© 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-bilbopooh Recent reviews written by member bilbopooh en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_490840886916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Last weekend was Halloween. Our house is still decked out with pumpkins, black cats and bats. But I heard my first carol on a commercial last night, and the grocery store down the street is selling artificial trees. The Christmas season has... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490840886916 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:51:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490840886916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490825420420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - On Wednesday night, PBS aired the presentation of the annual Mark Twain Award to a comedian of outstanding caliber, and this year’s recipient was Bill Cosby. I watched, enjoying both the tributes and the clips of his own routines, and it made me... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490825420420 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:05:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490825420420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490806742660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - This past summer marked the last LOST panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, if head writers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse are to be believed. I wanted to go. But I couldn’t afford such an extravagant trip, especially when I wasn’t even... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490806742660 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:13:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490806742660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490729082500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I just finished Breaking Dawn, the final installment in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, and it made me recall the anticipation and pleasure of reading Harry... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490729082500 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490729082500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490708307588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - A long-time fan of Anne of Green Gables, I grew up watching the Kevin Sullivan miniseries based on the book and its sequel, based on the second, third and fourth books in L. M. Montgomery’s series. Those two adaptations have been firmly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490708307588 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:58:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490708307588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490695462532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, hit shelves in the summer of 2008, just about a year after the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490695462532 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:29:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490695462532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489931902596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - July 2007 was a momentous month for me. I expect May of 2010 will be the same. It isn't every day that a beloved series concludes, and I can honestly say that ABC's LOST has seeped as deeply into my soul as Harry Potter. It's hard to believe it's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489931902596 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:22:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489931902596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489796243076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Back in 2002, Simon and Garfunkel released a live album from a concert that they performed at Philharmonic Hall in January of 1967. I'd never seen Simon and Garfunkel in concert, and the chances of them reuniting for a tour seemed increasingly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489796243076 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:35:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489796243076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489788771972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Back in July, I made two startling musical discoveries. One was that Celtic Thunder had just released a new album. The other was that Simon and Garfunkel had released a "new" album as well - several months earlier. I was surprised I didn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489788771972 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:47:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489788771972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489777368708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I was in elementary school, there was a stretch of time when I awoke bright and early every morning at 5 a.m. so that I could start my day with a series of old-timey TV shows before I went off to school. These included Lassie (I had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489777368708 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:38:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489777368708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489761377924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I've been on a bit of an Anne of Green Gables kick for the last couple of months, ever since I pulled out the first two Kevin Sullivan miniseries on a whim and watched them. We own the third, but it arrived completely mangled, and we never got... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489761377924 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:14:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489761377924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489736146564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - One of my favorite Halloween traditions is watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. We have the special on tape, but there's something extra-special about snuggling in to watch it with the rest of America on network television. Just to make... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489736146564 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:26:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489736146564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489673494148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - October seems like an ideal month to finish up Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, which involves an ordinary girl caught up in the conflicting worlds of vampires and werewolves. If I can get to the library in the next couple of days, I might... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489673494148 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489673494148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489003257476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I first saw the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze's big-screen adaptation of the classic Maurice Sendak book, I was immediately impressed by the visuals, as young Max and each of the Wild Things he encounters seems to have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489003257476 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:42:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489003257476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488996769412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - "Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred." So entreats Christopher Robin in the final chapter of The House at Pooh Corner. Eighty years have now passed since A. A. Milne penned that stirring plea, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488996769412 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:20:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488996769412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488266501764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - One of my favorite authors is Arnold Lobel, who I associate primarily with his four Frog and Toad books. But he had other noteworthy work too. I recently checked out Giant John, which dates back to 1964. There was something familiar about the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488266501764 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:57:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488266501764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488264928900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I'm a lifelong fan of folk music, so I'm familiar with a lot of old campfire tunes and legends put to rhyme and passed down through the years. But I don't recall that I ever heard of Mrs. O'Leary's cow, the subject of a book by acclaimed children's poet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488264928900 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:21:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488264928900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488259030660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - A few years ago, I discovered Cynthia Rylant, and I quickly discovered that she is one of the most prolific children's book authors in the business. She seems to be constantly publishing something. One reason she writes so often is that she has several... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488259030660 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:33:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488259030660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488179469956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Children's literature is filled with wonderful friendships. One of my very favorites is the relationship between Frog and Toad in the four easy reader books Arnold Lobel published about the pair. Frog is tall, green and level-headed; Toad is short, brown... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488179469956 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:36:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488179469956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486617484932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I’ve been hearing a lot about Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series over the past few years, so I figured it was about time for me to read the books and see what all... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486617484932 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486617484932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486597299844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I first heard of Twilight two or three years ago when a couple of my friends began gushing about how much they loved the series. Gradually, I noticed that more and more of my friends had read it, and with the release of the movie last year,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486597299844 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:00:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486597299844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485282320004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Three years ago, my parents and I saw Peter, Paul and Mary in concert in Chautauqua, NY, a lovely community about an hour away from my house where, as is it happens, Peter Yarrow spent some time as a child. I'd been a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485282320004 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:18:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485282320004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485202038404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I've been on an Anne of Green Gables kick lately, so when I ran out of L. M. Montgomery's Anne books, I decided to read Before Green Gables, the prequel released in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the publication of the original... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485202038404 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:49:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485202038404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485051960964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - "Do you remember the taste of strawberries?" asks Sam Gamgee in the film version of The Return of the King, hoping to rouse his exhausted companion from the depths of despair. As someone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485051960964 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:51:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485051960964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483657617028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I am 28 years old. But I am not ashamed to admit that one of my most-anticipated new book releases of 2009 was Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans, the 18th installment in the beginning reader series written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483657617028 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:37:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483657617028?linkin_id=8003929