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Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: OPT7 Blitz 35w S2 H11 (H8, H9) HID Kit - Relay Bundle - All Bulb Sizes and Colors; Brand: OPT7; Review: Great value. Instructions were more the complete than any other his kit I've installed everything worked well. Just got it so I can't speak to longevity.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: OPT7 Blitz 35w S2 9006 HID Kit - Relay Bundle - All Bulb Sizes and Colors; Brand: OPT7; Review: Great value. Instructions were more the complete than any other his kit I've installed everything worked well. Just got it so I can't speak to longevity.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Havoline 5W-20 Motor Oil - 1 qt.; Brand: HAVOLINE; Review: Quality product at a good price!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: RCA Male To Male Plug Car Reverse Reversing Rear View Parking Backup Camera Video Audio Extension Cable With Detection Trigger; Brand: HitCar; Review: Looks like it will do the trick. Went with this onebecauce quality looks good and it includes the power cord.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Carlisle 6H04621 Radial Trail HD Trailer Tire - 225/75R15 117M; Brand: Carlisle; Review: E rated tire look E rated And looks great; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Westin 21-23560 Nerf Step Bar, 2 Pack; Brand: Westin; Review: I'm very happy with thewsy these bars fit,look,and function.very solid step and well made.instructions have good pictures.very pleased.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chemical Guys CWS_808 Hybrid V7 Optical Select High Suds Car Wash Soap (1 Gal); Brand: Chemical Guys; Review: Left a nice Gloss with a great orange cicle scent. Would purchase again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Philips H11 X-tremeVision Upgrade Headlight Bulb (Pack of 2); Brand: Philips; Review: Great bulbs.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Valterra A77023 'P Series' Nu Tru White Screen Door Handle; Brand: Valterra; Review: This fit perfectly as a replacement for the broken one on my philips brand rv screen door.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Automotive |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Dickies Women's 11-Inch Relaxed Cargo Short Stain & Wrinkle Resistant; Brand: ; Review: With plenty of pockets - super comfy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dickies Men's Midweight Performance Waffle Henley Bottom; Brand: ; Review: Good quality and fit; four stars; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Alternative womens Cozy Thermal Top; Brand: ; Review: Very comfy, soft thermal. I like it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Isotoner Women's Terry Ballerina; Brand: ; Review: Well made with bows on the toes; comfortable with nice sole padding.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Donald Trump For President 2016 Cotton Crew Kneck T-Shirt Election Winner Lets Make America Great Again.; Brand: Cool Town Teez; Review: All my neighbors are jealous of my new Trump T shirt.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gildan Men's G240 Ultra Cotton Long Sleeve T-Shirt; Brand: ; Review: I like Gildan for its well made clothing. I expect this to last for years; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gildan Men's G240 Ultra Cotton Long Sleeve T-Shirt; Brand: ; Review: I like Gildan for its well made clothing. I expect this to last for years; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wrangler Men's Rugged Wear Carpenter Jean; Brand: ; Review: Good fit, well made Wranglers. Expect to wear them for years; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TowelSelections Women's Robe Turkish Cotton Terry Kimono Bathrobe Made in Turkey; Brand: ; Review: This was a handsomely sewn garment with generous fit and a perfect color; too bad I found that after two weeks, I'd simply become unaccustomed to having a bathrobe. I'd highly recommend this robe; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: The Needlepoint Book: A Complete Update of the Classic Guide; Author: Visit Amazon's Jo Ippolito Christensen Page; Review: This has it all from detailed descriptions of all the basic tools and materials to pictures of each stitch as worked. I've needlepointed all my life and taught it for 20 years. I have all the books published and this is the best. Having pictures of worked stitches is a huge help when making stitch choices. Her stitch charts are easy to follow, and the variety of stitches is wonderful. The only negitives are that the several mistakes need to be corrected, (there aren't very many) and I wish the stitch pictures were in color, but with the number of stitches, that world make it outside my budget.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: knit, Swirl! Uniquely Flattering, One Piece, One Seam Swirl Jackets; Foreword by Cat Bordhi; Author: Visit Amazon's Sandra McIver Page; Review: It's a great book with very clear instructions for new or experienced knitters. The sweaters are easy and fun to knit and wear.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Old Blue Line: A Joanna Brady Novella; Author: Visit Amazon's J. A Jance Page; Review: Another good one from J. A. Jance. My only problem was that the ending was a little abrupt.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town; Author: Visit Amazon's Beth Macy Page; Review: Exteremly interesting.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fatal Undertaking: A Buryin' Barry Mystery (Buryin' Barry Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Mark de Castrique Page; Review: Great read - just like all hi is other books.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Murder In Passing, A: A Sam Blackman Mystery (A Murder in Passing); Author: Visit Amazon's Mark de Castrique Page; Review: It was as good as all of his. I wouldn't miss one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bark M For Murder; Author: Visit Amazon's J. A. Jance Page; Review: Another great mystery from this fine author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Forty Thieves; Author: Visit Amazon's Thomas Perry Page; Review: A different mystery. I loved the detectives & can't wait to read more of their exploits. It's also a very different plot, so it kept me guessing. I'll definitely buy the next one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Killer Ambition (A Rachel Knight Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Marcia Clark Page; Review: Another great mystery from Clark. Believable characters, lots of twists, a pace that keeps you on the edge of your chair. It's everything a good mystery should have.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Guilt by Association (A Rachel Knight Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Marcia Clark Page; Review: Great book. I couldn't put it down and I was sorry it was over. She is a great story teller.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Small Great Things: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jodi Picoult Page; Review: I couldn't put it down. As an older non-racist white woman I found myself questioning many of my own beliefs about our society. That's a good thing especially as a result of an excellent story.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Man Overboard: An Ali Reynolds Novel (Ali Reynolds Series); Author: Visit Amazon's J.A. Jance Page; Review: Another stunning Jance I couldn't put down. She makes it all totally believable - the good guys, the bad guys & everyone else.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Cruise to Die For (An Alix London Mystery); Author: Visit Amazon's Charlotte Elkins Page; Review: Love the authors, characters, settings, details, the surprises, everything. This book like the rest of the series just can't be put down.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI; Author: Visit Amazon's David Grann Page; Review: This story is amazing, unbelievable, and infuriating. Grann managed to make a complicated situation understandable. History books can be boring and hard to understand especially if they're just dates and dead people. This one kept me turning pages to the very end. I will certainly read more by him.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Man's Curse (Wilds of the Bayou); Author: Visit Amazon's Susannah Sandlin Page; Review: Totally absorbing and almost impossible to put down and I'm so sorry it's finished. The characters, plot, and setting are all believable. The bad guy is bad but not totally evil and there is no overwhelming gore nor pages of boring, ridiculous sex. I cared about the characters and it was fine that I believed there would be a happy ending.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Black Diamond (Wilds of the Bayou); Author: Visit Amazon's Susannah Sandlin Page; Review: Another great one by Sandlin! It's the percent follow up to Wild Man's Curse. I can't wait for the next one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Lighthouse Keeper (A Starlight Cove Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Ellingsen Page; Review: Fun book that was hard to put down. I'll read more from this author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Black Fall: A Jessica Blackwood Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Andrew Mayne Page; Review: This is his best book yet & totally believable. The only problem is that there isn' t another one yet. Jessica is great as are all her cohorts and she has the best villains!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: The Sixth Sense VHS; Brand: Bruce Willis; Review: I got this movie for a school project, but even before that I have always loved The Sixth Sense. Awesomness.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: THE SIXTH SENSE; Brand: ; Review: I got this movie for a school project, but even before that I have always loved The Sixth Sense. Awesomness.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Despicable Me 2 (Mandarin Chinese Edition); Brand: Pierre Coffin; Review: This was a great second to it. I almost love it more than the first one, and found myself laughing at every turn.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: We're the Millers; Brand: Jason Sudeikis; Review: This was a classic movie theme and was funny to watch after a long day on the road. I intended to go to sleep to it but it was so good I stayed up to watch the whole thing; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Lone Ranger; Brand: Johnny Depp; Review: I saw this in theaters but it was so good I just had to buy it when it can out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort; City: Saint Simons Island Golden Isles of Georgia Ge; Review: We stayed in the North Villas and it was nice. I believe next time we'd like to stay in the Hotel. The place has gone through some nice upgrades and Ive heard will continue to improve. Nice and helpful staff. Our kids 13 and 16 thought it was a great place to stay which says it all. The pool area was very nice and convenient. The beach just steps away from our Villa. Just a short drive to the Pier Area; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Dandridge; City: Dandridge Tennessee; Review: This Hampton Inn seemed very simple and needing some upgrades from most other Hampton Inns Ive stayed at recently. Bedding was old, Misc Furniture seemed cheap. Desk guy was odd. Although the room rate was inexpensive. Doubt Id stay at this one again.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Suites Lanett I 85; City: Lanett Alabama; Review: I stay at this location 3-4 per year and have never been disappointed. The entire staff is friendly and always helpful. They always have a great breakfast. The rooms are cleam comfortable and always ready when we arrive.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Duval Autograph Collection; City: Tallahassee Florida; Review: Hotel was nice. Offered free breakfast due to points we had so saved us some money. Valets did well but don't like not having access when needed. Tipping fatigue . Sliding glass walls in bathroom kind of weird and cramped for size; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Inn on Biltmore Estate; City: Asheville North Carolina; Review: My family and I booked a few days for a quick school break. Unfortunately, my son and I developed debilitating flu viruses. The staff gladly postponed our reservations for sporting clays etc. They were actually concerned we were so sick. We had to leave before our reservations were over and were refunded without question. It was a great place to be sick! The suite , library , didning and grounds were amazing. We plan to return but when we are well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Park Central Hotel New York; City: New York City New York; Review: I have stayed here several years ago. This time brought wife and kids. The location and value of this place is the best in the city. Close enough to Times Square but not too close. You dont want to be..Walk to central park and Great Shopping. I will never stay anywhere else. Book a corner room if possible.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clarion Inn Suites University Center; City: Auburn Alabama; Review: Stayed here several times. Each time it gets worse.this is a property waiting to be torn down. We checked in late, the next morning we found blood on my sons sheets, 2 stained washcloths next to the toilet (use your imagination) empty drink can between bed and table. When we checked in TV didn’t work. We advised maid service as we left for the day of filthy conditions. When we came back nothing had been cleaned. Didn’t even bother to do anything. We left. I received a message from “Hotel Manager” they were sorry and would do better next time. There will not be a next time for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Toshiba TALEN 57HM167 57-Inch 1080p DLP HDTV - EOL August 2007; Brand: Toshiba; Review: The Pro's Great picture, HD and NOT HD channels, multi 1080p native inputs (3, which no other tv under 4 grand has) Easy to use and move. The Con's I too, had the lamp go out after about 2 weeks. Toshiba had me look up the serial #, but they sent me another lamp 3 days later. Hope the problem doesnt persist!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Microsoft Xbox 360 Black HDMI Cable (Retail Packaging); Brand: Microsoft; Review: I own a DLP tv that only accepts 1080p resolution through the HDMI. My current XBOX is a 2006 model, and I use componenet cable for video and optical for my surround sound system (which doenst do 1080p pass through). I just went out and bought a new xbox with an HDMI port so I could get the most out of my TV....and to my surprise, the old VGA adaptor DOESNT FIT WHEN YOU HAVE THE HDMI CABLE PLUGGED IN. Essentially this accessory has a smaller housing input, so you can hook up the HDMI for video and the VGA for audio. It works just fine, but it would have been nice if MSFT didn't try to screw people out of more money...; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Amped Wireless High Power 600mW Compact Wi-Fi Range Extender (REC10); Brand: Amped Wireless; Review: I ordered this about two months ago, and have worked with it then. THE GOOD: The wireless setup is really easy. I wouldn't recommend it for someone who literally knows nothing tech at all, but if you have any basic knowledge, setup is a breeze. The interface is really nice, and easy to follow. This may sound weird, but I like the way the unit looks too. It has a nice, sleek design, and fits in well with most decor. The router and internet connection are very stable; we have had almost no issues with our ISP (I have a hardline PC connected). When it is connected, the speed is actually ok for an extender. THE BAD: The wireless router is near the backend of our house (no, it cant be moved). Finding the "sweet spot" where the extender was close enough to the router, but still well enough into the house for coverage took some time. Now we are 2-3 bars in most rooms, unless we are really close to the router or extended, then we are at 4 bars. The biggest complaint I have is constant disconnections. Even at 3/4 bars, its always going out. It will disconnect for about 10 seconds, then reconnect itself. If you are using this to browse facebook, or just general online activities, a burp once in a while is annoying. Gaming isn't an option though, there are way too many disconnects. If I had to do it again, I probably would just go with a repeater, not an extender. Overall, its nice, but the constant disconnects are a HUGE pain.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Onkyo HT-S3700 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package; Brand: Onkyo; Review: Does not do 4k. Returned.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 for Business; Brand: Microsoft; Review: Its OK. Easy to hook up, video quality is worse than I had thought.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: PowerCube [Newest Version] Extra Extended, 5 Outlet Adapter 10ft Extension Cord Power Strip with 5 outlets 4324/USEXPC By Allocacoc; Brand: PowerCube; Review: Its cool; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Netgear (R7000-100PAS) Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Router, Gigabit Router, Open Source Support, Circle with Smart Parental; Brand: NETGEAR; Review: So far very solid connection. Do wish that the UI page was a little not out of 1998; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ARRIS SURFboard SB6190 32x8 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem - Retail Packaging - White; Brand: ARRIS; Review: Solid connection with Comcast cable internet.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Modern Kiwi Alexa Solid Strapless Jumpsuit; Brand: Modern Kiwi; Review: Not worth $30 price. Made very cheap.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Op Sky Women Slim Trench Waist Wash Cow Boy Jeans Denim Skirt Dress Summer Spring; Brand: OP SKY; Review: I got an XL and still too small.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Sak Kendra Hobo Shoulder Bag; Brand: The Sak; Review: Exactly what expected!! Love the quality!! I want another color!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Sak Kendra Hobo Shoulder Bag; Brand: The Sak; Review: Exactly what expected!! Love the quality!! I want another color!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Sak Kendra Hobo Shoulder Bag; Brand: The Sak; Review: Exactly what expected!! Love the quality!! I want another color!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Sak Sequoia Hobo Bag; Brand: The Sak; Review: Love it Love it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spring Fever Plus Size Retro High Waist Braided Fringe Top Bikini Swimwear for Women; Brand: Spring Fever; Review: I love this bathing suits...; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques, 2nd Edition; Author: Visit Amazon's Sheldon Natenberg Page; Review: Recommended to me by a friend who called it the bible for options trading. This is definitely no snoozing leisure trading book. It's the real deal with a ton of information and trading strategies in it. I don't trade options anymore but if I ever went back, I would read this book another 3 or 4 times and understand something new every time.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: She (World's Classics); Author: Visit Amazon's H. Rider Haggard Page; Review: Call me simpleton but I just did not understand this book. I suppose to premise was a bit interesting and given that it's a 'classic' there's a lot to it's time period, but as a modern day novel I just had a hard time finding it worth reading through; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence; Author: Visit Amazon's Josh Waitzkin Page; Review: Interesting read. I have a minor interest in chess and understand the general theory behind it (how all the pieces work, how openings work, midgame/ end game, tactics) and no understanding of martial arts. In that sense I get an appreciation for how Waitzkin is able to talk about something which he does at a very high level that appeals to both people who know where he comes from and people who don't. Worth reading a second time and gives solid motivation.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition; Author: Visit Amazon's Bill Bryson Page; Review: The amount of thought that went into this book does not go unappreciated. The ability for the story to be told in both depth and easily explained is remarkable. When we talk about the world and it's happenings, we talk about magnitudes that are truly difficult to grasp, yet reading this book doesn't quite have that feel. It feels like you actually come away with it with a sense that you understand, well, a short history if nearly everything in earth's history. Some sections are a bit more exciting than others, given your interest in the various topics covered, but as someone who didn't do so well in biology and has a hard time enjoying anything that has to do it, it was surprisingly bearable. Take all the earth history lessons you've learned from 12 years of education, make it enjoyable to read, and this is what you get.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Market is not Random. (Unabridged, First Edition): Time & Price Symmetry / Quantitative Synchronicity Defined; Author: Mr Anthony Joseph Klatch II; Review: There's a lot of cool concepts in this book that some technical analysts may appreciate. By some technical analysts, I mean people who are willing to study these concepts, create a model, extract data, and run tests to see if what Mr. Klatch is saying really is true. To be critical, there is a lack of proof in most of the concepts that I read, and I haven't found as strong as a link as Klatch suggests there is, specifically in the timing element. However, I still found the theory worth while, and made some advances on my own borrowing this idea. For example, Klatch offers a theory that the specific timing of the market is very important. An intraday trader marking out highs and lows to the minute, should continue to keep track of the frequency distributions to see which minutes appear to be most frequent. Using this method can help the trader, now in a moment of a possible trade entry, look for not only a reason in whatever strategy he/she is using, but compounded with that entry corresponding with the frequency distribution. If one trades only according to the freq. dist. then he/she will miss out on a lot of good opportunities, but also find themselves entering in extremely uncannily.. fortunate to say the least, tops and bottoms. This concept of course is not voo-doo or proprietary; it's obvious that equity markets have their biggest moves in the mornings and before closings, and FX markets see surges in the London open and the Longon/NY overlap. But drawing attention to these elements for further study has helped me learn a great deal. All in all, I bought the book looking for ideas, not strategies. I thought it was enlightening and although not as polished, ground breaking, or robust as other things I've learned, it was a nice read. If you find yourself in the same boat as I, then I would recommend it. Otherwise, keep searching.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever; Author: Visit Amazon's Jason Fried Page; Review: I'm not some new age business owner or an investor who knows what makes companies great, but I have started a business with a few buddies in the "rework" spirit if you will: we're a software company that contracted freelance developers, paid a friend to host everything for us, and do all our own accounting, marketing, and customer support in-house (altogether less than 8 people). So while one might expect me to be a fan of this book, as this is one of the principles that rework talks about, I can't help but think "duh" when reading this. What kind of business starter in today's economy would think to start with a large office space, hiring a full accounting or IT department, or renting a full warehouse (for physical products)? Even if you've been half asleep during the past 10 years of business startup, it doesn't take much to notice that more and more people are starting businesses, and starting small, then scaling. I normally wouldn't gripe on such a detail, but this book emphasizes this notion of cutting the junk you don't actually need to run a business (spoiler). The book cut garbage pages in it's editing, they state that it's better to build half a product than a half-assed product and that you can, and very well should, get rid of the wasted time we so much dread in a typical business, such as meetings, distractions, etc. If such is the case, they really should have taken more note that this section, and many others in the book. There are some minor annoyances in some of the seemingly contradictory advice that is given as well. For example, when starting a business, Rework suggests that you need less than you think: Less capital, fewer people. Be agile, do it yourself, do it as you need it. Plans aren't plans, they're guesses, so save yourself the hassle of making a plan. Instead, make a guess, and move on. Then it later says that humans are terrible at estimations; When we think something will take us 6 months, it could very likely take not just 7 months, but a year, giving us insight that we're not just bad at estimating, we're awful at it. So when I think I can build a business in 20 grand, do I downsize or build my bank? If I think it will take 3 months to launch, is it 1 month for a Minimum Viable Product or 6 months? I want to portray with this review that it's not a bad book per say, but I just didn't really enjoy it or find it very well polished. I found myself asking "Who is this REALLY intended for? What kind of person would gain benefit from reading this?" I don't pretend to be a genius or want to sound pompous, but I don't find it very difficult to comprehend that if I am to start a business, that pointless meetings are bad, distractions are bad, priorities are good, clarity is good, understanding your business model is good, that; Rating: 2.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Levi's Men's 501 Original Fit Jean; Brand: ; Review: Dockers soft classic fit shorts are as comfortable as they come. The expandable waist guarantees comfort whether sitting, walking or golfing. They are light, cool and attractive. Plus, you can't beat Amazon's prices. You can buy with confidence.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LEE Men's Premium Select Classic-Fit Straight-Leg Jean; Brand: ; Review: Great fitting jeans of heavy material that seems very well made. I thought the color would be slightly different than what I received, but the deep blue denim color is definitely acceptable, so I kept them. I knocked off one star for my minor disappointment in the color expectation. However, in all fairness, when shopping online, one should expect slight differences. A photo and a color's name cannot convey the experience one has when holding the actual product and examining it first hand. My four star rating means I believe these jeans are of excellent quality and are well worth the price.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wrangler Authentics Men's Classic 5-Pocket Regular Fit Jean; Brand: ; Review: Fits very well, great color and a super price. The material is light weight and perfect for warmer weather. Finding the correct size of hight quality jeans online made my dreaded clothes shopping experience , simple, fast and thrifty. I'll do this again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Perry Ellis Men's Diamond-Stitch Quarter-Zip Sweater; Brand: Perry Ellis; Review: Excellent quality, but be aware that the size definitely runs small. Mediums in other brands are slightly larger than the large I received. It must be returned in the original packaging with all tags attached, but I mislaid some of the packaging. Accordingly I will keep it and wear without my usual undershirt. Not sure how it will fit once washed since it is already snug...; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Marino Ratchet Leather Dress Belt For Men - Adjustable Click Belt with Automatic Sliding Buckle; Brand: ; Review: This belt is extremely well made - solid feel and look. The ratchet buckle works great and the measurement marks on the back of the belt ensures you can cut the belt to size easily. Remember to start large and cut down more if you feel too much belt protrudes through the buckle. The belt lost one star because it is layered construction, with at least one layer appearing to be man-made materials - NOT one piece of leather. It is well stitched and appears to be solid. The buckle is metal with the latch on the bottom. The latch works easily and the mechanism seems sturdy. Time will tell if the belt wears well and the buckle holds up. Meanwhile, it appears to be a well constructed laminated belt and buckle. Love it -- just wish it were one piece solid leather.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Fobus Roto Evolution Series RH Paddle HPPRP Ruger P94 ,95,97 with or without rails / Hi Point .45; Brand: Fobus; Review: To adjust it there is a hole in the paddle to access a medium sized phillips head screw. This allows the holster half to rotate on a splined disc to your desired angle. The splines are fine toothed allowing adustement about every 5 degrees. There is also an adjustment screw for retaining pressure. The screw squeezes an o ring. Retention is mostly a bump that rides up and over the trigger guard. I have noticed it is a tight fit with my 5.11 brand 1.5 inch wide belt. the belt by design doubles back on itself with velcro to secure the tail after it passes through the buckle. This creates a bit of a wide section where the belt overlaps and it seems it is a bit too wide for the shape of the groove that the holster has for a belt. A thinner belt might be better. The paddle is a typical paddle and feels ok. Oberall not a bad holster but seeing that this is my first on, I suspect that just like most other people, it takes more than one try to find the "right" one.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mossy Oak Hunting Accessories Mossy Oak Swivel Set for 1.25" Sling, black; Brand: Mossy Oak Hunting Accessories; Review: I had a left over nylon sling so I bough these to put the sling on a Mosserg shotgun. Just unscrew the cross screw and install pin through post on stock. They work fine. Coating seemed ok. I have not used these outdoors so I cant say if they are going to hold up to the weather.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: UTG Covert Homeland Security Gun Case with Adjustable Shoulder Strap and Logo; Brand: UTG; Review: Was missing part of an inner strap but I contacted UTG and they sent the missing piece right out.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Prom M-Pro 7 070-1512 Tactical 3 Gun Cleaning Kit; Brand: Prom; Review: Good basic kit. Not everything you need but it is a start.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fox Outdoor LC-2 Shoulder Straps, Black 55-21T; Brand: Fox Outdoor; Review: A bit cheap but ok. Have seen some suggestions on using high quality/ rugged leaf blower back pack straps for a cheap alternative but never really tracked any down that looked like they would fit/ connect properly.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Sports_and_Outdoors |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: McFarlin House; City: Quincy Florida; Review: Location is very close to Talahassee and Havana Fl. Room was extremely comfortable. The bath was smaller than I usually expect, however; with the addition of a Jacuzzi style tub, the area was accomodating. Richard is an extremely hospitable host and quite engaging. The food and service was exceptional. Our overall stay was remembering what it was like when we were younger. The home is quaint, comfortable and inviting. The areas are decorated to the 10's. I hope that we will be able to stay again in the near future. We had a wonderful time there.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Courtyard Tallahassee North I 10 Capital Circle; City: Tallahassee Florida; Review: This hotel has gone through the recent Marriott upgrade look and is very nice. Clean, well maintained and nice. Staff is wonderful. Say Bon Jour to Carine if she is on the front desk. All the staff went out of their way for us while we visited. Room was very comfortable and had the rare Marriott fridge. Starbucks coffee in the Bistro, Big screen in lobby for the big game. The only issue I have with this hotel, is that it is a little difficult to find after dark due to street location. It is well located in Tallahassee near Thomasville exit on I-10, tons of shopping, food and fun things to do which makes it all worth it. Check the recently opened Trader Joes less than 5 mins from the hotel. Also nearby is Bonefish, Starbucks, and multiple fast food.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Suites Tahoe Truckee; City: Truckee Lake Tahoe California California; Review: One of the best hotel experiences I have ever had. Maybe it was Christmas? Maybe it was because of the skiing at Sugarbowl? Maybe it was Dianne at breakfast? Maybe it was the desk staff or the manager? Whatever it is, they have it. Clean rooms, great service and awesome care is given to everything they do. AWESOME. I may plan trips to come here on purpose now, not just because of the skiing. This is a must stay Hampton, and other than one I stayed at in Charlotte, probably the best one for multiple reasons. Keep it up, you set the example for others to follow.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Decatur; City: Decatur Illinois; Review: OK. This isn't the ritz, but we recently stayed at this hotel for a wedding. Rooms were clean, but dated, this is typical for this part of the country. Of other choices, we would have had to add 30 mins to commute for wedding events.. Breakfast was great, the gentleman that was serving is very kind and attentive. Area for breakfast was too small for fully occupied hotel, but food was well prepared and plentiful. Rooms are weird. Nice setup as far as layout. However; queen only beds with fold out is not very good. There should be some kings and doubles available. Full kitchen with full size appliances and microwave with dishes etc. This was nice having a fridge. Desk, couch (fold out) and easy chair were comfortable and flat screen TV was ample. Small bath, but separate vanity available. The service was much better than room, but room was OK. I would stay here again. Not a resort, but a good night sleep with excellent breakfast. Good Job Hawthorn.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Franklin Marriott Cool Springs; City: Franklin Tennessee; Review: This hotel is located directly across from a Galleria Mall. This makes all types of food styles and shopping available. Direct access from Interstate 65. Within 1/4 mile from highway, but you won't here it in the hotel. Rooms are very adequate and clean. New soaps "Thann" and restroom products are a nice touch and very good. Room was extra clean and cool. We liked the room enough to request it on our return drive. 1016, 916 are both concierge floor access rooms. If you don't qualify for Gold or above at Marriott, request these floors for your room and access will be available as your key gets you onto 10 where the lounge is. Good breakfast and heavy hors d'oeuvre's, snacks, soda, water etc. WSJ and USA Today are stocked daily. This concierge lounge is actually open on Sunday. Rare in these times for non business travelers. We have stayed here at least 8 times over the years and really get treated well by the staff and always leave refreshed. Wish they had a Spa-(hint hint). Look forward to our next stay.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hilton Orlando; City: Orlando Florida; Review: This is my third stay at the Hilton Orlando near the convention center. As a matter of fact it is connected via sky bridge to the newest convention venue. Rooms are very nice and great view from either side of the hotel. Pool has lazy river great for kids and adults alike, as well as an adult 18+ pool that is more secluded and quiet. If this wasn't enough, the staff is awesome. Josh at desk and Danny at curbside remembered me by name. Great folks that know how to make your trip perfect. May seem pricey to the travel savvy, but this is an awesome location. My only regret is that the HHonors lounge isn't a bit more controlled. What I mean is that if you are a Gold or Diamond with HHonors, you have unlimited access to this benefit. Really low staff and always crowded with business travelers and their extended families. I understand that this is a resort location, but there should be a choice of whether to have little staff and crowded room for maybe a discount for the breakfast buffet downstairs, which I might add is the polar opposite. Well staffed and rarely to capacity. Food is excellent, Maria makes an awesome omelet as well as the other hot food staff, but she stood out as extra happy and made the day much better.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Franklin Marriott Cool Springs; City: Franklin Tennessee; Review: Close to I65 and Galleria Mall. We always break up our trip from Fl to IL here. Well staffed and good onsite restaurant. Little drive to downtown, but not far considering how close you are to 65. Rooms are nice and large lobby area. Large parking area also.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SpringHill Suites Philadelphia Valley Forge King of Prussia; City: King of Prussia Pennsylvani; Review: Lobby and breakfast staff were excellent. Area was very relaxing. Room and amenities were great. Nice big stand up shower with body jets. I was traveling with work, but will consider if back in area for vacay. Location is close enough to do anything at mall within 5 mins.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Suites Navarre; City: Navarre Florida; Review: Best staff, great hotel. Still seems new, breakfast area well managed and maintained. We didn't have room for everyone at our home, so we stayed here instead. Thanks for a great stay, sorry it took so long to review. Stay here, this is a great hotel.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: NIZUC Resort and Spa; City: Cancun Yucatan Peninsula; Review: For an average $500 per night, I felt there should have been more. The only area that I would consider more is the staff. Extremely accommodating. Always attempting to offer the best experience. Where this facility can improve; 1. Water temp at pools needs to be regulated cooler. We are from Florida and even the Ramada has chillers on the pool. I felt like I was in a huge infinity tub. 2. More spraying for insects. Cabanas are nice, but even if you spray the provided spray liberally, you still get eaten alive. 3. Advertise total price, the current Resort fee is 16% with another 13% local tax. Add 18% service fee to every ticket also. My math says for every advertised dollar, I am spending $1.47. Trust me, it adds up quick. 4. Taxis are not regulated. Each trip seems a different price, the hotel can help by negotiating rates for guests, even if they aligned with a specific company. 5. Allow meals to be purchased as take out. They put to much on experience in the restaurants. Food quality is exceptional, communication is sometimes lacking. 6. Only offer bottled water, the two times we had tap water, it smelled musty and we experienced Montezuma's Revenge. 7. Water at beach was brackish and only Carribean blue in small area by dock. 8. There were a few other small items, but not worth mentioning. Now for the good. A. Rooms all have views, we were in tower Tzalam. B. Spa is exceptional. When you are there allow them to lead you through the step by step process 1 hour before your treatment. It was exilerating. 5 stars for spa. C. Playa Restaurant breakfast buffet was outstanding. Everything you would expect and so much more. Mimosa, Bloody Mary, Cappuccino are all part of the charge. Yes, $68 per couple, but we'll worth it for the wide selection. D. Pool staff is exceptional. You are well taken care of. Pool bar is well manned and generously proportioned. E. Adult area was very secluded and nice. Quiet and private. F. Concierge service is very good, they really can help with anything you want to do. We did the Chitchen Itza tour and it was awesome. Overall it is a nice Resort, cost should be a little less, I felt like I was in an overpriced hotel. I think that this facility is 20-30% over priced at the least.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hilton Sacramento Arden West; City: Sacramento California; Review: Ok, first off, this is a bit off the beat and path of downtown Sacramento. There is a large mall within a couple minutes that looked very nice. Old town is a 15 minute drive. Hotel rooms are a bit dated, but very well maintained. Staff is exceptional. Very nice and extremely well trained. Breakfast area was well stocked, the only issue we had was when we opened the drawer to get wheat bread out, it was extremely molded. This didn't happen overnight. Bar are was great. Jennifer was awesome and we will stay here again if in town just because of her if for no other reason. She was very nice and really took care of us.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Roosevelt New Orleans A Waldorf Astoria Hotel; City: New Orleans Louisiana; Review: OK, I am a Diamond with Hilton. I used points for a room over the holidays. One night stay in a two queen room. We called to check for early check in at Noon, we were told the room wasn't ready and we would have to check back and then phone was hung up on us. We have stayed here before and there is a parking garage across the street that is $24 less per day if you park yourself. The hotel will tell you there is no self parking, but there are multiple self park garages in the area. We parked and walked into the quarter to return at 3PM. We retrieved our bags and headed to check in. Line at check in of 6 people with one person on front desk. We waited 15 minutes to finally get to the clerk, about that time two other front desk personnel arrived. We were told that the room still wasn't ready and we may have to wait an hour. They did have a superior room over standard, but there were other rooms nicer that were available, but they were not willing to upgrade that much as it was a points room. (60K points for one night to be exact) For those of you with status, you know how much you have to spend to get these points. 45 minutes later room was available, guess what, we had to wait in the same line again for 15 mins to get our key. A couple free drinks in an over crowded bar during the holidays isn't a good swap. Room was excellent, our maid Mik(something weird spelling worked late hours on 13th floor) was amazing, sweet and attentive. I felt like she was above average.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Reid Ridge Lodge; City: Blue Ridge Georgia; Review: Hotel staff, Candice, EXCELLENT. Hotel location is very good and close to downtown, walking distance, down and up really big hill, from Ingles Grocery and Gas. There is a Starbucks in Ingles. Room is very cabin like, well acclimated and maintained. Kuerig coffee maker is a plus for us. Bathroom amenities were spa quality and very nice. Mini fridge, larger type, in closet with a couple drawers if you are planning an extended stay. Ok, the major plus's. Candice was awesome. They have a natural wood fire pit at the end of the 1st floor. Candice lit a little early for us as we had friends visiting at the hotel. She also brought out makings for Smore's. Big hit for the group. Candice was extremely accommodating for the entire stay. Only one negative. The continental breakfast is just that. Short staff and lack of facilities probably the reason or maybe because we were visiting off season. Cereal, toaster items (toast, bagel, waffle), bottle juice, fresh fruit and microwaveable oatmeal. We decided to try the Bumble Bee Cafe, and Candice contacted them to let them know we were guests at RR Lodge and BB Cafe provided a 10% discount. We stayed here because our son is getting married in the fall and while in the area for vendor fair, we tried this location out as we were looking for local accommodations for some of our out of town guests. We have blocked a group of rooms as this is a really nice hotel. Thanks Candice. You are the bomb. Look forward to our next visit in town.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Perimeter Center; City: Sandy Springs Georgia; Review: Room had old window unit for heat/ac. Very noisy, when it kicked on you could hear it in the hall. Sink area good for business travel small for family travel. Bed extremely firm, both of us woke with sore backs. Clean and affordable, location very convenient to Perimeter Mall and restaurants. Cost was extremely low for the area and we would stay again, but check ac in room first.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Residence Inn Austin University Area; City: Austin Texas; Review: OK stay. Had pet, very welcome and accepted. Nice area in back for walking. While moving I had trailer and the parking lot is only on three sides of building, so construction trailers in back create a difficult gauntlet to park. The hotel staff went way out of the way to assist when notified of the issue. Noticed no noise from const but traveling on weekend. Breakfast was very well done and maintained with plenty of food. Nice and affordable as well as per friendly.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Courtyard by Marriott Sandestin at Grand Boulevard; City: Sandestin Miramar Beach Destin Florid; Review: I have stayed at this location for events in Destin, but I have also used it for colleagues that were in the area. Great location for Destin, East Destin, Beaches, San Destin, you name it. Close to great food and entertainment. Also very well maintained top 5% of Courtyards I have stayed at. Great staff, clean rooms and nice location.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mountain Top Cabin Rentals; City: Blue Ridge Georgia; Review: Above and Beyond. Beautiful view, excellent cabin and decor. Well stocked kitchen for above basic cooking. Nice side by side fridge with plenty of room. Ice maker worked, but in door mechanism inoperative. Inconvenient but not horrible. All rooms were well maintained and beds were very cozy. We all slept great. Now the negative. The road is extremely narrow and steep the closer to the cabin you get. This is expected, however; just past halfway the road is at its widest and they have installed the most obnoxious speed bumps I have ever experienced. Where they are located you can't drive fast anyway. We were celebrating the marriage of our son which required multiple daily trips up and down the mountain and those speed bumps were horrible. Bottomed out more than a few times. Service at rental office top notch. Courtney was awesome in assisting us.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Sulphur Lake Charles Area; City: Sulphur Louisiana; Review: First off, if this review seems tainted, it should be known that I had just come down with the Flu and was sick as a dog while spending the night here. Hotel is slightly dated and could use an fresher look. Room was clean, carpet was dirty. Quick tip, how to tell if the carpet is dirty. Walk around barefoot for 5 minus. Go to the tub, wet the floor and walk in the damp tub floor. This is why I pack footy socks to wear in older hotels. AC was good, but you knew when it turned on. Good lighting in restroom, and TV was very good. Up all night with sickness, but when I did get some sleep, I slept well. Bed was comfortable and the lounge style char was also very comfortable. This hotel is in the middle of all the refineries, so there isn't much here to see or do, but a ok place to stop wile traveling to get a good night sleep and breakfast the next day. The food looked great, but I didn't partake.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: SpringHill Suites by Marriott Austin Cedar Park; City: Cedar Park Texas; Review: The good: Hotel is new, spacious, well designed, nice rooms, clean, good locale, fair priced and comfortable. Moriah and Yaritza were outstanding. Caring and competent, as well as going the extra mile. Cassandra was also very attentive. The bad: Check in staff needs training. Unable to get in room for reward stay. It took 45 mins to get in room and still had problems. Had to recode for each day of stay for key and credit card on room. I understood for separate reservation for reward night, but paid nights should have been on file. The ugly: On our last day after being out of room 8AM-8PM our room had not been serviced. Computer snafu? I will recommend hotel highly, but the GM needs to ensure competency on front desk.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SpringHill Suites Orlando Altamonte Springs Maitland; City: Altamonte Springs Florida; Review: This was a last minute decision to stay. Arrived 1:00 AM to exceptionally attentive night desk clerk. She knew I was exhausted from a long travel day and had me in my room in minutes. The room was standard but very well maintained. All fixtures and amenities were in good working order. I like it cool when I sleep and it was very comfortable to me. Breakfast was not extra special, but area was well maintained, plenty to eat and prepared/presented with great care. All in all the 4 represents size of room. Usually there is a little more room in the Springhills. Well done staff.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Homewood Suites by Hilton Nashville Franklin; City: Franklin Tennessee; Review: Staff was good. Room was excellent. Decor modern, and well apportioned. My only issue was getting into parking lot. Very confusing and extra finagaling to get to hotel. Bad entrance design. We will stay again in the future.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn and Suites Nashville Franklin Cool Springs; City: Franklin Tennessee; Review: Staff excellent and accomodating. Hotel is nice, well maintained and great location. Room well maintained and clean. Breakfast was also very good. We will stay here again when traveling through Nashville.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel; City: San Juan Puerto Rico; Review: We upgraded to king suite, room was huge. Hotel is nice, needs a little update, but we were very satisfied with the staff and our stay. Forget something. No problem, Walgreen's is literally next door. Walking distance from food, fun, shopping and the Fort. Hope you enjoy your stay as much as we did.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: PLX Devices Kiwi 2+ Bluetooth OBD Car to Smartphone Wireless Link and Scan Tool for Android, Windows,; Brand: PLX Devices; Review: I use this with an Android cell phone and TorquePro. First I tried one of the cheap units and they were awful. Returned and got this one for ~4 times the price. Based on reviews I expected it to be better. It is but it is not as good as I thought it would be for the price. Still have connection issues about 1/3 of time but it does always eventually connect unlike the cheap units. Once it connects, all is good. I have not had the unit drop a connection once established. Note I have the unit and phone paired correctly and I'm not a tech dumdum. When trying to connect the unit is usually w/in 3 feet of the phone so...; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: DORMAN 923-203 Chevrolet/GMC Center High Mount Brake Light; Brand: Dorman; Review: fit perfectly, works as expected; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 2 Pieces (Set) Tuff Support Rear Liftgate Door Lift Supports 2000-2004 Chevrolet Suburban / 1995-2004 Chevrolet Tahoe; Brand: Tuff Support; Review: fit fine, smaller diameter than my oem set (that failed). They lift extremely well. Time will tell how they last.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mann-Filter CU 3337 Cabin Filter for select Saab models; Brand: Mann Filter; Review: Fit and seems to function as expected.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: K&N PS-7000 Pro Series Oil Filter; Brand: K&N; Review: Fit and seems to function as expected.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mann-Filter C 30 170 Air Filter; Brand: Mann Filter; Review: Fit and seems to function as expected.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Automotive |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Call Me Cat (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Alex Lux Page; Review: Not a book for mature readers, maybe someone in their 20s would like. Left us hanging at the end, so we'd download the next book. I didn't - not curious enough.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sharp Objects; Author: gillian-flynn; Review: Kept my interest but it jumped around alot; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Stories I Only Tell My Friends; Author: Visit Amazon's Rob Lowe Page; Review: Very good book, really kept my interest. Mr. Lowe is a good story teller and has had an interesting life, worth reading.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: My Mother Was Nuts; Author: Visit Amazon's Penny Marshall Page; Review: LOVED IT!. What an interesting life she has led. I could totally see myself being friends w/ Ms. Marshall.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite); Author: Visit Amazon's Robert Dugoni Page; Review: Good book, a little predictable, but kept my interest.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Neon Lawyer; Author: Visit Amazon's Victor Methos Page; Review: I really enjoyed the book - quick read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hidden (A Bone Secrets Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Kendra Elliot Page; Review: kept my interest, I liked the characters; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hidden (A Bone Secrets Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Kendra Elliot Page; Review: kept my interest, I liked the characters; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Finders Keepers: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Stephen King Page; Review: Classic Stephen King - great story, don't want it to end.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation; Author: Visit Amazon's Melissa Rivers Page; Review: I've always been a Joan Rivers fan, so it was interesting for me.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Girl on the Train; Author: Visit Amazon's Paula Hawkins Page; Review: Kept my interest, but I was a little disappointed in the ending; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7); Author: Visit Amazon's Lee Child Page; Review: I love this series. It helps to read in order to get history on the main character, but you would still enjoy the books if you didn't.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Prettiest One: A Thriller; Author: Visit Amazon's James Hankins Page; Review: Very good book, kept me interested; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Glassblower (The Glassblower Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Petra Durst-Benning Page; Review: I usually enjoy a mystery or Stephen King novel, but really enjoyed this book. It kept my interest and then some, and I've downloaded the 2nd book of the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: When I'm Gone: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Emily Bleeker Page; Review: Good book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: GONE a gripping crime thriller full of suspense; Author: T.J. Brearton; Review: Good book, I'd recommend.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: All Summer Long: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Dorothea Benton Frank Page; Review: The characters were likable andsomewhat interesting, but not much of a story.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Wildflower; Author: Visit Amazon's Drew Barrymore Page; Review: I've always been a fan of Drew Barrymore, but the book made me even more so. Obviously she only told us what she wanted to, but I truly think she has a good soul. Easy, enjoyable read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Eleanor & Park; Author: Visit Amazon's Rainbow Rowell Page; Review: Not my usual type of book, but kept my interest extremely well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: After She's Gone; Author: Visit Amazon's Maggie James Page; Review: Good book, so good twists. I'd recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CyberStorm; Author: Visit Amazon's Matthew Mather Page; Review: Excellent book - I'd highly recommend. Kept my attention way more than I wanted it to some nights; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster crime thriller novel) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Robert Bryndza Page; Review: Good book, kept my interest!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: War Brides; Author: Visit Amazon's Helen Bryan Page; Review: Started out a little slow, but then I really enjoyed the story.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Secret: The word of mouth bestseller from the #1 author of The Letter; Author: Visit Amazon's Kathryn Hughes Page; Review: It was a good read, author definitely brought everything together well. I would recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane); Author: Visit Amazon's Melinda Leigh Page; Review: Its was a good book - kept my interest.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Black Coal Harbor 2 Drawer Tall Nightstand with Open Shelf; Brand: Prepac; Review: It has a good look to it, and its perfect for how tall my bed is. I never knew how convenient a bedside table is.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Travel Smart by Conair Compress N' Pack Space Saving Packing Bag Kit, Clear, 2 Extra-Large Bags; Brand: Conair; Review: They're great until they rip. Only have a life of a few weeks.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: BigMouth Inc The Beast Giant Fist Shaped Drink Kooler, Holds Can or Bottle, Keeps Drink Cold, Easy to Clean; Brand: BigMouth Inc; Review: People Loved it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tvilum Scottsdale 6 Drawer Double Dresser in Black Woodgrain; Brand: Tvilum; Review: Like everyone says, its a little hard to put together, but it's worth it. There are so many dressers in this price range that don't have the depth that this one has. For the price, this is the deepest dresser you'll find. Make sure you don't buy a shallow dresser.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Superior 900 GSM Luxury Bathroom 6-Piece Towel Set, Made of 100% Premium Long-Staple Combed Cotton, 2 Hotel; Brand: Superior; Review: Great buy, they're soft and don't shed, much better than more expensive towels I've had.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: DecoBros Wire Fruit Tree Bowl with Banana Hanger, Chrome Finish; Brand: Deco Brothers; Review: It's good, alot bigger than I thought; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vitamix Standard Blender, Professional-Grade, 64oz. Container, Red (Certified Refurbished); Brand: Vitamix; Review: If you blend, a Vitamix is a must, and it will pay off in the long run.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clean Healthy Living Premium PEVA Shower Liner/Curtain: Odorless & Mildew Resistant (with Magnets & Suction; Brand: Clean Healthy Living; Review: Great shower curtain, has a nice thickness, the magnets and suction cups are great.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PurSteam Garment Steamer For Clothes, Elite Powerful 7-1 Fabric Steamer For; Brand: PurSteam; Review: Was good for the first few uses, but then got clogged up and on runs steady for a few seconds before it stops and spatters. I only use purified water and have tried to clean multiple times, but never runs consistent. Looking for a different brand.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: InterDesign Axis Over Door Organizer Hooks for Coats, Hats, Robes, Clothes or Towels – 2 Dual Hooks, White; Brand: InterDesign; Review: Well made, high quality, looks good, but... unless you drill it in it will pop off the door, and you can't just use one towel on it as it will lean dramatically. Needs 2 over the door supports; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: mDesign Extra Wide Metal Wire Bathroom Tub and Shower; Brand: mDesign; Review: Big, very big. It's definitely too big for my shower, but it's nice and seems well made so far.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ToiletTree Products Bamboo Wood & Stainless Steel Over the Door Towel Rack, 5 Hooks; Brand: ToiletTree Products; Review: This thing is great, and doesn't move when you pull the towel off; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: simplehuman Adjustable Shower Caddy, Stainless Steel + Anodized Aluminum; Brand: simplehuman; Review: Fantastic, I love this thing, looks so fancy and totally worth the extra money; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Orphan X; Author: Visit Amazon's Gregg Hurwitz Page; Review: New concept in the thriller world. A protagonist one can root for while realizing he's not perfect. Very, very interesting and new.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Orphan X: A Novel - Kindle edition; Author: Visit Amazon's Gregg Hurwitz Page; Review: New concept in the thriller world. A protagonist one can root for while realizing he's not perfect. Very, very interesting and new.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Play Dead: A gripping serial killer thriller; Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Marsons Page; Review: Good story. I love the action and . intensity. Marson's style is fast but one I can follow. I love the characters and appreciate their development. All 4 of her books are terrific!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rise of the Enemy (Enemy Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Rob Sinclair Page; Review: A good follow up to the first book which also nicely sets up the final chapter of this trilogy. Fun escapism.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dark Water: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Robert Bryndza Page; Review: A fun read that has well thought out and developed characters. A good story about love turned bad. A nice continuation of DCI Foster's adventures.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn); Author: Visit Amazon's Matthew FitzSimmons Page; Review: I loved the Gibson Vaughan character as well as his cohorts. They were fleshed out worth just enough detail to make me care about them. The story is original in this genre but it's a page turner.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blood Lines (Detective Kim Stone crime thriller series) (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Marsons Page; Review: Kim Stone is one of my favorite characters not because she is a super hero but because she is a real woman. She has flaws, doubts, strengths and weaknesses like the rest of us. Her ability to care for the victims of tragedy while looking evil in the eye is inspiring. A great follow up to Evil Games. Also, is nice to see more development of the other characters in this series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II; Author: Visit Amazon's Rhys Bowen Page; Review: A neat peak into what would be the last days of the old-world aristocracy of the British Empire. Read this!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Use of Force: A Thriller (The Scot Harvath Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Brad Thor Page; Review: Scot Harvath continues to be one of the most endearing Good Guys in thriller fiction. He reminds me of an old saying about the Marines: they can be your best friends or your worst enemy, and that sums up Harvath to a T. He's what epitomizes the men we all hope this country has working in the shadows to protect this country.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pandemic (Extinction Files); Author: Visit Amazon's A. G. Riddle Page; Review: I've been a fan of A.G. Riddle from his first novel. I've thoroughly enjoyed all of his stories but this is the best so far. At first, one may think, oh, another story about an evil group who has developed a terrible disease in order to rule the world. But, this is different. The reasoning, the characters, the back stories and insight into why this pandemic was orchestrated is more compelling than others I've read. It's the best one of its type since Clancy's Rainbow Six of twenty years ago. I can't wait for the sequel!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Beautiful Poison; Author: Visit Amazon's Lydia Kang Page; Review: I really enjoyed the appealing characters in this story, whether primary or supporting, their development was appealing. The mixing of the factual horror of the Spanish Flu Pandemic with a fictional story was done very well. The back-story of the Radium industry of early the 20th century was intriguing, as well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: House of Spies; Author: Visit Amazon's Daniel Silva Page; Review: The old gang of characters is all present but rather than seeming to get boring, they keep evolving. My personal favorite, Julian Isherwood, is terrific in a relatively small yet critical performance. I also was grateful to see Allon's erstwhile nemesis, Christopher Keller, as a central figure again. His is a wonderfully vibrant story, complete with his Corsican friends, especially the old fortune teller friend. Daniel Silva is among my top three favorite authors and I sincerely hope to see more from him.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Assassin's Code: A David Slaton Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Ward Larsen Page; Review: Ward Larsen's protagonist, David Slaton, has taken his rank among my favorites. Along with Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon, Mark Greaney's Court Gentry and the original Jack Ryan by Tom Clancy. This story, like most of the ones involving Slaton has twists and turns but this one was really exceptional. Just when you think you've got it all figured out......; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tom Clancy Power and Empire (A Jack Ryan Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Marc Cameron Page; Review: I like Mark Cameron's work in his own novels and he carries on the Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan narrative well here. It was time to have both Jack Senior and Junior share the narrative to an almost equal extent. Cameron pulls it off admirably in a novel that is both far-reaching and very interesting to read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Demon Crown: A Sigma Force Novel (Sigma Force Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's James Rollins Page; Review: The Science Faction Rollins employs both captivates and entertains. Rollins is able to impart quite a lot of knowledge in his novels, knowledge that many would otherwise not be willing to read of in more mundane forms.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Kremlin's Candidate: A Novel (The Red Sparrow Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Jason Matthews Page; Review: Your emotions will be twisted, released, vindicated, infuriated and betrayed by this excellent piece of work. This is especially true if you've read the previous two novels in this series. While I know this is a work of fiction I also must believe it's a plausible depiction of the work, both honorable and despicable, of the men and women of intelligence communities, domestic and foreign. Hats off to Matthews for this terrific trilogy! And for his service that spawned these stories.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Shadow Sight; Author: Visit Amazon's E.J. Stevens Page; Review: I wasn't quite sure what to expect when E.J. announced that she would be branching out from YA to write an adult urban fantasy series. Of course, at the time I'd only read the first book in her popular YA series so I couldn't have formed a very good expectation in any case - but I was excited nonetheless. I decided to get caught up on the Spirit Guide series so I could really get a feel for her writing style and have something to compare Shadow Sight to. E.J. did not disappoint. While the Spirit Guide series has become quite popular, and with good reason, I have to say that I liked Ivy Granger better than any of them. One of the most refreshing changes was the lack of inner dialogue that you get from Yuki - like when she kisses Calvin and there in italics and/or parentheses is something like I love you, wolf boy... I was glad we didn't see hardly any of that from Ivy because it helped make the novel more readable - and it felt more like the adult book it was presented as. One thing this author excels at is researching her folklore/mythology/etc. Some of the reviews I read weren't very enthusiastic about the amount of detail and explanation E.J. put into the different types of supernaturals, but I loved it. I feel that it's important to get that detail into the first book in a new series and I don't think she overdid it at all like some authors I've read have. The only thing that could have made it better would have been a pronunciation guide so I wouldn't have had to jump out of book mode on my eReader to google each uisge - thankfully, E.J. has assured me that this will be a feature of future books. :] I'll be interested to see how she handles it in future books - are we going to be revisiting a lot of the same creatures we've already met or will she be introducing a lot of new ones that require more detail and explanation? Ivy is one of the most interesting characters I've read in quite a while. I loved how vulnerable her psychometry made her without completely crippling her as a person. I loved how fleshed out many of the secondary characters were as well - one of the most endearing things about the story was how Jinx took such great care of Ivy. I hope that E.J. will expound more on that relationship since it's basically the heart and soul of Private Eye detective agency. All in all I think Ms. Stevens did a really good job of building the suspense in the story. At first I thought it was a little convoluted - I was having a hard time reconciling the kelpies hiring a demon lawyer and so on, but as I read on things became clearer. The only thing I would change about the book would be the ending. The romance factor kind of blindsided me, and not in; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blood and Mistletoe (Ivy Granger); Author: E. J. Stevens; Review: She's done it again. Another book that I LOVED. As a matter of fact, I really give it 4.5 stars. And if you know me, you know that's a big deal. My 5 star reviews are a sacred piece of me that I don't part with easily, but I'm starting to think Stevens is going to squeeze one out of me before it's all said and done. Even though this was a novella, it still lent itself to a fullness that was satisfying but of course left me wanting more. I want more Ivy, I want more Jenna, I SO want more Marvin (love love love that kid), and I want to see what the hell's going to happen between Ivy and Ceffyl! This story left off right where Shadow Sight ended - which gives me hope that maybe Ghost Light will pick up right where this left off??? *side glance at author* Anywho, someone (or something) is killing fae and the, well, fae, aren't too happy about it. The only clue: a sprig of mistletoe left behind with each victim. Ivy and Jinx agree to take on the case against their better judgment...which leads to some crazy intenseness that I wasn't expecting. I won't spoil it for you, but let's just say that Ivy takes off the gloves - literally. If you've read Shadow Sight then you know that's code for LET THE INTENSENESS BEGIN, INTENSE ALL THE THINGS!!!!!kfahkesak;gtjiah94w357hsptgu113!!!!! Yes. Well anyway, Ivy being Ivy of course eventually finds the culprit, along with a merry band of creepy, eat your face off, give me nightmares redcaps who are almost too much to handle, save her interesting partnership with the Hunter, Jenna. By the time everything was over and I peeked out from the covers, I was staring at the end of the book wondering why'd I'd let any pesky wedding planning and honeymooning ever keep me from it. I'm ready for the next episode. You need to read this so you can be ready too. But make sure to read Shadow Sight first, or you'll just be lost and wondering why you don't get it. And I will laugh at you.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fragments (Partials Sequence); Author: Visit Amazon's Dan Wells Page; Review: Wow. Ok, I have to admit that I had a hard time getting into this book at first. I don't know what it was....a combination of things, perhaps, the largest factor being a complete lack of time combined with my battle with a mysterious illness that leaves me rather lethargic. But there was also the fact that the beginning of this book just seemed to drag a little...there was a lot of fighting and a lot of traveling and not enough of Samm and Kira kissing and it just kind of left me wanting. Thankfully, it didn't stay that way. Fragments varies between Kira's viewpoint and Marcus's viewpoint for the most part, with a dash of Samm's thrown in. I think this was another thing that made the book slow for me - while I understand that we needed Marcus's viewpoint to fill in the political backstory, I found his side of the story to be rather boring for the most part. His voice was not nearly as enjoyable as Kira's, despite Wells' attempts to make him funny and likeable. Kira's story was much more interesting, although still very slow to develop. Her meeting Afa was a definite highlight, but I was more than little annoyed when that storyline was ripped out from under me after a long ride through no-mans-land on horseback. I found it a little hard to relate to her grief over Afa's fate as well. I know we find out that Kira is a Partial...but I wasn't expecting her to feel less human than she did in Partials. She just didn't seem as relatable in this book, and that made me sad. And then there's her and Samm. Talk about a snooze inducer. I really expected (wanted) there to be more romantic development between them in this book, but it simply wasn't there. Sure, we get a sort of half-assed explanation for why it wasn't there near the end of the story, but that does nothing to appease my need for TEH FEELS. *le sigh* I know, so far it sounds like I didn't like the book at all. NOT TRUE. We learn a lot more about the Partials and after the Kira/Samm smoochfest, that was what I wanted most. I think the author did a great job of showing just how humanistic the Partials really are; they were rather easy to think of as machines in book one, despite Samm's part in the story. Book two doesn't allow the reader to do that. You get personality, you get emotion, you get civil unrest...and suddenly you realize maybe they're not as different from us as you thought. You see Kira struggle with her humanity, you see Samm give in to his, and you see Heron deny hers. But you see the same things happen with humans in the story - with Morgan and Trimble and Vale and Nandita. On the other hand, who was Samm in this book? He was sadly spineless and lackluster...I loved his unwavering faith in Kira, but I hated his determination to just follow; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Obsidian Mirror (Package may vary); Author: Visit Amazon's Catherine Fisher Page; Review: Note: I was provided an ARC of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Where do I begin? This book was everything I hoped it would be and then some. I wasn't quite sure what to expect - the blurb was intriguing but vague, so it left a lot to the imagination (or the lack of such). Normally, this would have either turned me off or sent me spiraling into the abyss, lost in my own ideas about the plot and what should happen. But that didn't happen this time. I knew it would be good. I knew it would be different, maybe even strange. And that was all I needed. Since finishing the book, I've noticed that one thing other reviewers were...put out by was the fact that this was really more of a middle grade book than young adult. I'm not sure that I agree with this assessment. The (arguably) main character, Jake, is a bit younger I think than most of the characters I read about in YA novels, but that aside I think this book still deals with some very YA issues - death, loss, the price of power, the grey areas between right and wrong, etc. Personally, not one time while reading the book did I stop and think, "What is this foolery? They've sent me an MG book disguised as YA! A curse upon your house!" or anything like that - so I'd be confident in saying that it's a non-issue. Fisher does an amazing job of blending all sorts of genres - fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, a dash of steampunk, and even some paranormal - in this book. To be expected, of course, because that's just what she does. I think there's a little bit of something for everyone in this one, but you don't have to worry about getting too bogged down in one thing. THERE'S TIME TRAVEL. I mean, that's basically what the story is about so that's to be expected too, but I really enjoyed how nothing was as linear and clean as time travel is often portrayed in books and movies these days. It's weird and messy and more than a little dangerous and that made it extremely exciting. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL DIFFERENT POVs. I feel the need to throw those out there from the start because if you're going to read this book, you're going to have to pay attention - and there are a few places in the book where that gets hard with 5 different things going on at once. So if you don't like that sort of thing, this probably isn't the book for you. The Obsidian Mirror finds us shadowing Jake, a seemingly mischievous and even irritating boy who has pretty much been dumped off at a posh boarding school by his mysterious guardian after the equally mysterious "disappearance" of his father. Jake is doing all he can to be kicked out of school because he wants to confront his guardian, Oberon Venn. Jake is convinced that his father is; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dare You To; Author: Visit Amazon's Katie McGarry Page; Review: *Note: I was provided an ARC of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Give me a moment to take a deep breath because I seriously thought there was going to be something else in that spare bedroom... ... Whew! Ok, down to business. After reading Pushing the Limits, I knew that Beth's story would be an interesting one - but I have to admit, I was worried about Dare You To because I just really didn't think it was possible to successfully follow up book one. Pushing the Limits broke me down, ya'll. It made be face demons I didn't even know I had and left a tear-soaked, runny-nosed, blubbering mess at 6 o'clock in the morning. I was not prepared. There was no lube or anesthetic or warning or anything, just unexpected, excruciating pain and suddenly there was my soul, bared before my eyes and tinged dark as night. So I figured, "No way. No way is this Katie McGarry person good enough to do this to me again." But she almost did. Dare You To wasn't nearly as hard on my psyche as Pushing the Limits for personal reasons, but it still managed to be a thoroughly enjoyable read. Meet Beth, the messed up kid with the messed up family from a messed up part of town. She's a hardass and an underdog so of course she was automatically near and dear to my heart. Beth has secrets that, as much as she wants to face them, send her running. Her mom, Sky, is a worthless waste of space who's dating an even more worthless waste of space named Trent who likes to make up for his lack of worth by beating Sky and Beth. Beth has mostly managed to avoid Trent's wrath since pretty much moving in with Noah and Isaiah, but she can't let go of her mom...and that ends up causing a lot of trouble for a lot of people before everything's said and done. Naturally, she ends up taking the fall for some destruction of property courtesy said mom and lands herself in jail. Out of the wings, Scott, the brother of her deadbeat dad, appears to swoop her away to a new life. A new life that Beth wants less than anything else in the world. Or so she thinks. Ryan - seemingly perfect, baseball playing, jock boy - makes Beth think about things she shouldn't. Like what life in small-town Groveton might be like if she stays instead of following through on her plan to collect her mother and run. Like how maybe being with Ryan could be a better analgesic than the drugs and alcohol. But Ryan's life isn't perfect either. He's got family issues of his own and he's a boy to boot, so that automatically means he's pretty good at screwing things up. Despite everything though, Beth and Ryan seem to find their way back to each other. I wasn't sure at first how I felt about this. I mean, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BETH; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Insomnia (The Night Walkers); Author: J. R. Johansson; Review: Note: I was provided an ARC of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The book is set for publication on June 8, 2013. This review was originally posted at Twilight Sleep: [url]/ --- I can sum this book up in one word: DESPAIR I honestly thought this book was going to go in a completely different direction than it did. The fact that it didn't? This is not a bad thing. Insomnia is the story of Parker Chipp - soccer all-star, everyday good guy, resident psycho. Ok, maybe he's not psycho (debatable) but I don't know how not because Parker is an insomniac. And he hasn't slept in four years. He's a Night Walker - he's cursed to see and feel the dreams of the last person he makes eye contact with each day. Sometimes the dreams aren't so bad. Other times they're incredibly terrifying or painful. But they never, ever let Parker sleep. Then he meets Mia. Mia's dreams are different...and even though he's there, conscious in her dreams, he finds he can fall asleep inside them. Suddenly, everything is different. Suddenly, Parker has a chance at life. And after four years of sleeplessness, after accepting that his fate was to die without ever really living, Parker will do anything - anything - to hang on to this hope. Suspension of disbelief. You'll need it, because HOW ELSE IS PARKER STILL FUNCTIONING LIKE A SEMI-NORMAL HUMAN BEING AFTER FOUR YEARS WITHOUT SLEEP??! I have severe insomnia - it was one of the things that drew me to this book. But I'll be honest...it hasn't been four years since I've had sleep. As a matter of fact, I've slept every night this week so far but I'm still struggling to act like something other than a zombie because all those nights I didn't get much or any sleep? Yeah...the effects of that never fully go away. So I found it a little hard to believe that he was still functioning...attending school, playing soccer, hanging out with friends. Can I be a book character please? Because, seriously. I'M FALLING APART. But uh, anyway. Parker has kept his secret for years, thinking no one would ever believe him if he seriously tried to tell them about his ability/curse. But when Mia comes along, all that changes too. Because someone is after her. And since Parker is being a complete weirdo psycho stalker creeper, people start to believe it's him. Including his best friend, Finn, and Finn's sister Addie. Mia's feelings toward him go from mild annoyance to absolute terror and when that terror starts showing up in her dreams, Parker knows he has to do something. What he doesn't know is if he believes in his own innocence. Determined to figure out what's going on with Mia, and what's going on with himself in the process, Parker reveals his secret to Finn and Addie. With their help, Parker tries to convince Mia that she has nothing to fear from him. But when his plans continue to fail, he finds; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ghost Light (Ivy Granger) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's E.J. Stevens Page; Review: This review was originally posted at Twilight Sleep, a book blog of news, reviews, and giveaways! [...] It's always so hard to write my reviews for this series because the books are just SO. GOOD. WHY MUST YOU MAKE IT SO HARD, E.J.??? She's probably cackling away in her writing lair right now, soaking in my tears. But no matter. I'll find a way! *plays Eye of the Tiger* "She better hope she had a leprechaun somewhere in her family tree, because that bitch was going to pay..." Ivy Granger is back and better than ever in the second full-length installment of this amazing urban fantasy series by E.J. Stevens. Ghost Light picks up shortly after the holiday novella, Blood and Mistletoe, with Ivy doing her best to protect the innocents of Harborsmouth from all the things that go bump in the night while trying to have a life that's as normal as possible when you can see things no one else can, have to constantly be aware of what you touch and what (or who) touches you lest you have a vision of something that will haunt you for the rest of your life, are dating a mythological sea creature - oh, and suddenly discover that you are the princess of an entire race of fae. Needless to say, Ivy's gloved hands are a little full. So when she starts seeing glimpses of her boyfriend Ceffyl's ex-wife in the streets of Harborsmouth, it's not a far leap that she wonders if maybe she's losing it. But she has little time to ponder if she's truly seeing Melusine or why the lamia would be in Harborsmouth, because someone or something is causing fae children to disappear from their beds and who's the first person the fae call, in utter distress, to help them solve this mystery? Ivy Granger: Psychic Detective. This book was amazing. There was so much going on but not once did I feel like the story was cluttered or hard to follow. I did feel a little sorry for Ivy, though. The poor girl was run a bit ragged between her last adventure, dealing with some daddy issues that have come up, and trying to have a relationship with the man she loves when she can't touch him. There were seriously times when I could have cried for her. But, being the loveable badass she is, she pulls through in style and comes out better on the other side. We get so much more backstory in this book, and I loved it. Ivy is doing some physical training with Jenna (who is probably my favorite character after Ivy and Marvin) to get her body up to par with her mind - this was so important for the development of the story and Stevens was genius for thinking of it, although I would have loved to have Jenna more involved in the story rather than just a mention (but, I've been assured that my wish is coming true and Jenna will have her own spinoff so WE'RE GOOD). We also; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shutdown (A Glitch Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Heather Anastasiu Page; Review: WOW. What an amazing ending to a fascinating series. The beginning of this book was SO HARD on me. Anastasiu threw me for a loop in Override when I found out about Adrien. Pause here for a moment and imagine me like Rocky, arms and legs spread wide, face to the sky, yelling: AAAAAADDDRRRRIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNN!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what it was like. So I went into book 3 already hesitant and skeptical - there was no way she was gonna screw this up and not let Adrien and Zoel be together (OR ELSE.) but I had no idea how she was going to bring him back from that. I really shouldn't have worried. This whole book is one action-packed adventure. I absolutely LOVE that there was never a dull moment; I never got bored or felt like things were dragging on as I so often have in other books. We got to see Zoe do so much growing and evolving in this series and book 3 is kind of the max out point for her. I felt very connected to her as she struggled through this story; there were times when she felt like maybe it would be best to just go to sleep and never wake up were so heart-wrenching. But then watching her pull it together, keep it together, and power through like a Grade A Badass inspired me. Shutdown picks up where Override left off...which is, in essence, where everything seems to have gone to complete and utter cow patty. Adrien is completely destroyed, Zoe and his mom are even more at odds, the Chancellor is wrecking shop all over the place, and Zoe is carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders as she tries to be not only the leader Taylor has appointed her to be, but the salvation that Adrien has seen her (and everyone needs her) to be. Things are bad and getting worse and finally Zoe accepts what she's known all along: it's time to go full-tilt-boogie on the Chancellor or bust. Fueled by her love for the person Adrien has become, her sadness and anger at the death of so many people, and her desire for salvation, Zoe takes on the Chancellor in what is the ultimate showdown. I was afraid of how the story would end - it seemed like there was no way to wrap this up without being anticlimactic, but Anastasiu totally nailed it. Amazing world building and character development, lots of geek tech, and even some steamy romance - this book has it all. Heather Anastasiu does not take the easy way out. Everything doesn't magically become pretty and fixed and perfectly tied up with string. Things are ugly and people change into completely different personalities and plans fail left and right. But in the end you're left with a feeling of completeness. Bittersweet, this review is. I'll miss these characters for sure - Adrien and Zoe and Xona and Ginni and Cole, the whole lot. But I'm so happy that Glitch goes out with a bang. *NOTE: I was provided; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: The Sins of the Father (The Clifton Chronicles); Author: Visit Amazon's Jeffrey Archer Page; Review: Great book! I will be buying the next one, too! Archer is a great story teller. We can't wait for it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Where I Belong; Author: Alan Doyle; Review: Awesomely funny, well written, hard to put down. Gives you great insight on where GBS comes from. I've been to New Foundland and have put it on my bucket list for a return visit. It is a unique place with a most unique people.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery; Author: Visit Amazon's Craig Johnson Page; Review: Have all of them. That should say it all...; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tricky Twenty-Two: A Stephanie Plum Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Janet Evanovich Page; Review: Just as expected; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Escape Clause (A Virgil Flowers Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: Have all of 'em. Best of his work...; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Western Star: A Longmire Mystery; Author: Visit Amazon's Craig Johnson Page; Review: Awesome.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Author: Visit Amazon's Edmund Morris Page; Review: Read 1st two volumes, TR is certainly one of the most remarkable and interesting men ever. Great read. He's probably rolling over in his grave now.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: The Right to a Bear's Arms (A BBW Shifter Romance) (Wolf Rock Shifters Series Book 3) eBook; Brand: Visit Amazon's Carina Wilder Page; Review: Like the shifter books.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Distant Desires - Kindle edition; Brand: cambria hebert; Review: Given a choice, who would you pick. The one who cared the most.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Curse of the Alpha: The Complete Bundle (Episodes 1-6): A Tarker's Hollow Romance (Tarker's Hollow Bundles Book 1); Brand: Visit Amazon's Tasha Black Page; Review: I enjoyed the book and will continue to read the author's books.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Her Blood Protectors: A Billionaire Vampire Romance - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Samantha Snow Page; Review: Not the usual story. Has well thought out plot and characters.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Reclaim (The Sigma Menace) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Marie Johnston Page; Review: A riveting story. Keep up the good writing.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bitten By The Bad Boy: A Paranormal Vampire Romance - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Jasmine White Page; Review: I received the free book and am giving it a great review. The author had a strong story line with out jumping around with other plots. Easy to follow. The characters were strong and individual to their places. Over all, I liked it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Unmatchable - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Sky Corgan Page; Review: I received this ARC in exchange for honest review. I thought Ember and Colton were well written as to their characters. Both had issues to be resolved, Ember more so than Colton. Also, I, enjoyed the humor that showed through; which kept it from being a dark story. The story line was consistent throughout the book with a gradual buildup to the ending. Will read more of this author's books.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wife By Force: International Billionaires II: The Italians - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Caro LaFever Page; Review: I really enjoyed the book. The story line stayed consistent with the make up of the main characters, which I like. Two people who love each other but have to open lines of communication found it difficult to do so. The humor and teasing back and forth was great. Just a good read and read the book all the way throughWife By Force: International Billionaires II: The Italians; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Her Lion Twins: A Paranormal Lion Shifter Romance - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Lilly Pink Page; Review: I loved the book's character trio. The story line had some twists and turns, which I like. Recommend the book. Her Lion Twins: A Paranormal Menage Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: OMEGA (Demon Chaser Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Charlene Hartnady Page; Review: I really enjoyed the book. The characters were well defined and created a good base for the story line. Will read other books by this author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Savage (London Mob Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Michelle St. James Page; Review: WOW!! Could not leave the story. What a story line. The characters are perfect. Can't wait for the next book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stalked By Love: Contemporary Romance Suspense Short Story - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Eva Winters Page; Review: The story tells of a girl taking a job without realizing the side effects it could have. The plot goes on twisting and weaving to conclusion. Will read more of this author's books.Stalked By Love: Contemporary Romance / New Adult; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Orphan Girl - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Maggie Hope Page; Review: I read this book in one sitting. Loved it. The fact Ada never allowed bitterness to overtake her life allowed her HEA.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blessed and Betrayed - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Sandy Appleyard Page; Review: I read this book in one sitting. So nice to read a story with positive results regardless of the revealing secret. I will read more of this author's books and recommend this book.Blessed and Betrayed (Betrayal Series Book 1); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hannah's Story: A Second Chance - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Terra Kelly Page; Review: Excellent read. Well developed characters and story line. Recommend this book. There were a few twists along the way. Read more books from this author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Any Way You Slice It: An Upper Crust Novella (Upper Crust Series Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Monique McDonell Page; Review: This short story was absolutely cute and I read it straight through. An honest review for ARC. The main characters and supporting friends and family seemed so developed. I recommend this book and will read more of this author's books.Any Way You Slice It: An Upper Crust Novella (Upper Crust Series Book 1); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Escape To Love: A Suspense Romance Thriller (The Love In A Hopeless Place Collection Book 3) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Emma Calin Page; Review: Escape To Love: A Suspense Romance Thriller (The Love In A Hopeless Place Collection Book 3) A child saved leads to a love story. I liked it and recommend this book. Will read more of this author's books.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sub-Prime (The Love In A Hopeless Place Collection Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Emma Calin Page; Review: It is a story about the choices people make to support their families. What they are supposed to do. Sub-Prime (The Love In A Hopeless Place Collection Book 1); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Changes (The Magic Jukebox Book 1) eBook; Brand: Visit Amazon's Judith Arnold Page; Review: I read this book straight through. A great read. Will read more of this author's books.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Charming You (Thirsty Hearts Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kris Jayne Page; Review: I received this book in exchange for honest review. This author has a entertaining view of romance. I liked it.Charming You (Thirsty Hearts Book 1); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Best Kind of Love; Brand: Visit Amazon's Rebecca Talley Page; Review: I voluntarily read this book in one sitting. Always like to read about reunions and how the characters ended with the story line. A good read. Best Kind of Love: A Reunion Romance Novella; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Victim Of Love (Rock And Roll State Of Mind Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Christa Maurice Page; Review: This was a fast and lighthearted read with the main characters exploring their attraction for each other. After leaving and then rejoining each other they have to decide how far to take their attraction. I enjoyed the read and give it a positive review.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SHOW ME THE HONEY: Sweet & Dirty BBW MC Romance Series Book 1 - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Cathryn Cade Page; Review: I loved it!! A great HEA read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: War Bride (Battle Born Book 7) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Cyndi Friberg Page; Review: I loved the book and have read several of the author's other books. I recommend this book as a really good read.War Bride (Battle Born Book 7); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Curvy Vet and the Billionaire Cowboy (He Wanted Me Pregnant! Book 11) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Victoria Wessex Page; Review: Thought this was such a cute read. Very entertaining.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Kindle_Store |
