© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-pookiebear6 Recent reviews written by member pookiebear6 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_457138015876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Blink is a card set based on the card game Speed (some I know call it Spit), which I have played with a standard card deck. Probably the main difference is in the cards themselves, which contain various symbols and colors. You place cards down matching... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457138015876 Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:08:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457138015876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456234667652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - It's hard to imagine that a book about history - specifically the history of assassinated presidents - could be considered entertaining, let alone funny. But in her typical polished but quirky style, Sarah Vowell manages to present us with yet another... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456234667652 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:31:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456234667652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449587613316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - The Sparco Products Stand Up Full Strip stapler is a model of efficiency, and all in one compact little package. Probably the best feature is in its design. It is a full-size stapler, but can be made to stand up, which takes up only a little over... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449587613316 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:56:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449587613316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449492979332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve is a beautifully written book, depicting the life of a strong and insightful Indian woman as she struggles to reconcile herself with poverty, loss, and unexpected love. The protagonist, Rukmani, is the youngest of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449492979332 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:56:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449492979332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449483017860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Anita Desai’s Baumgartner's Bombay is an unflinching portrait of the life of a Jewish refugee in India, and his recollections of internment camp, his childhood, and the listlessness that characterizes his life. Interspersed in this is an often... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449483017860 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:20:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449483017860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_447389470340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Tsitsi Dangarembga's intricately rendered novel, Nervous Conditions, is notable for several reasons, most particularly for being the first book written in English by a black Zimbabwean woman, and for representing a masterfully written voice from that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~447389470340 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:49:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_447389470340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437028294276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Released October 2001, three years after their previous Version 2.0 album, the CD resulted in four major releases in 2001 and 2002: Androgyny, Cherry Lips, Breaking Up the Girl, and Shut Your Mouth. While not as well received as their previous... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437028294276 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:31:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437028294276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436669943428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - With sparse prose and a fluid and extremely moving storyline, Vendela Vida presents an unforgettable, bittersweet tale in Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name about going home, reinventing oneself, and discovering our origins. Her second book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436669943428 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:15:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436669943428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436669877892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - There is a lot that is covered in this book, and just to give you a picture of what it is like, here are just a few of the topics discussed in Scarlett Thomas&#146s fictional novel PopCo: ---the toy industry (the protagonist works for the 3rd largest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436669877892 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:53:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436669877892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436251496068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Brian Ascalon Roley&#146s novel, American Son, is a gritty and disturbing picture of what amounts to failed assimilations of different extremes, with sons Gabe and Tomas struggling with their identities as much as their mother did in her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436251496068 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:39:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436251496068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436250578564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Lois-Ann Yamanaka&#146s novel, Blu&#146s Hanging, begins most appropriately with a description of hunger satisfied in meager portions &#150 the narrator Ivah Ogata feeding herself and her little siblings, the amusing but often irritating younger brother... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436250578564 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:21:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436250578564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436247498372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Kim Soon Hyo, the mother in Nora Okja Keller’s Comfort Woman, is not sure how to share her own story of being a comfort woman with her daughter, Beccah Bradley. In fact, in some ways Akiko, as she was known in the comfort stations, is not sure whether to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436247498372 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:04:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436247498372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436247105156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - The international conflict that eventually became known as World War II affected more just than the soldiers fighting it: Mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, victims of war and victors of war are all touched by the war and its devastation. It is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436247105156 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:51:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436247105156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436246384260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - It is not surprising that Carlos Bulosan found an early American inspiration in Abraham Lincoln; the U.S. President, like Carlos, was the son of uneducated farmers and was himself poor and educated only very briefly. Lincoln also was associated in his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436246384260 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:39:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436246384260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436241600132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Probably most intriguing about the structure of Maxine Hong Kingston&#146s Woman Warrior, beginning with "No Name Woman&#148 and ending in A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe,&#148 is that it characterizes Maxine Hong Kingston&#146s memoir, told in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436241600132 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:03:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436241600132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436240354948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - A children's mystery classic, Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game is a remarkable whodunit, with a likable cast of characters and a complicated and enjoyable storyline. Sixteen heirs are brought together by the will of an odd and quirky millionaire by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436240354948 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:51:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436240354948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436235177604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - In a sometimes episodic depiction of a Northern black family in the 60s, Christopher Paul Curtis has managed to create probably one of the funniest and saddest young adult books of the 20th century. First published in 1998 (and republished by Laurel... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436235177604 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:57:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436235177604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436234194564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - To put it simply, there is something for everyone to like in this book. Published in 2007 by Anita Thompson, the late wife of Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, the book is at once a memoir, advice book (I purposely avoid that phrase 'self-help'... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436234194564 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:17:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436234194564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_436230262404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Zadie Smith's 2005 book, On Beauty, is surprisingly light on beauty - hers instead is a world of sometimes cringe-inducing and sometimes awe-inspiring reality. Her talent is finding those strange but common moments of confusing thought and excising them... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~436230262404 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:00:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_436230262404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_434201005700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Everything is Illuminated, adapted for film by Liev Schrieber based on the excellent book by Jonathan Safran Foer, is probably one of the most enjoyable balances of drama and comedy I've seen in quite some time. I remember being disappointed the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~434201005700 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:09:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_434201005700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433934864004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - After taking their fans for yet another emotional roller coaster ride (Are they still a band or have they broken up?), Weezer is back with the Red Album, a new and experimental journey for all. Part of the newness is the increased presence of the other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433934864004 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433934864004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433626517124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - Take two parts beach band surf music, three parts Afro-punk, and a sprinkle of Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel, and you may begin to have an idea of what you have in store when you listen to Vampire Weekend. With such an unusual sound, at least compared to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433626517124 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:01:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433626517124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433406185092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - I have to admit then when I first got 30 Seconds to Mars' CD, A Beautiful Lie, I was pretty much prepared to dislike it. After all, most other crossover stars that I can think of, in my humble opinion, are better off where they were, with only a few... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433406185092 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:41:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433406185092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433405857412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - The first time I played The Black Keys' 2008 CD, Attack & Release, the CD stayed in my player for at least three full rotations, and I hadn't even begun to even think about why it was I liked this CD so much. A wonderfully immersing collection, the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433405857412 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:35:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433405857412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_433187229316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pookiebear6 - It always worries me whenever a band or a movie or a public speaker apologizes before the beginning. This, however, is exactly what Panic at the Disco does in their opening number for their second CD, Pretty.Odd. The CD, which is a far cry in style and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~433187229316 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 22:26:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_433187229316?linkin_id=8003929