Epinions Recent Reviews for robinmichele

As the Train Rumbles: Crowne Plaza at Union Station

Sun, 2 Feb 2003 13:13:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Ah-- the joys of business travel! Long hours on the road, Long hours of grueling trade show activities... and a very nice hotel stay.

For the past week I have been bopping around Indianapolis, working like a dog and incidentally, sleeping...

Otherwise known as "Miss Julia Grows a Spine"

Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:57:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Santa was so very good to me this year. So good, in fact, that he left me a large amount of Mega bookstore gift certificates in my stocking. What to spend it on? Oh, the possibilities...

A friend had passed along a must-read list a while...

Who me? Silly? Bah! Songs for Silly Time

Sat, 10 Aug 2002 04:21:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Twin Sisters Productions is the best children's music company that you probably have never heard of. They specialize in children's educational music, but they also have a Christian line of music as well as a lullaby line called "Growing Minds with...

Say What? Favorite Children's Book WO

Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:31:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - The Whispering Rabbit is a Little Golden Book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres. What? You don't have a copy already? Hop on over to the bookstore... Or maybe if you are lucky, the Easter Bunny will bring you one...

Mercy Me- Is that an alien in your pocket? Behold a Pale Horse

Sun, 3 Feb 2002 06:09:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - This is one book that you simply must see to believe. Or rather, see and not believe-- your call on that one, my friend. If you have a friend that really digs government conspiracies- boy oh boy this would make a great gift.

This book was...

For Sale: 5 1/2 minute footnotes

Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:21:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Virginian House. 1/4 inch bigger on the inside than the outside. Transformative power. Moving staircases. House has regenerative power. (Note to self-- Great selling point) Pit of despair? (Ahh- we'll wow them with the spacious...

Coming Home- Prodigal Summer

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:25:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Barbara Kingsolver- where have you been all my life? Whenever I find a new author that I enjoy, I can only liken the feeling to the euphoria of my 6th bithday- when my parents surprised me with a trip to Disneyland. Stumbling across Barbara...

Turning Tides: Bridge to Terabithia

Wed, 5 Dec 2001 21:37:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - The books that mean the most to me are always the hardest to write about.

This is one such book.

It's hard to look beyond the intense visceral connection so that I can tell you why this book is so worthwhile, why everyone...

Uppity Smuppity: Uppity Women of the New World

Wed, 5 Dec 2001 00:51:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - I've never been a fan of history. Ever. I loathed it in 7th grade. I tolerated it in high school. In college, I found that it really wasn't that bad... After all, there is a little something to that adage that says "Truth is stranger than fiction"...

How many films can they squeeze in before puberty? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Sat, 17 Nov 2001 16:12:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - I have a confession to make. I, like zillions of other people, am crazy for Harry Potter. I just can't help it. My little Muggle mind is so enchanted with tales of the far away school of wizardry. So, when my husband told me that we were going on a...

Becoming a Wax Wizard: Candle Making in a Weekend

Tue, 6 Nov 2001 00:11:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - It is no secret that I love to play with wax. With the holiday season approaching, coupled with my limited budget, I decided that I will hand make the majority of my gifts this year.

Sue Spear has put out this delightful book, chock full of...

And then there was Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:27:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - As a treat to myself while suffering from bronchitis, I decided that I would spend my waking hours rereading the Chronicles of Narnia. After all, a little magic and fantasy goes a long way in refreshing the spirit. The body? Well, that's what...

Waxworks The Complete Book of Candles

Sat, 6 Oct 2001 00:53:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - This book was lovingly made. Let me rephrase that. This book was expensively made. The thickness of the pages... The vibrance of the all color photographs... Ah- be still my beating heart. If only all books could be so aesthetically pleasing.
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Riding with the top down: When my sister was Cleopatra Moon

Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:00:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - I've read so many horrible books lately, that this one went down like a drink of cool water. Ahhh.

Frances Park. Huh. I had never heard of her before. Evidentally she has written a children's book, but this is her debut in the wild and...

Marrying Money? Marrying Mom

Tue, 2 Oct 2001 16:07:15 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - You most likely have heard of Olivia Goldsmith as the author of The First Wives Club which was subsequently made into a rather popular movie. Chances are, this book will never be made into such a movie-- at least we can hope.

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I'll show you mine if you show me yours: Mockingbird Years

Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:55:50 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - It would seem that Emily Fox Gordon is on to something big. With the relatively recent success of Girl, Interrupted, and millions upon millions of people in the throes of depression, who wouldn't want to hear about her lifelong experiences with...

Most joyful use of Brrrlak! (La Na Na Write Off)

Sun, 16 Sep 2001 23:55:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Recently I came to the realization that almost every book I read, every movie I watch, or song I listen to, is inherently sad and depressing. Sure, there are tidbits of hope here and there, but nothing really that can make you gut bustingly happy to be...

In the fast lane- Epinions Works WO

Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:12:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - My 1990 Ford Taurus had served me well, hauling me all over the land with fairly little trouble. However, the seasons change and cars, even good cars, begin to show the ravages of time. At 180,000 miles, the ol' Taurus was ready to retire. Or die, I...

Fairy Tale Fiends take note! Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 01:04:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Gail Carson Levine seems to have a thing for retelling Fairy Tales. You may be most familiar with her as the renowned author of the Newbery Honors book Ella Enchanted, a new "spin" on the Cinderella theme. She has started a new Intermediate...

Have you ever seen Fight Club? Soapmaking for Fun and Profit

Mon, 10 Sep 2001 00:40:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - Recently, I have discovered a rather exciting new craft... Soapmaking. It happened innocently enough. I was shopping in my local craft store and I wandered into the soap section where I found some glycerin, plastic molds, and lots of dyes and scents...

Bang Bang Maxwell San Francisco...

Sat, 1 Sep 2001 16:40:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - When I grow up and become a famous and respected author, I am going to reserve a room at the Maxwell Hotel in San Francisco, so that I may work upon my next novel in peace and relative luxury. Also so I have legitimate reasons to spend more time in San...

Nicht. Nuit. Night

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:17:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - "I've got more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He's the only one who kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people."

-Night by Elie Wiesel (page 77).

After reading the above passage, I had to put the book down for a...

Sifting For Beauty: The Color Purple

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 01:40:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - The Color Purple is a story that will make your heart ache to read it. From the very first page, the reader is forcefully gripped. This. This is what it was like. Brutal. Evocative. Hopeful.

Celie is a young black woman who, for...

Bigger, Bigger, Who's to Blame? Native Son

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:39:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - It is a rare thing when reading a book turns you inside out, makes you hurt in places you had long since forgotten, and makes you look at the world with new eyes. Richard Wright's Native Son is such an experience. This is not beach reading. This...

The Girl Who loved Stephen King. Oh, I mean Tom Gordon

Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:57:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - I have a confession. Promise not to laugh?

I adore Stephen King's writing. I know, I know, he has his flaws... But he is one of the few men that can keep me up all night. (Reading, silly!) At times, I wonder what foul play has happened to...