version of Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods," where rather than Bryson being a light hiking enthusiast tackling the Appalacian trail, Shoumatoff is a well traveled professional naturalist traveling the endangered Bornean Rainforest. And where Bryson took a... | [] | 0807078247 | 0807078247 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,507,836,843,936 | 0 | false |
4 | A Decent Story with a Wonderfully, if Sadly, Developed Hero | I love reading books that can help me get into someone else's mind and experiences. I enjoyed getting a sense of what OCD is like from this book. I have to admit it took me a while to get into this book, which is a little strange because looking back I feel like the writing was good, perhaps a little less action in t... | [] | 1338053922 | 1338053922 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,507,823,923,263 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Suspensful Book that Kept the Pages Turning | I really liked this story. I read a lot of books that I can share with my kids and I'm looking forward to them reading this book.<br /><br />The story was very engaging and I love the tension created as the lead character Ada tries to hide her special gift from a world that opposes her. The author does a great job of ... | [] | 1328707334 | 1328707334 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,506,528,244,579 | 1 | false |
4 | A Decent Story about an Adolescent Finding Her Way | This is a nice fast read with good character development. Long term it may not be a well remembered book, but it did read well and takes the reader along. It is a pretty typical story of a adolescent trying to find her place in the world, but there were a lot of nice details that made it well worth reading. It is defi... | [] | 0316236675 | 0316236675 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,505,271,844,888 | 0 | false |
5 | This is how Cookbooks should look | Pay attention cook book publishers, this is how you make a cook book! A mouth watering photo with every recipe. I cannot envision a finished dish from a ingredient list. I'm guessing that if I could, I would not need a cookbook. And we live in an era when food photography is at a pinnacle of its art, so bring it on. ... | [] | 084875512X | 084875512X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,505,271,213,748 | 0 | false |
5 | Beautiful and Poignant | When I went to start this review, I felt like poignant was the exact word because I thought it meant strongly and frankly to the point of a topic. When I looked it up on dictionary.com there were three meanings; 1 keenly distressing to the feelings 2 keen or strong in mental appeal 3. affecting or moving the emotions.... | [] | 1941302416 | 1941302416 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,504,730,664,106 | 3 | false |
5 | A Sweet Little Story, Wish These were out a few years ago | This is a nice little story and life lesson about friendships and how they can come and go over the years. It is pretty straightforward and somewhat milquetoast story, but it is sweet and earnest. We generally read graphic novels for their quirkiness and strange twists, but this is more of a Hallmark Special type sto... | [] | 1683370104 | 1683370104 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,504,705,641,228 | 1 | false |
5 | The Kids Devoured This Book | The kids nabbed this book from me before I could finish more than a dozen pages. But I had read enough to know that this was a clean easy read that most kids can devour quickly which is great for tween readers. The two kids that did finish it both finished it in less than a day and both said they would give it five s... | [] | 1481456814 | 1481456814 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,503,979,141,588 | 0 | false |
5 | Poignant, Moving...An Opening to the World of Wolves and Those Who've Come to Love Them | My partner has been a pretty key member of the fight to end the wolf hunt in the Midwest, and by coincidence I received this and read it while she was in Yellowstone at a Carnivore Conservation retreat. In a way I felt closer to her, in another, bigger way, I was jealous. But I don't think I could have found a better r... | [] | 1101902787 | 1101902787 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,503,978,451,106 | 3 | false |
5 | Wonderful Graphic Novel of High School Angst | I'm actually a little at a loss to know what to say about this book. It is wonderfully quirky, filled with unexpected and unpredictable twists. I love that the main characters head is not attached to his shoulders but just in a loose orbit and drifts off to explore the universe or removed and given a full headed swhir... | [] | 1910620335 | 1910620335 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,503,713,685,855 | 0 | false |
5 | The Best in a Wonderfully Quirky and Enjoyable Series | This is my favorite Hilda story. I love the quirkiness of the series in general but I think this is the most cohesive story with the greatest little quaintnesses. I love the world where trolls fairies and nisses fit in so naturally even when they are not driving the story. The illustrations are fantastic and Hilda's... | [] | 1909263184 | 1909263184 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,503,678,771,569 | 0 | false |
5 | OMG, Bring on the Next Book Soon!!! | This book is storytelling at it's best! It pulls you through the book with suspense, action, and great readability and illustrations that left me wishing for so many more. I can't praise it enough as a young reader book with all the hallmarks of a classic. We have a range of kids, but I think the 9 through 12 year ol... | [] | 1328695824 | 1328695824 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,503,511,845,858 | 0 | false |
