Epinions Recent Reviews for lactavist

W is for a Wonderful Read

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:10:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - Hollis Woods is a brilliant, talented, eleven year old artist. Abandoned on a street, naked with only a note, asking that she be named Hollis Woods, she has been shuttled between foster homes. She thinks of her various homes in terms of what they...

Pretty, but not much substance.

Thu, 25 Dec 2003 21:06:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - There are some books that just require that I suspend too much of my credulous nature. This book is one of them. Diana Moore a beautiful, thirty-three year old woman is still mooning over the loss of her significant other... three years after the...

Read "Open House" in a pleasantly spent afternoon.

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:44:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I loved the characters in this novel. They were ecclectic enough to hold my interest. Samantha (or Sam as she prefers to be called) has grown away from her husband, David. She realizes it one afternoon, whn she asks him about going to a marriage...

I couldn't predict the outcome...can you?

Sun, 10 Feb 2002 02:10:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I have an annoying ability to be able to predict the outcome of most of the novels I read by the end of the second chapter, I didn't even come close with this book.

Set in WWI era Nova Scotia, Canada, this richly detailed novel is as...

Forgetable...

Fri, 11 May 2001 21:45:32 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - This book is my first exposure to Linda Howard. Fortunately, I don't believe in first impressions. I'll give her another chance, as I was disappointed by this book.

It's a shame because this book could have been a contender. It...

From Cradle to Grave: The Truth is Stranger than Fiction?

Tue, 8 May 2001 22:00:19 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - Is it? It must be because until Marybeth Tinning gave birth to her ninth child and then murdered it, no one seemed to suspect that any crime had been committed.

Actually, since hindsight is 20/20, now people are crawling out of the...

I Hope I Am Wiser!

Sun, 6 May 2001 21:31:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I have 5 daughters. Two of them are now entering their teens. I can remember how people used to tell me that toddlerhood, and diapers were easy, but teenagers were hard.

Guess what, they were right!

This book struck many chords...

Stuff happens, you go on.

Sun, 6 May 2001 15:26:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I liked this book. But I didn't love this book. Adeline Yen Mah, does a good job of chronicling her very interesting life. She overcame many obstacles in her quest to be an independent female Doctor. The fact that she accomplished this with her...

I Thought I'd Read it all.

Thu, 3 May 2001 23:42:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I picked this book up because it is about LA. My sister and I have a running argument about which is a more corrupt place to live, LA or New York.

I now have plenty of ammunition to win the argument. Such a sad book. The...

The gift that keeps on giving...

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:31:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I groom 2 Puli's. One owner is rather sensible and has the dog shaved every 2 months. The other is enamoured with the full coated look of the breed. In case you are not familiar with the breed, Hungarian Puli's were developed as herding dogs in...

One of the best sprays on the Market.

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:18:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I like the smell of Fresh n' clean cologne. My customers love the smell of it. Their dogs, however, being dogs, would rather smell like cat poop. What is it about dogs, anyway? They seem to like to find the most unpleasant odor that their owner can...

Good product, a little pricey though.

Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:45:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - We had a schnauzer in recently who had been playing shampoo roulette with different shampoos to treat her allergies. We decided to try the Miracle Coat Shampoo with tea tree oil as part of its ingredients. I nearly croaked however, when I saw how...

White as the driven snow!!!

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:08:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - Since I have been doing a larger volume of white dogs lately, I decided to try a whitening agent as part of the grooming process. I decided to try Lambert Kay's Polar White, because I like Lambert Kay products, in general.

My first test was...

A Unique Read.

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:45:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - My older children are required to read several books from a list of several hundred books. Each book is assigned a point value, and each class has a certain number of points required. There are tests to determine the student's knowledge of the book,...

Not all that impressed.

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:28:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I wanted to see what all the hooraw was about, so I started on the first series of the "Left Behind" series. The premise of the story is that it is the end of time, and all hell is breaking loose. Literally. Following the descriptions and...

Oprah and I don't always see eye to eye...

Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:32:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - But the Poisonwood Bible is one thing we are on the same page about. She placed it on her bookclub list, and I can see why. The novel is set in Africa. A family of six, led by their zealously religious father go to the Congo to convert the natives to...

Go, David Go!!!

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:41:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - As the mother of an almost 3 year old 'David', (whose real name is Isabel)I loved this book! I feel as though Isabel spends most of her time hearing me say, "No, Izzi...please be careful Izzi....Izzi, STOP!" It does her little heart good to...

Makes Me Proud of my Danish Ancestry.

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:32:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I received this book from an unlikely source. My 65 year old father. His reading interests usually are limited almost exclusively to Sci-Fi and Kurt Vonnegut. So I was surprised when he handed me this book which was obviously a childs book. He told...

My Favorite Goodnight Book

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:15:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I have 6 children. My two youngest are 5 and 3. Both have grown up with this book. It never seems to get old. Even though they both know the punchline, they giggle like little fiends when Mrs. Zookeeper is double crossed by the gorilla in the end...

A Book from My Childhood

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:03:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I was so happy to find my very worn, dog eared copy of Misty of Chincoteague! As a pre teen girl I enjoyed this story immensely. i was thrilled to read it to my 10 year old twins, who reacted as I did.

Misty combines the elements of an...

I have FOUR of these things!

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:03:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - Yes, over the years I have purchased four of these, and while they may be an older version, they are all Fisher Price, and they are all still on the go!

"Why four?" you may ask, and I'll tell you. I have 6 children, the first 4...

An Accident of Birth

Wed, 14 Jun 2000 01:15:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - I got this book for my oldest daughter who was at the time, 12, at a school book fair, sponsored by Scholastic. It is a very good introduction to WWII and the holocaust, foor young teens. It is fairly graphic, but not so much so that I wouldn't want...

Compelling Reading

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:40:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - In a world of Juvenille literature that seems to be dominated recently by Goosebumps and the like, I decided that I would, in an effort to get my two older daughters to read good books, start a contest with them. My daughters then aged 10 and 11 and...

Could have been depressing.

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:17:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - The death of Mother Theresa of Calcutta spurred me toward reading and understanding more about India and Pakistan. After reading the excellent book, "Freedom at Midnight" in which Dominique Lapierre collaborated with Larry Collins, I decided...

Archived Kids & Family Reviews: Andis clipper's pro's and con's

Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:29:01 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author lactavist - My mom and I used to run an Oster shop. We used only Oster clippers. Noisey and dependable, we have several dozen blades in each size in case of a jammed or broken blade. We never really thought about changing to Andis until last year.

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