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Title: Carter Diamond, Part Two (Carter Diamond Series, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Ashley & JaQuavis Page; Review: It was so good Carter always prove me right I figure that Loso set Sam up and knew that the beef started the drama wit Ma'Tee when kidnapping Breeze in the Cartel but that was years ago but I can't wait til the novel come out; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Thirsty; Author: Visit Amazon's La'Tonya West Page; Review: This book was good Xay is a hot mess and Thrill got Kaliyah "thirsty" for sure lol can't wait til part 2 it was too short doe but overall it was good; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fly Betty (Harlem Girl Lost Novels); Author: Treasure Blue; Review: This is a GREAT book Treasure did this I love Betty character it was some parts I wanted to cry and some parts I was shouting saying get him lol this is a must read it makes women really think like a man; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Honor Thy Thug (Thug Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Wahida Clark Page; Review: This book was so DOPE omg I loved every chapter they gotta have 1 more thug book omg Kyron Trae Kaylin Tasha Kyra Jaz Angel Faheem everybody omg I couldn't put this book down oh but they cut up in this book keep em coming Wahida; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Heavy; Author: Visit Amazon's Keisha Tyree Page; Review: Omg I loved this book Alaska was a beast she really know how to take control I never woulda thought Big Hank and Sophie was Santee twin kids omg that turned everything up happy she avenged Omar death and can't wait for part 2 doe; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gangstress; Author: Visit Amazon's India Page; Review: Jane is a real gangsta her father taught her well I love how Ace stayed loyal to her and I knew they were gonna be together but I want know why she went to jail in the beginning but I gotta get part 2 ASAP this was a real good book overall; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Forbidden Fruit 3: The Juice; Author: Visit Amazon's Nika Michelle Page; Review: Omg I'm so happy everybody ended up being happy at the end they had so many twist and turns I like how Diablo was running things in Miami and I'm happy him and Ayanna stayed together Daren was a mess omg I can't believe she lied like that but that's what she get and Lala is crazy for kidnapping the twins she got what she deserved too this book ended so good sad that it came to an end doe but I will continue to support Nika Michelle!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Trust No Bitch; Author: Visit Amazon's Ca$h Page; Review: Omg at first it started off too slow but Kiam took over this book I'm not a big fan of Lissha she slick I bet she the one that Daphne pointed out omg I hope him and Eyez get back together I like her and Trebbie too hard headed plz hurry and do part 2 I'm impatient lol; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Climatic Successions: A mosaic of broken hearts; Author: Obsession; Review: Omg I finished this book in like 5 hours it was so good I bet I know who took Adrienne I gasped so many times in this book they had a lot of twist and turns but I loved all of them this book got me so anxious to purchase part 2 TERRIFIC job IAM OBSESSION u got a new fan and supporter; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Side Chic 4: (Forever Ratchet); Author: La'Tonya D West; Review: Man this book made me sad mad hurt I wasn't ready for the ending at all why her doe but this series not done at all I bet that but this book is absolutely a 5 star read get it ASAP; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Murderville 3: The Black Dahlia; Author: Visit Amazon's Ashley & JaQuavis Page; Review: Yes finally Liberty came on top that trick Dahlia got 9 lives I'm.happy she met her fate this book had so many turns Iike wtf lol but overall very good read happy you put other characters in here too it was a great ending!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hoodlum: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: I loved this book and K'Wan I loved Rio and Trinity relationship they are such a power couple Rio was a boss at such a young age and I respect it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Player; Author: Brick and Storm; Review: I really really hate DOA they always come in and make they appearance and seem to make me more angry I'm still #TeamMisfits Enzo was crazy but I like crazy lol I liked Angel too I was mad they did that to her I love that my hunny Trigga came thru and represent it can't end like that doe that fool Micah gotta die with the rest of them DOA clowns I love Brick Storm keep my misfits coming!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The preachers Wife; Author: Visit Amazon's Sa'id Salaam Page; Review: Teresa was crazy as hell I hated her then I liked her but I wish she woulda turned into a alcoholic instead of a junky and nympho she was so nasty in this book til it disgusted me but her husband took the cake got a whole other family I hope preachers are not like that in real life lol but I enjoyed this book a lot but karma caught up with her and she got her fate handled to her; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bullets & Bloodlines; Author: Visit Amazon's C.J. Hudson Page; Review: This was my first book I read by Author C.J. Hudson and he did a wonderful job I loved how he had the characters feel so real but he put Ebony in a hard place having to choose between her brother and man I liked Buck doe his attitude is crazy and Latrice and her brother is a whole other twist waiting on part 2 to see who stayed and who left hope their mom survive and I wanna see who Ebony gin choose and if her and Latrice gon be friends again after the truth come out can't wait for part 2; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gutta II The Aftermath (GUTTA SERIES); Author: Authoress Redd; Review: Gutta is still Gutta I love her I was joked out once again DeWayne is a mess and some more I like Tameika she really love Paco I would've never thought Tully and Terrica were siblings that's crazy and then their killers I want know who their boss is and I'm happy I got introduced to Pack hopefully Tony is next up but I'm happy Gutta and Marcus back together and I wanna know the motive for killing Marcus and Gutta is about next up is Gutta Boyz!! Keep em comin Authoress Redd; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: GUTTA II THE AFTERMATH (THE GUTTA SERIES Book 2) - Kindle edition; Author: AUTHORESS REDD; Review: Gutta is still Gutta I love her I was joked out once again DeWayne is a mess and some more I like Tameika she really love Paco I would've never thought Tully and Terrica were siblings that's crazy and then their killers I want know who their boss is and I'm happy I got introduced to Pack hopefully Tony is next up but I'm happy Gutta and Marcus back together and I wanna know the motive for killing Marcus and Gutta is about next up is Gutta Boyz!! Keep em comin Authoress Redd; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gutta Boyz (THE GUTTA SERIES); Author: Authoress Redd; Review: Omg and to think that Gutta was gutta Mack Tone Ghost & El Terez is too gutta I really liked Tameika in the last book but I lost all my respect for her Paco was right when he said women not appreciative cause she shows that I want know who killed Tully Moe and who watching everybody I can't believe Tony don't know that's Lolly I can't wait for Gutta Gurlz to come out so I could know all my answers Authoress Redd pen game is amazing I hope Marcus and Gutta finally be happy with one another and I recommend this series to anybody that want a good read; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Am I My Sister's Keeper?; Author: Authoress Redd; Review: Idk how to feel abt this book it was a very good read but I don't like how Jay and Adore was together talking bout backstabbing sisters don't do that but it kept me entertained from beginning to end I must say I'm happy Kenya crazy self got handled but that should teach Charming a valuable lesson never take a good man for granted; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Thugs Cry 2 (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Ca$h Page; Review: Omg this was way better than the first one I can't believe Cash this book had me on edge I respect CJ more in this book I wish he didn't do that doe I'm happy Shy got got I can't believe this I'm really speechless I never saw this coming Wow I hope Rah make it Nard fooled them all never underestimate a man power this book had so much bloodshed I need the third book ASAP!!! Great job Cash; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Knuckleheadz; Author: Visit Amazon's C.J. Hudson Page; Review: Knuckleheadz was definitely worth 5 stars Chris Antwan Temp Niko Bishop were more than friends they were brothers I really enjoyed Chris and Niko story those story really touched me Temp is a bad boy who kill for fun and have jealous ways Bishop really wanted to stop but he was loyal to his friends Antwan was the leader of the crew who they all look up to but I wanna see who gonna remain a Knucklehead in part 2!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shyt List: Be Careful Who You Cross (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Reign (T. Styles); Review: Damn that girl was crazy as hell she really had me in this book thinking all those ppl were real this book was so good I gotta read the other ones ASAP I can't believe she had me feeling sorry for her smh this book fooled me lol; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shyt List 2: Loose Cannon (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Visit Amazon's Reign Page; Review: Yvonna/Gabriella is a nut I want know way happen to Cream and I can't believe Treyana had sex with Bilal too and twins by him that was a good surprise Gabriella him take over Yvonna I know it I love this series; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Trust No Bitch 2 (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Ca$h Page; Review: Nooooooooooooo wtf this book can't be true not my girl Cash and Nene get on my nerves lol I can't wait for part 3 idk which book was the best part 1 or 2 I need too many answers hurry and do book 3 plz this book was so awesome I love when yall work together its AMAZING!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shorty Got a Thug; Author: Visit Amazon's Ca$h Page; Review: Brazen and Niesha is made for each other they really are but I enjoyed this book and love Cash ideas I was gasping a lot lol the suspense and lies were killing me Brazen really showed his G and went all out for his crew he made stupid decisions but he finally grew from them.....great job to Cash; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Swag (Wahida Clark Presents); Author: Angel Santos; Review: Omg Jazmine is a bad girl she had me fooled I didn't see this coming at all I was screaming like she could hear me Wahida wrote this book so good I loved it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Next Door Nympho 2; Author: Visit Amazon's C.J Hudson Page; Review: Omg Candice is so wild I wasn't expecting the ending at all I figured who the person was behind everything and I was right all along but the ending thrown me for a loop this was a great read I'm still shock at the ending you really don't mess with other ppl family great job CJ; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Succubus: Sins of the Flesh (The Complete Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Vanna B. Page; Review: This short story was good! I loved it Raven seduced Darrin to the point to turn him against his family she is wicked!! I wonder if Melody will pull through I can't wait for part 2; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Pussy Trap 2: The Kiss of Death (The Pussy Trap Series) (Volume 2); Author: Nene Capri; Review: Koko is a boss I love her she takes no orders from nobody I love Night he a boss too he cray cray doe I love Nene for this ending bouta get part 3 now; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Pussy Trap 3: Death By Temptation (The Pussy Trap Series) (Volume 3); Author: Nene Capri; Review: Omg Kayson is back I knew he wasn't gone this book was better than the last two Nene did her thang the twists and turns in this book I wasn't ready I want know who this mystery person is I can't wait for the next book good job Nene; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Animal 2: The Omen; Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: Man the KING of street lit straight murdered the book industry with this one Animal 2 will leave you speechless K'Wan had me on pins and needles I can't even read a book if I wanted to this was the BEST book I've read in a long time I tip my hat to the KING for this one job well done; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Between Love & Justice; Author: Visit Amazon's Danielle Grant Page; Review: This book was a good read I love Nassir and Kalil they try to go the right path in life but life always doesn't go as planned Chanea and Zariya are good girls and I actually liked them ppl that you thought were dead resurface back and cause so much drama I'm sure part 2 is juicier and I can't wait to read it; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Still Thirsty (An Urban Novella) (Volume 2); Author: La'Tonya West; Review: Thrill Xay and Kaliyah got so much drama in their lives and this new character bouta start more drama of her own wow smh this can't get no better kinda mad that they got another part to it but I'll wait Still Thirsty gon leave you gasping at the secrets that's coming to the light; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hustle Chronicles; Author: Visit Amazon's Blacc Topp Page; Review: This book was definitely a banger!! Blacc Topp write so different and I loved it so many secrets and lies in this book Rabbit, Yellow Shoes, and Booty Green are thirsty men I been missing out with this series will get part 2 next I recommend this book to anybody whose looking for something different and new; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Hustle Chronicles 2; Author: Visit Amazon's BlaccTopp Page; Review: I love me some Gage men!!! Yes Julius and Devon are very smart thinking men they had me anxious to turn the pages wondering wats next they encounter with more enemies but they always come out on top I can't wait to finish this series but I don't want it to end; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Side Chic 2: (A Ratchet Mess); Author: Visit Amazon's La'Tonya West Page; Review: I love this book Lala my girl she don't do no wrong in my eyes lol another banger from this author; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gangsta; Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: I read this book after the 10 yr anniversary but I was satisfied!! K'Wan pen game is like no other his characters have you in your feelings from beginning to end Lou Loc and Gutter is hood bosses that you have to respect but like most bosses a hater stay lurking this book was everything and more; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Trust No Bitch 3: Deadly Alliance (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Ca$h Page; Review: This how you end a series!! Cash and Nene shocked alot of ppl. This Why you never Trust a sneaky trick I was on pins and needles with this book but I was very satisfied with the outcome of one character!!! Some may want to take notes loved this book and the authors #LDP; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Silence Of The Nine (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Visit Amazon's T. Styles Page; Review: T Styles is a creep...and I love her!! Nine is the baddest Lil black beautiful woman ever!! Her life is a movie T Styles Bring this character through so much pain and torture but she comes on top her Silence is her weapon and when she strikes it's too late to react I love this book so much can't wait for more of Nine; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Til My Casket Drops; Author: Visit Amazon's Ca$h Page; Review: Cash made this casket drop!! He did his homework for New Orleans he made the characters come alive Mayhem and Keedy give the readers a thug love vibe where New Orleans meets Atlanta and the spark was amazing!! Your feelings will be everywhere in this book you will laugh,cry,get angry,excited, and much more I love a trigger Happy person and Mayhem is just that a true rider! They had a couple of errors but he knew so much abt New Orleans I was just to excited Lol; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Prison Throne (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Visit Amazon's T. Styles Page; Review: I loved this crazy love story Rasim and Snow was totally opposite ppl who love was so real even tho Rasim had infidelity problems Lol I still liked his character his Pakistani ethnic made him more interesting for me their journey would leave you in awe and really leave you stuck but T Styles Writing always does that! I recommend this book this is so outside her style but she penned it so well; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Black Lotus (Infamous Novella); Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: Black Lotus brings a lot of bloodshed and secrets out in this fantastic novella I love how the author kept throwing in riddles to make you think hard and go back reading like how I miss that?? The secrets will really throw you off if you don't pay attention don't even blink! K'Wan never let's me down can't wait to see wat he have coming up next! #Legend; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ghetto Bastard (Animal); Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: Now I see why Tayshawn is called Animal! Growing up in his house was more like raised in a jungle when you've reached your breaking point you lash out and that's what Animal did come take a ride and enjoy the journey of a character you Love and see where it all got started; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dog Food (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Raynesha Pittman Page; Review: This is my first book by Raynesha that I read and I loved it!! Some parts were a bit slow but it picked right back up.....hopefully in the second one Demarcus toughen up and seek revenge but overall I would recommend this book to anyone that Love originality!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Don't Fu#k With My Heart (Volume 1); Author: Linnea; Review: Wow I really enjoyed this book and this is a new author Who came in swinging like No other! I'm rooting for Stone and Krissett I hope they work it out well mainly Stone stop messing with them THOTS but I really enjoyed this book and will be waiting on part 2 when it come out!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Goon (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Visit Amazon's T. Styles Page; Review: OMG!! I absolutely loved this book! Roman is such a GOON and beautiful being one! Yoko is a mystery that need to be solved I really enjoyed the ending and the Pretty Kings showing up in the book it ended great!! No part 2 is needed; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sin Eaters (Devotion); Author: Visit Amazon's Kai Leakes Page; Review: This was a very great book! My first paranormal book and I am hooked! Gargoyles, dragons, and witches battle in this epic book. I thought I was in the movies reading this book Khamun will protect Sanna above and beyond but I love me some Lenox and Kyo! Kai Leakes have a New fan and I'm rooting for my her; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Animal 3: Revelations; Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: S/O to the BEST!! MAN this book had me on my tippy toes from beginning to end! The new characters I absolutely like and respect I thought I was gonna know who did what but as usual K'Wan twist it up so crazy I didn't even see it coming!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hood Misfits Volume 1: Carl Weber Presents; Author: Visit Amazon's Brick Page; Review: I loved this book from start to finish! Brick and Storm haven't let me down yet! Their writing is so unique and they deliver Great ideas to their readers and storyline! I love How their characters met and How they came together can't wait for part 2; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Turf Warz; Author: Visit Amazon's C.J Hudson Page; Review: I really enjoyed this book and was excited to see my name in it! I couldn't pick who side I was on because both made crazy decisions and the murders were so bloody and twisted I definitely Can see me reading this again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Scars of Salem: K'wan Presents; Author: Visit Amazon's Niles Manning Page; Review: I really enjoyed this book! Salem is bat crazy he will not stop unripe everybody that played a part with criticizing and hurting him pay for it.....through death!! I will continue following this series to see who else Salem will cause havoc on; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tremaine: When A Man's Fed Up; Author: La'Tonya D West; Review: This book really had me on the edge on every page! Tre got some cool points in this book but he also is in alot of pain I wanted to throw my phone too many times reading this but I'm Happy Tre story was written it made you look at How females really act towards their kids father when you see their trying their best I wish it had more stars because this book deserve it all!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: And They Call Me God (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Visit Amazon's T. Styles Page; Review: I really enjoyed this book from beginning to end! Every chapter was making me hyper but the ending I think will shock everyone!! That was the last thing I saw coming I definitely would recommend this book to anyone!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: keys to the kingdom; Author: ; Review: I really enjoyed this book from beginning to end this author definitely piqued my interest in the storyline Sin is my fav character his presence along screams Boss can't wait for part 2; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: These Niggas Ain't Loyal (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Nikki Tee Page; Review: Really enjoyed this book! The title fits the book and the drama was everywhere! I love how all his lies caught up with him and now he's left behind can't wait for part 2; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Lines; Author: Visit Amazon's Tracy Brown Page; Review: This book hit close to me and I loved every page very detailed and you can tell the author took her time writing and showing her passion for writing; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Ungrateful Bastards (The Cartel Publications Presents); Author: Visit Amazon's T. Styles Page; Review: This book was really funny and culty lol the characters were very ungrateful the story definitely matched the title and I truly enjoyed it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Heaven's Fury (G UNIT); Author: Meta Smith; Review: Really enjoyed this book you never know when a good girl clicks out and Heaven clicked!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Street Divas; Author: Visit Amazon's De'nesha Diamond Page; Review: This war will never end and I don't think I want it to each book gets more intense and you don't know what to expect next; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Boss Divas; Author: Visit Amazon's De'nesha Diamond Page; Review: Lucifer is the best Diva in my opinion in these books her wrath is something serious and she shows it these females are really loco but the killing always gets better recommend this whole series to whoever likes to read; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: King Divas; Author: Visit Amazon's De'nesha Diamond Page; Review: These Divas take diva to a whole other level mannnnn LeShelle have no filter out her mouth Lucifer being pregnant not stopping nothing and poor TaShara got a lot of growing up to do Mama Peaches is a whole other story these Divas are not your regular divas not one bit this a great series can't wait til the next one; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sins Of Destruction; Author: Visit Amazon's Johnna B Page; Review: This book was all kinds of crazy! In a good way tho Lincoln/Zachariah are the Lord's sinner killers if that makes sense they prey on their victims then bring them to the slaughterhouse if you like crazy and Saw movie killing read this!! You won't be disappointed; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crush 2 (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Ivy Symone Page; Review: Yess lawd!! This book gave me everything I needed and more! Jah had me cracking up the entire book lol Sean just keep surprising us definitely a banger!! Highly recommend this book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crush (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Ivy Symone Page; Review: Omg I love this author work her characters are so real lol this book kept the drama coming and nothing but comedy from Jah I need more!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: (There's Power in the...) V; Author: Visit Amazon's Takerra Allen Page; Review: I loved this book!! This author writing is so unique and the drama is really crazy Lazo is the man I definitely recommend this book to everybody; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Animal IV: Last Rites (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's K'wan Page; Review: This book was just good nothing exciting I remember the author saying this was his last installment of this series but I see another will be out so it's dragging to me I won't be as anxious as the next one I can say that; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: La Mexicana; Author: Visit Amazon's Navi' Robins Page; Review: This book was AMAZING!! Loved everything about it definitely kept me on edge; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Prada Plan 5; Author: Visit Amazon's Ashley Antoinette Page; Review: Such an amazing story! The message in this book was so deep and thought out I really felt it. Indie and YaYa are so toxic for one another it's crazy. I definitely recommend this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Heartless Bastard; Author: Visit Amazon's Amanda Lee Page; Review: This book took me over the edge!!!! I've never read something so evil this is a must read!! The title definitely matched the book! I'm so amped up after finishing this book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bitter; Author: Visit Amazon's Shakela James Page; Review: Really enjoyed this book! The errors were small and annoying lol Zuri was reminded me of myself at 19 but happy I grew out of it can't wait for part 2!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Streets Have No King; Author: Visit Amazon's JaQuavis Coleman Page; Review: When the title fit the book PERFECTLY!! Basil is another Kane if not better. The story kept me intrigued from beginning to end and to see some old characters had me geeked!! Definitely would recommend this book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: In Due Time; Author: Visit Amazon's B. Love Page; Review: This book was awesome!! First book I read by this author and definitely won't be my last. Mac and Rahim story was so well written and so lovable I really enjoyed it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Promised Land; Author: Visit Amazon's Brenda Hampton Page; Review: Ive read books where messages were deep but nothing like this. You start to really think and question yourself are my black people going through things like this? And your answer will be ABSOLUTELY! The emotions that were in this book were mind blowing like what if you woke up from your normal life and you are slaving for the white men again. I guess 400+ years wasn't enough. But each flaw that was mentioned from the characters about being against their fellow black sister and brother made me realize we are always against each other but when we come together we cant be stopped. I really appreciate this book and the ladies who wrote this because this don't normally be in books in this time of generation. I definitely recommend this book, it was very well written; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Love: A Collection of Shorts; Author: BriAnn Danae; Review: This was really good short stories. My favs were Isis and Ramelo and Dom and Valentine I want their whole book tho; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Yours to Keep; Author: Visit Amazon's B. Love Page; Review: Aali and Lexis love story was so freaking cute! They fell for each other fast but it was genuine and Im happy Aali showed Lex what shes worth and Im not talking money wised. Her dad was a money hungry man that would do anything for the money but he found out in the end that wasn't worth it. Ezekiel!!!!! I love Zeek character I would love to read a book about him and Teeja. Definitely recommend this book; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ethic; Author: Visit Amazon's Ashley Antoinette Page; Review: Ethic!!!!!!! Omg can my man catch a break!! Ive been waiting on Ethic story for years and he finally got his story. Even though Ethic did what he did I still love him and I want him and Alani to work out. Morgan and her insecurities had me feeling so sorry for her I wish she wouldve embraced her disability more. Messiah will be my next boo lol j/p I see Ethic in him so much. Love the jewels Ashley dropped throughout the book about black queens Im so excited about this book and cant wait for part 2; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Truth: His Side, Her Side, and The Truth About Falling in Love; Author: Visit Amazon's Christina C Jones Page; Review: I really loved Math Bae and jewelry girl love story lol. Iris and Rob were connected in a way that only the two of them can explain. Even though Iris gave a hard time Rob was consistent to make her his and he succeeded. They both had something in the past holding them back but they both told their truth and everything worked out perfectly; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bishop: Toy Soldiers; Author: Blacc Topp; Review: I really enjoyed this book Idk if it was because I just knew who the culprit was and was completely wrong or if I still cant believe who the culprit is. This is what you call double crossed with a twist! I definitely didn't expect this to turn out like this definitely a page turner; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Broken Crayons Still Color: Based on a True Story; Author: Visit Amazon's David Weaver Page; Review: I really felt every emotion while reading this book. This author really showed and poured out his vulnerable side and I appreciate it. The message in each chapter will pull readers in. Devin endured a lot from drugs, alcohol and betrayal from close ones and jail. Devin learned the hard way when you're down and out and no one is in your corner. Even though this book had some errors the message and storyline held my attention from beginning to end and I definitely recommend this book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Black Corleones 2: Love Ain't Loyal (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Bella Jones Page; Review: Part 2 was so much better than part 1. But the errors were still there smh. Samir and Meko characters are very wise for their young age. Now I love how the Love aint loyal played a role in the book in Cesar character. He really want to be labeled as the boss like that would change something. Now the ending didn't shock me one bit but I didn't want it to happen Cesar is a lost cost and I hope karma meet him soon; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Black Corleones 3: The End of a Dynasty; Author: Visit Amazon's Bella Jones Page; Review: This ending of this series was really dope! Im so shocked at everything that went down in the last installment. Im really speechless this author penned the ending very well; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Work Song (Fall In Love Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Danielle Allen Page; Review: Danielle is so full of love and I love it! Wesley and Tatiana story was so blissful and exciting I felt their love. I love when an author can say little details to get you to feel with the characters feel and I felt that in Wes and Tati love. Wes and Tati love for sports excited me more because Im a huge football fan and they made sports so sexy lol I definitely recommend this book; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Presto 01241 4-Quart Aluminum Pressure Cooker; Brand: Presto; Review: I've presto cookers for over 30 years, this one is an improvement, with weight being lighter, the new handle works better than my last one which was 20 years old. The pressure valve is an improvement being in the handle.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Oster 6812-001 Core 16-Speed Blender with Glass Jar, Black; Brand: Oster; Review: It's the worst mixer I've had. It burnt up just 2 weeks after I bought it, I use a mixer every day to mix my food.this mixer does not hold the amount of product it says. It is not powerful as the cheaper oster mixer. I had to go buy another mixer an oster but the cheaper one. and it works great'; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Manual Grain Grinder for Dry and Oily Grains - Durable Kitchen Manual Grain; Brand: WONDERMILL; Review: I love this machine, It does everything it's advertised; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hosley Set of 3 Lavender Fields Highly Scented, 2.65 Oz Wax, Jar; Brand: Hosley; Review: I didn't order from these people, they don't smell; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Oil Painting Hundreds of Birds Cotton Linen Throw Pillow Case Cushion Cover Home Sofa Decorative 18 X 18 Inch; Brand: QINU KEONU; Review: They fit over my old pillows just fine and they look good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CandleNScent Vanilla Tealight Candles Scented, 30 Pack Tea Lights Made in USA.; Brand: CandleNScent; Review: they burn too fast and I can't smell them; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
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Title: Fellowes Office Suites Monitor Riser (8031101); Brand: Fellowes; Review: I got this riser as a gift four years ago. It's still going strong, stylish, easy to clean. Its slim line drawer stores a surprising amount of goodies for fast access. It reduces desktop clutter, doesn't hog the desk, and provides a platform for your office knick-knacks as well. I am buying another today for my daughter, who's using a phone book for her monitor riser. This is way nicer.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Guidecraft High Desk Organizer Set (Discontinued by manufacturer); Brand: Guidecraft; Review: For those of you who need desktop items within easy reach, this is it. The assembly instructions are a little vague, but otherwise, the quality is excellent. It looks good too in natural wood, or you can stain or paint it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Identity Group T2754 Rubber 11-Message Dial-A-Phrase Stamp, Dater, Conventional, 2 x 3/8; Brand: U. S. Stamp & Sign; Review: I bought this one to replace my worn out one just like it. I found that the rubber date bands are a little uneven. The year on mine does not impress as much as the month and day, so I have to rock it a little to the side to get the print right. Maybe this is a factory flaw for just mine. The nice thing about this date stamp is it has most of the right comments, like PAID, BILLED, ENTERED, RECEIVED. I use it daily for my husband's business papers.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Belkin Standard 7.9''x9.8'' Mouse Pad (Red); Brand: Belkin; Review: Classic black mouse pad, does the job, provides a comfortable surface for using a mouse.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Single Blank White Mouse Pad; Brand: The JMR Group; Review: A stylish and elegant color for a mouse pad, easy on the eyes.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
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Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bubby's University; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Soooooo, this place is pretty odd. The layout is very wide open but there are two bars, but when I was there only the gaming side was open.
Anywho, this is where the concern comes in. They have quite a bit of beer handles and as I proceed to order he pretty much tells me only 3 out of probably 20 were available. What?! A friend of mine ordered a bloody mary and wanted a salted rim. Well they didn't have salt either. *face palm*
I only took a photo of the spinach dip which was a green creamy sauce with only a few pieces of spinach lol, I also got the wings and did not like the spicy garlic and lemon pepper that I had on the side. The nachos also came with liquid cheese which it helps to have that and real cheese sometimes in my opinion.
I did give it two stars because the bartender was awesome. The service was great just wasn't given the right tools to succeed.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pub 365; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I came in for Sunday Football.. and it was a ghost town. Its disappointing because their beer selection is quite incredible. As most bars with extensive beer lists have "corporate" craft beers versus ones from smaller breweries.
I ordered the poutine, tuna poke, and wings. They were all pretty underwhelming. To make this short and sweet, I would probably not eat here again or even order any of those items again. But I would come back for some beer!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pub 365; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I came in for Sunday Football.. and it was a ghost town. Its disappointing because their beer selection is quite incredible. As most bars with extensive beer lists have "corporate" craft beers versus ones from smaller breweries.
I ordered the poutine, tuna poke, and wings. They were all pretty underwhelming. To make this short and sweet, I would probably not eat here again or even order any of those items again. But I would come back for some beer!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pub 365; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I came in for Sunday Football.. and it was a ghost town. Its disappointing because their beer selection is quite incredible. As most bars with extensive beer lists have "corporate" craft beers versus ones from smaller breweries.
I ordered the poutine, tuna poke, and wings. They were all pretty underwhelming. To make this short and sweet, I would probably not eat here again or even order any of those items again. But I would come back for some beer!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hi Scores Bar-Arcade; City: Henderson, NV; Review: The verdict is still out on this place, or actually this location.
I'm not quite a fan of their food and their beer list doesn't always have an IPA or pale ale on hand. The last time I came in I ordered a meat lovers pizza but there was so much bacon it overwhelmed all the other flavors. I've eaten a few things here and its alright but not my favorite. Maybe thats why I always try something new as I haven't found that one thing that blows my mind. I will give them credit that they use flour chips for nachos and spinach dip and it makes SUCH a difference.
I do enjoy that when I get tired of losing all my money at the bar I can play video games for free!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hi Scores Bar-Arcade; City: Henderson, NV; Review: The verdict is still out on this place, or actually this location.
I'm not quite a fan of their food and their beer list doesn't always have an IPA or pale ale on hand. The last time I came in I ordered a meat lovers pizza but there was so much bacon it overwhelmed all the other flavors. I've eaten a few things here and its alright but not my favorite. Maybe thats why I always try something new as I haven't found that one thing that blows my mind. I will give them credit that they use flour chips for nachos and spinach dip and it makes SUCH a difference.
I do enjoy that when I get tired of losing all my money at the bar I can play video games for free!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hi Scores Bar-Arcade; City: Henderson, NV; Review: The verdict is still out on this place, or actually this location.
I'm not quite a fan of their food and their beer list doesn't always have an IPA or pale ale on hand. The last time I came in I ordered a meat lovers pizza but there was so much bacon it overwhelmed all the other flavors. I've eaten a few things here and its alright but not my favorite. Maybe thats why I always try something new as I haven't found that one thing that blows my mind. I will give them credit that they use flour chips for nachos and spinach dip and it makes SUCH a difference.
I do enjoy that when I get tired of losing all my money at the bar I can play video games for free!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Now, I used to be OBSESSED with this place. But since the many changes over the years its not my go-to tapas anymore.
I usually come here for happy hour with a few co-workers and we order a few snacks and drink pitchers of Sangria.
The food doesn't blow me away like it once did. I did try a few new things recently but only managed to snap a photo of the scallop escargot. The butter was delicious but the scallops weren't really pan fried so it was lacking texture for me.
I also don't come here during convention season so they won't see me again for another 6 months hehe.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Now, I used to be OBSESSED with this place. But since the many changes over the years its not my go-to tapas anymore.
I usually come here for happy hour with a few co-workers and we order a few snacks and drink pitchers of Sangria.
The food doesn't blow me away like it once did. I did try a few new things recently but only managed to snap a photo of the scallop escargot. The butter was delicious but the scallops weren't really pan fried so it was lacking texture for me.
I also don't come here during convention season so they won't see me again for another 6 months hehe.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Now, I used to be OBSESSED with this place. But since the many changes over the years its not my go-to tapas anymore.
I usually come here for happy hour with a few co-workers and we order a few snacks and drink pitchers of Sangria.
The food doesn't blow me away like it once did. I did try a few new things recently but only managed to snap a photo of the scallop escargot. The butter was delicious but the scallops weren't really pan fried so it was lacking texture for me.
I also don't come here during convention season so they won't see me again for another 6 months hehe.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cleaver - Butchered Meats, Seafood & Cocktails; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This place is phenomenal!
Being a fan of Herbs and Rye.. OF COURSE we had to come here for my birthday dinner! It is a little pricey but the food will make you forget about your wallet!
I did post photos for your viewing pleasure, but my favorite was the brocollini and the Tomahawk with the fancy black garlic butter! Be careful though... THIS PLACE IS ADDICTING!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hot N Juicy Crawfish; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Now, I REALLY love this place, however I think the other locations are better! BUT I do have to pick and choose my battles and this is one I do not like to frequent due to uncontrollable bowel movements.
I always tell myself that Medium is too spicy but I still continue to get it and have endless nights of regret. But is it oh sooooo good. I also hate that I smell of garlic for a week and there isn't enough soap in the world to remove said stench. I always go for the snow crab and sausage because well, that's my favorite thing in the world.
If you're in a group the pre-made meals are the best deal yet! The price is on point and it is more than filling! Please don't judge my earlier comments to sway you to not eat here. BECAUSE IT IS DELICIOUS and everyone should experience a little Hot and Juicy in their life!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Island Flavor; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This is by far my favorite fast food Hawaiian in town. I do enjoy the different options that they offer on their mix plates and their fried rice is the best in town!!
The portions are huge! The service is amazing and if you don't get here on time do expect a line at lunch time. Everything is made to order just the way I like it.
My favorites here are the Poke, fried rice (duh), Kalbi, Furikake Chicken, and the mac salad. I prefer to order pick up so it's ready when I get there and eat at home, the place is small so I like my space.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shinya Maru Ramen & Izakaya; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Maybe it was a bad day, maybe not.
I have been to their other location many times. I LOVE their chashu here, some of the best ones! The place is a little more modern and then ramen names are "punny" and not traditional. My favorite is the "Shinya way to heaven" which is a black garlic tonkatsu broth.
Unfortunately this go around when I received my food it was incredibly cold, seems odd for something we all call soup. Maybe its a new thing, vichyssoise perhaps?! Hehe, I might give this place another shot if I'm in the area but I might still continue to go to the other location.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Boteco; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well, I've been here a few times now. This place IS delicious! But the service can be hit or miss. Sometimes they only have one server on and thats where it can become difficult as a guest. MY biggest thing though is the lack of wine knowledge.
We got the short rib, sizzling crab, the bruschetta trio, and both scallop dishes. EVERYTHING here has always been delicious. I find this place to be incredibly underrated and to some extent may be a good thing as there is never a wait.
I mean, if I were you I wouldn't pass this up.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ono Sushi; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Drove by and decided we needed to check it out.
TONS of menu options but nothing worthy. The quality was just ok, the amaebi was probably the best part but with all AYCE you only get one per person. The uni was actually pretty good though so I will give them that.
Not my favorite and will continue to visit the places I normally go.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ono Sushi; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Drove by and decided we needed to check it out.
TONS of menu options but nothing worthy. The quality was just ok, the amaebi was probably the best part but with all AYCE you only get one per person. The uni was actually pretty good though so I will give them that.
Not my favorite and will continue to visit the places I normally go.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ono Sushi; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Drove by and decided we needed to check it out.
TONS of menu options but nothing worthy. The quality was just ok, the amaebi was probably the best part but with all AYCE you only get one per person. The uni was actually pretty good though so I will give them that.
Not my favorite and will continue to visit the places I normally go.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tokyo Boys; City: Henderson, NV; Review: So I've seen reviews for this place for a long time. I told a friend he should try it and he told me how much he hated it. Which is what has delayed me to come here for so long after realizing WHY he didn't like it.
Sushi isn't about rolls, mayo, or cream cheese. It's the quality of the fish and how it is prepared. I can get down on some rolls but I prefer quality over quantity. So, needless to say my friend didn't like it because their roll offerings are very small.
I ordered the omakase sashimi platter and sat at the bar and got to know Chef Hiro. There wasn't anything served that I did not enjoy. The abalone was spectacular as he made a liver sauce that was more than phenomenal to go with it! The chicken karaage was some of the best in town that I have found, and if you like black sesame as much as I do, DO NOT SKIP OUT ON THE PANNA COTTA!
I know it's in a old diner and seems odd but I wouldn't suggest skipping this place ever again!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bravo Cucina Italiana; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I had high hopes for this place as the kids I was with were raving about it and how excited they were.
Upon arrival and looking over the menu I was immediately disappointed. The menu is very small and the options are simply blah. The server recommended the bolognese and that's what I went with along with lobster bisque.
The bisque was very salty and the lobster definitely had a texture of shrimp versus actual lobster. I hate wasting food so I was heavily struggling to finish it. The bolognese arrives and just looking at it I knew it wasn't going to end well. There was barely a "sauce" the meat was there but no sauce to even coat the noodles. It was incredibly bland.
I did not enjoy my meal here and would honestly rather eat at Macaroni Grill or even Olive Garden than to come back here again. Last time I ever listen to kids. Haha.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bravo Cucina Italiana; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I had high hopes for this place as the kids I was with were raving about it and how excited they were.
Upon arrival and looking over the menu I was immediately disappointed. The menu is very small and the options are simply blah. The server recommended the bolognese and that's what I went with along with lobster bisque.
The bisque was very salty and the lobster definitely had a texture of shrimp versus actual lobster. I hate wasting food so I was heavily struggling to finish it. The bolognese arrives and just looking at it I knew it wasn't going to end well. There was barely a "sauce" the meat was there but no sauce to even coat the noodles. It was incredibly bland.
I did not enjoy my meal here and would honestly rather eat at Macaroni Grill or even Olive Garden than to come back here again. Last time I ever listen to kids. Haha.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bravo Cucina Italiana; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I had high hopes for this place as the kids I was with were raving about it and how excited they were.
Upon arrival and looking over the menu I was immediately disappointed. The menu is very small and the options are simply blah. The server recommended the bolognese and that's what I went with along with lobster bisque.
The bisque was very salty and the lobster definitely had a texture of shrimp versus actual lobster. I hate wasting food so I was heavily struggling to finish it. The bolognese arrives and just looking at it I knew it wasn't going to end well. There was barely a "sauce" the meat was there but no sauce to even coat the noodles. It was incredibly bland.
I did not enjoy my meal here and would honestly rather eat at Macaroni Grill or even Olive Garden than to come back here again. Last time I ever listen to kids. Haha.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bravo Cucina Italiana; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I had high hopes for this place as the kids I was with were raving about it and how excited they were.
Upon arrival and looking over the menu I was immediately disappointed. The menu is very small and the options are simply blah. The server recommended the bolognese and that's what I went with along with lobster bisque.
The bisque was very salty and the lobster definitely had a texture of shrimp versus actual lobster. I hate wasting food so I was heavily struggling to finish it. The bolognese arrives and just looking at it I knew it wasn't going to end well. There was barely a "sauce" the meat was there but no sauce to even coat the noodles. It was incredibly bland.
I did not enjoy my meal here and would honestly rather eat at Macaroni Grill or even Olive Garden than to come back here again. Last time I ever listen to kids. Haha.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bravo Cucina Italiana; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I had high hopes for this place as the kids I was with were raving about it and how excited they were.
Upon arrival and looking over the menu I was immediately disappointed. The menu is very small and the options are simply blah. The server recommended the bolognese and that's what I went with along with lobster bisque.
The bisque was very salty and the lobster definitely had a texture of shrimp versus actual lobster. I hate wasting food so I was heavily struggling to finish it. The bolognese arrives and just looking at it I knew it wasn't going to end well. There was barely a "sauce" the meat was there but no sauce to even coat the noodles. It was incredibly bland.
I did not enjoy my meal here and would honestly rather eat at Macaroni Grill or even Olive Garden than to come back here again. Last time I ever listen to kids. Haha.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Prosecco Fresh Italian Kitchen; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I used to work in this shopping center, so when my go-to Italian spot was closed I decided to stop by here.
Upon arrival and being seated the server came over and asked us what we wanted to drink. No introduction or even a "welcome to...." never caught his name through the entire meal.
After water arrives we ask what he recommends to eat and offers meat more so than pasta instead of just maybe going over the most popular items, seemed off. We ended up ordered lasagna and the black squid ink crab pasta. Also, it was difficult to flag anyone down for a water refill or oil and vinegar as I don't eat olives that were in the pesto dropped upon arrival.
The food runner brings over the food and was very helpful and didn't recommend any Parmesan as cheese would destroy the crab in my dish but did offer black pepper. The lasagna was delicious and had a great smokiness from the wood oven and my dish was overly rich that I did have to take it home it was just too much.
The busser proceeds to clean off our table and asks if we want dessert and we decline. Minutes later, the server comes over and just hands us menus doesn't really say anything. Disappears again as we just wanted our bill at this point. He comes back many minutes later and finally can close out.
After this experience I would come back for lasagna but definitely hope for a better server, I'd take the food runner in a heart beat! But this is also a little farther than I normally prefer to drive.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Prosecco Fresh Italian Kitchen; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I used to work in this shopping center, so when my go-to Italian spot was closed I decided to stop by here.
Upon arrival and being seated the server came over and asked us what we wanted to drink. No introduction or even a "welcome to...." never caught his name through the entire meal.
After water arrives we ask what he recommends to eat and offers meat more so than pasta instead of just maybe going over the most popular items, seemed off. We ended up ordered lasagna and the black squid ink crab pasta. Also, it was difficult to flag anyone down for a water refill or oil and vinegar as I don't eat olives that were in the pesto dropped upon arrival.
The food runner brings over the food and was very helpful and didn't recommend any Parmesan as cheese would destroy the crab in my dish but did offer black pepper. The lasagna was delicious and had a great smokiness from the wood oven and my dish was overly rich that I did have to take it home it was just too much.
The busser proceeds to clean off our table and asks if we want dessert and we decline. Minutes later, the server comes over and just hands us menus doesn't really say anything. Disappears again as we just wanted our bill at this point. He comes back many minutes later and finally can close out.
After this experience I would come back for lasagna but definitely hope for a better server, I'd take the food runner in a heart beat! But this is also a little farther than I normally prefer to drive.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Prosecco Fresh Italian Kitchen; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I used to work in this shopping center, so when my go-to Italian spot was closed I decided to stop by here.
Upon arrival and being seated the server came over and asked us what we wanted to drink. No introduction or even a "welcome to...." never caught his name through the entire meal.
After water arrives we ask what he recommends to eat and offers meat more so than pasta instead of just maybe going over the most popular items, seemed off. We ended up ordered lasagna and the black squid ink crab pasta. Also, it was difficult to flag anyone down for a water refill or oil and vinegar as I don't eat olives that were in the pesto dropped upon arrival.
The food runner brings over the food and was very helpful and didn't recommend any Parmesan as cheese would destroy the crab in my dish but did offer black pepper. The lasagna was delicious and had a great smokiness from the wood oven and my dish was overly rich that I did have to take it home it was just too much.
The busser proceeds to clean off our table and asks if we want dessert and we decline. Minutes later, the server comes over and just hands us menus doesn't really say anything. Disappears again as we just wanted our bill at this point. He comes back many minutes later and finally can close out.
After this experience I would come back for lasagna but definitely hope for a better server, I'd take the food runner in a heart beat! But this is also a little farther than I normally prefer to drive.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sakana; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Picked this place off of reviews. The menu is pretty decent a lot of rolls and nigiri. The options were endless. I think for me the quality wasn't that great. I actually had a lot of skin that I had to spit back out as it wasn't chewable.
The other thing that got me was the service was slacking. I can actually count how many times my server engaged the table.. it was 4. I had to wave others down for help or refills.
The food was good and I had a great time but I am still on the search to finding a new and favorite AYCE sushi spot. My favorite thing I did like was the mango sake, they have a strawberry one but I'll have to try it next time.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sakana; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Picked this place off of reviews. The menu is pretty decent a lot of rolls and nigiri. The options were endless. I think for me the quality wasn't that great. I actually had a lot of skin that I had to spit back out as it wasn't chewable.
The other thing that got me was the service was slacking. I can actually count how many times my server engaged the table.. it was 4. I had to wave others down for help or refills.
The food was good and I had a great time but I am still on the search to finding a new and favorite AYCE sushi spot. My favorite thing I did like was the mango sake, they have a strawberry one but I'll have to try it next time.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Sakana; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Picked this place off of reviews. The menu is pretty decent a lot of rolls and nigiri. The options were endless. I think for me the quality wasn't that great. I actually had a lot of skin that I had to spit back out as it wasn't chewable.
The other thing that got me was the service was slacking. I can actually count how many times my server engaged the table.. it was 4. I had to wave others down for help or refills.
The food was good and I had a great time but I am still on the search to finding a new and favorite AYCE sushi spot. My favorite thing I did like was the mango sake, they have a strawberry one but I'll have to try it next time.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Perú Chicken; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Wow! What a great hole in the wall!
I love Peruvian and in Vegas the choices are incredibly limited. But the rotisserie and the lomo saltado were nothing short of that. You get all these fun sauces to go with it and I really liked the yellow best.
They had aji de gallina on special but I was set on what I wanted. But I hope they have it again soon so I can get it next time!!
Happy eating!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Power Hour 360 - Southwest; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I started my journey with Power Hour over a year ago. I can tell you that I'm in the best shape of my life. I still have a ways to go but I'm more passionate about this place than any other gym I've been to.
You see, this isn't just a gym, it's a family. We're all friends here and we all encourage each other to never quit. It can be competitive if you want and it can also be just a quick lunch break. It's your hour and you can do whatever you want with it.
If you're into studio gyms I guarantee this is the place for you. I've been to many and I'm still coming back here for more!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sea Salt Sushi & Oyster; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This place was awesome. Probably my new favorite for AYCE Sushi. I did see they have a "VIP" Sashimi dinner. Just wondering if quality is there as I have a go to for a la carte spots.
The sushi was delish. Great texture and taste. Great freshness. I really enjoyed the seared salmon, oysters, and mushrooms. The rolls were good but I hate the overwhelming sauces on them so prefer to stick to just nigiri. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the crispy rice with spicy tuna. The rice was super mushy, so it was painful to get down. I didn't finish this dish at all.
I do enjoy that they have TVs so I got to watch my Knights snag a W. The servers checked on me often and didn't rush me at all. Looking forward to coming back soon!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nail Star; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I usually have my regular go-to but since they had some odd plumbing issue I found myself here.
They helped me immediately and I'm very easy going and just told them I wanted pink and they picked the perfect color!! I had a great experience and now I've found my new nail home!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mustang Sally's Diner; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Was getting an oil change and was feeling hungry and it's better than sitting in the waiting room twiddling your thumbs.
I got the buffalo wrap with out any of the sauce. It's definitely diner food but good for what it was. The server was more than excellent and I could only hope everyone finds this kind of service in all of their adventures here.
It's not really homemade food, seems frozen, but I would eat here again if I was stuck in the waiting room.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mustang Sally's Diner; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Was getting an oil change and was feeling hungry and it's better than sitting in the waiting room twiddling your thumbs.
I got the buffalo wrap with out any of the sauce. It's definitely diner food but good for what it was. The server was more than excellent and I could only hope everyone finds this kind of service in all of their adventures here.
It's not really homemade food, seems frozen, but I would eat here again if I was stuck in the waiting room.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Mustang Sally's Diner; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Was getting an oil change and was feeling hungry and it's better than sitting in the waiting room twiddling your thumbs.
I got the buffalo wrap with out any of the sauce. It's definitely diner food but good for what it was. The server was more than excellent and I could only hope everyone finds this kind of service in all of their adventures here.
It's not really homemade food, seems frozen, but I would eat here again if I was stuck in the waiting room.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rise & Shine - A Steak & Egg Place; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I had a great time here!!
We got the steak Benedict and the corned beef hash. I didn't want something super heavy so the server swayed me to that as it's a smaller dish. I'd say the only thing that went wrong was my over medium eggs were over hard because I'm an adult who plays with my food lol.
I can't wait to come back when I'm super hungry and tear it up!! Om nom nom!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tom Colicchio's Heritage Steak; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I was invited here with some friends.
We ordered the seafood tower which was to die for. Then me and a friend shared he scallops and rib eye. They had multiple sides for all of us to share as well.
The food is good but nothing really to die for. I think I enjoyed the onion rings the best. I can't say I would recommend this place nor would I come back on my own. There are lots of great steakhouses in town and this one is just ok.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tom Colicchio's Heritage Steak; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I was invited here with some friends.
We ordered the seafood tower which was to die for. Then me and a friend shared he scallops and rib eye. They had multiple sides for all of us to share as well.
The food is good but nothing really to die for. I think I enjoyed the onion rings the best. I can't say I would recommend this place nor would I come back on my own. There are lots of great steakhouses in town and this one is just ok.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tom Colicchio's Heritage Steak; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I was invited here with some friends.
We ordered the seafood tower which was to die for. Then me and a friend shared he scallops and rib eye. They had multiple sides for all of us to share as well.
The food is good but nothing really to die for. I think I enjoyed the onion rings the best. I can't say I would recommend this place nor would I come back on my own. There are lots of great steakhouses in town and this one is just ok.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Remedy's Tavern; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I don't really understand how this place has a low rating. All the food is made in house from scratch, including the dressings! They have specials everyday and I love their soups!
I'd say other than that it is incredibly Smokey this place is one of my favorites for bar food. If this place has failed you before I suggest giving them another chance because it has never let me down; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cornish Pasty; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Now.. fun fact, I worked at the older location for a couple months a couple years ago. I've always made it in for drinks to visit everyone but tonight I finally got to eat!
Food is still just like I remember it. Their soups are the BEST in town and I still crave them once in awhile so thankfully it was pretty chilly last night! They also fresh make the bread that comes with every cup!
We ordered the Mushroom soup, tandoori wings, Cubano, Royale, anddddd Banoffee pie. If you're smart my, always eat dessert first andddd that is so what we did. The bannoffee, sticky toffee, and pavlova have always been my favorite.
I know everyone has their usual suspects but do not pass this place up it is one you will frequent over and over again!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Momo Sushi; City: Henderson, NV; Review: This is my go to after workouts as it is near my house. It is really good and lots of options. The quality of sushi is sometimes hit or miss. I normally get the something wrong roll or sashimi specials. The chefs are always ready and willing to help you find something new as well.
I have a few spots that I frequent for some heavy grubbing but I enjoy this place for a quick roll to hit the spot.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Truffles N Bacon Cafe; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I ordered here before usually to-go. But this time came in to sit down and eat. The menu is slightly overwhelming and when you're hangry it makes decision making incredibly difficult.
That being said, we got the 3x3, two egg breakfast, banana walnut French toast, sinful tots, chubby something Mac and cheese, and the ube horchata.
Everything was great minus the Mac and cheese had a TON of oil in it. I understand that the meat is very oily but why not drain it before throwing it into some Mac and cheese? I had a couple bites and returned it because it was pretty rough just watching oil swimming around. I ended up eating some of the French toast the kids liked but wished it wasn't drowned so much in the syrup. The ube horchata was delicious and I recommend everyone to get that!
I look forward to coming back and trying some different things!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Truffles N Bacon Cafe; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I ordered here before usually to-go. But this time came in to sit down and eat. The menu is slightly overwhelming and when you're hangry it makes decision making incredibly difficult.
That being said, we got the 3x3, two egg breakfast, banana walnut French toast, sinful tots, chubby something Mac and cheese, and the ube horchata.
Everything was great minus the Mac and cheese had a TON of oil in it. I understand that the meat is very oily but why not drain it before throwing it into some Mac and cheese? I had a couple bites and returned it because it was pretty rough just watching oil swimming around. I ended up eating some of the French toast the kids liked but wished it wasn't drowned so much in the syrup. The ube horchata was delicious and I recommend everyone to get that!
I look forward to coming back and trying some different things!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Slater's 50/50; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I've been a huge fan of Slater's since before they became corporate. Unfortunately, with changes like this you lose some of the better items.
The food is still excellent and the shakes are still good. But you can definitely tell there's a change. Of course I'll be back but I'd say I'm a little bummed there's no maple bacon milkshake anymore and even though they offer your basics the over the top ones are just too much.
I will be back when I have more people to share food with so I can try everything!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bad Owl Coffee; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Well, I came here because the kiddos are OBSESSED with Harry Potter. There was some Potter flair around but none that really grabbed me. The kids were pretty underwhelmed and the menu didn't really offer butter beer the youngest had to ask and was turned off when they said they could make it for her. (From some meme she found online)
I did get the everything avocado toast. It was good but it was pretty large and the bread was thick that I just ended up eating the top of it and leaving the bread. The prices are pretty steep and I can't say I would be back unfortunately. But it might work for you....; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bad Owl Coffee; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Well, I came here because the kiddos are OBSESSED with Harry Potter. There was some Potter flair around but none that really grabbed me. The kids were pretty underwhelmed and the menu didn't really offer butter beer the youngest had to ask and was turned off when they said they could make it for her. (From some meme she found online)
I did get the everything avocado toast. It was good but it was pretty large and the bread was thick that I just ended up eating the top of it and leaving the bread. The prices are pretty steep and I can't say I would be back unfortunately. But it might work for you....; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bad Owl Coffee; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Well, I came here because the kiddos are OBSESSED with Harry Potter. There was some Potter flair around but none that really grabbed me. The kids were pretty underwhelmed and the menu didn't really offer butter beer the youngest had to ask and was turned off when they said they could make it for her. (From some meme she found online)
I did get the everything avocado toast. It was good but it was pretty large and the bread was thick that I just ended up eating the top of it and leaving the bread. The prices are pretty steep and I can't say I would be back unfortunately. But it might work for you....; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cannabition Cannabis Museum; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well... I'm not really sure I can leave a well thought accurate review of this experience.
My friends and I decided to well.. get high before we went in. So we had a couple cookies from a friend as well as a few vape cartridges. I honestly can remember the first 10-15 minutes of the tour. But it all went downhill from there. I couldn't stop with the giggles, and I did apologize. The other two girls were Mello and us ding dongs were out of control. In fact I think I got abs from this day.
The art installations are epic from all the pictures we took. I must say it's a go see just don't indulge as much as we did!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Babystacks Cafe; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Now... I regret the decision to have this meal but I'm also on a strict meal plan that disables me to eat these things. But I also need to treat myself once a month.
Which brings me to my CHEAT meal. I had Portuguese sausage with garlic rice AND bananas foster pancakes. I was in heaven and I smashed it. If you're not watching what you eat or need to treat yoself this is the place to BE!!