4 | Kids Really Liked It, Hope It Will be a New Series | I didn't get a chance to read this before the kids grabbed it and ran with it. I haven't seen it since, but two of our kids have read it and said that it is pretty good. For me, any book that gets a kid to read it pretty good, one that gets passed to other kids as a recommendation is even better. We spoke about it ove... | [] | 1101933127 | 1101933127 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,502,934,798,818 | 1 | false |
5 | Beautifully Illustrated, Quirky Mythology | This is a beautifully stylized graphic novel that plays out like a tribal creation story. I really appreciate the surreal feel that it creates from the start where it goes through the genesis of our solar system with a love story between earth and the sun. It is wonderfully odd and quirky and pulls you through the sto... | [] | 1910620297 | 1910620297 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,501,940,076,103 | 0 | false |
4 | Kids Enjoyed it | I have to admit that I had problems getting into this book and eventually gave up. The writing seemed rather juvenile mixed with some four letter words so that I was not sure who this book was meant for. But my partners daughter picked it up and read through it and said that it was pretty good and definitely deserved... | [] | 0375413960 | 0375413960 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,501,939,702,388 | 1 | false |
5 | Wow, A Very Human and Genuine Tale | I have read so many tales of overcoming bullying or other woes off the reptilian middle school brain. It is a somewhat clichéd genre and I have to say I've grown tired of it and I'm glad that my oldest kids are not getting into the Vonneguts and Crichton's so I am getting a break from these, but this book had a ... | [] | 0316363189 | 0316363189 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,496,885,539,000 | 2 | false |
5 | A Must Read for our Times | The very first Graphic Novel that I read was Joe Sacco's Palestine. It was suggested to me and I was a little jaded about reading a "comic book." But I was struck about how moving it was. Something about that delivery made it a personally involving and moving. It made Joe's experiences in Palestine seem inti... | [] | 1786631733 | 1786631733 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,494,864,165,000 | 4 | false |
5 | Wonderfully Illustrated Little Tale | I had to go back and fourth between four and five stars because I didn't think the ending of the story lived up to the uniqueness and quirkiness of the first half, but I had to go with five because of the wonderfully playful and satisfying illustrations. The images are stylized and almost sepia which gave it a sense o... | [] | 0544528603 | 0544528603 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,494,084,365,000 | 2 | false |
3 | Valuable Information, Just a Little out of the Wheelhouse of my Interests | I have to admit it took some effort to get into this book, and I never felt completely engaged despite what I do believe is an important message. It reads something like a socioeconomic manifesto, which is again is good in that it's arguments are valid, but I guess my interests are less in the sociological side of envi... | [] | 1509503781 | 1509503781 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,493,997,085,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Short, Cute, A Little Racy | This was a really cute book that reminded me a bit of Sergio Argones from Mad. It is a very short read with simple but satisfying illustrations. There are some interesting twists and some edginess. Unfortunately, there are a couple of pointed swear words that prevent this from being child friendly. But all in all this... | [] | 190770468X | 190770468X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,493,601,279,000 | 0 | false |
5 | More Ridiculous Fun From the Night Brigade | I am a huge naturalist so I often wince at the biogeographical errors in these books, but I love them for what they have done for our kids. The series is a little cornball but delightfully, but questionably educational. I have heard my kids talk about Tuataras and Pangolins as well as research Aye Ayes when they foun... | [] | 1944020055 | 1944020055 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,492,834,819,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Bright, Edgy, But just OK | I love the bright colors of this book. It is flashy and would appeal to any child, except that it is anything but a children's book. It has a lot of adult themes from abortion to drug addiction so it is definitely for a mature audience. The author doesn't go over the top, but he definitely skirts the edge of tact. Th... | [] | 1907704507 | 1907704507 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,490,890,305,000 | 2 | false |
