Reviews about Books & Magazines

mypointofview4u says "Oprah magazine is a good read" about O, The Oprah Magazine

mypointofview4u — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:59:04 GMT

I've subcribed to the Oprah magazine off and one for quite some time and recently resubcribed encouraged by a pretty decent subscription rate offer. It is a nice big magazine so the price was a bargain. The magazine has lots of advertisements which I find my self bookmarking for later research. There are loads of articles but sometimes about half leave me feeling like I'm still waiting for more to come if you know what I mean (some leave you feeling like the article didn't quite reach its point). It is very nicely put together.I sometimes find that I have to read through it twice just to make sure I didn't miss something. When I am through with it there is always a friend or family member waiting to get their hands on it so it is a great magazine to share.The one thing I did notice is that many of the articles are self help or insightful thinking. I personally like a womans magazine that is well rounded with some of that but also articles that touch on home, food, etc. but there...

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seso26 says "Great movie that stayed close to the book and made it better" about Angels and Demons

seso26 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:40:44 GMT

I was actually impressed by this movie because is one of a few movies that stays with the book and follow it, but not only that since it makes it better that the book on a few occasions.

For example I'll try not to ruin the movie for you but there's a scene at the climax of the movie that in the book it sounded too Hollywood like but in the movie they made changes to it and made it more credible.

Of course when you read a book you have your own imagination and it's very hard for a reader to see a movie about a book and like the movie, since the director has to cut things to not make a movie that lasts 4-5 hrs. but like I said this movie captured the book and made it better.

Regarding religion I would think that the Catholic church can't be upset about this movie since it didn't talk bad about it but in the contrary it made it look like a good religion, specially at the end of the movie.

When the movie "The Da Vinci Code" came out I didn't like that it was too slow and not as...

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jessiyuki says "Atlas Shrugged- Best Book EVER!!!!" about Atlas Shrugged

jessiyuki — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:13:18 GMT

Atlas Shrugged, is absolutely the best book I ever read. The book focuses individualism and egotism. Basically, it advocates individuality to collectivism. Through this book Rand explored her philosphy of Objectivism even more. The book does this in a highly capitalist society. The main character of this story is Dagny Taggart, she is the vice president of taggart transcontinental a railroad company. Taggart is unlike many of the characters, she realizes that society is crumbling around her, as the governments takes control of capitalist society. The "moochers" in the story start to take over and the creater the great taker are pushed out from society.John Galt removes the creative thinkers from society one by one and by doing that he is temporarily bringing an end to the world. Galt shows that withought those creative thinkers, those rational and individual people, there would be no society. This is a very large book with over a thousand pages however it is truly a worthwhile read for...

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lindseyedwards21 says "this book twilight is great!" about Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

lindseyedwards21 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:17:04 GMT

I didnt want to read this book at first because i honestly thought that any books with a vampire in it would not be that good but i was deffinitly wrong. this book is great, and it really leads you wanting to read the other three books! if you dont like to read but you have to read a book, deffinitly read this one because it has a lot of action and everything that you think is going to happen deffinitly doesnt! the book looks like its really long and that it would take a long time to read but it goes by really fast. i wasnt expecting to get hooked, but after you read the first one then you have to read the next ones and so on and so forth! stephanie myer is one of the best teen book writer, and im pretty sure that many many teens have read her books and the ones that have read them are absolutely in love with them! i reccommend this book to any teenager or even adult that is looking for a good book to read!

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limebud says "The worst Harry Potter Moments are HERE!" about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

limebud — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:48:36 GMT

One of the most best selling books around the world is Harry Potter. Now i love Harry Potter the concept, the roots of it all is just fascinating. I like how we see Harry Potter's life as he is both loved and hated by the wizarding World. Now i loved books 1-5 but 6 and 7 on the other hand..are not as good at least in my opinion. I hate to spoil anything but just to give you folks an example, ill give a very, very vague outline of book 7 "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". If my memory is still as bad as it was then in book 7 we are thrusted into the wizarding world where we witness Bill Weasley's marriage to Fleur Delcolar. Never liked that really no insight into their characters and we find out they're going to marry really. Anyway their wedding is interrupted by death eaters and this begins Harry Potter's journey to supposely defeat the dark lord. Now from what i can remember its basically the golden trio camping around the woods with no idea what they're doing while destroy the...