Also, I'm Filipino sooooo my friends refuse to eat with me since I use a fork and spoon. HOWEVER, if you notice there's a fork and spoon on the wall! (Even at my moms house lmao) so if any of you all want to join me next month for my next cheat.. hit me up. Hahaha.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I don't come here often but I do frequent it for lunch. The lunch specials have a decent price and the patio (when the weather isn't scorching) is always wonderful!
The food isn't amazing but it is alright. I normally just get the steak salad but due to new restrictions I ordered chicken and broccoli. The three stars is really just for food. There is nothing wrong with the service. I've always had great service here.
But the food is just meh for me. My chicken was pretty over cooked and underweight and I'm still trying to figure out why they threw tomatoes on top of my side of broccoli lmao.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I don't come here often but I do frequent it for lunch. The lunch specials have a decent price and the patio (when the weather isn't scorching) is always wonderful!
The food isn't amazing but it is alright. I normally just get the steak salad but due to new restrictions I ordered chicken and broccoli. The three stars is really just for food. There is nothing wrong with the service. I've always had great service here.
But the food is just meh for me. My chicken was pretty over cooked and underweight and I'm still trying to figure out why they threw tomatoes on top of my side of broccoli lmao.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I don't come here often but I do frequent it for lunch. The lunch specials have a decent price and the patio (when the weather isn't scorching) is always wonderful!
The food isn't amazing but it is alright. I normally just get the steak salad but due to new restrictions I ordered chicken and broccoli. The three stars is really just for food. There is nothing wrong with the service. I've always had great service here.
But the food is just meh for me. My chicken was pretty over cooked and underweight and I'm still trying to figure out why they threw tomatoes on top of my side of broccoli lmao.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Peg's Glorified Ham n Eggs; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Decided to try something different than our usual spots for breakfast. The kids get picky when trying something new. Still trying to figure out how to let them know bacon and eggs is pretty much the same everywhere lol.
Anywho, we ordered the Hawaiian breakfast which comes with Portuguese sausage and Spam! The Loco Moco, andddd the kids got Minnie pancakes. The food was amazing! The man definitely inhaled his Loco Moco and was in heaven.
Looking forward to coming back and trying other things! The skillets look intense!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: MRKT; City: North Las Vegas, NV; Review: My parents frequent this steakhouse fairly often. I came with them for Father's Day. They were dead set on getting the tomahawk special they had available. I didn't have a date so I painfully ordered a ribeye alllll to myself knowing I can't finish it. We also ordered mashed potatoes, both sautéed and creamed spinach, and a sweet potato.
Now, in the few times I've eaten here there isn't one thing I haven't liked or returned. The meat isn't exactly prime quality but it is perfectly delicious.
The service here is top notch.. always. I really liked that most of the servers went out of their way to tell my pops Happy Fathers Day. I hope you all enjoy your experience as well!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Chili's; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm ashamed that I'm even making a review of this place. Butttttt when you have kids sometimes you need to give them what you want.
Stopped in on a Friday night, it was the farthest thing from busy and conveniently took over 15 minutes before we were even greeted. Thank goodness for those pads on the table or else I probably wouldn't have been very happy sitting and waiting and dying of thirst.. I mean this is the desert.
After finally being greeted she took our drink order and I made sure to put in an appetizer because we were starving. That appetizer took 25 minutes to hit the table. After ordering our mains and it arriving, I never received my soup that came with the meal and food runner suggested I take it to go... why can't I have it now? The French fries were cold and the upgraded street corn was cold and not worth it. The kids had chili and Mac and cheese. I understand it's Kraft and I had a bite and it was so dry like they split one cheese package to three boxes of macaroni.
Well, all in all.... I remember why I've stopped eating here and looking forward to not coming back as the kids weren't impressed themselves.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outback Steakhouse; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I'm a meat snob... But I can always settle for a mediocre steak every once in awhile. The kids like the bread and Mac and cheese so sometimes I need to suck it up.
There's honestly nothing here I've disliked. I usually go for the rib eye or grilled chicken. But my ultimate guilty pleasure is their sweet potato with all the fixings, because I wouldn't dare do that at home hehehe.
The bread is always a plus, and being a Yelper I scored a blooming onion with my check in! Not that I need all that fried goodness on top of my hearty meal.
I always have a good time here and I hope you find yourself having the same experience!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Taco Y Taco; City: Henderson, NV; Review: Now, I'm a big fan of Baja. My favorite past time is exploring all the taco spots.
Taco y Taco has become one of my go-to's when I am home. I always go for Carne Asada, Carnitas, and the Barbacoa with the habanero sauce.
A lot of people go for the Al Pastor but it really isn't my favorite meat. If you're in a drinking mood, make sure to get their homemade Michelada with their Taco y Taco lager which comes from my favorite local brewery Joseph James.
I'm drooling just trying to figure out when I can get back next!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Original Sunrise Cafe; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I keep coming back for more, but have yet to find something I love. I have tried a Benny, a wrap, and a breakfast plate. The wait is never long, the food comes fast, and the service is great but it never hits the spot I'm looking to fill.
The other half ordered a steak and omelet and didn't really enjoy it either.
I love supporting my local community, but there's just so many other spots that fulfill that breakfast craving. It is close to home but I'm starting to wonder if I will be going back anytime soon.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Original Sunrise Cafe; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I keep coming back for more, but have yet to find something I love. I have tried a Benny, a wrap, and a breakfast plate. The wait is never long, the food comes fast, and the service is great but it never hits the spot I'm looking to fill.
The other half ordered a steak and omelet and didn't really enjoy it either.
I love supporting my local community, but there's just so many other spots that fulfill that breakfast craving. It is close to home but I'm starting to wonder if I will be going back anytime soon.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Original Sunrise Cafe; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I keep coming back for more, but have yet to find something I love. I have tried a Benny, a wrap, and a breakfast plate. The wait is never long, the food comes fast, and the service is great but it never hits the spot I'm looking to fill.
The other half ordered a steak and omelet and didn't really enjoy it either.
I love supporting my local community, but there's just so many other spots that fulfill that breakfast craving. It is close to home but I'm starting to wonder if I will be going back anytime soon.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Public School 702; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Came to meet a friend for lunch.
It was fairly slow, and my friend was running behind. It took the bartender quite a bit to acknowledge me which isn't a big deal. When I finally got to looking over the menu, nothing really jumped out at me.
My friend and I shared the deviled eggs which I hate when apps are uneven numbers because then you fight over sharing that final piece lol. I settled for a salad and asked for oil and vinegar and the bartender had mentioned she wasn't sure if they could and proceeded to let me know that they had to look for vinegar. I mean I didn't want basic white, but I would've settled for even red wine. Just seemed odd that I didn't get my food sooner because they couldn't find vinegar.
I don't really live close by so there's a good chance I won't be back anytime soon unless someone asked me to.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Joe's New York Pizza; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Wow wow wow.
Why have I never been here?! How pathetic considering I worked at the Hard Rock for a couple years.
They have plenty slices to choose from and none will disappoint. I scored a meat pie as well as a pepperoni slice. I literally want this tomorrow, and the next day.
Their ranch has a garlic kick and I don't really like ranch to begin with. If you're visiting I hope you're lucky enough to find some time and squeeze this gem into your agenda!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spicy Tuna Sushi; City: Henderson, NV; Review: I started coming here because it's near my new spot. I used to get it to-go when I worked at a salon down the way. The sushi chefs are hilarious and ALWAYS make great recommendations. My favorite right now is the double d roll because I'm obsessed with Screaming O sauce which is sooooo not part of my diet.
Definitely looking forward to trying new things and bringing friends to join in on the fun!
Happy eating y'all!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kyara Japanese Tapas; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I have been here a few times over the years and I finally remembered to snag some photos!
Now, the skewers are the main reason I come. I could have a couple of the Pork Cheek and Gyu Tan, a bowl of rice and I am solid! I also never leave without the cheese tempura.. because who doesn't like gooey fried melty cheese?!
Do not get wrong though, the sushi here is amazing. But unfortunately, my friend is allergic to fish so this trip is definitely meat focused. We also got the rib eye and the kurobuta sausage which the steak was under seasoned but they keep salt and ichimi (chili powder) on the table which is just fine for me.
I ordered the negi shio takoyaki special for myself and I have to say it was not a hit. It was overly salted and there was a lot of shio so it did make it pretty soggy. Back to regular takoyaki next time!!
Enjoy your time here, because I have every single time!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Valencian Gold; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I had some high expectations for this place. I saw many posts on this place and the food looked great! I mean who doesn't love a good paella?!
Well, upon arrival it was fairly slow. It's pretty much a paella chipotle. The rice sitting out just did not look appealing at all, in fact it looked dry. The topping options were interesting some of which I've never had on paella to begin with. I built my bowl with the seafood paella, added chicken and steak.. which the steak was more like beef roast than a piece of steak. Then the toppings are so strong in flavors it really turned me off but I messed around with the aioli and the baba ghanoush. I also got the croquettes and the ham and cheese plate for fun.
All in all, the rice had some unpleasant crunchy pieces and the flavors overwhelmed just like I thought it would. The croquettes were cold in the middle and the ham and cheese was as basic as it sounds. It's really just a rice bowl place, I wouldn't call it paella at all. It was alright but I can't say I would come back.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Taste; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I was very excited upon arrival. A new Chinese spot on this side of town?!
I was feeling pretty indecisive and hangry and we decided to let the server choose for us. Unfortunately, for us it might be my worst idea yet. He chose very traditional and needless to say I didn't enjoy what I had. He offered the salted yolk on shrimp and the Mongolian stew. We did enjoy the sautéed choy sun and the hot and sour soup. So back to my normal Chinese go-tos!
I will most definitely come back, but probably won't ask for a recommendation again. Haha.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Taste; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I was very excited upon arrival. A new Chinese spot on this side of town?!
I was feeling pretty indecisive and hangry and we decided to let the server choose for us. Unfortunately, for us it might be my worst idea yet. He chose very traditional and needless to say I didn't enjoy what I had. He offered the salted yolk on shrimp and the Mongolian stew. We did enjoy the sautéed choy sun and the hot and sour soup. So back to my normal Chinese go-tos!
I will most definitely come back, but probably won't ask for a recommendation again. Haha.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Taste; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I was very excited upon arrival. A new Chinese spot on this side of town?!
I was feeling pretty indecisive and hangry and we decided to let the server choose for us. Unfortunately, for us it might be my worst idea yet. He chose very traditional and needless to say I didn't enjoy what I had. He offered the salted yolk on shrimp and the Mongolian stew. We did enjoy the sautéed choy sun and the hot and sour soup. So back to my normal Chinese go-tos!
I will most definitely come back, but probably won't ask for a recommendation again. Haha.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Locale; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well.. I can't say that I had the same experience as everyone else here.
We'll start with food....
Caesar salad: it didn't have a strong anchovy flavor but had some great kick, I don't understand the radicchio as it made it really bitter and unpleasant.
Meat and Cheese platter: this was probably the worst dish. All cheeses on the plate were definitely Italian forward but they were all incredibly bland. I mean burrata is acceptable however all the other cheeses including the one stuffed in the pepper were incredibly underwhelming. The Parmesan was good but it's not the best snacking cheese. Unfortunately, I sent this back.
Beef Cheek ravioli: the pasta was al dente and had great flavor. I understand the mushiness of the meat but felt like there could possibly be more texture to the dish?
Polpette: this was my favorite. I really enjoyed the flavors and licked the bowl clean.
Broccolini: this dish was also bitter. I tried to muster through it plus the stalks were longer than normal that they were difficult to chew and my other half had to spit it out unfortunately.
Now on to service.. our server.. well she does her job. She has no personality, never smiled, and was monotone through the entire meal. Once we voiced we didn't enjoy the cheese plate she stopped coming around. So our wine was empty and my water was never refilled once finished. She came by once right when the food landed and didn't come back around until we were finished.
So all in all, I didn't have the same experience as everyone else and to be honest I don't think I will try and come back and give it a second shot.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Locale; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well.. I can't say that I had the same experience as everyone else here.
We'll start with food....
Caesar salad: it didn't have a strong anchovy flavor but had some great kick, I don't understand the radicchio as it made it really bitter and unpleasant.
Meat and Cheese platter: this was probably the worst dish. All cheeses on the plate were definitely Italian forward but they were all incredibly bland. I mean burrata is acceptable however all the other cheeses including the one stuffed in the pepper were incredibly underwhelming. The Parmesan was good but it's not the best snacking cheese. Unfortunately, I sent this back.
Beef Cheek ravioli: the pasta was al dente and had great flavor. I understand the mushiness of the meat but felt like there could possibly be more texture to the dish?
Polpette: this was my favorite. I really enjoyed the flavors and licked the bowl clean.
Broccolini: this dish was also bitter. I tried to muster through it plus the stalks were longer than normal that they were difficult to chew and my other half had to spit it out unfortunately.
Now on to service.. our server.. well she does her job. She has no personality, never smiled, and was monotone through the entire meal. Once we voiced we didn't enjoy the cheese plate she stopped coming around. So our wine was empty and my water was never refilled once finished. She came by once right when the food landed and didn't come back around until we were finished.
So all in all, I didn't have the same experience as everyone else and to be honest I don't think I will try and come back and give it a second shot.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Locale; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well.. I can't say that I had the same experience as everyone else here.
We'll start with food....
Caesar salad: it didn't have a strong anchovy flavor but had some great kick, I don't understand the radicchio as it made it really bitter and unpleasant.
Meat and Cheese platter: this was probably the worst dish. All cheeses on the plate were definitely Italian forward but they were all incredibly bland. I mean burrata is acceptable however all the other cheeses including the one stuffed in the pepper were incredibly underwhelming. The Parmesan was good but it's not the best snacking cheese. Unfortunately, I sent this back.
Beef Cheek ravioli: the pasta was al dente and had great flavor. I understand the mushiness of the meat but felt like there could possibly be more texture to the dish?
Polpette: this was my favorite. I really enjoyed the flavors and licked the bowl clean.
Broccolini: this dish was also bitter. I tried to muster through it plus the stalks were longer than normal that they were difficult to chew and my other half had to spit it out unfortunately.
Now on to service.. our server.. well she does her job. She has no personality, never smiled, and was monotone through the entire meal. Once we voiced we didn't enjoy the cheese plate she stopped coming around. So our wine was empty and my water was never refilled once finished. She came by once right when the food landed and didn't come back around until we were finished.
So all in all, I didn't have the same experience as everyone else and to be honest I don't think I will try and come back and give it a second shot.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 595 Craft And Kitchen; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Came here on a whim. I've always driven by.. I didn't even check the reviews! But man what a pleasant surprise!
Their beer selection is always rotating and they have some great choices available as I am slightly a beer snob.
The food is amazing! My go-to's are the wings, poke, pork belly bahn-mi, and the furikake tuna. There's nothing here I've had that I don't like yet. Stop reading and move your butt now!!
Also.. I failed to take photos because I'm a fatty and couldn't wait. Lol.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Restaurant At Los Prados; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well isn't this a hidden gem!
My pops took me here for dinner and they had some great specials! They have a pretty decent bar and the crowd doesn't disappoint! It was popping on a Friday night! Haha.
We ordered the prime rib and the seafood crepes. My only comment would be the menu said New England chowder but it was definitely Manhattan. Also, the seafood crepe had imitation crab so I wasn't too fond of that. But regardless it was a great meal and I had a great time. If you get a chance to venture here I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Crêpe Expectations; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Damn.. well.. I came incredibly hungover. And ordered more than I could handle lol.
This place is amazeballs.
I had a blast and man the crepes are bigger than your face! Not saying your face is small...
We got strawberry and banana crepes as well as the chili verde. I definitely suggest you come with a big appetite and dig in! Bring a friend so you can indulge in sweet AND savory!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Michael T's Steaks, Ribs, & Burgers; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well, I found this place on Yelp.
Wanted a bar without "bar food" and I was excited to try this place out.
They offer $50 free play so that was a pleasant surprise. The menu definitely looked promising. We ordered the dates, artichokes, steak with chimichurri, jambalaya, and the crème brûlée.
I have to say it started off great but progressively got worse. The creme brûlée was probably the worst one I've ever had. I took a bit looked at my other half and said you're going to hate it and he took a bite and I was bummed to complain but it was that bad. It wasn't creamy it was like a dough. So bizarre.
Place is cool but the food didn't hit the spot.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Michael T's Steaks, Ribs, & Burgers; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well, I found this place on Yelp.
Wanted a bar without "bar food" and I was excited to try this place out.
They offer $50 free play so that was a pleasant surprise. The menu definitely looked promising. We ordered the dates, artichokes, steak with chimichurri, jambalaya, and the crème brûlée.
I have to say it started off great but progressively got worse. The creme brûlée was probably the worst one I've ever had. I took a bit looked at my other half and said you're going to hate it and he took a bite and I was bummed to complain but it was that bad. It wasn't creamy it was like a dough. So bizarre.
Place is cool but the food didn't hit the spot.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Michael T's Steaks, Ribs, & Burgers; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Well, I found this place on Yelp.
Wanted a bar without "bar food" and I was excited to try this place out.
They offer $50 free play so that was a pleasant surprise. The menu definitely looked promising. We ordered the dates, artichokes, steak with chimichurri, jambalaya, and the crème brûlée.
I have to say it started off great but progressively got worse. The creme brûlée was probably the worst one I've ever had. I took a bit looked at my other half and said you're going to hate it and he took a bite and I was bummed to complain but it was that bad. It wasn't creamy it was like a dough. So bizarre.
Place is cool but the food didn't hit the spot.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mordeo Boutique Wine Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I've had my eye on this spot for such a long time!!
I'm so glad i finally made it in!!
I don't think there is anything on this menu that isn't good!! I'd say my only thing I didn't truly love was the cauliflower soup but it's because it was more of a purée to me. But regardless it was delicious.
Make sure you get yourself a dry aged steak!!!
The service is phenomenal and they truly want to ensure that you enjoy yourself. I'm looking forward to coming back for my next great meal soon!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Big Jerk; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I am so sad I didn't find this place sooner!
We were in the area and a friend of mine took me here and honestly I have NEVER liked Jerk anything. But I do love me some plantains! We ordered the platter which came with jerk wings and ribs some cabbage and really good Mac and cheese!!! We also got the jerk lobster tail. (Pictured)
I devoured my food! It was so good and I crave it all the time now. Looking forward to my next adventure back to try some other items, the cashier highly recommended the Jamaican patty which is like a empanada. I'm on my way to get some!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Firefly* Tapas Kitchen + Bar - Southwest; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I really enjoy Firefly but I'm not sure if it's because they are new or if they haven't gotten everything sorted.
I really do enjoy wine with my food and their wine list is well.. limited. They also don't offer bottles and if they do you're better off just drinking by the glass anyways. I understand that their new and trying not to nitpick but I don't think they were ready. I think after about 25 minutes they came and told us they couldn't make one of our dishes and what we would like to replace it. It seemed most of the bartenders didn't know the menu that well themselves.
I also got the paella which don't get me wrong the food was all great! I'd say there was a bit miscommunication as it ended up being large and there was only two of us. That thing is for an army lol. Looking forward to coming back and hopefully the wine list will have more options!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Firefly* Tapas Kitchen + Bar - Southwest; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I really enjoy Firefly but I'm not sure if it's because they are new or if they haven't gotten everything sorted.
I really do enjoy wine with my food and their wine list is well.. limited. They also don't offer bottles and if they do you're better off just drinking by the glass anyways. I understand that their new and trying not to nitpick but I don't think they were ready. I think after about 25 minutes they came and told us they couldn't make one of our dishes and what we would like to replace it. It seemed most of the bartenders didn't know the menu that well themselves.
I also got the paella which don't get me wrong the food was all great! I'd say there was a bit miscommunication as it ended up being large and there was only two of us. That thing is for an army lol. Looking forward to coming back and hopefully the wine list will have more options!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Firefly* Tapas Kitchen + Bar - Southwest; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I really enjoy Firefly but I'm not sure if it's because they are new or if they haven't gotten everything sorted.
I really do enjoy wine with my food and their wine list is well.. limited. They also don't offer bottles and if they do you're better off just drinking by the glass anyways. I understand that their new and trying not to nitpick but I don't think they were ready. I think after about 25 minutes they came and told us they couldn't make one of our dishes and what we would like to replace it. It seemed most of the bartenders didn't know the menu that well themselves.
I also got the paella which don't get me wrong the food was all great! I'd say there was a bit miscommunication as it ended up being large and there was only two of us. That thing is for an army lol. Looking forward to coming back and hopefully the wine list will have more options!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Firefly* Tapas Kitchen + Bar - Southwest; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: I really enjoy Firefly but I'm not sure if it's because they are new or if they haven't gotten everything sorted.
I really do enjoy wine with my food and their wine list is well.. limited. They also don't offer bottles and if they do you're better off just drinking by the glass anyways. I understand that their new and trying not to nitpick but I don't think they were ready. I think after about 25 minutes they came and told us they couldn't make one of our dishes and what we would like to replace it. It seemed most of the bartenders didn't know the menu that well themselves.
I also got the paella which don't get me wrong the food was all great! I'd say there was a bit miscommunication as it ended up being large and there was only two of us. That thing is for an army lol. Looking forward to coming back and hopefully the wine list will have more options!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: STK Las Vegas; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Came in with a few girlfriends and was looking for a tasty meal! I don't know much about this place other than lots of people enjoy it so I was looking forward to this.
Well upon arrival I definitely wasn't expecting to walk into the club. The music was loud and the crowd and "service" were trendy. It wasn't really our style but we stuck it out anyways.
I ended up with a glass of Justin wine and the scallops. This also took quite some time to order because the server and I could barely hear each other.. Doh! Anywho, the food was decent but not my favorite. I doubt I'll be coming back but if it works for everyone else I don't see how it wouldn't work for you?; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mazzoa Donuts; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This is the place of childhood memories!!
The donuts are crispy and not greasy and don't have that offset taste. I'd say my only thing keeping them from the 5 star is that there's A LOT of glaze. So much that I can't tell if I'm eating a donut or a bowl of sugar. But either way that's why we're here isn't it?!
I'm old fashioned so I snagged the cake donut with chocolate and a cronut for fun. The glazed cake donuts looked delicious but there's only one of me, so I'll need to save it for a rainy day. The cool thing was they threw in a few donut holes so that was fun to munch on in the car!
Happy eating!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Joes Seafood Prime Steak & Stone Crab; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Joe's is how every restaurant should be... welcoming.
Upon my arrival the Maitre'D was fantastic. Friendly with all and courteous. I was very pleased with him as my first impression. When you walk in, it's like taking a trip to Willy Wonkas factory. As you walk by table after table of delicious sights and smells!
I ordered the Crab Bisque, Ribeye, grilled seafood plate, and the creamed spinach. None of that disappointed one bit!! Every bite had me closing my eyes and making strange humming sounds.
For dessert I ordered a half slice of the banana cream pie and even though I was more than full I managed to finish the entire thing.
Lucky for me we forgot the gift card we were given and I cannot wait to come back and enjoy an experience like this all over again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ton Ton Katsuya; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: What a grand experience!
It definitely reminded me of being back in Japan. There are some great options, but we stuck to the pork and shrimp. I really enjoyed the shrimp the most and the salad it comes with. I also enjoyed mashing the sesame seeds and mixing it up. I did order the salt trio but had no use for it. I also got the curry side for my rice, mmmmm. But I had fun playing with it!
I hope you get a chance to try this traditional restaurant.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Soho Japanese Restaurant; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This place has a GREAT happy hour. The quality is decent but the servers don't actually know the menu as well as I hope for. I've been three times and asked if there was real crab in the crab roll. I've gotten a yes, a no, and a it's a mix. I don't like imitation crab soooo it's safe to say I haven't ordered it yet because it seems no one knows the real answer.
But I usually stick to the Happy Hour. I enjoy all the sashimi dishes, the chicken wings, and most especially the Brussels sprouts.
Happy Eating!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Soho Japanese Restaurant; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This place has a GREAT happy hour. The quality is decent but the servers don't actually know the menu as well as I hope for. I've been three times and asked if there was real crab in the crab roll. I've gotten a yes, a no, and a it's a mix. I don't like imitation crab soooo it's safe to say I haven't ordered it yet because it seems no one knows the real answer.
But I usually stick to the Happy Hour. I enjoy all the sashimi dishes, the chicken wings, and most especially the Brussels sprouts.
Happy Eating!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Soho Japanese Restaurant; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This place has a GREAT happy hour. The quality is decent but the servers don't actually know the menu as well as I hope for. I've been three times and asked if there was real crab in the crab roll. I've gotten a yes, a no, and a it's a mix. I don't like imitation crab soooo it's safe to say I haven't ordered it yet because it seems no one knows the real answer.
But I usually stick to the Happy Hour. I enjoy all the sashimi dishes, the chicken wings, and most especially the Brussels sprouts.
Happy Eating!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Citizens Kitchen and Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Stopped in after a concert.
Was starving and this place doesn't let you down as far as portions. I suggest sharing because being on the strip there's not a lot of options for refrigerating it reheating unless you live here, like myself.
Ordered the French Onion and the Lasagna. The lasagna was a little dry for me and the soup was bland. If you check in you do get a dessert and I opted for the cherry cheesecake and the cherries were warm that I gobbled that thing up!
Enjoy!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Citizens Kitchen and Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Stopped in after a concert.
Was starving and this place doesn't let you down as far as portions. I suggest sharing because being on the strip there's not a lot of options for refrigerating it reheating unless you live here, like myself.
Ordered the French Onion and the Lasagna. The lasagna was a little dry for me and the soup was bland. If you check in you do get a dessert and I opted for the cherry cheesecake and the cherries were warm that I gobbled that thing up!
Enjoy!; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Citizens Kitchen and Bar; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Stopped in after a concert.
Was starving and this place doesn't let you down as far as portions. I suggest sharing because being on the strip there's not a lot of options for refrigerating it reheating unless you live here, like myself.
Ordered the French Onion and the Lasagna. The lasagna was a little dry for me and the soup was bland. If you check in you do get a dessert and I opted for the cherry cheesecake and the cherries were warm that I gobbled that thing up!
Enjoy!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Gelato di Milano; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This place is wonderful. They make it all with fresh ingredients and the customer service is beyond the norm. I ordered the Vegas Golden Knights.. it was peanut butter with Reese's. I thought I died and had gone to heaven! My partner got the pistachio, he's of the picky sort and was bummed there wasn't real pistachio and the gentleman was kind enough to head to the back and sprinkle some on for him.
This was quite the experience and looking forward to coming back again soon!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mabel's BBQ; City: 4321 W Flamingo Rd, NV; Review: Yummm!!
I'm a fan of all things BBQ! Most especially pig parts. Although that may be the Filipino in me. I ordered the cartilage and the chicken wings. I also ordered some brisket. Let me tell you it does not disappoint!
The beer menu is quite nifty too!
We actually only came here to watch a UFC fight set to play in the day and boy was I pleasantly surprised. I cannot wait to get back in here and try the rest!! I definitely have had my eye on that beef rib!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Parsley Modern Mediterranean; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: This is my go to after the gym!! Their chicken and beef schwarma is soooo delicious. I usually get the bowls so you get a little bit of everything.
Think of it as a Mediterranean chipotle.
If you really want to splurge their garlic sauce is to die for and a must have every time I go in.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Happy eating!; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | yelp |
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Title: Shefko 0-99393-10909-4 Yard Tarp 8.2 X 8.2 - Versatile Drawstring Tarp for Yard Clean Ups - Convenient and Handy; Brand: Shefko; Review: Description very misleading it says 6x6 but you get a 5'4 x 5'4 tarp. Not happy!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bucket Boss Bucket Boss 60024 Gatemouth 24 LongBoy Tool Bag; Brand: Bucket Boss; Review: It is a good made bag, but disappointed it is a soft bottom and not what I was looking for.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ultimate Kitchen - Stainless Steel Sink Soap Dispenser (Satin); Brand: Kitchen Classics; Review: I bought at Peerless faucet that came with the soap dispenser, it last about 3 months. Plastic garbage. I looked on Amazon and found this one, it had good reviews so I figured I would give it a try. Glad I did, installed easy, looks good and not all plastic like the one that came with the faucet. I hope it last a long time like the other reviews stated. If not, I will give an update.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LAMPAT Waterproof Wireless Security Bright Motion Sensor Solar Light; Brand: LAMPAT; Review: not worth the money. Very LOW light; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Whirlpool W10195047 Inlet Valve; Brand: Whirlpool; Review: fit perfect; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Retique It Chalk Furniture Paint 1/2 Pint - Non Toxic, Eco-Friendly, Superior Coverage; Brand: Retique It; Review: This was the first time using Chalk paint and it was a great experience. The paint was very good in coverage, painted a 6 drawer dresser, a day bed and three shelf's and still have paint left.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Decor Grates ST212 Scroll Floor Register, Textured Black, 2-Inch by 12-Inch; Brand: Decor Grates; Review: looks great and easy to install; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Decor Grates FS410-AL Scroll Metal Floor Register, Almond, 4-Inch by 10-Inch; Brand: Decor Grates; Review: Looks great and fit well; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ADFORS Screen & Storm Door Grille, 24" x 26" x 34", Brown; Brand: Saint-Gobain ADFORS; Review: Nice quality did have to trim the ends to fit a 34 inch door. But it looks nice.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Whirlpool W10872255 Dishwasher Water Inlet Valve Genuine Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Part; Brand: Kenmore; Review: Perfect fit for Whirlpool and way cheaper than any other place I looked; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Tools_and_Home_Improvement |
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Title: Cuisinart 666-24 Chef's Classic Nonstick Hard-Anodized 8-Quart Stockpot with Lid; Brand: Cuisinart; Review: This skillet is "questionable" to me because I cooked a scrambled egg in it and it did not "come out clean." Therefore, beware if you purchase if you expect the non-stick surface to be completely non-stick.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Calculated Industries KitchenCalc 8300 Recipe Calculator with Digital Timer; Brand: Calculated Industries; Review: I bought this kitchen calculator for a cooking class that I am currently taking and once you learn how to operate it, it is wonderful! I highly recommend it for anyone to purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: BUILT NY Neoprene Wine/Water Bottle Tote, Black; Brand: BUILT; Review: I recently received this item and I ordered it to use for an 8-ounce glass bottle of Vanilla Extract in order to transport it to my cooking class so it will not break. The construction of it is great, although the description states that it has both a "Velcro" closure inside and also a carrying strap, but mine had neither. Despite these facts, I am still going to use it because it will serve my purpose. I recommend it for purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: elope Chef Hat; Brand: elope; Review: I bought this chef's hat specifically for my Fundamentals of Baking Class and it works wonderfully for the protection of keeping my hair from getting into the products that we create and cook on a weekly basis. The top really "flares out" and it has an elastic band in the back versus Velcro which can pull out your hair. I highly recommend this chef's hat.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Smart Weigh Digital Food and Kitchen Scale with Removable Glass Platform, Black; Brand: Smart Weigh; Review: I bought this digital scale because I use a digital scale in my cooking class that I am currently attending. It is magnificent! The large display and the fact that it measures in grams; ounces; pounds and liquid measures of milk and water too, makes it a wonderful cooking tool for your kitchen! It is so easy to use and compact, so it does not take up a lot of space if you store it in a drawer. I highly recommend this digital scale for customers to purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Winware ALXP-1622 16-Inch by 22-Inch Aluminum Sheet Pan, Pack of 1; Brand: Winware; Review: This cookie sheet pan is fantastic. It is made from a heavy gauge steel and it heats evenly and perfectly. It will fit a "standard" oven, but it only leaves about 1/8 of an inch on each side, so it is almost a "tight fit, but it will slide onto the racks and it is perfect for baking a large yield of cookies. I would highly recommend it for purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bakers Ware Aluminum Commercial Baker's Half Sheet; Brand: Bakers Ware; Review: This half cookie sheet is great for baking cookies! It bakes evenly and your cookies do not burn or scorch. They turn out to be a "beautiful light brown color" and are excellent. I highly recommend this cookie sheet for purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Duralex Made In France OvenChef Rectangular Baking Dish, 16 by 10-Inch; Brand: Duralex; Review: This baking dish is great! Since it is very deep and the glass is thick, it works very well with cooked dishes like lasagna or macaroni and cheese. I highly recommend this baking dish for purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mrs. Anderson’s Baking Pie Crust Weight Chain, 6-Feet Long; Brand: Mrs. Anderson's Baking; Review: These ceramic pie weights work perfectly! I have never used any of these before and they worked beautifully in my blind-baked pie shell for my Lemon Meringue Pie. I would highly recommend them for anyone to purchase and use.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Update International (ABP-1218) 18" x 12" Aluminum Bake Pan; Brand: Update International; Review: This restaurant pan is perfect for my needs! I purchased it to make some oatmeal bar cookies because I needed a pan that was "long and deep." I highly recommend the purchase of this pan.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
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Title: Haggar Men's Cool 18 Hidden Expandable-Waist Plain-Front Pant; Brand: ; Review: These are too baggy and fitting is very loose. It is polyester based. Though it depends on the personal preference. It took me few minutest to put it back for return.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Haggar Men's Cool 18 Hidden Expandable-Waist Plain-Front Pant; Brand: ; Review: These are too baggy and fitting is very loose. It is polyester based. Though it depends on the personal preference. It took me few minutest to put it back for return.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Haggar Men's Cool 18 Hidden Expandable-Waist Plain-Front Pant; Brand: ; Review: These are too baggy and fitting is very loose. It is polyester based. Though it depends on the personal preference. It took me few minutest to put it back for return.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: totes Auto Open Close Golf Size Umbrella, Black/British Tan, One Size; Brand: totes; Review: Its support rod is too weak; In New York weather it didn't survive much. It got bent in the first windy rain, and on next one I just threw it in the garbage.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: ECCO Men's Comfort Fiber System Oxford; Brand: ; Review: This is an awful replacement to Original Soles from Ecco. I regret purchasing it as these are not at all as soft and comfortable as the original If you are used to Original Ecco shoes comfort find something else.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Generic Combo Screen Protector for HTC EVO 4G Sprint - Non-Retail Packaging - Clear; Brand: Generic; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Samsung T401G Prepaid Phone (Net10); Brand: Samsung; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ThunderBolt Crystal Clear Screen Protector ( 3 Pack ); Brand: Generic; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Universal Generation X Cell Phone Antenna Booster Signal Enhancer for Samsung cell phone; Brand: CellularFactory; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Waterproof Case for HTC Incredible 2, EVO 4G, EVO 3D, Inspire HD, Thunderbolt, EVO Shift, HD7 Windows, Eris, Desire,; Brand: Generic; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: HTC EVO Design 4G Replacement Battery 1600mAh x2 Compatible with HTC EVO Design 4G only; Brand: YESOO; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: HTC ThunderBolt Rubberized Shield Hard Case - Black; Brand: Generic; Review: Awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Cell_Phones_and_Accessories |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: The Edge (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Braveheart (1995); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Sixth Sense (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Legends of the Fall (1994); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: High Crimes (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Men of Honor (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Secret Window (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Swordfish (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Twister (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Two Weeks Notice (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The General's Daughter (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Patriot (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Day After Tomorrow (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Big Daddy (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Clear and Present Danger (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Green Mile (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: MotorCity Casino Hotel; City: Detroit Michigan; Review: I have read so many reviews about the hotel. I feel like they stayed somewhere different. We didn't encounter any problems with the hotel, staff or our stay. We stayed overnight for our 12th wedding anniversary. We came all the way from Chicago. The hotel appeared to full because, the parking lot was full and the check-n line was long. Check-in: We arrived in the lobby on Sunday 09/15/13 at 5pm and were checked-in by 5:06pm. I did ask about an upgrade but, none was available. I was told they were booked to capacity. I believed that because of full parking lot and long line to check-in. He did tell us that there was something waiting for us in the room. He also said "Happy Anniversary". I like the fact that you have to show your room key in order to get on the elevator. That made me feel safe. No one that shouldn't be on the floors, were on the floors. Room: We had a king room on the 11th floor with a nice view. We were in room 1114. It was clean & ready for us. When you first look out the window, you see the parking lot. When it's dark, that's when you appreciate the view. It's of the town and everything is lit up. The bridge (not sure of the name) looks scary at night but, pretty. It's all lit up and it looks high. The room was clean with a huge flat screen TV. There was a desk with chair & light. A table with 2 chairs. The hotel also has complimentary WiFi. On the table was a fruit platter with a card that said "Happy Anniversary". That was a nice surprise. The bathroom was spotless. You could almost eat off the floor. No dust or dirt anywhere. I loved the shower. The decor in the room matched. It was a brown & beige motif. If for some reason it didn't match, that's not a deal breaker for me. The bed was so soft and comfortable. They also have a pillow menu in case u want your pillows more firm or softer. There was complimentary water & coffee. There was a minibar but, of course that's extra. I didn't see an iron or ironing board but, that's not a deal breaker for me either. I ironed our clothes at home anyway. Casino: I have gambled here before and won money. I have a machine that I love and it didn't disappoint me. I didn't win much money but, it allowed me to continue to play. I also had money credited to my account when I arrived. I also made sure that my husband signed up for a card. When he win points, I also win points. He also had a machine that kept him playing. We left the hotel to have dinner for our anniversary but, when we returned we stopped @ Radio Bar to have some drinks. Our bartender Desmond was very friendly. He took our picture and suggested a different draft beer for my husband,; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cambria Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile; City: Chicago Illinois; Review: I surprised my mother for her birthday with a mini-getaway in downtown Chicago for the weekend. I booked the double bedroom at the Mile North. We live in Chicago and work right around the corner from the property. Here's how it went. Check-in: We checked in about 3:45 pm. The front desk advised that I would be required to pay a $60 per day incidental fee. I said fine. She explained that I would receive it back on check-out in full or minus any purchases. It went smoothly without incidents. Our room was ready. Room: Our room 709 was nice. We didn't have a great few but, that was okay. It was cold and snowy anyway. We took a few minutes to look around before starting our evening. We had a mini-fridge which was nice. I had bought a bottle of champagne in my suitcase. The room was very clean. No tub but a walk-in shower. The bathroom was huge! Nice and spacious. We had a desk with a chair. Instead of having a night on the bedside table the night light was on each bed's headboard. I liked that so each person has their own night light. I also liked the long pillow on the bed that contains the hotel name and symbol. The room was really nice and clean. Our room was cleaned on Saturday by the cleaning staff. The room smelled so good when we came back. Not like cleaning supplies but a mild floral, springy scent. Bar: There's a bar in the lobby where you can also purchase bar food. This is where we met Manny, our friendly and fabulous bartender. We gave him our drink orders. He was very attentive and personable. He asked were we visitors or natives. I explained that we are natives and I was treating my mother for her birthday. He made her a special birthday drink. Don't remember what was in it besides tequila but it was very tasty. We met some other patrons and we had a nice time. During our bar visit we also met the night manager of the hotel, Danny. He didn't drink but, he did participate in some of the conversations. He was also nice and friendly. We stayed there until the bar closed at midnight. There's a rooftop lounge at this hotel but, it was closed for cleaning during our weekend stay. We also visited the bar on Saturday night. Manny already knew what we wanted to drink. He remembered from the previous night. Danny also came over again. We also made sure to say goodbye to him since we would be checking out in the morning. Food: There's a restaurant in the lobby that serves breakfast and lunch but we didn't eat there. We did order food from an outside restaurant. They don't have room service but, that's not a deal breaker for me. I knew that when I made the reservations. I liked that the front desk called the room to make sure that we had ordered food prior to letting up the delivery; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: La Quinta Inn Ft Lauderdale Northeast; City: Fort Lauderdale Broward County Florida; Review: My husband & I were going on a cruise in Miami. We decided to fly in a day early and stay in Fort Lauderdale overnight. My husband had never been to Fort Lauderdale so, this was suppose to be a treat. There was a group of us going on the cruise that decided to go the day before. I let someone else in the group be in charge of finding a hotel. I wanted to stay at another chain but, she didn't want to spend the $200 which included free airport shuttle. There was so many things wrong with this hotel I don't even know where to begin: Distance: This hotel is miles away from Fort Lauderdale Airport and needed to have free shuttle. The cab driver decides to take the Interstate during rush hour. Needless to say, it took forever and the meter was ticking away. We finally arrive at the hotel and the meter reads $43.60. I was totally upset! Appearance & Check-in: After getting over the cost of the cab, I start to take a visual look at the hotel. Now, I am more upset. It should not be called a hotel, it's definitely a motel. The front desk is in the small building located in the front. Our room was ready. The gentleman at the desk informed us that they service continential breakfast in the morning and the hours. He also explained how to get to the room but, I must have still been upset. We could not find the room to save our life. THIS HOTEL DOES NOT HAVE ELEVATORS!!! Imagine our surprise when we had to walk up 2 flights of stairs with 2 suitcases. We walked down one side to find out we should be on the other side. Finally, we arrive to our room which is in the back of the hotel. Room: When we enter the room, we are greeted by the aroma of mildew and the carpet was filthy. The hotel has a pool so, guests have probably entered the rooms wet and haven't been cleaned properly. The air was not on, which made the smell even worse. It was hot and musty in the room. We turned on the air and left out. Upon our return, one of the other people in our party complained of blood stains on the sheets. That prompted me to pull back the covers on our bed. OMG what did we see! No not blood but several urine stains. What the heck! I was totally upset after this. They don't have the cleaning people on the property. They had to call someone in to redo both rooms. The attitude was like I had did something to make this happen. Like, I had urinated in the bed and wanted someone to clean up behind me. After about 1 1/2 hours, our linen was changed. I also made them flip over the mattress. Food: There are no restaurants in the hotel but, plenty in the area. They serve continential breakfast with juice and coffee every morning but, we; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Sunscape Curacao Resort Spa Casino; City: Willemstad Curacao; Review: We booked this trip with a travel agent, whom was part of our group. There were 12 people in our group from all over. We stayed here from Friday 10/10/14 to Thursday 10/16/14. I do want to say that we had a blast! There was several reasons that kept me from giving this resort a 5. You will understand better after reading the review. Beware this review is long and detailed!!! Check-in: Driving up to the resort on the shuttle, the appearance of the resort isn't the best. It does get a little better after entering the lobby. We arrived to the resort along with another bus load of guests. I guess everyone was Preferred because, that little lounge was packed beyond compacity. Someone was passing out cool beverages. We spoke with Isis. She was very friendly, professional and pleasant. She explained a several things. Afterwards, she gave us our welcome packets and off we went. Location & Room: Our room was at the very end of the resort. The was the longest walk everyday back & forth. I guess that I have a misunderstanding of "Preferred guest" because, we didn't have an elevator and our room was on the second floor. Thank goodness we didn't have our luggage. Our entire group was all the way down here. Our room# was 8217. It was connecting to a couple from our group. The room was clean and okay for sleeping. My mother was my roommate, so I didn't think that she should've had to walk that far to the room and then up 2 flights of stairs. The building does have it's own swimming pool, which you can see from the balcony. At night, sometimes the lights down there were on and sometimes not. When they were off, it was very dark down there. When housekeeping clean the rooms, they leave the room doors open. That mean at night while you're trying to sleep, you are a midnight snack to mosquitos. EVERY night we had to fight mosquitos. The air conditioned work very good during the day but, it seem to be on some type of timer overnight. The beds were comfy but, the pillows were flat. The shower was big and water hot. The sink was unique. It wasn't like a regular sink. Casino: I must say that I did very well in the casino! It's outdated with old, unfamiliar machines. The tables were worn and some of the marking were missing on the tables. The chips were worn also. Some of the words were scratched off. You also have to pay for alcoholic beverages in the casino. The pass out soda, water and juice which is free. You're not able to put money in the machines and play. You have to get a card from the cashier, which requires a $2 deposit. You do get the deposit back when you return the card. You also have to upload the money on the card in order to play. Getting those cards out of the machines did prove to be a challenge. Dining:; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Essence Suites; City: Orland Park Illinois; Review: We just celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary here. We were going to go somewhere else but, decided to stay here since we had never been. We stayed 2 nights from Sunday to Tuesday. We booked our reservations in advance and received a discount for staying on off-peck days. We stayed in the Essence Suite with Loveseat. Our room was nice for what we went for. My only problem was lighting. Most of the room has red bulbs so, you really can't see. There's regular lighting in the bathroom, in the sink area and mini kitchen area. We went to get ice out the ice machines for our drinks. During the night we noticed water on the floor and put down a towel. I thought I had dropped ice on the floor and didn't pick it up before it melted. We got in the whirlpool, which could've been a tad bit bigger. We made due. Afterwards, we went to the steam room which my husband loves. I actually enjoyed it this time myself. In the morning when we woke up the towel by the frig was soak and wet. We looked in the frig, the ice had melted and nothing in the frig was cold. We were going out. I stopped at the office to ask for our room to be cleaned even though we were staying another night and that our frig didn't work. She said they'll check the frig and if they couldn't get it working we may have to change rooms. I said okay I'll check back later. When we came back she said the frig had been unplugged for cleaning and was never plugged back in. She said everything should be fine now but, if not comeback to let me know. The frig was fine. I wanted rose petals in my room so, I went to purchase them. She gave them to me free for the frig situation. I was thankful. Overall, we had a great time! Some of the things a tad bit outdated such as the TV, which we didn't watch the entire two nights and stereo system but we still enjoyed ourselves. DO NOT GO HERE COMPARING IT TO THE SYBARIS! It's not the Sybaris and if that's the experience that you're looking for this is not the place. The Essence Suites has it's own experiences that you will enjoy. We have stayed at both and like both for different reasons. Yes, I would stay here again. Don't be afraid! Go & enjoy yourself and your mate.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Dearborn Detroit MI; City: Detroit Michigan; Review: My husband & I stayed here for the weekend while going to the NFL game. I read a few reviews before going. I must say that I was second guessing myself. We had a situation before leaving Chicago so, we didn't arrive in Detroit until after 11pm on Saturday night. When we arrived to check-in Noah (manager) advised us that the customer ahead of us had taken the last 1 bedroom. That was great for us because, we were upgraded to a 2 bedroom suite. We were given our keys for room 1522. We went to our room and were amazed at the amount of space that we had. We were use to both of the bedrooms being on the same level. Imagine our surprise when we saw that the master bedroom was on the 2nd level of the suite. We had a full kitchen, living room, dining area, and another full bathroom on the 1st level. The kitchen had an island, which is where I spent most of my time. I'm not the person that goes on vacation and cooks a meal. We don't have any kids so, we ate out for all meals. We never used the stove, dishwasher or microwave. We did use the refrigerator that makes it's own ice. The couch also lets out into a bed. The TVs were about 32 inches and very modern. Everything was neat and clean. I only have 2 complaints. That red carpet needed some help. It was dirty but, not smelly. It definitely needs to be replaced. The other complaint is not any fault of the hotel. I couldn't figure out how to get the room temperature on both floors the same. It was cool on the 1st floor and extremely hot on the 2nd floor. When they say heat raises, that had that suite in mind. Our room was not cleaned on Sunday. Housekeeping came while we were getting dressed for the game. I advised her to comeback in about 30 minutes. When we returned to our room much later that evening it had never been cleaned. The next morning on Monday we had to use the towels from the downstairs bathroom. On Monday morning we checked out by 11 am. I really enjoyed staying here. It's convenient to shopping and eating establishments. The hotel has an outdoor pool but, of course was closed for the season. It also has a small dining area for breakfast every morning that's included in the price. We didn't utilize it. My husband did go get us some more sugar and cream for our coffee that we had in the room on Sunday & Monday mornings. Don't be afraid to stay here. I felt very safe! At night there was a guard outside that stopped us to ask what room we were going to every night. There's also another hotel in the immediate area. The best thing ever happened while we were at checkout. During checkout I informed Noah that our room was not cleaned on Sunday. He gave us a verbal apology. He; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Dearborn Detroit MI; City: Detroit Michigan; Review: Let's start from the beginning. I stayed at this hotel last year for the Chicago Bears game. I had a situation last year so, the manager gave us a gift certificate to stay in a 2 bedroom bi-level room for $79.99 per night. The ONLY reason I stayed at this hotel again was because we had the certificate. I called the hotel before I made the reservations to inform them that I had a certificate. The person on the phone informed me to make the reservations online and the adjustments will be made once we arrive. We arrived to check-in for on Saturday 12/10/17. The front desk person that the person that wrote the certificate no longer works for the company. And??? The price I booked online was for $149 per night for the 2 bedroom bi-level room but, I was suppose to get it for $79.99 per night based on my certificate. It even had an expiration date of 10/19/17. She said that rate was too low. She also said that they have another certificate for the 2 bedrooms. Okay, that's all fine but, I don't work for Hawthorn so I don't know the policies and procedures. Then she had the nerves to say that the signature belonged to the previous manager but, the other writing was not his. She said that about 3 times. I snapped are you calling me a liar. She was acting like I printed the certificate from home. I have no idea of what the lingo on the certificate meant. I was so upset that they weren't being accommodating. I let me husband handle the situation. They agreed to let us have the $79.99 rate for the first night and the second night we paid $139.99. Per Diane, the front desk person on the next day said the manager wasn't willing to honor the certificate rate. Since my husband was the one paying, I let him make the decision. I had checked the rate for the Doubletree in front of them but, it was a tad bit higher. My husband said just let us stay where we are. Then the room was dirty! I told them they need to fire the cleaning staff. That was one of my issues from last year. Then they put us in a room in the back of the hotel. After it snowed all day Sunday, they didn't shovel any snow at the hotel. It was mountains of snow everywhere especially getting to our room. They offered to move us to another room. No, I want the room I'm in to be cleaned. Our remote for the living room didn't work. They were willing to give us another one but, we had to come and get it. Since, you didn't shovel any snow that was the least you could do. None of the dishes matched but, we still used them. We didn't cook or use the microwave. Saturday the heat only worked upstairs. We didn't complain but, when we returned Sunday night they had fixed it. Needless to say, I will; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Harrah s New Orleans; City: New Orleans Louisiana; Review: We decided to go here because it was only 2 blocks from the hotel Sheraton that we stayed at while in New Orleans. I felt very safe as there was a security guard right at the door. She was roped in. You could not enter the casino without speaking to her. I had a great time. It was not overly crowded, which was a good thing. I am a member of this casino. Of course, I didn't bring my card with me. I was able to go to the customer service desk. Presenting my ID, I was able to get another player's card printed on the spot. This trip I only played slot machines but, I left the casino up $125. I didn't give the money back to the casino. On the way out, I purchased a smoke sausage from Lucky Dog located right in the casino. This is definitely not a place for children. I enjoyed this location. The staff was very courteous. Didn't eat at any of the restaurants just Lucky Dogs, which is sort of like a wiener truck. We also didn't stay at their hotel. Go, have fun and hopefully win some money.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hilton Garden Inn Springfield; City: Springfield Illinois; Review: My husband & I stayed here 06/30-7/02 at this hotel. It was very busy over the weekend. We arrived after 5 pm to check-in due to our Amtrak arrival. It was good because, we were able to avoid the crowd. It went smooth. Rooms: We went in room 232 on the second floor. The room itself was clean for the most part. We had a microwave and refrigerator in our room. We had a double bed which was all that was available when I made the reservations. Our bathroom was not as clean. I don't think the cleaning staff move the shower curtain when cleaning the bathroom. There was a lot of hair in the tub, on the tub and wrapped up in the shower curtain. I not to keen with cleaning up other people's hair but, it had to be done. Pool area: The pool area needed attended to. There were towels left by other guests all over the pool area. The clean towels hadn't been restocked so, we took the last 2 towels that were available when we arrived. The jet spray for the whirlpool was not working. The water to the whirlpool was very hot and the pool water was very cold. Breakfast: The hotel has a breakfast buffet for a fee until 11 am. The breakfast was nice. I do recommend you come early because, there's minimal seating. It's worth the charge and not all continental. My husband really liked the coffee. Lobby and Bar: There's a small bar area in the lobby. They have a decent liquor variety. The also provide snacks, fruit-filled water and wine. I liked all the white wines. I'm not a red wine person. I thought the complimentary wine in the lobby was a nice touch. The sitting area was nice as well. We took a few pictures in the lobby. We were granted late check-out until 2 pm. That was good since our train didn't leave until 5:45 pm. The hotel is convenient to other hotels, restaurants, a movie theater, and a mall. My only problem with the mall was that it's closed on Sundays. Only the restaurants were open. I thought that was strange since there are quite a few hotels over there. We were able to find other stuff to do. The hotel was good not great. I would stay here again. The staff was friendly, helpful and attentive. Just the a few things need to be addressed but, for the most part a nice hotel to stay in.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Eaglewood Resort Spa; City: Itasca DuPage County Illinois; Review: I loved this resort! My husband & I decided to stay here for our 17th anniversary. I had made reservations here many times and cancelled. I thought it was time for us to finally stay here. I was not disappointed! The staff is the best anywhere. I have travelled all over the world and the staff here was great. Every person that we interacted with was so professional and friendly. Starting from check-in to check-out. The parking lot was very full when we arrived. There was a wedding on and off the property so, there were a lot of people. It was so crowded where we falling over each other. There was also a few conventions going on as well. If you have read any of my past reviews, you know this is going to be long and detailed. We checked in on Saturday 9/15 @ about 6pm. We had reserved a King w/ Golf View and Patio. We were informed that they had sold out of those rooms. Jenna was our front desk person. She explained that there are only so many of those rooms and are granted on first come basis. I explained that this was our first time at the resort and our 17th anniversary. I really wanted the room with a patio and golf course view. I don't want to spend the next 2 1/2 days looking at a parking lot. She said okay here's what I can do for you: she put us in a double queen room with patio and golf course view, waived the resort fees for both nights, gave us free breakfast for two people, and 2 free drink coupons for any of the bars. She said "Happy Anniversary and I hope you all enjoy your stay". I was like okay then. I was very happy with the outcome. Our room was in the North Tower #369. Off we went to our room. It was clean. Very nice view from the our patio. We slept in a different bed each night. The room was spacious with enough room for us to move around without running into to each other. Later that evening after returning from dinner outside the resort, we went to Prairie River for drinks. There we met bartenders Eddie and Steve. The patio was full because of the evening entertainment so, we sat at the bar for drinks. Both bartenders were polite, friendly and social. They mingled with everyone at the bar. They were able to attend to the many people and make sure the people sitting at the actual bar were attended to as well. We ran a tab and the drinks were flowing. After the band played then we went to the jukebox. By then, I was feeling the music and drinks. At around midnight we cashed out our tab minus the 2 drink coupons given to us at check-in. On Sunday 9/16 morning we went to Burnham's Restaurant for breakfast using our coupon given to us for our anniversary. Let me just say that I was not prepared for; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Enslaved by Ducks; Author: Visit Amazon's Bob Tarte Page; Review: The book started out interesting and humorous, but by the the middle it was just dragging. I hate to 'not finish' a book, so I plodded on..... about two weeks of plodding. I love to read and usually finish most books with in three days, provided I have the time after work. This book was torture to get through.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Steve Jobs: A Biography; Author: Visit Amazon's Walter Isaacson Page; Review: What a great story with a lot of insight into the workings of Steve Jobs' mind. He never really interested me, ordered the book more out of curiosity. Found I truly appreciate his work and dedication to his will for technological developement. Sure he could have been more personable, but he wasn't a people person first, he was a creator. Sometimes you just cannot be all for everyone. He had a business to run and ran it his way, which apparently has worked. He was a genious, and it is sad his family did not come first, but in most cases they don't. His wife knew who she was marrying so I do not hold his working vs homelife against him. So glad I got to meet him through this writing. Will probably go back and skim through it in a year. (By the way, I prefer windows and do not own an Apple product... yet); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gullah; Author: Visit Amazon's Lynn Michelsohn Page; Review: Being from the Lowcountry, I expected more from this author and her stories. It seemed at least half of the book was promoting her other books, with just a few stories of the lowcounty, which were extremely short. Doubt I'd read any other books by her.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Center Cannot Hold; Author: Elyn Saks; Review: What a great read to help all understand what psychophrenic people can go through. Her story opens your eyes to her journey with this disease, which can only help all of us be more empathetic with our friends and loved ones who have this diagnosis.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A to Z of Crochet: The Ultimate Guide for the Beginner to Advanced Crocheter; Author: Martingale; Review: I've had this book for two days. It is so easy to read and follow. Has very good detailed colored pictures for stitch steps. I've never crocheted before, and can do five stitches as of today. Granted I need to practice for them to become more uniform, but the book a wonderful tool. Seems people who are experienced could use this as a reference book. I'm amazed at the detail, written and pictured. A must have for any crafter!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Charleston Receipts Repeats; Author: The Junior League Of Charleston; Review: Ordered for my son who is always asking for my recipes. This is my go to book for great Southern recipes.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Invitation Only; Brand: Will Downing; Review: Will Downing can sing anything he wants to and it sounds good. This CD follows that trend. He could sing with laryngitis and it would sound marvelous.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sleeping Gypsy; Brand: Michael Franks; Review: I love different genres of music and this one does not fall short in any way. I love this CD.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lalah Hathaway; Brand: Lalah Hathaway; Review: I was young when her father passed so what I know about him is very little. But his music is phenomenal. Miss Lalah is OMG Great!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: Michael Franks; Review: I love different genres of music and this one does not fall short in any way. I love this CD.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III; Brand: Kirk Whalum; Review: I love the work of Kirk Whalum. I have yet to hear something he has done that I do not like. This one falls in line with the rest of his work.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Love Album; Brand: Kim Burrell; Review: I have always been a fan of Miss Kim Burrell. This CD is nothing less than I expected. Thank you again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Back To Love Deluxe Version; Brand: Anthony Hamilton; Review: I was introduced to Anthony Hamilton's music by someone else. He is great. His style is smooth. His music is really good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Grace; Brand: Tasha Cobbs Leonard; Review: This is now my new favorite CD ever. When I played it for the first time, I could not stop. I had it on repeat for about 5 hours. It is really a blessing.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Love, Charlie; Brand: Charlie Wilson; Review: The title for this CD is ever so appropriate. I just love Charlie Wilson's voice. He is one of the greatest singers of all times.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Silver; Brand: Will Downing; Review: Will Downing is one of the few artists whose music I would purchase without hearing it and still love it. He has proven to be consistently great.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lisa McClendon,Reality,Blu Soul Ent.,Pop,Religious / Contemp. Christian,Christian Music / Gospel,Gospel,Soul/R&B,Christian - Gospel,Christian Music - Gospel (GS)" />; Brand: Lisa McClendon; Review: This CD is really good. It is not at all what I anticipated. I would consider purchasing more of her ministry material.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Honey; Brand: Ohio Players; Review: OMG!!!!!!!!!!! THE BOYS IN THE BAND ARE OFF THE CHAIN. THE CD IS REALLY GREAT. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYONE.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stellar Fungk: The Best of Slave; Brand: Slave; Review: This CD was purchased for one song only. I received a bonus. There are a lot of jams on this CD. I wish I'd bought it years ago.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Greatest Slow Jams; Brand: Maze; Review: This is one of the greatest bands ever to grace the stage. They could sing the alphabet and I would buy it. They are musical geniuses. I LOVE THIS CD SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Average White Band - The Essentials; Brand: Average White Band; Review: AWB has been one of my favorite bands for years. This CD only reiterates why I have always felt this way. I recommend this to any and everyone. It is smooth and funk all in one CD.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: So Proud; Brand: Brian Courtney Wilson; Review: I had never heard of this artist and bought the CD for one song only. Usually when I do that I hear something else that is inspiring, uplifting and encouraging. This is not the case with this CD.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Worship Soul; Brand: Anita Wilson; Review: This is an OK CD. I would listen to it again but I would not recommend it to anyone else.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Days; Brand: Tamela Mann (Author); Review: This is one of those people who makes you thank God for salvation and a love for anointed music. When she ministers in song, it comes from her spirit man and her TOES!!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Invincible; Brand: Michael Jackson; Review: The one song I like is on this CD. I am very satisfied.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Finisterre; Brand: Saint Etienne; Review: I do not know why this is on my list. I have never ordered anything with Justin Bieber singing and never will.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: I Look to You; Brand: Whitney Houston; Review: I was never a Whitney Houston fan. I bought this CD for one song only.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Hello Fear; Brand: Kirk Franklin; Review: He does to music what so many others have tried and failed.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Forever for Always for Love; Brand: Luther Vandross; Review: I was not a Luther Vandross fan until he died. He does to music what none other could.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rhythm of Love; Brand: Anita Baker; Review: My girl has never let me down. I am a die hard Anita Baker fan and the CD was in great condition when received.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: God, Love & Romance; Brand: Fred Hammond; Review: Fred Hammond is one of those singers whose music you can almost buy without ever hearing it before and be blessed. This CD does not deviate from that reputation.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darlene McCoy; Brand: Darlene McCoy; Review: Not a good CD. This is one of the worse ones in my collection.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Epiphany; Brand: Chrisette Michele; Review: I was a Chrisette Michele fan to the bone. This CD does not get my vote.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_CDs_and_Vinyl |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Baby Van Gogh Video & Book VHS; Brand: ; Review: Baby Van Gogh's music, live action sequences, and toys capture my kids' attention from the first second. And it's one of the few kids' movies I can handle hearing over and over. Highly recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Garfield - His 9 Lives VHS; Brand: Lorenzo Music; Review: If you're a "Garfield" fan, this movie will crack you up. It's the '80s version of "Garfield," before the computer animated version came out. Good stuff.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Persuasion : Complete ITV Adaptation 2007; Brand: Sally Hawkins; Review: If you've ever loved and lost, you've got to watch this movie. The story is realistic and compelling, the acting is spot-on, and the main character, Anne, is so genuine that you won't want to turn the TV off until you've watched it from start to finish. This is the best movie I've seen all year.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Woman Called Moses VHS; Brand: Jason Bernard; Review: Cicely Tyson is amazing as Harriet Tubman in this movie. It tells the story of her life as "Moses," the leader of the slave exodus from the American South during the 1850s. Highly recommended. If you liked "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," also staring Tyson, you'll like this film, too.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Billy Blanks - Tae Bo Kicks; Brand: ; Review: This DVD is a tough workout. I got it for my son, and he can't keep up with it. It wore me out in a few minutes.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: All About John Deere For Kids Part 4; Brand: Various; Review: I've always wondered what the difference between a combine and a tractor was. These DVDs enthrall my preschooler, and grandpas love it, too. I've been surprised by how much I've learned about farming, harvesting, and roadworking. It's a good investment, and something you can pop in when grandparents visit.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Clear; Brand: Jerry B. Jenkins; Review: While I watched "Midnight Clear" I kept thinking, "Okay. So what?" or "What's going on here?" I found it confusing -- at first. But I was hooked from the first scene. Why is this guy called Lefty? And who is the elderly woman who dumps a whole bag of catfood onto her porch? The ending blew my mind. I've thought about this movie many times since I first watched it. It will get you thinking about how you treat strangers, and how you treat your family.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Baby Einstein - Baby Noah - Animal Expedition; Brand: Baby Einstein; Review: "Baby Noah" features the best of Baby Einstein's signature filmmaking. My daughter loved the Animals of the Savannah section of the film, and my son loved the entire movie. It's a very soothing movie to watch before bedtime, especially if you like a little quiet time before starting the bedtime routine. I'd give this movie ten stars if it were possible.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: American Pickers: Volume 2; Brand: Frank Fritz; Review: Mike's dogged determination to buy this boot is hilarious. His banter with Frank and the seller over buying a nine-foot cowboy boot is just too funny. I love this episode. Well worth the price.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Brand: Eric Sykes; Review: I love Harry Potter. He's honest, devoted to his friends and parents, even though they're gone, and he fights evil. This is the first of the films that disturbed and scared me. If you watch it with children in the room, stop the film at the beginning of the third task. Voldemort's return is scary and disturbing. I like the clear-cut line between good and evil in these films. Ralph Fiennes is terrifyinlgy evil in his portrayal of Voldemort.