© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-befus Recent reviews written by member befus en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_446644457092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - This past week I've been remembering an old friend. His name is Harry Potter, and you've might have met him too. The first time I saw Harry, he was just a skinny eleven year old kid with touseled black hair, taped up glasses, and a funny... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446644457092 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:21:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446644457092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_446006136452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Midway through The Devil Wears Prada, the 2006 film directed by David Frankel and starring Meryl Streep, I began to experience the odd sensation that I had seen this movie before. I hadn't, actually, but something about it kept reminding me... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~446006136452 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:38:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_446006136452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445808217732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - At the mid-way point of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women, there's a touching scene where the girls -- Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy -- welcome home their weary father from the war. They gather around him on Christmas Day, so delighted to have him... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445808217732 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:28:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445808217732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_445573271172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - "Just call me Ramona," my six year old daughter said loftily the other day. She was busy acting out a Ramona story with various stuffed animals and dolls in other starring, though naturally minor, roles. I say naturally because Ramona is the true star of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~445573271172 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:31:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_445573271172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442866044548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - No one knows for sure just when the first dog was domesticated. But given the close relationship of wolves and dogs, it seems clear that at some point in ancient history, there must have been a "first dog" -- a moment when a human being befriended and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442866044548 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:49:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442866044548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444328611460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author befus - I always find it interesting to compare adaptations of the same source material, especially if the genres are different. For instance, I love to compare books to films, or screen and theater versions of the same story. Although I don't ever plan to read... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444328611460 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:35:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444328611460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444414135940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - It's 1946 in London, and like everyone else, Juliet Ashton is trying to recover from the war. The rubble-filled streets are a daily reminder of the suffering and deprivation the nation has just endured. Living through the grey days, trying to re-find her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444414135940 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:54:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444414135940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_444097400452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Certain seasons remind me of certain books and authors. Autumn and back to school time always make me think of Beverly Cleary.That's why I decided to kick off daily read-aloud time in my daughter's homeschool first grade year with the marvelous... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~444097400452 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:08:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_444097400452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443774373508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Any parent or teacher of an early reader knows its a challenge (but a good one) to come up with age-appropriate reading fare. You want to find books that are structured simply enough to build a child's reading confidence, but engaging enough to keep that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443774373508 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:46:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443774373508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443576127108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - "Have you news of my boy Jack?" Not this tide. "When d'you think that he'll come back?" Not with this wind blowing, and this tide. "Has any one else had word of him?" Not this tide. For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443576127108 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:16:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443576127108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442483773060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Baking is one of my favorite Christmas traditions. Actually I love to bake at any time of the year, but there's something particularly wonderful about baking at Christmas. I think it's the delicious smells of warm spices (especially when it's cold... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442483773060 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:59:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442483773060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443119210116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - What is life like on a sheep ranch? What would it be like to be a young shepherd, only twelve years old, learning to care for real sheep today? Cat Urbigkit's picture book A Young Shepherd answers those kinds of questions very... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443119210116 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:17:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443119210116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442913033860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - About ten years ago, I spent most of a summer researching my family history. Although I'd done some work on our genealogy before that, during those months I spent hours digging. It was an exciting time, especially as I was able to find out a lot about my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442913033860 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:41:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442913033860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442756861572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - I count myself blessed that I grew up in a home filled with books and a love for reading. My parents invested in many children's classics, many of which I read over and over. I can still see one shelf in my mind's eye, filled with beautifully colored... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442756861572 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:40:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442756861572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442612027012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - I've always loved musicals, and Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote some of my favorite musicals for stage and screen. Given how much I enjoy their work, I'm surprised I had never seen The King and I in its entirety until just recently. What an odd but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442612027012 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:20:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442612027012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442357223044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - My six year old really enjoys The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner. After a repeat command read-aloud performance of the first book in the series, we recently moved on to the second: Surprise Island. All the children... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442357223044 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:14:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442357223044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_442002083460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen never met. They're both now remembered as great English novelists who created complex heroines, but if you put them side by side on a time line you would see that they just barely overlap. Austen died in 1817, a year... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~442002083460 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:28:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_442002083460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441380802180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - One of the first things children learn when they go to a library is the rule that you need to be quiet. In our family, hushed voices are often described as "library voices." It took a while for my daughter to understand why she had to be quiet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441380802180 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:41:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441380802180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441148149380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - I know what you're thinking. Tofu! Ugh! Why would anyone want to cook with it, let alone eat it? Okay, maybe you're not thinking that, but you're excused if you were. Tofu, a vegetable protein made from curdled soymilk, has not exactly been a food... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441148149380 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:57:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441148149380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_441108958852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - When I was growing up, I lived just a couple of blocks from a large wooded area. It wasn't huge, but big enough that you could explore it and almost imagine getting lost in it, though you knew that your familiar street wasn't far away. It even had a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~441108958852 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:29:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_441108958852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_439993929348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Poor Julie. She thought she had contained The Wild, but it's back and it's growing again... That's the obvious and expected plot device that guns the engine of Out of the Wild, Sarah Beth Durst's sequel to her debut mid-grade/young adult... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~439993929348 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:38:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_439993929348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440649027204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - Nobody is really all that fond of mouthwash, I don't think. But it's one of those necessities that we sometimes find ourselves needing to use for the health of our teeth and gums, to freshen our breath, or all of the above. I go through phases where I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440649027204 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:10:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440649027204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440294805124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - In the past couple of years, our family has discovered Lake Erie. We're fortunate to live only a couple of hours from that beautiful Great Lake, and we're grateful to give our young daughter a chance to get to know the beach and such a large and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440294805124 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:06:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440294805124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440416439940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author befus - One of the first books my little girl ever fell in love with was E.B. White's classic Charlotte's Web. We read it to her for the first time when she was about three and a half. We knew she was too young to "get" much of it, but we thought it would... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440416439940 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:50:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440416439940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_440290479748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author befus - We're in the dog days of summer heat. And I've always wondered how cats feel about that description... In the case of Tabby, the beloved orange feline belonging to Mr. Putter in the Mr. Putter and Tabby series of readers by Cynthia Rylant, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~440290479748 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:45:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_440290479748?linkin_id=8003929