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TanayKumarDas says "Learn How to approach women without fear" about Flirting Formula

TanayKumarDas — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:07:12 GMT

How to teach yourself to flirt with women. Flirting tips to the max.
If you want to learn how to flirt fast, you should talk a look at Chris Williamsons new ebook the "Flirting Formula". It is loaded with step by step flirting instructions so anybody can do it and learn in a week.

Flirting is how you get a womans attention and build attraction. It isn't just what you say, more important is body language and flirting. Your body language and eye contact around women is twice as important as what you say when you talk to women.

The Flirting Formula is an easy to read ebook. One of the better ones, I have bought. Some are not easy to read or understand. I like Chris's style and the format a lot.

What do you learn:

Seven ways to tell if she is not interested so you don't waste time and money on a girl who is just playing you for what she can get.

One simple easy to remember phrase that lets you walk up to any beautiful woman and start interacting with her- She will want to talk to you more. No...

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TanayKumarDas says "The good thing about this book is that it shows you how to flirt" about Flirting With Men

TanayKumarDas — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:10 GMT

Whether you are married, or happily single, whether or not you possess deadly looks you can always win the attention of the men you desire in a very elegant and a refined manner. Being a woman you possess an inherent power to win the hearts of almost any man you desire. All you need is to understand what to do and say when. Mimi Tanner's e-course titled "How To Flirt - Lifelong Flirting. The Secrets of Flirting With Men" equips you with the right resources and ammunition that you will ever require to flirt subtly and gracefully.
Mimi Tanner's e-course titled "How To Flirt - Lifelong Flirting! The Secrets of Flirting With Men" has just the right set of dos and don'ts while practicing how to flirt. If you have always been successful attracting only the wrong type of men, Tanner's course teaches you different ways to flirt with different types of men while highlighting gracious ways to say "No thanks" mid-way in a misjudged relationship. She teaches you fabulous working techniques and ways...

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cookiemonster202 says "Talks about boys and exercises and coupons :]" about Seventeen Magazine

cookiemonster202 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:20:20 GMT

The Bottom Line: For mature teens heavily into fashion, make-up and celebrities, Seventeen may be right. I don?t recommend subscriptions for young/highly impressionable girls. Seventeen is too materialistic.

Review: Thank Goodess, I have survived my pre-teen years and teen years. Either I was a normal adolescent experiencing the pits and peaks of life or I was going bi-polar disorder.Before subscribing, I'd purchase a few copies to see if the content is what I expect. The magazine has changed over the years.Good overall magazine for older teens!

had a subscription to Seventeen magazine not too long ago. It used to be a fairly good magazine. Now, it's going downhill faster than a sled on ice.

Cant find why out??

Seventeen has some good points. They usually have articles about real girls who have faced difficult situations like teen pregnancy, drug addiction, suicide, and AIDS. They also have an advice column named "Sex and Body" that usually gives out okay information (although I have...

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Dallas9 says "It's a woman's guide to success!" about Cosmopolitan Magazine

Dallas9 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:49:17 GMT

Cosmo is every girl's guide to success. It is absolutely amazing. It has tips on every topic from health to men. I use it all the time when I give my boyfriend the quizzes. He loves it!

I think the magazine provides insite to issues which are important to women. Many of the health issues which the magazine talks about are real threats such as the human papilo virus and breast cancer. It's different hearing the seriousness of these illensses from a magazine which we trust rather than a doctor who's job is to diagnose patients.

The magazine offers a friendly way to learn about health related issues. Also sexual health is a big deal to learn about in the magazine. It can be uncomfortalbe asking a doctor or friend about these issues. the magazine makes it easy to learn about these issues in teh comfort of your own home. it's a cozy magazine.

I started reading it when I was fifteen or sixteen and i swear on it and recoment it to my friends all the time. I absolutely love it. However, it can...

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savnzplan says "All You is a wonderful value for the money ." about All You Magazine

savnzplan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:30:24 GMT

I subscribed to All You magazine about 5 months and have already extended my All You subscription to two years because I was so impressed by this magazine. I subscribe to other simialiar magazines, Woman's World, Woman's Day and Family Circle but I usually get very bored with them quickly. The cover of All You is very eye catching, but more importantly it tells me exactly what I will find inside.

Often the other magazines would give a bold front cover topic but the article inside was very incomplete or barely really touched on the topic I was expecting to read. If the Other magazines article is about a new diet they usually give you two short pages of interest and only a very brief summary of the actual diet. Magazines like Woman's Day and Family Circle start the article on page 21 and 22 but end it several pages over on page 62 ,for example,this is very annoying as I often want to take and artical out and save it but later find I don't have all the pages. All you magazine has complete...