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; Brand: Anna Faris; Review: This movie is stupid. I can't believe people like it. It had potential. I like the idea of a nerdy intellectual building something amazing that's designed to help others. But the dialog, plot, and acting stink; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Samsonite Tote-a-ton 32.5 Inch Duffle Luggage, Purple; Brand: Samsonite; Review: reasonable price, good quality; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alpine Swiss Men's Deluxe Wallet Genuine Leather 14 Pocket 1 Bill Section Bifold; Brand: ; Review: a little bit nasty smell; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Etekcity Digital Hanging Luggage Scale, 110 Pounds, Rubber Paint, with Temperature Sensor and Tare Function, Portable Scale for; Brand: Etekcity; Review: good stuff; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alpine Swiss Mens RFID Blocking Trifold Wallet Genuine Leather; Brand: ; Review: good. i like it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Seiko Women's SUP094 Solar-Power Two-Tone Bracelet Watch; Brand: Seiko; Review: just love it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Seiko Men's 5' Japanese Automatic Stainless Steel Casual Watch, Color:Silver-Toned (Model: SNK809K); Brand: Seiko; Review: a little bit small actually; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Seiko Men's SKA605 KINETIC"Amazon Exclusive" Black Ion-Plated Stainless Steel Watch; Brand: Seiko; Review: good; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Hostage (2005); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Enough (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dangerous Minds (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nell (1994); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Meet the Fockers (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Up at the Villa (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Homeless to Harvard (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Paparazzi (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Avoiding Temptation (Avoiding, #3); Author: K.A. Linde; Genres: romance, fiction; Review: Omg I'm dying! I can't even leave a review because I don't want to give anything away!! Great ending! I'm so happy with it :) it's just how I wanted it! I want more !! Ahh I have butterflies. All I can say is wow!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Adore Me (The Keatyn Chronicles, #4.5); Author: Jillian Dodd; Genres: young-adult, thriller, crime, romance, mystery; Review: So good!!!! I want more!! the suspense is going to kill me! I cannot wait until the rest of the series comes out!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Truce (Neighbor from Hell, #4); Author: R.L. Mathewson; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: So I tried to read this book when it first came out because I love all the other books in this series, but after the first two chapters I guess I wasn't in the mood to read it. But last night I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I thought if try again. And I am so glad I did!! I couldn't put it down. I didn't think I would like the historical aspect, but it was still really good. I couldn't put it down! Anyway, a great read in my book! I hope there is more considering how many Bradford men are in this book !! :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: November 9; Author: Colleen Hoover; Genres: young-adult, romance, fiction; Review: Oh my gosh. This. Book. Was. Amazing. Not that I'm surprised because Colleen Hoover wrote it. I was fortunate enough to get a PDF copy sent to me by her for my birthday! Once I started, I just had to finish. This story pulled me right in from the very beginning. It is an instant favorite. I love Ben. I love Fallon. I love absolutely everything about this book. There are so many feels, so many emotions. Thank you Colleen for not only sharing this book with me early, but writing such a great book. You and your books are the main reason I started reading and why I continue to read. Everyone read this book! Don't hesitate, just do it!!! [?]; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Thousand Boy Kisses; Author: Tillie Cole; Genres: fiction, young-adult, romance; Review: I don't usually rate or review books but I just needed to tell everyone to read this book. I have read hundreds of books and this is one of the best I have ever read. I cried my eyes out and I felt so much; I felt everything. I really needed this book. It was so eye opening and really showed me how precious life is and how we need to remember to make our time here as special as special can be. I'm definitely going to need some time to recover after this book. I hope everyone is able to find themselves a love like Rune and Poppymin! [?]; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | goodreads |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: The Sukhothai Bangkok; City: Bangkok; Review: Probabily one of the best city hotel to the world. For the second time to the Sukho in deluxe room.In truth does not seem to stay at Bangkok. The hotel is all style zen minimalist. Large pool and very nice restaurant, The celadon is suberb. The hotel is pratically an oasis in a chaotic city.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lanna Dusita Riverside Boutique Resort; City: Chiang Mai; Review: Four days in de luxe room overlooking the river. The choice was excellent from all points of view, The location on the river Ping outside the city, is wonderful. Pool is very nice , the rooms are large and well decorated. The restaurant is very good. Hotel ideal if you want quiet. Advice: book honeymoon suite,Ask to dine on board the river, they will prepare a table by candlelight. The staff is really friendly. The hotel is not in centre city, therefore, you need a car if you want to go downtown or night market.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Andaman White Beach Resort; City: Thalang District Phuket; Review: We stayed at this hotel four nights. We had a beachfront pool villa. We found everything the resort overrated. Small water 120 bath + service + vat , while a liter of diesel or benzine costs approximately 30 bath. the room was enough simple, the bed too small.The shower was a good open air. The swimmimg pool is not big thing beautiful one, above all it is not much usable because it was always shadow.Instead access dierect ed to the beach is beatiful and also useful. The food is good especially the grilled ones of fish. The staff is normal nothing of impressive. After all no good value for money.If you been trying something better.... go to Aleenta resort & spa near Phang Nga.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Zeavola Resort; City: Ko Phi Phi Don Krabi Province; Review: The hotel is beatiful. the only problem are the mosquitos especially in the evening. very difficult to enjoy the veranda room. No problem near the sea. Food is very good, even in this case the prices are high compared with others hotels in the same category. A bit overrated, but the location everythings is similar to an atoll of maldives, the garden bungalow is wonderful. There are a lot of sunbeds and umbrellas on the private beach. We loved to dine at the restaurant on the beach. Al the staff is friendly. Tips: to explore Maya Bay early morning with speedboat.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Imperial Mae Hong Son Resort; City: Mae Hong Son Mae Hong Son Province; Review: What could say? Horrible like the movie. fortunately we were only one night. Room: impossible to sleep, much noise and the walls between a room and other are pratically cardboard. Everithing in the style of the movie The addams Family. One exception: the food is not bad. The pool was a total disaster. service and staff just enough.... A good one /two stars hotel; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Imperial River House Resort; City: Chiang Rai Chiang Rai Province; Review: Is stayed one night . this hotel is very nice.The rooms are modern and comfortable with a beatiful view of the river Ping. The pool is very large in a charming garden. The restaurant is adeguate even if was not the gretest because there were very few guest. Staff friendly.In short the hotel is extremely valuable for those who want to stay in Chian Rai. Of course we visited the white temple which is peraps the only attraction in the city. The night market is small.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sol Cayo Largo; City: Cayo Largo Cuba; Review: The ultimate paradise is here. when we of the sea we cannot fail to remember playa paraiso and playa syrena, probably the most beautiful beaches in the world. The hotel is beautiful caribbean style. The rooms are large and well furnished, the bed is king size. This is a village all included, usually we do not like this solution because it is too standardized and often the guest must make the code for all the services. however you can find a very good restaurant in playa syrena, in a beautiful location you can enjoy fresh lobsters.To rent a motorbike discover the island. There are several others small islands to be discoverred with catamaran.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Amari Havodda Maldives; City: South Huvadhoo Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll; Review: Havodda is the perfect island with beautiful lagoon and pristine white beaches. The house reef is extensive and accessible for easy snorkeling. It is located in the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, approximately 390 Kilometers south of the capital Malé, just a few kilometres above the equator line. It remains a remote part of country, geographically isolated but strategically located on the Indian Ocean routes and Laccadive Sea. On the island Kaadedhoo, near Thinadhoo, a small airport as daily flights to Malé. The atoll consist of 153 islands of which 10 islands are inhabited and 143 are uninhabited. Amari management that i know very well is superb with no surprises. Finally, the high-class restaurants satisfy all kinds of tastes. Thanks, see you in Koh Chang.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: The Road to Serfdom: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition; Author: Visit Amazon's F. A. Hayek Page; Review: A surperb book about the evils of Socialism. It makes it clear while Socialism cannot work, has never worked, anywhere it has been tried. If this was not enough, the fact that Socialism tends to concentrate power in one place making a society highly vulnerable to hostile takeover! Hayek avoided the Hitler userpation as he was teaching in the London School of Economics at the time. After War II, he emigrated to the USA. One can see that this is where the US is headed under this president. I would recommend this book to anyone who is concerned with the direction of our government is headed.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions; Author: Visit Amazon's Dan Ariely Page; Review: Predictably vulgar for no conceivable purpose. I found this book to be very tiresome and tedious....dare I say truly boring?; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History; Author: Antonio Mendez; Review: I simply couldn't put this book down. Good thing I read it on a flight to Moscow (Russia, not Idaho!).; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot; Author: Visit Amazon's Bill O'Reilly Page; Review: A superlative book...I read it TWICE! Everyone should read it in detail. Those who were alive at the time can recall what they were doing when this calamity happened!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot; Author: aa; Review: A superlative book...I read it TWICE! Everyone should read it in detail. Those who were alive at the time can recall what they were doing when this calamity happened!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Econo Lodge; City: Lebanon Tennessee; Review: Ok for a budget night layover, nothing spectacular. The front desk was courteous, rooms were acceptable. If your just passing through and looking for something cheap then I would give this place shot.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: La Quinta Inn Suites Elk City; City: Elk City Oklahoma; Review: Clean well equipped rooms, everything appeared up to date. Courteous and professional staff. If your passing through like I was, I recommend this place. Good price for the level of service and cleanliness. 5-star service at a cut rate price.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sleep Inn Suites Van Buren; City: Van Buren Arkansas; Review: Courteous and attentive front desk, the continental breakfast was good. Very clean and up kept in appearance. Five star quality at a 2 star price. Located near historic Van Buren, great little town to check out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Baymont by Wyndham El Reno; City: El Reno Oklahoma; Review: Clean well equipped rooms. Courteous and professional staff. If your passing through like I was, I recommend this place. Breakfast was pretty good. Good price for the level of service and cleanliness.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Days Inn by Wyndham Clarksville North; City: Clarksville Tennessee; Review: Ok for a bargain hotel price. Staff and front desk were attentive and friendly. Breakfast was mediocre, selection wasn't the best but the food was ok. The rooms were clean and well maintained. Definitely would recommend this hotel if your looking for an inexpensive stay. Located near by Nashville.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Motel 6 Holbrook; City: Holbrook Arizona; Review: Great service and room for a bargain hotel price. Staff and front desk were attentive and friendly. The rooms are dated but very clean and well maintained. Definitely would recommend this hotel if your looking for an inexpensive stay.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Plaza Inn Suites; City: Phoenix Arizona; Review: As the old saying goes "you get what you pay for" I understand that I am staying at a budget hotel, but I expected better and received better at other budget hotels. My perception is that the people at the check-out desk seem indifferent regarding their job. Upon check in I had to wait a few minutes while the people behind the desk finished their conversation. The floors in the lobby, hall, and room were dirty. The hallway smelled of smoke. The wallpaper was peeling in the room. Overall the establishment seems to be neglected, it appears as no one cares anymore. With all this said, if your looking for something cheap and don't mind "roughing it" then give this place a try.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Days Inn Suites East Flagstaff; City: Flagstaff Arizona; Review: Up to date facilities. Clean well equipped facility. Breakfast was great. Courteous and professional staff. If your passing through like I was, I recommend this place. The Grand Canyon is near here, if you like wonders of nature then it's definitely worth the time to visit. The…; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Page Boy Motel; City: Page Arizona; Review: Five star rating for a bargain hotel price. Staff and front desk were attentive and friendly. Breakfast was ok, selection wasn't the best but the food was ok. The rooms are dated but very clean and well maintained. Definitely would recommend this hotel if your looking for an inexpensive stay. Located near by the beautiful Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell, Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Quality Inn East Stroudsburg POCONOS; City: East Stroudsburg Pocono Mountains Region Pennsylvani; Review: As the saying goes "you get what you pay for" I would not expect anything exceptional from this place. Keeping the price in mind, if you are looking for a budget place to stay then I recommend spending a night here.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Wooden Duck B B; City: Newton New Jersey; Review: Had a great experience spending a weekend here. The Inn was immaculate and very welcoming. The owners are fantastic, always available to help. Very nice setting in the middle of Kittatinny Valley State Park. Great place to forget about life's everyday worries; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Park Hotel Vossevangen; City: Voss Municipality Hordaland Western Norway; Review: Located about a 5 minute walk from the train station We are Australian and had a great room with sensational views overlooking the lake (Room 408 on the top floor). The hotel is probably from the 70s and parts of it need work, but our room was huge clean and quiet with a big bathroom. it is not Air Conditioned, but in Norway in August that was not a problem as we opened the large bedroom windows. It is probably a hotel more for tour groups. My wife and I were travelling as a couple doing the "Norway in a Nutshell" tour so were not part of those larger groups . The larger groups were on their bus at 0800 so we had breakfast after they had left note breakfast could be better as we seemed to just get the left overs Voss as a small city was great to walk around and we checked out at 1200 catching a train to Bergen; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ballarat Central City Motor Inn; City: Ballarat Victoria; Review: Clean quiet with comfortable beds very central close to bottom end of Sturt st We had a family room with a queen and two single beds which suited us Shower is over bath but otherwise well set up. It was a good shower but hard to get into; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ibis Styles London Heathrow Airport; City: Harlington Greater London England; Review: Located next to Heathrow airport it is a basic but a good hotel close to Heathrow if leaving early. An airport bus comes regularly to reception for pickups for GBP 5 per person Cost was GBP 71.25 including and a good breakfast. The lay out is strange in that we had to go up to level 2 in the lift walk across a walkway to a building opposite the entrance and then go down to level 1 to get to our room! The room was new , clean and comfortable, but don't bother going for a walk around outside the hotel as it is not worth it. There is a small shop around the corner at the end of a group of shops where you could buy some off licence drinks/ eats and a phone card if you can put up with the rudest shopkeeper in GB.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blanch House; City: Brighton East Sussex England; Review: We travelled from Australia and came to Brighton directly from Gatwick .(If you are going south of London fly into Gatwick rather than Heathrow if possible). Arriving at Blanch house before we could really check in due to an early landing flight we found we could leave our cases with them and we even offered breakfast, by Luke the Duty manager, a gesture not expected, but much appreciated. we explored Brighton for an hour or so before returning to our room. Blanch House is located within a easy walk of most of the main parts of town it was clean, safe, had a small bar and pleasant efficient staff. Our double room "Peony" as it was named was very small, tight even some might say but it suited us for a couple of days Try for a bigger room, but Blanch House is a great B&B and KerryTurner is a very pleasant Owner/Manager; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Malmaison Manchester; City: Manchester Greater Manchester England; Review: Really good location and nice rooms ,parking nearby but costs which i did not like same with breakfast so we chose to go out for about 1/3 of the cost. If a hotel person is reading this wake up and fix this up we stayed all round the UK in places that had breakfast included for a reasonable cost in the tariff, but you didn't so we went out There was no parking except a multi story car park nearby which they split the cost ( not realised until I got my parking charge at the multi storey parking exit couldn't get out till I paid my GBP 20 and breakfast was expensively offered as an option at the hotel. we chose otherwise. I would not recommend it unless you desperately wanted to stay in the middle of Manchester. A friend booked us in otherwise I would not have chosen it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Premier Inn York City Blossom St North Hotel; City: York North Yorkshire England; Review: We stayed for 3 nights in Aug 16 and from the hotel were able to explore York easily on foot. It is a good location with a car park around the corner which cost us GBP 10 per day( 24 hrs measured by meter ..Stay and display) The hotel was clean, quiet and modern ,but prices varied on each night we were there as we only planned to stay on a Saturday, but extended till the Tuesday morning. Sat was the most expensive We chose to go out for breakfast as there are cheap places withing a 3 minute walk and the queue for the hotel breakfast was long so we were glad to have made this decision Kelly, who was working on reception was really helpful. There are two Premier Inn hotels run by the same people about 50 metres apart . This review is for the one further from the York wall gate.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Brooklands Of Mornington; City: Mornington Mornington Peninsula Victoria; Review: This is an older but a clean quiet motel that surpringly offered us a good breakfast The bed was comfortable and the bathrooms were very good Good hot shower and parking available right outside your room but take care as the tree outside dropped stuff all over our car; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Raglan Motor Inn; City: Warrnambool Victoria; Review: I've now stayed there a couple of times as a couple and with our daughters This is a terrific motel with pleasant owners a bit out of the centre of Warrnambool on the main highway but set back enough to still be quiet. A great place to stay in Race week for the May races as you could walk to the course from here. Beds are comfortable and rooms spotless; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: St Mary s Place B B; City: Stamford Lincolnshire England; Review: A wonderful B&B situated in the middle of Stamford about 1.5- 2 hours drive north of London We, an Australian Couple, were driving from York to London and decided to stop for the night in Stamford and so glad we did. We drove to Heathrow the next day in about 1.5 hours St. Mary's Place B&B was fantastic and the hostess Patience is a lovely person as is her husband Brian, whose suggestions of what to do and where to visit in Stamford were excellent...... Note don't miss Burghley House Great room (though up a lot of stairs) private, comfortable,, great bathroom, clean just terrific really. The back room may be quieter due to the church bells from the church across the road (not very far away I might add), starting at 0700 daily. We were in the front and it wasn't a great issue with the window shut. Breakfast was great . I cannot fault this place; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Allansford Hotel Motel; City: Allansford Victoria; Review: Great country hotel with a reasonable Bistro and with Basic motel rooms attached My wife and I (and family) have stayed here a number of times and it is clean, quiet and well set up Rooms are well sized and beds are clean and comfortable The family room is spacious and easily sleeps 4, but the only criticism I have is it doesn't have a sink despite having a small fridge, toaster, kettle, cutlery and crockery .; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bendigo Motor Inn; City: Bendigo Greater Bendigo Victoria; Review: Stayed for one night last week and wouldn't again. Room smelt stale and of smoke though it was supposed to be non smoking. It was just old and not very nice . It needs a refurbishment, paint, clean up and I'm sure in a town like Bendigo there are much better places; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Oaks Goldsbrough Apartments; City: Sydney New South Wales; Review: We (4 of us ) stayed in a 2 bedroom apartment which was on two levels on the 13th or Penthouse floor so we have a view out of the living room window which could not be opened, but road noise would stop that smartly. The front office staff were pleasant but had no idea where i could get a public transport /ferry card. Try the gift shop outside one said ..it was shut for the next two weeks they hadn't even noticed. The apartment was clean and laid out with the living room , kitchen and laundry on the entrance level and the bedrooms and bathrooms downstairs . TV included basic Foxtel channels Our bedroom was clean and comfortable and the second was the same though it was very very small. The kitchen had crockery, cutlery, fridge, microwave, a dishwasher glasses ( only 3) To get to Darling Harbour you leave via level 2 (which probably has the most disgusting carpet I've walked on for a long time, boy does this need to be changed) and then a walkbridge over the road through a carpark and a shopping mall to DH. The indoor lap pool ( though it was used by most people just to cool down) , spa, sauna and gym area on the ground floor were clean and it was refreshing to have a swim at the end of a hot summer day. However, a lack of pool towels and benches/hooks to leave stuff on takes away from this. I just got extra towels for our room The coffee shop next door sells great BLT toasted sandwiches for lunch Will we stay there again, probably not; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sandhurst Motor Inn Bendigo; City: Kangaroo Flat Greater Bendigo Victoria; Review: Stayed here last Saturday July 22 , 2017 Cost was $115. Located on the right as you enter Bendigo on the main road, but as one reviewer previously wrote " you don't really notice the noise." The rooms and bathrooms are older, but very clean and the bed was really warm and comfy. The shower had good water pressure. The room heating took a while to heat the place up, but it had been closed up till we got there and the outside temp when we arrived was only 9c We travelled as a couple, but had a family room ( Room 7) which would have easily slept a couple of kids. Beds were all in the one room. Supplied Wifi connection was slow esp on the Sat evening In summer, there is a pool to have a swim in Will stay here again on our next trip to Bendigo. Staff were friendly and helpful; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Monster MP AV600 Power Protector (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: Monster; Review: I had a similar experience to most other people on here. The product worked fine for about a month, then it took a crap. I had a light hooked up to it and a couple other things. All the stuff hooked up to it suddenly cut out, but the light was still on when I looked at the surge protector. I pressed the reset button a couple times to no avail and then just threw it in the garbage. You get what you pay for. If you're looking for something cheap to add a few outlets to a pre-existing wall outlet, this should do it. If you've got sensitive/expensive/anything you care about - spend a little more and get something that's not a cheap POS such as this. It should be noted that this product has NOTHING to do with the more well known "Monster Cable" company. So. If you have some crap you need to plug in that you don't care about, this is a cheap and easy fix. Otherwise, spend $20 more and have the peace of mind.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: MoKo iPad Mini 3 / 2 / 1 Case, Slim-Fit Cover Case for Apple iPad Mini 1 (2012); Brand: MoKo; Review: It's a pretty solid case and came as advertised (sleep/wake) works well but the bottom corner does not fit snug over the corner of the iPad but the other three do. I'll deal with it for now but will be buying a different one soon as it's annoying and doesn't protect it. It falls out of the case. Might be fine for original iPad mini but it does not fit properly on my mini 2.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: MoKo iPad Mini 3 / 2 / 1 Case, Slim-Fit Cover Case for Apple iPad Mini 1 (2012); Brand: MoKo; Review: It's a pretty solid case and came as advertised (sleep/wake) works well but the bottom corner does not fit snug over the corner of the iPad but the other three do. I'll deal with it for now but will be buying a different one soon as it's annoying and doesn't protect it. It falls out of the case. Might be fine for original iPad mini but it does not fit properly on my mini 2.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: MoKo iPad Mini 3 / 2 / 1 Case, Slim-Fit Cover Case for Apple iPad Mini 1 (2012); Brand: MoKo; Review: It's a pretty solid case and came as advertised (sleep/wake) works well but the bottom corner does not fit snug over the corner of the iPad but the other three do. I'll deal with it for now but will be buying a different one soon as it's annoying and doesn't protect it. It falls out of the case. Might be fine for original iPad mini but it does not fit properly on my mini 2.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: PNY XLR8 8GB DDR3 1866MHz (PC3 14900) 240-Pin CAS CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Module -MD8192SD3-1866-X9; Brand: PNY; Review: It works ok in my Asus Sabretooth Mobo, but will not run at the advertised speeds, can only get 1600mhz out of it. Also, the modules I received are not running properly, Have gotten a bunch of memory related BSOD's so I went ahead and ran memtest and it kicked out 13 errors in one run. Disappointed, past the return date, but like a lot of other computer related goods I've gotten from Amazon this is pretty junky, probably won't be purchasing many computer parts from Amazon in the future.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard; Brand: Asus; Review: I typically wait a while to write reviews for tech because out of the box before you really run something through the gauntlet, you can't totally judge it. I have never had a motherboard work as well as this one. Seriously, for the money it is absolutely the best purchase you can make. I do graphic design for print and handle very large raster files, paired with the rest of my setup, this thing is the beginning of a great machine. If you build your own desktops, the motherboard is an easy piece to cheap out on. If you go to box stores, they'll sell you the combo of a lightning fast processor with a chincy mobo (ones around here will throw in the mobo for free w/rebate in certain cases.) If you prefer AM3+ chipset such as myself, this is the mobo for you. Build: This thing just feels solid. Great weight (not too heavy), but enough for it to feel significant. Performance: This thing absolutely crushes anything I can throw at it. Even without tweaking the bios, in bench testing this thing on default settings the mobo handled very well. I'm writing this two years after purchasing the equipment. That alone should tell you something. I do not think I will need to upgrade my system for another few years and it's been a while since I could say that. This mobo was built very forward compatible so even if I need to upgrade components I will not need to swap mobo. My config: WIN7 x64 AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor 4x 8gb DDR3 2x R9 290x Sapphire (crossfire) Corsair RM1000; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: XIAO MO GU(TM) iPad Mini& iPad Mini 2nd Touch Screen Digitizer Complete Assembly with IC Chip; Brand: XIAO MO GU; Review: So we've got a 2 year old and one of his favorite hobbies is smashing the screens on our devices. The iPad mini being his latest victim. A quick search of replacement costs and I quickly realized it would be cheaper to just buy a whole new iPad mini vs paying to have the screen replaced. My logic here was while I've never replaced an iPad screen - and I was admittedly scared about doing it - if I broke the iPad I'd just buy a new one and give our 2 year old a book. Can't shatter a book, bucko! From start to finish with a tutorial up on my computer, I'd say this took about an hour. The only tool I needed that was not provided was a heat gun but I am pretty sure a hair dryer would suffice if you don't have one handy. The key to this whole thing is be gentle and take your time. If you just try to rush through it or have giant hands then this is not the product for you. I suspect a lot of the negative reviews (phantom touches etc) are due to poor loos/connections. You need to assure it is seated properly and when you're removing the original digitizer you need to be very gentle while prying off. These are VERY sensitive components. So if you're not sure about whether or not you can do it but you have replaced a screen on an Apple device before - you can pull this off. Don't worry. It's not too bad. I'd say it was easier than the iPhones I've done in the past. I was scared of the glue. DON'T FEAR THE GLUE! It comes off pretty easily and with the prying tools provided it's actually one of the easier parts of the whole process. If you've never replaced an Apple Device Screen before and you're just scared to tinker - let a shop replace it for you or buy a new one. I've seen some negative reviews after a month or two saying the digitizer crapped out so if I experience that I will be sure to update. But I'd hedge a bet our son manages to destroy it before it can crap out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rosewill RCR-IC001 USB 2.0 3.5-Inch Internal Card Reader with USB Port/Extra Silver Face Plate (RCR-IC001); Brand: Rosewill; Review: Works perfectly. Easy install and no issues thus far. Read some other comments about spacing and what not. I mean, are you putting on a blindfold and just shoving the card in there? It's a tiny card going in a tiny slot, lean your body down there and look when you do it. You don't have to but I'd suggest it. I am not experiencing any of the issues mentioned. Installation was a breeze - if you've ever installed one of these in the past decade nothing has changed. The power is not SATA so you'll have to either have a good ole fashion molex converter but if you're ordering this in 2016 god help you if you don't have a modular PSU (hopefully you saved that bag of extra connectors!) and you're all set. It's very fast. I am using this specifically because I got sick of transferring my D7000 photo's from the camera via USB directly and any removable card reader I lose within a month so this solves all of that. I won't use any of the other ports but it's nice to have them. Who uses the Sony ones anymore? USB all work. Again, if you're ordering this you *hopefully* have a mobo with open spots to plug in USB / USB SS. Everything was plug-and-play I have not had any issues or needed to install anything. Machine spec - Windows 7 64 on an Asus Sabertooth AM3+ chipset board; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Animal House (1978); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cocoon (1985); Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Conspiracy Theory (1997); Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Wag the Dog (1997); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Wild West (1999); Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula) (1992); Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Femme Nikita, La (Nikita) (1990); Genres: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Junior (1994); Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Craft, The (1996); Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Poltergeist (1982); Genres: Horror, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cruel Intentions (1999); Genres: Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tootsie (1982); Genres: Comedy, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rocketeer, The (1991); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Scream 3 (2000); Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Faculty, The (1998); Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Godfather, The (1972); Genres: Crime, Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Schindler's List (1993); Genres: Drama, War; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shawshank Redemption, The (1994); Genres: Crime, Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Usual Suspects, The (1995); Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: In the Valley of Elah (2007); Genres: Drama, Mystery; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 28 Days Later (2002); Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: 300 (2007); Genres: Action, Fantasy, War, IMAX; Rating: 2.5/5.0
Title: 3:10 to Yuma (2007); Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Western; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Airplane! (1980); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alien (1979); Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Aliens (1986); Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Almost Famous (2000); Genres: Drama; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Prestige, The (2006); Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Batman (1989); Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Braveheart (1995); Genres: Action, Drama, War; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Sixth Sense, The (1999); Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Beautiful Mind, A (2001); Genres: Drama, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ringu 0: Bâsudei (2000); Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Superhero Movie (2008); Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Memento (2000); Genres: Mystery, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Genres: Action, Sci-Fi; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fugitive, The (1993); Genres: Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 0.5/5.0
Title: Spider-Man 2 (2004); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, IMAX; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Pulp Fiction (1994); Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: X-Men (2000); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 1.5/5.0
Title: Batman Begins (2005); Genres: Action, Crime, IMAX; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002); Genres: Adventure, Fantasy; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006); Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: V for Vendetta (2006); Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, IMAX; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Minority Report (2002); Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Back to the Future (1985); Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Apollo 13 (1995); Genres: Adventure, Drama, IMAX; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (2000); Genres: Action, Drama, Romance; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Batman Forever (1995); Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Finding Nemo (2003); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy; Rating: 3.5/5.0
Title: Rain Man (1988); Genres: Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Groundhog Day (1993); Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dumb & Dumber (Dumb and Dumber) (1994); Genres: Adventure, Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spider-Man (2002); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Juno (2007); Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | movielens |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Hotel Valide Sultan Konagi; City: Istanbul; Review: At the end of May we stayed 5 nights in a triple room on the second floor at the front of the hotel. Though the front of the hotel was at times noisy, the room was a good size with comfortable twin beds and good pillows. Room had excellent air conditioning and small safe. Hotel is in a great location within easy walking distance of all the sights in the Sultanahmet. Breakfast in the rooftop terrace restaurant was very good with a wide range of choices, lovely views and friendly service. All of the staff were friendly and quite helpful. This hotel offers excellent value for the experience. This was our first trip to Istanbul. We plan to visit again, and will be back to the Hotel Valide Sultan Konagi!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lifestyle Hotel Sea Breeze; City: Brighton East Sussex England; Review: In May 2014 we spent 7 wonderful nights at the Sea Breeze. Though we arrived in the late afternoon, Karl waited for us to explain the parking, wi-fi, etc. Our room was large and clean with a very comfortable bed and good pillows. We faced the street and kept our window open, but the room was not noisy at all. Breakfast is cooked to order with numerous choices, homemade bread and local jams. The French-press coffee was excellent, and they keep bottles of still or sparkling water and milk for the in-room coffee/tea in the breakfast room that guests may take to their room. Adri is a pleasure to talk with; she and the other person who served at breakfast were very helpful and attentive. The location was great - in a quieter side of the city within easy walking distance of all the sights. We would definitely stay at the Sea Breeze if we are lucky enough to visit Brighton again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: B B Edinburgh; City: Edinburgh Scotland; Review: We stayed for five nights in May, and had room #1, a family room with lovely views of Dean Village and the River of Leith. Room was good size for the four of us with comfortable main bed and comfortable bunk beds in a very small room off the main room. The sofa bed in the main room was not comfortable so we didn't use it for sleeping. Staff was great - everyone we encountered was friendly and helpful. Breakfast was delicious with numerous options. Location is great! Quiet residential area in west end within easy walking distance of everything. Property has a beautiful library, bar/lounge and business room with 24 hour water, coffee and tea. Would recommend highly with exception of the uncomfortable sofa bed.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hacienda Pinsaqui; City: Otavalo Imbabura Province; Review: We just finished a four night stay at the hacienda, and never ran out of activities. The hacienda and grounds are so beautiful. The walls are very thick so the interiors can be chilly as others have mentioned. We needed our jackets/sweaters at meals and when we were inside, but this took nothing away from the experience and, in fact, added to it for this is how it must have felt through the generations. The hot water bottles in the beds, fireplaces and space heaters in the rooms were more than sufficient, and the staff light fires in many of the larger sitting rooms in the hacienda, including the breakfast room. The staff is exceedingly helpful and friendly. The food was very good, with enough variety that we ended up having some of our lunches and dinners there in addition to the breakfast. We took the 3 hour horseback ride up the volcano - and it was a wonderful, fun experience. Our guide led us through parts of the town we would have never seen otherwise, and we had an up-close view of the lush countryside & farming that sustains many of the people. We made easy day trips to Otavalo, Cotacachi, San Antonio, Lago San Pablo, etc. and liked having the Hacienda as our home base. We loved our stay at the Hacienda Pinsaqui!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Patio Andaluz; City: Quito Pichincha Province; Review: Property is absolutely gorgeous with most rooms opening onto two interior courtyards, many different sitting areas, a coffee/tea/water refill room, and so much more. My family of 3 loved the duplex two-story room (despite sharing the upstairs bathroom) as we had a bit of privacy. The beds and pillows were medium firm - perfect for us. The staff is very friendly and helpful (as are just about all of the Ecuadorians we met during our travels). Location is in the heart of old town.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Larkspur Landing Roseville; City: Roseville Placer County California; Review: Great hotel , Stayed in an executive suite with my partner over 3 nights in July 2017 Breakfast was geat Bed was comfy Only downfall was staff were a little rude and it doesnt have a pool so not really a great hotel to stay in during summer as the kids get bored unless you go out to find something to do. I would also say that this hotel is a little over priced compaired to other hotels in the area that offer cheaper value and better amenties.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hard Rock Hotel Casino Lake Tahoe; City: Stateline Lake Tahoe Nevada Nevada; Review: Honestly charging 5 star hotel prices for what can only be described as robbery at 3 star serviceable personal rating! Firstly we booked 5 nights king room and 2 queen beds. Paid a lot of money for the 2 rooms at around 350/night 12 months in advance! At the initital time of booking over the phone I was told that the 2 rooms we booked were inter connecting rooms, then received a phone call in return advising the information I was given was incorrect and the only way to get interconnected would be to pay an extra $150/night (hell no) so we were forced to go to rooms next door to each other as our payment was non refundable! Honestly not good enough! Then on arrival was told we had to pay 50/night security incidentals for EACH ROOM.. WTF!! Then on top of that they wanted 150 PER ROOM for resort fees!!! My booking was ONE booking but with 2 rooms, I don’t see why we had to pay the resort fee TWICE and to be honest I am 🤯! During our stay we had to call housekeeping everyday for each room when we returned around 4pm because our room had NOT been serviced (so not convenient when you’ve been out on the lake all day and just want to take a shower only to find no clean towels), we didn’t get our daily newspaper like the resort fee includes, it was hit and miss of getting a spot by the pool for swimming with not enough shade offered. The wifi was terrible yet the only positive was the TV.. great channels and lots of variety! The air con was either too cold or to hot.. Price doesn’t include any breakfast.. the in room dining was gross.. Then come to Saturday night just passed.. a party booking for someone that turned 50 that the hard rock closed off half the pool just for the event!! People drinking alcohol in the pool when kids were around. Once they closed off that part of the pool area it only left 36 seats for the rest of the hotel.. 🙄 We stayed here last year which is why we returned this time but the hotel has gone down hill! You are charging NYC hotel waiting for the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve prices and it’s a joke! We won’t ever stay at the hard rock again..; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Thunder Valley Casino Resort; City: Lincoln California; Review: We stayed in a king room in July 2017 for 2 nights overall the stay was good, the pool area and vibe great Downfall - for the price you pay per night for the room it would be nice for breakfast to either be included in the rate or be given a disount coupon if you opened part of the buffet for guests for breakfast. it becomes expensive if you stay more than a couple of nights and to be honest, not worth it however the rooms and beds are gorgeous to stay in and I loved staying here with my partner.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Plus Orchid Hotel Suites; City: Roseville Placer County California; Review: There is absolutely NOTHING negative that I can say about this hotel! From the moment we checked in to the day we checked out our stay was absolutely wonderful. I have stayed in a few hotels now since regularly visiting the states from Australia and this hotel is by far the best I have stayed at in the USA. Our stay was a period of 4 nights. Room: We stayed in a 2king 2TV Suite with sofa bed (The room splits away so you can close the door and have a moment of silence away from the kids lol) and it was such a luxurious room to stay in. beds are super comfy, 2 bathrooms were lovely and the water pressure was GREAT! Breakfast gets 5 stars from us! Pool: Absolute bonus for the kids, Spa amazing and relaxing. To name a couple the staff members that helped make our stay great Julia - Thankyou for making our check in a breeze Kirsten - You were a pleasure deal with and nothing was too hard for you to help us. Carol - Thankyou for assisting me with an easy checkout and my next booking Lindsay- Thankyou for assisting me in getting the best rate as a loyal customer. Thankyou again guys. you are all wonderful and we cant wait to return.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rydges Sydney Airport Hotel; City: Mascot Botany Bay Greater Sydney New South Wales; Review: Stayed end of June in a King suite with myself and 2 children before our long haul flight. Brilliant spacious room , kids loved looking over onto the runway watching the planes come in and out from the floor to ceilng windows. Beds SUPER comfy, my son said even the pull our sofa best was the best sofa bed hes ever slept on. Breakfast was nice, I would only give it 3 stars, cooked food was only luke warm, could do better on the juices .. they were terrible to drink . overall i always come back because of the comfort of the rooms and the location of being just accross from the international terminal. Thanks for another great stay! I will be back next year !; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rydges Sydney Airport Hotel; City: Mascot Botany Bay Greater Sydney New South Wales; Review: Stayed in a airport long suite. Check in was fantastic Our actual stay was on par with my previous reviews every time I have stayed but the bed was a bit of a let down this time and because of this I didn’t get much sleep due to the mattress. Otherwise our stay was fantastic and as always, I will be back to stay again in the future. Rydges Sydney airport is the only hotel at the actual airport that I stay !; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Neat 4 Less 8 Pocket Over The Door Organizer; Brand: Neat 4 Less; Review: Worked great for our cruise for extra space to hold our shoes (3 passengers) with lots of shoes.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Concealable And Reusable Cruise Flask Kit - Sneak Alcohol Anywhere - 1 x 8 oz + 1 funnel; Brand: Cruise Flask; Review: Used them and they were fantastic in saving some $ on our cruise. Just make sure you hear a click when you screw the top on or it will leak.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AmazonBasics Velvet Suit Hangers - 30-Pack, Black; Brand: AmazonBasics; Review: Gives me so much more room in my closet.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: HEALTHY KICKSTARTER Blend and Go Duronic BL3; Brand: Duronic; Review: Haven't used it yet, but didn't get a different colored extra container as indicated. The extra container did come with some tube inside with no knowledge of what it's used for. I'll give it an accurate rating once I use it, but for now I didn't get what was indicated in the description.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Coffee 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker with Brew Strength Selector - BVMC-CJX31-AM; Brand: Mr. Coffee; Review: It brews a rich pot of coffee. I use 1/3 less coffee for 10 cup pot every morning provided i keep it on brew strength Strong. I love strong coffee! Downfall on this coffee maker is it really leaks when you pull the pot out to serve. I have to wipe out the hot plate every time, very annoying.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
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Title: Live at the Basement; Brand: Jon Lord & The Hoochie Coochie Men; Review: looks like it was taken with a camcorder,it freezes part of the time. bad video.its not a region 1, its all regions.i think it was pirated .not worth a review .; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Masterpiece Mystery: Endeavour Series 1; Brand: .; Review: a reflecton of a young inspector morse, for them that new the morse series and his death, shows the beginning and start of his life as a inspector; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Little Boy; Brand: Jakob Salvati; Review: best family move i seen in a long time; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mrs Brown's Boys: Complete Collection; Brand: Brendan O'Carroll; Review: good; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Masterpiece Mystery: Endeavour, Series 3; Brand: .; Review: best series,what can you say about some thing that is excellent,but good.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Irish Rovers; Brand: The Irish Rovers; Review: i got what i wanted, and on time as promised; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
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Title: Le Petit Hotel; City: Biarritz Basque Country Pyrenees Atlantiques Nouvelle Aquitaine; Review: The location is great, right near the beach and close to food & drink. The staff were really friendly and helpful and the hotel was clean and cosey. It can be difficult to find if you're in the car as you cannot park directly outside without a pass to get on to the street. The hotel can lend you one if you need to unload bags / surf boards etc. It can be noisey if you go to bed early as there is a bar just outside but it wasn't a problem for us. Highly recommended and we'll be staying there again soon. Biarritz is a great place to visit.....; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Iberostar Punta Cana; City: Bavaro Punta Cana La Altagracia Province Dominican Republic; Review: My wife and I stayed here for 1 week (April/May '07) and really enjoyed the stay. The staff, the room and the whole resort was very, very good. The Room - very large with 28 TV channels, mini bar, marble bath room and very good a/c. Views weren't great (only a few rooms have a sea view) but other than that the room was perfect. It's worth tipping the maid a couple of dollars a day for extra towels and water. The Food - plenty of different places to eat but you need to book for some of them - I suggest doing this on the first day. Food was good quality and they had almost everything - steak, Mexican, fruits, soups, breads, pizza, sandwiches, fresh cheese and meats, oriental - you name it, they had it..! We were told to avoid the green salad - which we did. The Drinks - The local beer is ok, the wine was terrible!! Everything else was fine, cocktails are the way forward...! We were not sick at all while we were there, but others were. Avoid green salad and too much local fruit, including the fruit in cocktails. The Hotel & Staff - I have stayed in this part of the world before and 5 star is never 5 star..! In this case it was. Every part of the hotel was spotless - staff were everywhere cleaning and making sure the place looked and felt good - very helpful and friendly. The staff work very long hours and work 12 days on, 3 off, and they all live miles away from the resort - a small tip here and there goes along way. The Beach & Pool - both excellent. People reserve beds early so put your towel out before breakfast..! If you want drink service to your sun bed get a bed close to the pool. Weather - very hot, no rain while we were there - average about 30 degrees. Entertainment / night life - The entertainment on the resort was not to our taste. The 'Rock Cafe' and 'Nightclub' were deserted and not very good, although they were trying...! There was plenty of family fun for the kids and staff asking people to dance in the other areas of the hotel but generally it was the staff entertaining and a little repetitive. There was however a Pascha night club in the hotel next door which you could go to - you have to pay for entry and drinks but it's much busier and worth it if you fancy a night out. Generally, after all the sun, food and drink the lack of night life wasn't a problem for just one week..! Tours - we didn't do any tours at all..! We were however advised to select carefully as this is a very poor country and all the locals are out to make a quick buck. There were several tour organizers within the hotel so you should use them. Tips and bartering - We tipped a dollar a day to each staff; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: La Villa des Consuls; City: Sarlat la Caneda Dordogne Nouvelle Aquitaine; Review: Great friendly and helpful staff. Great room, excellent balcony. No parking near the hotel so pack light or ask the hotel to help with getting you bags as they have an electric trolley..! Sarlat was great and we had an excellent trip....; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Le Relais Saint Jacques; City: Saint Jean de Luz Basque Country Pyrenees Atlantiques No; Review: We checked in at 11.30pm and they was easy. We used the hotel as a stop over and it was clean, tidy and served its purpose. Don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed. The room was clean but the breakfast was very poor - Mc Donalds would have been better...!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Quality Hotel Bordeaux Centre; City: Bordeaux Gironde Nouvelle Aquitaine; Review: This was a great 3 star hotel. Friendly staff, very happy to help, nice room, great coffee machine, great location. Be aware that there is no parking but there is a Vinci car pack about 5 mins away. We only stayed for one night but wish we could have stayed for longer.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Cricketers; City: Clavering Saffron Walden Essex England; Review: My wife and I went for dinner on Valentines evening and had a very, very good meal. The food is always excellent here but they really pushed the boat out on this evening. The level of service was very high indeed and the steak I had was the best I've had in a restaurant for a very long time. Great wine list too....; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Berghof; City: Mayrhofen Tirol Austrian Alps; Review: Just stayed here as part of the Snowbombing week and the hotel was great. Free parking, great breakfast, lovely room with view and very friendly staff (and cheap beer!). A great week and will come back in the future.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alvisse Parc Hotel; City: Luxembourg City; Review: We stopped here as part of the Snowbombing Road trip and it was ideal. Big car park, great bar area and huge event hall. Rooms were very nice and well appointed and all other facilities were very good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Heritage Killenard; City: Killenard County Laois; Review: Following a wedding we stayed in this hotel for a further 2 nights in a family room. The hotel facilities were excellent. Great service, well appointed Spa & Pool, cinema for the kids and great views of the course. We didn't eat in the restaurant or play golf. The room didn't match the hotel, limited TV services (none for the kids) and no Wi-Fi in room but bathrobes for the kids which was a nice touch. Overall very good, but you would expect it to be at the room rate....; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Hoste; City: Burnham Market Norfolk East Anglia England; Review: This was our second visit to the Hoste and there has been significant investment since we were last there. The room we had (38) was excellent (although most TV channels didn't work in the sitting room, full Sky service in the bedroom), the reception area, restaurant and garden were all very nice indeed. Service was very good all round, just not very co-ordinated. This is an expensive hotel and although the finish and facilities are very good the level of service provided does not match the price. My wife used the Spa which she said was excellent and relatively good value. We had a dog which was welcomed and we required two parking spaces which I reserved in advance as parking can be limited.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jumeirah Frankfurt; City: Frankfurt Hesse; Review: Stayed here for one night on business recently. The room was to a very, very high standard. Staff were very helpful and the hotel facilities were ideal. Arrived early and the room was not ready, they offered a free drink and the room was ready by the time i finished. Highly recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Inn London Whitechapel; City: London England; Review: We stayed here while in London on a conference - service very good, rooms OK, great value and breakfast was alright (although silly rectangle plates!) Late night bar was ideal... Not much else to say really - great for business but not much else...; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Upper House; City: Hong Kong; Review: I booked direct, studio 80 with harbour view, got upgraded to an amazing suite on arrive. Food was superb, service couldn't have been better and the facilities were excellent. Without doubt the best hotel I have stayed in. Highly recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Apple Apartments The Strand; City: London England; Review: We rented two apartments (1x one bed & 1x two bed) for a Saturday night with family. On arrival the reception team were very helpful, rooms were small (as you would expect) but very well appointed, clean and quiet. I would recommend a stay here for business or family - value is pretty good considering the location and the quality of the apartments. The only issue we have was the integrated audio system turned itself on with some kind of very loud interference at 6.30am which scared my young children and got us all up and out of bed much earlier than planned. We managed to turn it off after about 5 mins of working out how to on the slightly over complicated control panel. If you stay here make sure all audio for all rooms is muted and you will not have the same problem.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ibis London City Shoreditch Hotel; City: London England; Review: Ibis have improved this hotel since my last stay. Nice reception / bar / restaurant area. Quick and easy to check in / check out. Very clean and not as noisy as I expected. Rooms are small but perfectly fine for business. In room Wi-Fi was free but very limited .; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Conrad Tokyo; City: Minato Tokyo Tokyo Prefecture Kanto; Review: Spent three nights here for a friend's wedding. Service was excellent, room service very quick, room quality very good, great facilities. Would recommend this hotel to all types of guest. Couples, families or business.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Empire In Shinjuku; City: Shinjuku Tokyo Tokyo Prefecture Kanto; Review: Beautiful hotel in a great setting. Only stopped in for afternoon tea and would highly recommend staying there. Excellent level of service and very handy location for getting around the city. Close to open spaces.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ibis Esch Belval; City: Esch sur Alzette; Review: All as expected... No bottled water in the room which is a shame but other than that very good.... Clean, good bar, good snacks, good beer.... Very handy location for the purpose of my visit. Also good value; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Seven Hotel; City: Esch sur Alzette; Review: Stayed for one night. Booked by work colleague so didn't pick it myself but on checking in extremely helpful and very nice location. Arrived in a very nice room but smelt very bad. Reception did not appear too concerned and opened a window and used air freshener which didn't make any difference. No food, limited bar, at the times we were there (2pm to 5.30pm or after 11pm). Next time I'll stay somewhere else.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Days Inn Suites by Wyndham Arlington Near Six Flags; City: Arlington Texas; Review: Check in really slow, noise a/c unit in bedroom. No facilities other than very basic breakfast. Handy enough but you get what you pay for. Very good value but i would suggest staying elsewhere - not very good at all...; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Aloft Orlando Downtown; City: Orlando Florida; Review: Stayed here for one night only. Very nice hotel with plenty of space, great bar, friendly staff. Really good location for heading out in the evening. High recommended. We didn't have breakfast so can't comment.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon; City: Stratford upon Avon Warwickshire England; Review: Returned to the hot for the 3rd for the awards evening. The club did a great joc organising this event as usual but the hotel was clearly understaffed for the event. Other than that room was good, food was good, bar was slow due to lack of staff. Check in / out also slow.... More staff next year please....; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20K 5MP Digital Camera with 12x Image Stabilized Optical Zoom (Black); Brand: Panasonic; Review: This particular camera is an excellent value at $[...]. It takes a nice picture, the battery seems to hold out for a long time and the 12X tele and image stabilization come in handy. I would have liked to get a higher resolution camera, but 5MP is plenty. There are only two things I have a problem with: the battery is proprietary and you can't just throw in a couple of AA's, and the USB connection on the camera requires the Panasonic connection cable. The USB port/connection is otherwise standard and hooks up to either Windows or Linux for picture download, or the chip works in any of the card readers that I have. The manual focus is a nice feature as is the macro capability. Overall very good buy.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wasabi Power Battery (2-Pack) and Charger for Nikon EN-EL15 and Nikon 1 V1, D600, D610, D800, D800E, D810,; Brand: Wasabi Power; Review: I've purchased a number of batteries and chargers for these folks for several cameras. Haven't had any problem, batteries hold their charge for a long time, I get very reasonable performance from them in the cameras. One difference I noticed is that while the factory batteries gradually lose their ability to both charge and hold that charge, these batteries retain that charging ability and hold their charge to the very end but they don't last quite as long as the factory batts. When they're done, they go from good to bad with no in between. I've had some of these for over 2 years and still working. I'd buy these for replacements again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Opteka Slide Copier with Achromatic 10x Macro Lens for Nikon D4S, DF, D4, D3X, D810, D800, D750, D610, D600,; Brand: Opteka; Review: Not bad, and a whole lot faster than my Nikon Coolscan IV ED. I haven't done a detailed comparison yet but just to the naked eye the side by side comparison is pretty close. The Opteka needs a good light source to get nice, even results. I used reflected sunlight from a white board for the light source. What I did not use was the lens that came with the unit. Instead, I removed that lens and used a full format 60mm Micro Nikkor on my DX format D7000 with the Opteka attached directly to the lens using a 62mm-72mm adapter. This gave me near full frame copies of my slides with excellent clarity. The camera has a good range of adjustments for color correction but I'll admit that getting a good color restoration from many of the slides is much easier using the NikonScan 4 software. Using other software like Nikon Capture NX or others are also good but it does take some time. Overall, even with after-the-fact editing, the Opteka still comes out a bit faster per 100 slides.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bluetooth Speakers HandsFree Car Kit TIANSHILI Wireless Speakerphones Audio Sun Visor Speaker Built-in Mic AUTO Power ON GPS Music Player; Brand: TIANSHILI; Review: It's OK but not loud enough. Needs more volume.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: TRENDnet USB 2.0 to 10/100 Fast Ethernet LAN Wired Network Adapter, Compatible with Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 8 RT,; Brand: TRENDnet; Review: Very nice. I use it exclusively with my ethernet based Bitscope DSO.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PAC SNI-1/3.5 3.5-mm Ground Loop Noise Isolator Works with iPod/Zune/iRiver and Others; Brand: PAC; Review: This unit works but introduces some noise/interference at mid and high volume levels. Doesn't appear to work as well as the Mpow GLI.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wacom Wireless Accessory Kit for Bamboo and Intuos Tablets (ACK40401); Brand: Wacom; Review: Works, and it should.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mpow Ground Loop Noise Isolator for Car Audio/Home Stereo System with 3.5mm Audio Cable (Black); Brand: Mpow; Review: This thing works. There is some noise at very high volume levels but not noticeable at normal volume. This appears to work better than the PAC SNI-1; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kenwood KMM-BT515HD in-Dash Receiver, Built-in Bluetooth, HD Radio, Pandora and iheart Radio Radio; Brand: Kenwood; Review: This unit has good sound and plenty of adjustments for that but there are a couple of very annoying 'features' that already have me looking for a replacement after only a couple of weeks. The panel lighting is terrible and the way the two lighting zones are organized leaves you with bright buttons and a very dim display. The display is pretty much unuseable in daylight even at it's brightest setting and gets worse if you change the color to anything but the standard white. At night the LCD display is fine, but again, the buttons are way to bright. And again, the lighting zones are not defined very well. The two zones should be the LCD and then the buttons. The other problem is with BlueTooth music playback through my Moto X. Granted, my phone is not in the compatibility list for this player, but BT playback skips variably every 10-30 seconds and sounds just like the needle skipping a groove on vinyl. Thing is, my phone doesn't do this on any other BT sound appliance I have, including sound bars, head phones or BT speakers. Inquiries to Kenwood have been unanswered. There is a disclaimer about this in the documentation and I'll assume the problem is widespread with this unit. Other features are acceptable, including the small buttons. It would be nice if there was an adjustable or even a 2 or 3 second delay when switching between inputs to avoid any unwanted connections. Switching through Pandora makes a connection that I can't terminate without handling the phone to kill the app. This appears to be another BT problem. Looks good in the panel, though.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: ASUS VN279Q 27" Full HD 1920x1080 DisplayPort HDMI VGA Eye Care Monitor; Brand: Asus; Review: Outstanding. Looks good, easy to configure on my Debian Linux v8 with nvidia video board.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: OMOTON Screen Protector for Fire HD 10 / Fire HD 10 Kids Edition, Tempered Glass / HD; Brand: OMOTON; Review: I previously used a case with an integrated screen protector for my HD10 but this Omoton appears to handle fingerprints better than that particular case combo. Installation was a piece of cake done according to the instructions and worked first time with NO DUST trapped under the film. When the instructions say that it will adhere to the screen by itself after being dropped in place they weren't kidding. By itself, it attached from the center out and needed virtually no help in making uniform contact. You can actually watch it happen. One small bubble about half the size of a dime near a corner needed to be pushed out using my finger to make a perfect install. Works very well, cleans well and handles fingerprints better than most.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Camera Screen Protector for Nikon D7200 D7100 D800 D800e D810 D750 D600 D610; Brand: AFUNTA; Review: Fit my D7000 perfectly. The original and more bulky plastic LCD protector is a bit more bulky and no longer needed with this unit. The original can be used but it's a tight fit over this glass screen protector.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wasabi Power Battery for GoPro HD HERO2, GoPro Original HD HERO and GoPro AHDBT-001, AHDBT-002; Brand: Wasabi Power; Review: Ya know, the best battery for a particular product is always the factory battery, but they're expensive. I've been using these Wasabi batteries for just about all my electronics for years and I find that they provide as much power per charge, or more, than the factory battery. I did find they don't last quite as long over the long haul but I've only needed to return one over the years and you can buy 2 or 3 for the cost of factory.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ASRock Micro ATX DDR3 1066 Motherboards 970M PRO3; Brand: ASRock; Review: This thing is working perfectly and has options that are very useful. Unfortunately, these are getting more difficult to find. Mine came from Germany and I think this board may have only been offered in Europe. Very nice, especially for an mATX format board.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: DKMUS Car Speakers Adaptor for BMW 3 Series E36 1991-1998 Rear Speaker Adapter 6"x9" Rings Brackets 1 Pair; Brand: DKMUS; Review: Works, but decided not to use them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Recipe Hall of Fame Quick & Easy Cookbook (Best of the Best Cookbook); Author: Visit Amazon's Gwen McKee Page; Review: I have NEVER tried so many recipes from one book. I checked this book out at the library and tagged so many recipes, that I decided to buy it. Most everything has been really good and so easy. If you like ritzy fancy food, this is not for you, but if you like easy comfort food, you will love it. I was a little disappointed by the dessert recipes because I like to cook from scratch and most of the recipes started with a box of cake mix. Because I liked this one so much, I bought the one with the red cover that is also Best of the Best. But I like this one better. The red one has a lot of duplicate recipes of the same dish that I find less exciting. It is still good, but if you have to choose, I would get this one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: But No Elephants (Sunny Day Book); Author: Visit Amazon's Jerry Smath Page; Review: We also found this at a garage sale and my two year old and I really enjoy it. I like to point out new little details in the pictures as we read. Seeing the little animals in their hats is really cute. When my son noticed the hats, he put his on and pointed to the pictures and said "same. It is also great to see the little family grow and help and support each other.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Edward the Emu; Author: Visit Amazon's Sheena Knowles Page; Review: This is a great book. I don't get sick of it even though I read it a lot to my two year old. I love the rhymes and simple (lots of white space) pictures. It is beautifully funny and so entertaining.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Roly-Poly Egg; Author: Visit Amazon's Kali Stileman Page; Review: We borrowed this from the library and my three year old son loved it. He made me read it three times in a row. The surprise at the end is really fun. I love the art. It's lines are organic and geometric at the same time and super colorful. Fun book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Max Capacity Training: How Unconventional Workouts Can Turn Minutes Into Muscles; Author: Visit Amazon's Samy Peyret Page; Review: I am not a big exerciser, but I find myself looking forward to doing this workout because it is short and simple (it is really hard and I am super tired after). I downloaded the app for my ipad (it was free!). Without the app, I probably wouldn't have even tried it because is SOUNDED very complicated, but the app makes it super duper easy. I am not in very great shape so I am just doing the best I can, but I really love it so far. I am hoping to get stronger (and trimmer) but I just started so I don't have results yet...but my advice is....GET THE APP!!! It times everything for you. You just push "GO" and follow along. Awesome!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Solving the Paleo Equation: Stress, Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep; Author: Garrett Smith N.D.; Review: I have thought a lot of about what to write in this review. I have been trying to follow Matt's advice for about a year. I think a lot of it is good, but it is more about what NOT to do than what TO DO (even though his other books focus more on what to do). If you have not starved yourself or gone on a crazy diet, this is probably not for you. This is also NOT a weight loss book. I recently had a ton of tests done (again after trying his ideas for a year). I eat about 60 - 65 % carbs (something I NEVER did before) I was wondering how my blood sugars would be since I drink juice, eat dried fruit and eat white rice, bread etc. I was pleasantly surprised to see those were fine. I really think my body has improved processing carbs because it has had to do it a lot more. But I was disappointed to find that my thyroid (T3 and T4) were low. I didn't want to start taking thyroid medication, but I can't seem to get my temperature up. I gained 20 lbs doing Eat for Heat. Matt seems pretty flippant about gaining weight. When asked about trying to lose weight if you have thyroid issues he usually says "forget about it". I am not gaining weight now, which is great, but I am definitely not losing (even though I am exercising --not to extreme). It is so depressing. I think Matt is a great researcher and I wish he would continue the search and find better solutions. Maybe if you felt terrible before it would be worth it, but I felt fine, I was just overweight. Well, now I am MORE overweight and I feel awful because of it (psychological pain). There doesn't seem to be any way out. If I diet too much, my metabolism will be more depressed and I will eventually gain more weight. If I exercise too hard, that is not good either. So, what is a person to do? His answer seems to be eat normal and exercise, but don't go crazy. If that doesn't help, there are not any more answers. (I thought the following is interesting because it supports this book's ideas: I recently read something interesting from Anthony Colpo about carbs. It says that low carb diets increase the stress hormone (cortisol which is a muscle wasting hormone). The thyroid hormone T3 also decreases on a low carb diet. This is BAD because T3 helps you lose weight. Low carb is confusing because people lose weight, but it causes a lot of problems in our bodies.) So, basically I feel hopeless and this book didn't really help because maybe there are no real answers. I am trying to do a combination of Go Kaleo (small reduction in calories and weight training and some cardio) along with eating for heat. I am hoping it will work now that I am taking thryoid medication.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: How To Gain Wealth With Just One Word (Paperback Version); Author: Visit Amazon's Gene Geter Page; Review: I loved it. Yes, it was short, but the simplest things are the easiest to apply. Words have power and high and low vibrations. We often choose low vibration words without realizing it (poor, fat, tired, ugly). I have been trying to replace those words and I honestly feel happier and more hopeful. You can apply this to more than money issues, just choose the best word to apply to your issue. It is funny, as I think the word, wealthy, over and over, my mind really does open and focus on ways to improve my business or create new one. If I focus on, poor, my brain goes to what I lack which does not help at all in improving.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Through the Window of Life; Author: Suzanne Freeman; Review: I appreciated the focus on sharing helping others and the blessings and safety that came from that.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Body Image Remix: Embrace Your Body and Unleash the Fierce, Confident Woman Within; Author: Visit Amazon's Summer Innanen Page; Review: I am sad this book is over. I wanted it to go on and on because it is so incerdeible. I need to re read it every night to remember the advice she gives. It is true not only regarding body image but for anything we beat ourselves up for. Wow. Thank you for writing this life changing book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Incredible Journey; Author: Sheila Burnford; Review: My 7 year old and I read this together. I will always remember the experience we had reading it. We laughed and cried together it was very bonding. He loved it and I loved it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Never Binge Again(tm): Reprogram Yourself to Think Like a Permanently Thin; Author: Visit Amazon's Glenn Livingston Ph.D. Page; Review: I have read a ton of diet books and I really thought this one was helpful for whatever diet you decide to follow. It separates the part of you that wants to overeat from YOU. Sometimes it is easy to degrade ourselves because of eating too much, but this book talks about how your PIG is just your survival instinct in overdrive. It helps to understand WHY we want to binge and see how we can change that behavior. Life changing and liberating.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Seville Classics 3-Tier Resin Slat Utility Shoe Rack (2-Pack), Espresso; Brand: Seville Classics; Review: Very handy to range shoes in your entrance closet but it could be just a tidy bit wider like 1 or 2 inches (3 pairs of shoes on each rack barely fit depending on the type of shoes); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Amagabeli Nonstick Perforated Baguette Pan 15" x; Brand: AMAGABELI GARDEN & HOME; Review: Works very well, makes great baguettes (note that I used a recipe where they suggest putting a parchment paper between the pan and the dough); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: OXO 02369002297 Good Grips Toilet Brush and Canister, White, 5-1/4" diam. x 18" h; Brand: OXO; Review: Canister very smartly made so we don't have to touch it when taking the plunger out and putting back in and looks ok to stay visible next to the toilet itself. Oh and plunger works as expected obviously.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jenaluca Herb Scissors - Heavy Duty 5 Blade Kitchen Shears with Safety Cover; Brand: Jenaluca; Review: Works great for people who don't trust themselves enough to use knives at high speed to thin leaves.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Host Adjustable Wine Aerator, Perfectly Aerate Any Wine; Brand: HOST; Review: Slightly bigger than other similar products which make it easier to pour the wine through it. The holder makes it more hygienic to bring out too.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Crosley Furniture Cuisine Kitchen Island with Solid Black Granite Top - White; Brand: Crosley Furniture; Review: The Chinese need better quality control. I had to fix drilling mistakes. Dowel holes were sloppy. Barrel bolt holes for bottom of cabinet were improperly drilled.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: GreenPan Paris 12 Inch Ceramic Non-Stick Fry Pan; Brand: GreenPan; Review: GREAT; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CASA COPENHAGEN Exotic Cotton 475 GSM 4 Pieces Designer Bath & Hand Towels Gift Set - Teal Sachet; Brand: CASA COPENHAGEN; Review: OK; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Paksh Novelty 1-Gallon Glass Jar Wide Mouth with Airtight Metal Lid; Brand: Paksh Novelty; Review: GOOD; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: RSVP INTERNATIONAL Stoneware Teapot Brown, 1 Each; Brand: RSVP International; Review: ARRIVED BROKEN; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: GreenPan Lima 11" Ceramic Non-Stick Square Griddle; Brand: GreenPan; Review: OK; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: DII Cotton Quilted Pocket Pot Holder, 7x9" Set of; Brand: DII; Review: OK; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Every Witch Way But Wicked: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Mystery (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Amanda M. Lee Page; Review: I've enjoyed this book and the one before quite a lot. The characters are quirky, funny, and entertaining. A great weekend read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shattered Souls (A Caitlyn O'Connell Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Delilah Devlin Page; Review: Just the right mix of supernatural and romance. Though I use the word 'romance' loosely. :). A great, easy read. I couldn't wait to get back to it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Darynda Jones Page; Review: While I tend to not like paying more than a couple dollars for a kindle book, this one sounded like it would be good. It was. I started it yesterday evening and finished this morning. The characters are so likable, and the storyline is great. Now I'm going to buy the next one. :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bound And Hagged: Book One of Home Summonings (Home Summoings) (Volume 1); Author: James P McDonald; Review: Thought the book sounded interesting, basically read it because it had decent reviews. It's a quick read, very entertaining. I couldn't wait to get back to it. The editing could've been a lot better, but the book was still easy to read. Can't wait to read the next one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Wretched of Muirwood; Author: Visit Amazon's Jeff Wheeler Page; Review: I thought this was a great book, couldn't wait to get back to it to finish. I'll definitely read the rest of them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dragon Marked (Supernatural Prison); Author: Visit Amazon's Jaymin Eve Page; Review: I really wasn't expecting to love this book as much as I did. It sounded interesting and had good reviews, so I bought it. Read it in just a few hours. It has a great storyline, fun and interesting characters. I can't wait til the next one comes out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dronish (A Walker Saga) (Volume 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Jaymin Eve Page; Review: Great story and characters. I can't wait to read the next one. I've yet to be bored with this series; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dragon Mystics: Supernatural Prison #2 (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Jaymin Eve Page; Review: This is a great book, I think even better than the first one. I can't wait to find out what happens next!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gifted Thief (Highland Magic); Author: Visit Amazon's Helen Harper Page; Review: Fun and easy to read. I love reading a book that keeps me looking forward to my next opportunity to sit down and read it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Meprolight Glock Tru-Dot Night Sight for 10 mm & .45 ACP. fixed set; Brand: Meprolight; Review: awesome sites; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SigTac Mag 3 Mode Reticle, Black/Green/Red; Brand: SigTac; Review: Great optics; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Galco Silhouette High Ride Holster for 1911 5-Inch Colt, Kimber, Para, Springfield; Brand: Galco Gunleather; Review: Another quality holster. Exact fit for my 1911 and matches my grips really well. Makes a great combo; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: DeSantis Die Hard S&W Shield Right Hand Black; Brand: DeSantis Gunhide; Review: Very comfortable holster; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Desantis Scabbard Holster For Glock 29/30 Right Hand Black; Brand: DeSantis; Review: This is a high quality holster that right of the box performs as expected. DeSantis is truly a leader in leather holsters. This is my 3rd scabbard and one of the 3 is used every day. My Glock 30 fit perfectly in this holster as did my S&W Shield and my 1911. If you want high quality at a good price go with product from DeSantis; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tactical Warrior Tanto Full Tang Emergency Outdoor Survival Gear Boot Knife .; Brand: Armory Replica; Review: Cheap cheap knife. Edge only on one side of the blade not sharp; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_Sports_and_Outdoors |
