Epinions Recent Reviews for debbyberry

Stiffed

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:46:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - This book is, in many ways, the logical sequel to Faludi's Backlash. Her contention in the previous book is that when any given group has achieved a certain amount of freedom, other groups begin to pull against those newly-achieved rights, so that...

Liberating the Everyday Genius: A Revolutionary Guide for Identifying & Mastering Your Exceptional Gifts: Liberating Everyday Genius

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:25:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - (This database has the book title wrong; it is Liberating Everyday Genius. Now "the" about it.)

This book is a classic example of a self-help book in which the author starts one book, but then ends up writing another book...

Miss Wyoming

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 23:22:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - This is the book of the decade about Running Away.

You really can't be in this book unless you've run away, or unless you're running away from running away. Susan Colgate is named Miss Teen USA -- and then hands the crown over, immediately, to...

The Battle for God

Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:38:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - Karen Armstrong is an interesting character. She spent a number of years as a nun, so it's difficult to question her devotion to and commitment to God; as she continued her education in Theology, she came to question precisely what that meant, so she...

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead: Hoover Dam

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:41:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I'd seen the requisite number of History Channel programs on Hoover Dam; I knew that it was big, very big, and took a long time to build. I had seen some footage on how it was built, and found it quite interesting. When I told people my parents were...

Excalibur Hotel And Casino: The Excalibur

Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:27:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - My parents recently visited us, so we did a few touristy things, which was a nice change of pace. It should be fun to review some of these things.

My parents stayed at the Excalibur. I was concerned when they said they were going to do this:...

Harry Potter begins Puberty

Tue, 8 Aug 2000 02:28:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - No, puberty isn't really the focus of this book, but our little friends clearly are growing up.

Take Hermoine. Precocious young woman that she is, she is beginning to become attuned to social injustices around her, and she expresses her...

Even banality has its origins

Thu, 3 Aug 2000 01:52:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - So I've been working on this edition of Longfellow I was apparently given as a child, and I've just finished it. My edition began with "The Song of Hiawatha," which I really loved--enough to write a review of it on its own, in fact. I had been...

The low-down on Vietnam

Wed, 2 Aug 2000 03:14:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I finally decided that much of my recent interest in military history (as reflected in my reviews of Battlefields and The Longest Day) is a way to find out more about my father, who served in Vietnam for a year. I have also read several of...

Lies Across America

Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:17:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - This book is a great follow-up to the author's previous work, Lies My Teacher Told Me. As in that book, the author debunks "common knowledge"; however, his source this time is historical markers and monuments rather than high school...

"The Song of Hiawatha"

Fri, 21 Jul 2000 01:50:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I forgot to go through my Longfellow period in junior high; I just got busy, and it got away from me. Someone apparently thought I should have gone through this period, because I seem to have been given a rather nice edition, but I just never got...

Dirty Little Secrets of the Twentieth Century

Thu, 20 Jul 2000 23:26:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - (This book's proper name is Dirty Little Secrets of the Twentieth Century; the author has co-written another book called simply Dirty Little Secrets.)

James Dunnigan, the author of this book, did an interview on the History...

Campbell, Joseph: The Masks of God

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:53:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I have just finished the fourth of these volumes (Primitive Mythology, Oriental Mythology, Occidental Mythology, and Creative Mythology). Each volume is fairly comprehensive, but the combined opus is well worth the effort.
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Miriam's Mother's Gift

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:06:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - Miriam Wolfe died on Pan Am 103; she was one of the Syracuse University students returning from a term abroad. I met her once. My sister was one of the dear friends with whom she communicated regularly; Jody is briefly mentioned in this book as one of...

Las Vegas: Las Vegas Water

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 02:44:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I have mentioned in other reviews how important it is to drink water; this is the desert. However, I realized there are important facts about this water that I need to discuss in the interest of full disclosure.

I've never really minded going...

Fudging with Morrie

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 02:03:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I enjoyed this book about a man who lost track of his mentor, his past, and himself, and how reconnecting with his mentor helps reunite him with the other two. I think all of us should have a Constitutional right to a Morrie, a wise man who cares about...

Connecticut Christmas in July

Tue, 4 Jul 2000 03:39:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - The primary reason to see this movie is that it is one of Barbara Stanwyck's first comic roles, and she has considerable finesse. The secondary reason to watch this movie is that S.Z. Sakall is adorable.

I was really unfamiliar with the latter...

The Longest Movie

Tue, 4 Jul 2000 03:01:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - I have been told for several years now that, the next time The Longest Day is shown on television letterboxed, I had to watch it; this was not optional. This Saturday, the movie was shown twice; as per AMC's procedures, the second time was...

Ah, that's more like it

Tue, 4 Jul 2000 02:07:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - Bridget Jones's Diary is hysterically, roll-on-the-floor funny. The sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, is less funny, but is probably a more satisfying book.

I love Bridget and her friends. Do I like them? No. Would I...

Good Default Setting

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:08:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - When there's nothing good on the television (and, considering how expensive cable is, isn't it annoying how often this happens?), we usually just turn the television to the History Channel. I was worried about it when it first started; it had the...

Great Fluff

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:17:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - After The Trial, I told the librarian I wanted something light, fluffy, and fun. I have a smart librarian; this book was perfect.

Like most things British, it is deliciously understated. I was reading about one of her dinner parties...

GeoSafari

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:05:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - There are certain things I cannot walk past in the store without playing with. Those chocolate-covered mint Grasshopper cookies in the grocery store, for example; I have to fiddle with those. One item I am compelled to play with whenever I pass it in the...

Great Read

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:55:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - The Trial is a very unsettling book because it bridges the gap between two worlds. The first several chapters seem to be in the world of Orwell, particularly 1984: Joseph K. has no idea what he has done wrong, he is never told the charges...

Battlefields

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:31:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - Important factoid you need to know for this review to make the least bit of sense: I was raised a Quaker girl in Ohio. People who belong in all three of those particular three categories (1. Quaker; 2. girl; 3. Ohio) seldom receive extensive military...

Las Vegas: Visiting the Las Vegas Desert

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 01:09:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author debbyberry - Most of the people I talk to who don't have a good time Las Vegas have two primary complaints: 1) they thought they were going to go home four gazillion dollars richer, and are bitter; 2) they didn't understand that they were coming to the desert,...