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njchicaa says "Laura Ingalls becomes a young lady in Little Town on the Prairie" about Little Town on the Prairie

njchicaa — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:37:33 GMT

Little Town on the Prairie is the 7th book in the Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It follows Laura and her family as they recover from The Long Winter. The town is growing, the family is improving their situation, and Laura becomes friends with other young women and men her age. It seems that little Half-Pint is growing up!

Basically, Little Town on the Prairie encompasses the two years following the winter of blizzards that cut the town off from supplies and saw the residents almost starve to death. Laura and her sister Carrie attend school daily now, make friends, and soon become comfortable with "town" life. The residents of DeSmet do what they can to spice up prairie life by sponsoring Fourth of July gatherings and horse races, sociables, New England suppers, literary society meetings, a school exhibition, church revival meetings, etc. This book also has Laura meeting and being escorted home several times by Almanzo Wilder, her future husband.

Little...

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KimberlyJohn says "Brilliant! Great Ideas, great price, well-organized, handy size" about The Ultimate Guide to Great Gift Ideas

KimberlyJohn — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:35 GMT

Cleary a lot of thought, time, and research went into writing this book. There are a list of occasions and interests, whether you are purchasing a gift, creating a gift, or doing something sentimental for a family member, friend, or colleague. This book is well organized into a handy pocket sized guide for quick and easy use, and the imaginative ideas range from simple to creative. It is $10 for 340 pages of great gift ideas. The Ultimate Guide to Great Gift Ideas stands out from any gift book on the market....

patwoodall says "The Notebook was a fast but excellent read." about The Notebook

patwoodall — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:08:04 GMT

The Notebook was the first book I read by Nicholas Sparks. Normally I like my books a little less simplistic but Sparks has such a way of telling a story that the simplicity never seems to be an issue. The story was beautifully written and had a real effect on me emotionally. I love genuine love stories (never romance novels), ones about deep and long-lasting love that aren't full of sex. The sex is there and you know that it is powerful without having to be described in detail. I have recommended this book to all my friends and family and haven't heard anything except praise from everyone. In fact, because The Notebook was such a good read, I have read nearly all of Nicholas Sparks' other novels. I have enjoyed most of them but none have had the effect on me that The Notebook did. You can tell that the author is in love and that he has quite a heart. You can also tell that it has been broken by loss. If you haven't enjoyed the experience of reading The Notebook yet,...

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chrystyna1976 says "pure British humor" about Bridget Jones's Diary

chrystyna1976 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:20:22 GMT

'Bridget Jones's Diary' is a delicious novel. At the first glance, you think it's just another chick- flick. Well, it is not. It's a modern novel by Helen Fielding, written as a personal diary through a whole year, inspired by Jane Austen's classic 'Pride and Prejudice'. Bridget is a ' thirty-and- something' English young woman, living in London. She is very preoccupied, first of all, about her love life, and less about her carrer, which is just a way of earning money and socializing with colleagues. Also, she is obsessed with her imaginary excessive weight, with not so imaginary drinking and smoking problems, and with her handsome boss, Daniel Cleaver. In the second part of the novel she becomes involved with Mark Darcy, whom she dislikes at first, but she learnes what a true relationship means ( another parallel with 'Pride and Prejudice' ).

Other important characters in the novel are Bridget's friends - kind of an urban family- Sharon ( Shazzer), Jude, Tom, Magda and of course, her...

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wastitymomma says "'The Messenger' is the best memoir I've read in years." about Jeni Stepanek and Larry Lindner - The Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J. T. Stepanek and the Heartsongs

wastitymomma — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:53:38 GMT

When I told my mom about the book I was mailing to her about a sick boy of many accomplishments, she immediately asked, "wait, is this about Mattie?" She, like many other Americans, felt that she already knew this boy who did so much in his short lifetime. Many of us 'knew' this Mattie, who published a whole series of his Heartsongs books all before he was thirteen, and even coauthored a book with President Carter, published after his death.

But so much was missing from my image of Mattie before I read this book. Before, I am ashamed to admit, I thought of him as a sick boy in a wheelchair who wrote cheesy poetry and appeared on Oprah.

