Epinions Recent Reviews for luvrdaisy

Stream of Consciousness Meets Pure Literary Talent in "The Mezzanine"

Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:47:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Nicholas Baker's The Mezzanine is not really a story. There's no plot, or major action, or anything that should make it entertaining. But somehow, it manages to be vastly entertaining, if only because the reader gets caught up in the...

Pound this with a hammer before trying to use it

Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:54:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - I gave up on writing cosmetics reviews fairly early because, frankly, I wasn't that good at it and there are so many great cosmetics reviewers here that there wasn't a dire need. But unfortunately I have a bone to pick in Maybelline, and this is the...

Migraine Ice & the Comprehensive Anti-Migraine Plan

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 14:09:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - My sophomore year in college was a low point in my life. I barely attended classes, got most of my assignments through friends, and was very lucky to have understanding professors. I spent several days each week curled in a ball at the foot of my bed,...

Can Evil Die?

Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:51:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Night of Broken Souls was one of those six-degree-of-separation impulse buys (my cousin's friend's boyfriend's uncle wrote it) that actually paid off. Usually these sorts of impulse buys ("oh I heard about it on Oprah") are complete disasters...

The Sexy Mollies Get New Digs

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:22:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Don't get me wrong, I really like my silver mollies. They have grown quite a bit and now have many colors other than plain white. Their fins are long and graceful, flecked with iridescent blue, grey, and gold. Their heads are orange and yellow, and...

Well, Smack Me In The Head With a Psychology Book and Call Me Carrey

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:49:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Sybil. Now there was a split personality if ever there was one. During a semester spent studying abnormal psychology and personality disorders, we were invited to read that classic study of Multiple Personality Disorder, a very...

The Purest Heart is Still Drenched in Blood- Bibelot Book Review #3

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:55:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Ah Bibelot... how I miss you. Months after purchasing some $500 worth of books for $10 at the Bibelot bookstore closing, I am finally finished with the third one on my list, Javier Marias' A Heart So White. About halfway through my reading of...

Hot Nights in Little Italy

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:40:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Baltimore's Little Italy is one of the most endearing neighborhoods in the city. Decorated and be-flowered townhouses line the streets, art shops show off their goods, and restaurants entice the hungry of the city. The restaurants of Baltimore's Little...

My, my, This American Pie....

Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:20:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Oh my. Where to begin... Well, this is a sequel of the "hugely popular" "return of the great American sex comedy" American Pie. As a 22 year old female of some level of intelligence, this was not my first choice of films to see. But it was a...

Abortion: Why Both Sides have things wrong in the Abortion Debate

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:01:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - One side scares and misinforms. The other side hides behind rhetoric that has nothing to do with the truth. And, as in so many other politically based debates, neither side has it quite right, and the reality of the situation is completely ignored...

How Much Alcohol Does it Take For Me to see a JULIA ROBERTS Movie??

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:06:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - The answer: quite a bit. My friend and I arrived at the theater early, and figuring the other three members of the group would be late, we walked to a bar down the street. It was "girl's night out," a tradition that lends itself to watching...

Hoki the Clown Loach says, "ptoooey!"

Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:30:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - About a week after I purchased three Marigold varietus, I noticed a bunch of fry hiding beneath the rocks in my 30 gallon aquarium. For no particular reason I decided to save them from impending doom (between the mama fish, the clown loaches, and...

The Album that Brought me "Home"

Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:43:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - For those of you who don't know, I am a die-hard "Nields" junkie. This little band out of Northampton Massachusetts has been a stable force in my life for about ten years now, and I've lost count of the shows I've been to. I even helped organize a...

This one is a real beauty....

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:09:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Black Beauty, a novel by one of the first "animal rights activists," Anna Sewell, has been "done" and "redone" so many times that the story has often fallen to the wayside. The characters, Black Beauty, Merrylegs the pony, Ginger, the stablehand...

Horse Training the way it's Meant to be...

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:35:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - After reviewing Monty Roberts' The Man Who Listens to Horses and calling it "narcissistic," I felt I at least had to give some air time to a much better presentation of a similar theory.

Like Monty Roberts, the amazing modern "horse...

Marriage Counseling With Teeth

Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:41:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - I really hate myself when I find myself enjoying what is, in reality, a bad movie. I hated myself when I cried at "Pay it Forward," and I hated myself for enjoying Jurassic Park 3. Entering the movie theater (free tickets, thank...

History Comes Alive on the Open Ocean

Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:12:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Whaling- the idea is repugnant to those of us here in modern times. Having discovered the grace, beauty, and intelligence of these remarkable animals, we here in the civilized world shudder that there are still places in the world where harpooning...

WASPS can fly high... at times (Bibelot Review #2)

Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:04:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - There is something amazing about spending time with older people... whether they are our parents, grandparents, or neighbors, they almost always have interesting stories to tell and fascinating experiences to share.

A WASP Among Eagles...

Revelations (Bibelot Book Review #1)

Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:46:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - I live to consume books. And until recently, I thought that a truly "bad" book had never been written (except of course for certain examples of the "romance" genre that I had subjected myself to). I had never in my life read a "bad" book, until I got...

Nields? Is that a town in Vermont?

Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:12:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - I first discovered this little band called The Nields back in my Junior Year of High School when someone lent me a battered copy of Bob on the Ceiling and took me to a concert at the Northwest Nature Center in Connecticut. There is...

The Diamond in the Rough

Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:49:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Some 90% of the CDs in my music collection were bought for one or two songs I had heard about. The rest were bought after live performances. Almost inevitably, each new addition to this collection of music is disappointing, with rare exceptions. You'd...

They Just Don't Make Them Like They Used To

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 16:51:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - This is more a tribute to my old car than it is a recommendation. I would never recommend anyone go out and buy a 1988 car (mine wasn't a '90) given that it is 2001, but I really loved this car. Its recent series of expensive repairs were the only...

Who could hate the Big Friendly Giant?

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:08:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - I just read a review of James and the Giant Peach and it reminded me of my own favorite children's book, The BFG. This is the one tattered and battered old book that goes with me everywhere. It's been with me since I was about 7, when it...

More Human than Human....

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:44:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - Imagine you are the leader of a great and powerful nation. One day some wild-eyed young man somehow comes to your attention, raving wildly about the end of the world. Aliens are coming, he says, and we will all be killed if we stay. We must find and...

Body-Image is Everything.

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:26:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author luvrdaisy - I try to tell myself that being "in shape" is about four things:

1. Am I strong?

2. Do I have lots of energy?

3. Am I happy?

4. Do I fit in all my clothes?

When the answer is yes to all four of these questions, I...