© 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-gracef Recent reviews written by member gracef en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_177376562820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I met my first vampire when I was still quite young. She was beautiful, the kind of person that everyone noticed when she walked into the room. People were immediately attracted by her intelligence and charm. I wanted her to love me, to feel that I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177376562820 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:41:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177376562820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_174083116676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I love reading to small children. If you ask my daughter, she'll tell you that I'm the best reader in the world. As she told a friend at school earlier this week, "There's nothing like the way Mom reads. She does voices and everything! The book comes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~174083116676 Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:26:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_174083116676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_172953603716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I buy sewing machines the way I buy cars. I buy a the model with the most features that I can possibly afford then drive it, drive it, drive it until it refuses to move any longer. I can&#146;t afford to get a new model every time I see some whiz bang... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~172953603716 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:00:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_172953603716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169644428932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - Over this past summer, my family and I had to drive from the Chicago area to Ohio various times to attend to family matters. To make the drive a little less monotonous, I went to the library to find some books to share with my six-year-old daughter... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169644428932 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:35:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169644428932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_151959867012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I don&#146t think that there are words in the English language to adequately describe how much I hate cleaning. I&#146m always on the lookout for a new product that will make the job easier. I have an overflowing box in the garage for products that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~151959867012 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:30:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_151959867012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145555689092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - If my child wrote and published a full-length novel, I would be one proud parent. It wouldn't matter if the plot was unoriginal or the characters were poorly developed. The feat alone would be enough reason for me. This would be especially true if the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145555689092 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:32:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145555689092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142831685252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - The Field Guide By Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black Throughout the school year, I volunteered in the school library two days per week. One of the most interesting aspects of the job was watching what happened when new books were added to the school... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142831685252 Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:17:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142831685252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_136485572228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I'm a lucky girl. After nearly 14 years of marriage, I can still say my husband is a keeper. He frequently does things simply because he knows they will please me. He brings me flowers at least once a month, sometimes more. He supports me when I need... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~136485572228 Mon, 12 Apr 2004 08:35:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_136485572228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_131525742212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - The other day, a friend looked at me and said, "Grace, you're a doormat!" I was shocked. Me? A doormat? Hardly! I stand up for myself. I make my thoughts known. No way in the world could I be a doormat! But my friend persisted. "Yes, you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~131525742212 Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:37:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_131525742212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126809640580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I hate to say this, but most people can't take criticism. They don't want to hear that they're less than perfect or don't have the talent to be anything that they want to be. It starts in toddler-hood, when children are told that they should go ahead... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126809640580 Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:11:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126809640580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_125692120708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - In a 1981 interview with The Baltimore Jewish Times, the famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal said: We need partners. We cannot fight against the neo-Nazis alone. We need friends. We can win them by telling them their history, by talking about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~125692120708 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 02:04:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_125692120708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_122375343748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - My father once said that a person that has to resort to potty humor to get a laugh doesn't have anything all that intelligent to say. That may be true, but it doesn't mean that thousands of people won't line up to hear crude humor anyway. A case in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~122375343748 Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:57:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_122375343748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_121745739396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - In my l <br/>ast <br/> review, I ranted about publishing companies that charge high prices simply because they know that fans will pay any price for work from popular writers. Today, I'm here to rant some more about publishing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~121745739396 Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:20:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_121745739396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_119353413252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - From the very first pages of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the reader knows that the main character is going to die. Eighty-three year old Eddie is a maintenance worker at Ruby Pier amusement park. And the first chapter slowly counts down... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~119353413252 Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:52:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_119353413252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118631468676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - One day a few weeks ago, I arrived at my daughter's school amid a cold, spitting rain. Seeking to escape from the gale outside, I sneaked into the back of my daughter's classroom and sat down. The teacher was spending the few remaining moments of the da... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118631468676 Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:34:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118631468676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_118090468996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I've been in a writing slump lately, but I have to review Neil Gaiman's Coraline "or else". You see, I have an impatient ten-year-old badgering me to finish the book so that she can read it. The ten-year-old isn't my daughter, but rather, my da... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~118090468996 Sun, 9 Nov 2003 18:19:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_118090468996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_115262787204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I knew from the second that we tried to order tickets that I was going to have issues with Intolerable Cruelty. It starts with the title. Intolerable Cruelty. Try to say it three times fast. Heck, try to say it once fast. My friend and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~115262787204 Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:46:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_115262787204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_109869305476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - If you look up the word "perky" in the dictionary, I wouldn't be surprised if the picture of Paige D... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~109869305476 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:53:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_109869305476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_108098850436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - Although my husband and I have been married for thirteen years, you could still classify our househo... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~108098850436 Sun, 3 Aug 2003 22:57:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_108098850436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_106143190660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - I am a slow reader, but compared to my husband, I'm a veritable Speedy Gonazalez. He starts a book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~106143190660 Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:39:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_106143190660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_105261010564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - Early last year, my husband and I went exploring in the suburbs of Chicago. There we found a bookst... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~105261010564 Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:24:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_105261010564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_105118731908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - After moving to Texas about seven months ago, I decided that I needed to get to know some of the loc... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~105118731908 Sat, 5 Jul 2003 11:05:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_105118731908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_104770670212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - On Friday, June 20, 2003, my husband and daughter, and I joined over 1000 other excited folks at the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~104770670212 Tue, 1 Jul 2003 18:07:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_104770670212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_100987211396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - Unlike far too many around the Internet, I have never really thought of myself as a "writer". I'm a talker, someone who wants to share ideas and emotions and information. For the most part, I write like I talk. The only difference is that, with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~100987211396 Sun, 25 May 2003 22:30:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_100987211396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_98553138820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gracef - Back in January, when I decided to change my web host, I jokingly compared it to a divorce. I had an OK but not terrific relationship with my previous host, Al <br/>taway. <br/> There were problems, but I knew what they were and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~98553138820 Thu, 8 May 2003 09:49:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_98553138820?linkin_id=8003929