What I appreciated after reading The Messenger: That Mattie was a true idealist, intellectually far ahead of his years yet still a child, who crusaded for peace. He was a devout Catholic with a gay pride sticker on his wheelchair, because as he put it 'Jesus never judged love. Neither will I.' I never knew the hardship his family endured, or that...

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this2shallpass19 says "At the Stroke of Madness isn't Alex Kava's best book." about At the Stroke of Madness

this2shallpass19 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:53:33 GMT

I read another Alex Kava novel in the past and thought it was decent enough, so I decided to give another one of her books a try: At the Stroke of Madness. It is a fiction book based on Kava's main character FBI Special Agent, Maggie O'Dell.

Some of the same characters from the previous book I read were also in this book too. It starts off with bodies being found in barrels down in an abandoned quarry. The police keep finding body after body and they also find something in common with these bodies - but I won't tell you because I don't want to give anything away. With all the bodies being found in this small town, nearly everyone is a suspect until they find clues that help point them in the right direction.

What I did like about this book was that is was a very easy read. Sometimes you want a mind-dumbing book that doesn't require any thought, you just want to be entertained, and this book did that for me. It wasn't significant or exceptional, but it was a very easy read. ...

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VixenViewTreasures says "Had a very hard time finishing the book, had to convince myself" about Lilian Jackson Braun - Cat Who Talked Turkey

VixenViewTreasures — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:44:10 GMT

The description on the dust jacket about The Cat Who Talked Turkey sounded interesting. Unfortunately for me the Jacket was the most interesting piece of the book. I found it tedious to follow and as far as the mystery goes, it took too long to even follow through with it. The first chapter briefly flits to the idea of a murder mystery, then it is all but forgotten until near the end of Chapter 7 where it is only again briefly touched upon as a casual side note.

Apparently this is more about cats than the bicentennial or the murder victim of which the dust jacket speaks. As for mysteries...this fails. No real build up of suspense that one generally encounters or comes to expect in some way in a mystery book. It's just here is the murder, then forgotten, then briefly mentioned, then forgotten...before resolution just appears far too easily.

The characters do not seem to develop much and the main character is rather boring.

The final chapter was the best, both because it finally...

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ButterflyAway says "It is intregring." about Cassandra Clare - City of Bones

ButterflyAway — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:05:19 GMT

I am half way through the book and I find it very intriging. I don 't like to read much but it's hard to put this one down. It keeps going and new things happening all the time. I can't wait to finish the book to find out what happens and then of course start the next one.

I like the way that they deal with all the different types of fictional characters. I would like to see Jace with Clary. So far he seems to want to be her care taker.

Now, when just out of the blue they through in that Alec was gay it through me off. I wasn't sure how to take it at first. Now it seems that Issabell is into Simon but dosen't say really much as far as I read.

Can't wait to finish.

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b0xb33z says "You go girl" about Sarah Palin and Lynn Vincent - Going Rogue: An American Life

b0xb33z — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:21:47 GMT

She hit another one out of the park with this one. I may have felt a little of a love loss when she resigned from her job as Gov of Alaska but she did explain that and how. I am so glad that she wrote this and I want her to run for President. She understands the energy situation better then anyone else and that closely ties to national security and from there all that I want is somebody that knows how to balance a check book.

In this book she will open her life for a lot of us and after that I know that she is a good person with faults but she knows that and she can still hunt and be a good mother. My favorite part of the book is when she ended with book with an optimistic message. I know that life is not fair but she will be very optimistic and so if she can do it then anyone can do it and that is really what matters the most. I read it while working and so my boss is mad but then she borrowed the book and after that I have one more person that I want to get it to to pass...

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kiserkristi says "New Moon is a thrill ride from start to finish..addicting!" about New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

kiserkristi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:19:13 GMT

The second installment of the "Twilight" series, "New Moon" was an intense read for me. I was enthralled from the very first sentence, and rarely put it down for anything. The characters from the first book come back in a new and exciting way with more emotions and more personal history. It is difficult to write a review that doesn't spoil any vital parts of the book, but I can say that the storyline was immensely expanded here and that questions are answered, but many more questions will plague you by the end of the book. You will want to keep reading the rest of the series as soon as you finish this one. If you have ever wanted a new twist on the fictional world of monsters you will be interested on Stephanie Meyer's take on things. Blending real life situations with the realm of make believe and romance, this is a thrill ride you will not soon forget. I've read the entire series and I think this is my favorite of all of them!

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