© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-owling Recent reviews written by member owling en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_436469993092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - It's tough to pin down the genre on John Husband's Maggie Again. It's a literary novel set partially in rural America in the 20s and partly in 80s urban New York. There are elements of time travel and the like, however, that could be considered... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436469993092 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:18:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436469993092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435930828420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Edible gardening presents a number of challenges, one of which is making the most of your produce while wasting as little of it as possible. We sometimes forget that for many centuries, people relied on the ability to put food by for the winter. Some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435930828420 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:41:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435930828420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435652824708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Genie is an admissions counselor at Thoreau college. She's been dating Hugh for four years, helping him to polish his now-best-selling book, supporting him at every turn while hoping that someday he'll propose. Then, while he's being interviewed on live... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435652824708 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:00:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435652824708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435364990596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - In the war between man and the children of fire, the children of the sea have always remained neutral. Demons hate humans, but to selkies humans don't matter enough to hate. They live off of human wreckage, take human lovers for a night, but compared to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435364990596 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:37:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435364990596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435072306820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Museum curator Mandy Cooper is obsessed with an old tale---that of nineteenth century bohemian artist Catherine Burke, and her rumored lover, Atacar, a Native American warrior. She's the caretaker of Catherine's greatest work, a portrait of Atacar that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435072306820 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:30:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435072306820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434953424516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Vengeance in Death is the sixth book in Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb's 'in death' series, starring hardass detective Eve Dallas in a futuristic (2050s and 2060s) New York. The series revels in an over-the-top, larger-than-life approach to mystery and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434953424516 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:09:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434953424516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434524556932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Mallory Russo used to be a detective---until she refused to cover for her partner's outrageous behavior shortly before he was due to retire. The rumor mill twisted the details until the story became that she had lied to ruin her partner's career, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434524556932 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:19:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434524556932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434256776836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Note: I try to keep my reviews of erotic romance toned down for general consumption. It would be a little tough to keep this one as tame as usual, so while I'll do my best, it's time for you to move along if you're a kid or easily embarrassed by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434256776836 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:44:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434256776836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434129833604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Some months back I got hooked on a blog called Waiter Rant (waiterrant.net). It's filled with tales from the tables presented by a waiter with an eye for both the sublime and the ridiculous. From stumbling newbie to restaurant manager and back to waiter... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434129833604 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:50:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434129833604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434004594308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - I love playing around in the kitchen. Along with all the other wild & crazy ingredients we love to try, we have a ton of herbs & spices on hand. I love to add them to nearly everything---cinnamon to my meusli; allspice, ginger, or nutmeg to pancakes; a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434004594308 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:03:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434004594308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433580576388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Storm Cartwright is one of three triplets---all of whom are psychic witches. Whenever she gets near Aiden McCloud, she hears a baby crying in her head, smells apricots and baby powder, and craves Fruit Loops with chocolate milk. She's sure it's his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433580576388 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:57:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433580576388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433350610564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Liam works as a cook at his family's pub in New York City, cooking food for his firefighter regulars. One in particular catches his eye: Sophie Tyler. He's gun-shy, having lost his wife to cancer just several years earlier, but everyone's encouraging him... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433350610564 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:49:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433350610564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433259515524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Jess Whitby used to be one of the most talented young thieves on the streets of London. Then she was found by her father, and her unusual talent for facts and figures helped them both to build one of the most successful and lucrative smuggling... that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433259515524 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:43:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433259515524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433232187012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - The year is 1830, and our tale begins in London. Nora Thorngoode's reputation has been ruined by her painting mentor, who hoped he could force her parents into allowing him to marry her. Her father arranges a quick marriage to Grayson Lowell, who's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433232187012 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:14:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433232187012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433121889924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Michelle Bardsley's Because Your Vampire Said So is the third book in a series about Broken Heart, Oklahoma: new center of paranormal activity and home to a ton of vampires and lycanthropes. While it sort of stands alone (I haven't read the first... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433121889924 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:33:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433121889924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432844803716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Who can resist the lure of a quick, easy, delicious dinner? It's why so many people fall prey to the siren call of fast food. Many people pick up a slow cooker, or crockpot, with the hope of achieving easy dinners at home, but all too often these devices... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432844803716 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:40:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432844803716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432600682116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - I admit, when I realized I had another time-travel Scottish romance in my hands, I thought, 'you've got to be kidding me.' I've already read Kurland's With Every Breath and Wolff's Sword of the Highlands, and I couldn't help... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432600682116 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:55:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432600682116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432595046020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Tobias Buckell became one of my favorite authors with his novels Crystal Rain (a stunning debut novel) and its follow-up Ragamuffin. He immediately established himself as a science fiction writer willing to explore highly unusual concepts... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432595046020 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:59:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432595046020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432281325188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Gerry Bartlett's Real Vampires Get Lucky is the third in a series about 400-year-old vampire Gloriana St. Clair and her extended network of friends, acquaintances, and enemies. Glory runs a vintage clothing shop with the help of several other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432281325188 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:47:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432281325188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431737048708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - The Hollow is the second book in Nora Roberts's Sign of Seven trilogy. I ended up reading it first; it stood alone surprisingly well for the second book in a trilogy, but there were definitely some pieces missing, and I highly recommend... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431737048708 Wed, 28 May 2008 11:52:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431737048708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431736262276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - The basic premise of Blood Brothers sounds intriguing and fascinating, but not altogether unusual: Three boys, Cal, Fox, and Gage, accidentally release a demon on their tenth birthday. Every seven years thereafter, for seven days around their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431736262276 Wed, 28 May 2008 11:32:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431736262276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431137984132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Magdalena Deacon is an art historian who restores paintings for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her job helps her to avoid her wealthy socialite parents, as well as thoughts of her dead brother. On this particular weekend she finds herself called in to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431137984132 Fri, 23 May 2008 11:01:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431137984132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431137328772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author owling - In The Trouble with Moonlight, author Donna MacMeans has created a rather unusual premise for a Victorian romance. Young Lusinda Havershaw has resigned herself to spinsterhood. Like her mother before her, she possesses the unusual trait of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431137328772 Fri, 23 May 2008 10:42:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431137328772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431137001092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Nikki is a chef whose days in the restaurant business are numbered---her bum knee makes it impossible for her to endure the grueling hours on her feet any longer. Her only hope to continue in the business she loves is to get a job as a personal chef, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431137001092 Fri, 23 May 2008 10:30:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431137001092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430880689796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author owling - Shiloh Walker's Through the Veil spans so many genres: romance, erotica, fantasy, science fiction, horror, paranormal. What makes it so good is the fact that it's a story first and any genre considerations are simply a part of making that story... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430880689796 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:32:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430880689796?linkin_id=8003929