http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/Lessia Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:25:51 GMT Reviews by Lessia http://www.viewpoints.com/Mary-Higgins-Clark-All-Around-the-Town-review-82f80 What could I say? Mary Higgins Clark did it again. She really pushes buttons we never dreamed we had. I mean, her suspenseful stuff handled indeed with absolute authority. I'll just try  to give you the gist of it:  when  Laurie Kenyon, a  twenty-one-year-old student,  is accused of murdering her English professor, Allan Grant,  she has no  memory of the crime.  But at the scene of the homocide, her fingerprints are everywhere  - on the door,  on the curtain,  and on the knife  used to stab him to death.  Shocked and bewilded, Laurie is arraigned on a murder charge. Kidnapped at the age of four and the victim of two subsequent years of abuse and incarceration, Laurie has developed multiple personalities. The host personality, Laurie, is unaware of the others... especially "Leona ", who has written crazed love letters to Allan Grant and has secretly entered his home. Laurie's sister, attorney Sarah Kenyon, takes up her... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:25:51 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Mary-Higgins-Clark-All-Around-the-Town-review-82f80 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Stillwatch-review-126c3 As you already know, I love Mary Higgins Clark novels, because she's a master plotter, seeding her books with crimes, clues, and psychopathic quirks that pay off. I think, that she's done it again - written a surefire bestselling thriller " Stillwatch ". I'll try to be brief, but let you know just a little bit about this thrilling plot. The main heroine is Pat Traymore - young, beautiful, talented, and deeply in love with a handsome congressman. She's come home to the glamorous, high-powered world of Washington to produce a TV series. Hee subject: Senator Abigail Jennings, first woman nominated to run for vice-president of the United States. But as Pat delves into Abigail's past, she discovers horrifying facts that threaten to destroy the reputation of a woman on the verge of political triumph. And worse still, nightmare secrets about her own childhood - secrets that are still waiting to destroy her. — I hope, I've sparked your curiosity just enough for you to read this novel. I... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:03:04 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Stillwatch-review-126c3 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Enemy-at-the-Gates-review-12971 I love good, insightful movies, and this one really didn't disappoint me. First of all, an all-star cast lights up the screen in this riveting epic hailed as " a vivid dramatization of one of history's titanic turning points ". The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Kruschev ( Bob Hoskins ), the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassil Zaitsev ( Jude Law ). An expert sniper, Vassili's deeds have become legendary - thanks to propaganda produced by Vassili's best friend, a political officer named Danilov ( Joseph Fiennes ). To stop Vassili, the Germans dispatch their best sniper, Major Konig ( Ed Harris ), to Stalingrad. When Vassili and Danilov both fall in love with a beautiful soldier ( Rachel Weisz ), Danilov deserts his friend, leaving Vassili to face his German counterpart alone. As the city burns, Vassili and Konig begin a cunning game of cat and mouse,... Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:28:03 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Enemy-at-the-Gates-review-12971 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Looking-for-the-Best-Valentines-Day-Gifts-Cupid-is-here-for-you-review-4ace0 I always loved Valentine's Day, just not always was happy, when it came right down to it. Mainly because of the loneliness, I guess. It's not easy to be happy and joyful on a Valentine's Day, when you feel thoroughly alone. But only love can change this state of mind, nothing else. We all need to feel loved and cared for. Then we respond with the similar feelings, trying to do the very best for those, whom we love. And then the size of the gift or its value don't even matter, because the biggest  gift of all is  LOVE ITSELF. That's your greatest Valentine's Present, don't you agree? Then roses, chocolate and other stuff are just the icing on a cake. Anyway, that's my personal opinion on this matter... and you certainely are entitled to yours. —... Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:40:58 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Looking-for-the-Best-Valentines-Day-Gifts-Cupid-is-here-for-you-review-4ace0 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Mary-Higgins-Clark-All-Through-the-Night-review-3d6a0 I love Mary Higgins Clark's style, because she quite effortlessly manages to keep your attention throughout the whole novel. I guess, that's why they call her " The Queen of Suspense". All I can say, that she didn't disappoint me and this time, with her wonderful novel " All Through The Night ". You see, I happen to agree with the notion, that concocting a satisfying mystery is as tricky as making a good eggnog: you want a jigger of low proof danger to mix smoothly with a measure of sweet deliverance. My opinion is, that Mary Higgins Clark has whipped up a potable brew once again. Check it out for yourself. I recommend... Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:54:21 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Mary-Higgins-Clark-All-Through-the-Night-review-3d6a0 Lessia 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/GE-Soft-White-Spiral-T3-16254-review-99021 I've replaced all the regular light bulbs in our house with GE Soft White  Spiral T3 16254 just about two years ago and still could tell you only positive things about it. It's true, these light bulbs are a little more expensive than the regular ones, but in the long run you'll save considerably, believe me. Plus, they last much, much longer, and their soft light is healthier for your eyes. Me personally, I always support what is good for our environment, more productive and less damaging to our atmosphere. I'm confident in this particular product and would love you to try it. You'll be glad, you did, I'm sure of... Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:01:02 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/GE-Soft-White-Spiral-T3-16254-review-99021 Lessia 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Laci-Le-Beau-Super-Dieters-Tea-Bags-Cranberry-Twist-review-22b61 Laci Le Beau Super Dieter's Tea Bags, Cranberry Twist sounds so wonderful, so French... and, I might also add, so promising: dietary, healthy, good weight control management beverage. All these expectations lead just to one solid result: extended diarrhea and awefull stomack  cramps. This is indeed very good weight control management beverage, isn't it? If you ask me, I would strongly suggest to those, who produce and distribute  this product, to put a warning sign right on the label of this particular tea. It sure would save a lot of people from quite a discomfort, don't you agree?... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:33:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Laci-Le-Beau-Super-Dieters-Tea-Bags-Cranberry-Twist-review-22b61 Lessia 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Suite-Francaise-review-e6462 I've just finished to read " La Suite Francaise " d'Irene Nemirovsky and would like to share my thoughts about this wonderful depiction of war time of 1942 in France. There are plenty of very realistic, sometimes horrific war moments, filled to the brims with human tragedies, love and hatred occurences in thoroughly realistic episodes. I would highly recommend this novel to anybody, who loves meaningful, deep and very skillful writing style. Not only you'll get enriched with knowledge of that particular historic period in Europe, but you'll enjoy tremendously very unusual, intricate and quite complicated love story. I promise... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:07:00 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Suite-Francaise-review-e6462 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Visual-Dictionary-review-6fec I love to use dictionaries in general and any chance I get, I pin-point the importance of their usage to my children. That's why I'm so pleased with the Visual Dictionary, because they are even more appealing both for adults and children. It's a known fact, that human beings in general are very visual creatures. That's why they say, that it is better to see something at least one time than to hear about it hundred times... maybe, I'm paraphrasing just a little. My point is, that the Visual Dictionary especially has a tremendous power to assist the educational development of our children. I'm sure, most of you would agree with me on that. As to me, I feel very strongly about... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:17:45 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Visual-Dictionary-review-6fec Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/To-Heart-Vol-3-Bonds-Of-Friendship-review-4fa1 My son and I, we love to go to the movies together. Therefore, if we both are fortunate enough to agree on liking the same one very much, we consider it a great success... in another words, we've spent our time together very productively, learned something important. After seeing " Bonds of Friendship ", my 11-year old son started to ask me all kinds of questions about  the value of true, real friendship and how to discern it, do not neglect or miss it in life. I tried my best to explain to him, how real friends act and what they're supposed to do in different situations and so forth... But my point of the matter is, that we definitely need more movies like this one, which would make our children think and wonder about lessons of life, which would lead to similar conversations between parents and their children, don't you agree?... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:49:04 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/To-Heart-Vol-3-Bonds-Of-Friendship-review-4fa1 Lessia 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Red-Envelope-Office-Fish-Tank-review-e2572 I've recently bought for our home this wonderful Red Envelope Office Fish Tank and we all could not be any happier about it. First of all, it's very low maintenance cold water fish tank, but when you fill it up with colourful variety of different plants and beta or gold fish ( or both ), it looks like Water Kingdom!!! Really, I'm not even exagerating. At least, I don't think, I do... Therefore, I would recommend it to anybody, who would love to add to their home environnement some more ambience and soothing effects. Try it! You would enjoy it tremendously, I... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:04:11 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Red-Envelope-Office-Fish-Tank-review-e2572 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Lingo-Europa-TT5000-Translator-review-1dc10 I needed to learn Spanish for my career advancement as fast and most effectively, as I possibly could. Of course, this is not a task to be taken lightly. It requires a lot of focus and persistance... reading, wrighting and memorizing almost without stopping, if you need your results fast. It took me several months of such a hectic persistance. By any means, it's not over, but just a beginning of learning a foreign language, and Lingo EuropaTT 5000 Translator became my very best friend durinng the period! Very highly recommend to anybody, who is considering the same goal. Buena... