Epinions Recent Reviews for Medley

Unsurprising but pleasant

Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:23:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Medley - The Metaphysical Touch could only have been written this decade. In its combination of metaphysical relationships (i.e. online relationships) and introspection on the part of its characters, this is definitely a 90's kind of book. I liked it. I didn't...

A Total Binge-Read

Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:37:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Medley - I plowed through Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. I couldn't wait to see where he'd go next, and if I didn't completely follow a plot thread, usually I'd just keep reading assuming I'd figure it out eventually. I usually did.

First, a brief...

A fascinating life

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 19:58:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Medley - American writer/journalist Emily Hahn has an amazing life story. Born in 1905, during the course of her life it seems she broke just about every mold. In college, she was the first female mining engineer at the University of Wisconsin. She drove across...

Put on the "golden straightjacket"

Sun, 17 Oct 1999 14:33:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Medley - Remember taking the SATs and GREs way back when? Remember how on the vocabulary sections they’d tell you to go with the ‘feel’ of the word if you weren’t sure what the exact definition was? You were supposed to ask yourself: “is this a positive word or a...