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Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: The Strength and Toning Deck: 50 Exercises to Shape Your Body; Author: Shirley Archer; Review: Simple, very clear, complete, doesn't get better than this.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: How to Draw a Portrait: The step-by-step guide on how to draw portraits in the three-quarters view; Author: Visit Amazon's Vladimir London Page; Review: Easy to understand and follow with no fail results.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The End of Diabetes: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Diabetes; Author: Joel Fuhrman M.D.; Review: Very Good but recipes too time consuming and too much use of nuts for healthy oil needs; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip,; Author: Visit Amazon's Esther Gokhale Page; Review: Excellent; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs; Author: Neal Barnard; Review: Very good; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with news articles as follows:
Title: Eliud Kipchoge runs 1:59 marathon, first to break 2 hours; Abstract: Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to break two hours in a marathon in a non-record-eligible event.; Category: sports
Title: New Hampshire shooting: Wedding guests subdued suspect after gunfire broke out inside church, police chief says; Abstract: A wedding was underway at a New Hampshire church when a shooting occurred Saturday morning, leaving at least two people wounded, Pelham Police Chief Joseph Roark said.; Category: news
Title: Trump says Giuliani is still his lawyer; Abstract: President Trump confirmed Saturday that Rudy Giuliani remains on his legal team amid rumors in Washington that the president had dropped Giuliani over a federal investigation into his activities.; Category: news
Title: Kasich to Congress: 'Look in the mirror at how you want to be remembered'; Abstract: Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich said his advice for fellow Republicans in Congress during the impeachment process was to "look in the mirror at how you want to be remembered.; Category: news
Title: 3-year-old Alabama girl kidnapped from birthday party, believed to be in 'extreme danger'; Abstract: An Alabama toddler is missing after police say she was kidnapped at a birthday party Saturday night. Kamille (Cupcake) McKinney went missing about 8:30 p.m. from Tom Brown Village public housing community in Avondale.; Category: news
Title: Miguel Cervantes' Wife Reveals Daughter, 3, 'Died in My Arms' After Entering Hospice Care; Abstract: Miguel Cervantes' Wife Reveals Daughter 'Died in My Arms' After Hospice Care; Category: tv
Title: Kate Middleton fired her longtime personal assistant amid split from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry; Abstract: Sophie Agnew, Middelton's longtime aide of seven years, was fired after she returned home from her honeymoon.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Michael Douglas Weighs In on College Admissions Scandal: It's 'Egregious'; Abstract: Michael Douglas Weighs In on College Admissions Scandal: It's 'Egregious'; Category: movies
Title: Uh-Oh! Carrie Ann Inaba Falls on 'Dancing With the Stars'; Abstract: Uh-Oh! Carrie Ann Inaba Falls on 'Dancing With the Stars'; Category: tv
Title: Mike Johnson asks out Keke Palmer after Demi Lovato date, plus more news; Abstract: Mike Johnson tried to ask out Keke Palmer in a conversation about his date with Demi Lovato. Plus, more celebrity news for Oct. 14, 2019.; Category: entertainment
Title: 'Voice' fans love heartthrob who looks like 'combination of Tom Cruise and Christian Bale'; Abstract: The Battles began on The Voice Monday, with a new set of mentors (Usher, Darius Rucker, Normani, and wil.i.am) and a new rule allowing coaches to save one contestant each from elimination. But before all that, there were a few more Blind Auditions, including one form Season 17's new heartthrob, Matthew McQueen. He may not be related to Steve McQueen, but he had undeniable star power -- with a pretty face and a pretty voice to match plus just the right about of darkness and edge. "He kind of looks like a combination of Tom Cruise and Christian Bale. You're like a very handsome movie villain," John Legend told Matthew. "Like a vampire. You could be in a vampire movie," said Kelly Clarkson, who seemed a little flustered as she called the 21-year-old indie-pop crooner "so cool and sexy -- I mean, not in a weird way!" Blake Shelton compared Matthew's modern-sounding vocals to that of another heartthrob, Shawn Mendes. So I guess music really was in Matthew's, um, blood. [insert/quote some tweets] Matthew's cover artist-of-the-moment's Lewis Capaldi's weeper "Someone You Loved" was haunting, and not just because he looked like Lestat while singing it. I was impressed by his sense of dynamics, the way he started soft and subtle and built the song to its anguished crescendo, instead of starting at full volume. It was a sophisticated and nuanced performance. "You got better and better and you kept it classy, you kept it tasteful. When you get into that rasp -- like, whew," Kelly marveled. It seemed like Kelly might be on her way to a third victory by getting Matthew on her team, but unfortunately for her, Blake also turned around. He made a very good case, noting that three of his past six winners were not country singers, stating, "It doesn't matter what lane your coach is in. It's what lane your coach can put you in." Combine that with the fact that Grandma McQueen had dreamed that Blake would turn for Matthew, and it was a done deal. Now Blake might win again with another non-country artist. "With his range and his pocket -- this guy is a threat to this entire competition," Blake proclaimed.; Category: video