5 | A Great Adventure | We were planning a trip to the Amazon when I got a chance to get an advance reader copy of this. I jumped at the chance and was shocked at the gripping intro chapter that introduces you to the author and her husband, starving and stranded on a waterlogged raft in a fetid backwater swamp. Page one and I was hooked.<br... | [] | 0525432779 | 0525432779 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,490,801,826,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Good Start to a New Series, Looking Forward to the Rest | Most of my family has read the Pretties series by Westerfeld, although I have not. But I was looking forward to reading something by him, so was glad to get an advanced reading copy of this book. I quickly understood the appeal.<br /><br />This book is well crafted and does a wonderful job of trading out the narrator... | [] | 0545916771 | 0545916771 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,489,595,081,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Would be great in Classrooms for Poetry Units | This was an interesting book although not going to be a family classic. The poetry was ok, as was the story. Straightforward, uncomplicated and not overly literary. It is a quick read and although I did not find it to be the best, I do think this would make an absolutely wonderful intro to poetry writing. Each poem... | [] | 0544638735 | 0544638735 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,489,427,331,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A Surprisingly Likeable Comic, Great Character Development | Hmm, I read through the story and I'm not sure what to say about it. It is profane...the effenheimers fly and it sets up a rather heretical relationship between a character who is the devil and another that is referred to as Jesus... And yet in the end, the story has you feeling very empathetically toward a devil char... | [] | 1907704248 | 1907704248 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,484,697,420,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Decent, a Little Formulaic | I have to admit that I am not the biggest fan of this genre, but my kids have consumed the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate series, so I was interested in seeing if this is another good series for them. It is a quick read and I burned through it in an evening. The humor is standard to the genre, a little sarcastic, p... | [] | 0553523511 | 0553523511 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,484,323,618,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A delightful modern folk tale | This is a delightfully original and quirky story. We love graphic novels and I used them to start my kids on a lifetime of reading and we still go back to them because they are usually wonderfully original. The Hilda series has been no different since we discovered it. Hilda is a great role model of curiosity, openne... | [] | 191117102X | 191117102X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,484,323,084,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Engaging Read, Like a Less Dark Lord of the Rings | I really liked this book and look forward to having our kids read it. I have to admit as the book went on, I became rather concerned that it was a complete rip off of The Lord of the Flies, but the author steers the book in a much different, and less dark direction. The suspense was great and real, the characters wer... | [] | 1338053841 | 1338053841 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,483,468,621,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A Good, Broad Overlook of Sustainability In Web Design | I have been out of the Web Design thing for a while and was just starting up on a new personal project related to sustainability so this book looked perfect. For me, I am just putting together a site to be hosted elsewhere and this book goes pretty broad in its sustainability. So I found reading about considerations f... | [] | 1491935774 | 1491935774 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,480,352,653,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Tutorial/Reference for the Next Level of Building | I have a fifteen year old Lego maniac who is quickly graduating out of the standard sets. We have been moving into power functions and expert sets and lots of MOC's. This book appears to be opening some of the next steps up. First, he has not been a big fan of the Technics line, but a couple of recent sets and this ... | [] | 1593277601 | 1593277601 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,479,235,718,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Fast Paced, Easy Reading of Girlhood Struggles | This was our first encounter with Manga and we were very curious about it. The most we knew about the genre was that it was read back to front, and it took a little time to master the left to right reading through the panels but it flowed well. It is a quick read but it may have missed the mark for us. This was obvi... | [] | 1632363739 | 1632363739 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,479,227,726,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Introduction to the World of Hilda | This was a great instroduction to the Hilda series. Partially because I don't even think it is the strongest in the series. I really liked the Bird Parade. Our kids were interested enough in the book to be excited when they found Bird Parade at the library and now they are on a quest to track them all down. The stori... | [] | 1909263176 | 1909263176 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,479,138,694,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Decent Dystopic Graphic Novel | I got this for my kids to read and was a little taken back by a little bit of graphic violence and swearing (head shots and F'enheimers.) The story is decent, a little Matrix and a little Oceans 11. The story is dark, violent and has some decent twists. It held the attention of my 15 year old, but to be truthful it w... | [] | 1910620122 | 1910620122 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,478,542,791,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Heavy book for juvenile lit | This book was a little confusing, it definitely has a young reading level, but it has a darker story line that I would not associate with a children's book. I'm not exactly sure who it is written for, the themes of war and loss are rather strong here and may not be great for younger readers. Also, I found the ending a... | [] | 1101939753 | 1101939753 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,478,189,545,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Holy Moly Bat Man, This is a amazing Book | I was stunned by the quality and the content of this book. It is dense with beautiful comic art from the DC World. I have to admit, neither I nor my boys are diehard fans of DC comics, but we have definite read our share of them. So many of these characters were old friends, but many were new to us since they dated ... | [] | 1465453571 | 1465453571 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,478,106,215,000 | 1 | false |
