Epinions Recent Reviews for Roov

Menstruation created the world, eh?

Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:04:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - It's probably just me, but somehow as soon as I saw that this book's subtitle was 'How Menstruation Created the World' I pretty much had to read it. I mean, if menstruation did create the world, I'd like to know about it, and even if it didn't, I'd be...

The Redwall saga continues

Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:43:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Years ago I read a couple of the early books in the Redwall saga, and then I didn't read any more until now, when I came to this, the 14th book in what has become a fairly long (and quite popular) series.

For those unfamiliar with the premise...

As one who never did homework anyway: interesting

Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:53:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Homework, and whether or not teachers assign too much of it, and whether or not it actually helps kids learn, and whether or not it's physically or mentally healthy to spend hours a day on it, and whether or not parents should do anything about it--in...

The mysterious Moonstone: causing freaky behavior on all sides

Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:22:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I've read a number of books in my day. One of them was this one. If that was all I had to say about it, this would be a tiresome article indeed, though mercifully brief--but no, there's more.

This is one of those books that one might not tend...

Reptilian: A movie of unspeakable horror

Tue, 6 Nov 2001 17:16:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I have got to stop watching so many horrible movies. I don't know how long my brain is going to hold out.

The thing is, I and a couple of movie-watching friends rented this movie, boldly flying in the face of our better judgement, and we sat...

Very snappy and Gingery

Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:07:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I would not normally have been interested in this movie, since I don't find horror movies that appealing for the most part, but I read a good review of it that made it sound intriguing and so, yesterday being Halloween (and we went out to buy candy for...

I don't believe he's from Mars OR Venus

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:44:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Let's see...what we have here is another collection of humorous newspaper columns by the master of newspaper column humor: Dave Barry (ta da!).

In this edifying volume you will find his ruminations on a wide range of interesting subjects,...

Beyond Atlantis is...Pacifis, maybe?

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:43:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Once again I spent the weekend with a bad crowd that likes to watch bad movies, and this time the price I had to pay for this companionship was my attention to the film 'Beyond Atlantis.'

We rented it because we figured it had to be at least as good...

This stuff rocks! I have a Magic Model right here!

Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:52:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I am a mature adult. I have mature adult interests, like filing status for taxes and whether I'm eating enough vegetables. I do not spend all my time watching old movies and making little animals out of modeling clay.

Nevertheless, that was...

'A Day at the Races' doesn't even begin to describe it

Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:46:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I recently saw this movie as part of a triple billing with 'Men at Work' and 'Joe Dirt.' I prefer it to 'Men at Work,' personally, and everyone present agreed that it was better than 'Joe Dirt,' which is a ringing endorsement if I ever heard one. (To be...

Do Sacred Mirrors give the best reflections?

Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:45:22 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - To begin this review with a tale from personal experience, I will tell you a friend in college had a poster of Alex Grey's picture 'Kissing' on his wall for several semesters. He thought it was really cool, but I have to say that I personally found it a...

Need another Creature? Here's another collection!

Mon, 24 Sep 2001 16:06:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I have previously reviewed the first book in this series, 'Creature Collection,' and then spent some time looking around for 'Creature Collection II: Dark Managerie' in hopes of writing an accompanying review of it. A few days ago I finally found it, and...

Wicked: Made in 1998 but just in stores now...hm....

Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:07:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Looking more for something to distract us than for really great filmic art, the spouse and I picked up this little object on DVD the other day.

'Hm,' we thought. 'We've never heard of this. Not a good sign, but what the heck? We sort of like Julia...

Most Singable Non-Words: The La Na Na Awards Write-Off

Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:29:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Like many, many of us, I am very shaken by the tragedy of September 11.

It's hard to know what to do and how to respond, and difficult to give Epinions reviews the sort of priority I otherwise might. Nevertheless, I'm giving my best shot to my...

Trying to sleep: I sing of the rented Windstar after 14 straight hours

Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:00:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - Due to a combination of circumstances with which I will not bore my busy audience, it was recently necessary that I make a trip from Boston, MA to Atlanta, GA and back, a journey of some 1000-odd miles each way. Due to the amount of luggage that needed...

Turn to Hot Blood for tales of erotic horror

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:31:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - To all those who have long longed to see a union of horror writing and erotic writing: look no further, for a whole volume of short stories has been compiled just for you. And, to make it even better, I have read this volume, at great personal cost...

Need a creature? Check out this collection

Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:48:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I should note, by way of warning, that this book is part of a role playing game system, and is highly unlikely to be of any interest whatsoever to anyone who does not play such games. If you feel role playing games are evil and demented, you will not...

Come below, my friend....

Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:09:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - This book was lent to me by a guy at work who sometimes lends me books. I'm in favor of this since it keeps my brain cells from withering into bleak desolation on the daily train ride, plus I get to read interesting things I might not otherwise...

Love in the time of Boadicea's revenge

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:43:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - This is a mildly sweet, mildly educational little historical novel for young readers, set in Britain in the time when it was under Roman rule, specifically in the time that Boadicea (whose name is spelled various ways by various people, but is spelled...

A sort of definitive Tiptree volume

Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:12:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - This is an interesting book that aims to provide new and previously unpublished fiction by James Tiptree Jr., as well as biographical information about who James Tiptree Jr. actually was.

For those not familiar with the name, James Tiptree Jr...

Asimov has a useful fact for every occasion--probably

Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:32:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I first met this book years and years ago when I was a tiny wee child--OK, I was probably about 16--and someone in the family checked it out of the library. We spent many a happy moment reading facts aloud to each other over the kitchen table, across the...

Singing dragons, talking otters and a three-headed monster...what have we here?

Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:13:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - I'm going to try this review here, although I'm not 100% sure it's the right category for this book, since the Epinions listing doesn't have any author information or picture to confirm--but it says 'juvenile fiction,' so I'm going to go ahead and assume...

Amaze your friends! Astound your enemies!

Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:00:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - This is one of those books that I imagine people see and think 'interesting! I bet that would be a good Christmas present for old so-and-so!' And then old so-an-so opens it on Christmas and thinks 'although it would never have occurred to me to buy this...

Remind me never to travel again, will you?

Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:44:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - With the enthusiasm of unfettered youth, I years ago decided that Dave Barry is the reigning god in the humor pantheon, and to this day I maintain a deep devotion to and admiration for him and study all his works carefully with the intention of living my...

A good quote should go here...

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:02:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Roov - ...but I couldn't decide which one to use.

This is a small, elegant-looking book, the title of which pretty much sums it up. I guess 'The Quotable Woman' could also be the name of a novel or something, but you would probably feel comfortably...