Reviews by jrg2005

jrg2005 says "Tolkin fans will love" about John Flanagan - The Ranger's Apprentice Collection: The Ruins of Gorlan, The Burning Bridge, and The Icebound Land

jrg2005 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:15:00 GMT

I love the John Flangan series The Rangers Apprentice.It a great read if you are a JJR Tolkin fan.It is a teen series but here lately the teen series are better than most adult series.Its about a group of orphans that live in a castle that are being gotten ready for becoming adults.Each area of castle life has jobs and the kids will be taking on these jobs buy become an apprentice.The main charater Will becomes a rangers apprentice.Warning to the wise don't forget any charater because they will come back.This a wonderful series for burning the midnight oil.Everyone I have told to read this series has loved it from cover to cover.My husband and his family cant wait till I get the next one.The only bad thing is the author is not american so his home country gets the books before us.I think there are sevens in the usa but around ten in the authors homeland with I think is New Zealand.

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jrg2005 says "bite into a good book" about P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast - Hunted: A House of Night Novel

jrg2005 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:16:13 GMT

After reading the Twilight series I was left feeling empty.I needed to find a new series that would fill the grap that was left.I'm very happy to say I have found it.I started reading the House of the night series being a little unsure of what I had gotten into.It is a wonderful and very engrossing tale of a teen that is changing into a vampire and has four years to do so or she dies.Even with it being a teen series as an adult I still love it.The plots are interesting.If you are also into pagan or wiccan culture there are also many things that will hit the mark for you.I really enjoy reading the series and m looking forward to much more from the House of Night.

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jrg2005 says "great storytelling at its best" about Brandon Mull - Fablehaven: Fablehaven; Rise of the Evening Star; Grip of the Shadow Plague

jrg2005 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:44:33 GMT

This is a great series.Fablehaven is for those that like adventure and strange creatures.The story is full of faries,a golem and witches.I have fallen in love with this series.If you like harry potter you will like these books.I would say they are for ages 12 and up because there are some scary parts in the books.They can be hard to find.I had buy copy off of amazon I just hate waiting for it come in the mail.This book would also be great for a classroom or a teacher because there are so many things that can be done on the morals side of things.I can't wait to read more.

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jrg2005 says "An adventure for all sci-fi fans" about Star Trek (2009)

jrg2005 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:19:34 GMT

Me and husband went to the new the Star Trek movie.I'm not a Star Trek fan but my husband is.I went into the movie knowing very little about the series.I was pleastly surprised.Even thought I knew next to nothing I really liked the movie.I did not feel left out or in the dark about anything that happened.It was action packed and a nice way to start the summer movie season.The special effects are great and the story line is clever and refreshing for a series that has been about for so long.I'm really looking forward to when it comes out on dvd.

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jrg2005 says "clever twist on classic myths" about Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Book One - The Lightning Thief

jrg2005 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:13:13 GMT

Percy Jackson and the Olympians book one The lightning Theif is a wonderfully clever modern day story with a delightful twist on greek myths.The story is very well writen.The main charchter Percy is a young with all kinds of odd problems until one day he begans to discover he is not normal everyday kid.I found this to be a wonderful read and is for ages 12 and up.I'm looking forward to reading the other books in this series.I think there are five total.Everyone that I have talked to about this book also has had there love of greek myths restored.It true is a breath of fresh air.

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jrg2005 says "Mariel is an adventure classic in the making" about Brian Jacques - Mariel of Redwall

jrg2005 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:32:31 GMT

Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques is a delightful adventure.It will take you back to the classics of The Hobbit andThe Secert of Nim.There are well told and well writen.There is nothing obsene in any of the Redwall books.They are a great family read.I was very surprised how many people from young to old really enjoy reading these books.Its is also nice to find that there are many books in this series so the tales never end and but do leave you hanging at times(which all good books should)They make for a great relaxing summer read its just deciding who gets to read it first.

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jrg2005 says "smart books for teens and adults" about Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl

jrg2005 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:24:03 GMT

The book in the series Artemist Fowl by Eoin Colfer are smart,funny and well writen.They do not take advange of the fact they are for teens and young adults which makes them a great get away for adult readers.There are a few minor bad words every so often but even in the later Harry Potter books I remeber finding a few.This is a story line that expects its readers to be smart so in turn you get a daring,intellagent and humreus book.I'm not not kidding when I say these books are for young adults and up.I'm 26 and love them,my husband is 28 and fell into them and my father-in-law is in his late 40s and drops everything when I get a new one.Please Mr.Colfer write faster!I can't wait to read the next one.

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jrg2005 says "wonderful for a sweet tooth" about Smucker's Magic shell cupcake

jrg2005 — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:30:58 GMT

I love smuckers newest magic shell flavor cupcake.This stuff is great if you have a huge swwet tooth.Its sweet,creamy and small speckles of spreckles in it.I tried it over vanilla ice cream ans vanilla frozen yogurt and both ways taste great to me.I do not like choclate so I'm up for trying anything new that does not have choclate in it.If you like the sweetness of dairy queens cotton candy blizzard that comes out every summer this is so for you.I prices around 2.50 to 3.00 bucks in my area which is florida so its not a big hurt on the wallet.Hope you try it and enjoy

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jrg2005 says "wonderful read for adults and teens" about Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

jrg2005 — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:22:31 GMT

Twilight is a great book.Its hard to believe its for teens because of how well it is wrote.The book seems to begin as any other boring teen book but shortly takes off into a vampire,romance,adventure wrapped all into one.I quicky feel in love with how the story is told and soon after begin to iditfy with the cast of charters.I ran to the book store to find the other three in the saga after reading the first one.I can't wait till I'm ready to read the saga all over again because I'm sure I will come to love it even more as time passes.

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jrg2005 says "the wocket id riot!" about There's a Wocket in My Pocket!: Dr. Suess's Book of Ridiculous Rhymes

jrg2005 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:47:27 GMT

This book is wonderful and funny.Its a timeless classic that fun to read to kids and adults alike.The pictures are simple but the story is amazing.Its great to pass down stories you grew up with as a kid to yoou our kids.The story teaches rhyming words in a fun and simple manner that is easy to understand granted you might be tough tied by the end of the story.Its simple and funny which to true heart of any Dr.Seuss story.Its a great way to sneek in the extra little of learning at the end of day and the kids will never notice because of how much the story is read.Its a wonderful classic that is easy to find in you local libary along with many other wonderful Dr.Seuss stories.They are many ways to do different fun learning actives with this story just by reading it.You can have your our kids write there own story,draw there favorite scenes from the story or just having seeing if you can rhyme words.Its very easy to come up with different activies with Dr.Seuss books and still remain true...

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jrg2005 says "finding nemo is great in finding a movie for the whole family" about Finding Nemo

jrg2005 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:43:20 GMT

finding nemo is a wonderful family film.The cg animation is spectual in the under water scenes.The cast is very likeable.Its one that will remain a family favorite for years to come!Adults will not get bored easily because the movie is very heartfelt.It is very bright and colorful which is great for the preschool crowd.I personally loved how the film looked.Disney and pixar hit it big time with this one....