4 | A Quirky Little Story about Little Heroes | I did not get a chance to read this book as it has been passed between two of our kids, but they said it was pretty good. I know the first kid to read it did not seem fully engaged but the second one got through the book rather quickly, being prodded on to read it but our youngest. I appreciate any book that gets read... | [] | 0544636201 | 0544636201 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,475,605,279,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Dense, Academic Rather than Practical | Take the word Revolution seriously. This book does rail against the current system and promotes a solution against Big Ag. It is informative and lets say passionately delivered.<br /><br />Personally I was looking for some pragmatic solutions to help on the small scale, getting urban chickens, think local ingredients... | [] | 1623170001 | 1623170001 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,474,648,595,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A wonderfully written, sometimes slower paced, but always engaging Story | I truly liked this book. In fact, I lost it for a couple of weeks and it really bothered me as I wanted to see where the book was going. The Characters were good, the main character was authentic and the science was plausibly believable. The writing was very good for a juvenile fiction which my family and I read a l... | [] | 0399551492 | 0399551492 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,474,505,896,000 | 0 | false |
4 | A Good but not Overwhelming Graphic Novel | This was definitely an OK graphic novel. I like that it has historic facts and I like that it's connected to the Smithsonian, in fact these two facts made me expect to absolutely love this series. I wish I could say that I loved it, but the best I can say was that it was good. It captured the kids attention for the t... | [] | 158834567X | 158834567X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,474,505,296,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Another young reader winner in this series | We've read a couple of others in this series and they have been enjoyable reads. But I think the kids are starting to age out of them. They are very simple stories, and as our eight year old said after finishing this, they always make big deals out of small problems. Which is basically the whole crux of the series. But... | [] | 0544815548 | 0544815548 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,473,922,859,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Engrossed our 9 year old | I got this book to read with my girlfriends daughter. My oldest son went through Lasky's Ga'Houle series so I had good expectations. This book appears to be at the same caliber as she read through the book quickly and adamantly said this book earns an easy four out of five stars. She liked the spunky heroine and espe... | [] | 0553498916 | 0553498916 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,473,351,573,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Satisfying Little Story Filled With the History of Key West | I ended up really liking this book and plan on getting the other books by Jennifer Holm. It is not a huge or complicated story, but it has such a satisfying growth in the main character. I found it impossible to not root for him as he makes his way through depression era Key West.<br /><br />Another thing I really li... | [] | 0553510363 | 0553510363 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,473,182,374,000 | 3 | false |
5 | A wonderful coming of age story | Was thinking this was more of a graphic novel but it is more of a funkily illustrated coming of age book. The setting is wonderfully exotic for us as it is set in a tiny and rundown Nova Scotia fishing town. This is as alien to us as it was for the main character who also came from a more urban home to live the rough ... | [] | 1935179926 | 1935179926 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,472,580,061,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Just what I was looking for | I have played with creating iOS apps and was looking for an entry into the iWatch. I love this easy to walk through tutorial guide. It does have some entry level introduction to the watch but it is not for the novice, you will want some knowledge coding. I like that it is also not insulting like some for dummies books,... | [] | 168050133X | 168050133X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,471,609,487,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Great personal travel stories from the best of story tellers | This is a strangely varied book for such a narrow topic. The chapters/stories are short and digestible and I found that each has a gem of a concept and an authenticity to it. Some seemed rough and less orderly than fiction, others were polished but all were worthwhile. At the very least my list of desired destinations ... | [] | 1743607490 | 1743607490 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,471,521,458,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Kids Loved It, Hope It's the Start of a New Series for Them | I think I would have given this book four stars, but I have been advised that it is easily five and my kids that ripped through it have both asked when the next installment is coming out. So I guess that truly deserves five. It is well written and the action is actually pretty gripping. The story line was strong and ... | [] | 1101932538 | 1101932538 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,470,234,462,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A delightfully bizarre sequel for this ridiculous team | Our family has looked forward to this ridiculous, bio geographically challenged sequel. The first book was passed through our kids, then was reread at least once. It also started a nearly nonstop campaign to get a pet sugar glider.