Epinions Recent Reviews for jdrum

A BRAVE TALE OF AN INDIAN ORPHAN IN THE 30s

Thu, 2 Jan 2003 22:53:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - This is a wonderful memoir about an Indian boy living in a state orphanage in Owatonna, Minnesota in the 1930s. I remember this institution as one of the sights my parents pointed out to me on trips to the 'cities', Minneapolis and St. Paul. Other...

BAWDY DESCRIPTION OF 1870 LONDON

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:10:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - If you like historical settings and strong characters this is a good winter read. However , if explicit sex scenes bother you, this book is not for you.

This appears to be a well-researched novel about Victorian London around 1870. A great...

OPTI-FREE NO RUB IS BEST LENS CARE

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:48:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum -

Most effective contact lens care that I have ever used. Much more convenient and time-saving than the rubbing formula. Always comfortable for your eyes.

I’ve tried a lot of lens cleaning products over 40 years of contact lens...

Relais Mercure Paris Bercy Gare De: GOOD HOTEL FOR TOUR GROUPS AND BUSINESSMEN

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:44:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - This is a new hotel near in the redeveloped Bercy area and does not have much of the flavor of old Paris but probably pleases the businessmen and tour groups which patronize it. Everything works well unlike a more picturesque hotel in an older part of...

Hilton Kensington: A QUIET HOTEL FOR CONVENIENT SIGHTSEEING

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:18:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - The Hilton Kensington is not what Americans expect of a Hilton because it is two or more English hotels renovated into one Hilton. The lobby and the dining rooms were bright and modern. The halls are still redolent of an old English hotel and several...

Golden Tulip Barbizon Palace: GREAT LOCATION FOR TOURING AMSTERDAM

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 00:37:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Wonderful Hotel convenient to restaurants and shops and the canal boats that you can use like a bus. It is near the main train station. We stayed for three days as a add-on to Baltic Cruise because we wanted to see Amsterdam. Three days was not enough...

GoAhead is Great for Independent Travelers or Worriers.

Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:48:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - GoAhead is the best tour company we have used. We went to both London and Paris with GoAhead so had actually two experiences with them. GoAhead's most outstanding feature is their local guides in the country or city you are visiting. The guides in...

GLAD TO FIND THIS WONDERFUL AUTHOR

Sat, 9 Nov 2002 23:01:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - I had not read Carol Shields books before I picked up "Unless" in a London Waterstone's Bookstore because the book was shortlisted for the 2002 Booker Prize. I got off to a slow start with this novel because I didn't foresee where it was going. Shields...

AMSTERDAM-THE BEST OF EUROPE AN CANAL CITIES

Sat, 9 Nov 2002 22:04:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - A city of canals, museums, restaurants and a cool attitude, Amsterdam is the best of the European canal cities. Although it is doesn't have Venice's reputation for romance, or the glitter of Russia's St. Petersburg, it has a healthy character of its own...

READING THIS CHARMING BOOK MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD

Fri, 17 May 2002 01:17:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Nothing truly upsetting happens in this nice quiet book so I think of it as a February book choice. You know, when things are really dreary and you need cheering up? You go to the library and all the feel good novels are out already. You can take this...

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO READ THIS IS AN OKAY MYSTERY

Fri, 17 May 2002 00:43:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Another NY Times bestseller without much heft to it moves along nicely if you don't have anything to read but articles about living trusts.

This mystery is a nice combination of characters and contemporary fascination with bombers. The main...

A GOOD READ DESPITE PRECIOUS ANIMALS

Fri, 17 May 2002 00:07:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - I really don't know why Rita Mae Brown persists in these cutesy animal mysteries but I guess she is on to a good thing. I have never been a fan of Sneaky Pie Brown or her cohort Mrs. Murphy but have read some of these mysteries, mostly when I'm low on...

SENIORS CAN FIND THIS BOOK FUNNY BUT NOT COMFORTING

Thu, 16 May 2002 23:19:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - I've spent some time considering my attitude toward this book. From a contemporary's perspective of Alfred and Enid, the parents in this dysfunctional family it is a very funny book. No one need be ashamed of belonging to a dysfunctional family, every...

25 YEARS OF PUSHCART PRIZE SHORT STORIES A GOOD READ

Thu, 16 May 2002 22:22:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - The Pushcart Collections of Short Stories are always a good read and the cream of 25 years of collections is a delight even if you have read most of the stories before. It is worth the quite reasonable price because it is a hefty book of 719 pages...

UNIQUE HERMITAGE MUSEUM A SURFEIT OF TREASURES

Sun, 7 Apr 2002 01:04:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - We visited the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg while on a Baltic Cruise. We were only allowed to go in a tour group since we didn't have visas for Russia. I actually didn't see anything but tour groups inside so maybe they don't permit individual...

GREAT BOOK FOR FAMILY READING

Sun, 7 Apr 2002 00:20:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Wonder of wonders this well-written book is an opportunity for parents to read and share with their children in the pre-teen or early teen ages. It is entertaining enough for everyone to enjoy with child characters, family problems, adventures that are...

TERRIFIC INEXPENSIVE DIGITAL CAMERA FOR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

Sat, 6 Apr 2002 23:35:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - I researched this camera on epinions and settled on it by bidding on it at the BestBuy site. The camera is less expensive now and I considered it a bargain when I bought it 9 months ago. I have delayed writing a review until we used it under different...

DEEP ROOTS: TRACING OUR ANCIENT ROOTS

Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:40:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Bryan Sykes, the scientist/author of this intriguing story, joins the select group of scientists who make their adventures in their scientific fields not only understandable but fascinating to those of us who hated science in school. Sykes' career...

ANOTHER TREAT FROM ANN BEATTIE

Fri, 5 Apr 2002 18:10:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Ann Beattie is an author you can count on for a good read. You always have the feeling she is telling you secrets as you search through the minds of her characters. In this novel we get the discerning tales of three characters in a family in...

I WISH I HAD READ THIS BOOK SOONER

Mon, 24 Dec 2001 12:58:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - This is a top autobiography. I don't usually care for biographies and delayed reading it even though it got a Pulitzer Prize and the author died last July. Someone loaned me the book and I loved it. It is chronological and begins with her parents'...

GHOST BOOKS ARE ALL THE SAME

Mon, 24 Dec 2001 12:32:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - This is a well-written little book typical of all ghost books. I have noticed that all ghost authors use the same writing style and no matter where the ghosts appear the story is basically a slight variation of about six ghostly happenings.

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WORD NOSTALGIA FROM 1989 TO 2000

Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:33:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Popular language fads change as fast as teen-speak these days and Geoffrey Nunberg catches them on the fly. This little book is a selection from his commentaries on National Public Radio's 'Fresh Air.' The essays are charming but the older ones make...

DULL BIOGRAPHY FOR AN INTERESTING WRITER ABOUT LANGUAGE

Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:06:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - Henry Fowler deserves a better biography than a chronological description of his life and work with all the pizazz of a cold dish of oatmeal.

While Fowler concerned himself about an essentially dull subjects of lexicography and grammar, his...

SKETCHY LITTLE BOOK ON OLD AGE

Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:09:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - John Mortimer, best known for his delightful "Rumpole of Old Bailey" books, has written a little book about the trials and triumphs of the 77th year of his life. The title is derived from a quote of Byron's "Journals" about his old age, "When one...

LEARN ABOUT THE IRISH AROUND THE WORLD

Sat, 8 Dec 2001 00:57:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - This is a history about the Irish who left Ireland, who they were and what they became. Intriguing stories from the earliest days of the monks saving civilization to the present day Celtic Tiger.

This book is overwhelming in detail and hard...