Epinions Recent Reviews for obisan69

Walking the Labyrinth

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:54:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - Supermodel Natalia never had a desire to search for her biological parents-- her adoptive ones had given her love, opportunity, and stability. However, a chance encounter with a woman who may know something about her past challenges her to find out what...

Submission Success

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:56:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - Writer's Digest Books does it again with this helpful tome! Now in it's second edition, Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript provides aspiring writers with detailed information and examples for how to put together a submission package. From...

Painting a Beautiful Story

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:28:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I do not normally read romance books, but I was persuaded to pick this one up. I was not disappointed by the story I found! The story centers around a woman named Libby, who seems to have everything a person could want. She and her fiance run a...

It Pays to Learn Online Service: Fast service, good rewards

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:20:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - It Pays To Learn has changed a lot since I first became a member (but the same can be said of Epinions). You used to earn money just for taking quizzes, but now that has changed. Now, you make money for reading messages, somewhat like a Get Paid To Re...

The Only Place Is Here

Sun, 12 May 2002 15:16:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I fell in Love with Richard Bach books after reading a copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull that my cousin gave me for my high school graduation. I eagerly began collecting other books by the author, and plowing through them very quickly. I picked up...

Best of Both Worlds

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:28:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I’m a second year college student, and when I moved from the dorm to an apartment, my tiny little TV/VCR combo was just not enough for my large living room, especially because we had our couch fairly far away. The sound and picture quality weren’t...

I Need a Vegetarian Donut!!!

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:03:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - What can I use to replace butter in my recipes? How can I cook for holidays like Thanksgiving? Why are people vegetarians? What is TVP? How do I deal with airline meals? How do I find out about vegetarian groups in my area?

If you've ever...

Healthy and Delicious!

Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:44:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I've been a vegetarian for almost 5 years now. My decision was for a variety of reasons, particularly to do with health and animal rights. I fell in love with Vegetarian Times the very first time I read it.

This magazine covers a...

A Loyal Follower Beyond the Grave

Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:19:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - So due to the influx of new systems, the Nintendo 64 can be declared dead.

You know what? I still love my N64. I probably always will. I refuse to give it up.

You can find the statistics about this system in all the other...

Cut the Clutter

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 19:44:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I'm an English major (well, dual major with Political Science). Even though I have a Creative Writing focus, being an English major involved doing a lot of papers, and I knew I needed some additional help. I love reading books on writing, but most of...

Every Town

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:09:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - Let me start by saying that this review might give away some of the key plot twists, so if you want to be surprised, just know that I love this book and think everyone should read it. Now, on with the real review:

Our Town might...

A Rose By Any Other Name...

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:45:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - Anyone who has read books by Natalie Goldberg recognizes her unique vision. Her nonfiction books, such as Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind, are all very descriptive of her own life, even though they are instructional books on writing. It seems that...

A Negative View Of This Loved Novel

Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:02:56 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I've been trying to decide how exactly to write this opinion, because my view of this book is definitely not that of the majority. I did not like it. It got to the point of being a chore to get through, but I had told myself I was going to read this...

More To This Book Than Meets The Blinking Eye

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 04:50:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - When I first began Haroun & the Sea of Stories, I wasn't actually reading it, it was being read to me as a bedtime story. He'd read a few pages to me as I cuddled up under the blankets, showing me different words and phrases in the story, ones...

You Want 15 Dozen Doughnuts?!

Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:06:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I had never had a Krispy Kreme doughnut until I had gotten to college. My friends thought that I was seriously deprived, of course. But it still took until winter quarter to get me to try these treats, which became a dorm favorite.

Two of...

Laugh, Cry, Relate

Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:44:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - A friend of mine introduced me to Pam Houston's writing. She saw the anthology of short stories I had for my English class, and suggested that I read "How To Talk To A Hunter," the first story in Cowboys Are My Weakness. I immediately loved it, and...

To Talk Or Not To Talk

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:45:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I checked out tons of cordless phones before I picked one out. This one was a great decision. It has almost everything you could want and is of a great quality. It's a very rugged phone, and still in fabulous shape after being dropped numerous...

Yahoo! Points: Yahoo Points? No Point For Me

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:55:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - *************************************************

Update: 3/23/01

Since I have first published this review, on 9/19/00, I have been recieving more emails from this program. While its still slow on earning points, I now have 480 points in...

I Have A Confession...

Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:15:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I always swore I wouldn't buy into the hype of Pokemon--why would a college student spend her time chasing imaginary creatures around with balls? Come on, now, don't we have a life, I'd say. However, recently my mind was changed (somewhat).

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Chapter By Chapter

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 23:25:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table...

A Course In Great Writing

Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:00:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - In the beginning, everything is mingled

and joined, all the halves hooked up,

nothing reft or twain, no missing buttons

no single baby shoes lying by the off-ramps.

In the beginning everything's combined

smaller than a...

Handspring Visor Deluxe Handheld: Great Product, Great Price

Tue, 27 Jun 2000 14:15:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I love my Handspring Visor Deluxe. I only bought it a few days ago, but it's hardly been out of my hands since. I was thinking about buying a Palm V for a while, but then had a conversation with my Physics teacher (a devoted Visor user). While he...

The Child Inside

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:34:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I bought this book immediately after I finished Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I had fallen in love with Richard Bach's writing immediately during that story, and so began my voracious appetite for more of his stories. Looking at the options...

Beautiful Message

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:38:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - It was one of those moments where I was opening presents with the whole family watching. Totally embarrassing to be the center of attention, sure, but still, you're getting lots of cool presents. Well I got to one present from my cousin. I ripped it...

Works For Me

Sun, 14 May 2000 12:21:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author obisan69 - I've been toying with writing this review for a while now, but was a little intimidated by some of the other reviews already here. Yes, the expert ones. I am the farthest thing from an expert in this category that you will ever find. It finally hit me...