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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-dramastef Recent reviews written by member dramastef en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_471523298948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - During a slight bout of pregnancy related insomnia in the wee hours of the morning, I went to my library stash and pulled out Cynthia Leitich Smith's YA novel Eternal, a book I'd plucked from the Just-In on a whim based solely on the name... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471523298948 Sun, 24 May 2009 15:36:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471523298948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471429713540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - I'm not sure how Katie MacAlister's Aisling Grey, Guardian series hit my radar, but somehow the first one, You Slay Me, found its way to my library queue.  I have a vague recollection of someone telling me it was fluffy, but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471429713540 Sat, 23 May 2009 17:14:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471429713540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471225044612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - After reading the first book in The Mortal Instruments series, which had an enticing quote by Holly Black on the front cover, I went searching for the second book, City of Ashes, and found an endorsement by yet favorite YA fantasy author,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471225044612 Thu, 21 May 2009 19:27:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471225044612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469484146308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Sometime in the last year I read Anna Godbersen's debut novel The Luxe, a story about juicy scandals and happenings of New York City's elite set in 1899.  In that review I mentioned that I enjoyed the guilty pleasure feeling of the book but I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469484146308 Wed, 6 May 2009 13:30:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469484146308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469362642564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - What if... the pilgrims that came over on the Mayflower were actually vampires looking to escape the persecution of their homeland?What if... these vampires always numbered 400 and never truly died, but rather let their ‘shell' expire and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469362642564 Tue, 5 May 2009 13:08:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469362642564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469164658308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - I was randomly pulling books out of the YA shelves at my library when I noticed a quote on the front cover of one by Holly Black (author of urban fantasy books I've loved, Tithe and Ironside), proclaiming the book in my hands to be "Funny,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469164658308 Sun, 3 May 2009 19:06:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469164658308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468149243524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - After watching the Swedish vampire movie, Let the Right One In, I was left with enough nagging questions that I went on a quest for the source material, John Ajvide... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468149243524 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:58:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468149243524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467040505476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - A bit o' background ~ In Richelle Mead's world, there are twelve royal vampire families.  "Good" vampires are known as Moroi.  Moroi drink blood, but never enough to kill.  They specialize in magic from one of the four elements:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467040505476 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:03:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467040505476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466897768068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Oskar is a lonely boy mercilessly bullied in school who spends his free time pretending to stab his tormentors, telling them to squeal like a pig and compiling a scrapbook full of articles depicting murder and mayhem.  He makes his first friend when... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466897768068 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:12:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466897768068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466594729604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - I rented the audio version of Rick Riordan's book The Lightning Thief before one of our car trips as a way to distract the kids with something a bit more educational than movies and video games.  This is the first of (currently) four... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466594729604 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:03:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466594729604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466151902852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - As a fan of Patricia Briggs's urban fantasy series starring shape-shifting tough girl Mercy Thompson, I was quick to pick up Cry Wolf when I read that it is the beginning of a new series set in the same world with many of the same... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466151902852 Mon, 6 Apr 2009 13:03:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466151902852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463571357316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - I grew up reading Amy Dacyczyn's Tightwad Gazette newsletter.  Amy always washed, dried and reused her family's plastic baggies.  My mother always followed that tip, and I've always adhered to it as well.  A few years ago I started... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463571357316 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:50:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463571357316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460651466372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - It felt like so many of my favorite books have been making the transition to silver screen this year.  Inkheart followed closely on the heels of Twilight.  I've found the two to be very similar in that neither are amazing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460651466372 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:04:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460651466372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460353408644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Coraline Jones and her parents just moved into an apartment on the ground floor of a very old house.  Coraline's parents have no time to spend with their ‘tween daughter and Coraline is left to her own devices for entertainment.  She... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460353408644 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 14:12:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460353408644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460158176900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Janet Evanovich is probably best known for her numbered series of fluffy mysteries featuring Jersey girl Stephanie Plum.  After ripping through all eighteen of those books in a little over a month, I thought I'd try one of Ms. Evanovich's other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460158176900 Fri, 6 Feb 2009 14:02:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460158176900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459954425476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Our family tries to get to the local science museum four or five times a year, usually whenever they change their traveling exhibit or advertise a members only special.  Last time we went, the kids saw a display for , a cartoon movie produced... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459954425476 Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:09:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459954425476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459849371268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Janet Evanovich created a goldmine when she started writing her numbered series featuring Jersey girl, lingerie buyer-turned-Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum.  The series currently has fourteen books in it and four holiday-related novellas.  I've... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459849371268 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:04:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459849371268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459751198340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Janet Evanovich is the author of the wildly popular and (mostly) entertaining Stephanie Plum numbered series of books (One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly, etc.).  To date she has fourteen books in this series and four... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459751198340 Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:18:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459751198340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459649158788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - When I found out I was pregnant with my third (and last) child, I was quite sure it would be another girl.  I bought yarn to make a girl's blanket and I became quite attached to the name Rowan Grace.  To the point where my oldest two were also... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459649158788 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:26:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459649158788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458213461636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Ponder if you will for a moment these things... 1) The vast majority of Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series has been more sex than plot (a recent book had a 90+ page sex scene); 2) One of the main characters in the series is nicknamed Darkness;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458213461636 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:41:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458213461636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458109980292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - I've come to pick up any book by Lois Lowry and expect great things between its covers.  But when I ran across The Willoughbys in the children's section of my library, proclaiming on its cover to be A Novel Nefariously Written and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458109980292 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:44:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458109980292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456588889732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Always on the lookout for games of the non-electronic variety, we were delighted to receive a handful of new ones this past holiday season as gifts.  Most appeal to two members of the family, sometimes three, but only Pictureka! by Parker... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456588889732 Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:26:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456588889732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456157073028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - Never having seen the 1957 original movie, nor having read the short story by Elmore Leonard on which they were based, I only knew that the 2007 production of 3:10 to Yuma starred Christian Bale, whom I love, Russell Crowe, whom I don't,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456157073028 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:57:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456157073028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456037863044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - The oh-so-famous mischievous dog Marley made his first holiday appearance this year, not on the big screen, but in a children's picture book entitled A Very Marley Christmas. Hot on the heels of his #1 selling children's book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456037863044 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:12:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456037863044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455645826692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dramastef - I fell in love with Cornelia Funke's Inkworld in the first two books of her trilogy, Inkheart and Inkspell.  In them, Funke introduced a world made of my favorite things: words.  Protagonists Mo and his daughter Meggie have a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455645826692 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:36:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455645826692?linkin_id=8003929