Title: Jalen Ramsey trade rumors: Rams acquire cornerback for three draft picks; Abstract: Jalen Ramsey finally got his wish. He will be playing for a Super Bowl contender.; Category: sports
Title: Boxer Patrick Day dies after suffering traumatic brain injury in super welterweight fight; Abstract: Boxer Patrick Day, 27, died on Wednesday after being knocked out against Charles Conwell on Saturday. He had surgery and had been in a coma.; Category: sports
Title: Hours before passing, Elijah Cummings signed subpoenas directed to two US immigration agencies; Abstract: In one of his last official acts before his death, the late House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings signed two subpoenas for documents related to a temporary end to a policy change that allowed some immigrants with severe health issues to remain in the US.; Category: news
Title: Bella Hadid Is Named Most Beautiful Woman in the World -- How It Was Decided; Abstract: Beyonce and Amber Heard also made the list!; Category: lifestyle
Title: Gabbard hits back at 'queen of warmongers' Clinton; Abstract: Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) did not hold back Friday when responding to 2016 nominee Hilary Clinton's suggestion that she is the "favorite of the Russians" for 2020, excoriating the former secretary of State as "the queen of warmongers" and "personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party."; Category: news
Title: Rand Paul Called Out at California Restaurant During Lunch: 'Not Putting Up With Your Republican Bulls**t'; Abstract: A pair of New Yorkers ridiculed Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul in a California restaurant.; Category: news
Title: Meghan and Harry to take 'family time' off, says royal source; Abstract: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will take a break from royal duties towards the end of the year, dividing their time between the US and the UK.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Prince Harry acknowledges tensions with William in ITV interview; Abstract: Britain's Prince Harry has acknowledged tensions with his older brother Prince William for the first time, saying they are on "different paths."; Category: lifestyle
Title: Bag Explodes While Being Loaded On Volaris Flight At Midway Airport; Abstract: A bag being loaded onto an airplane at Midway Aiport exploded on Monday and the Chicago bomb unit has responded.; Category: travel
Title: 16 transgender celebrities who are changing television; Abstract: Shows like "Euphoria," "Pose," "The Fosters," and "Shameless" have all introduced trans actors and characters in recent years.; Category: tv
Title: Freshman Georgia Southern offensive lineman Jordan Wiggins dies at 18; Abstract: Georgia Southern freshman offensive lineman Jordan Wiggins has died. He was 18 years old.; Category: sports
Title: A 9-year-old is facing five counts of murder. He didn't even know what 'alleged' meant.; Abstract: Criminal justice experts said it was extremely rare for prosecutors to bring such severe charges against a child.; Category: news
Title: Lori Loughlin Is Facing New Charges in the College Admissions Scandal; Abstract: Federal prosecutors brought new charges on Tuesday.; Category: tv
Title: Zooey Deschanel's Estranged Husband Jacob Pechenik Files for Divorce; Abstract: The couple announced their separation in September.; Category: tv
Title: Astros fire assistant GM for 'inappropriate comments'; Abstract: The Astros fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman on Thursday afternoon.; Category: news
Title: Senate Dems on Hillary Clinton 2020: 'Absolutely not'; Abstract: Hillary Clinton isn't running for president nor should she, say her former Democratic colleagues in the Senate.; Category: news
Title: The royal family refuses to watch 'The Crown' because it's too close to reality, according to a royal biographer; Abstract: The third season of "The Crown" will premiere on Netflix on November 17 with Olivia Colman playing the Queen.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Trump records 'strongly corroborate' sex assault claims, accuser says; Abstract: President Trump's own records "strongly corroborate" the sexual assault accusations of Summer Zervos and belie the president's denials, a new court filing states; Category: news
Title: Onetime Prom Dates Finally Marry 60 Years Later; Abstract: It's a love story that began in 1955, when Bob Harvey and Annette Adkins were just high school juniors. Now, both at 80 years old, the two can finally call each other husband and wife.; Category: news
Title: 18 things to avoid at the dollar store; Abstract: Some dollar-store items, such as toys and power cords, just aren't worth buying despite their super-cheap prices maybe because they'll break, run out faster than expected, risk the health and safety of a loved one, or just disappoint you after the effort of going to a store and cruising aisles expecting quality.; Category: finance
Title: Cummings' widow responds to Trump's attacks, gets standing ovation; Abstract: Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, appeared to respond to President Trump's previous attacks of her husband during a speech at his funeral.; Category: video