Given the interaction history of a user with news articles as follows:
Title: State Trooper dies on his way to provide backup; Abstract: TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. -- An Indiana State Trooper died late Friday night when he was on his way to provide backup to another trooper in Tippecanoe County. The Indiana State Police say 27-year-old Trooper Peter R. Stephan was on his way to help another state trooper who had called for back-up near Americus Township at approximately 10:25 p.m. Friday. Trooper Stephan was driving his 2018 Dodge ...; Category: news
Title: Scans Reveal Ancient Khmer City Hidden In Cambodian Jungle; Abstract: Aerial scans have revealed the remarkable size and intricacy of an ancient city that served as one of the Khmer Empire's first capitals.; Category: video
Title: Man Reveals Big American Muscle Car Barn Find; Abstract: These classic cars are definitely not in showroom condition.; Category: autos
Title: The mysterious case of NASA's missing $1.1 billion moon lander; Abstract: In the '60s, NASA commissioned Grumman Aircraft to build 15 lunar modules for its Apollo program. 10 of those lunar modules ended up in space, 3 in museums, 1 was scrapped and 1 is missing. After contacting NASA, the Smithsonian and a host of other sources we eventually track down a potential answer.; Category: video
Title: Turkey Urges Kurdish Fighters to Lay Down Their Arms; Abstract: DOHUK, Iraq President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Wednesday called for Kurdish fighters battling his troops in northeastern Syria to lay down their weapons and withdraw from the border area "this very night." Resisting Western pressure to halt the operation, Mr. Erdogan also requested international support for his country's battle against Kurdish fighters whom Turkey considers terrorists but who had been allied with the United States...; Category: news
Title: 3 US diplomats detained near secret Russian military training ground: officials; Abstract: Three U.S. diplomats were removed from a train and detained Monday near a mysterious military site in northwestern Russia where a deadly explosion and radiation leak took place, according to officials.; Category: news
Title: Told He Would Never Walk, Teen Football Player Beats All The Odds; Abstract: Josiah Sarmiento was born with cerebral palsy. He was told he would never walk. These days, he's flying. Nicole Comstock has his inspirational story.; Category: sports
Title: The King of Thailand abruptly stripped all royal titles from his 34-year-old consort, who is accused of plotting against the queen to take her place; Abstract: Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi tried to stop the king from marrying his queen, and disrespected the couple when she didn't get her wish, the palace said.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Women as young as 27 who are going prematurely gray show off their natural hair; Abstract: The global movement Grombre has now seen women of all ages, from all over the world, embrace their silver locks.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Florida woman allegedly flees 2 car crashes, kills driver in 3rd crash; Abstract: A Florida woman who killed a 53-year-old man after running a red light and smashing into his Lexus on Saturday morning was in the process of fleeing two earlier car accidents when she caused the fatal collision, police said.; Category: news
Title: Twitter is heartbroken over 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' final trailer; Abstract: The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiered during Monday Night Football, leaving some fans heartbroken. After nine epic films, the "Skywalker saga" comes to an end with Episode IX and the latest trailer gave some new hints as to how the saga might end. First, Emperor Palpatine is back. "Long have I waited," said Palpatine over an image of his throne. We then see the Star Destroyer rising from the ocean, Rey, Chewbacca, Finn, Poe Dameron, and C-3PO aboard the Millennium Falcon, and a lightsaber duel between Rey and Kylo Ren, as Palpatine continues, "And now your coming together is your undoing." Fans took to Twitter saddened by C-3PO's trailer moment, as the beloved droid tells Poe Dameron, "Taking one last look, sir. At my friends," while others were in tears over General Leia, who uttered just one word "Always." In general, fans were super excited and hyped for the final film in the saga. However, some are having a hard time saying goodbye. The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters December 20th.; Category: video
Title: Trash to treasure: Everest garbage given new lease of life; Abstract: A group of tourists sip water at a five-star hotel in Kathmandu, unaware that the green glasses in their hands were once bottles discarded on Mount Everest -- left by climbers eager to make their ascent. Aanchal Malla of Hotel Yak & Yeti, a luxury five-star hotel in Kathmandu, said opting for the upcycled goods was in-line with the hotel's move towards sustainable and environmentally friendly products.; Category: news
Title: 3 Army soldiers killed in training accident ID'd; Abstract: Fort Stewart officials said the soldiers' vehicle rolled off a bridge and become submerged upside down in a stream.; Category: news
Title: 4 NFL Teams That Should Hire Jim Harbaugh Away From Michigan; Abstract: The Jim Harbaugh experiment at Ann Arbor hasn't gone according to plan by most metrics. The Michigan Wolverines football program hired him in order to bring the football team to the next level, and to beat Ohio State. About that... That hasn't been the case, as he's accumulated a 1-10 record against top 10 football programs, and has yet to bring Michigan to the College Football Playoff (or beat OSU). While his Michigan tenure appears to be on...; Category: sports
Title: Frustrated with season so far, Melvin Gordon appears to regret his holdout; Abstract: The Los Angeles Chargers rusher seems to have wished he attended training camp after all.; Category: sports
Title: Four flight attendants were arrested in Miami's airport after bringing in thousands in cash, police say; Abstract: Four American Airlines flight attendants were arrested at the Miami International Airport and charged with money laundering after bringing large amounts of cash into the country, police said.; Category: news
Title: Student shot teen near California school, slipped into class; Abstract: A 17-year-old boy gunned down another student outside their school Tuesday, ditched his gun and slipped into a class without arousing suspicion, evading capture for almost two hours as he joined thousands of students locked down inside classrooms because of the shooting, police said.; Category: news
Title: Should the Colts trade for Stefon Diggs?; Abstract: ; Category: sports
Title: California sheriff's deputy shot dead, ride-along injured in 'active shooter incident,' officials say; Abstract: A police officer in Northern California was killed and another deputy was injured after an "active shooter" incident early Wednesday, according to officials.; Category: news
Title: Police were cracking cold cases with a DNA website. Then the fine print changed.; Abstract: "There are cases that won't get solved or will take longer to solve," a Florida law enforcement official said.; Category: news
Title: Watch Hilarious Moment When A Gorilla Encounters Aggressive Goose; Abstract: Watch the hilarious moment when a gorilla encounters a goose.; Category: video
Title: Here's What Bill Belichick Told Patriots' Defense In Sideline Huddles Vs. Jets; Abstract: Multiple times during the New England Patriots' - demolition of the New York Jets ESPN cameras showed an animated Bill Belichick gathering his defense on the sideline for in-game coaching; Category: sports
Title: Kylie Jenner and her bestie get surgery together, plus more news; Abstract: What kind of surgery did Kylie Jenner and her BFF just get together? Plus, more celebrity news for Oct. 23, 2019.; Category: entertainment
Title: Kate Beckinsale is a knockout in corset dress adorned with white feathers at 'Farming' premiere; Abstract: Kate Beckinsale isn't too chicken to wear head-to-toe feathers.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Death of Baghdadi Unlikely to End the Insurgency He Led; Abstract: The Islamic State leader's death won't be enough to end an insurgency that has spawned affiliated groups from Afghanistan to West Africa and remains central to the global jihadist movement.; Category: news
Title: Family of slain ISIS hostage says they secretly met with her captors in Iraq; Abstract: Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian worker from Arizona, was held captive, tortured and killed by ISIS.; Category: news
Title: Chiefs star TE Travis Kelce 'disgusted with how I played' against Packers in loss; Abstract: Chiefs TE Travis Kelce hauled in four of eight targets in loss against the Packers, but he felt his performance, especially at the end, was lacking.; Category: sports
Title: Baghdadi hid among rivals and enemies in rebel-held Syrian province; Abstract: Idlib is a reminder of threats still radiating from the country's civil war; Category: news
Title: Troops pull out from key Ukrainian front-line town; Abstract: Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebels are withdrawing from a key battleground in the east.; Category: news
Title: Former NBA first-round pick Jim Farmer arrested in sex sting operation; Abstract: Farmer, 55, was booked for trafficking a person for a commercial sex act.; Category: sports
Title: John Krasinski Shares the Secret to His 9-Year Marriage to Emily Blunt; Abstract: John Krasinski talked to E! News exclusively about how he and Emily Blunt, who share two daughters, maintain a healthy work-life balance.; Category: movies
Title: Why is this Bronze Age town so popular today?; Abstract: Hallstatt is a fairytale Austrian village and tourists have noticed.; Category: travel
Title: Self-sufficient island hideouts for sale to survive the apocalypse; Abstract: If a nuclear holocaust, zombie apocalypse or other unthinkable doomsday scenario strikes, escaping to your very own remote private island will give you the best chance of survival.; Category: finance
Title: California firefighters get a little help from Matthew McConaughey; Abstract: The actor helped prepare 1,600 turkey dinners for more than 20 firehouses and homeless shelters in Southern California; Category: movies
Title: Why FSU fired football coach Willie Taggart with an $18 million buyout; Abstract: FSU fans have stopped coming to games; morale is low inside the program, and the belief Willie Taggart could get it turned around was non-existent.; Category: sports
Title: US issues $20 million reward for American missing in Iran, ups sanctions; Abstract: WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration on Monday offered a reward of up to $20 million for information about Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, and imposed new sanctions on leading Iranian officials as relations deteriorated further on the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The reward for help solving the Levinson disappearance and the sanctions also come as Iran said it was doubling the number...; Category: news
Title: North Carolina man arrested for impersonating cop after pulling over murder suspect at gunpoint, police say; Abstract: A North Carolina man was charged with impersonating a police officer after he allegedly joined the real deal in chasing down and seemingly arresting a murder suspect last month.; Category: news
Title: Air Force airman missing after fall into Gulf of Mexico from C-130 aircraft; Abstract: A U.S. Air Force airman went missing Tuesday after falling from a C-130 aircraft into the Gulf of Mexico, according to reports.; Category: news
Title: No. 1 milk company declares bankruptcy amid drop in demand; Abstract: Dean Foods blamed a decadeslong drop in milk consumption that has seen people turn to alternatives like soda, juice and almond milk.; Category: finance | mind |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Kaisi 16-Piece Precision Screwdriver Set Repair Tool Kit for Cell Phone, iP Series, iPad, Samsung Galaxy, PC,; Brand: Kaisi; Review: I needed the T3, but this kit does not have it so I had to order it alone. But in this kits defense I have yet to find a kit that carries that tool.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cable Matters (200-Pack) Cat 6 RJ45 Modular Plugs with Load Bars for Solid UTP Cable; Brand: Cable Matters; Review: They work but are a pain to work with.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Logitech MK270 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo - Keyboard and Mouse Included, 2.4GHz Dropout-Free Connection, Long Battery Life (Frustration-Free; Brand: Logitech; Review: Biggest waste of money ever, it just will not keep connectivity.... I would say avoid not even worth $5 unless you enjoy frustration!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Rankie DisplayPort (DP) to VGA Adapter, Gold Plated Converter; Brand: Rankie; Review: Works as stated!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ZOZO 90W AC Universal Laptop Charger for HP Dell Toshiba IBM Lenovo Acer ASUS Samsung Sony Fujitsu Gateway Notebook Ultrabook; Brand: ZOZO; Review: Works as expected no faults; packaging looks like it was just thrown together but it does what it suppose to so no complaints.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bastex Universal Earphone/Ear Buds 3.5mm Stereo Headphones in-Ear Tangle Free Cable with Built-in Microphone Earbuds for iPhone iPod iPad Samsung; Brand: Bastex; Review: Stopped working within the first week, stay away!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: TRENDnet 5-Port Unmanaged Gigabit GREENnet Desktop Plastic Housing Switch, Plug & Play, 5 x Gigabit Ports, 10 Gbps, TEG-S5g; Brand: TRENDnet; Review: Works as it should. I have this connected to 3 systems in my office space. No delay and constant high speed connectivity without the dropped connections of a wireless environment.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CISCO SYSTEMS 16-Port Gigabit Switch (SG11016NA); Brand: Cisco Systems; Review: Works as expected.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Ann Chery Chaleco Latex Vest 2027; Brand: Ann Cherry; Review: This vest really helps to show your curves, it definitely gives you an hourglass figure. It is very slimming and give you a smooth appearance. I sleep with it on most nights and wear it around the house. I do not wear it in public as it makes my boobs look too big. That could be a plus to some.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: MBJ Womens Long Sleeve Handkerchief Hem Tunic Top - Made in USA; Brand: ; Review: It fits as expected, but it is also thinner than expected.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: MBJ Womens Long Sleeve Handkerchief Hem Tunic Top - Made in USA; Brand: ; Review: It fits as expected, but it is also thinner than expected.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: eVogues Plus size Color Block Flare Mini Dress; Brand: eVogues Apparel; Review: Nice summer dress, but it really is shorter than most adult women would wear. I bought some black spandex shorts to wear underneath.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 12 Sunglasses Case with Drawer Extra Large Black Carbon Fiber; Brand: TimelyBuys; Review: I ordered on the 15th, it arrived on the 20th. Not bad. Nice, quality looking box and my large designer glasses fit perfectly fine.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: G2 Chic Women's Tube Tops; Brand: G2 Chic; Review: The material is thin and see thru; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Kranda Women's V Neck, Sleeveless,Elastic Waist, Striped Maxi Dress …; Brand: Kranda; Review: Nice material and slimming- I wear a 16 and the XL fit perfectly.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sandra Darren Women's 3/4 Sleeve Printed Shirt Dress; Brand: Sandra Darren; Review: Nice dress, ran small and it's very short; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Allegra K Women's Dolman Sleeves Side-Slit Semi Sheer Chiffon Shirt; Brand: Allegra K; Review: The quality is very nice. This shirt would be in Macy's for $40 easy!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ekouaer Womens Plus Size Thongs Panties Sexy Lace G-String Briefs Underwear 3-Pack; Brand: Ekouaer; Review: Nice material but 2-3 sizes smaller than US sizes; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: TWINTH Womens Polo Collar Deep V-Neck Pullover Casual Blouse Top with Plus Size; Brand: TWINTH; Review: Not the quality I expected; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: TWINTH Womens Polo Collar Deep V-Neck Pullover Casual Blouse Top with Plus Size; Brand: TWINTH; Review: Not the quality I expected; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Nike Women's Flex Contact Running Shoes Cool Grey/Solar Red/Anthracite 8; Brand: ; Review: Looks good, and feels good. The laces keeps coming loose.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Supreme Justice (Reeder and Rogers Thriller); Author: Visit Amazon's Max Allan Collins Page; Review: I have never read this author before but will be reading more of his stuff. The plot was new and yet the Federal connections satisfy the timeliness we like in cop novels today. I thought Collins' use chapter quotes was informative and educational. Even a conservative like myself could laugh at the thinly veiled models of the political characters portrayed in the book and enjoy the entertainment value - we expect this tilt from most authors today.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire, Book 1); Author: Lynn Austin; Review: Very enjoyable read by a gifted author about the conflicted feelings facing those caught up in the struggle to survive during the height of slavery. This is told from several different perspectives which is illuminating to the reader. Strong on solid moral values. Highly recommended.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fire by Night; Author: Visit Amazon's Lynn N. Austin Page; Review: Another great read by Lynn Austin. Can't wait to read the third in the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False; Author: Visit Amazon's Thomas Nagel Page; Review: It has been a long time since I have read a philosophical treatise (50 yrs, college) and I found Nagel's views interesting and thought provoking as my previous experience in the discipline. It seems to me that this kind of work always asks more questions than it ever answers, a fact he admits up front. However, his challenge to Darwinian smugness is refreshing. It spurs me to again read more authors on this topic.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Paper Money; Author: Visit Amazon's Ken Follett Page; Review: I see now why it wasn't a good seller. Very thin and lacked spark.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Glassblower (The Glassblower Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Petra Durst-Benning Page; Review: This is a really enjoyable read. The characters are nicely developed and are fun to follow. The story and scenes are heartwarming. I can't wait for the 2nd book, and I will be looking at her other books as well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Race for the Future: How Conservatives Can Break the Liberal Monopoly on Hispanic Americans; Author: Mike Gonzalez; Review: I enjoyed this book as much for its historical background of the problem as for the suggestions for change. Mr. Gonzalez seems well versed from a personal perspective as well as research into the causes of our current immigration problem. I think his suggestions are worthy of merit but as usual will be difficult to implement. However this does not negate the importance of trying to accomplish this and I think his suggestions are worthwhile. His concepts of human, social, and financial capital are well thought out and pertinent. The twin pillars of education and family morals are also right on target. This is a very worthwhile read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Winner; Author: Visit Amazon's David Baldacci Page; Review: I really like this book because of it's refreshing topic and well paced narrative. The author is a really good judge of characters and developes them in a very believable manner and with strength in their persona. Will be reading more of earlier Baldacci-he was better 10 years ago.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Raised from the Ground; Author: Jos Saramago; Review: Other reviews talked of Saramago's style and topics and I thought I was ready for this. Alas, after 100 pages I gave up. Life is too short for this finger nail pulling dialog.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Wreckage; Author: Visit Amazon's Emily Bleeker Page; Review: This is a book that is written in a style that keeps your interest until the last chapter. The premise of a plane crash and deserted island survival is straight forward but the sub plot lines of the characters keeps your interest piqued all the way. The author has a very real grasp on loyalty, love, and forgiveness in a way that does not just come across as trite and hackneyed. I enjoyed this book a lot and look forward to other offerings by Ms. Bleeker.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Total Control; Author: Visit Amazon's David Baldacci Page; Review: This is a good read. Unusual plot with many characters that gradually unfolds to reveal strong personal motivations for all of them. Baldacci keeps the suspense going throughout.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The American Lady (The Glassblower Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Petra Durst-Benning Page; Review: I thoroughly enjoy these books. Very different subject and wonderful treatment of character outline. PDB has a nice manner with her characters. Looking forward to book 3.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Boy from Reactor 4 (The Nadia Tesla Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Orest Stelmach Page; Review: Book one of the series, this is a gripping story of heroism and grit set in the U.S. Ukrianian community. Nadia Tesla works to find answers to a mystery in her family and ends up learning about the Chernobyl disaster close up. The characters are described very well and come to life with Stelmach's dialog. I look forward to the rest of the books.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Boy Who Stole from the Dead (Nadia Tesla); Author: Visit Amazon's Orest Stelmach Page; Review: I have really enjoyed this series of books and look forward to #3 and #4. The story lines are fresh and the dialog between characters very real. I am fascinated with the Ukrainian folk history and Stelmach's weaving of it into all aspects of his tales. The heroine is quite likable, strong yet realistic. A refreshing series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam; Author: Visit Amazon's Ayaan Hirsi Ali Page; Review: This woman is remarkable and worth reading and hearing speak. I plan to read all her books. Islam is a real threat to our western way of life.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Younger; Author: Visit Amazon's Suzanne Munshower Page; Review: Entertaining read with a different plot line. Outcome was uncertain until last 30 pages so it holds your interest.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Dog Stars (Vintage Contemporaries); Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Heller Page; Review: Refreshingly nuanced story and characters. I like his style. Held my interest until the end. It has been compared to The Road which is apt, but I liked this better.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blood Stained: A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller; Author: Visit Amazon's CJ Lyons Page; Review: I really like this series, both for the storylines and the characters. Quite refreshing and entertaining. Lucy is a strong character but "real" in how she deals with family. Always holds your interest until the end.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AFTER SHOCK: A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller Novella (Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's CJ Lyons Page; Review: I love this series, Lyons has a real talent for entertaining prose of this genre. Keep them coming!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Perfect Son; Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Claypole White Page; Review: I really found this book refreshingly different and it held my interest from the beginning. It is medically accurate and readable. Plenty of suspense and emotion. I will read more of this author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania; Author: Visit Amazon's Erik Larson Page; Review: I found the historical references interesting but overall the writing and structure were subpar.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Unfinished Garden; Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Claypole White Page; Review: Enjoyed this offering by this author. Great narrative and character development. Very real story and I really find her understanding of OCD to be a force in keeping the story alive.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design; Author: Visit Amazon's Stephen C. Meyer Page; Review: I think this book is an absolutely outstanding, complete, and scientifically well-supported treatise on Intelligent Design. The author writes very clearly and understandably, even for the layperson without a lot of scientific background. I think that this defense of ID is going to go a long way towards changing people's thought process of the beginning of life. The author is careful throughout the book to meet the objections to his arguments in a very cogent defense.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Winsome Murder; Author: Visit Amazon's James DeVita Page; Review: This was an enjoyable read. Had a great deal of suspense and the quality of the character development was pretty good.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nerves of Steel: Hart and Drake, Book #1; Author: Visit Amazon's CJ Lyons Page; Review: Another good read by the author. I'm a H&D fan now.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Guilty (Will Robie series); Author: Visit Amazon's David Baldacci Page; Review: Very good David Baldacchi novel. Seems like a very straightforward plot in the beginning, however as things develop it becomes trickier and holds your interest. I love the interplay between the two main characters. This is a four novel series (so far) so I will be anxious to finish the rest of the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Citadel: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kate Mosse Page; Review: Great period novel based on historical facts. Very engaging characters and story. The author uses rich narrative to describe French countryside and cities as well as the brutality of Nazi occupiers. This history never gets tiresome and for someone born after the war, is still unbelievable. We must never forget.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Small Country about to Vanish; Author: Visit Amazon's Victoria Avilan Page; Review: This is a very different story about sublimated love between two Jewish women who lose track of each other between high school and their 50's. The author develops the characters and their families very clearly and the language is realistically earthy to make the reader smile as you travel along their journey. The struggle is honest and real, the denouement satisfying. Well worth a read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When Breath Becomes Air; Author: Visit Amazon's Paul Kalanithi Page; Review: This is one of the more moving accounts of facing the prospect of early death, written by an extremely talented physician/writer. His message is profound yet humble and passionate. My heart goes out to his family. He truly left a lasting legacy.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Antler Dust; Author: Visit Amazon's Mark Stevens Page; Review: This was a refreshingly different look at a crime novel with good character development and plot. It held my interest throughout with clear, tight narrative and believable dialogue. I will look for other books in the series.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Buried by the Roan: An Allison Coil Mystery; Author: Visit Amazon's Mark Stevens Page; Review: I enjoyed this because of the Western setting and a fresh character profile, that of a female hunting guide who is tough, independent, and competent. The author has a fairly quick pace in storytelling, so the book does not drag nor leave you not understanding the plot development. Ones interest is held to the very end, as it is unclear as to how the motives of the suspects will be unveiled.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Girl Jacked; Author: Visit Amazon's Christopher Greyson Page; Review: I am flabbergasted by the average review of this book. It was so bad I could not finish it. It is trite, written at a 4th grade level, has dumb, ridiculous characters (Replacementreally?) and boring. No more Christopher Greyson for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: A Field of Red; Author: Visit Amazon's Greg Enslen Page; Review: I was disappointed after seeing the many 5 star reviews. This is a promising but at this time, middling author. I agree with others that this book needs more editing and the character development, while OK, does need improvement. When you keep expecting the hero to make good choices, but he keeps bumbling and bingeing on booze, it's hard to connect in a positive way and that ultimately hurts one's attachment to the book/series. Dialogue was good when Frank was acting like a grown up, but too often he was stumbling. I probably will wait for book 2 in the library rather than buy it.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: While the World Is Still Asleep (The Century Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Petra Durst-Benning Page; Review: This author is so enjoyable to read. Her characters are clear, likeable and straight forward. Her story lines are fresh and interesting, full of realism and historical content often new to the reader. I am a solid fan.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bloody Mary (Jack Daniels Mysteries); Author: Visit Amazon's J. A. Konrath Page; Review: I read this author's first book in the series "Whiskey Sour" and found it humorous and entertaining. A refreshing take on the female cop. However, this second offering, as others have said, is beyond disappointing and disgusting. The gratuitous violence and loathsome criminal activity by Fuller is truly beyond the pale. And, to make it even more bizarre, Konrath prefaces this trash by telling us there is NO graphic violence in the book, it's off the page and in our imagination!! From what psych ward is he on furlough? I will never read another of his books, and I love murder mystery and suspense.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Promise (An Elvis Cole Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Robert Crais Page; Review: Another great story with Elvis and Joe. Good pace and character development. This entire series is memorable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Barkskins: Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017; Author: Visit Amazon's Annie. Proulx Page; Review: This was a boring story intended to push world deforestation as a pervasive crime through centuries. I found the characters thin and the storyline unimaginative. The book is long and dragged on. I read only the first 25% and the last two chapters were skimmed. Glad I didn't buy it.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Reckoning (Ashes #2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kelly Cozy Page; Review: As many other reviewers have said, I read the first book in the series and loved it and wanted to read the second. It was even better than the first. Kelly Cozy has a real talent for presenting characters that are real, likeable, and strong. Both books are refreshingly different from usual crime thrillers and I hope after her next book of non-fiction, she will bless us with another thriller. I am a fan!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blood on the Tracks (Sydney Rose Parnell); Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Nickless Page; Review: Very enjoyable read from an author new to me. Story is fresh and characters believable and strong. Good police procedural with twists. Can't wait for the sequel due in August 2017.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Food of Love; Author: Visit Amazon's Amanda Prowse Page; Review: Very moving story of Lexi, a 15 yo British girl with Anorexia Nervosa, who struggles along with her family to survive the disease. The frustrations, fear, helplessness and rage that affects all families fighting mental health issues is palpable in this book. Very revealing and enlightening tale that will leave you more knowledgeable about AN as well as insight into how one reacts to other psychiatric dilemmas - and will leave you with more empathy towards those families and their fight. Will want to explore more of this author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: When I Found You; Author: Visit Amazon's Catherine Ryan Hyde Page; Review: A very different but well written tale of love, learning, and devotion. The characters are a bit hard to warm to, but that is the author's drawing of them, and they ultimately come through showing valuable traits as they grow. At the end, you find yourself admiring their staunch personalities. I found the story heartwarming and worthy of the read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Beautiful Maids All in a Row; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Harlow Page; Review: Pretty good thriller. Iris Ballard is ex-FBI profiler brought back after a leave of absence while she taught college psych. She needs to find a psychopath whose killing women. Twist ending which holds interest, and dialogue is earthy and well tempered. Not a deep literary work but entertaining.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Evil Games (D.I. Kim Stone); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Marsons Page; Review: I love this author and the character of Kim. So refreshing, strong, and direct. The supporting cast is also well drawn and believable and likeable. Plan to read the entire series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Circus Kings: Our Ringling Family Story; Author: Visit Amazon's Henry Ringling North Page; Review: Nice coverage of the 100 years of Ringling lore from the birth of Albert to the decline of the circus in the 1950 's. Being from Baraboo, this was very interesting. Sad that the vein of risk and greedy choices seems to run in the personalities of most successful entertainers. Nevertheless, a very successful family due to a lot of hard work and perseverance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Unforeseen; Author: Visit Amazon's Nick Pirog Page; Review: I found it juvenile and stupid. Author prefers 20 something humor as a tie in to detective/ murder case loaded with gratuitous gore. On top of this, the references to intelligent detective work and accurate medical facts are woefully missing. Thomas Prescott, hero, is a joke. Very disappointed. Even for free.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Disclosure; Author: Visit Amazon's Michael Crichton Page; Review: Really enjoyed this fresh approach to workplace harassment by an established writer. The story is riveting and entertaining while remaining true to facts. Good pace to the story as well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Cascade Preppers (Graham's Resolution); Author: Visit Amazon's A. R. Shaw Page; Review: Continues in the great themes of book 1; characters are wonderfully drawn and emotive, story is real and authentic, and you can't wait to get to the next installment. On to book 3!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry; Author: Visit Amazon's Gabrielle Zevin Page; Review: Couldn't get through it, too boring and pointless; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Malevolent: (Cases of Lieutenant Kane Series Book 1) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's E.H. Reinhard Page; Review: Good storyline and characters, perhaps too graphic for some. I thought the author did a good job on pacing and suspense, will read follow up novels in the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The House's Money; Author: Visit Amazon's Owen Sullivan Page; Review: Interesting subject but very thin character development and dialog, written at 4th grade reading level. Ill pass on any more by this author.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sidewinder (The Halcyon Files Book 1) eBook; Author: Visit Amazon's Daniel Foster Page; Review: This was a boring, trite, poorly conceived storyline. Im not into fantasy so the premise that the perp used some injected natural potion to bring his dead daughter back to life was a bridge too far.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Red Fox; Author: Visit Amazon's Anthony Hyde Page; Review: This was an intriguing tale of of friendship and devotion after lost love, that went beyond the usual degree of sacrifice. The time period and involvement of Russian connections made for interesting historical interest as well. The main characters were well drawn and believable, and the secondary characters added color and interest. I thought the suspense developed in the final chapters was well done and the conclusion satisfying.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Wanted (An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Robert Crais Page; Review: I have read dozens of Crais books and this one is up to his standards despite some reviews. I thought Elvis was every bit himself and so was Joe. Very consistent characterizations, and plot. I loved the ancillary characters (Devon, Amber, and the two bad cops). The emphasis on Elvis devotion to family values was a great plus in my estimation, since so many PIs are written as hopeless drunks in todays novels. Robert Crais is a real find, up there with John Sandford.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife; Author: Eben Alexander MD; Review: I thought this was excellent. The only thing that I had trouble with was all the scientific terminology and medical terms. But I did feel the heart of it and the perpose. There is proof of heaven here.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Gunny: A Vietnam Story; Author: Visit Amazon's Raymond Hunter Pyle Page; Review: The story was good and interesting. However, Some of the Marine terninology was not accurate and some facts were not very accurate. But it was a good story.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution; Author: Visit Amazon's Brian Kilmeade Page; Review: I enjoyed the facts and how it was written. I learned a lot of what I did not know. Intellegence has won numerous wars and battles, It is nice to see the basics work.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: For the Sake of the Bride: Restoring the Church to Her Intended Beauty; Author: Visit Amazon's Steve Harper Page; Review: I thought this was excellent. I am not a heavy thinker or that versed in theology or much of a theologian, but I realy enjoyed this book and how love can make a difference.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Flames in the Field: The Story of Four SOE Agents in Occupied France; Author: Visit Amazon's Rita Kramer Page; Review: I thought this was a very interesting book and I did enjoy it. However, I often got lost and when reading the French I had trouble. In a book like this I find a lot of information in the notes and bio's. There was none that I got with my e-book. That might have put things in perspective. The organization and structure seem to aid in my reading the book. But, this has prompted me to read other books of this nature. So maybe I should give this a 3.5; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789; Author: Visit Amazon's Joseph J. Ellis Page; Review: One of the best books I have read in a long time and I learned a great deal. I wish Congress would read this book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: No Victory in Valhalla: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden (General; Author: Visit Amazon's Ian Gardner Page; Review: Excelent book on the Reg. and very historical.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World; Author: Visit Amazon's Serene Jones Page; Review: It was ok and I learned somethig, but I am not sure of her assumtions.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in) (Movie Tie-in Editions); Author: Visit Amazon's Michael Lewis Page; Review: An excellent book. I learned a lot from this and saw the movie.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street; Author: Visit Amazon's Michael Lewis Page; Review: I found this to be an excellent book and I learned a great deal. Well worth the read, especily after reading the Big Short!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America; Author: Visit Amazon's Greg Farrell Page; Review: I felt that this was an excellent book. It was well structured and full of a great deal of information. I certainly learned a great deal abut investment banking and commercial banking.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tail Gunner (ISIS Large Print); Author: R.C. Rivaz; Review: I enjoyed the book, but it was not all that inspiring. I did enjoy reading about the Halifax and therir missions. I also enjoyed reading about the structure of the British air force and how the operated.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Killing The Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (Wheeler Publishing Large Print Book Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Bill O'Reilly Page; Review: I thouht this was an excellent book full of, to me, unknown facts and a great way of putting things into perspective. As I read it though I could feel the attitude of Bill O'Reilly. Although I do enjoy him sometimes just give me the facts and let me form my own opinion. However, I did agree with many of his opinions.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Check Six!: A Thunderbolt Pilot's War Across the Pacific; Author: Jim Curran; Review: I thought that this wa better than average and the supporting documentation.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Fairfield Inn Corning Riverside; City: Corning Finger Lakes New York; Review: Hope all our stops are as good as this one. Can't find any faults with this motel. Rooms clean and quiet. Continental Breakfast was plentyful and good. Stayed two nights. A must...is to visit the Corning Glass Museum. Much more than we expected.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Residence Inn Madison East; City: Madison Wisconsin; Review: That's what we were greeted with on arrival by a very friendly desk clerk. The suite we had was clean and well maintained. They even had a cookout for the guests that evening. Bugers and Franks. The complimentay breakfast was the greatest. More than the usual fare. Sausages and eggs plus. Never did any cooking in the kitchen provided but it was handy for keeping things cold and we microwaved some popcorn. This was just a overnight stay for us on our trip around America but would have like to have stayed longer and see some of the area's attractions and enjoy out suite.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Courtyard by Marriott Toledo Rossford Perrysburg; City: Rossford Ohio; Review: Good things.......Room clean, bath clean, ac works well and is quiet. Bad things.... Highway side of motel very noisy. Heavy truck traffic. Reguest other side. No complimentary breakfast. Room configureation strange. Chest of drawers and tv are on the SIDE of the bed. Have to look over your partner to see screen.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Quality Inn Suites Redwood Coast; City: Crescent City California; Review: This place has been around awhile. Pretty worn around the edges. They do keep the bath clean. The floors are a different story. Went to plug in my laptop and found food wrappers and, of all things, blueberries on the floor. Obviously they just do a quick once over with the vacuum. No towels in the bath. Went and got one of the cleaning ladies and she said she have some to us right away. Not so. Had to go back again and get them myself out of the empty laundry room. No WiFi at first but after telling the lady at the desk she re-booted the system and it worked. She is good at what she does. Very upbeat and friendly. Did a pile of laundry while here. 3 weeks on the road stuff. Room was ugh! But it was inexpensive. $1.00 for washer and .75 for dryer. Going to call it a day now. Get some sleep (I hope) and then head out to the National Redwood Forest in the AM. Let you know how the rest of our stay turns out. STAY TUNED.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Fairfield Inn Suites Amarillo West Medical Center; City: Amarillo Texas; Review: Got here early but they still had a room ready for us. Thank God. Exhausted after a 7 hr drive. Had a little refreshment in our room and then went and soaked in the pool and hot tub. Ahhhhhh! Nice room. Clean. Well furnished. Comfy bed. Room to move around in. Also did a load of laundry there. We've been on the road for 2 months circumventing the USA (you've probably figured that out by reading my reviews) This was our 3rd load of wash. Very convient to have it in the hotel; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SpringHill Suites Oklahoma City Airport; City: Oklahoma City Oklahoma; Review: Our GPS let us down and navigated us to a restricted area at the air base. A friendly guard showed us the correct way. Seems the road the GPS sent us on is no longer opened to the public. (Homeland Security) Got o the hotel and was welcomed with some warm cookies. Room..spacious, clean and nicely decorated. Ate too much at the Golden Corral, next door, and went to bed for a good nights sleep; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi; City: Santa Fe New Mexico; Review: If you like to be pampred and are willing to pay for it, this is the place to stay. From the valet service, bell hop, desk clerks attentivness, corsiage's knowledge and help, turn down service etc, etc. Room.....spotless. Fireplace, a tub you can swim in. Bed like a cloud. Superb restaurant, inside or on the sidewalk. Santa Fe is a great walk around town. Many, many up scale shops and eateries A band every night in the Plaza. Grab a blanket, a bottle of wine and go and enjoy. The Hotel is a stones throw to here and most any other place else. We hope to come back at some future date to catch up on the things we missed.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Comfort Inn Kelso Longview; City: Kelso Washington; Review: Classic Comfort Inn. Been around awhile but kept up pretty well. Room clean, bed comfortable. Tried the indoor pool and hot tub. Felt great after a long, wonderful day exploring Mt. St. Helens. (visit this awesome park if you can) Faults of motel were minor. Color on TV was un-ajustable. Picture had a purple tint to it. And shower head was also un-ajustable. Pulsating+needle shower all the time. So you see...no big faults. Annita, the desk clerk was super. Helped up out as best she could. All in all.....a nice stay. PS ...Ask for a room in the back. In front highway noisey.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Quality Inn Yosemite Valley Gateway; City: Mariposa California; Review: I knew from reading other Tripadvisor reviews that the rooms were small but I had no idea how small ours would be. Room for one chair and one night stand. The one thing that was big was the "surprising" 27" flat screen tv. Well anyway, with all that said, I have to admit that it was kept clean (although worn) and we spent a quiet, comfortable night in our "little" full bed. (It was advertised that it would be a queen) This room is not even in the main complex. It's across the parking lot, up a hill in a converted house. Don't know what the rooms in the main building are like and I guess we'll never know. It over to the main building now for breakfast. We'll see what that's like and report back. Today we head into Yosemite.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Days Inn by Wyndham Florence Near Civic Center; City: Florence South Carolina; Review: Clean room, comfortable beds, friendly staff, good breakfast. What more could you ask for? Our room was on the smaller side. No area for a table and two chairs, but there was a desk (work station) that we used. Price was fair. The motel was pretty much like you'd find a 3 Diamond Comfort or Quality Inn; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Omni Homestead Resort; City: Hot Springs Virginia; Review: Luxury to the extreme. Very much on the up scale side. Rooms, service, and meals extraordinary. Grounds perfect and all the activities you could participate in or not. Three golf courses, horse back riding or carraige ride, falconry, skeet and trap shooting, and much more. Get a brochure or look into it on line as I can't do it justice with this small review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Comfort Suites; City: Scranton Pennsylvania; Review: this was the worst Comfort Suites we've ever stayed in. And we've been regulars at Choice Privlidges for a good many years. We have an "elite" status card. We had a "suite" with 2 Queen beds. Good thing too because one of the beds had a big blood stain on the mattress cover. (You could see it right through the sheet. It was located where someone's bottom would be if sitting up in bed.) It was late and we were too tired to change rooms or wait for someone to come up and change the cover. Both slept in the other bed. Told them at the front desk the next morning and no one seemed too interested. Got a shrug of the shoulders and a "sorry". The breakfast buffet was a disaster. No one tending it. Out of coffee, and milk. The pastry selection was down to a couple of muffins and waffles. No fruit desplayed. Some scrambled eggs that looked like they'd been there awhile and sauceages gone. Told them at the desk. They sent some young man that looked like he was the maintainence man to help. Of course he didn't know where anything was in the back room. He grabbed a bowl of breakfast sauseages and stuck them in the micro oven. God knows how long they had been sitting around. The women at the desk didn't offer any help and she had no one checking out to take care of. We'll chaulk this up to an other Choice Privlidge experience that went bad. The last one was at the Comfort Inn at the Redwood Forest in CA. Plus we paid $116.00 for the stay. Way too much. It had a 4 star price with 2 star accomodations.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Fairfield Inn Suites by Marriott Harrisonburg; City: Harrisonburg Virginia; Review: We always like the Faifield Inn and Suites (A part of the Marriott chain) This one was especially good. Large comfortable room. Nice, nice beds and a quiet running AC. The breakfast was better than average. Had it all. Some TLC went into the cleaning of the room. We left a little something extra to show our appreciation of job well done. And the price of the room was very reasonable. We've stayed in a few pretty bad places on our many trips that cost much more. The desk and breakfast attendants were excellent. We were (as Daw77 was) fleeing Irene from NH. It felt good to be treated so well. Signed...."The Asphalt Kid"; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SpringHill Suites by Marriott Vero Beach; City: Vero Beach Florida; Review: New, modern and friendly staff. Had business in the area so stayed for just one night. But this was enough to see what a great place for even a longer stay. Very, Very comfortable. One of the best we've stayed in. Have always like the "Springhill Suites" anyway.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SpringHill Suites by Marriott Lynchburg Airport University Area; City: Lynchburg Virginia; Review: Handy, clean, comfortable room and beds. Good breakfast with a very helpful attendant. Visited Monticello and Montpelier while in area. One small complaint. Scratchy towels. Need replacing. Plenty of restaurants in the area. Short drive to them.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Omni Homestead Resort; City: Hot Springs Virginia; Review: about The Homestead. Some said it was old and worn. Duh........of course it's old. Place was first started during the American Revolution and then after a fire destroyed it, was rebuilt with brick. Many improvements were made in the 20th Century. The doors are real wood with old brass door knobs. The walls have been painted many times over the years. Old "style" furnishings bring you back in time. It is beautiful and classy. Huge rooms, especially the suites. Common rooms are like grand ball rooms. Choice of restaurants with excellent food and service. Indoor and out door pools. Did I say pools? They're large with a seperate kiddy pool area. The indoor pool has to be 50 yards long and all the water hot spring fed. We have come here for the last 3 years over the 4th of July. And will continue to do so as long as were are physically able. More improvements are being made this year. A new spa area (adults only) Lazy river ride and on and on.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Courtyard by Marriott Spartanburg; City: Spartanburg South Carolina; Review: Always try to stay at a Marriott but there was none in Gaffney which is where we wanted to visit. The hotel was just what we expected. Clean,quiet room. A bit on the small side with the tv, dresser, fridge etc on the side of the king bed as apposed to the foot. Sort of weird. Had to look over my wife to see the Olympics. The breakfast buffet was super. We had scrambled eggs, bacon, homefries etc. Found out later that you could have omlets or eggs cooked to order. But there was a catch. They charge $10 for the breakfast. We didn't know that. Thought it was included with the room, as most of them are. When we mentioned this to the lady in charge she waved the fee. Very nice ! If you're in the area and want to visit a nice little southen town, go to Gaffney. Its about a 15 min drive north. The downtown is going through hard times with the recession and all but it you go to the area by the Limestone College you'll see some beautiful homes with well manicured lawns. Visit the campus. The buildings are historic and beautiful. Try the Administration Bldg. first. They'll help you on your visit. There's also one of the best local museums down the street from the college. You'll enjoy it. Also take a trip to the Cowpen Battleground. It's a Reveolationary Battleground not Civil War.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Black Bear Lodge; City: Waterville Valley New Hampshire; Review: We had a nice stay except for one thing. The unit that we rented was ( unbeknown to us at the time of rental) was on the ground floor right next to the main entrance to the lobby. Very noisy, what with people coming and going. In the evening and sometimes in the early morning hours, folks would stand out side having their smokes. The price was fair, seeing how it included all the activities. Golf, bike rental, boats and use of the two huge pools at the Athletic Club. You must be aware of the fact that each unit is individually owned and the way it is furnished and decorated might not be to your taste. Some of our furniture was nice while others looked like they came from Goodwill Industries. But thank God it had air conditioning. 2 years ago we stayed at The Golden Eagle Lodge and it had no AC. We had some hot days that were very uncomfortable. So make sure you ask questions about what you're getting before booking.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fairfield Inn Suites Tupelo; City: Tupelo Mississippi; Review: But overall a very pleasant stay. The hotel itself is modern in every way. Decor, furnishings, bedding and comfort. Loved the bed. Very, very comfy with lots of pillows. Nice living room area with couch, coffee table, chair and TV. The bedroom has a large work area with connections for all your electronic toys. Terrific hot breakfast with sausage, eggs, muffins, etc, etc. Indoor pool that looked like a fun spot for families. Now the not so good happenings...we asked for a top floor when we checked in but the desk clerk (a new girl I think) gave us a suite just below the top floor. We tried it anyway. But what I feared would happen did. A family with 2 young boys had the room above and we're using the bed as trampolines. Bed to floor and back again. We called and told a new, more experienced clerk the situation. Moved us to the top floor on the quiet (back) side of the hotel. Ahhhhhh, quiet! Next morning woke up, went to the John. Ants all over the wall by the sink. I'm not talking a couple, but hundreds. Another call and the maintainence team were here with spray, mops and buckets. Problem solved. So you see, the good far outweighs the bad. And to sooth our ruffled feathers we were given 5000 extra points on our Marriott Elite Membership. Not everything in this life is perfect.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: No Happy Cows: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Food Revolution; Author: Visit Amazon's John Robbins Page; Review: A must read! Easy, quick book. I love it! John Robbins always makes the material interesting and easy to understand. His words then help when I am explaining it to others. Spread the word.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Plant-Strong: Discover the World's Healthiest Diet--with 150 Engine 2 Recipes; Author: Visit Amazon's Rip Esselstyn Page; Review: It is a must read for everyone! It is clear and concise about the problems with eating animal products. It gives you the info you need to get those "all knowing" meat and dairy folks to not only leave you alone about your choices but to take a look themselves. You rock Rip!! Keep up the fantastic work!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!; Author: John McDougall; Review: I follow Dr McDougall and trust his research and opinions. This is a must read! And then a must follow for optimal health. If you are not sure about a food (or medical problem), I highly recommend Dr. McDougall's books and website.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fit Quickies: Five-Minute, Targeted Body-Shaping Workouts; Author: Visit Amazon's Lani Muelrath Page; Review: Lani makes it so easy and everyone can find 5 minutes in their busy schedules. And these exercises work! So get moving!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up; Author: Visit Amazon's John A. McDougall Page; Review: Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up is easy to read and to understand. It covera all the basics including those questions that make so many people uncomfortable to discuss. If you have any digestive problems this book is for you!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss; Author: Visit Amazon's John A. McDougall Page; Review: Clear, simple and effective! There are no tricks,weighing foods or counting calories. This plan is easy and it works as long as you follow it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Happy Herbivore Abroad: A Travelogue and Over 135 Fat-Free and Low-Fat Vegan Recipes from Around the World; Author: Visit Amazon's Lindsay S. Nixon Page; Review: With all of the Happy Herbivore cookbooks I am a Happy Herbivore. Lindsay's recipes are delicious and easy to make.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight; Author: Visit Amazon's Lani Muelrath Page; Review: This is a hit! A must read! Lani makes it all so easy to understand and follow. The book includes yummy recipes too! Don't delay---get your copy now. Or order several as they will make great gifts.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Plantronics PL-VOY-PRO-PLUS Voyager Pro Plus Headset with Enhanced Voice - Wired Headsets - Retail Packaging - Black; Brand: Plantronics; Review: Vary cool if u need one. High quality and works vary well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tech Armor High Definition HD-Clear PET Film Screen Protector (Not Glass) for Apple iPad Air/Air 2; Brand: Tech Armor; Review: Vary hard to apply correctly, pain in the ass as a matter of fact, if you buy these covers buy 3 or 4 because I can almost guarantee you won't get it right the first time; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: SHARKK Folio Bluetooth Keyboard Case with 360 Degree Rotating Feature and Sleep/Wake Function for iPad Air 2 - Black; Brand: SHARKK; Review: Iv had my sharkk for about ah week and accidentally dropped it while it was open. Needless to say it snapped in two right at the hindges, it's ah pretty good case for the price but if your clumsy like me this case is not for you.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: SHARKK Folio Bluetooth Keyboard Case with 360 Degree Rotating Feature and Sleep/Wake Function for iPad Air 2 - Black; Brand: SHARKK; Review: Iv had my sharkk for about ah week and accidentally dropped it while it was open. Needless to say it snapped in two right at the hindges, it's ah pretty good case for the price but if your clumsy like me this case is not for you.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Excelvan 84 Inch 16:9 PVC Fabric Portable Indoor Outdoor Projector Screen for Home Cinema Movie, Education Office; Brand: Excelvan; Review: Perfect. Absolutely perfect for what I needed it it for; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: Camco 45732 32' ULTRAGuard Class A Cover (110"H x 102"W); Brand: Camco; Review: What a great cover for the price :) cover my whole trailer including the hitch....Way better the a tarp the year before :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Camco 45733 34' ULTRAGuard Class A Cover (110"H x 102"W); Brand: Camco; Review: What a great cover for the price :) cover my whole trailer including the hitch....Way better the a tarp the year before :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Auto Ventshade 25045 Bugflector II Dark Smoke Hood Shield for 2009-2018 Dodge Ram 1500 (Excludes; Brand: Auto Ventshade; Review: Work perfect :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Auto Ventshade 94109 Original Ventvisor Side Window Deflector Dark Smoke, 4-Piece Set for 2009-2018 Dodge 1500 Crew; Brand: Auto Ventshade; Review: Work perfect :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Keyless2Go Keyless Entry Car Key Fob Replacement for Vehicles That Use 3 Button CWTWB1U331, Self-programming; Brand: Keyless2Go; Review: Work perfect :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cuztom Tuning JDM 3D Wavy Shape Style Smoke Tinted Window Visor Shade for 2008-2017 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 10 X; Brand: Cuztom Tuning; Review: Work perfect :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: FIRSTECH Start your car from your cellphone with DroneMobile Smartphone Add-On DR3400 Remote Car Starter; Brand: FIRSTECH; Review: Work perfect :); Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Automotive |
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Title: MEE audio Sport-Fi M6P Memory Wire In-Ear Headphones with Microphone, Remote, and Universal Volume Control (Orange); Brand: MEE audio; Review: very good product; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LONVE 8gb Silver Mp3/mp4 Player 1.81'' Screen Mp4 Music/audio/media Player and Fm Radio; Brand: LONVE; Review: perfect; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: iGadgitz Red Silicone Skin Case Cover for Sony Walkman NWZ-A15 NWZ-A17 NW-A25 NW-A27 8GB 16GB 32GB & 64GB; Brand: igadgitz; Review: perfect; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 32gb Slim 1.8" 4th LCD Mp3 Mp4 Player Fm Radio Video Player with Accessories (Blue); Brand: Unknown; Review: perfect; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: MEElectronics Sport-Fi M6 Noise Isolating in-Ear Headphones Memory Wire; Brand: MEElectronics; Review: very good product; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Olympus TP-7 Telephone pick up; Brand: Olympus; Review: works great; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: Quest Albury On Townsend; City: Albury New South Wales; Review: Our second visit in 6 weeks, we love the comfort and cleanliness of this place. It is a converted wool store and has huge open spaces in the reception and stairwell area, all decorated with art and photos of the old store in action. Everything feels bright and airy. Reception staff were efficient and cheerful and very happy to give recommendations for good dining in the area. The accommodation on Level 1 is set out in a big square so some rooms are a fair (but comfortable) walk along the corridors. Very quiet on the 2 occasions we stayed, one Saturday night and one Wednesday night. On both occasions we stayed in a 1-bedroom unit which was spacious and well equipped. Comfortable furniture and pleasantly decorated unit with a fully equipped kitchen if needed but we decided to eat at a great local restaurant or order takeaway. The separate bedroom and KS bed was very comfortable, lots of hanging space in double mirrored robe. The bathroom is huge with shower over large bath. Also included are the latest Fisher & Paykel washing machine and dryer which was handy allowing us to do our washing overnight.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pacific Marina Apartments; City: Coffs Harbour New South Wales; Review: We were amazed to arrive at Pacific Marina and find our booking for a 1 bedroom unit had magically been upgraded to a huge 3 bedroom unit with 2 ensuites - not that we needed the extra rooms but we enjoyed the feeling of spaciousness. Our unit is ground floor in a 3 level block with underground secure parking. This unit is tastefully decorated with leather lounges and stylish light fittings and floor rug. King Size bed is extremely comfortable with Sheridan hotel quality linen, such a feeling of luxury. A spacious, patio leads to a large shared garden on one side and the Jetty Village Shopping Centre is directly opposite the road from reception. The only downside is the occasional sound of a goods train going past. However, the noise was not enough to dampen the pleasure of our stay.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ramada Hotel Suites by Wyndham Ballina Byron; City: Ballina Ballina Shire New South Wales; Review: We were delighted when we arrived at this 1-Bedroom Riverfront apartment. Spacious, well-designed and tastefully furnished with very pleasant outlook over the large communal terrace across to the River. Wide bedroom with very comfortable KS bed and 2 mirror door wardrobe with plenty of hanging and storage space. A large bathroom with long vanity, double basins and large shower room. Dining table to suit 4 and galley kitchen adjacent to lounge area. Both large sliding doors leading out to the terrace. We will definitely rebook this on our next trip.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Meridian Beachside Apartments; City: Old Bar New South Wales; Review: We arrived around 6pm and were quickly given our keys and maps to locate not only our keys to the unit but also to a lock-up garage directly opposite the front door. The unit was cosy and felt like coming home. This was a 3-bedroom ground floor apartment but as we only booked 1-bedroom the other two bedrooms were locked. The unit contained everything we needed, a complete kitchen, laundry and good sized bathroom. The front sliding doors opened directly onto a large sandy grassed area leading to a low metal fence which overlooked the beach below. Recent storms had washed away much of the sandy stretch below but the garden was a lovely place to gaze out in the hope of seeing whales migrating north at this time of year. We wandered up the road about 10 minutes to eat at FLOW ... excellent choice. Front desk service was also happy and efficient, so we were on our travelling way in no time at all.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Best Western The Henry Parkes Tenterfield; City: Tenterfield New South Wales; Review: We have been travelling in New South Wales the past 14 days and have enjoyed some wonderful accommodation. Understanding Tenterfield is a small NSW town and not necessarily a tourist mecca, we booked the best we could find online. The room is clean and tidy but with very dated décor, kitchen fitout and lounge furniture that might be found at Vinnies. Two cane chairs and a low bench seat does not invite me to sit for very long. The kitchen and bench is of average fitout and quality. There is absolutely no comparison between this unit and one at an upmarket Meriton serviced apartment tower in Broadbeach for the same cost of $175. The bathroom is clean and quite spacious with a shower of a large spa bath making it difficult to 'climb in'! A small laundry offers opportunity to do washing while travelling. The reception at front desk was warm and friendly and our arrival was handled very efficiently. The dining room, lounge and open fire was pleasant and inviting. However we opted to phone for a takeaway as it was late and a cold wet night.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pullman Magenta Shores Resort Hotel; City: Magenta New South Wales; Review: We are 70-somethings travelling Sydney to Sunshine coast combining some business with some touristing. We enjoyed a stay Pullman Bunkers Bay last year and decided on a studio apartment at Pullman Magenta Shores on our trip north this time. Great spacious room with very comfortable KS bed. Nice balcony overlooking one of the two pools. Lovely grounds to walk around with access to the beach.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Quality Hotel Powerhouse Armidale; City: Armidale New South Wales; Review: We arrived after a long day of travel and were over the moon to find our room to be warm, inviting and beautifully furnished. The exquisite timber and leather furniture spoke luxury not normally found in a country accommodation. The king size bed was very comfortable and the linen very high quality. The large marble bathroom contained a separate huge spa bath with shower over. Excellent hot water system strong spray head made for a wonderful morning shower. We ate dinner at Azka restaurant within the Hotel and found it to be of exceptionally high standard - separate review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Quest Wagga Wagga; City: Wagga Wagga New South Wales; Review: Day Four on and 8-day business trip through Central NSW, it all begins to be a matter of "what day is it? where are we?" So we always look forward to checking in to Quest apartments as we have previously experienced great comfort and space. Quest Wagga Wagga, whilst not being 'flash' is certainly a comfortable and clean place in which to put the heads down for a night. Our unit was at the back of the block on the ground floor. Swimming Pool renovations were being carried out which made the area a little messy but not at all inconvenient and no noise annoyance while we were there. We were too tired to dine out at one of the great restaurants Wagga Wagga has to offer so decided to order in (see separate review - Tammy's Thai). Again, a very comfortable bed, good facilities and a very quiet location.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Quest Dubbo; City: Dubbo New South Wales; Review: Travelling through Central NSW on an 8 day business trip our minds become a bit of a blur, one hotel after another, however we are always assured with Quest it will be clean and spacious. We booked a 1 bedroom apartment and were upgraded on arrival to a 3 bedroom. Not that we needed the extra rooms but the dining area and lounge room was large, light and airy. A very helpful find was the desk with an inbuilt source for charging all manner of mobile devices. Finding good quality washing machine and dryer in the bathroom is an absolute bonus when travelling for long periods. We always find the King size beds to be very comfortable with top quality linen, crisp and clean. Staff were most helpful directing us to good eating at The Old Bank about 300m around the corner for dinner (see separate review). My only negative comments would be that the lounge suite is a bit tired and worn on the cushions and there was a bit of staining on the carpet. The fridge was not working on the night we were there but a minor annoyance for just one overnight stay.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Meridian Beachside Apartments; City: Old Bar New South Wales; Review: On the final leg of our Brisbane-Sydney trip we chose to stay at Meridian Resort Old Bar following our very pleasant experience here nearly 12 months ago. The unit is beautifully furnished and very quiet and comes with a lock-up garage. Full kitchen and laundry facilities make this an ideal spot for a longer stay but we were only needing one night and left early next morning. We were pleasantly surprised with the total cost, far less expensive than we expected. All in all a great decision to stay with Meridian again. We'll be back.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Good Life Suites Sydney; City: Crows Nest North Sydney Greater Sydney New South Wales; Review: We housesit on a full-time basis but occasionally have gaps in between one house and another so Good Life Suites provides us with a perfect solution. We found the website online when it was newly opened so went to check out facilities and meet Andrew, the building manager. What a joy! Every room fitted out with the highest quality workmanship, thoughtful design, stylish and comfortable furniture, and excellent quality linen and bedding. Plus so many add-ons such as under-floor heating, remote control wind-out windows, triple glazed windows for noise minimisation and best quality exercise equipment in the small but adequate gym room. Even the council land next door has been landscaped by this building owner and maintained by his crew, which enables pleasant garden views from the suites on that side of the property. We stayed there last week and found the place to be so quiet, and just perfect for us. The long desk provided a super work station, plenty of conveniently located power points and dedicated computer and USB ports. The communal library and lounge allows guests to socialise or for friends to visit and enjoy the space (not to mention the complimentary coffee, basket of fruit, muffins and biscuits available each day). Outside a large BBQ is provided and three tables with bench seats so guests and their visitors can enjoy the gardens and the neighbourhood. Good Life Suites have thought of everything necessary to create a fine home away from home. Even a dog-friendly suite! GLS is conveniently located next to the freeway to the City/Airport, a few minutes walk to the eat streets of Crows Nest, ten minutes walk to St Leonards Station for trains, with buses to City, Manly and Chatswood and RNS Hospital a short drive or 20 minutes walk. Andrew Lescen is the live-in building manager, providing everything necessary for a warm welcome and smooth stay. We salute you Andrew and the Owners for providing Sydney's Lower North Shore with this excellent accommodation alternative and look forward to our visit next month.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Good Life Suites Sydney; City: Crows Nest North Sydney Greater Sydney New South Wales; Review: We are such regular guests here they jokingly call our regular room 'The Lockett Suite'. We housesit around the country and occasionally have a night or two gap so we head for Good Life Suites as we really feel at home there. Every suite has a full kitchen, and the latest laundry equipment built in to the bathrooms. It's the little things that count, like a fresh loaf of bread and real butter waiting in the fridge, along with 2 bottles of water. This property has been architecturally-designed to provide excellent space and comfort for casual travellers, corporate fly-ins, families and family groups in the best location. It is close to Crows Nest "eat-street", Royal North Shore Hospital and allied medical facilities, walking distance to St Leonards station and regularly running buses to City and North Shore. Good Life Suites has a well thought out eating and barbecue area for families and friends to gather, a small but well fitted out gym and a communal room, where family groups might meet to share a meal of a night of conversation. This room is open 24 hours a day and every morning there is a tray of freshly baked goods and fruit for all guests to partake. Tea and Coffee making facility is also offered. Underground parking is available. The best position means direct access onto the freeway to city and airport, or easy access northward. Love our Good Life Home.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Neagles Retreat Villas; City: Clare South Australia; Review: Two couples from Sydney on a Clare Valley winery trip, we opted to stay 2 nights in the area and enjoy all the Valley has to offer. The accommodation was spacious, squeaky clean, offering stunning views all round. Everything we needed for a comfortable stay was here, cosy fireplace, comfortable lounge and dining furniture, two spacious bedrooms and two well appointed bathrooms. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and the area offers many good walks. We were blessed with fine wintery blue days and clear crisp nights. Definitely one to come back to.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: LeapFrog LeapPad 7" Carrying Case, Purple (works with LeapPad Platinum, Ultra and Epic tablets); Brand: LeapFrog; Review: This is a must buy for any little one who has a leap pad. It is great for traveling and keeps it from being damaged.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fisher-Price Bright Beginnings Activity Walker; Brand: Fisher-Price; Review: Not used yet as my grandson isn't old enough yet. But being a Fisher-Price toy i know it will hold up and be used until it falls apart from all the years of use.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Green Toys Dump Truck - FFP Packaging; Brand: Green Toys; Review: These are toys that will last a long time. My grandchildren love them and so will yours. Age is no problem since the toys are just the right size for all kids. And they can take them outside or leave them in the house. They are easy to clean and sturdy so you don't have to worry. A great buy.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Green Toys Recycling Truck in Green Color - BPA Free, Phthalates Free Garbage Truck for Improving Gross; Brand: Green Toys; Review: These toys bring so much joy to my grandchildren. They are great for boys and girls of all ages. They are safe and sturdy and so worth the money you spend on them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Green Toys School Bus; Brand: Green Toys; Review: My grandchildren love Green Toys. I feel good buying these toys for them and they enjoy them so much. You cant go wrong with these toys ever. Worth every penny you spend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Green Toys Train, Blue; Brand: Green Toys; Review: Green toys are the best. I bought this for my 7 month old grandson and he loves it. And I feel good buying Green Toys for him. You will love anything you purchase from Green Toys. They are sturdy and safe for all ages.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Green Toys Tool Set, Blue; Brand: Green Toys; Review: Best toys to buy. Green Toys are so durable and are great for many ages. They are safe, fun and earth friendly. Buy these and never be sorry you spent the money for them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Green Toys Watering Can Toy, Green; Brand: Green Toys; Review: Best toys for your money. These are strong, beautiful, well made and durable. I have two grandchildren and they have enjoyed every single one of the green toys I have bought for them. Do the earth a favor, and your kids/grandkids, and buy Green Toys !!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Toys_and_Games |
