Epinions Recent Reviews for prettyrain

Journal of a Magic Tattoo (the joy of a book write off)

Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:52:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - Lydia's story, told by Barbara Hodgson in "The Tattooed Map," starts out simply enough. You begin reading what seems an ordinary travel journal. Well, above ordinary in that Lydia can write, adds all sorts of interesting bits of information to every...

The Fall of the House of Blau

Thu, 24 May 2001 14:09:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - The Vision of Emma Blau is somewhat of an epic novel. (Only somewhat because while it includes so much, it's not that long.) It begins with Stefan Blau's vision of a girl and a large hotel overlooking a lake in New Hampshire. The book follows...

SoBe Beverages: Che Lizardo -- Sobe's Lizard Line

Thu, 24 May 2001 13:41:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I first tried a Sobe drink by mistake.. a friend of mine had been recommending some other sort of herbal fruit drink and when I saw the pink Sobe I thought that was it.

It wasn't what she'd recommended, but I didn't care. I was addicted...

chain resturant: The best Tim for coffee

Tue, 22 May 2001 17:16:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I know, in Canada, Tim Hortons is an icon, a legend and the best place for coffee and donuts. But. No. I can't stand the coffee and donuts in the place and I love a real cafe sort of feel. So thank the hockey gods that they gave us Timothy's.

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Online greeting cards: Just so... perfect post-cards

Tue, 22 May 2001 16:50:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - Yes, there are probably a million sites where you can send online greeting cards to people. Most of them seem very much the same -- birthday greetings and animated cartoons and goofy little songs. Most of those sites I can't even tell apart. So I don't...

Truths and Lies; Words and Pictures

Sun, 20 May 2001 12:30:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - Remember when you were a kid, how you enjoyed reading a book filled with all sorts of cool art and a great story? Not a long story that would take too long to read, but a simple sort of one that you could think about while you looked at the...

The only formula worth recommending

Sat, 19 May 2001 20:29:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - When my daughter was born I had a few bottles in the house -- gifts from the shower -- but not one container of formula. To me it had never even been a question. Of course I would breastfeed.

That was until I got the scare of my life. On...

Adult Health Issues: Disturbance at the Heron House*

Wed, 16 May 2001 18:12:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - What do I know about being bipolar? It doesn't mean that I'm always either manic or depressed. It does mean I am moody, and can go from one extreme to the other. It means I have to be careful about how much sleep I get, what medicines I take, what and...

A trip on the prozac road

Mon, 14 May 2001 22:20:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain -

In the novel "Prozac Highway," Persimmon Blackbridge shows us up close life on and off the internet for someone with a mental illness, and how the two worlds can work together, against each other or collide, but never quite meet.

She...

Surreal Recipes for Real Life

Tue, 8 May 2001 15:44:52 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - "Being Soup:

Soak your feelings overnight.

Rinse in cool water, rubbing off any excess.

Add to water containing 1 or more necessary ingredients.

The body of the soup must be of sturdy consistency.

Aroma should be heady.

Just...

I wanted to get in the book too...

Tue, 8 May 2001 15:03:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - And I thought I was a freak. No, really. Sometimes characters from stories I’m working on will talk to me. They’ll tell me what they want to do, or what they refuse to do, or why they’re more important than I realize. This is not the kind of thing I...

Mr. Short-term Memory

Sun, 6 May 2001 18:40:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - The first thing you see is a man's hand waving a piece of Polaroid film. You naturally expect that a picture is going to develop, but instead of becoming clear, the image on the film slowly fades and goes blank until there is nothing. Backwards. A little...

This SLC Punk! deserved better, but I'll take him.

Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:39:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - Oh, to be back in Salt Lake City and live as a punk-rocker. Remember those days? Actually, with "SLC Punk!" I was expecting a film along the lines of Sid and Nancy. Punkness, despair, drugs, fatalism. Or I was expecting a bunch of misunderstood punks to...

They just get better...

Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:33:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - In Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine, we're introduced to the two characters by their correspondence with one another. The letters and postcards, some of which you remove from their envelopes to read, are beautiful, original and dreamy. When the...

Curviness ahead

Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:43:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - You know how sometimes you read those women's fashion and beauty magazines and afterwards feel pretty yukky and in need of improvement? I read them and think, "I need to lose 20 pounds, get a make-over at Lancome, buy all my clothes from exclusive...

The thrill of reading other people's mail!

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:20:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - Before I took an IQ test a few years ago I had a sample question that was something like, "What would you do if you found an envelope with a stamp and address written on it?" Well, of course I would read it! Uh... wrong answer. I was supposed...

Life should be like this.

Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:46:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I have read this book so many times I could probably rewrite the entire thing here, word for word. But I won't, because it still wouldn't be as good as Laurie Colwin's stuff.

This is one of my all-time favorite 'comfort books.' Does anyone...

Not your typical werewolf...

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:45:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I know, it's a book about a werewolf. Just forget everything you've ever read about them and read this book as if the idea were a whole new thing. That's what magical realism is about, right? Jump in and go with it and you're in for a touching and...

Voices carry

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 15:45:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I'm not exactly a big fan of sci-fi, and while I was reading this book I'd start to describe it to friends who would get that, "It's science fiction, isn't it?" looks on their faces. I encouraged them all to read it, and now I'm looking for...

Bittersweet six

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:38:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - It's the last night on earth. What are they going to do? Although that's the main premise of this film, it turns into something different because of course, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to do what you most want to do. The film follows various...

Joy toy

Mon, 5 Jun 2000 09:46:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I didn't think this camera would be as much fun as it, but it really is as fun as a toy. It's not a toy, though... it really works! It took a few shots to figure out exactly how far away to get, and what kind of light works.

I've only had a...

Change your life

Sat, 27 May 2000 22:28:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - I've only said this about one other book ever, but The Artist's Way actually did change my life. The book and program require commitment, but it's fun and enlightening. If you let it it can open your mind to your own ideas, creativity and possibilities...

A taste of Paris, via California.

Tue, 23 May 2000 18:40:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - "Le Divorce" seems like it will be a simple little novel, but it quickly becomes complex. I never thought that learning about the differences between divorce laws in the US and France could be so entertaining, but Diane Johnson manages to make...

Now, she's a hipmama.

Mon, 8 May 2000 11:25:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author prettyrain - On the title page of "hipMama" magazine, there are definitions of the words hip and mama. I liked that hip could mean "aware" and that's what I think being a hipmama means. A hipmama knows what's going on. Her kids know what's going...