© 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-poetchik Recent reviews written by member poetchik en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_437521649284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Wade Donnelly is a man on a mission. Formerly a solider stationed in Afghanistan, he has recently returned to the states and is longing to see a childhood friend of his, Phobe Merriman. The last time Wade and Phobe saw each other, it was at the funeral... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437521649284 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:23:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437521649284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437482065540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - NACAR fan and sports psychologist Kelly Greenwood is excited when her friend is able to get her a TV spot on the a national NASCAR show. When Kelly is asked about the chances of Trent Matheson (NASCAR pretty boy) winning the Nextel Cup, she is brutally... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437482065540 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:18:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437482065540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437341884036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Twenty-six year old research librarian C.J. Adams likes nothing than curling up with a historical novel and disappearing into the details of fallen kingdoms and forgotten rulers. Her friends feel that she is far too focused on her thesis and should be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437341884036 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:40:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437341884036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437299023492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Snuff is an unconventional book told in an unconventional manner: it is about six hundred men waiting to make their name in the adult entertainment(porn) record books by having sex with porn queen Cassie Wright. The chapters in the book are told by three... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437299023492 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:55:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437299023492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437204061828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Ten years ago, Cade Wheeler and Brijette Dupree were two teenagers in love living in Cypress Landing, Louisiana.Cade was raised by his two parents and was rich while Brijette was raised by her grandmother in the backwoods of Louisiana. When Brijette was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437204061828 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:29:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437204061828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437088784004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Sixteen years ago in Dolittle,Arkansas Harriet Rogers was nerdy and overweight girl attending Dolittle High School. When prom time came around, she was completely surprised when she was asked to the prom by the most popular guy in school,Jake Porter. As... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437088784004 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:35:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437088784004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436981763716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - In "Ex Marks the Spot," we meet recently retired Air Force Colonel Andrea (Andi) Armstrong who is learning to live a life without the military. Although Andi is tough and has served in the Air Force for most of her adult life, on her last tour in Iraq... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436981763716 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:21:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436981763716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436889030276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Twisted Tales promises the reader tales that will frighten and make their blood run cold however after reading the stories contained in this book, I was neither scared nor chilled but instead rather annoyed. Although the first few stories were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436889030276 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:21:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436889030276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436681281156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - In Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People who led extraordinary lives, the stories told within its pages are not about the life and deaths of famous people but instead, the author (Jim Sheeler) seeks to do more than write an obituary, he uses his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436681281156 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 23:22:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436681281156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436536184452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Wild, Wicked, and Wanton takes reader on a wild sensual The author does a great job in introducing the main character before getting to the plot of the story. I also really enjoyed this book because it had the right mix of steamy sex, dialogue and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436536184452 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:10:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436536184452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425683488388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - "Blue Pills" is a graphic novel (originally written in French) about a man named Frederik his girlfriend Cati,Cati's son and their shared experience with HIV. Not only is this novel tender and honest, it is also so full of depth that you may have read it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425683488388 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:33:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425683488388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425397620356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - "Will Eisner's New York: The Big City" is a rare find in that although Eisner's comic strips are used to reflect his experiences of living in New York, the drawings also can reflect life in any busy city.I enjoyed the way in which Einser is able to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425397620356 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:27:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425397620356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425027079812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - "Cairo" transports its reader from reality to a world of religious drug smugglers,magician gangsters and a suave genie in a designer suit. In "Cairo," five people's lives are forever changed when they come into contact each other as well as a stolen... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425027079812 Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:35:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425027079812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424923336324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - In "No Lye," Tulani Kinard seeks to educate black women about the perils of using chemicals in order to straighten their hair and possible long term effects such as baldness. What I liked about the book was the amount of depth that Kinard uses in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424923336324 Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:10:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424923336324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424779157124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - When I read the front and back cover of the Lauren Weedman's book, I was expecting a something funny and entertaining. Instead, I encountered a book who's author seems needy, obsessive,and not very funny at all. The book reads like a giant pity party and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424779157124 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:46:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424779157124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424727449220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - In "Freak in the Sheets," two friends (Rochelle and Layla)team up to make their dreams come true in a very unconventional way and end up uncovering secrets about themselves along the way. Rochelle Scott is a librarian by day and has recently... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424727449220 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:10:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424727449220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405593034372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Single in Suburbia is a novel about three unlikely women(each with a secret) who are paired together to work the concession stand at their kids little league game. Through this chance occurrence, the women form a strong friendship and a lifelong bond... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405593034372 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:55:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405593034372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405121240708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - After reading "Your Bed or Mine," I just had to read the next book in the housewives fantasy club series "Dinner first,me later." This book focuses on another resident of the Woodberry Park suburb, Alicia Greene. In "Dinner first,me later," Alicia... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405121240708 Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:52:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405121240708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_403950112388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - Your bed or mine is a a well written, funny book with well developed characters and an good balance between silliness and seriousness. Zada Clark is a feisty children's author who was abandoned by her father as a child and Rick Clark is a strict... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~403950112388 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:27:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_403950112388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_387891302020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - The term "CP Time" is a abbreviation for the term "colored people time" which is a term for the common belief that black people are known for not showing up or starting things on time. In the book "CP Time Why Some People Are Always Late," author... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~387891302020 Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:35:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_387891302020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_387028848260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - "Beyond the Rapture" is an interracial romance between a supermodel and a doctor who must overcome internal and external obstacles in order to be together. While this could have been a wonderful story, due to poor editing and predictable storyline, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~387028848260 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:43:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_387028848260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385486655108?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - When I first heard that "Transformers" going to be made into a live action movie, I'll admit I was sceptical. This is because I have seen a pattern lately of movie studios turning cartoons into full lengths movies which have (for lack of a better... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385486655108 Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:20:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385486655108?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_384088379012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - The Best American Comics 2006 is a great combination of 30 well drawn comics, sharp writing, and political awareness.The book manages to have a good balance of color an d black and white comics and well as traditional versus more modern styles. My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~384088379012 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:54:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_384088379012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_383035149956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - When I first saw the book jacket for "Get Down," I was instantly taken back to my childhood in the '80 and days of watching Yo MTV raps and break-dancing. What Asali Solomon manages to do in "Get Down" is not only capture the 1980's perfectly,she also... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~383035149956 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:11:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_383035149956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_376244899460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author poetchik - In the gospel according to Patti Labelle, she gives listeners a musical feast with the help of several well known singers. In the course of the CD, Patti sings songs which showcase her vocal range as well as the types of genres she is willing to explore... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~376244899460 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:09:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_376244899460?linkin_id=8003929