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Title: Rothco M-65 Field Jacket Liner; Brand: Rothco; Review: This fits my old field jacket perfect.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Carhartt Men's Chamois Button Front Original Fit Shirt; Brand: ; Review: Nice and thick and fit me perfectly; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dickies Men's 14 Inch Cuffed Knit Beanie Hat; Brand: ; Review: This hat fits great.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Indera Men's Tall Cotton Rib Knit Thermal Underwear Top; Brand: Indera; Review: The top fits and feels great. I would buy again; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Brinks 161-20271 TSA Approved 22MM Luggage Lock Solid Brass, 2-Pack; Brand: BRINKS; Review: The product works for my needs; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Reebok Men's DMX Max Select RS Walking Shoe; Brand: ; Review: Good shoe; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fruit of the Loom Men's Best Collection Fleece Open Bottom Sweatpant - All Colors; Brand: ; Review: fits great; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hanes Men's 3 Pack Ultimate Tagless Tank; Brand: Hanes; Review: Fits great; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown; City: Missoula Montana; Review: I was so impressed with the professionalism and hospitality of the front desk attendants Rachel and Meagan. They helped me with a few simple needs, but had a way to make me feel at home and welcomed. I have stayed here in the past, and will again. There staff is great and the accommodations are very good with an awesome location for the town. I would recommend the hotel to anyone looking for quality and convenience built into a fair price. Kudos to the management for hiring Rachel and Megan!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Plus Zion West Hotel; City: La Verkin Utah; Review: This new hotel was in a great location for both Zion and shopping and dining. You are only a few minutes away from both. We headed to St. George for dining and shopping one evening all after spending most of the day in Zion National Park. The staff is friendly and the pool area was just right for some sun and fun. We stayed 3 nights and spent most of the time in Zion. After a good free breakfast, you can get to Zion in just under 20 minutes. Try it out. You won't be disappointed.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Yellowstone Crossing; City: Laurel Montana; Review: The stay a Laurel, MT was just perfect before dealing with the business of Billings just 15 minutes away. I will continue to use their services. The staff went out of their way to be helpful and it is an easy place to relax for a day or two. There are also many close food, shopping and gas stations nearby.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Plus Havre Inn Suites; City: Havre Montana; Review: You are going to love this location in Havre because of the view. It is a new hotel and very clean and well staffed. Definitely check it out if you can, the rooms are clean and comfortable and it is just beautiful walking around the bluff that it sits on. For unknown numbers of years, the Natives used that spot for a bison jump to feed their tribes. Now you can comfortably sleep and relax in one of the most prized areas for the Native Americans hunting practices.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Plus Havre Inn Suites; City: Havre Montana; Review: This hotel is at the top of an old bison jump and the view shows it. There is a bit of shopping near by and a couple of restaurant options within walking distance. It is a new facility and just at the edge of town as to give you peace and quiet yet practical enough that you won't waste any time driving out of the way. If you come through the town of Havre, MT, this is an excellent stop where you can get well rested.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Yellowstone Crossing; City: Laurel Montana; Review: This is a great location to get away from busy Billings, but close to all that you need. The staff is very nice and the rooms are comfy and affordable. The pool this time was cold and the spa not hot. The spa is getting older it appears, but is usually warmer. I stay here about 2-3 times per year and will definitely come back. Good breakfast!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wyndham Garden Boise Airport; City: Boise Idaho; Review: Good for the price. Outside of the room, I was not impressed. Inside is comfortable for a good night sleep.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter; Author: Visit Amazon's Antonia Fraser Page; Review: I began reading this memoir with great anticipation, only to be numbed by the useless trivia and lack of actual personal revelations. They were in love, and he did write her some wonderful poems. BUT... Only read this book if you are insatiably curious about where and with whom Lady Antonia and Harold ate breakfast, lunch and dinner for 33 years. But do not expect to come away with any real understanding of what made Harold Pinter tick. Nor of how any of her six children felt about her divorce. And don't look for even a shred of sympathy towards Harold's former wife, actress Vivien Merchant who subsequently drank herself to an early death. Miss Merchant's death is mentioned six months after the fact and only in the context of resentments Harold still held about his ex-wife.... However, Lady Antonia does give a longish description of her intense grief on pages 230-231 when her 16 yr. old cat Rowley must be put to sleep. So, perhaps there are some insights to be found after all. That is, that Antonia Fraser comes across as rather self-absorbed and ruthless. But she does love her animals.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Final Jeopardy (Alexandra Cooper Mysteries); Author: Visit Amazon's Linda Fairstein Page; Review: I can only suppose that Linda Fairstein's reputation as a top-notch D.A. overawed her editors, because otherwise there really is little excuse for this poorly written mystery. To begin with, Alexandra Cooper is the most unlikeable protagonist I've encountered in a long time. She's arrogant, and has contempt for many of her colleagues, (can be known to praise the "little guys", but evidently even her long-time secretary speaks to her "timidly"). We're told again and again how much Chapman and many others love her, but wer'e rarely shown why. She's called "blondie", and wears expensive suits, expensive jewelery and expensive perfume... just so we know she's supposed to be attractive and also a cut above the average D.A. We are supposed to believe that she is friends with the universally loathed actress, Isabella Lascar, who constantly uses "Coop" for favors, but again, we don't really have a clue why Alexandra would put up with this leech unless she's just another star-crazed fool. The only redeeming parts of the book come from an insider's look into a day in the life of a D.A. prosecutor, but even then, the stories often come across awkwardly, as though someone told Ms. Fairstein, "Yeah, that's a good one- put that one in your book somewhere"... And the stories are, indeed, plopped in somewhere. Perhaps her subsequent books improved, but I don't want to spend any more time with the pompous Ms. Cooper, so I'll pass.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Come to the Edge: A Love Story; Author: Visit Amazon's Christina Haag Page; Review: Ms. Haag is a rather good writer and because of this she is able to articulate all the highs and lows. excitement and sorrows of an early love. Of course, her lover is John F. Kennedy Jr, and most of her book takes place among somewhat rarefied circles of society,elegant homes, expensive and exotic vacations.. but still her memories and the telling of their love story has quite a general appeal. JFK Jr. comes off as funny, adventurous, not off the charts bright, but still a good sort, especially given the circumstances of his outrageous privilege and the outrageous expectations to match. Much has been made of the revelations that she and John partook in cannibis, and that he was often reckless to the point of almost killing them both on a fateful kayak trip to Jamaica. But to me the most revealing passage had to do with Jackie Onassis and her admission one night to her son that if her late husband (and his father) were to come back to her in the present, she wasn't at all sure that she wouldn't turn him away. That clear admission of perhaps how much she had changed, perhaps how painful much of their marriage had been I found very moving. This story later informed the basis of Christina and John's final break, which was her inability to turn a blind eye to infidelity, his inability to remain faithful. Not an exploitative book, but one that is loving and careful and sad. My only criticism has been noted by many others as well... A VERY confusing lack of chronology. The narrative bounces around in dizzy circles, very hard to keep track of at times.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blue Nights; Author: Visit Amazon's Joan Didion Page; Review: I like Joan Didion's writing. I like how she writes about one of the most horrifying experiences a parent can have with honesty and a total lack of easy cozy cliches. By her own admission hers was, for many years, an almost perfect life. The many years when, as she puts it "the dots connected". Both she and her husband, the late John Gregory Dunne had rich, satisfying writing careers that were exciting, fulfilling and very well recompensed. And even motherhood unfolded, at least in the early years just as perfectly. She was presented with a lovely baby girl, no pregnancy, childbirth, or even an arduous adoption process. And Quintana was, as she remarked in an interview, an "angel child", until later when her sadness began to set in. The shocking double tragey of losing both her husband and daughter, the two most important people in her life, is awful to contemplate. But I can't help wondering about the other family member, her daughter Quintana's husband Michael Gerry. I've read both Blue Nights and The Year of Magical Thinking, and still all that I know of a man who must at least have been very important to her only child, is that he is an "older musician". There's so much left out here. Did Gerry bring real joy to her otherwise troubled daughter? What was he like at a family dinner? How did Quintana and Gerry meet? Did Joan and John rejoice at finally seeing their daughter happy in her new marriage? Or does Joan even think of him at all? Puzzling in an otherwise quite open book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Death Comes to Pemberley; Author: Visit Amazon's P. D. James Page; Review: I do not fault PD James for not capturing Austen's voice more precisely. Who could? Nor do I fault her for wanting to work in Austen's world exploring a future for these fascinating characters. I have always refused to read any P&P sequels and yet happily gave in to reading this one because I am such a fan of PD James' writing. I figured who better than James to attempt this? But... Death Comes to Pemberley is tedious, pedantic, and sorely lacking Jane Austen's light, humorous touch. First, although I imagine James wanted to make her book accessible to anyone regardless of whether or not they were already familiar with Pride and Prejudice, huge chunks of the book are given over to the re-telling of the original plot. Huge chunks. Austen's P&P is plot-heavy with lots of little prejudices, opinions and nuances and so it takes up quite a bit of space to fully bring an uninitiated reader up to speed, boring the rest of us in the process. Next, James spends much of the book piecing out historical lessons on exactly how the English courts worked in 1797 and what jails looked like and the hierarchy of the law and Magistrates...and I'm weary just from typing all this. Austen didn't explain her world, her audience already understood it, and so she just got on with the story. I wish Ms. James had. But what an uninteresting, dull story it turns out to be. Only the promise of a ball, never achieved. No parties, dances, scandalous flirtations, no FUN. Little wit, no humor, just a plodding and somewhat unbelievable murder mystery along with a few modern day psychological explanations as to why certain characters behave as they do. For instance, we discover that Wickham isn't simply a delicious and charming cad... No! He just didn't get enough love as a little boy. And Alveston, why might he be the better match for Georgianna? Because he can quote feminist writer Mary Wollstonecroft, of course. Again and again Darcy apologizes for being brought up a rich, proud landowner, for not expressing his feelings more freely, heck, for things that aren't even his fault! Why do I give it even 2 stars? Because of the promise of a good tale that marked the first several chapters of the book. Reading the first section of the book I was expectant, hopeful, and yes, entertained. But it did not last.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: IT'S ALL GOOD: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great; Author: Visit Amazon's Gwyneth Paltrow Page; Review: I was initially interested in this book because I'd read how "clean" the recipes were, how GP re-ordered her own diet and wrote a book that was true to her new clean-eating principles. Alas, this is not that book. The recipes again and again rely on known allergens such as eggs, and, quite frequently soy and soy products. In fact, she seems quite incapable of cooking and eating in a world without Veganaise, a soy-based mayo substitute. The recipes may be tasty, but too many of them definitely do not meet the criteria of "clean".; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Children of the Revolution: An Inspector Banks Novel (Inspector Banks Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Robinson Page; Review: I have been a fan of this series for years and have even introduced several friends and family to these books. Banks has always been a somewhat flawed but very accessible and likeable character. And to me, in detective fiction, character is probably the most important aspect of the work. Sure, a nicely twisting plot is essential, but a lot of what makes a series work, or not, is the writing of the characters themselves, particularly our detective. Sadly, in this latest installment, Banks is becoming a bit of a caricature. I don't mind the descriptions of his daily routine, occasional pub meals, etc. In fact, I like the details. But Banks with his now THREE female underlings, each vying for his trust and attention to the point that we even get a "catfight" feels like a bad Yorkshire version of "Charlie's Angels". And then there is his newest decades-younger love interest. We're told that she's extremely intelligent, looks amazing in a bikini but never quite why this exotic and lovely young woman would be remotely interested in an aging detective on the brink of retirement. Oh right, he was nice to her, also lovely, entitled boss. Oh, OK. As others have noted, the plot meandered and in the end, there was lots of quibbling and justifying as to why Banks lets a few things slide. Not his best... But I'm an old fan and will stick with the series. I just enjoy Robinson so much that I find that even his lesser books are pretty readable.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Wee-Wee Puppy Pee Pads for Dogs - Standard Size (22" x 23"); Brand: Four Paws; Review: No leak through and perfectly sized. So far, and I've tried several pads, these are my favorite.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wee-Wee Standard Size Puppy Pads for Dogs, 150 Count; Brand: Four Paws; Review: No leak through and perfectly sized. So far, and I've tried several pads, these are my favorite.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dogit Go Slow Anti-Gulping Dog Bowl; Brand: Dogit; Review: really slowed my pup down... No longer need to feed him a teaspoon at a time!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Andis EasyClip Pro-Animal 11-Piece Detachable Blade Clipper Kit in Frustration Free Packaging, Pet Grooming, MBG-2 (65785); Brand: Andis; Review: Best EVER!! Also, they don't overheat and when they do finally get warm, they cool very quickly. I enjoy using them and highly recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Favorite Dog Plastic Training Tray Potty High Protection Portable Pad Holder; Brand: MFPS; Review: Way too small and the grid of the tray doesn't allow urine to flow through.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: HDP EZDOG Triple Pet Toothbrush; Brand: Pet Supplies; Review: My dog hates it... it's too big to fit into the back of his mouth to get to his rear molars. He takes off running every time he sees it.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: HDP EZDOG Triple Pet Toothbrush; Brand: Pet Supplies; Review: My dog hates it... it's too big to fit into the back of his mouth to get to his rear molars. He takes off running every time he sees it.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: NICREW Legs Out Front Dog Carrier, Hands-Free Adjustable Pet Backpack Carrier, Wide Straps Shoulder Pads; Brand: NICREW; Review: The carrier does not have enough stability on the sides. My pup swings back and forth w/ the slightest of steps. Works great if little movement is involved.; Rating: 2.0/5.0 | amazon_Pet_Supplies |
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Title: SanDisk 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash Memory Card SDMSPD-4096-B35- Retail packaging; Brand: SanDisk; Review: considering it has one purpose, id say it passes. its not defective and its what you need to get your psp started; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sony PSP Data & Power USB Cable; Brand: by
OOOUSE; Review: this is a cord to go from your psp to your laptop/computer. thats all it does, all its supposed to do. you cant have usb and charger in psp at same time; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sandisk 4GB MicroSDHC Memory Card with SD Adapter; Brand: SanDisk; Review: they work and aren't defective, fit perfectly into my psp pro stick adapter. sandisk do make the best usb drives; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dual MicroSD MicroSDHC to MS PRO DUO Adapter. Converts Two MicroSD or MicroSDHC Cards To MS PRO DUO; Brand: Generic; Review: was expecting something to go wrong, but no. works fine, best invention ever for psp buys hahaha. strongly recommend to others; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Belkin 6-Outlet Home/Office Power Strip Surge Protector (4 Feet); Brand: Belkin; Review: i bought this to make it more organized around my entertainment area. does its job very well. you get what you pay for; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: S.W.A.T. (2003); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: What Women Want (2000); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Seabiscuit (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Fight Club (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Bourne Identity (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Apocalypse Now (1979); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Entrapment (1999); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Armageddon (1998); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Men of Honor (2000); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Happy Gilmore (1996); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Citizen Kane (1941); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pearl Harbor (2001); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Taxi Driver (1976); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pulp Fiction (1994); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Swordfish (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Rock (1996); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Twister (1996); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: October Sky (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Double Jeopardy (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chinatown (1974); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Patriot (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Spider-Man (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Day After Tomorrow (2004); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Big (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Con Air (1997); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Saving Private Ryan (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Smart Hyde Park View Hostel; City: London England; Review: I have been coming to Smart Hyde Park View Hostel for 6 years. I have come both with student groups and my family. Never have I or my students been disappointed. Keep in mind this is a hostel, not a five star. However, what is great about this place is everything. Prices moderate, staff great, location great, clean building, and something many teachers with students should know, there is a hotel part (on the top 2 floors) and a hostel on the bottom 3 floors so teachers...you get a nice private room upstairs! But I really can't say enough about the staff. They help you with everything. Sometimes it gets busy so you may have to wait a bit to get to the counter but that is why prices are reasonable. They also serve a very simple breakfast which could be upgraded a bit for the hotel guests but it's OK. If you want a really great breakfast, you can walk 5 minutes in any direction.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Smart Hyde Park Inn Hostel; City: London England; Review: So I asked my 12 students what they thought about staying here. On average they gave it 7/10. Of course they were in a 15 bed dorm room so that's not too bad. Staff was great, especially Carla. Students liked staff, location and cleanliness, not so much the free breakfast.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Craven Gardens Hotel; City: London England; Review: If you want simply a great place to stay, as long as you don't need 4 star pampering, this is it. Great staff, nice breakfast, great rooms, really great location. I have stayed here 14 times in 6 years. Sometimes I bring students from Norway and sometimes, like this past weekend, just my wife and I. Sure there are a few things that aren't perfect but I find they really take you seriously and try to help. Just spent 4 days there without a problem. Clean rooms, good bar, 90 seconds from Hyde Park, very helpful staff...so if I have been there 14 times...; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Arangues; City: Setubal Setubal District Alentejo; Review: We stayed for 4 nights but it is a bit out of the main stream of things. I wouldn't stay here again because of the location...if you spend a bit more money and, presuming, you want the sun, stay out on Troia peninsula. If you want the city, stay in Lisbon. The staff is very kind but nothing special about the rooms (air conditioning barely works), the bar is nothing special and the neighborhood is not much. You can get a real feel for the city by staying here and it is not that far to walk to the ferry to go out to Troia. If this hotel had a pool, it would make it so much more enjoyable.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Montinho de Ouro; City: Lagos Faro District Algarve; Review: The place is beautiful. The pool is the centerpiece but the tennis court is very good and the location from the beach is a good but not impossible hike. The staff seems very busy but are helpful in many ways....they found my son's watch and mailed it back to Norway for us. If you fave a car you can drive to Lagos (strongly recommended) but Lux, the little town just near the beach is great.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Smart Hyde Park View Hostel; City: London England; Review: I am an English teacher from Oslo who has brought my students to SHPV for the 12th time in 7 years. The place is great for what you are paying for. I usually bring 15 students and they stay downstairs in the hostel and myself and the other teacher stay upstairs in the private rooms. Staff GREAT! Location GREAT! Building good. The elevator has a charm unto itself. Breakfast included and is good. Please remember this is not the Hilton. I have been to many hostels and hotels around the world with and without students. This one will serve all your needs.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Smart Hyde Park View Hostel; City: London England; Review: Wonderful place to bring students because the bottom floors are dorm rooms for kids and the top Floor has private rooms for teachers...all at a reasonable fee. The staff is excellent every year even though there is high turnover among them. I have come here for 8 years and never been disappointed. Close to Hyde Park and a 15 minute ride to Oxford Circus, 10 minute walk to Notting Hill. Can't go wrong...unless you need. Lots of space in your private room because the rooms are small.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pod 51 Hotel; City: New York City New York; Review: Hi. I have stayed now at another pods 39 and 51. Both are small but, if you have a choice, go for 39. 39 has a rooftop bar and central air. 51 was ok but we had a very loud air conditioner going all night in our room. 39 is quieter and the rooftop bar is great. 51 has nice rooftop area but no bar! Both places are nice to stay!; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Eurovillage Achilleas Hotel; City: Mastichari Kos Dodecanese South Aegean; Review: We have just returned from an amazing week at Achilleas Beach Mastichari. We had a Family room for myself my husband and my 17 year old daughter - her room was within ours but separated by an internal door. The rooms were spacious, had plenty of storage plus dressing table with hair dryer and mirror. Air con was 6 euros a day but a real must - tv and safe box available for a deposit once remote and key returned you get your money back. There was a maid service daily when the rooms were swept, bins emptied the 6 towels were changed twice in the week we were there. The restaurants were brilliant - loads of choice for each meal - upstairs was a themed restaurant which you needed to book into 48 hours before this had a greek, italian, continental, asian or fish theme alternated daily this was FANTASTIC!!! I am vegetarian and was able to find a variety of food to suit me each day. The pool was well organised - bring your own beach towels - pool bar and toilets - lots of space and sunbeds available. personally we preferred the beach but the pool was good for family's with plenty of activites going on for all ages including an aqua fit session each morning! And somewhere else in the extensive grounds was another large quieter pool with pool bar too but we didnt go thereThe hotel and all the grounds were IMMACULATE constantly being cleaned swept and maintained - the all inclusive package was very good with plenty of drinks snacks including pizza, rolls, cake and ice cream available all the time - finishing at 11 pm. The beach was a short pleasant walk through the grounds sunbeds available for 1.50 euros a day - book at reception - there was a lovely breeze and some pretty impressive waves! the first part of the beach has rocks at the shore line but walk up about 40 meters to a clearing to have easy access to the sea. one day there was a lot of sea weed due to the wind direction but this soon cleared. Beach bar and toilets close by also. When we arrived there were not many english but a couple of days later there were plenty to chat with. Night time entertainment was ok - karioke night, greek dancing was very good, some things for families with younger children too - we were content to just sit and relax and chat. There was apparently a well equipped gym but we didnt go there! Plenty of daily excursions available we went to the Volcano on Nyssiros island and did scuba diving in kos town - water sports are available a 15 minute walk up the beach in the main town of mastichari. The water park is free to hotel guests - book at reception - you are collected outside by coach at 9 am and returned at 5 - we didnt go - but others who did said it was worth it. All in all; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Landmark London; City: London England; Review: We celebrated my husbands 50th birthday with an overnight stay at The Landmark in October. The hotel staff were very polite and helpful at all times. Our room was spacious, spotless and amazing looking over the winter garden we wouldn't have changed anything. The hotel was ideally situated next to Marylebone tube station for our trip seeing a show and some sight seeing the following day. The spa facilities were second to none with the fully equipped gym, pool, jacuzzi and sauna - a lounge area with fresh fruit and juices and daily newspapers. Breakfast was superb with an excellent choice of continental foods and full English. The reception staff were very efficient and accommodating on check in and out, keeping our bags while we continued our sight seeing until much later that day. My mother, daughter and I were lucky enough to get a Christmas gift of 'Afternoon Tea' which we had early in December. We arrived at The Landmark after a busy morning of Christmas shopping and were able to "freshen up" in the fully equipped ladies wash room - we were greeted by the winter garden staff and shown to our table. The winter garden is breathtaking as has to be seen to be believed! My mother and I are vegetarian and had not informed the hotel of this beforehand, nevertheless we were presented with a delicious selection of sandwiches as soon as we told the waiter. The unlimited sandwiches were followed by scones and pastries and the waiter was very attentive at ensuring our teas and coffees were replenished when necessary. We did not feel rushed at all and enjoyed every minute, my mother was particularly impressed with the harpist who was playing on the balcony creating a lovely relaxing atmosphere. We would not hesitate to recommend The Landmark! Thank you to everyone there!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Landmark London; City: London England; Review: This is my third stay at The Landmark and I never cease to be amazed at the superior quality of the surroundings and attention to detail by every single member of staff. Everywhere is spotlessly clean and well kept. We stayed for 2 nights at the weekend, our room was excellent, a really generous size and everything we required was available. The decor and furnishings were first class. The ensuite being one of the best we have seen. We had a beautiful view across London that included The Shard in the distance as were on the 4th floor. The breakfast in the winter garden was remarkable ... Everything you could want in such a beautiful relaxing atmosphere the attentive staff seeing to your every need. I really cannot fault this hotel and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a stay in a central London hotel... You will not be disappointed.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Landmark London; City: London England; Review: We visited The Landmark for an amazing champagne brunch on Sunday. It is not our first time to this hotel and it never fails to impress us each time! The attention to detail, the helpful friendly staff and of course the first class food! The atmosphere was so festive with a pianist playing carols on a beautiful grand piano in the area where we had brunch and the most impressive Christmas tree in the winter garden! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel to anyone considering a trip into London... you will not be disappointed! The service is second to none, and the hotels location is a few steps from Marylebone station. Thank you to everyone at The Landmark for making our day so special on Sunday!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Red Rooster Roost; City: Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales; Review: This B and B is about 1 mile from Tenby sea front we stayed there over the Easter weekend with our family, 12 of us. The rooms we had were all doubles and were clean and comfortable. Our room had a walk in shower which was important to us but some rooms had spa baths and shower handsets. Our rooms had a lovely adjoining lounge and because we had all 4 rooms in that part of the building we were the only ones using it. It’s pet friendly on request so our dogs came too and there is a small gated garden courtyard adjoining which was ideal. Parking is a little limited (we had 5 cars!) but we were lucky enough to be able to park in a school opposite as it was school holidays. Marion the owner was efficient and when we had an issue with the heating she ensured it was on for us the next morning. Over all this was ideal for us and we would stay again.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Dance-Off; Brand: Shane Harper; Review: Just a low budget movie; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Life as We Know It; Brand: Katherine Heigl; Review: cute movie; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Unbroken; Brand: Jack O'Connell; Review: Good movie, profound; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Good Lie; Brand: Reese Witherspoon; Review: We enjoyed this movie, entertaining.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spare Parts Digital; Brand: Marisa Tomei; Review: fun movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Brand: Maggie Smith; Review: cute movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Lucky Number Slevin; Brand: ; Review: Interesting, it wasn't what I expected, not real bad and not real great!! More of a comedy than I thought; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: G.I. Joe: Retaliation; Brand: Channing Tatum; Review: It was very entertaining, I enjoy anything the rock is in!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fifty Shades of Grey; Brand: Dakota Johnson; Review: Very disappointing hardly had much of what was in the book, story wise. If they make a sequel I would not take the time to watch it; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Enemy Digital; Brand: Joshua Peace; Review: After about 30 minutes I stopped the movie. Just too bizarre; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Last Diamond; Brand: Brnice Bejo; Review: Good acting.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
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Title: Sorell Hotel Rutli; City: Zurich; Review: This is a sleek, modern hotel in the middle of a quaint and funky old town neighborhood. It was minutes from the train station, an easy walk to the main attractions of the city, and conveniently located near main streetcar lines. There were great restaurants at all price levels right around the corner, literally. The room included free wifi and breakfast, which was more than adequate. The only drawback is that there is a fair amount of street noise. There are several bars on the same street, and on the Saturday night before Easter, no less, we were woken at about 4 in the morning by a rowdy drunk shouting and cursing in German at the top of his lungs for what seemed like a really long time. Maybe it was just bad luck, because on Friday evening there had been no noise to speak of at all.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: VP Jardin Metropolitano; City: Madrid; Review: My first two nights in Madrid were spent in a tiny, windowless room in an expensive hotel near the center of the city, but when I came back at the end of my trip, my son helped me find this hotel in his neighborhood. What a difference! For about half the price, I had a lovely spacious room with a spectacular view of the city skyline all the way to the mountains. The hotel has a gorgeous marble reception area and a lovely atrium with palm trees in the middle. Wifi was free, but the signal strenth on the 6th floor wasn't great. This is a predominantly immigrant neighborhood, so there weren't a lot of tourists staying at this hotel. Although it's not in a prime location, the hotel is right at the Quatro Caminos stop on the #1 Metro line, which takes you straight to Plaza del Sol and all the attractions in the city center. The Metro in Madrid is very easy to use and very well-policed, so if I go back I would have no hesitation about staying here again and using the Metro to get around. I should probably mention that although this hotel seemed brand new and sparkling, I got the feeling that it wasn't the very best construction, so in a few years it might not be holding up so well, but for now, it's great.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Atlantico; City: Madrid; Review: I chose this hotel for its great location and reasonable price, but I think that because I booked online I got the smallest room on the floorplan. It was tiny, and virtually windowless, as the heavily shuttered windows opened only on an airshaft. Nevertheless, the room was perfectly fine. It was decorated nicely, clean and comfortable. There was a little noise through the walls and pipes, but not enough to bother me or keep me from sleeping. The bathroom was at least half the size of the sleeping area, and it was sparkling clean and well-equipped. The free wifi worked fine, and the staff were very helpful. If you really want to stay in the city center and not break the budget, this hotel is a very good choice. I have to add, however, that since the Best Western was booked for the last couple of days of my trip when I returned to Madrid, I tried a hotel further from the city center and found that by going a few Metro stops out I got a lot more hotel for the money.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Isrotel Yam Suf Hotel; City: Eilat Southern District; Review: I stayed at the Isrotel Yam Suf for a few days at the end of a long trip. What a great way to relax before leaving Israel! The hotel is a distance from downtown Eilat, but right by the beach and the coral reef. There's a dive shop on the grounds of the hotel, and SCUBA classes are offered in one of the 3 (!) swimming pools. You can also sign up for SCUBA or snorkeling tours of the coral reef. The room and all the facilities were beautiful, and the food was the best I've had at any Israeli hotel. The buffet on Shabbat was amazing! I also used Eilat as a starting point for a day trip to Petra, and the hotel prepared a really nice boxed breakfast for me to take along. If you want to hit the bars or malls in Eilat, there's a bus that runs at frequent intervals, or it's a 5-minute cab ride. There were lots of Israeli families vacationing here, so I'd definitely recommend it for families, but I think anyone would enjoy this lovely hotel.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Beit Shmuel Hostel; City: Jerusalem Jerusalem District; Review: I can't figure out how the owners of such prime real estate could keep it in such poor condition, but I guess if they fixed it up it wouldn't be a hostel anymore, so I shouldn't complain. Beit Shmuel is right around the corner from two of the most expensive hotels in Jerusalem, with a fantastic view of the Old City and easy walking distance to the Jaffa Gate, Mamilla and Yemin Moshe. The lobby and courtyard are very attractive, but once you get upstairs, the rooms are not in great condition. My shower was so mildewed that it was really gross. In my room the door to the balcony wouldn't open, but in a friend's room, the balcony door wouldn't lock, and in another room, the whole window popped right out of its frame. The mattresses were hard, but actually comfortable for sleeping. They have rooms that sleep up to six with all the bunks set up, but the upper bunks fold away to make a very spacious room for 2 or 3 people. The shower and toilet were in separate bathrooms, which was convenient for room-sharing. The best thing about Beit Shmuel, though, was the food. The buffet featured really interesting salads and vegetables, far beyond the usual array at Israeli hotels. Shabbat meals there were outstanding. My room was on the 2nd floor, and I heard that the upper floors were a little nicer, so I'd recommend asking for the 3rd floor if you stay there.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Montefiore Hotel; City: Jerusalem Jerusalem District; Review: The Montefiore is literally around the corner from Ben Yehuda Street and an easy walk to the Old City. It's also very close to the Great Synagogue and convenient to several other shuls frequented by tourists. The rooms are very nice, with spacious bathrooms and TVs, safes, fridges and hotpots in each room. The food was good, but not really anything special. Breakfast was more than adequate, though. They have a Shabbat elevator, which is great if you're observant (but it's the only elevator, so it might be kind of annoying if you're not). And best of all, the price is very reasonable for a hotel in such a prime location.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shelburne Hotel Suites by Affinia; City: New York City New York; Review: The Affinia Shelburne is very conveniently located on the East Side. The rates were reasonable and the room was very generously sized for New York, The room was comfortable and attractive, and the restaurant, Rare, really lived up to its reputation for great burgers. The hotel seemed plenty busy when I stayed there, but I didn't hear a single sound from outside my room. They were also thoughtful enough to provide earplugs to shut out street noise, but they weren't necessary. I would definitely recommend this hotel.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Courtyard Middletown; City: Middletown New York; Review: Road construction and the fact that every darn road in the area seems to be 9-something (9A, 9M, 9E, 9W), made it challenging to get here, even with GPS, but it's a very nice hotel. It's in a little hotel enclave, so you can't go anywhere from there except by car, but there are 3 or 4 restaurants right there, too, so that's not a problem. If you need to stay in Middletown, I recommend the Courtyard by Marriot.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bear Mountain Inn; City: Bear Mountain New York; Review: The Bear Mountain Inn is a lovely place to spend a weekend. The Inn was built around 100 years ago, and still has the original rustic stone and pine decor. The rooms, however, are completely updated and very comfortable. My room, 302, was enormous. It had a fridge, microwave, Keurig and satellite TV. The bathroom was beautiful and well-stocked. The hotel includes what they call continental breakfast in the price, although I suspect Europeans wouldn't find it very continental at all. It was adequate, but really heavy on the pastries and doughnuts. Kids will love it. Not good if you're counting carbs, but not to worry, you can burn them all off hiking the many trails on Bear Mountain. I hiked the Major Welch trail to the summit and I'm glad I'm here to tell about it! The description called it "challenging," which hardly did it justice. Another option to the summit is part of the Appalachian Trail, and that's more direct, because it's pretty much all steps, straight up the mountain. I recommend taking that way down! If your family includes younger children, there are easier trails, like a calm and mostly level loop around Lake Hessian, where you can also picnic or rent rowboats or paddleboats. Across the road is a gigantic pool and a zoo populated largely with local animals rescued after being injured or orphaned by hunters or cars. There are also "Trailside Museums" with lots of interesting info about local geology, flora and fauna. Across the Bear Mountain Bridge in Westchester County, you can visit Washington Irving's home in Tarrytown, or see colonial life at Van Cortdland Manor. One minor complaint about the dining options at the Inn -- the 1915 Restaurant is only open Thursday through Sunday. On other days the Blue Roof Tapas Bar serves light fare like salads and sandwiches. The food is certainly good, but the choices are limited. All in all, this was a great choice for a short getaway, and for $150 per night in the middle of summer, I thought it was a bargain. Can't wait to go back with extended family.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Ester; City: Krakow Lesser Poland Province Southern Poland; Review: I stayed in room 42, which was large and attractive, but it was up under the gables, so the ceiling was low in places. It was very quaint, but you had to watch your head getting out of bed! The hotel is old, but all the rooms are updated. They had all the conveniences: flat screen TV, free wifi, and modern bathrooms. The shower was pretty small, but perfectly adequate. Some rooms have full tubs, though. The elevator only goes to the third floor, so on 4 you do have to go up and down one flight of steps, but they'll help you get your lugguge up the steps if you need it. All the hotel employees were friendly and helpful. The location is great -- right in the midst of all the historic buildings in Kashmierz, so it's really easy to walk to many attractions of Jewish interest. It's only about 3 blocks to the main shul, if you are Shabbat-observant. Also not a bad walk to the Old City and the main square, but that takes about 20 minutes. Kashmierz is definitely a hopping area after dark -- lots of cafes and restaurants, and very active nightlife. The hotel itself has a lovely outdoor cafe, where you can hear Klezmer music and songs from Fiddler on the Roof in Polish every evening. Some people thought this was too kitschy, but I liked it. The breakfast buffet was lovely -- they had a variety of hot and cold items, including cheese blintzes with strawberry/rhubarb sauce, soft-boiled eggs, smoked meats, cheeses, and salad each day that usually included some kind of smoked fish. They also had the most delicious plum cake! Definitely enough to keep you going for a long day of sightseeing in Krakow!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mercure Warsaw Grand; City: Warsaw Mazovia Province Central Poland; Review: At first glance, I thought my room in the Mercure Warszawa Grand was incredibly small, and I laughed at the glass-walled shower right next to the bed. But it turned out to be a very comfortable room. It was quiet, had plenty of storage space, and that glass-walled shower -- it was fantastic! (Also, it turns out that there is a curtain on the other side of the glass if you want privacy in the bathroom.) I was staying alone in the room; it might have felt a bit claustrophobic with another person if you spent much time hanging out there, but why would you do that in a city with so much to see? The hotel is in a good location, within walking distance of the Palace of Culture and Science, and near a bus line that leads to the Old City. The hotel breakfast had a lot of options -- eggs and pancakes for people who are used to that, as well as more traditional Polish breakfast meats and smoked fish. The hotel also had more than one English language TV channel, and free wifi. I would definitely recommend this hotel for anyone visiting Warsaw. I want to go back, and i will probably return to the Mercure Warszawa.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Madera Hollywood; City: Hong Kong; Review: I booked at the Madera Hollywood because it's literally around the corner from my son's apartment, but I would recommend it to anyone visiting Hong Kong. The location, in the trendy Soho neighborhood, could not be better. The neighborhood is full of very chic bars and restaurants, and the hotel is half a block from the Mid-level escalators, so it's very easy to find one's way down to the Central shopping district, the main metro station and the ferry docks. The big plus about being near the escalators is that at the end of a long day, you don't have to climb the steep hill to get back to the hotel -- just jump on the escalator and ride up. The hotel itself is lovely. It's a small boutique with only 2 rooms per floor, so it's very quiet and you get lots of attention. All of the staff are so helpful and friendly, and the rooms are beautifully appointed. The rooms all have sitting areas and kitchenettes, including a fridge, microwave and Nespresso machine. They keep the rooms stocked with bottles of water and snacks, and more are available in the lobby. There are 2 TVs, and the shower was amazing. I didn't end up using the gym, but I heard it was nice. The hotel also provides every convenience you could want in your room: iron and ironing board, hair dryer, clothes brush, toiletries, umbrellas, and best of all, a smart phone that you can take out with you to help navigate the city and to provide a wireless hotspot for your own phone all day. I can't tell you how helpful this was! I can really only think of 2 things about the rooms that aren't perfect. First, the bathroom doors are very heavy, so it's very hard to make them stay open if you want to clear the steam out. Second, when you close the automatic drapes in the bedroom area, they cover the TV screen as well as the windows. Not a big deal, though. I took advantage of a grand opening rate to book at about $230 US per night, which is not bad by Hong Kong standards. I booked another night at the end of my trip after a few nights on a side trip to Cambodia, and it was only a little bit more expensive, so still a very good value.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clarion Hotel Chateau Belmont; City: Tours Indre et Loire Centre Val de Loire; Review: I stayed at Chateau Belmont for two nights as part of a tour organized by Viking Cruises, and I was delighted. My room was in a modern building adjacent to the historic chateau. The room was huge and had every amenity I could ask for and some I didn't even need, like a fridge and hot plate. I didn't have a great view, but I didn't mind that because all I had to do was walk out the front of the building and explore the lovely grounds. The hotel restaurant served a passable preselected dinner to our group the first night of our stay. Those who chose to dine a la carte the next day told me that the food was truly excellent. Breakfast certainly was great. The hotel is located in a residential area away from the center of Tours, but the main tram line is only about 3 blocks away, and actually to walk into the city would only take about 20 minutes. Right around the corner is an amazing gastronomic restaurant, Charles Barrier, that I reviewed on this site. Overall, I think Chateau Belmont is a great choice in Tours, and I would happily stay there again.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Vittorio St. Angelo Men's Classic 2 Button Suit - Regular Fit; Brand: Vittorio St. Angelo; Review: It looks great. I ordered a size bigger because it was for my 15 year old son. It looks great and I like that the pants are so long and unhemmed so that we could get them hemmed to the perfect length. The fabric is nice.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wrangler Men's Premium Performance Cowboy Cut Regular Fit Jean; Brand: ; Review: Look great and fit well; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wrangler Size Men's Tall Premium Performance Cowboy Cut Regular Fit Jeans; Brand: ; Review: Look great and fit well; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zando Womens Vintage Casual Thick Knitting Wool Socks Winter Autumn Warm Soft Cotton Crew Socks 5 Pack; Brand: Zando; Review: pretty cute, but a little small; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pisces.goods New Classic Paisley JACQUARD WOVEN Men's Tie Necktie; Brand: Pisces.goods; Review: better looking in person; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: U.S. Polo Assn. Men's Color Block Dazzle Sport Short; Brand: U.S. Polo Assn.; Review: My kid loves them; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: U.S. Polo Assn. Men's Dazzle Short with Side Print Panels; Brand: U.S. Polo Assn.; Review: great running shorts; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Saucony Men's Cohesion 9 Running Shoe; Brand: Saucony; Review: comfortable!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kyle Thomas Men's 1/4" Pleat Wing Collar Tuxedo Shirt; Brand: Kyle Thomas; Review: The size was as described and fit perfectly. The black is dark and the quality is good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Surgical Stainless Steel CTR Ring 8mm Wedding Band Matte Finish, sizes 7-14; Brand: ; Review: I love this ring. I bought this ring for my son. He had his hand smashed in a door and although the ring is now destroyed, his hand had no damage because this ring is what kept his hand from being crushed. I ordered another one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sidefeel Women Tribal Printed Tankini with Boyshort Bikini Set; Brand: Sidefeel; Review: It was a little bit, but I was very worried about it fitting and could not find a local swimsuit in time for my trip. It worked well, It was comfortable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Hosteria Del Mar; City: San Juan Puerto Rico; Review: We (couple) had only booked for one night, but would easily have stayed a bit longer. Positives: Location is a bit remote (in a somewhat richer neighbourhood), right at the beach (beautiful) and it is easy to get everywhere by taxi. The restaurant had really nice food/drinks and was priced fairly. Service was good. Our room was very spacious, in the typical open design of the carribean (not completetly sealed off to the outside), everything in good condition. Negatives: No WiFi in the rooms. Warm water (comes from solar heating, we had very little sun during our stay) was not available.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Waterfront Hotel and Spa; City: Durban KwaZulu Natal; Review: Stayed for a few nights in early October, overall ok but with a number of annoyances that drag the rating down: - AC was out for a full day - Rooms are nicely designed but clearly have been worn down since WorldCup in 2010: toilets and showers having pieces missing or come loose, the door key system has issues (cards don't work, locks can't be made to work etc.) - none of that is dramatic but led to us having to run back and forth and changing rooms several times. - The staff was friendly just not as proactive as one would hope-- it took more prodding than desireable to get to solutions. But the solution (most often moving rooms) were provided. - Location is somewhat remote in harbor area but walking distance to the beach and still close enough to be only a short car ride away from the center city. In summary: Your stay will be fine but don't expect it to be a grand experience; on a good rate this can be acceptable.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sani Mountain Lodge; City: Sani Pass Mokhotlong District; Review: The lodge sits atop the Sani Pass and has a stunning view - well positioned so you can see sun rise and sunset from magnificent angle. Stayed in backpacker room 2 which was fine, only slightly annoying that this specific room did not have a window to the outside hence hard to see much (unless generator is on in the evening and light switch works). Absolutely fantastic food for dinner (steak was impressive) and a incredibly well-stocked bar considering the location. Really great for hanging out after making it to this "top of the world" location and easy to stay at overall.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hacienda Guayabal; City: Chinchina Caldas Department; Review: We visited as a couple for only one night, coming from Medellin and had a great time. The Hacienda is well run, the staff are very welcoming and accommodating. Food was uncomplicated but very tasty and well prepared. The rooms were basic but also perfectly fine. Really enjoyed the coffee tour (walk around Hacienda and lesson on roasting & tasting), made learning interactive and accessible; the pride in the Colombian coffee production is infectious. We could have stayed another night, for longer stays you'll likely want to think about other, nearby activities (unless you just want to chill in a hammock and read books). Not Hacienda-related but useful to know: When taking the bus from Medellin (Flota Occidental from Terminal del Sur), we had a not very tame driver: plastic bags were handed out first, we then raced the Cordilleras with many corners - prepare accordingly if you get car-sick.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Delirio Hotel; City: Cartagena Cartagena District Bolivar Department; Review: The room was nice, with balcony view of the church. Definitely a newer design, and everything we could have needed incl. a rainshower. Location is very central to all main attractions. We had a great service experience with Andrey who helped us out patiently with a number of things (from orientation to booking a tour to finding out how to purchase a Canon battery pack on short notice). Nice rooftop terrace and good breakfast.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Lost and Found: More Great Barn Finds & Other Automotive Discoveries; Author: Old Cars Weekly Editors; Review: Great book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jerry Heasley's Rare Finds: Mustangs & Fords (Cartech); Author: Visit Amazon's Jerry Heasley Page; Review: Great book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vinces Secret Locker; Author: Visit Amazon's Karl Coyne Page; Review: A really good book. Lot of pictures and advice, anything and everything about Vince is in this book. If you follow Vince and his training you won't be disappointed. Go get your today.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Age; Author: Bob McClurg; Review: Great book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: How to Build Altered Wheelbase Cars; Author: Visit Amazon's Steve Magnante Page; Review: Great book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Verizon Motorola Droid X2 Accessory - Blossoming Purple Violet Flower Protective Hard Rubberized Case Cover Design; Brand: ArtisanDecoStore-Droid 3; Review: I bought this for my wife to use. She loves the look and feel. It is slightly grippy, in a good way. I can see how some charger cords might have trouble connecting without using a knife to enlarge the opening, but hers works fine and no other function is affected by this cover. I also can't see why anyone would have trouble removing this from their phone. There is a little notch that makes it fairly easy to separate front and back halves for removal. My only complaint was that there were a few plastic burrs from the manufacturing process that were scratchy and very noticeable after the cover was on the phone. I was able to trim them off with a sharp blade, but would have preferred that they were not there to begin with. She has been using it for a few weeks now and even banging around in her purse, it still looks like new. UPDATE 12/2012 - purchased April 2012, replaced December 2012. Phone was dropped multiple times without damage to the phone, but over time the tabs holding the cover together became broken. Better the cheap cover than the expensive phone! Also, the grippy surface coating wore down over time. For the cost, replacement after 8 months (and multiple drops onto hardwood and concrete) is reasonable, so I'm keeping this at 4 stars. I was pleased that the cover did not affect the phone at all, no scratches or wear marks that I could see, since it fits snugly.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Motorola Vehicle Dock for Droid X & Droid X2 with Rapid Car Charger - Motorola Retail Packaging; Brand: hotfuleco; Review: Quality construction, stays put, easy to adjust. The connections are on the back, presumably for aesthetics, so I had to remove the whole thing from the windshield to make connecting a micro-USB cable easier. I can't see how anyone would be disappointed by this product, it just works as advertised. (I used it exclusively with the suction cup mount--I can't comment on the adhesive dash mount.) I did not have any issues with it coming apart when the phone was removed, I don't know how that would happen if it is assembled properly.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Motorola DROID RAZR M, Black 8GB (Verizon Wireless); Brand: Motorola; Review: I've become a Motorola fan by accident. My first Android phone was a Motorola Droid (original, with slide-out keyboard), then a Droid X, then a Droid X2. It was time for an upgrade and I was all but convinced that I wanted a Galaxy S3. Motorola had been great, but I'm sure the GS3 is a great phone too. But when I went to look at them in person, I discovered just how huge the GS3 is. I'm a guy who likes to carry his phone in a front pants pocket most of the time. There were times when the Droid X2 felt huge in my pocket, so I was worried about having something even larger, but wanted the performance and quality. What's a guy to do? The guy at the kiosk (in Costco) asked if I had heard of the Droid Razr M. "No," says I, "what's that?" The rest is history. A phone with the same size and quality screen as my Droid X2 that is overall somehow smaller in every dimension, lighter, and has way more battery life? Sold. I purchased it late December 2012. Though I wanted black, only white was available so I got that. It has grown on me. The finish is actually a little opalescent and appears to be durable. I never use a case and two months in there are no signs of wear. People have said the back is ugly/busy but my phone isn't a fashion statement. Functionally of that grippy Kevlar back is awesome and it feels great in my hand. Another reviewer here made a good observation--there's a point at which a phone is simply too big to be a one-hander. If you don't want to use both hands, the RAZR M is perfectly sized and easy to hold onto. It is the best Motorola phone I've had. That's partly due to the awesomeness of Android Jelly Bean, which really feels like what the OS has always aspired to be. But battery life is quite good, build quality excellent, no issues with call quality or reception, wifi is reliable, and I think I only shut down the phone once in the first two months I owned it. Prior Android phones required occasional reboots to keep them happy. PROS - All that stuff above. I repeat: smaller, lighter, faster, significantly longer battery life, Jelly Bean. Plus expandable memory via micro-SD. Camera is quick to start and takes decent photos. NFC, although I haven't used it yet. Front-facing camera. Less bloatware than most Verizon phones. And it is "splash resistant" too - having lost my beloved first Droid in a tragic accident involving a really small water exposure (wet hands) I appreciate this phone being a little tighter in that regard. CONS - Some have said that the inability to move apps to memory card is an issue. I didn't know about that until I read reviews here AFTER I purchased. For me, this has not been an issue. I have a fair number of apps and still plenty of room. Do your; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Milemont Selfie Ring Light with Cell Phone Holder Stand and Flexible; Brand: Milemont; Review: Based on other reviews, I purchased this case for my wife. She has a tendency to drop her phone and feels that a cover or case is a must, but doesn't want a bulky one and didn't want to spend a lot for something like an Otterbox. This Cimo case fits very well, was easy to install, and does not make her phone feel too bulky. There are grips on the sides which may not be easily apparent in the product photos. They grip better than you may expect. For the price, we were afraid there might be quality issues, but I honestly couldn't find even a small complaint. I'm firmly in the "I don't like cases" camp and even I think one of these might be nice for times when my phone is more at risk. So...we'll see if it lasts. She's had it about a week and loves it. As long as it doesn't yellow or become brittle and start falling apart, I think this one might last. UPDATE 01/2014: While still working fine, the plastic did yellow a bit over time. It was still serviceable, but I got her a new cover at Christmastime. I feel like we got our money's worth out of the Cimo cover.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Replacement LCD And Touch Screen Digitizer Glass Assembly With Free Repair Opening Tools Kit Compatible For iPod Touch 4 4th; Brand: DBPOWER; Review: By pairing this kit with a YouTube video, my son and I repaired his broken iPod successfully. The plastic tools included were helpful but for some steps a small knife blade was needed. The kit's tools just weren't hard enough to do some of the repair tasks. A small Swiss army knife worked well. The die-cut adhesive was critical to having a durable iPod after reassembly. It replaced the very narrow line of adhesive all the way around the edge of the screen. I don't think a kit without that would be a good idea, since the adhesive appears to provide a moisture seal, and there's no way to reuse the old one. It was a concern since this is not OEM, but thankfully screen resolution and touch-screen sensitivity are as good as the original.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Replacement Digitizer and Touch Screen LCD Touch Screen Assembly for Iphone 4 Assembly Cdma Version White; Brand: Generic; Review: This kit worked great (note: does not include the button) and the markings were nearly identical to OEM--likely the same supplier. Quality and function was imperceptible from original iPhone. They forgot to include the took kit with my order, and sent it 2nd day air after I contacted them. The tools were better quality than I expected. Paired with YouTube, iPhone 4 screen replacement is something that can be accomplished by a careful, patient person in 2-3 hours or less. Some of the screws in the phone are astonishingly tiny, so be careful to keep track of them. Take photos as you go just as backup for reassembly.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PureGear 02-001-01176 DualTek Extreme Impact Case with 3M EAR for iPhone 4/4S - 1 Pack - Carrying Case; Brand: PureGear; Review: My son bought this for his iPhone. Within a couple weeks, the little rubber corner bumpers had started coming out, often catching when he pulled the phone from his pants pocket. He got in the habit of watching for this and avoided losing any for another couple weeks. Finally one was lost. Without these rubber corner inserts, the phone moves around a bit inside the case. They do a great job protecting the phone while they are still there. Also, he likes the overall look and feel of the case, which is good quality. The white part is rigid, the gray bits are flexible rubbery plastic, and the black corner bits are rubber or silicone. For the price, my opinion is that these rubber inserts should be harder to lose. Or the kit should come with a back-up set perhaps. We solved the problem using Sugru, but that approach might not be for everyone.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Monoy® 9H Hardness Tempered Glass Front Screen Protectors for Motorola Moto X (For Motorola Moto X); Brand: Monoy; Review: I have to admit to being pretty thrilled with this product, and I was quite skeptical. I have never used a screen protector on any phone I've owned. But the Moto X is the first I've used that has the glass as the very front-most material. Placing it face-down means possible scratches, as I learned the hard way. Motorola helpfully replaced the phone at no charge (MotoMaker guarantee on the gorilla glass=awesome!) but I don't want to replace again. So, time for a screen protector. This was one that was recommended on the Moto X group on G+. Some suggested a different "rounded edges" brand which is 2x as expensive, but I went with this one because I wasn't sure I'd even keep it. Having had it on for over a week now, I'm sold. A cinch to install, not a single bubble, and it is at least as smooth to the touch as the original glass. I hardly know it's there. The edges of the protector feel rounded enough for me. I will say that it isn't an absolutely 100% perfect fit. I lined mine up at the bottom of the screen when I applied it. The top edge does not match the slight curve of the phone as exactly as it could. If that is a major concern for you, this model might disappoint. Thus far, no scratches on the protector, but if they ever do show up, I can replace it with way less hassle than a full phone replacement. Well worth the $15.88 I paid via Prime. If I change my mind at all due to problems with this protector, this review will be updated. Update: July 2014 - still working well. There are a now couple 1-2 mm scratches on the protector, which presumably would have been on the phone screen itself. They are not noticeable unless I look for them. Likewise the slight mis-alignment in the cut of the protector's borders: it has become far less evident with daily use. The protector is doing a great job, no changes to the review above.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Generic LCD Touch Screen Digitizer Frame Assembly Replacement for iPhone 5 5G - black; Brand: Orange Hong Kong; Review: Worked perfectly. Use in conjunction with YouTube video. Some items must be transferred from the old screen, including the speaker grille and little plastic surrounds for the front-facing camera and such. Make sure you know what you are doing. I used this part to repair a phone for a friend and will update this review if the screen dies unexpectedly or any other issues crop up.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archshield - Moto X Premium High Definition (HD) Clear Screen Protector 3-Pack - Retail Packaging; Brand: Archshield; Review: Purchased this as well as the one Halo brand 3-pack to compare which is better for 6 new Moto X phones. Initial impressions: Archshield came in an easy to open package, included three protectors, a nice quality dust cloth, four dust removal stickers, and a plastic card for smoothing bubbles. Instructions were clear. The fit on my Moto X is perfect and bubble-free installation was quick and easy. Cost per protector: $2. By comparison, the Halo brand was missing one protector, recommended using a credit card to smooth bubbles, did not have the stickers, and the dust cloth wasn't as nice. Also, the package didn't open easily. Cost per protector: $3.50. If the Archshield protector doesn't hold up over time, I will update this review. If no update, assume that it did the job and didn't wear prematurely.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Arkon Car Phone Holder Mount for iPhone X 8 7 6S Plus 8 7 6S Galaxy Note Retail Black; Brand: ARKON; Review: Well-made, and the vent mount works better than I expected. Only one complaint prevents 5 stars: the raised logo has sharp edges that I think will scratch the back of my phone. I'm not going to learn the hard way--I think some adhesive craft foam will work to prevent this.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bear Motion (TM) Premium Slim Back Cover Case for Smart Phone - Sand (Galaxy Note 2, Blue); Brand: Bear Motion; Review: This is a very slim cover. It does not wrap around the front far enough to protect the phone's glass if laid face-down on a surface. It does not seem like it would protect the phone as well as other thicker covers. Also, no dimple cut-out. That said, the feel of this cover is very nice. Not smooth, but not rough. It is easier to grip than the stock phone back. Also, if you don't like covered buttons, this cover is a good option. Perfectly snug fit.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hyperion Motorola Moto X Phone Matte TPU Case and Screen Protector (Compatible with Sprint Motorola Moto X Phone; Brand: Hyperion EA; Review: Perfect fit, and the cutout for the dimple is nice to have if you hold your Moto X with a finger tip there. The matte back is more "grippy" than a smoother cover, and has a good feel. It wraps around the front enough to protect the glass surface when laid face-down on a table. Note that the matte/frosted finish will likely obscure your custom Moto X saying if you have one on a darker phone color, and it definitely lightens the appearance of dark colors. The saying on light colored backs such as woven white can still be read through this cover.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Moto X Case, LUVVITT [ClearView] Hybrid Scratch Resistant Back Cover with Shock Absorbing Bumper for Google Moto X; Brand: Luvvitt; Review: UPDATE: In less than four months, the sides separated from the back. The back of this item is hard, clear plastic, while the edges that "hug" the phone are a softer, pliable clear plastic. The one I used was not abused, but became separated where the two materials are connected along the sides of the phone case. Also, the flexible plastic material has a tendency to yellow. As much as I wanted to like it, this cover just didn't last. This one is truly clear plastic. If you have a Moto X with custom saying, it will be visible through this case. Note that smooth, clear plastic will eventually scratch up, but that's the downside vs one that is matte/frosted. The fit is snug, and buttons are still easy to use with this cover in place. It feels like it will protect the phone if dropped (no personal tests yet!) and it keeps the front glass from contacting the table surface if laid face-down.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Slick Shell TPU Yellow Hybrid Plastic Backless Bumper Case for Motorola Moto X (1st Generation); Brand: Slick Shell; Review: My son wanted a bumper case so he could still see his custom back and use the dimple, but still have some drop protection and a lip to protect the glass if the phone is set face-down. We ordered black and received yellow/black, even though the label read "blk/blk." This was at Christmas, so I suspect they were slammed. It's OK, they refunded the money and told us to keep the case. Black was out of stock. I'm glad he tried the case a little before we ordered the desired color. It causes too much pressure on the power button and presses it all the time in pocket, hand, etc. As such, it is unusable. Too bad, because I think this is the only design of this type for the Moto X gen 1, and fills a need. I'm not up for trying to make modifications to make the case work, especially since we don't even have the right color.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Generic OEM Black Retina LCD Touch Screen Digitizer Glass Replacement Full Assembly for iPhone 5C; Brand: Generic; Review: Perfect fit, no display problems. Thickness matches OEM. Included some die-cut adhesives, which I didn't need.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Generic Digitizer & LCD Assembly For Apple iPhone 5 - White; Brand: Generic; Review: Perfect fit, just like original. No bad pixels or issues at all. Recommended. [If doing this yourself with a YouTube video tutorial, beware - iPhone 5/5s/5c now seem to often have the ambient light sensor sticking into the little metal holder, very easily tearing off of the cable. Most videos just show it lifting out, but I've been seeing it stick.]; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kenu Airframe | Vent Car Phone Mount | Android and iPhone Car Holder | iPhone 8 Car Mount; Brand: Kenu; Review: Saw this product featured somewhere (Lifehacker?) and decided to give it a try. It has lived up to the hype. Easy to use, good quality, holds phone (Moto X gen 1 in or out of case) very securely.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Replacement Digitizer and Touch Screen LCD Assembly for White Apple iPhone 4 (Fits CDMA Verizon/Sprint iPhone 4; Brand: DBPOWER; Review: Good quality LCD and digitizer - equivalent to original Apple. Not quite as white as original though.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: AMH® LCD Display & Touch Screen Digitizer Assembly Replacement for Apple iPhone 5S (Black); Brand: Orange Hong Kong; Review: Good quality, no issues.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: White Retina LCD Touch Screen Digitizer Glass Replacement Full Assembly for iPhone 5S; Brand: Generic; Review: After ordering multiples of this screen, I have yet to get one that is anything less than the quality of the original digitizer/LCD. The only complaint is that they are not as white as the original, making the button seem whiter than the screen. No complaints from users, since the repair is much more affordable, but it does reveal a difference in manufacturing versus OEM.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: for iPhone 5S Full Set LCD Screen Replacement Digitizer Assembly Display Touch Panel Black; Brand: ProMaxi; Review: Excellent-every bit as good as original Apple. I have had zero problems after purchasing 5+ of these. Will change this review if any have issues.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: BLUBOON(TM)Tempered Glass Screen Protector for ipad 2/3/4 With 9H Hardness/Perfect Anti-scratch/Shatterproof/ Ultra-thin(iPad 2/3/4); Brand: BLUBOON; Review: Perfect fit. If applied properly and carefully, no bubbles or anything. Very nice!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: DBPOWER For Iphone 4S LCD Touch Glass Screen Digitizer Assembly Replacement Kit (With Free Tool Kit) Black; Brand: DBPOWER; Review: I have ordered several of these screens and every one has been good. No problems at all. I suspect that some of the negative reviews may be from people who are not experienced with screen repair and are doing something incorrectly. The durability seems to be consistent with the original Apple screen, and the visual (LCD) performance as well as the touch sensitivity is also on par with the original.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Eco-Fused Premium Tempered Glass Screen Protector for iPhone SE, 5,; Brand: Eco-Fused; Review: Includes a larger-than-most cloth, no guide stickers. Seems on par with other brands of this kind of product. Went on bubble-free.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tech Armor Apple iPhone 5 Ballistic Glass Screen Protectors for Apple iPhone 5C / 5S / 5 / SE; Brand: Tech Armor; Review: THIS is the one to get. There are many of these available now, and I have installed 4-5 different brands for iPhone, including Eco-Fused and iXCC. This one has better rounded edges, feels slippery-er (oleo-phobic property I think?) and includes not only a polishing cloth and cleaning pad with solution, but also a plastic card if needed for bubble removal (didn't need it though) and six optional color button covers that raise the button a bit to compensate for the thin glass layer. Very nice! Even the packaging is superior. This will now be my only cover even if the price is a few dollars more.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: iPhone 5 Black Full LCD Display + Touch Screen Digitizer Mobile Phone Repair Part Replacement; Brand: WEELPOWER; Review: Did not include the mesh for the ear speaker opening. That seems common for iPhone 4 screens, but this is the only iPhone 5 screen I have purchased that did not include that.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Flylinktech® White LCD Digitizer Glass For iPhone 5 Front Touch Screen Assembly Replacement; Brand: Flylinktech; Review: Works great, no problems. Display quality is equivalent to original Apple LCD. Reputable seller and prompt shipping. Like every other non-Apple white screen, the shade of white is just a bit less bright than original, but just barely. This one was better than most, so the button doesn't look notably brighter. Most people don't even notice the difference.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Generic made for iPhone 5 Black Charger Port Dock Connector Flex Cable USB Po.; Brand: Generic; Review: Looks and works just like the original part. Surprising how much technology can be included on such a low-cost part. All adhesives were good, fit is perfect. Phone charger wouldn't stay connected on original part, and this replacement part fixed the problem. (Best to know what you're doing before you replace this part yourself. YouTube is your friend.); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fixing_DIY Cell Phone Combo Pack for iPhone 5c - Non-Retail Packaging - Black; Brand: Fixing_DIY; Review: I have replaced 50+ LCD/digitizers for several different iPhone models, the majority being 5c. I typically select replacement parts that have a competitive price, since the ratings are all similar. I have had excellent experiences with no issues for the most part. For this particular screen, there were some significant problems that will prevent me from buying this brand/seller again. First, the usual red plastic protective sheet was missing from the back of the LCD, and the original printed text that usually appears there had been obviously wiped away by hand, as well as the barcode in the center. Second, unlike every other 5, 5s, 5c, or 6 replacement screen I have purchased, this one did not have the rubber gasket and mesh for the earpiece. I had to transfer that from the old broken screen, and the adhesive didn't survive. Fortunately I have a roll of thin 3M tape on hand, but even that didn't work as well as I would have liked. For the same price, I can get the same item without a used appearance, and with all of the usual components included. I'm used to transferring the other bits as usual, but not this important part. It puts the repaired phone at greater risk for water penetration, not to mention adding time to the repair work. Last, upon reassembly, the plastic clip that slides into the upper right corner of the phone was a bit too large. Comparing with the original, it was definitely a different shape. I had to shave off about 1mm of plastic to get it to insert properly. That said, the front glass was flawless and image quality perfect. The final assembled phone looks great and works as it should. That's worth 3 stars, but there are better options available for the same cost. I did not use the tools, so those are not part of this review. PROS: Fast shipping and handling (arrived in 1 day) OEM quality screen image CONS: Appeared to be used/refurbished Rubber ear speaker gasket and mesh not included Plastic clip upper right too large; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: AERO ARMOR LG G3 Vigor Case, Protective Case for LG G3 Vigor - Orange (Compatible with LG G3; Brand: AERO ARMOR; Review: Works as expected, looks good, feels nice to hold. While the bumps on the back are not silicone, they provide a bit of extra grip as opposed to smooth plastic.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ExPoint, Samsung Galaxy S5, LCD and Digitizer Screen Replacement, 1 Year Warranty and Phone Support - Black; Brand: ExPoint; Review: Worked as expected, happy customer. It's a small thing, but the little 1-year warranty card is really appreciated. When doing this repair for someone else, it is reassuring to them when I can give them that card. (But note to WA residents - this item is taxed.); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Flashtechllc 4.7 Inch LCD Display Touch Digitizer Screen Replacement Assembly for iPhone 6; Brand: Generic; Review: Works perfectly, looks and operates just like the original. Glad to see the price coming down for the 6. My nephew was thrilled.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Flashtechllc 4.7 Inch LCD Display Touch Digitizer Screen Replacement Assembly for iPhone 6; Brand: Generic; Review: So far, so good. Installed two weeks ago, still working well today. I have installed one black and one white. The white one has been going 30+ days as of this writing. No issues. The poor reviews here had me worried, but neither user has had any problems so far. The kit came securely packaged, and in my limited experience the quality of this replacement LCD/digitizer is just the same as original.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mobile Phone Battery for IPHONE4 1420mA Li-Ion Standard Battery by usmall by USTOP; Brand: USTOP; Review: I suspect this may be a used battery. Phone's owner says that it has worse life than the original battery that wasn't holding a charge like it used to. There was a little mark on the connector and it didn't look new. No more cheapie replacement batteries for me. (Yes, we followed proper procedure and fully charged it, then let it go dead completely with use, repeat.); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Motorola HX600 Boom Bluetooth Headset Black - Retail Packaging; Brand: Motorola; Review: This is a great headset. Versatile, amazing range, easy to pair, looks nice, feels nice, great volume. Excellent in every way except for one: durability. The little mini-boom (I guess that's what it is called) is the on switch. It flips open and closed with a satisfying, spring-loaded click. However, the spring-loaded part is on just one side of the hinge, and the hinge arm that connects to that switch is way too slim at about 1mm wide. See photos. I am very careful with my electronic things and I am not prone to breaking them and I definitely did not abuse my Moto Boom. Unfortunately after 3-4 months using this bluetooth earpiece regularly Mon-Fri, turning it on/off maybe 3x each day, it is broken. The boom arm on the sprung switch side snapped when I opened it today, the same as I always do. I attempted to repair with super glue, but it isn't the kind of plastic that can be glued. What a waste of an otherwise excellent device. Unfortunately I cannot recommend the Motorola Boom HX600.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Full LCD Touch Screen Digitizer Assembly Replacement for iPhone 5s (White); Brand: MiMi; Review: Beware: although the product image shows that it includes the ear speaker mesh and rubber gasket, it actually does not include this important part. Most repairs can reuse the old part, but not in every case and it adds work to the repair process. Disappointing.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: AUKEY Car Charger, Flush Fit Dual Port USB Car Charger with 24W/4.8A Output for iPhone Xs/Max/XR, iPad; Brand: AUKEY; Review: Sits flush, works great. No annoying LED light, which is a huge plus for me.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LG Leather Replacement Battery Rear Back Door Cover Case For LG G4, H815, H811, H810, VS986, VS999, US991,; Brand: LG; Review: Absolutely perfect fit. It has no "G4" logo, which is fine by me. The grain is much finer than the OEM black leather cover, and feels very nice. The stitching is well done. The one I received is a lighter, more true red than shown in the image here. The leather used is very thin, so I'm a little concerned about long term wear. I've had it a couple weeks now and so far, so good. I'll update this review if it falls apart. For $15, it's a great deal. Seller was "ipartstore" - maybe different sellers have different qualities.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PassionTR LCD Touch Screen Digitizer Frame Assembly Full Set Touch Screen Replacement for iPhone 6, 4.7-inch, White; Brand: Sharp; Review: Properly installed without any issues on 05/20/16, including a tempered glass protector. Phone body had no damage or bend at all. 05/26/16 the glass is separating from the LCD, and I'm returning the item. Disappointing. Are there any good iPhone 6 replacement screens? I have installed 60+ iPhone screens including several 6 models. I have had zero issues with all other model replacements (including iPhone 5 screens from PassionTR), but have yet to find a reliable brand for the iPhone 6.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: MMOBIEL Front Face Camera Replacement for iPhone 5 Proximity Sensor 1,2 MP incl 2 x Screwdrivers; Brand: MMOBIEL; Review: Worked perfectly after installation. No issues after several weeks of use.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SANKA iPhone 5 LCD Screen Replacement White, Digitizer Display Retina Touch Screen Glass Frame Assembly for iPhone 5; Brand: SANKA; Review: I have replaced 70+ device screens as of this review, and I'm pleased with the quality of this product. It is a quality replacement screen. It included the camera ring bracket as shown in the listing--most replacement screens do not. No issues with display or fitment. As with all other white replacement screens, the color is slightly less bright than OEM, so the button appears whiter. Packaging was secure. I will update this review if any problems come up.