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weaselmommaNorth Aurora, IL

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Member since: August 2007
Lifetime Points: 3,350
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Reviews: 4
Review reads: 517
Helpful votes: 14

Friends: 5
Fans: 11

My Birthday...: should be a national holiday.
Hometown...: Philadelphia
You can find me...: with my nose in a book and a drink in my hand.
Surprising fact about me...: My kids think I'm a mature responsible adult.
Favorite band growing up...: Def Leppard
Last good book I read...: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
My favorite drink...: Coors Light
Favorite website...: opinionjournal.com

weaselmomma's Reviews

The Mermaid Chair

I want those hours of my life back

non-fiction reader, avid reader, fiction reader, a fan of clever plots, a fan of quick, page turning books, read for fun

OCT

2007

This book was not worth the time I poured into reading it. It is very slow for the first 1/2 of the book. Intermingled in Catholic bashing and political grandstanding that add nothing to the plot. The story itself is kind of interesting, if slowly told. The characters are not endearing in any way, just there. The only element of this book to hold your attention is the subplot of unraveling what really happened 33 years in the past.
This author also wrote "The Secret Life of Bees". I have heard good things about it. And I plan to pick it up and read it. But my expectations have...

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OCT

2007

Tastfully Simple Warm the Oven Cheese Dip

makes a good appetizer

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OCT

2007

Kemeneli's Granita

It's Da Bomb

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SEP

2007

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

I fell in Love with this book

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Comments for weaselmomma

Hey there! Hoping you're having a terrific holiday season and we'll be reading some more from you soon! :D

Hi, just wanted to offer you a welcome to Viewpoints:) Enjoy! Jo

>>Hey there, how do you know pebcak? Did you meet him at the party?

I don't really know him - I may have met him at the party.

What happened is that my Brazilian neighbor was having one of his meat and beer parties the following day and some of his friends told me about a Brazilian steakhouse in Villa park that was better and less expensive than the chaims.

I was too tipsy to remember the name, though.

Then, I stumbled across his review of Fusion Fire and I had my restaurant.

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