Archive for May, 2010

I am very happy with my Hoover SteamVac! It has done a great job on my carpet and I am so glad that I bought it through Amazon because they had a low price. It was delivered very quickly and easy to put together. I have had a little problem turning it on with my foot–peddle you must press down on at the bottom of machine–sometimes it works and sometimes it will not press down, so I use my hand. I have two dogs and light carpet so it did a great job and my carpets look like new!
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Artemis Fowl is truly a book that would make you sit on your behinds and some more. If you read the book try not to blink! This book would prevent you from reading any other books at the same time. The magical adventure will blast you out of this world!!!

This story takes place in three different areas. The areas include Ho Chi Minh City, Artemis’s house, and an underground city where goblins, fairies, and other magical creatures lurk.

Young Artemis Fowl II tried to keep his family fortune by stealing a fairy LEPrecon cop (which was part of an underground magical police). He then realized that the allied LEPrecon fairies would plant a bomb that could vaporize the family and the guards. At the end, well I don’t want to spoil you with that right? But I will tell you that he gives the stolen fairy stolen gold to make a wish so he could survive the bomb. Artemis was a brilliant twelve year old and took secret classes that gave him enough intelligence to get prepared for fairy spells, goblin herds, magical bombs, and etcetera.

When I read this book it made me realize that selfishness won’t take you far in life. In the end you would regret everything you obtained. Like if you become selfish and became wealthy you would not want the money!!! Never become selfish in life your life would be meaningful.

By: Eoin Colfer
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Since I have never been to Jimmy Buffett concert I found it great fun to see him perform live all of these songs that I know by heart. I prefer the older Jimmy to the younger, but it was still interesting to see some of the earlier works. But I also found the notes great as he explains why he choose the particular live version of each song.
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What an amazing book. The book club I attend had chosen this after all the great reviews and I wasn’t disappointed. It is one of those books that you just can’t put down, I purchased it for my Kindle and couldn’t stop reading – in fact I had to stop last night around midnight when I realised what the time was! It tells the story of 1960’s America in the south from the point of view of 3 completely different women, two of whom were the hired help. It was very moving and well written. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was because I thought the ending was a little abrupt and left a few questions unanswered. Go out an buy this book, you won’t regret it!
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Water for Elephants amazed me. It was not at all what I expected. I knew it was about a circus, and obviously for the title, an elephant was involved. What I was not prepared for however, was the cruelty it showed. And I don’t doubt for a minute, that even though this was fiction, that these atrocities didn’t happen in real circuses.

We are introduced to a death in the prologue. While it is fuzzy and hard to tell who’s who, we are witnesses to a scene that the narrator, Jacob, has viewed and never forgotten. Mayhem abounds as we discover that the menagerie of a circus is on the stampede.

We are then reintroduced to Jacob, many years later, as he is a resident at a nursing home. He is ninety three, or ninety one, he can’t keep it straight and a circus is in town and being set up within sight of the nursing home. This causes him to reminisce about his time spent with the Benzini Brothers circus.

As a runaway college student, after the death of his parents, he finds himself hopping a train that turns out to be part of the circus train. There, instead of being thrown off, he is taken in by an older man named Camel who secures him a job with the circus mucking stalls, which later turns into a position as the circus’s veterinarian.

He falls in love with Marlena, the wife of his schizophrenic boss August. While he keeps his love hidden, August, dangerous and unpredictable makes life tough for Jacob in the circus while in his better moments is a best friend to him.

He also makes the acquaintance of Walter, a dwarf clown whom he bunks with and together they help Camel in his time of need. He also makes an unlikely friend in Rosie, an elephant picked up from another failing circus whom he feels a bond with and devastation at her treatment from the cruel August.

Throughout the book it cuts back and forth from Jacob at the nursing home, to his reminisces of the circus and its happenings. One of the ending chapters recaps the prologue, only with more detail.

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Artemis Fowl is a 12 year old genius but he doens’t use his brights for things that you my think he’s criminal master mind. Artemis’s plan is to combine human greed with fariy magic something know one has done before.

I like how Eoin Collfer brings the fariy world to life with his descriptive words and magical imagination. My favorite part of the book is how he ends the story it’s a great ending you have to read it.

But he could have standed to write shorter chapters they were extremly long and that I did not like but other then that it was a great storyand you should read it!

Kyle

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I loved this book & frankly, I would give it 10 stars. It was so refreshing to read a book of fiction after reading so many true life crimes. I loved the brilliance of creating a love story between a vampire & a young teenage girl. Quite clever also to have devised a way to write about vampires without the usual repertoire of fangs & forced to sleep in coffins during daylight hours. Of course, the shiny diamond like look that ensures they’re a vampire is abit over the top, but it all worked in this fun, exciting & wonderful love story. I realize this was written most certainly for young adults but I believe it works for any age group, young or old.

I loved the movie as well & actually watched it 3 times when ordinarily I watch movies once. My favorite scene in the movie is when the Cullen clan & Bella are playing baseball to the song “Massive Black Hole” by Muse. I love it when the 3 “bad” vampires are walking across the field! What a sight & that song works so beautifully with the scenes that follow. This was my start to reading the rest of the series back to back, which if you read the first one, you really have to read them all! Sheer pleasure & offered such a new variety of reading material. Everything worked in this book & I wish it had been written when I was a teenager!
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The cable arrived quickly and in a small package which was able to be place in my mailbox.
Quality of the cable as to it’s construction did not seem as high as those cables you see
sold in stores for $40 plus, but was still of a good quality, especially for the price. I
did like the fact the the plug was not overly thick which made it much easlier to plug in
to those tight spaces some tv’s seem to have. A good value for the buck.

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I have been using MS Office Products since they came out. This latest version is completely new in terms of menu options, short cuts, and functions available via the menu bars. I had to upgrade and I am relearning from the beginning (almost) how to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. I would not recommend upgrading to this product. Plan on many many hours of learning if you do upgrade.
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Yup. This holder does the job. But not really needed as units such as the 765 etc can nicely mount on the window of the car. Otherwise, this holder does an excellent job. I recommend it.

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