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alpatronix BX140 (4.7-inch) 3100mAh Ultra Slim Battery Case Protective Portable Rechargeable Extended Charging Cover Compatible with iPhone 6S; Brand: Alpatronix; Review: Great battery extension and also allows use of the more common micro-USB cables used by Android devices. Case is sturdy and has held up very well. I have recommended it to multiple other iPhone 6 owners.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spigen Thin Fit LG G5 Case with SF Coated Non Slip Matte Surface for Excellent Grip for LG G5 2016; Brand: Spigen; Review: With most of my phones I skip the case because I can't stand a huge bulky phone in my pocket. Also the last two phones I had were leather-backed and I didn't want to cover that sweet, sweet cowhide. My G5 doesn't offer that feature so I figured the extra protection from a case might be worthwhile. I find this case to be very unobtrusive while also covering the corners and rising up enough above the screen surface to avoid scratch risk when laid face down on a table. I use a tempered glass screen protector but still try to avoid scratching it. Button use is unhindered and despite having good from a rubber-like surface the phone will still slide in and out of my pocket with relative ease. I wish all phone cases were like this one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: iXCC UL Certified 2 Port Wall Charger, 24W/4.8A Optimal Dual USB Charging Port Universal Charger Adapter for iPhone 7; Brand: iXCC; Review: Good product. What's nice about this charger is that it has two higher powered ports. Most 2-port (and many 1-port) units only charge at 1.0A. I hang onto 2.0A wall-chargers but they are usually just single-port. Using a battery app on my LG G5, I compared it with a trusty Samsung 2.0A wall charger I normally use. Charge rate with this iXCC charger was similar on either port to the Samsung. (Note that nothing compares with the LG charger my phone came with--it charges faster than any other unit I've found. If you're looking for something like that you probably need to buy from your phone's manufacturer.) I also tested this with an iPhone SE and it worked great, the same performance as the Apple wall charger. I could do without the blue LED--my phone will indicate whether it is charging or not, I don't need another little light under my desk. The folding plug turns it into a tidy box that's a bit on the larger side but it would still fit in a laptop bag for travel purposes.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: iPhone 6 Screen Replacement - White- LCD Premium Complete Repair Kit with Tools - Easy Manuals Videos and Instructions; Brand: uRepair; Review: Very good kit. This was my 86th repair of an Apple device screen and I'm impressed with this kit. Unlike almost all replacement screens it included the camera and sensor screens which normally must be transferred from the old screen and do not re-attach to the replacement screen easily. A tempered glass screen protector was even included. The tool kit came in a nice bag. One small criticism--the Phillips (+) screwdriver was not formed properly and was not usable. I have others so it was no concern. I will definitely purchase this brand again in the future.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Cell_Phones_and_Accessories |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: ARRIS SURFboard SBG6580 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem/ Wi-Fi N300 2.4Ghz + N300 5GHz Dual Band Router; Brand: ARRIS; Review: For great info, follow techie's 5 star review(April 30, 2011 By Techie). I been using this surfboard for over a month(Timewarner - 15-megabit plan - WNY), have not had any problems, my wifi devices connect just fine. Side note, I do cut the power to this device usually at the end of the night(on power-strip w/other electronics), so a cold boot is done avg. 4 times a week, due to limited use. IP FLOOD DETECTION was unchecked when i connected to the device.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: BlueRigger In-Wall High Speed HDMI Cable - 15 Feet - CL3 Rated - Supports 4K, Ultra HD, 3D,; Brand: BlueRigger; Review: use this product with our roku 2xs, pluged it into our panasonic plasma and no issues at all, everything looks crisp.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: AmazonBasics 32 GB microSDHC Class 10 Flash Memory Card with SD Adapter; Brand: AmazonBasics; Review: we use this with our hd go pro and have had no issues, some cards would get a buzz sounds, but this one worked great.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sony 16GB Class 10 Micro SDHC R40 Memory Card (SR16UYA/TQMN) (OLD MODEL); Brand: Sony; Review: works as advertised, use this card in a Panasonic point and click, an android 2.3 os phone(intercept) and a video recorder. --bought a few of them--; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Panasonic Lumix S2 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom (Violet); Brand: Panasonic; Review: Easy to use, works great have had no issues at all. We use an amazon sd card with this and every works flawless.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: Mount-It!; Review: It was a bear to install by yourself, and they recommend not to, but it can be done, I did have my wife help me hold up the bracket to mark the holes. It would of been nice to have a paper template to use.. or make one if you are flying solo. It is very well made and holding up my 50-ish lb Panasonic 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV. using 400 x 300 vesa mounts. They give you lots of bolts and spacers to fit a few different bolt sizes, and come long and short in each size. Comes with anchors for brick as well. The arms articulate nicely, but very rigid, but they are holding 50lb of tv, so not a big deal, stays put that's what counts.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Go Girl Camo Urination Device; Brand: Go Girl; Review: Not for use in a car. You have to hold both ends perfectly against your body or it leaks all over. If you have to pee super quick...forget it. Ur stuck with a disgusting urine smell. I went with the pstyle. I didn't order it at 1st cuz it looked so small and it is, but it works awesome! No leaks! No urine smell!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: pStyle - Stand to pee with ease.; Brand: pStyle; Review: Must have for living in car--No Accidents; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: NFL Seattle Seahawks LED Light-Up Logo Adjustable Hat; Brand: Lightwear; Review: So Cool! Love this hat!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mylar Science Purchase Emergency Thermal Blankets (5 Pack); Brand: Mylar; Review: Quality! Real Mylar!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Waterproof Pouch | Crenova BP-03 100% Waterproof Dry Bag Snowproof Dirtproof Sandproof Case Bag with Super Lightweight and Bigger; Brand: CRENOVA; Review: Has 3 zippers and a velcro-U fold it a couple times!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Phantom Aquatics Cancun Mask Snorkel Combo; Brand: Phantom Aquatics; Review: The mask fit snug and didn't let water in, but the bottom part of the snorkle let sea water.....Very Salty sea water into my mouth...I tried 3 times...I gaged and spit sea water out 3 times...There's Nothing to adjust, so I have No Clue why it didn't work! Bummer cuz I had to keep coming up for deep breaths and couldn't do much snorkeling.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Waterproof Pouch | Crenova BP-02 100% Waterproof Dry Bag Snowproof Dirtproof Sandproof Case Bag with Super Lightweight and Bigger; Brand: CRENOVA; Review: Excellent! It has 3 zippers and a Velcro strip! You just just put ur stuff in, close the zippers, roll and secure the velcro strip. Used it snorkeling! Worked Great!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Sports_and_Outdoors |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: VTech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Fire Truck, Multicolor; Brand: VTech; Review: It's really loud; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: LEGO DUPLO My First 10552 Creative Cars Building Set; Brand: LEGO; Review: My 2 yr old loves these! It encourages creativity and builds hand/eye coordination.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spot It! 5 Year Anniversary; Brand: Asmodee; Review: Good game but it can be confusing for little kids; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: LINCOLN LOGS – Oak Creek Lodge – 137 Pieces – Ages 3+ Preschool Education Toy; Brand: Lincoln Logs; Review: This is a great toy for all ages!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: VTech Spin and Learn Ball Tower (Discontinued by manufacturer); Brand: VTech; Review: This was a present for a 18-month old and I was told he loves to play with it and it really keeps his attention.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Toys_and_Games |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: The Chase Hotel; City: Ross on Wye Herefordshire England; Review: Booked at the last minute and was pleasantly surprised. The entrance hall is impressive, leading to a sitting room/bar and a separate dining room but the bedroom was on the small side. However, it was clean and perfectly adequate for an overnight stay. We didn't dine at the hotel, choosing instead to walk the very short distance in the charming town centre, but did have a lovely breakfast. The staff at breakfast were disorganised (no tables ready, not enough juices available for the number of guests, had to ask for tea/coffee several times before it was bought, toast forgotten about.....) but glad to help when asked. Overall, a nice building in a lovely setting in close proximity to a charming town.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Blue Sea Club Martha s; City: Cala d Or Majorca Balearic Islands; Review: The self catering apartment I stayed in was perfectly adequate for two children and myself and was cleaned three times during a seven day stay. The worst thing I can say about our stay is that unless you want to join the selfish hordes at Sunrise every morning you have no chance of ever getting a sunbed, but the blame surely lies with the guests rather than the staff. The children's club staff absolutely made this holiday for me and my two daughters (aged 16 and 11). All helpful, multi-lingual and impossibly happy to entertain, there was no shortage of things to do for every age group.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ascot House; City: York North Yorkshire England; Review: Lovely B&B within a 15 minutes stroll to the Minster. The attic room we were in was very clean and tidy with all of the facilities you'd expect but the stairs were on the steep side and wouldn't be suitable for some. Breakfast was great and used locally sourced ingredients where possible. The staff were very friendly and efficiently went about making sure our stay was great. Overall I'd stay again here again and would happily recommend others to do so; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Daniel Luxury Apartments Hotel; City: Kalathos Rhodes Dodecanese South Aegean; Review: My girlfriend and I have just returned from a weeks stay here and have to say we had a brilliant time. The family owners are absolutely delightful and couldn't have done more to make our stay any more comfortable. Our room, which had a sea view, was very comfortable and excellently equipped. The apartments are situated on the main road that runs the length of the island and has a reliable, frequent bus service that costs €1.60 to Lindos (10 mins) or Rhodes for €5 (75 mins). Taxis from the airport cost €63 so it's well worth considering the bus if you are not hiring a car. The central location of the apartments makes it an ideal spot from which to explore the island. Kalathos itself is quiet but does have a supermarket, pharmacy, bakery (very reasonably priced with fresh sandwiches, cakes etc every day) and a souvlaki (type of Greek fast food) shop but you will need to be prepared to walk/drive 500-1000m to find a selection of restaurants. Alternatively a trip into the popular Lindos will provide a host of dining alternatives but it can be very busy during the day. In summary, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend these apartments to anybody who wishes to explore a beautiful island from a relaxed oasis.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Upper Booth Camping; City: Edale Hope Valley Peak District National Park England; Review: My partner and I have just returned from a three day camping trip at the excellent Upper Booth Farm. Situated in the Edale valley it is a perfect location for hill walking and exploring in the absolutely stunning Peak District. The site facilities are as good as anything I've stayed at before and the lack of phone signal meant that the break truly was relaxing. If you want/need to keep in touch with the outside world then the 1 1/4 mile walk to the pubs in Edale is required....well worth the effort 😊 I can't recommend highly enough this campsite if you are looking for a base to explore this beautiful part of the world from; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Plough Inn; City: Hathersage Hope Valley Peak District National Park England; Review: We stopped here at the end of a long days walking as the signs said that the pub welcomed walkers. However, my girlfriend and I felt treated distinctly second class to the the other diners. The food was tasty and well cooked but the service left a lot to be desired. Despite there being a plethora of staff we had to chase them several times for service. We were not in a rush, and didn't want feeding within 30 minutes, but we stayed for three hours as that's how long it took to have two courses! Plenty of tables around us seemed to come and go with far more attention being paid and we can only assume that the 'walkers welcome' sign at the entrance was for show; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Smarline Anba Romani; City: Cala Millor Majorca Balearic Islands; Review: We've (45yr old Dad with 18 and 13yr old daughters) never tried all inclusive before but I'd recommend it to anyone after this experience. The hotel is everything you'd expect of a Spanish hotel except that the level of spoken English was poor - but hey, I was in Spain! The room was small but clean and the maid cleaned everyday. The food was a little hotchpotch (steak but no chips, paste but no sauce etc) but it was all well cooked and tasty - nobody could leave here and complain that they couldn't find enough to eat as there was always huge quantities available. The waiters/waitresses worked hard and we're always courteous. The receptionist, Rafael I believe his name was, was multi-lingual and happily helped with any questions. As other reviewers have pointed out, this hotel is predominantly German and the sunbed 'reserving' was of the highest order. A notice in the foyer states that it is an unacceptable practice but everyday, 50% of the beds had towels on them from 8am but no bodies until late afternoon - I think the hotel should do more to address this as day after day we had to sit on bar stools waiting for the odd bed to become available. This is not an anti-German comment as other Germans were also losing out to the early baggers - it's just such a shame that some people are so selfish. Two other slight moans, the all inclusive bar shut at 11pm whilst the actual bar shut at 12, why? Secondly, children can have any flavour of ice cream so long as it's vanilla, chocolate or strawberry. Ice cream cabinet in the front bar has a dozen flavours but all inclusive can't have them, why? However, any complaints are only minor and we all had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed our time in Cala Millor; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Premier Inn Liverpool West Derby Hotel; City: Liverpool Merseyside England; Review: Stayed for four nights and found the hotel comfy and, despite the proximity to the main road, quiet. The building is showing the need for a little TLC in places but otherwise was clean and tidy. Perfect location for access to the football grounds and city centre if you don't want to pay the exorbitant prices for staying centrally. Buses stop outside the hotel and run every 5-10 minutes and with the cost of an all day travel pass being £4.30 it was a great way of travelling around. One gripe I do have is the room heating. As other reviewers have commented, you simply cannot heat the rooms up beyond ~18C as the controller switches the radiator on briefly and then off again. Not a major issue on warmer days but not ideal on chiller nights. There is a Beefeater restaurant next door to the hotel which did exactly what you'd expect. Overall, I would recommend stopping here.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Priory Mill Farm Campsite; City: Brecon Brecon Beacons National Park Wales; Review: Well ran campsite which has everything you want. Numbers of campers are deliberately kept down so it’s really quite allowing you to relax with just the sound of the river and the clucking of the free range chickens.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ravensdene Lodge; City: Gateshead Tyne and Wear England; Review: I would’ve rated this place as a two but some first class profiteering (I was charged £120 because it was the night before the GNR) dropped it a point. When I arrived at 6pm on the Saturday evening and enquired what time the restaurant closed I was informed that “we aren’t serving food”! The room was OK and clean enough but every floorboard creaked and the walls are so thin that once one person starts their morning shower the whole hotel is woken. The only positive I can offer is that the receptionist was helpful and polite.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Panda Bistro; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: Considering the options for Chinese food is pretty limited - This is the best chinese we have had here in a long time. Fu Li was always so expensive for moderate to Ehhh chinese. They were always so stingy on the fortune cookies too. I have liked the shrimp and veges here. My kids like the egg rolls and so far every dish we have tried has been pretty good. I wouldn't say this is the end all be all of Chinese. However consider supply and demand. This place is good. B+; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Carversville Kitchen; City: Carversville, PA; Review: I sneak here in the mornings sometimes just to get a coffee. Love the atmosphere and the pastries are YUMMY! Every baked good I have eaten here is always great. I have yet to try the lunch specials; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: HG New Hope Pizza and Family Restaurant; City: New Hope, PA; Review: This pace has gone down hill - We cant seem to get an order right when ordering. Been waiting 2 hours for a delivery and well - I guess its not even coming at this point. The food is only so so and the pizza is not so great anymore.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Nektar Wine Bar; City: New Hope, PA; Review: I just tried this place this week and was very impressed with the service, atmosphere and the food plates we ordered were delish! I wish they had more of a cocktail selection (Vodka drinks) as a local who does not drink much wine and beer - Please update the bar a; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Doylestown Health Primary Care; City: Buckingham, PA; Review: I have no help from this group - They keep having me come in to see them to get a refill on a prescription. I suffer from Migraines and they take absolutely no care in actually helping me with this. Then when I am in need of medication - they tell me I have to once again see a doctor for a refill. The front staff is just a plain mess and are just there to make a buck on coming in. I spoke to a pharmacy and a doctor in NY and they were shocked that they told me I had to come to see them while I was stuck in NY for work. The doctors are fine, but try to get past the nurses and receptionists to get anything done is a waste of time. They really don't help patients here unless it is just a daily routine check up; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Marsha Brown; City: New Hope, PA; Review: Always love coming here. Thee shrimp is yummy and their chop salad is my favorite when we come just to hang out at the bar with friends. RANDY IS ALSO THE BEST BAR TENDER!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Peddler's Village; City: Lahaska, PA; Review: We go here often since we live so close. Peddlers is just a fun family place with some great stores; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: More Than Q; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: Delish and fun. I love barbecue and this place is one of the best in town. Great atmosphere, really nice people working there. I love it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ferry Market; City: New Hope, PA; Review: We love the Macaroons from the chocolatier place. Oh and the hot Chocolate is AHHHazing. We also Love Moku and the sandwhich place across from them is delish, but they don't have an easy way to order platters.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: C'est La Vie French Bakery; City: New Hope, PA; Review: Best pastries in the land. We always grab the croissants and lovely cakes and pies for guests and holidays. This bakery is such a cherished spot for New Hope.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Caleb's American Kitchen; City: Lahaska, PA; Review: One of our favorite breakfast spots. The atmosphere is very pleasant and our family just loves to come here on weekend mornings. Everything I've eaten here has been delicious; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Deck Bucks County Playhouse; City: New Hope, PA; Review: The deck is in an awesome location but it seems to fall short on actual dinner and pricing is a bit high for what you get. First they were out of most everything we asked for. Hot pretzel. Nope sorry. They sold us boiled peanuts which were soggy and seriously should just be given away for free. Bar food people. My son liked the hamburger and I thought the presentation was super cute and the cole slaw in a jar was yummy. Then We order dessert. Again the struggle of it not being available was present. The crepe Brûlée' with a yummy local macaroon on top but the rest I could hardly see. It was a Petri dish portion. Ahhh yeah. That stinks. Not a total fan yet. Maybe just drinks after a play The wait staff was very attentive and good service. I can't go higher than a 3. I will try again but maybe they need to re-evaluate the menu and for popular-items now that spring is here. Stock up on your food.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lambertville Station; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: I love this place. The food is always delicious and the service is top notch. I e even been sent hand written thank you cards in the mail. I come back every time and each meal. Is just so good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Russo's Pizza; City: New Hope, PA; Review: GIANT PIZZAS wonderful family running this place. We love it at Russo's they sometimes have other items. Just call agreed. Lasagna was delish.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Doylestown Health Primary Care; City: Buckingham, PA; Review: Shane in my for trying. Dr Aquaviva is a good doctor but the rest of the practice is a mess. I just had an emergency and called into the on call doctor with a migraine and was grasping for help. Instead I had a person on the other end who actually Screamed at the top of her lungs that she didn't like my tone. I am calling for help. I could hardly answer all her quesionsand she kept blaming me that it is my fault for not calling in or coming in on a sat. She actually SCREAMED and hung up because I just asked her to help me. I tried to explain about my insurance changing and that I'm a busy mom with kids and she said. Just said. I don't like your tone. I told her I'm just asking for help. I can hardly talk or put together a sentence when my migraine is this bad. Literally she just kept teepeatinghow it's my problem not hers and that she doesn't like my tone. I ended up crying so she screamed and hung up. I wasn't even mad I just called for help. This woman is a crazy person. My husband also heard and we have decided that the woman may need some stress management and customer interfacing courses. Maybe not suited for actually working with patients? Scary scary.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Newtown Dentistry for Kids; City: Newtown, PA; Review: This place is so caring. My children are no longer afraid. They are top notch from booking and schedule changes. To ABSOLUTE AMAZING STAFF! The decorations are over the top fun. We love this dentist and orthodontist office! THANK YOU FOR BEING THE BEST; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Carmo; City: New Orleans, LA; Review: The food here was amazing. So fresh and so much flavour. Highly recommend. Great atmosphere Andrew staff made the experience fun; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zanya Spa Salon; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: I came to Zanya this past week and met Faith. She helped my hair from a bad situation into a much better color. I'm so grateful. She is very skilled at color and will be coming back again. Thank you!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights; City: New Orleans, LA; Review: The craftsmanship of the lights are amazing I have these lamps on my property in NNew Hope PA and visit the shop in the French quarter every time I visit NOLA!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stanley Cleaners; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: They have always done a great job seeing my items or cleaning my garments. I have been going to this place for 15 years. I tried other cleaners and they lost my things or were not great. This cleaner does a wonderful job! I keep going back. They just finished fixing a bathing suit for me and sewing curtains. They are awesome!!! No frills but hard working!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Doylestown Health Primary Care; City: Buckingham, PA; Review: Dr Aquaviva is a good doctor but the rest of the practice is a mess. I just had an emergency and called into the on call doctor with a migraine and was grasping for help. Instead I had a person on the other end who actually Screamed at the top of her lungs that she didn't like my tone. I am calling for help. I could hardly answer all her quesionsand she kept blaming me that it is my fault for not calling in or coming in on a sat. She actually SCREAMED and hung up because I just asked her to help me. I tried to explain about my insurance changing and that I'm a busy mom with kids and she said. Just said. I don't like your tone. I told her I'm just asking for help. I can hardly talk or put together a sentence when my migraine is this bad. Literally she just kept teepeatinghow it's my problem not hers and that she doesn't like my tone. I ended up crying so she screamed and hung up. I wasn't even mad I just called for help. This woman is a crazy person. My husband also heard and we have decided that the woman may need some stress management and customer interfacing courses. Maybe not suited for actually working with patients? Scary; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Liberty Hall Pizza; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: Wonderful pizzas. It's best if eaten on site. My favorite is the arugula pizza. Hubby likes spinach white pizza and kids Love the plain red sauce pies. Great addition to community. The ambiance is fun and drawing on tables is a great past time for my kids and myself! So many great pizza choices. So delish!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Moku-Bowls; City: Lahaska, PA; Review: We love Moku. It's such a great place. The food is always fresh. My daughter and I also started ordering some breakfast bowls. Love it. So glad to have this place so close.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Living Earth; City: New Hope, PA; Review: I love to stop in this place just to grab a quick present or get seasonal flowers. The owner and people who work here are always so helpful and hard working. One of my favorite places in New Hope.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 86 West; City: Doylestown, PA; Review: The service is definitely not the same. Regardless of covid. We arrived and the hostess was busy and was cursing someone and then another woman walked up to help and the young hostess just ordered her to give us a seat. The waitress was nice but seemed like she could be elsewhere. We asked for tea and saw another table get a big voice but we only got what she gave us. We just wanted some sushi rolls and a burger but she told us it will take a long time so ok we need an appetizer. So burnt Brussels sprouts is what we ended up with. Thank goodness the rest of our order was good. Sad because I used to love this place. $90 later on water and food for two (adult and an 11 year old). I'm not impressed. Downhill slide; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: El Tule Authentic Mexican and Peruvian Restaurant; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: We sat outside when covid first cane and had a lovely lunch here. Good food. Good service. I really enjoy this place. Will order again.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: OOKA Sushi, Bar, Hibachi Steak house; City: Doylestown, PA; Review: This is my sons favorite place to come on his birthday. The hibachi is very good and you can order other items even when at the hibachi table. The sushi is also very good. We always have a good experience here.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lambertville Station Restaurant; City: Lambertville, NJ; Review: The food and service is always top notch. I have had waiters even send me a thank you in the mail. One of the best places in Lambertville. Outside seating is fun after a bike ride or on a nice day. Food is alway very good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | yelp |
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Title: Sand Sea Resort; City: Railay Beach Krabi Town Krabi Province; Review: First up, the reviews here would suggest that this place is terrible and it's really not. We've been to Railay a few times now and have worked a few things out. There are no hotels/restaurants on the west side with good service. None. Our mantra has always been, "Sleep on the West, east and drink on the East." Sand Sea is located right on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It's incredible. Our room, as requested was a double A/C bungalow overlooking the pool and ocean. The room was clean, large and very comfortable. The pool area is much better than the more expensive option next door (where we have stayed before) as it's actually possible to get a seat around it at any time of the day. Sure, the breakfast is basic... But more than satisfactory for us. Eggs, omelettes, sausages, toast, pastries, whatever... It's no Hilton buffet, but we definitely didn't miss a breakfast. The service at the front desk for us, despite what others have said was flawless. I couldn't fault it - maybe we were lucky. Out shower fixture broke one night and they replaced it within 10 minutes. Sure, I heard someone complaining that the staff didn't speak English well enough - don't forget you're not in America anymore. The restaurant service is crap. Not going to sugar coat that. But the service is no worse than that of Railay Bay Resort or the other one next door. Don't eat on this side of Railay. Watch the sunset over a few beers at the Flaming Tree (good curries there too), then head east to Diamond Cave or something where the service is spot on. All in all, if you're the sort of person who let's a muddled dinner order or the odd warm beer ruin your holiday, do us all a favour and don't come to Railay... or stay on the East where you'll probably complain about the lack of beach. If you're happy to relax, go with the flow, laugh at the odd mistake and enjoy Thailand's beautiful beaches for what they are and ultimately just chill out... then you wont have any problems with Sand Sea.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Oasis Guesthouse Bar; City: Karon Beach Karon Phuket; Review: Well I can't comment on the specifics of this guesthouse as we never got to see the room. Upon arriving after a long bus ride, our booked (and confirmed via email) room had been given to someone else who wanted to stay longer than we. Obviously much better financially for them to give the room to them instead of us. We weren't told of this until we tried to check in, far too late in the day to find other accommodation. They thought it would be fine if they organised for us to be put up in another guesthouse across the street, a dodgy little joint with a single bed. Too late in the day to find elsewhere, we stayed there until the sun came up and left as soon as we could. I hardly ever write bad reviews, and I'm sure the Travellers Rest is nice... But the service we received that day was appalling. I wont say don't go there, but maybe give them a call the day before you arrive and tell them not to give your pre-booked and confirmed room to someone with a bigger wallet. Make up your own mind.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Seaside Cottages Restaurant; City: Mai Khao Thalang District Phuket; Review: We stayed in one of the round cottages for three nights before heading to the Similans. We needed to relax and unwind for a couple of days and this is definitely what happened. Mal and Koy treat you like friends, happily sharing a beer and a chat well into the night. The Thai food, though very cheap is still some of the best we've had in Thailand. We ate all meals in the restaurant for three days and could not get enough of it... Worth a trip for lunch or dinner as the sun sets. If you're looking for nightlife, markets, street and beach vendors then DON'T come here. If you're looking for hammocks, silence, cheap beer and great food then you'd be hard pressed to find better value for money on Phuket. We'll be back next year.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Pavilion; City: Phnom Penh; Review: Stayed for three nights and absolutely fell in love with this place. I didn't see the other rooms, but we somehow managed to get the middle room, directly above reception overlooking the pool. The rooms was huge, beautiful wooden floors and modern bathroom. Phnom Penh is an amazing city, however you cant help but feel dirty (sweat and dust) after a morning of sight seeing. So as soon as you step back through the door to the peaceful, cool garden and pool (with very comfortable day beds) it is such a relief. Breakfast options were rather limited, but if you like fresh breads, eggs, fruit, etc. you'll be more than satisfied... Great location... Would definitely recommend and return to this place next time.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jean Michel Cousteau Resort Fiji; City: Savusavu Vanua Levu; Review: I could rave on about this place all day, but I'll keep it to 3 points. KIDS: Our 20-month old son loved every minute and really flourished with all the stimulation the moment he arrived. We, as parents found our rhythm after 2 days... 8am: The three of us for breakfast every morning until he had finished. Joana would then come and take him away (usually to the beach to find hermit crabs on his request) and we would leisurely finish our coffee and then either go on a dive trip, just chill out by the pool or snorkel around the jetty. 11:30am: Go to the Bula club to join in and play with Mitchell for a while. Go on the slide or the trampoline until it was time for lunch. We found he ate better when we weren't there, so we would always leave Joana to do this and then she would put him down for a nap afterwards. We would enjoy a long, leisurely 3-course lunch followed by a massage, hike, run, snorkel, paddle or whatever else took our fancy that day. No kids to be seen or heard. Super-friendly staff (who become friends) always around to make anything happen. Felt like a honeymoon again. 3:30pm: Our son would be awake and we would spend the afternoon in the family part of the resort. Playing in the pool, waterslides, on the beach, watching the fish on the jetty, going for a ride in the glass-bottom boat, etc. 5:30pm: We would drop Mitch with Joana again and she would make sure he had a big dinner (with desert) and then a little more play, doing whatever it was he asked. Joana had so much patience, often stripping him off again for another go down the waterslide or a swim at the beach after dinner. We would go and have cocktails as the sun set, talking to our new friends. Such a small resort, there were only 18 couple when we were there and most were in the same situation as us. You get to know everyone quite well, especially the divers. 9:00pm: After our 3-course, candle-lit dinner by the beach (or end of the jetty) we would wander back to the bula club to find our boy bathed, in his PJ's, sitting on Joana's lap with a small bowl of popcorn between his legs and watching a Pixar movie. Joana could have taken him to our bure and put him to bed there like a lot of the other kids, but we found he would fall asleep 2 minutes after we got him home doing it this way (and you really want to see him by this stage as well). FOOD: Incredible. 3-course lunch and dinner, a very fresh, fine-dining experience twice a day often with vegetables from the house-garden and fish from guest fishing trips that afternoon. The kids get a good selection too. The parents are found throughout the day and asked what they wanted their kids to eat for each meal. DIVING: We made two 2-dive trips out; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Mobile Fighter G Gundam; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Martial Arts, Mecha, Romance, Sci-Fi, Space, Sports; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Dragon Ball; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 8.0/10.0
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Title: Paniponi Dash!; Genres: Comedy, Parody, School; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki; Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Space; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season; Genres: Action, Comedy, Harem, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Space; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Yu☆Gi☆Oh!; Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Game, Shounen; Rating: 5.0/10.0
Title: Dragon Ball Z; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni; Genres: Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller; Rating: 9.0/10.0
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Title: Clannad Movie; Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School; Rating: 10.0/10.0
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Title: Clannad; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-hen; Genres: Comedy, Mystery; Rating: 8.0/10.0
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Title: Sugarlips Women's Seamless Camisole Dress; Brand: Sugar Lips; Review: although it is rather tight, it is a great length and perfect for layering. I bought one in white and am about to get one in black. I'm sure soon I'll have every color!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SHOW STORY Sexy Ladies Bow Ankle Strap Stiletto Platform Pumps Shoes,LF30412; Brand: SHOW STORY; Review: Fits well and they are more comfortable than I expected; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Diamond Candy Women's Fashion Sunglasses UV Protection Sexy Eyewear UV400 Goggles; Brand: Diamond Candy; Review: Very awesome; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Polka Dots Swing Bohemian Dress Plus Size Dresses for Women with Pockets; Brand: Gloria&Sarah; Review: This dress is great! As suggested in the earlier reviews, I went one size down and it fits perfectly!! The material is good and the belt is fine, a little too long, but I'll just cut it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Walstar Women's Basic Point Toe Ballet Flats; Brand: Walstar; Review: These were for a bridesmaid and they fit perfectly; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: An Unfinished Season: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Ward S. Just Page; Review: I thought the book was tedious in its detail. But I was more than disappointed with the quality of the e-version. I have never read so many misspelled words!!! And words were omitted as well. Best the publishers should update their spellcheck!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Life After Life: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kate Atkinson Page; Review: Difficult read. Confusing segue from character to character. Although a very descriptive writer too many versions of the same situations; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction); Author: Visit Amazon's Donna Tartt Page; Review: Enjoyed the detailed life descriptions. Wondered how the young author was able to research all the situations presented in the boy's life.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Amelia's Story (Special Edition Paperback Books 1 & 2): A Childhood Lost; Author: Visit Amazon's D. G. Torrens Page; Review: I thought it was very revealing but wondered about the truth. I really can't imagine this life and the repeated incidents; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bailey's Cafe; Author: Visit Amazon's Gloria Naylor Page; Review: boring; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: When Breath Becomes Air; Author: Visit Amazon's Paul Kalanithi Page; Review: Very moving and thought provoking; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: New and Improved Eva-dry E-333 Renewable Mini Dehumidifier; Brand: Eva-Dry; Review: This is a great little dehumidifier. This would be great in a safe or anywhere else you want to keep moisture down. I use these in a file cabinet where I store comic books to regulate the humidity. Once the crystals turn color, you simply plug the unit into a socket overnight to dry them out and you are good to go again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bentgo Kids Childrens Lunch Box - Bento-Styled Lunch Solution Offers Durable, Leak-Proof, On-the-Go Meal and Snack Packing; Brand: Bentgo; Review: We bought one of these to try out before determining whether to buy two more for our other kids. This box is really only good for a preschooler or younger. It is much smaller than appears in the picture. For example, the circular hole for peanut butter, ranch, etc., is about half the size of a shot glass and the large portion for fits only 1/2 a sandwich at best. Having said that, it seems well built enough.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Wagner Arrow-Back Counter Stool with Swivel Seat; Brand: Winsome Wood; Review: Great stool for the price ($64). The swivel is a little stiffer than some, but in a good way. I have three kids who use these chairs to sit at the kitchen island for breakfast and the stiffer swivel makes it harder for them to go flying off the chair. But it's not stiff enough to make moving difficult. It's made well, but you can tell it's a little cheaper than others. But when you consider that some others are $150+, this one is a much better value and I'm confident will hold up for a long time.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vitamix 760 Tamper Tool, Black; Brand: Vitamix; Review: Bought as a replacement, it works as expected.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 4rolls BAG Fruits and Veggies 12x20 Non-print Eagle Brand 1520 Bags; Brand: Eagle Plastic; Review: These are great for backyard gardeners. I use these when I harvest lettuce, kale, etc. in my garden. They fit on a paper-towel holder, so they are very convenient.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TAC FORCE Spring Assisted Open POLICE Black Bottle Opener Tactical Pocket Knife; Brand: TAC Force; Review: Great knife at a great price.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Hotel A la Cour d Alsace; City: Obernai Bas Rhin Grand Est; Review: Two nights in Obernai, traveling the Wine Route through Alsace and Lorraine. The hotel was very comfortable, the staff were very welcoming and solicitous of our comfort and desires. The dinner was outstanding, well presented and filling, without being overwhelming. There were 26 of us in the group, all of whom have traveled with this group previously and my opinion of the hotel seemed to be echoed by most or all of the group.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Stadt Breisach; City: Breisach am Rhein Baden Wurttemberg; Review: Our group of 26 friends, all known to one another, were enroute to the French Wine Route, with a two night layover in Breisach. The hotel was quite comfortable, the service was very good and attentive, The dinners were delicious and the breakfasts were the usual European buffets, with some American touches, such as eggs, bacon and toast. We had a room on the front, with a large balcony overlooking the Rhine, which is always fascinating to watch. There was an ongoing wine festival in the town, which was very crowded and noisy, but the hotel, high above the town, was not troubled by the noise. The associated carnival was well-light and fun to watch from above at night.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Romantik Hotel Stafler; City: Campo di Trens Province of South Tyrol Trentino Alto Adige; Review: We spent two nights at at the Stafler and enjoyed their laid-back approach to life near the base of the Italian Alps. There is a handsome gray and white cat that greets the arriving guest, often from his perch on the check-in counter. The rooms are a nice size, with very comfortable beds and a good seating area. Many have a nice balcony and ours overlooked the outdoor garden area, featuring a number of inviting seating areas, some with tables. The owners have an interesting small museum, just across the street in a very old stone building. The basic thrust of the museum seems to be rural life in that area, several centuries ago. There is ample parking across from the hotel.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lindner Parkhotel Spa; City: Oberstaufen Swabia Bavaria; Review: Stayed there 22, 23 Sept 2015. Had a lovely room overlooking the garden and the park. On Sunday morning (23rd), there was a fine band concert on the far side of the park, lasting for ninety minutes...quite a treat, apparently held each Sunday. Breakfast was the usual wide-ranging German buffet, found in the best German hotels. The dinner each night was delicious and served nicely. Our visit there carried us back to memories of the '50s,'60s, and '70s when we lived and traveled extensively in western Europe; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Simply Divine Bed and Breakfast; City: Dunn North Carolina; Review: Needing a nice B & B between Sumter, SC and Virginia Beach, we found SimplyDivine B & B at 309 West Divine street in Dunn, NC. It is a beautifully maintained large mansion on a quiet street, featuring large rooms, antique furniture, comfortable beds and a very nice breakfast, served at the hour of your choosing. They also welcome well-behaved pets!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Georgian Court Hotel BW Premier Collection; City: Vancouver British Columbia; Review: Arriving a day early for a cruise to Alaska, my son and I were fortunate to have chosen the Georgian Court Hotel. The reception was swift, friendly and, best of all, able to show us to our room early (west coast time) after a long flight from the east coast. The room was comfortable, the view of downtown Vancouver pleasant and the beds a welcome haven for a quick nap. Both dinner and breakfast, in the hotel, were nice. Service was fast and friendly, with freely given advice on highlights of Vancouver. A welcome freebie was the hotel vehicle trip to the cruise line dock.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: DANMY Baby Girl Rhinestone Crown Headbands Toddler Princess Headband Hair Accessories; Brand: DANMY; Review: Awesome fabric that is comfortable for my one year old daughter. Fits perfect and stretchy.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mud Pie Baby Girl's Birthday Tutu, Multi, One Size; Brand: Mud Pie; Review: It is ridiculously CUTE! The pink is a hot pink and is made with elastic. LOVE IT!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Meilun Women's Rayon Bandage Bodycon Mini Skirt; Brand: ; Review: I am 5'0 tall and 110 lbs. This skirt fits me perfectly. ALTHOUGH, I ordered a light pink bodysuit and the bottom part of my pink body suit does show through this white skirt. I would suggest ordering a nude slip skirt to go under this white skirt. :) LOVE the fabric material and fits great!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kuner Baby Girls Lace Flowers Bow Mary Jane Princess Shoes No-Slip First Walkers Shoes; Brand: Kuner; Review: Kind of wide but quality is good. It looks expensive and the gold shimmer is just perfect for a birthday princess!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dockers Men's Slim Tapered Fit Signature Khaki Pants; Brand: ; Review: My husband is 5'4, Asian, 135lbs. These fit him perfectly. Appropriate for special events. Needless to say, he asked me to order 6 more of different colors.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Thanksgiving in Sanctuary [Welcome to Sanctuary 5] (Siren Publishing Menage Amour) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Cooper McKenzie Page; Review: Great concept but way too rushed. Loved having an older H/h and the idea of opening their marriage to his brother is interesting but a less than 24 hr resolution to the situation is not believable...even for fiction. There is no depth to any of the characters and the story is too disjointed. The "unexpected gift" just adds to the confusion and seems more like a case of "gotta add more words to the story". While it is not an automatic delete from my Kindle, I probably won't keep it too long.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Nowhere to Hide [Pine Valley 1] (Siren Publishing Menage and More) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Keyonna Davis Page; Review: I am always on the lookout for new menage authors and will be watching for more from Ms. Davis. While all the characters were a little shallow, I still really enjoyed the story. A little sappy, a little repetitive, but still not a bad read. It will stay on my Kindle and I will keeping waiting for the author's next book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: His Mating Mark [Wolff Pack 1] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Alicia White Page; Review: A nice change from the usual alpha shifter with super-charged pheromones. I liked how the heroes were flawed and had to work through their screw ups. It felt a little rushed on the heroine's part but not enough to ruin the story. Worthy of space on my Kindle.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When She Least Expected It (Serendipitous Book 2) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Jeanette Lynn Page; Review: For some reason this one just fell flat. Barely finished it and then deleted it. Not sure I could put my finger on what I did not like but it bored me. I usually enjoy most of this author's work.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Bridal Hunt (Brides of the Hunt Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Jeanette Lynn Page; Review: Smacks of bestiality. Didn't like characters and plot. Really grossed me out. Quickly deleted from my Kindle. Have enjoyed other books by the author but this one really took a left turn and fell off the map.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Of Another Dimension - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Jeanette Lynn Page; Review: This is one of the funniest and enjoyable books I have read in a while. After Bridal Hunt I was pretty leery of another book by this author but found the synopsis too tempting. And am I glad I did. A properly balanced book of romance, angst, tears and laughter. Kudos!! Very much a keeper on my kindle!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Caged Wolf: Wolves of Willow Bend - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Heather Long Page; Review: AJ & Vivian, two damaged individuals, each doing everything within their power to help and protect the other. A damaged psyche and a damaged inner wolf striving for healing and freedom while fighting battles on two fronts; the human world and the pack world. Loved AJ & Vivian; they both showed such strength of character, neither willing to quit fighting for the other even tho they were fighting internal demons of their own. Tears, angst, family, connection, tenderness and triumpha potent combination. The love scenes were done just rightnot too over-the-top to where it breaks the flow of the story. I had to read this story more than once just to be sure I had not missed anything. Several times I want to slap the Alpha upside the head for his approach but I came to understand his actions and relenteda little. Excellent reading and I cant wait to read more of the wolves of Willow Bend, just wish I could find it on my GPS. I was given an ARC from the author for my honest review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mischief, Mongrels and Mayhem (ROAR Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Heather Long Page; Review: Growing up is hard and even harder if you are a shifter without a pack or pride. Luckily, Missy had a strong & loving foster Mom who instilled Missy with the common sense so often lacking in young adults...regardless of their species. Missy was very believable and I was rooting for her all the way. Trying to find your way as you transition from child to adult is hard and even harder when there are rules you never knew about. Cade was another story altogether...just could not like him. I found him brash and without many redeeming qualities. On the whole though, I enjoyed the story. Heather Long has a deft hand at drawing you into her world and involving you with her characters. Loved ROAR...the shifter hot-line. What a great concept! I was given an ARC from the author for an honest review.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wolf Claim: Wolves of Willow Bend - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Heather Long Page; Review: A fantastic addition to the series. Gillian and Owen make a great couple, although I wanted to pop him upside the head a couple of times. Gillians strength of will is amazing and no alpha posturing is going to phase her. I really liked that Mason recognized her strength and her value to the pack. Owen was a little slower on the uptake but he had issues of his own to work through. Cant wait for more! I received an ARC from the Author for my honest review!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wolf at Law; Brand: Visit Amazon's Heather Long Page; Review: Once again, a great wolf shifter story from Heather Long. As a prequel, this ties in nicely and fills out the background for Ryan and Tiffany. This also introduces us to Alexis as a child. Well written and good flow without overwhelming us since most of us have already met the main characters. Very enjoyable. Cant wait for more! I received an ARC from the Author in exchange for my honest review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Some Like it Secret (Going Royal Book 4) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Heather Long Page; Review: Fantastic! Superb writing, great characters. I love that the heroine had a spine and could say "enough". Believable and realistic. A keeper and an enticement to read more. I was given an ARC for an honest review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: One Part Human (An Obscure Magic Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Viola Grace Page; Review: Fantastic! Superb read. Great character and world building!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rayne's Return (Hearts of ICARUS Book 3) eBook; Brand: Visit Amazon's Laura Jo Phillips Page; Review: As this author is one of my favorites, I was very disappointed in this book. Technically, the book is well written and her world-building skills are impressive. However, this was boring and trite. The addition of the time-travel sends the connection to the original series into left field. It was tortuous reading. Slogged through it the first time and then set it aside not even being sure what I read. Picked it up AGAIN quite a while later to re-read to determine if my first read was an accurate rendition of my opinion. Unfortunately, it was. Could not even finish it the second time. I am not deleting it from my Kindle because it is an addition to a series but doubt that I will try a third re-read (and this is from an avid and voracious re-reader). This has also made me hesitant about the next book in the series.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ritual Space (An Obscure Magic Book 4) eBook; Brand: Visit Amazon's Viola Grace Page; Review: Loved it! there is nothing like having your inheritance jump on you, literally and figuratively. Then you have to go and figure out who done it. Fantastic world building and tying into the other obscure magic books. I cannot wait until the next one comes out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Kindle_Store |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Big Daddy (1999); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Cinderella (1950); Genres: Animation, Children, Fantasy, Musical, Romance; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Entrapment (1999); Genres: Crime, Thriller; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (1996); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989); Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dazed and Confused (1993); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Roman Holiday (1953); Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wayne's World 2 (1993); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Stuart Little (1999); Genres: Children, Comedy, Fantasy; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hurricane, The (1999); Genres: Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Friday (1995); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 3.5/5.0
Title: Coming to America (1988); Genres: Comedy, Romance; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Flashdance (1983); Genres: Drama, Romance; Rating: 3.5/5.0
Title: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); Genres: Comedy, Fantasy; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bedazzled (2000); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 2.5/5.0
Title: Princess Bride, The (1987); Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Godfather, The (1972); Genres: Crime, Drama; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Schindler's List (1993); Genres: Drama, War; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Godfather: Part II, The (1974); Genres: Crime, Drama; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dark Knight, The (2008); Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, IMAX; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fight Club (1999); Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) (1981); Genres: Action, Adventure; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995); Genres: Animation, Children, Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993); Genres: Animation, Children, Comedy, Crime; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Wild West (1999); Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Inception (2010); Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, IMAX; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Memento (2000); Genres: Mystery, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975); Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: American History X (1998); Genres: Crime, Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wizard of Oz, The (1939); Genres: Adventure, Children, Fantasy, Musical; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: True Lies (1994); Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Back to the Future (1985); Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lion King, The (1994); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Drama, Musical, IMAX; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Saving Private Ryan (1998); Genres: Action, Drama, War; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Titanic (1997); Genres: Drama, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Men in Black (a.k.a. MIB) (1997); Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Genres: Comedy, Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001); Genres: Adventure, Fantasy; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); Genres: Children, Drama, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dumb & Dumber (Dumb and Dumber) (1994); Genres: Adventure, Comedy; Rating: 3.5/5.0
Title: Pretty Woman (1990); Genres: Comedy, Romance; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002); Genres: Adventure, Fantasy; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shrek (2001); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gladiator (2000); Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama; Rating: 4.5/5.0
Title: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); Genres: Children, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ghostbusters (a.k.a. Ghost Busters) (1984); Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Home Alone (1990); Genres: Children, Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: There's Something About Mary (1998); Genres: Comedy, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (2000); Genres: Action, Drama, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Léon: The Professional (a.k.a. The Professional) (Léon) (1994); Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shakespeare in Love (1998); Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003); Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Monsters, Inc. (2001); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Fantasy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ocean's Eleven (2001); Genres: Crime, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Finding Nemo (2003); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spider-Man (2002); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Breakfast Club, The (1985); Genres: Comedy, Drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jumanji (1995); Genres: Adventure, Children, Fantasy; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Edward Scissorhands (1990); Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Contact (1997); Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | movielens |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: One Child; Author: Torey Hayden; Review: This is Torey Hayden's best book. I can't say anything more without feeling like I'm giving something away, but read it. It's wonderful!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Somebody Else's Kids; Author: Visit Amazon's Torey L. Hayden Page; Review: This was the first of Hayden's books that I had the opportunity to read. I have since gone through all of them. Fascinating in her accounts of working with emotionally disturbed children, she writes for anyone with an interest in the profession, or the children in general. The only fault I find is that Hayden always seems to portray herself as a goddess who comes along and rescues these children from themselves and the ignorance around them.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ghost Girl; Author: Visit Amazon's Torey L. Hayden Page; Review: More from Torey Hayden wonder teacher. I found this to be one of the less interesting works of hers. There is no true ending, perhaps that is why. We never know the true story behind what this girl endured.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: They Cage the Animals at Night: The True Story of an Abandoned Child's Struggle for Emotional Survival (Signet); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennings Michael Burch Page; Review: This is a wonderful book all around! The story of Jennings Michael Burch and his journeys in and out of the foster care system will touch your heart. Life teaches this little boy many tough lessons and through him, you will learn them too. Everyone should have to read this book at some point in their lives!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story; Author: Visit Amazon's Anthony Godby Johnson Page; Review: Johnson is a boy who was horrifically abused. Along the way, he contracted the HIV virus from an assailant. This book is his story. I was hoping it would read like Ryan White's book, but it didn't. Rather, Johnson chooses to present his story as a series of essays on this that and the other thing. I found his switching of topics distracting and annoying. I didn't like not being presented with the "complete picture" as a regular autobiography would allow. Still, for the slice of life essay collection that this book is, it is a well worthwhile read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage To Survive (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition); Author: Visit Amazon's Dave Pelzer Page; Review: This was quite simply one of the best books I've ever had the opportunity to read. That a child could survive such horrific abuse and come out with enough strength to share his story with the world is amazing! David is a wonderful person simply for allowing the rest of the world to be touched with his story.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search For The Love Of A Family (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition); Author: Visit Amazon's Dave Pelzer Page; Review: This is the sequel to A child Called it. I ran right out and bought it after finishing the first one. Picking up where "it" leaves off, here we follow the story of David from when he enters the foster care system though adolesence. His life doesn't get much easier as he moves from foster home to foster home, untrusting of affection and only having his feelings reinforced by what he learns in "the system". I didn't find this one as well written as "it", but that was quite a lot to live up to. Still, it is a moving story and one that you won't be able to put down.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Don't Touch My Heart: Healing the Pain of an Unattached Child; Author: Visit Amazon's Lynda Gianforte Mansfield Page; Review: This book is set up to be read with children. It tells the story of a little boy adopted as an older, hurt child. He is the product of years of abuse and neglect. Angry and destructive, he is closed off from his adoptive parents. Nothing works until he begins holding therapy and begins to heal. The child's emotions are true enough. I do not argue there, but this book is set up as propaganda for those who would have us believe that holding therapy is a panacea for the world's disturbed children.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft; Author: Visit Amazon's Mary Hopkins-Best Page; Review: Hopkins-Best has penned a must-read book for anyone considering adopting a child older than an infant. My interest lies in adopting children who are school aged, but I still found many relevant bits of advice in this book. Discussing the feelings of everyone involved one gets the feeling that Hopkins-Best has truly "done her homework" and indeed, being the mother of a little boy adopted from Brazil as a toddler, she has.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Sweet Hereafter; Author: Visit Amazon's Russell Banks Page; Review: After a bus accident kills several children in a small town, everyone needs someone to blame. Russell Banks tells this story well by focussing on only a few characters and letting us get into their heads by way of switching narrators, among whom are parents of the dead children, a teenager who survived the accident, the bus driver, and a lawyer in town to get rich off of the accident. Banks is unwavering in his portrayal of immense grief and you feel by the end as though you personally know the characters. I read this only after seeing the movie and was not disappointed; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vanished; Author: Visit Amazon's Mary McGarry Morris Page; Review: I don't like Danielle Steel. Sure, she had a few good books (Fine Things and Star), but most of her stuff just seems to recycle the same plot until it's been beat into the ground so deep we don't want to hear it again. Vanished is different. I read it only after watching the movie and thinking that this didn't sound like Steel to me. I wasn't disappointed. The story of a young boy's kidnapping in the early 1900s is affecting. His mother feels responsible for the death of a different son from a different marriage in a drowning accident years before. It so happens that the first son's father is in town at the time of the kidnapping and ends up getting blamed for young Teddy's disappearance. Marielle sides with her ex, but as the evidence mounts, finds herself wavering. In the meantime her marriage to Malcolm is falling apart and she is beginning to question his honesty as well. No, this is not a romance novel and a reader would be hard pressed to find a Steel love scene anywhere in this book. What it is, however, is a surprisingly well crafted novel of suspense.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Reservation Road (Vintage Contemporaries); Author: Visit Amazon's John Burnham Schwartz Page; Review: Schwartz weaves one of the most interesting tales I've read in a long time. An educated family are returning home from a concert when, while stopped at a rest area, their son is killed in a hit and run. Driver of the car is a divorced dad just getting his life back together. His own son is asleep in the car. The author switches from chapter to chapter who the narrator is (between the boy's mother, father, and the driver of the car) and does so with unparalleled skill. Usually this tactic annoys me, but here it works well. We get to see how the death affects all involved, as well as the relationships in the family and beyond. Tension mounts as the case goes unsolved with the police. Finally Dad takes matters into his own hands. He discovers who did it too, but here's where everything falls apart. Schwartz, for all of his skill until this point, just doesn't know how to end the book and the way he ends up going with is wholly unsatisfying.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: All Fall Down; Author: Visit Amazon's Zachary Alan Fox Page; Review: It amazes me that a book can have a storyline such as this one (mad man kidnaps a bus full of handicapped children and begins killing them off) and be so NOT moving. For starters, Fox chooses to rely on a couple of cheap cliches to drive his story. First off, the main plot centers not on the children, but on the cop trying to solve the case. Cliche number one: this cop is a woman. Cliche number two: this cop is also a mother. Cliche number three: woman cop was abused by ex-husband and is now dating chief of police. Cliche number four: FBI big men come in (behaving stereotypically as if they believe themselves to be better then the cops) and cheesy romance between woman cop and FBI G-man develops. This lame main storyline is surprising considering that Fox has obviously done his research when it comes to the kidnapper's pathology. He is a unique character who destroys all preconceived ideas about him along the way. Bottom line, not enough time was spent on developing the characters of the children or their bus driver, kidnapped along with them (most of the kids don't even get names) to care other than in the most detached way, when the kidnapper starts killing them. Woman cop was too cliche for me to care. Thus, I read the whole book which granted was suspenseful enough not to want to put down, without really caring about anyone in it at all.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America; Author: Visit Amazon's Alex Kotlowitz Page; Review: I was hooked by the end of the first chapter. This book follows the lives of young brothers, Pharaoh and Lafayette. As the book moves on you get to know the boys and their families better than you would've liked. I say this because of the horrors the children are forced to endure merely because they were born into poverty. Shootings, arrests, drugs, gangs, and unimaginable living conditions are the norm. This book made me greatful that I live where I do, but at the same time enhanced my world view and made me want to change things. If only everyone felt that way, maybe no more children would be forced to live lives such as these boys do. Anyone know what happened to them?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tears of Rage; Author: Visit Amazon's John Walsh Page; Review: I was a small child when Adam was abducted, and his name and face have remained an enigma in my mind. I heard bits and pieces about the case while growing up, mostly from my parents and parents of other children who suddenly took kidnapping a little bit more seriously. I wanted to learn more about the case and read this book. I was moved to tears more than once reading about this family's struggle, perserverance, and triumph. However, I also became very angry reading about how the police botched the case time and again and how John Walsh never really got justice for his son.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Their Eyes Were Watching God; Author: Visit Amazon's Zora Neale Hurston Page; Review: I had a hard time getting into this book at first. Hurston chooses to go with the local color and let the characters in this story speak as they actually would have for the time and location. It took awhile for me to learn to decipher this language. Once I got beyond that I found a touching love story develope between socially prominent Janie and a lower class Tea Cake. Janie has never felt love before (her grandmother married her off at age 15 to ensure that she was taken care of) and goes against her friend's advisements in running off with Tea Cake. Their love and marriage endure many hard ships, but tragedy waits just around the corner. Soapy, but one of the few African American romances I've read that rings true.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Bluest Eye (Vintage International); Author: Visit Amazon's Toni Morrison Page; Review: Little Claudia's eyes are the best Morrison could have chosen to narrate this story. Here we meet a child who is so tired of seeing blond haired blue eyed white children in the spotlight that she gleefully dismembers her white baby dolls and dreams of doing the same thing to the white children she meets. Claudia befriends Pecola who's dream is to be blue eyed for then this girl, tormented for her ugliness, will be beautiful. Pecola has problems of her own. ...Her biggest problem arrises when a new age spiritualist tells her that her wish has been granted and Pecola chooses to believe it, totally disconnecting herself from reality. The only faults in this tale arise in Morrison's changing characters so often that it sometimes becomes confusing as to whose head we are inside.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fault Lines; Author: Anna Salter; Review: I devoured this book, reading it in its entirety in less than 24 hours. I wouldn't, however, make the mistake of saying that it was a masterpiece or even anything near that. Salter tells the tale of Dr. Michael Stone (for the first 50 something pages I thought this was a man, it's not!) a psychologist who's faced with one of her worst enemies, child molester Alex Willy, being released from prison and beginning to stalk her. Though the novel never lives up to its potential and Dr. Stone has some annoying quirks (a love of b-ball, her term for basketball being not the least of these) it's still a fun summer read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America; Author: Visit Amazon's Leon Dash Page; Review: This book spares nothing and no one in its depiction of life in urban America. So much of what I read seemed like it could not possibly happen in OUR country, and yet it does. I was shocked, moved, and changed by this book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Hideaways by L.B. Evans Men's Marion Moccassin Slipper; Brand: L.B. Evans; Review: I was very pleased with the quality of these slippers. They are very well made, and according to my son to whom I gave them as a gift, they are warm and comfortable. I have rated them as less than five stars because they were made in China. I would have been willing to pay more to buy a pair of comparable slippers made in the USA; however, none were available.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Clarks Women's Buena Vista Ankle Boot; Brand: ; Review: I have several pairs of Clarks shoes and sandals, and all are size 8M. But I was disappointed to find that these shoes ran small and I was unable to wear them. I had to return them and pay for the shipping to do so.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Clarks Women's Buena Vista Ankle Boot; Brand: ; Review: I have several pairs of Clarks shoes and sandals, and all are size 8M. But I was disappointed to find that these shoes ran small and I was unable to wear them. I had to return them and pay for the shipping to do so.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Clarks Women's Seymour Dive Flip Flop; Brand: ; Review: These are absolutely the best and the most attractive flip-flops I have ever worn! They are casual, yet smart. The sole cushions and supports like a running shoe, and the part of the shoe that goes across the foot is padded and oh-so-comfortable! The only drawback that I can report is that my cat is totally enthralled by these shoes and chews on them any chance he gets. I want them in every available color!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clarks Women's Heath Woodlark Ankle Boot; Brand: ; Review: These shoes are very attractive and seem to be well made; however, the sizing is very much off! After reading the other customer reviews, I ordered a size larger than I normally wear, but they are still much too small. This has been a problem with the last three pairs of Clarks that I ordered through Amazon, so this will be the last pair that I order online. I'm very disappointed, as I love the look of these shoes!; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: LARRY LEVINE Women's Camelhair Hooded Duffle Coat; Brand: LARRY LEVINE; Review: Coat was described as being 75% camel hair and 25% nylon and as being made in Guatemala. Coat that was delivered was 75% wool, 25% camel hair and was made in China. I am returning the coat.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Aerosoles Women's Alphabyet Wedge Sandal; Brand: ; Review: I now own three pairs of the Alphabyet Wedge Sandal: orange (purchased last year), cork combo, and black (purchased recently). They are smart-looking, comfortable, and versatile; they look great with shorts, jeans, and skirts/casual dresses. I get compliments on them every time I wear them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Keds Women's Teacup Washed Stripe; Brand: ; Review: I ordered these shoes because I have another pair of Keds slip-on skimmers that I absolutely love. These shoes are cute and comfortable and will look nice with shorts, slacks, and casual skirts. However, I gave them three out of five stars because the pictures of the shoes on Amazon are misleading. Unlike the shoes shown, these are tie shoes, not slip-on. The pictures do not show the laces tied in a bow as they are on the shoes that I received.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Merrell Women's Captiva Buckle-Up Waterproof Boot; Brand: Merrell; Review: I'm glad I read the other customers' reviews before purchasing these boots. The reviews cautioned that the boots are very narrow in the ankles and calves and suggested that one should choose a half size larger than normal; I ordered up a half size. The boots are indeed very narrow. I have slender legs, and I can just barely zip up the boots over my jeans. The boots are very well made and are very attractive; however, they have an unpleasant odor, maybe from the waterproofing? I keep hoping that the odor will dissipate as I wear them, but so far, the odor remains very strong. I like the boots and will wear them throughout the winter, but I would not buy another pair. UPDATE: Two years later, and the unpleasant odor is just as strong as when I first got them. I wore them a couple times in 2015, but I couldn't stand the smell and so put them in a little-used closet. I just donated the barely worn boots to charity this week. Hopefully, someone else will get some wear out of them.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Village Residence West Coast by Far East Hospitality; City: Singapore; Review: Stayed here 3 times over a 6 month period, each time for one month. The accommodation is fantastic, clean and has everything you may need. The location is great, straight above a shopping mall and there is a hawker food court directly across the road. The staff are great and always happy to help as well as giving you a friendly greeting every day.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Backpackers St Pauli; City: Hamburg; Review: I've stayed at this hostel 3 times in the past 4 years while traveling with friends to watch football. I cannot rate the hostel and it's staff highly enough. The location is great for what I needed, and it's only a 10 minute walk from hamburgs main night spot the Reeperbahn. From the moment you arrive you are welcomed and I will continue to travel here for years to come. Special thank you to Tanja who helps run the hostel, a fantastic lady who I class as a friend now.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: H10 Roma Citta; City: Rome Lazio; Review: I recently stayed at this hotel for 3 nights with my fiance while on a city break. We thought the hotel was fantastic, clean modern and the staff were friendly and helpful. The pool area on the top of the hotel is great and we really enjoyed it after a hard days sight seeing. Only gripe would be the location which is a little out the way but there is a good bus service and a taxi into the centre of rome was only 10-15 euros.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Native Mayfair; City: London England; Review: Stayed here at the beginning of Sept, me and 3 of my friends were in London for a festival and spent 2 nights in one of the two bed apartments. We had initially booked for the Hyde park apartments but they had over booked us so switched is to Mayfair which was no worries for us. The apartment was fantastic, modern clean and fantastically presented. We did not have one single gripe from start to finish with our booking and I would 100% stay here again. The location is fantastic, 2min walk from Oxford street. Ideal for any London visit.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Centara Grand Beach Resort Villas Krabi; City: Ao Nang Krabi Town Krabi Province; Review: Me and my wife spent 5 nights here as part of a S.E.A honeymoon trip and we absolutely loved the hotel. The location is second to none, it was our first time in Thailand and when we arrived after 3 nights in Bangkok we were blown away. The hotel grounds are beautiful, the pools amazing and the staff also good. We took full advantage of the taxi boat in and out of Ao Nang and spent 3 nights in the bars getting the last taxi boat back to the hotel. Had a great 5 nights here and didn't want to leave... highly recommend.