<br /><br />This book repeats the ridiculousness with a thread thin take on a serious iss... | [] | 1944020039 | 1944020039 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,469,898,138,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A lot deeper than I was hoping to get into the subject | This is a posthumous book from a German academic. It is dense, pedantic and rich in mind challenging philosophy. Basically everything I was not looking for in this book. I was looking for a far more mainstream book describing the changes of our world through climate change. I slogged through the first 30% of the boo... | [] | 0745690211 | 0745690211 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,469,644,883,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Wonderful World of Secrets in a Stark Setting | I feel like I am coming into Trenton Lee Stewart books through the back door. I have seen his Mysterious Benedict Society book and others for years but never picked one up. That is going to change after reading this book, I am won over. I live in a household of heavy juvenile lit reader from 8 to 48 and we share book... | [] | 0316389552 | 0316389552 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,468,950,594,000 | 8 | false |
4 | Keep YouTube close so you can immediately listen to what you are reading about | I have heard the name Pete Seeger a lot, especially with his recent passing, but I didn't know much about him. I was glad to see this book that promised a quick read to learn what I needed to know. So I sat down with this and YouTube and listened to the music as it came up in the book. It really needed the sounds to ma... | [] | 054733012X | 054733012X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,468,877,437,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Great Tribute to Cecil | OK, being from Minnesota, I was hoping to see the dentist that shot Cecil hung out to dry. This book probably wisely does not delve into who killed Cecil but sticks to Cecil's story. The killing was all over the news, but the anectdotal life of Cecil was not and this brings that to life. It is the story behind the h... | [] | 1338034456 | 1338034456 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,467,993,296,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Kept a Young Reader Rapt for a few days. | I like to read children's books with my kids and step kids. I like finding out what they like and finding matches to keep them reading. I have still not been able to get this book into my hands to read myself but it was a success with the first reader who usually devours books. I was a little disappointed when it di... | [] | 1481444808 | 1481444808 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,467,740,985,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Refreshing, Laugh at its Genre Book. Delightful. | Wow, I loved this book. And I love it for one huge reason - It takes a very formulaic storyline and breaks down the genre. There are so many Harry Potter/Percy Jackson series out there. Child doesn't fit in, child finds they have special powers, child finds there is an entire new world and a school to go to, Child ov... | [] | 0316305286 | 0316305286 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,467,740,328,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Well Crafted and Developed Story, Forgive a Little Olde English | This is an interesting tale in a well crafted fantasy world. I love the representation of magic as a vague mix of bit of science, psychology and unexplained powers. It is definitely present yet mystical and often imprecisely controlled, and not in the clichéd irony that books often take with magic, but more of a loos... | [] | 0544301803 | 0544301803 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,467,308,354,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Cute Little Mystery | We liked this book. It is a quick read, narrated by the title character and filled with juvenile digressions and social jokes and traumas. I got through the book in less than and hour and probably shorter for the two kids who read it in our house. I did over hear chuckles so it's humor does seem to strike a chord.<b... | [] | 0544506723 | 0544506723 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,466,531,783,000 | 1 | false |
4 | Super Fast Read, Interesting Facts | This was a nice little graphical introduction to Chinese history. It did a lot to tie together my disparate knowledge of China. It finally makes sense where the wall is (in part it traces the border of the well watered lands.) and the terra cotta army and Confucius now have a context in Chinese history.<br /><br />The ... | [] | 1611720273 | 1611720273 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,466,264,299,000 | 1 | false |
