© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Ravenskya Recent reviews written by member Ravenskya en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_462680198788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - This is the second book by this author that I have read, and I have to admit… that he really doesn’t draw me in. Sure the writing was fine, there is sex, violence and little green scaly critters romping about… but I have the hardest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462680198788 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:00:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462680198788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462680002180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Poor cover art may turn many away from this book… a poor synopsis on the back will discourage many more. In fact, the synopsis on the back is completely irrelevant to the book – the phone call mentioned does occur… however it has no... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462680002180 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:53:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462680002180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462679805572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Lovecraft is a special writer, capable of twisting the mind of the reader in ways that all of the visual horror we are forever shown in this day and age can never accomplish. What WAS the thing at the bottom of the pit? What was it that the good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462679805572 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:51:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462679805572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462679543428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Gord Rollo's Second novel is in my humble opinion, far superior to his first. Where Jigsaw Man was an interesting new take on the Mad Scientist tale, Crimson is much closer to the "small band of kids take on monster who lives in their small town" tale... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462679543428 Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:48:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462679543428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459762273924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Traumatized is a short story book containing 15 tales of horror, and nothing else. The reader is saved from reading an introduction, any sales pitch for additional books, or even author information. The tales contained within the book range from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459762273924 Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:41:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459762273924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459446324868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - I read this book last year, and just finished listening to the Audiobook (Read by Nigel Planer) with my children. "Interesting Times" is the fifth book in the Rincewind series, in case you want to read them in order here they are:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459446324868 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:04:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459446324868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459078143620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - I had ordered this book long ago when on a whim I was determined to get all of Gaiman's books.  I noticed that it was a childrens book so I mentally filed it away.  When I saw the advertisements for the movie... I knew that with a 7 year old I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459078143620 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:11:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459078143620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457758314116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - So far this is my favorite Hawthorn novel, although to say that is deceiving.  I have only read “The House of the Seven Gables” and “The Scarlet Letter” which I loathed… even seeing the cover of the “Scarlet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457758314116 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:56:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457758314116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457450884740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - I'd heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh over and over again from history classes, to the use of it to confirm events in the Bible, but had never bothered to read it before. Perhaps it is the word "Epic" in the title that had conjured up mental images of a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457450884740 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:42:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457450884740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456892059268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - So the world has split between the religious fanatics and the non-religious science driven atheists.  Separated by a large electrified wall and an even larger moral gap… there is no crossing between Appalachia and “the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456892059268 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:19:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456892059268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456524205700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Across the internet I've seen this book rated both 1 to 5 stars... people have loved it, people have loathed it, people have called it the next step in horror, people have called it literary torture porn... so of course with all of the varied reviews, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456524205700 Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:38:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456524205700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456523943556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - So I started and finished my first book of 2009, and it looks like this is going to be a good year. Jake's Wake is a fun filled horror fest of zombie-riffic magnitude. Short Synopsis - Jake is a Jerk... see how close the words are? Jake is scum... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456523943556 Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:32:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456523943556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455639076484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - This is my first venture into the world of Maynard and Sims, so I don’t know if this is part of a series or not.  The little blurb under the title of “A Department 18 Novel” implies to me that there are more novels (or intended... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455639076484 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:55:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455639076484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455289966212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Many have likened this novel to King’s “Firestarter” and it is very easy to see why.  We have a little girl, with unimaginable power, an evil institution trying to bend and wield her power and an unlikely hero trying to save the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455289966212 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:17:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455289966212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454979849860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Nate Morrissey has hidden from his life and his past in the millions of people in NYC. Now a high profile lawyer, Nate has been asked to take up a new case. This case will lead him back to his hometown of Mount Kelven, a sleepy town he has avoided for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454979849860 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:44:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454979849860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453879041668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - <a>Yes, Dickens was paid by the word when writing this. Yes, this is a big book Yes, if you were forced to read it in school, you probably hated Yes, if you read it on your own at or after age 25… you probably loved it. I for one,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453879041668 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:02:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453879041668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453783031428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - A short summary for those of you who are unaware:  In the late 60’s a psych ward takes on a new patient by the name of R.P. McMurphy, up until this point the ward has been run with an iron fist by Nurse Ratched aka “Big... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453783031428 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:23:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453783031428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453601824388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - What do you do when you wake up in a diner in the middle of nowhere with no recollection of how you arrived? Your vehicle isn't outside and you feel a strange complacency and willingness to just sit there and zone out... when you suddenly notice that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453601824388 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:37:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453601824388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_453601627780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Boo to whoever wrote the synopsis on the back of this book, and Boo to Richard Laymon for what this book turned into. This book is sold as a vampire novel... it's not, in fact the "vampire" has metal fangs and spends 90% of the book in the trunk of a car... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~453601627780 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:35:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_453601627780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451899068036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - I will admit, that over the last few years I have grown away from the fantasy genre, so this book sat in my "to be read" pile a bit longer than it should have. However once I opened it up, I was thrilled with the story. What we have here is a very well... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451899068036 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:25:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451899068036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451898805892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - This is Laymon's most recent re-release (as of Nov 08). This feature story is shorter than most standard Leisure books, coming in at about 266 pages. The rest of the book is a teaser for "Dark Mountain" which is being re-released in March of 2009. I am... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451898805892 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:16:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451898805892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451370651268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - I’ll be honest; I wasn’t exactly excited to read a book about Firefighting in the California wilderness… I’m not firefighter material, and I’m a strictly East Coast resident… though when I lived in FL it seemed liked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451370651268 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:10:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451370651268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445755985540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - My husband has been in construction for ages, he's a carpenter and we have recently started a construction company. He needed a few new tools for the hotel he's currently building so this saw was one of a few purchases we made from Amazon. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445755985540 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:41:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445755985540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445755788932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - Sorry this won't be longer, but there is only so much you can say about a hose.We just ordered two more of these from Amazon (they are significantly cheaper at the moment than the local stores). These are the favorites among our construction... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445755788932 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:37:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445755788932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445755592324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Ravenskya - This is step one to my daily makeup regime - I know there are probably many steps I should take before this one... but I'm lazy. I coat my face from top to bottom with this stuff as soon as I'm awake enough to see, and what I love about it is that you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445755592324 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:22:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445755592324?linkin_id=8003929