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Manreaders: A Woman's Guide to Dysfunctional Men; Author: Visit Amazon's Bonnie Kaye Page; Review: [Believe it or Not!! This author claims to have counseled "over 75,000 persons," which is roughly equal to the population of Scranton, PA] Based on the title of this book, I was expecting to learn about male-specific problematic behavior types to guard against. But the author's categories are not, in fact, male-specific; each of of her subdivisions could just as easily be applied to females. Consider the arbitrary groupings depicted on the book's cover: Control Freak, Secretly Gay, Obsessive Compulsive, Loves Cyber-sex, Overly Critical, Clinical Depression, Alcoholic, Mama's Boy, Compulsive Liar, Compulsive Masturbator, Clean Freak, No Ambition Which of those could NOT have been applied with equal aplomb (and equal disregard to gender specificity) to the female of the species ("Mama's Boy" re-gendered, perhaps, as "Daddy's Girl")? Why then, one asks, has the author chosen to title her book the very gender-specific "Man" Readers, instead of the more accurate (though generic) "People" Readers, or "Human Being" Readers? One could hardly be blamed for suspecting a gender bias in this author's work, birthed in disappointment and nurtured in bitterness, and in fact, this proves to be the case: the book is little more than a recitation of her private dating disasters. The biggest clue to the author's bias and lack of self-awareness is that she never realizes (or at least, never admits) that she herself is the common denominator in each of these bad relationships. She is the common thread throughout, yet the source of her troubles is always to be found in the other person. A clear example of how she manages this occurs as early as page 10, where she admits that "the bottom line is that I made poor choices..." Yet only three sentences later, in bold type no less, under the heading "MISTAKE NUMBER ONE," she writes that "if you walk into a relationship where there are problems that haven't been resolved..." Question 1. Who in the world "walks into" a relationship? They don't crash down out of the sky like Space-Lab. You have to decide whether or not to engage with the other person. Question 2. How did she get from "I made poor choices" to "there are problems that haven't been resolved...?" Whose problems haven't been resolved, and who is responsible for recognizing and resolving them? And what is the method by which these problems get resolved? She doesn't specify. There is a hilarious moment on one of her pod-casts where the author tells how she took "some of her women" to go man-reading with her, because she herself "is so good at that." Uhm. No. Emphatically No. She is NOT good at it; in fact, she is BAD at it, and the repetition of her "poor choices" and failed relationships with men proves it. If she were good at it, she could have spared herself the string of sex partners and marriages that didn't stand a chance of working out. That moment - her utter confidence that she is "so good" at reading men - was laugh-out-loud funny. She lives according to her own double standards; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Over the Cliff: Gay Husbands in Straight Marriages; Author: Visit Amazon's Bonnie Kaye Page; Review: I've never understood how or why a gay person could or would marry a straight partner... but then, I've known I was gay from a young age, and never had any doubts about it; I could never pull off a heterosexual marriage convincingly. This is the first book I've read that explained it clearly, simply, and with no hint of judgment, anger, or prejudice. By asking a set of open-ended questions in a series of interviews, Mr. Dittmers shows the similar path that these men walk until they accept the truth about themselves. That becomes a framework in which we understand where on that path these men are - how early or far along in the process of self-acceptance, and also provides glimpses of what is yet to come, for both the straight spouse and the gay one. Finally the book ends with a list of questions frequently asked by the straight spouses, and provides answers that can be gleaned from the shared experiences of their gay partners. Mr. Dittmers' book changed my perception and understanding of these marriages, and also challenged my notion of what it means to be "gay" - which was most remarkable to me, as I always understood myself to be gay, and I thought I knew what it meant. If one engages only in heterosexual relations, privately indulges same-sex fantasies without ever acting on them with another person - is he gay? If one has engaged primarily in same-sex activities at a young age, but in adulthood settles into a heterosexual marriage and commits to it fully and monogamously - is he straight? I personally know individuals in both situations, and I have no idea how to answer those questions. My take-away from this book is that the only person who can say with certainty whether he/she is gay, straight, bi-, or undetermined, is the person him/herself. We may put labels on that person based on what we see and understand and to satisfy our own need to categorize, but that person's development and experience has to be taken into account as well. I used to think of these persons as "closet cases" which carries a judgment of its own, but I no longer think that after reading this book. A more accurate term might be "late bloomers;" like teenagers or pre-adolescents, these folks simply haven't had enough life experience yet to understand the truth about themselves. Patience is required more than predefined and simplistic labels. Mr. Dittmers, you changed by paradigm. Thank you! I highly recommend this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Straight Wives: Shattered Lives; Author: Visit Amazon's Bonnie Kaye Page; Review: [Believe it or Not!! This author claims to have counseled "more than 65,000 women," which is roughly equal to the entire population of Daytona Beach, FL or Portland, ME.] Words matter. Good counselors focus on "healing," not on inventing cute new ways to keep piling on the pain. So consider the words your counselor chooses when presenting an idea to you. For example, new members of Alcoholics Anonymous are offered a "Sponsor," which clearly defines the nature of the relationship that is established between the experienced AA member and the novitiate. The sponsor is in a position of pseudo-authority and pseudo-responsibility for the well-being of the person under his sponsorship. It establishes a kind of mentor-student hierarchy. How it turns out in reality depends on the individuals involved, but the word itself describes each person's expected role; it's a good, workable word. Now, hold onto that thought for a moment. I am also well aware that the author has complained to Amazon about my reviews, and I know that she has attempted to enlist some of her readers to have my reviews removed. But I am only trying to get your attention and have you consider, just consider... what has happened to you in the past, and what is happening to you now, and to ask yourselves, just ask it - whether it might be possible that the manipulations played upon you in the past are being repeated on you in ways so subtle that you can't see it. That the author would violate Amazon's review policy by enlisting her readers to "stuff the ballot-box" in her favor is enough to raise the question. There are times when it takes someone who is outside the box to look inside and describe to you what seems to be going on inside that box. Some of these stories are sad, but not all - a few of them are inspirational, and a few are in-credible. What makes the difference seems to be a quality that some women inherently possess and others do not. The women who used their situation to learn something about themselves were the ones who found opportunities to improve the quality of their lives, and had happier outcomes. Lemonade from lemons, if you will. But many others seemed to get stuck in a search for blame and then got lost in that maze and never found the way out. And lastly, to those who said that they'll never again assume or take anyone's sexuality for granted, I say, "Congratulations! You've just had your consciousness raised." I have to say it, I also felt that a few of the stories in this book lacked credulity. Particularly one in which the wife describes the perfect marriage: successful businessman and provider, two academically gifted sons well on the way to adulthood, happy home life and holidays, etc. In her own words: "My husband was always so sweet and attentive. He never forgot holidays, birthdays or our anniversary, and he always did it big... we renewed our wedding vows when we celebrated our 15 years; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Looking for Mr. Straight: A Guide to Identifying the Closeted Gay Men You May Be Dating; Author: Tarra Helfgott; Review: What's good about this book: The author attempts to take responsibility for her ill-advised dating choices, which seem to be heavily skewed toward closeted gay men, over a period of ten years in New York City. Her basic premises are these: trust your instincts; don 't ignore it if something feels "off;" just because someone shows interest in you does not mean he wants a romantic or sexual relationship with you; don't take rejection personally. Okay, fair enough. However generic, those are reasonable dating guidelines that anyone can use, and I wouldn't be surprised to find equally pithy tips in any edition of "Teen Vogue" (Teen Vogue), or "Cosmopolitan" (Cosmopolitan Magazine (1 Year Subscription)) magazines. What's not so good about this book: The author relies on the most obvious stereotypes to identify gay men... and if you, dear reader, aren't hip to these subtleties, you might find yourself dating a gay man, too. She says on one hand that the clues she shares with you don't necessarily mean your date is a closeted gay man, yet at the same time, she says the stereotypes come from somewhere, and you really ought to investigate further if you observe these behaviors in the men you are dating. So that's a mixed message if ever I've heard one. Basically, she resorts to stereotyping, but wants you to believe she is not doing that, when that is exactly what she is doing. Perhaps an example would be helpful here. At the end of each chapter, she provides a little "G" Quiz so that you, dear reader, can assess your date's sexuality, based on whatever criteria this chapter has defined as relevant factors. Here is a passage and then the "G" Quiz from a chapter she calls "Factor #4 - Cocktail Clues:" "... Men like their cold beers and their hard alcohol. I think it is pretty unusual to find a straight man ordering fancy drinks with umbrellas or fruity mixers unless on a tropical island vacation. Appletinis, Midori Sours, and Sea Breezes are pretty effeminate... " [Hmm. Well, I've certainly heard individuals described as "effeminate" before, but never a cocktail. Bear in mind, her bio-blurb presents Ms. Helfgott as a "well-accomplished copywriter." But moving on, let's take the quiz from the end of this chapter:] 1. Does the guy you are dating predominantly order sweet drinks in martini glasses, e.g., Cosmopolitans, Appletinis, or the specialty drinks of the lounge? 2. Does he prefer dessert/plum wines or sweet Rieslings? 3. Does he ever drink wine coolers at parties? 4. Does he try to steal sips of your fruity drink even though hes ordered a beer and says hes a beer man? 5. Has he ever taken the umbrella or flower from your cocktail and put it behind his ear for decoration? G TIP If you are on a date and the guy orders anything fruity, chocolaty, or syrupy sweet, find out if this is his drink of choice. If so, take a few sips, enjoy the evening, and investigate further this might be just one of many; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is; Author: Visit Amazon's Abigail Garner Page; Review: Many levels within this excellent book. Kudos to Abigail Garner for this ground-breaking book and its companion website. Raised by LGBT parents, the author relates her experiences from childhood to adulthood, demonstrating what she did and did not understand about the uniqueness of her situation, and what it means to grow up in a culture that stigmatizes parents and families that do not match that culture's standard. As an adult, she interviewed scores of others who were raised in similar families; the result is this clear-headed, common-sense presentation of what it means to be a child of gay or mixed-orientation marriages. What is especially impressive is her ability to separate sexual orientation from behavior (all kinds of behavior, not merely sexual activities), and she calls to task either or both parents, straight or gay, and their spouses or partners, straight or gay, when parenting skills are lacking. It's a mind-opening look into the way parents inevitably view a child's experiences through the lens of their own adult eyes, and not through the eyes of the children. The child (nearly always) already knows more than the parents want to believe that child knows... and a child can discern the difference when he/she is told the truth and something less than the truth. So consider this possibility the next time your child asks a question that you weren't ready for: he/she already knows (or suspects) the answer, but either wants confirmation from you, or in a child's way, he/she is testing his/her understanding of reality. The answer you provide will either reflect well or poorly on you, but that is up to you. Parents -- think long and hard about that, and think twice when your child asks a question that catches you off-guard, and also keep in mind, your child almost always knows when you are lying to them. Your children are already smarter than you think. Don't patronize them; respect the intelligence behind the question. This strikes me as a book that ALL parents should read: gay, straight, bi, divorced, single, blended, conservative, liberal, religious or agnostic. We don't always understand and interpret our children's experiences appropriately or accurately. There is so much to learn from Ms, Garner's work, applicable to all of us. Highly recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Hello Love; Author: Visit Amazon's Karen McQuestion Page; Review: I am a big dog lover and believer in new beginnings that sometimes have no human explanations. Loved the story and saved it to read again...and again.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Presumption of Guilt (Innocent Prisoners Project); Author: Visit Amazon's Marti Green Page; Review: Excellent read! I really enjoyed it and had a hard time putting down. I highly recommend it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Morning After; Author: Visit Amazon's Lisa Jackson Page; Review: Fast read...couldn't put it down. I had to have more and am now reading "Tell Me"; #3 in the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: If She Only Knew; Author: Visit Amazon's Lisa Jackson Page; Review: Intense, gripping, and hard to put down! I anticipate upcoming thrillers by Lisa Jackson!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Red River; Author: Visit Amazon's Lalita Tademy Page; Review: I loved the book, but hated the the bitter taste it left in my mouth. The author has a very captive style and way of telling the raw truth as it happened. Sometimes the truth is very painful, especially when it involves our ancestors and behaviors that we no longer understand. I think we're improving slowly, but looking in the mirror of our past can only help us to see where we still need to make changes. Thank You for you truthfulness!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mother: A dark psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist; Author: Visit Amazon's S. E. Lynes Page; Review: Very intriguing seeing and feeling the weaving of so many different threads coming together to a finale. Hard to put down!; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Sony MDRV6 Studio Monitor Headphones with CCAW Voice Coil; Brand: Sony; Review: I have a small recording studio and bought these for mixing phones after reading some reviews. These have a great clear sound, not too bottom heavy like some headphones can be....they can hurt alittle after you wear them for awhile but over all these are really great headphones for everything from mixing to just listening to your favorite tunes.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Aurum Cables High Speed USB 2.0 Male - Female Extension Cable (6 Feet); Brand: Aurum Cables; Review: Just as described....it works great and is well constructed. I use this for a backup drive for a client and she is very happy with it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ITIS Replacement Earpad ear pad Cushions For Bose ON EAR QuietComfort 3 QC3 OE OE2 OE2i SoundTrue Headphone With ITIS; Brand: It is; Review: Ordered these to replace the worn cushions on a pair of BOSE that I love. These popped on very easy and look and feel great. Really nice product.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crucial 2GB Single DDR3 1066 MT/s (PC3-8500) CL7 SODIMM 204-Pin Notebook Memory Module CT25664BC1067; Brand: Crucial; Review: Bought for a friend that I was upgrading his Macbook Pro laptop. Memory works great and his laptop runs fine using it. I did some research on memory before I purchased this. Good memory. Highly recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ZXUY Hard Drive SATA 2nd HDD Caddy Tray for Unibody 9.5mm Laptop CD/DVD-ROM Drive Slot; Brand: ZXUY; Review: I bought this for a friends MacBook pro that I was upgrading. The carriage works great for an additional hard drive. Nice and solid. I recommend this product.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: IMBCYL; Review: Bought these to use both live and in my recording studio. They are solid cables and have preformed very well. I recommend them.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: WD Black 750GB Performance Mobile Hard Disk Drive; Brand: Western Digital; Review: Bought this hard drive for a friend that I was upgrading his MacBook Pro for. Put this in as a second hard drive. Works like a champ and he is very happy with it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: iPad Air Keyboard; Brand: New Trent; Review: First let me just sayWOW. Period. I really like this case. I am a musician that travels A LOT and use my IPAD AIR for taking notes at production meetings, rehearsals etc and for reading music from. I need a keyboard case that is rugged and will protect my IPAD when its tossed into my backpack and bass guitar case. The Airbender PRO does this and more. I am very happy with it. So on to the features. The case has a rubber feel to it, probably because it has a rubber protective covering over the hard shell case. This is really nice because it doesnt slide thru your hands like others do. It also helps it to not move on desks and tables when you are typing on it. The rubber protective cover slides off similar to many iPhone covers allowing you access to the inner shell where your iPad goes. The inner shell separates using clips along the edges and has a protective covering over your iPad screen helping to keep it clean and scratch free. Inserting the iPad and putting the case back together was a breeze and took all of about 2 minutes if that. The case opens as a clam shell showing the bluetooth keyboard. The keyboard feels very comfortable and is relatively quiet, and is full featured. Connecting via bluetooth to the iPad was also effortless. The case has rubber tabs that cover all the charging openings helping to keep them clean and usable. There is also a tab that fits from the keyboard base to the iPad section when closed to help keep it locked. This is a really nice feature and only becomes a SLIGHT issue when the case is open and you are typing using the spacebar. There are times when it seems that I feel it when typing, its not really in the way but you notice it there and I think this is only just getting used to it. The iPad section attaches to the Keyboard section via a tilting mount in the back. This mount moves allowing you to move the iPad back and or remove it from being mounted to the keyboard altogether. When the iPad and the mount are separated from the keyboard it allows you to use the mount as a stand using the iPad in either landscape or portrait mode and placing it on a desk in front of you and then you can use the keyboard in your lap or off to the side. Really nice feature. The iPad section will also detach from the mount giving you a nice hard case protecting your iPad without the keyboard. This is a lot of features. I really feel that New Trent got it very right with this case. I really like it. I feel this product would benefit anyone that uses their iPad for productivity, or even just leisure writing emails, surfing the web etc. I give this case a 5 out of 5. Its a great case and meets my needs and more.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dual Joint Rotate Adjust Pole/Bar Metal C-Clamp Podium Orchestra Music Mic Microphone Stand Mount for Tablet Apple iPad Air Mini; Brand: Accessory Basics; Review: So I am a musician that uses his iPad on gigs to read music, as well as for every day functions. I bought this product to mount on my MIC stand to hold my IPAD AIR and for reading charts on my musical gigs. This product works REALLY well. With the mounting hardware there are many different mounting variations that you can achieve with this mount. It feels very solid and holds my IPAD very well. I ever felt nervous that the IPAD was going to come loose from this mount. It is very solid and again works really well. I recommend this product very highly.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Apple iPad Mini MF432LL/A (16GB, Wi-Fi, Space Gray ); Brand: Apple; Review: I am an Apple person and I really like their products. The IPAD MINI does not disappoint me. This is a great item for using just for reading, or watching net flicks and direct tv on. Its small but not too small. I also using it for tempos in a pit orchestra and its great for that...again not too small but just big enough. I am very happy with it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ChargerCity Heavy Duty 4-WAY Adjust Aluminum Alloy Pole/Bar Cymbal Mic Microphone Stand Podium Tablet Holder Clamp Mount for Apple iPad; Brand: ChargerCity; Review: So far seems to work well but I was thinking it had more of a tension feature than it does....I have been using it with an IPAD MINI and it holds well, not great but well.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ShopNY Case - Apple iPad Mini Case; Brand: Cineyo; Review: NewTrent makes really good cases. I have a couple so I will use them to compare and review my latest one. I travel a lot as a Music Director so having my iPad(s) with me to take notes etc is really important, and I need to have them protected at all times since I have had a problem with dropping them on occasion. Ok, so the review. Be careful when you are removing the rubber cover from the hard cover that the IPAD actually fits in. It has several small rubber pieces that fit into places on the hard cover and if you just jerk the rubber cover off you will tear those small pieces off. The case fits very nice and snug around the IPAD and holds it very well. The unit on the whole feels very solid. I like that. The keys are very responsive and it was very easy to pair to my IPAD, just find it in the bluetooth under GENERAL and pair it. The only thing that I am not crazy about and hence the 4 stars instead of 5. The section that holds the IPAD is attached to the keyboard section with a silver Hinge as in their other products. The difference here is the IPAD MINI case does not lock in like the AIR case. So when I close the lid it sometimes pushes back out of the keyboard section, so you have to watch that. Other than that it is a very well made case and for me so far has worked really well. I would recommend it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ORICO Aluminum Tool Free 2 bay 3.5 inch SATA to USB3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure Support 2x 6TB Drive; Brand: ORICO; Review: So I have been using this product since 11/26/2014 and while it does work, it has become VERY LOUD. Its like the fan is coming loose. It is so loud now that it is almost unusable. Really a shame. I am going to open it up and see if I can fix the fan. I went to ORICO's website to submit an RMA and you fill in all the data and then the SUBMIT button doesn't work. Very disappointing.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Garmin Approach S1 GPS Golf Watch (Preloaded with US Courses) (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: Garmin; Review: LOVE IT...in Fact loved it so much bought one for the wife. I wear mine as a regular watch also. Use on the local golf course and it works great. Can't speak highly enough about them.!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War; Author: Deborah Copaken Kogan; Review: Wow! I've just finnished. Shutterbabe is the first book I've pulled an all-nighter for in over a decade. Once I started reading, it was as if I'd contracted a fever. A fever which could not break until I had read the very last line of the story, and then the last line of the acknowledgements. Both of these last lines brought me to tears. Honesty is beautiful and Deborah Copaken Kogan is honest without being tedious. The internal dialogue of her evolving maturation keeps pace with, and is just as interesting as the alternatively dangerous and dull life she lived as a photojournalist. I sighed with relief when she gave up covering wars and cringed with her when she found herself once more in the fray despite her intentions. Never afraid of telling about egg in the face, literally or figuratively, I was ready to lick hers with affection like Julian's puppy by the end of the book. Shutterbabe is wonderful. Thanks Deborah. (Julian is an English journalist living and working in Africa to whom the author is attracted in the days before covering 'Operation Stronghold' in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Moomins Moominland Midwinter; Author: Visit Amazon's Tove Jansson Page; Review: Moominland Midwinder is my favorite Moomin story. I think anyone who, like me, has grown up in California - or any relatively temperate climate - will be fascinated by this story of extreme winter. It does not have the large cast - you are stuck with Moomintroll and Little My mostly. It is a quiet snow-covered book. Make a cup of cocoa and pull the covers close before you start reading. (It is super bedtime read-aloud material too. My son - 3rd grade -loved it.); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Comet in Moominland (Moomin's Fiction); Author: Visit Amazon's Tove Jansson Page; Review: If you have a child age 4 - 10 years-old get this book now. Do not wait. The world could be coming to an end. What is that thing in the sky anyway? Adventures abound while above the comet looms. The characters are filled with foibles and nobility. Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden are one of the world's greatest couples, even if they are about 11 years-old and completely asexual. Love does not conquer all, but it sure takes the sting out. Hurry! Moominmamma, Fillijonks, the Snork Maiden, Little My, Hemulens and Groks are all waiting to meet you. You do not want to miss them, but more importantly you do not want your child to grow up without them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Something to Tell You; Author: Visit Amazon's Hanif Kureishi Page; Review: Something to Tell You could be the mature adult companion to Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. Jamal Khan, the protagonist, is old enough to know what and who are important to him. He has his reasons for living, his purpose in life; his son, his sister, his friends and his career as an analyst. Jamal's burdens have been shouldered, his wild-oats sown, and if there is little excitement in his life, it is okay, he appreciates his quiet existence - and yet there remains within him the memory of his long lost love, and with it a last vestige of his youthful self and its idealism linger. Oh, and the terrible secret he has kept from her all these years. The flashbacks to 70's and 80's London are alternately enjoyable and tedious. The first half of the book could be slow going, and most of it in the company of the corpulent Miriam, Jamal's sister, a self-righteous, tattooed, single-parent with lashings of in-your-face attitude, and her new paramour, Henry, an elitist theater director happily slumming with Miriam to show he can be one of the people. Kureishi intended them comically, and they are comic, but fat obnoxious people, especially ones with multiple tattoos and a taste for deviant group sex, might be better left slightly more peripheral. That being said, a little over midway, Anjita, the beloved, returns to London and the story becomes more compelling.(So much so that last night I had to leave my apartment at midnight to get the book which I had inadvertently left at work because I could not sleep without first reading more of it.) By the end, Jamal, bowing adieu to his youth, has crossed over into his maturity. Then, opening his newspaper and putting his feet up, he relaxes into the rest of his life. (As do the rest of the midlife crazed characters in the novel... by and by.) And so on we go. I applauded Kureishi. His kindness toward his characters and their calm acceptance of traditional - ie. boring - midlife values of work and family after their various flights into midlife crisis. There is a great dignity manifest in this book along with the tattoos, the whores, and the leather deviant gear. Kureishi holds up his aging characters, examines them closely; their silliness, their weaknesses and acts of bravery, lies and integrity; their tattoos, lumps, pot-bellies... noticing everything - including how short their lives will be now and then laughing with them, not at them, sets them back down, presumably to pat his children on the head and start work on a new book. There is great humanity in this author. Being the same age as Jamal and having lived in Sammy and Rosie's London, I especially enjoyed Kureishi's survey of the evolution and melding of cultures; Muslim, English, Indian, counter, consumer, elitist, socialist and etc... in London over the last 25 years.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: An African in Greenland; Author: Tete-Michel Kpomassie; Review: seal blubbering, that is. Oh my goodness, this is the book that drove everyone around me nuts. I could not stop talking about the Greenland diet after reading it. Kpomassi is completely mad, of course, to have left the comforts of home and tribe - even if he was going to be inducted into a scary python cult against his will - for a place like Greenland... - sorry Greenland. It is a grand, ripping tale and it is all true. Quests like Kpomassie's restore my hope in mankind. A man so obsessed with an idea that it drives him, for over a decade, across two continents as surely as the sun rose and set on each of those many, many days; not for wealth, not for love or for art, just for itself, just to see, just because. The man is amazing and beautiful - there are photos! - and the story is fascinating on many levels. If you like eclectic travel literature, this is your cup of homemade grog.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chains; Author: Visit Amazon's Laurie Halse Anderson Page; Review: Chains was a deeply sad and interesting book about New York under siege and the lives of the people living there, in particular one young slave girl, Isabel Gardener, recently orphaned and trying desperately to protect her younger sister in their new master's household. While Laurie Halse Anderson paints the expected, a brave and noble slave child, she does not romanticize events or attempt to simplify the situation by choosing sides. There are no heroics, and only a deep stoicism rescues Isabel from madness at crucial moments. Isabel is living in a Tory household but works briefly as a spy for Rebels. Her loyalties tend toward the Rebels, but only because her only friend, another slave child, is working for them. The British and the Americans are shown as equally inhumane, as regards slavery. No one ever stands up for Isabel. The best Isabel gets is a bit of worthless pity now and then. The portrait of New York city at this historic time is confined to the daily walk Isabel takes to draw water and run errands. However, in the back of the book, Anderson elaborates on the factual information in a question and answer section, and there I found that New York was much smaller than I would have imagined, taking up just a small corner of the island, the rest still woods and swamp at that time. This is an excellent book for a mature 5th grader with a fairly high reading level. It is also great for middle-schoolers who will be studying the Revolutionary Era in depth in 8th grade. (I quite enjoyed it too, and I am 46.); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Songs for the Butcher's Daughter: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Manseau Page; Review: Songs for the Butcher's Daughter is interesting look at the near demise, alright, the demise of the Yiddish language. Itsik Malpesh, our hero, is that most futile of all persons, the last poet of a dying language. But just to best his professional futility, he is deeply and completely in love with a woman he seems destined never to meet. Or will he? The past is 1920-30's Moldavia. Present action takes place on the East Coast of the United States. The story interweaves present and past episodically until the characters collide at the end of the book. Manseau treads lightly over poverty, futility and the loneliness of the immigrant, adding anti-semitic brutality as strong bass note underlying the entire story. The ending seemed weak to me - I dislike a pat solution and excessive neat-and-tidiness, sure a little is alright, but leave me a loose end or even better, some deep sadness - the man's language died out for crying out loud! In general, however, I give the book high marks, Manseau's tale is unique and amusing and I was enthralled by Itsak's journey across the globe and through the latter half of the 20th century.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Peter and the Wolf; Author: Sergei Prokofiev; Review: I found the art work intriguing, but too simple, too modern, too sparse on the one hand and too cluttered and busy on the other. The left-hand pages introduce the characters and the right hand pages present a scene from the story in a theater setting. The left hand pages have lots of white space, with simplistic renderings of the characters - as shown on the cover - and sporadic geometric shapes for no particular reason. The duck is the most annoying thing in the book, she is nothing but a figure eight with a an orange banana appended to her middle as her beak. She says things that have several vowels and no consonants.(There is no need for that sort of carry on, as far as I am concerned!) The characters, apart from Peter, have no names other than; duck, cat, bird, etc. The theater setting is a layered paper sculpture and it is interesting, the first time, but repetitive. A young picture book reader, I am thinking, would find it fairly dreary page after page, so much of the page is the devoted to the chocolate brown stage itself and the curtains. The little characters can become almost lost in the overbearing display. I found the presentation intensely irritating overall. I showed this book to two of the art teachers I work with and they loved the art. But they agreed with me when I said I doubted small children would enjoy it. For me there is zero music in this book. Can no one do Peter and the Wolf beautifully and Russian? In the style of the icon painters maybe? Also, what the heck, why not include a disc of the darn music!?!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Blindspot: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jane Kamensky Page; Review: This book was an entertaining way to learning a bit about 18th century views on; women, African Americans, prisons and poor houses, portrait painting, and other aspects of life in pre-Revolutionary Boston. It was not great literature and the cutesy dialogue between the painter's apprentice - a cross-dressing woman - and her boss - a portraitist - was pretty darn cheesy. There are excerpts of the Stamp Act and other historical documents interspersed throughout the book, but the main objective seems to the the bodice ripping, or thinking about bodice ripping, and the murder and thinking about who done it. Pretty much the only thing missing is the kitchen sink. Which is fine. Only I would have expected a bit more focus on historic events and a higher literary standard, given that the book is written by two highly regarded professors of history.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Report On Myself Pa; Author: Gregoire Bouillier; Review: I think I would have liked Bouillier's book well enough if the translation were less obtrusive. Bruce Benderson, the translator, tries to stay as close as possible to the original, so much so that he does not bother to take into account the rules of English grammar, style, and usage - which is unfortunate. Bouillier, has a odd take on life, an aspergerian slant maybe, and his expression is unique, yes, but I doubt he writes like a uniquely clumsy non-native speaker in the orginal French.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Property; Author: Visit Amazon's Valerie Martin Page; Review: White southerners once called slavery their 'peculiar institution'. From the very first pages of Property, Valerie Martin names it rather their perverse institution. She has other names for it too - as do we all nowadays. It is a very peculiar perversion of the main character's husband, the master of a plantation, that draws the reader almost immediately into sympathy with the white mistress, Manon, even as we are repulsed soon after by that same character's relationship to her slave, Sara. With no power over her own destiny, nor any ability to realize her own desires, Manon yet has the person of her slave Sara upon which to work out her resentments and frustrations. Sara is not as lucky. The perversion of slavery is horrifying. Martin makes it fascinating too. The twisted minds of the slave holders in this tale lead me to meditate on the nature and danger power over others. I found the book intensely compelling from the first page and did not put it down again until I had finished it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Valeria's Last Stand: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Marc Fitten Page; Review: I have always wanted to read a book set in Hungary because Hungarians are so darn cool, at least they are as an immigrant group in Northern California - that has been my experience. So here it is; an American writer who has lived in Hungary, a Hungarian setting, romance starring the elderly, the crotchety, the late middle-aged... turnips, chimney sweeps - what's not to like? The title and the age of the characters suggests no sequel. Too bad. Fitten has the right stuff. I look forward to reading other work from his direction. Meanwhile I think I will look for some bona fide Hungarian literature. Any suggestions?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Unnameables; Author: Visit Amazon's Ellen Booraem Page; Review: If the Puritans had kept their culture but thrown out their God and the Bible for the cult of Miss Manners and the Fanny Farmer Cookbook, you would have a similar civilization to that of Island in The Unnameables. The book is a make-you-thinky. I had a hard time warming up to this book and had to eventually force myself to read past the first chapter. I am glad I did. I have not been able to interest any of my middle-school students in reading it, however, and I suspect it will have limited appeal to a middle-school audience.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories; Author: Visit Amazon's Valerie Martin Page; Review: I have found a new favorite author in Valerie Martin. If I wasn't sure after reading Property, I was pretty sure after The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories and became definite after finishing Mary Reilly last night. The Unfinished Novel and Other Stories does not give much comfort to the artist reader. The stories are set in sordid studios and dumpy apartments, excepting the two or three stories where art has been given a backseat to academia and other paying jobs and the conflicted characters inhabit more comfortable surroundings. The lives of the characters are buffeted and tormented by their art rather than made beautiful by it - so perhaps the artist reader can find some schadenfruedliches comfort after all in reading these tales. These are noir stories, and they are very well written. And eerie. Art takes on - or is denied - a metaphysical role in the lives of these characters. (I am reminded of Mircea Eliade's Two Strange Tales) Each is a quest, or quest forgotten... or gone off the rails. The Unfinished Novel is definitely my favorite. It is the longest, inserted toward the end of the book and probably the ugliest of the stories. Rita is just out of reach, but shares so many of the amazing and unlovely qualities of people I have known, that I almost want to call her and see how she is doing after all these years - and very glad I can not. Max is a bit of every boyfriend I have ever had, and again I am really glad not to know him personally - yet I deeply sympathize with his feelings about Rita, his horror, disgust, and his sheepish recognition of her greatness and superiority as a writer. After Unfinished Novel, the last two stories go out with a whimper. Then again, Unfinished Novel is a hard story to follow. Perhaps it should have been placed at the end?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Safer; Author: Visit Amazon's Sean Doolittle Page; Review: In *Safer*, Sean Doolittle does for Neighborhood Watch what *The Stepford Wives* did for Tupperware parties. A young couple move from urban America to small town America, and find that small town America can be very funky indeed. Tribalism is perhaps human; its purpose protection against outsiders who may not have our interests at heart. The trouble is the evil intentions we fear in the outsider live inside the clan too, only under familiar skins. Doolittle brings that home, literally. *Safer* may not be safe at all, but it is good,compelling, thriller fun.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Turtle Catcher; Author: Visit Amazon's Nicole Lea Helget Page; Review: I found this a very compelling tale, historically. None of us living in the United States, other than full blooded Native Americans, are all-American. We each of us have bits and pieces from other cultures, other places, hanging onto us, partially defining us. The main character in The Turtle Catcher takes this one step further, she is physically more than one thing. The immigrant populations of Minnesota and their interactions and views of themselves are presented from inside the German-American cultural identity as the country enters WWI. The story is set on the farm belonging to a German family. Their mother recently dead, the children have to raise themselves and define themselves as a new type from their parents. We follow their lives through the eyes of the sister upon whom falls the entire housekeeping of this male household at a tender age. Her only companions are the young brother she raises and occasional visits from the slow Scottish American neighbor boy, the eponymous Turtle Catcher who brings her turtles and occasionally takes over the burden of the story's narration. When the brothers decide to enlist in the Army the father despairs, as many of the fathers and mothers in the town do when their sons do the same. The older people see the matter in terms of their children fighting their own people - the Germans. The children see it differently. Through new American eyes, their German identity becomes part of their past rather than a present reality. A piece of their identity, not the whole. They break from the older generation. They, like their sister, are no longer wholly any one thing. Unlike her and their parents, they refuse to remain apart from the rest of society. In the novel the Swedes, Norwegians, and other European immigrant groups circle 'round their more prosperous German neighbors like hungry wolves, yapping with glee when they are able to exploit the pacifism of the Germans Americans as the US enters WWI, into evidence of their traitorous nature. They then leverage their slander into a means of taking the German's farms and businesses even as the German's sons are leaving to serve in the war. It was quite a chilling tale, very dark, even brutal, but not without some sweetness.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Curve of Time; Author: M. Wylie Blanchet; Review: This book was like taking a trip to an enchanted world. Oh how wonderful it must have been to have been one of those lucky children living their nomad summers on the Caprice! M. Wylie Blanchet was quite a woman, mother, can captain. Reading the reports of her family's summer adventures, one strange inlet at a time, left me refreshed and filled with longing for summer and a simpler nature-bound existance. Yay Blanchet! (Yay the Canadians in general.) Yay the Pacific Coast! Despite all my cheering, The Curve of Time is a quiet book, and very much recommended by this reader, especially to those who enjoy travel literature, and tend towards the nostalgic.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Woodsburner; Author: Visit Amazon's John Pipkin Page; Review: Woods Burner is a story based on an actual event in Henry David Thoreau's life. A few years before his famed retreat to Walden Pond, the man nearly burned down Concord - by accident. The novel revolves around the edges of that fire as Thoreau and others try to stop it. Other characters include: a businessman, who thinks he is a writer; two immigrant sisters; an orphaned immigrant farmhand; the obese - and irresistibly confined - wife of the farm-hand's boss; a charismatic, opium smoking, Hell-and-Brimstone preacher and some of his dissolute flock. Pipkin treats these character's past and present lives, and the lives of their families between visits to the fire line. The novel was cleverly done, if I have a complaint it is that I felt there was too much going on to get to know any of these characters well, and that none, as presented, were especially compelling to me. Woodburner does give a great deal of insight into Concord and American life and attitudes in the mid 19th century.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Brooklyn: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Colm Toibin Page; Review: In the immigrant novel there are certain expected devices, and going back and forth is not usually one of them. Not when they are set in the 50's anyway. In this tale the immigrant, a young Irish woman, Eilis Lacey, does go back, and forth. Living out other people's dreams for her, the disjointed nature of Eilis's life is painfully felt both in both places. She has beaux in America and Ireland, and while much of the plot involves her relationships with these men, I found her relationship to her own life more interesting, her inability to claim authority and responsibility for her own life from the church, the mother, the charming older sister. She allowed herself, her desires, and her place on earth to be perpetually defined by others. I found myself shouting at the book toward the end, I was so upset with Eilis's lack of willingness to disrupt the flow of events... it rarely happens that I find myself irritated with a character to the point of yelling at a book. Hence the 5 stars; any book that gets me raving is doing its job. Having been married to an Irish person I know how strong and overbearing social pressure and expectation can be. I am glad that the life I lead avoids much of it, but this novel gave me some empathy for those who live under it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Border Songs; Author: Visit Amazon's Jim Lynch Page; Review: Like Rainman,where the idiot savant is romanticized and showered with bathos, Border Songs romanticizes symptoms along the Autistic Spectrum as the novel's main character, Brandon, exhibits them. However, unlike Rainman, it managed not to go over the top - until it just started to crest at the very end of the book, so, as far as I am concerned, it is not a fatal flaw, and indeed, for much of the book, it creates an almost a magical realism element to the story, without making a show of his condition. Living, as I do, in the Emerald Triangle, I was startled to learn that apparently Canada is supplying ganja to the States. Definitely thought it was the other way around. So that was interesting. I am not sure the grows mentioned in the book are anything but works of fiction, but it peaked my interest. As did the relationships of people living along the border with their foreign neighbors. Overall was an interesting book, enjoyable, but perhaps I am a slight bit Aspergian too, because despite being interested in the topics of border relations and pot distribution, I could not relate to any of the characters and had a hard time feeling much for them.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Days of Little Texas; Author: Visit Amazon's R. A. Nelson Page; Review: This book will appeal to avid middle-school readers. It is a compelling blend of; romance, gothic ghost story, mystery and psychological thriller, set in; revival tents, trailer parks, and haunted places across America's Heartland. Ronald Earl, the book's aging child preacher, is quite a likable poor sap of a kid. (His ghostly girlfriend lacks substance, but that is only to be expected.) His guardian reminds me of James and the Giant Peach's Aunt Spiker. His colleagues made me think of Dorothy's farmhand friends, the Lion and Tin Man, and yet it retains enough of the real world and adolescent hormones to make it a very unique tale indeed.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Love and Obstacles; Author: Visit Amazon's Aleksandar Hemon Page; Review: The reason I chose to read this book is that the author is a Bosnian. I am deeply interested in the Balkan mind and this was the shizzle, the real deal. And yet the stories are Aleksander Hemon, and as I should have known, uniquely individual - like all stories told truely. So Balkan-mediated-through-Hemon, who is, ultimately, Hemon. (I think what I am trying to say here is that we all have our own stories - so just maybe there is no such thing as the Balkan mind after all. But if there were, Hemon's stories would be as valid a representative as any.) The stories, regardless of the setting; Africa, Europe, or America, are filled with grit and pockets of inky darkness, swirled 'round with a balancing lightness of being that elevates to art things like the cruelties and perplexing nature of childhood traumas, and the squalor of the new immigrant's life. This guy can write. I will be looking for more from him.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: New York Washington DC & the Mid-Atlantic Trips (Regional Travel Guide); Author: Visit Amazon's Jeff Campbell Page; Review: Who this book is NOT for: Me. I travel without a car and this book does not recognize a traveler like me. There is good local information on places to stay and food, but I try not to make my trips about the food and always stay in hostels or couchsurf, so again, unnecessary to this traveler and this school of travel. I wanted a book with lots of walking and bicycling day trips ideas for D.C. This is definitely not it. The guide is a list of themed car trips. I just want clear lists of trips by area. To travel light I wanted to bring just the D.C. bits of the book with me, but I would have had to hack it apart and take at least three seperate pieces of with me to cover the Washington D.C. region. In the end, after reading all those bits, I just left it whole - and at home. Who this is for: People who are going to rent a car and have lots of free time - and money - to spend in the mid-Atlantic area, travelers who would rather not plan their own routes, but instead follow a set itinerary and theme on their day and multi-day trips. Also, I always thought of Lonely Planet as geared more toward an low-impact traveler. Apparently their focus has changed.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Strength in What Remains (Random House Reader's Circle); Author: Visit Amazon's Tracy Kidder Page; Review: Tracy Kidder's Strength in What Remains put a face on Burundi for me. After the horrors there and in Rwanda, it was important to me to understand more deeply the nature of the conflict and the antipathies between the Hutus and the Tutsies. This book takes me part way there. It looks at the events from the point of view of the subject, a young Tutsi medical student names Deo whose life is disrupted and almost destroyed by events that took over his world. Deo's second life begins in New York where he is miraculously delivered. One thing that I wish was more detailed are the circumstances around this escape to the the US. The descriptions of life in squats, with other immigrants, and living in rough on the streets of New York are enlightening as much as they are depressing. That he is able to come through and continue on with his goals after all the injury, spiritual, emotional, physical, in his life is inspiring even if it becomes clear that Deo will always be marked by the horror and loss he has endured. I have not read Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House Reader's Circle) yet but after reading Strength in What Remains I certainly plan to.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Day of the Pelican; Author: Visit Amazon's Katherine Paterson Page; Review: Meli Lleshi, the pre-teen narrator of this tale is a distinctive voice that deserves to be heard. As a young culturally Muslim Albanian girl, her experience of being on the run from Serb militants and helpful American bombs is a visceral expression of events that took place in Kosova in the 1990's. A teen boy's tendency to want to be involved in violent action is examined too. Mahmet, Meli's older brother, is conflicted by his urge to join the resistance fighters, a choice that is adamantly opposed by everyone in his family. As this family's troubles start, the reader can see how easily, in the chaos, a teen boy could become militarized and lost to fighting. I remember seeing the news stories and the long lines of ethnic Albanians on the march toward borders where they were not welcome. In their American style clothing they almost looked like they were out on a lark, a community hike. Given the impenetrable mess that is Balkan history, the conflict between Serb and Kosovar Albanians was difficult to understand. Reading the Day of the Pelican lets you into what it was like for those nameless people; traumatized, hungry, frightened and bewildered as to what to do, this family flees blindly toward Macedonia hoping not for the best, but just to survive. The novel is the story of that trip with short sections before and after descriping the Lleshi's life in Pristina (or was it Peja? A Kosovar city, in any case) and Vermont. Katherine Paterson's reputation precedes her and was the reason I chose this novel. The writing is not as fine as Bridge to Terabithia, but I was interested in this subject matter. Paterson is a member of the church group which sponsored an Albanian refugee family to resettle in her Vermont community. Paterson's story was informed and inspired by these people who are very like the Lleshi's of her tale.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America; Author: Visit Amazon's Kati Marton Page; Review: Kati Marton's memoir of her early years in Budapest are filled with interesting details of her family's courageous survival under the newly established Socialist regime. The only Hungarian reporters reporting from inside Hungary, her father and mother continue working and reporting objectively, determined to make the world rational by acting as if it where. Unfortunately for this family it wasn't. Not then. Told through the alternating impressions of young Kati Marton, and her adult self, Kati narrates the years, filling in the blanks with the help of the voluminous records kept by the secret police. As she suspected everyone was spying on her parents, the neighbors, her governess, their friends and work colleagues. Marton's telling is in some places stodgy and repetitious, but the content is compelling and I learned something about that time and place. A fascinating look at a period of European history that must not forgotten.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mercury; Author: Visit Amazon's Hope Larson Page; Review: I loved Mercury. It was a spooky good story, alternating between a girl with modern adolescent troubles and her 17th century ancestor, another teen overhung by darkness who is smitten with a... bad man? Hard to say, there is alchemy and treachery, broken families and tragedy combined with humor and caring. Larson's drawings are wonderful, Satrapi meets Gorey and they waltz off freaky freaky Canada together -ish. The story is Poe meets... the Twilight Zone - I think I had better stop melding now. If you enjoy thoughtful graphic novels, I think you will like Mercury. It's only weak area for me was the ending. And I had better not tell anything about that because there are twists and turns... it may ruin the story for others. Suffice it to say that I thought the ending lacked closure. I might have missed something though. I will read it again to find out, it was good enough for a second read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Patience Stone; Author: Atiq Rahimi; Review: This tiny book (it is very short) is a lovely meditation on a shared existance with secrets. As she sits and waits upon what seems the very likely death of her husband, a woman contemplates their relationship, tries not to even imagine her family's future without him, and at the same time yearns for his death. There are no specifics given but the book tells a story that is human and real and terrifying. The descriptions while spare are effective. (I could hear the flies shallow breath as they slept on the walls of the sickroom where she waits, day after day thinking, watching, and dozing.) The writing reminded me somehow of Ismail Kadare, the menace of the outside world reflected internally in the mentality of the characters.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Savage Lands; Author: Visit Amazon's Clare Clark Page; Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I teach US History but knew relatively little about the French attempt to colonize the area around New Orleans and the interaction between Native Americans and the French trappers and traders who travelled up and down the Mississippi in the 18thC. There are three main stories: One follows the lives of young brides who are shipped out from France to help populate the colony; The second concerns the politics of colony; The third treats relationships between Native tribes and Natives and French. The main characters are a husband and wife who are frequently parted by his trips in-country. As she tries to stay healthy in the swamp, he intrigues with Natives(and Native women), the French, and the Spanish. The history seems well researched and I feel like it gave me some insight into life in a boggy colony, French political corruption, and the end of a era for the Native tribes in that part of the country.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Molly Fox's Birthday: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Deirdre Madden Page; Review: This story takes place during a single day, Molly Fox's birthday. A close friend is staying in Molly's house while Molly is in New York. She spends Molly's birthday farting around avoiding work, running small errands, and ruminating over her relationship with Molly and their mutual friend Andrew, an art historian. The three met in collage at the start of their careers and have been in touch intermittantly throughout their adult lives. The narrator is a well-known and respected playwright, although we never know her name. Molly is an actress enjoying great sucess and acclaim. And Andrew sucessful as well, now narrating a series on art for television. For me the book walked a fine line between tedium and interest, much like The Hours, which I alone in all the world, it sometimes seems, did not enjoy. In Molly Fox, happily, there was just enough mystery and backstory on the three characters to keep me from yawning. The corelation of sucessful career to innerlife and perception of self was also intersting. Not my favorite book, but one I read to the end without resentment.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Lieutenant; Author: Visit Amazon's Kate Grenville Page; Review: This was a sensitive take on the history of Australia's introduction to the Europeans. Told from the point of view of the exploratory crew's astronomer, the Englishmen come ashore anxious to meet the natives only to be avoided interminably by the people living there. The leutenant, who has managed, by claiming to need a good view of the nightsky, to live apart from his fellows does make aquaintance with three aboriginal children, one of whom, a teenage girl, becomes his friend and lanaguage exchange partner. His simple happy life learning the languages and gazing at stars is shattered, as we living now know from the beginning it will be, by the shenanigans of his countrymen and their need to impose themselves on the reluctant Natives.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Misconception: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Ryan Boudinot Page; Review: This was an intriguing novel about the interplay of memory, mis/conception, mis/perception, and time. A man in his forties, Cedar, reflects as he reads the pages of Kat's retelling of their brief, youthful relationship: A relationship that has lingered melancholic in Cedar's memory. Cedar realizes he has created a personal fiction without intention because of his innocence and Kat's talent for drama and storytelling. Even seeing the wreckage that is Kat in middle-age does not prevent Cedar from envying her talented writing and brilliant insight into himself, both as a youth and as the mature man he has become. I enjoyed the book. I recommend it to anyone interested in how people think, create memory, rationalize, and revise memory.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hand That First Held Mine; Author: Visit Amazon's Maggie O'Farrell Page; Review: This is a story of the mysterious time around childbirth and the liminal nature of the time after childbirth when a woman and her child are bonding. The plot is creepy with evil echoes and foreboding - yes, there is a mystery and it is a disturbing one - while examining sleep deprivation and the intense 'becoming' of women into mothers. The story of the two artist mothers separated by a generation points out some of society's changes too - the expanding role of fatherhood, views on single motherhood; they are interesting extras. The main focus is earliest child- and motherhood, the memories and the experience of this period in a life. I love evil women in stories. I also love stories set in England. The Hand That First Held Mine delivered both and more. It was a clean delivery. The novel is not sentimental. It is unique. It notices things very clearly and reports them almost scientifically, spare and precise. I quite enjoyed reading The Hand That First Held Mine and will look for other titles from this author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Double Bound (Tales from Ballena Beach); Author: Visit Amazon's Nick Nolan Page; Review: This book fits into what I consider the bodice ripper sub-genre of gay romance. Please understand that I have nothing against bodice-rippers of any sexual persuasion as long as they are intelligently well-written and sexy. Double Bound, however, is neither intelligently well-written nor sexy. It is choppy and it is silly. I can't read this book. I tried but could not. I read the first 75 pages, it is possible it gets better... but the possibility is not strong enough to keep me reading. On page 75 I still have no clear idea of the book's focus, unless the focus is 'stilted and frivolous gay soft porn without focus'. The vaunted mystery foreshadowed in the prologue is left forgotten there chapter after chapter. Even though the action is about to move on to Brazil - the scene of the prologue's crime - and maybe get off the ground, things are not moving fast enough and I am taking the nearest exit.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know; Author: Visit Amazon's Heather Sellers Page; Review: My dearest friend is *prosopagnostic, a condition that is very hard for me to understand. Hence, I devoured You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know in two sittings - staying up much too late two work nights in a row. Ms Seller's writing about her excruciatingly unique childhood with her troubled - and troubling - parents is natural and flowing, imbued with insight and honesty, devoid of histrionics and sentimentality. Publishers initially refused to publish her story because, they told her, no one will believe a child could have survived such a childhood. Sellers' tolerance and kindness in writing about her parents is heroic. Once she realizes prosogagnosia, a nuerological conditon also know as face blindness, has been complicating her already unsettling life she wants a cure. Eventually however, Sellers comes to embrace prosopagnosia, crediting face-blindness as an aid to her as a writer. In the book Ms Sellers tells interviewers she would not 'fix' her face-blindness, even if she could. A wonderful - literally wonder full - memoir of a unique life told by a good writer - this book is as good as it gets. *Sellers refers to this webpage in her book, it gives the rest of us some idea of the condition: [...]; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Second Edition; Author: Visit Amazon's Peter W. Rea Page; Review: This is a great manual for film classes, or for public television volunteer training classes, or the group of kids who spend their weekends emulating the Cohen brothers. I ordered it thinking it would help me with my personal video and film for You Tube. This is way beyond the amateur lone videographer. This is a book for film and video PRODUCTION, ie. a team effort production guide. I should have realized that from reading the description but I wasn't paying enough attention. Fortunately I am interested in the subject, although I do not partake, and learned a lot about film production and all that is involved in creating a quality product. If you are newly involved in film or video production, or would like to be, this is a good reference to have to hand.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wife of the Gods: A Novel (A Darko Dawson Mystery); Author: Kwei Quartey; Review: Wife of the Gods was definitely a departure from my usual fodder but I found it very compelling and as full of foreboding and creepy human psychology as my favorites. (I am a lover of mystery writers like; Agatha Christie, Nagio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ruth Rendon, Minette Walters, Barbara Vine and more recently Ian Rankin and Stieg Larsson.) Reading Wife of the Gods was a great way to learn something about a new - to me - part of the world while enjoying a good mystery.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Under The Blue Flag: My Mission in Kosovo; Author: Visit Amazon's Philip Kearney Page; Review: Tired of his quotidian round of exisitence as a DA in San Francisco, Philip Kearny is tempted and eventually sucumbs to the lure of adventure and takes the UN position of international prosecutor in Kosovo. Right from the time he lands, his observations and reports of life in Kosovo in 2001 make the reader wonder why he did not just realize he had made a terrible mistake and get back on a plane home. But he stays, completes his mission and goes back for more - is there a gene for masochism? Every aspect of his work and life in Kosovo is fraught with obstacles, discomfort, danger, and frustration. He has to learn Kosovo law on the run as he is working on cases of frightening importance - and no support available to him. The pressure and the pace was ridiculous and the importance of getting it right always plaguing Kearny. Read this book and you will never take living within a rule of law for granted again. You will despair for the people of Kosovo, and eventually even hope a little. What an awesome responsibility, and an awful experience, and how wonderful that there are people like Kearny willing to serve humanity in this capacity.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Friends with Boys; Author: Visit Amazon's Faith Erin Hicks Page; Review: Faith Erin Hicks's story of home-schooled Maggie starting high school, Friends with Boys, is interesting and engaging. There is a ghost, but it is not a ghost story. It is a high school story from a grade 9 -freshman - point of view. Finding her place and fitting into a social hierarchy, while working on forming an identify are the key issues explored in this graphic novel. (As a teacher of independent study and regular students in this age group, I was especially interested and intrigued by the subject matter.) The black and white drawings effectively pull the reader into Maggie's family and hometown. Memories of my own first days of high school flooded back looking at Maggie's hand-drawn map of her new school. There are some early sketches included in the back of the book that I enjoyed seeing. They offer a glimpse into the process of creating the story and how Hicks's ideas evolved. The family is headed by a single father who is the town's chief of police. Maggie has three older brothers, a thespian and a set of twins, who all attend the same high school. The mother seems to have just picked up and left, it is not clear if her whereabouts are even known. There is kindness along with some moral ambiguity. No preachy subtexts take away from the honest exploration of adolescence in small town Canada. The ghost and a bit of local history add to the mix. The ghost story is not resolved and creates an opportunity for a sequel. Friends with Boys - except for the ghost - reminded me of Craig Thompson's Blankets in its subtle and low-key tone, but it does not treat sexuality and is appropriate for younger middle school as well as high school readers. It is sure to be especially appreciated by girls. (I am 50, and I very much enjoyed it too.)Recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Running Away to Home: Our Family's Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Wilson Page; Review: I really enjoyed this chronicle of a family's life in Croatia. The adventures of integrating into a new culture are helped along, sometimes less helpfully than others, by a town full of interesting characters. As the family settles into an unsettled existence in their chronically unfinished home, they are taxed and delighted by the culture of small town Croatian life. Slowly they begin to understand some of the social dynamics and slow themselves down to fit into the reality they have entered. It is a great to read about people stretching themselves with adventures like this while in the comfort of my own home and country.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Queen of America: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Luis Alberto Urrea Page; Review: This is a haunting and disconcerting story of a Mexican healer and her father, trying to navigate borders and the economics of life with a miraculous gift. I have never read much fiction or non fiction about immigration and border politics in the American Southwest so this was new and very intriguing to me. The problems that come with extraordinary gifts are something that bears thought. You have lots of time to ponder as the poor protagonists navigate through power politics of gender and the secular and religious worlds, greed, and the complications of fame. Very well written, almost dream- and nightmare - like.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: In the Kitchen: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Monica Ali Page; Review: Not often that you get murder mystery, contemporary literature, and behind the scenes of a London hotel restaurant kitchen in the same book. Chef Gabe is about to launch his new life when the body of the Ukrainian kitchen helper turns up. Things are fairly muddled at first and then start spiraling out of control as one misstep follows another. Wonderful language and, after a slowish start, eventually spellbinding. Not as good overall as Brick Lane but the content was more interesting to me.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Whispering Muse: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Sjn Page; Review: I loved this book. I bought the other two available titles; The Blue Fox and, From the Mouth of the Whale, as soon as I'd finished it. Here is a bit about Sjon from Wikipaedia, "Sigurjn Birgir Sigursson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjn (/on/ shohn), is an Icelandic poet, novelist, and lyricist. His pen name (meaning "sight") is an abbreviation of his given name (Sigurjn). Sjn frequently collaborates with the singer Bjrk and has performed with The Sugarcubes as Johnny Triumph. His works have been translated into more than 25 languages.[1]" While I was reading The Whispering Muse, Sjon was travelling through my area - only found out a day too late or I would have travelled to the Bay Area to hear him speak. His work reminds me of some of my favorite Irish writers, Flann O'Brian (Brian O'Nolan) and Samuel Beckett, in fact if you could marry those two you would have a very similar voice, as it is, Sjon is unique in my experience. In the novel the protagonist, a mincing, tiresome Icelandic fellow, fresh from his work as a propagandist for the National Socialists in war-time Germany and filled with zeal for the northern man's superiority thanks to the great benefits of a fish diet, is a guest on a ship headed from Norway to Turkey. The book consists of this little dweeb's observations of live aboard, including the very interesting recitations of the first mate, whose stories interweave Greek myth with Norse mythology through the agency of a bit of wood. Later in the book you will find out where the wood is from. For people who need adventure and romance - this is a non-starter. If, on the other-hand you are interested in the inner-workings of peculiar characters, you are in for a rare treat. This is wonderful writing.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist; Author: Visit Amazon's Margarita Engle Page; Review: I objected to the use of verse to tell the story of the poet Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda. I mean if Engle could have done the job by culling translated verse from de Avellaneda herself, then great. But this is Engle putting her own poetry in the mouth of de Avellaneda, which just seems wrong. By the end of the book I had left this concern behind - Engle does a good job and uses her free verse effectively but I did not feel I had a good understanding of the time and place and would have liked more of the white space in the book to have been a longer introduction and a concluding afterword to explain more about Cuba and race relations at that time. But I am a historian. My middle-school and some of my high school girls would have really enjoyed the book and the free verse would have appealed to them. It might provoke their interest in the place and time so I am giving it 4 stars but I would prefer to give it 3.5.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel; Author: Visit Amazon's Ari Shavit Page; Review: I really appreciate a book like this on Israel. As someone who has covered the waterfront - so to speak - in my own feelings and views of the Jewish State, I was happy to find a person of my political leanings trying to take an objective view of this highly confusing polity. Not that after reading it I am any more certain of my own feelings, but pondering Israel is something that I feel needs to be done at regular intervals and I welcome informed and engaging authors like Shavit who help me.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Exiled: Memoirs of a Camel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kathleen Karr Page; Review: Although I am interested in the topic of the US Camel Corps, I was put off by the interior dialog of the camel. I found the writing irritating and off-putting. This is a personal reaction and I know others found it quite appealing. I would have much preferred not to hear the story from the camel's mouth. Anthropomorphism is not my cup of tea. The author has done a great job with the research and I imagine most younger readers who have not had a chance to grow up, and cranky, and particular, would learn a lot and enjoy the story.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Into That Forest; Author: Visit Amazon's Louis Nowra Page; Review: This novel brings you right into the action and keeps you there. No long descriptive passages setting the stage, you are flung into the action along with the young protagonists and involved in their struggle in the first few pages. A wonderfully creative mind has given us an invitation to look at a part of the world that is unfamiliar in a way that brings me right along. Recommended for readers from 12-100.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Richard Hittleman's 28 Day Yoga Exercise; Author: Visit Amazon's Richard Hittleman Page; Review: Richard Hittleman was to yoga what Jack Lalanne was to calisthenics. A 70's icon of popular yoga, Hittleman gets it right in his very clear and sensible directions, using models - the male model is one of his sons - to carefully document each move for us visual learners. The 28 Day Plan is a great way to get your groove back if you have become more sedentary and rusty around the joints than you would like to be. It is filled with wise and calm encouraging advise from Hittlemen to help you make it through the program and give you incentive to continue with his maintenance routines that you can do for the remainder of your days after the 28 days is over. He also gives dietary recommendations and this jumbo-sized edition has some sample meal plans in it. It is a gem. This is my third copy.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 (The Best American Series ); Author: Visit Amazon's Dave Eggers Page; Review: I always enjoy these sorts of compendiums and The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013 is no exception. I regret it is so cheaply made, however. The paper is that grayish, rough stuff of the mass market paperback ilk. The gutters are not large enough, so you have to spread the covers inconveniently wide when you are reading to get into the inner margins. That is disappointing, the content is compelling.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed; Author: Ahdaf Soueif; Review: Ahdaf Soueif's journalism background and involvement make him an ideal voice to inform us of what was happening in Eygpt during the Arab Spring. He enlightens the reading to the challenges to the Egyptian people in their continuing state building struggle. There is a lot of information here, and to understand the struggles of so many Muslim states who are trying now to be competitive, build democracy, and retain what is best about their own cultures while being part of the modern world, this is a great place to start.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lives of Girls and Women; Author: Visit Amazon's Alice Munro Page; Review: Del, a young rural Canadian growing up in the 1940's grows up surrounded by friends, family and neighbors. She observes and describes her interactions with them and their interactions with each other in a way that connected with me in California in the 1990s and again with me and my students in the 2010s. It is a quietly exuberant celebration of everyday and every-man-and-woman. Munro is known for her short stories, so a novel is something special, although each chapter can be read as a story in itself. I loved it and now I am reading it with my 11th and 12th grade students. After recommending it, I am gratified to find that some of my students are as awed, delighted, and disturbed by her keen observations as I am.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Human Anatomy: The Definitive Visual Guide; Author: Visit Amazon's DK Page; Review: This is, a richly-colored, parts manual of the body. When I ordered it I was expecting more text and less life-size photos of all the bits without the skin. It is very thorough and goes through each of the body's systems, skeletal, cardiovascular, lymphatic, etc.... I would think it would be very useful to a medical student or human bio-scientist (is that a thing?). I do not find it particularly useful for learning about my body though because it is too large to read through comfortably and while fascinating on one level, frankly the illustrations creep me out. So I don't particularly recommend it to the lay reader. I definitely recommend it to anyone who knows a young person who is expressing an interest in health care, and especially medicine and sports medicine.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Shadow Hero (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition); Author: Gene Yang; Review: This is a charming and humorously drawn graphic novel about the origins of the short-lived superhero, Green Turtle. Yang has taken this historic superhero and resurrected him fully Asian and fully human, by giving him; a face, (originally this superhero never showed his face) a back story including a Tiger mother, and a setting in the Chinatown of San Incendio where the story catches fire. (San Incendio is imaginary I think, I can not find it on a map) Interestingly, both the hero and the anti-hero, Ten Grand, come to their shadowy "powers" through similarly traumatic adversity and the loss of - very different - father figures. I loved *American Born Chinese* and even though superheroes tend to bore me as a rule, I gave Yang's a look because of my admiration for his earlier work. I was delighted and enlightened by The Shadow Hero. There is an appended section at the end that gives the history of the original Green Turtle, including the intriguing around keeping his likely Asian-ness out of the picture - literally.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Take This Man: A Memoir; Author: Visit Amazon's Brando Skyhorse Page; Review: This is an heartbreakingly honest autobiography told from the point of view of a young and growing child. Most of the book covers the years up through middle school. Not that Skyhorse was a child when he wrote it, but he has recollected his memories of events and his reactions and feelings about them and set them down without analyzing and interpreting them with his adult understanding. It is as if he is reporting from the scene of his childhood all these years later. And thank goodness he is on this side of time. His childhood was not a comfortable and secure place to be. I found myself wanting to reaching into the book, back in time, and rescue this child. His mother was a piece of work alright, (his grandmother and fathers too) and even though the book may occasionally boggle the reader with incessant craziness, it is, as his mother promises, never boring. I never seem to have enough time to read and find that my attention span for reading is getting shorter - I blame the Internet! - this book, however was a quick read because it was hard to put down. It was hard to put down for two reasons: one, it is a compelling story; two, you don't feel right leaving him where he is, you need to read him to safety somehow....; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Barbarian Lord; Author: Matt Smith; Review: Not my usual sort of thing, warrior sagas, but I really enjoyed this GN. Barbarian Lord is a fellow of few words, but when he does speak it is poetic. He is fair but very very harsh, making no bones about cutting the heads off folk. The sparseness of the black and white drawings is initially off-putting - but give it a chance. The drawing style and restless questing nature of the story reminded me of Usagi Yojimbo - Stan Sakai's warrior rabbit. Speaking of animals - there are lots in this tale. The wolves talk and the birds give us a literal bird's eye view of the proceedings. Set outside the Judeo-Christian worldview in a pagan animist North, which made it more interesting to me. There is funkiness, some depth and lots of humor. Definitely not for young children, teens will enjoy it. Possibly being nerdy increased the likelihood you will enjoy it as much as I did.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sanctuary Line; Author: Visit Amazon's Jane Urquhart Page; Review: The language and the way Urquhart evokes memories through her main character is quite lovely, capturing long ago summer days and the spotty hard focus and blurred quality of remembrance. The way certain faces or words -her uncle's - stand out and the and others are in shadow - her mother and the other women apart from her cousin Mandy. I like my stories set in Canada. In this case the time period is the recent past. Most of the novel takes place in what I would guess are the 80's or 90's in a rural area on the north shore of Lake Erie. The family is bifurcated by the lake between the US and Canada and, in this story, the past and the present. The Monarchs are there too. Perhaps to provide a bright and transient echo of bright and transient summers? A quiet and unassuming novel wrapped around a rich core of family life, memory, and tragedy. Foreshadowing tragic events right from the first pages - this novel certainly takes it time delivering the bad news. And it IS bad news but after almost 200 pages of anticipation, after all is revealed I have to say my sense of anticlimax - and having guessed the main elements of the events - took away some of my interest in learning the details when they were eventually offered. And there is something else at the end that is jarring. I think the ending is weak. Still I enjoyed my time with Liz Crane and will keep my eyes peeled for more of Urquhart.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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