5 | Gorgeously Illustrated with a Wonderfully Stylized Mystical World | Absolutely Beautiful.<br /><br />Anne Szabla has created an stunningly stylized and rich world for this comic. Seeming to borrow mythic imagery from Northwest native cultures, she builds a beautiful world filled with mystery and mystique. Her depiction of animals as automatons created from organic sticks, stones, fur,... | [] | 1616559306 | 1616559306 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,466,001,525,000 | 0 | false |
4 | Beautifully designed, quick simplistic facts | Definitely a light, high level view of US history with a highly illustrated style. It is aimed at a young audience and filled with quick engaging facts. I was married to a history teacher for 16 years so I have learned to be wary of quick, breezy facts and the most egregious thing I could see was that for state wildlif... | [] | 1618931490 | 1618931490 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,465,707,004,000 | 0 | false |
5 | A Bill Brysonesque Look at Camping. | I drug this copy through Yosemite, Northern Wisconsin and finally it came out dog eared and slightly expanded with moisture from the tent in Forestville State Park in southern Minnesota. It could not have been a more timely book but I think I would have liked it any time of the year. I read snippets out loud on the pl... | [] | 1627791957 | 1627791957 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,464,818,468,000 | 4 | false |
3 | Good Facts, | This has turned out to be a rather slow slog of a book. I had high expectations since I am one of the few people who would be more interested in the park policy more than the glitzy excitement of the bear attack.<br /><br />Word for word, the writing is not bad, but I have never felt engaged to help pull me through the... | [] | 0307454266 | 0307454266 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,462,635,908,000 | 1 | false |
5 | A Great Memoir of Father Watching a Daugther Find her Way | There is an old saying I read somewhere that says we read to find that we are not alone. That is totally what I felt when I was reading this book. You might need to know that this is not just a story of survival in the wilderness, but more of a story of watching a child grow and find her own way and the story of a Fath... | [] | 0307461246 | 0307461246 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,461,011,262,000 | 1 | false |
4 | A Decent Book but I was Left Wanting More Resolution | Perhaps my expectations were set too high for this book, but I found it to be a little bit of a let down. I do appreciate how the author handled both the transgender and bipolar worlds, but I felt a little let down by the climax. For much of the book the dilemna was whether Lily would get her hormone replacement treat... | [] | 0553536745 | 0553536745 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,460,518,627,000 | 3 | false |
5 | I really liked this book kind of to my surprise | I really liked this book kind of to my surprise. My partner is an animals right attorney and I have to admit I got it more for her than me. But I was totally drawn into the story. Or perhaps more precisely I was drawn into the history. The author does a great job of setting the time period through her writing and espec... | [] | 054465031X | 054465031X | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,460,326,361,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Perfect Blend of Because of Wynn Dixie and Fault In Our Stars | If you took two of my favorite books, Because of Wynn Dixie and The Fault with Our Stars, and blended them together, you would get this book. In fact, at times I was questioning the authors originality. The book really does read that way, but be clear that I'm not claiming plagiarism.<br /><br />The writing reads well.... | [] | 0803738161 | 0803738161 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,460,324,938,000 | 1 | false |
4 | A Very Broad Look At Sausages,even Vegetarian Options | It's hard not to give this book five stars except that it doesn't have a photo for each sausage. Call it lack of vision if you like but I can't get into a recipe if it doesn't have a mouth watering photo. There is a color section of photos in the middle for a number of them and the photos are perfect, just with there w... | [] | 0778805352 | 0778805352 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,460,324,057,000 | 2 | false |
4 | Ridiculous Book But Kids Liked It | I actually like books with random ridiculous components. In this case it is kidnapping crocs who inprison various nocturnal animals for there subterranean sports. The premise is a little out there...<br /><br />But I will always love a book that gets kids to read and it did do that. We have recently been talking a lot ... | [] | 1944020004 | 1944020004 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,458,756,399,000 | 3 | false |
5 | Another decent series to hopefully keep my kids as life long readers and learners | First, the reason for an undoubtable five stars is that that one of my kids inhaled this book and said it was better than Rick Riordan. I just finished the book and I have to say that I didn't find the book better than Riordan, but I found it a very decent example of the genre. Any time we find another way to get a c... | [] | 0553539590 | 0553539590 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,457,554,919,000 | 2 | false |
5 | Great Information, Great Read | This book hits right in the wheelhouse of what I like to read, somewhat in depth academic books that are written for the general public. It gets deeper than most non-animal lovers would want to get, but it is full of facts for those like me.<br /><br />The book actually started kind of poorly for me. The introduction... | [] | 1594205213 | 1594205213 | AGLQQCIS5V6EGUCS5SSNHWZHQM6Q | 1,456,414,456,000 | 1 | false |
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