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:16:15 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Lingo-Europa-TT5000-Translator-review-1dc10 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Finding-Nemo-review-c67b1 " Finding Nemo " is the best animation story for both children and their parents, you could possibly come up with. Matter of fact, it starts with the child-parent relationship and the whole story line is rapped up around it, till the very end. And all the other very interesting characters just participate in that story, enhansing and enriching it by their colorfullness and sometimes even charming peculiarities. And what about their voices?!!! Ellen Degenerous has done just simply wonderful voice animation of Nemo, hasn't she? I really love this wonderful animated movie and highly recommend it to anybody.... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:45:08 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Finding-Nemo-review-c67b1 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Naked-Face-review-8fc51 Sidney Sheldon never dissappoints me, that's for sure. As you already can tell, I'm a big fan of his writing style and wonderful, very masterfully woven plots. I've just finished to read one of his first novels, The Naked Face. The best way, I could describe it, is the following: relentless, gripping, absolutely first-rate suspense! Judge for youself! I highly recommend it to... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:51:01 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Naked-Face-review-8fc51 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Sidney-Sheldon-If-Tomorrow-Comes-review-8f851 I've just read " If tomorrow comes ", by Sidney Sheldon, and should tell you, that both its plot and style of wrighting thoroughly captivated me. I couldn't put this book down, matter of fact, Sidney Sheldon deals in it with injustices of this life and how some people could turn around what has been done to them. I don't want to reveal too much of its plot, because some readers don't like to know up-front the story line, but I would highly recommend this book to the avid readers. I also would be interested to hear your opinion about it.... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:17:39 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sidney-Sheldon-If-Tomorrow-Comes-review-8f851 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Maximum-Ride-The-Angel-Experiment-review-ca4c2 I don't know, how even to explain it, but for some reason this time James Peterson didn't come through for me. Nevertheless, you still could recognize his style, that I happened to like. As far as this particular book is concerned,  it is anything but repetition of his previous characters and plots, just this time it seems so artificial and out of place. To his credit, he tried skillfully desguise it. It didn't work.... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:09:08 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Maximum-Ride-The-Angel-Experiment-review-ca4c2 Lessia 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Gigi-Jacques-Adventures-in-Paris-review-dad71 I also happened to pick up " Gigi & Jacques Adventures in Paris " at a school book fair. Wonderful, fascinating story for children of any age, as far as I'm concerned. And if you want to introduce your children to the history of the other awesome countries, so incredibly culturally rich, as France - this is a book for you, no doubt about it. Plus, those two little dogs are just fascinating in their interaction and the way of expressing themselves. And, by the way, you and your children will pick up some French words, while you're reading. What could be better? You'll get to know about The Eifell Tower and the other architectural wonders. Very educational book indeed. I recommend... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:12:55 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Gigi-Jacques-Adventures-in-Paris-review-dad71 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/30-Minute-Meals-2-review-a655 Richal Ray is definitely  a master of simple, quick food preparation. And her recipies mostly are very appealing, because it doesn't take hardly any time to prepare any of her dishes. Just chop, add, mix and lay out... that's more or less about it. Sometimes it's OK, but eventually you would like to try something more substancial, with more quality and flair. But for everyday use, considering our very hectic life style, these recipies are quite handy. Check it out for yourself! I recommend it.... Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:09:36 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/30-Minute-Meals-2-review-a655 Lessia 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Women-Money-review-0358 First of all, I love Suze Orman's teaching advices very much, because these lessons are needed by so many of us. As we all know, financial matters are very important for our families, but so many of us just spend, spend, spend, like no tomorrow. Of course, we all want the best both for our children and ourselves, but how do not get in those predicaments ( like credit cards debts, foreclosures etc. ), that could ruin us indefinetely? Answers are in the book " Women and Money ". Read it, please, and learn... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:56:08 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Women-Money-review-0358 Lessia 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/L-Oreal-Advanced-Revitalift-Face-Neck-Day-Cream-1-7-oz-review-47c34 This particular cream produces the results, like the real remedy for your skin. I've started to use it just about three months ago, but already my skin is firmer and smoother. I guess, my face has been waiting for this kind of remedy all along!!! The secret is to apply it not sparingly and at least three times a day. My only wish is, that this wonder remedy would be more affordable, but quality always pricey, isn'it? Therefore, we just have to live with... Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:20:24 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/L-Oreal-Advanced-Revitalift-Face-Neck-Day-Cream-1-7-oz-review-47c34 Lessia 5