Title: The CEO taking on the gun lobby; Abstract: Ed Stack didn't set out to be an activist. The chief executive of Dick's Sporting Goods, Mr. Stack spent his career selling fishing rods, camping gear and athletic equipment at big-box stores around the country. Dick's was founded by Mr. Stack's father in upstate New York. As a young man, Mr. Stack worked for the family business. But he didn't enjoy the experience. His father was a divisive boss who couldn't manage a supply chain, and was...; Category: finance
Title: Megyn Kelly and Rose McGowan selfie sparks speculation: 'Brainstorming'; Abstract: The newswoman shared a photo of herself taking a selfie with McGowan on Friday. Kelly, who hasn't yet landed anywhere after abruptly leaving NBC last year, has been using her platform as of late to speak out against sexual harassment and non-disclosure agreements.; Category: entertainment
Title: Scandal brings election risk for rising Democratic star; Abstract: California U.S. Rep. Katie Hill has apologized to friends and supporters for engaging in an affair with a campaign staffer, but Susan Slates still feels let down by the 32-year-old Democrat who arrived in Congress just this year. Slates is a beauty salon owner in Hill's hometown of Agua Dulce, a lightly populated expanse of grassy hills and horse ranchettes north of Los Angeles. She tightens her lips when asked about...; Category: news
Title: Queens boy, 14, shot dead playing hoops in South Jamaica housing project; Abstract: A 14-year-old Queens boy was shot dead Saturday on the basketball court of a NYCHA project in South Jamaica, police said. Cops responded around 8 p.m. to the court behind 116-80 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. in the Baisley Park Houses and found the teen with a gunshot wound to his neck. Neighbors and the boyfriend of the teen's mother identified him as Amir Griffin. A woman who lives in the project and declined to give her name heard gunfire. "It's...; Category: news
Title: Meghan King Edmonds, Jim Edmonds' Nanny Denies Cheating Allegations; Abstract: Meghan King Edmonds, Jim Edmonds' Nanny Denies Cheating Allegations; Category: entertainment
Title: Flavor Flav, You ARE The Father! Paternity Test Confirms Rapper Is Dad Of 2-Month-Old Baby; Abstract: Congratulations!; Category: music
Title: Former US Senator Kay Hagan dead at 66; Abstract: Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a one-time Capitol Hill intern who went on to become North Carolina's first Democratic female senator, died Monday at her Greensboro home. She was 66.; Category: news
Title: Joe Biden reportedly denied Communion at a South Carolina church because of his stance on abortion; Abstract: Joe Biden has a complicated history with the Catholic Church.; Category: news
Title: Multiple Houses on Fire After Plane Crashes in NJ; Abstract: At least two houses are on fire in Colonia, New Jersey, after a plane crash, according to the Colonia Fire Department. A Cessna 414 crashed into a home on Berkley Avenue at 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to the FAA. The FAA will conduct an investigation into the cause of the crash. The number of people aboard and their conditions are unknown. The area is a heavy residential area with tree-lined streets. News 4's Dennis Protsko, who is part of the...; Category: news
Title: Martin worries about amputation after breaking right leg; Abstract: Casey Martin's worst fear was realized earlier this month when he stepped awkwardly off a curb and fractured his right tibia.; Category: sports
Title: Fall TV Scheduling Hits & Misses (2019); Abstract: ; Category: tv
Title: Ex-All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton charged with child injury; Abstract: KELLER, Texas (AP) Former All-Star slugger Josh Hamilton has been charged with injury to a child after his 14-year-old daughter told his ex-wife that he'd struck her.; Category: sports
Title: Elderly mother caught in a lie; Abstract: Dear Amy: My mother is 93 years old. I found out a few years ago that she was pregnant with me when she and my father got married. I was looking through some papers, and I saw that their marriage license was in a sealed envelope.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Catherine Herridge leaves Fox News for CBS News; Abstract: "I feel privileged to join a team where facts and storytelling will always matter," she said; Category: news
Title: Penn State launches new investigation into Sandusky sexual abuse allegation; Abstract: Penn State has launched an investigation into a new abuse allegation against Jerry Sandusky.; Category: sports
Title: Property Brothers' J.D. Scott Marries Annalee Belle in Vintage Theatre-Themed Wedding; Abstract: J.D. Scott is Married! Third Property Brother Ties Knot; Category: tv
Title: John Legend clarifies his recent Kanye West comments, plus more news; Abstract: John Legend explains what he told Vanity Fair about Kanye West, plus more celebrity news for Oct. 31, 2019.; Category: entertainment
Title: Salmonella linked to ground beef; Abstract: A multistate salmonella outbreak has sickened 10 people and caused one death, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak is believed to be connected to ground beef.; Category: news
Title: No, I'm Not Missing Out On The 'Ultimate Love' Because I Chose Not To Be A Mom; Abstract: On a recent afternoon talk show, which I'm ashamed to admit I had on in thebackground while grading essays, the hosts were discussing an interview thathad just come out in which Oprah Winfrey proclaimed she never regretted nothaving children or not marrying her longtime partner Stedman Graham.Having recently published a book based on my difficult decision to opt out ofmotherhood, I'd been dreaming of the day I could have a conversation withOprah...; Category: lifestyle
Title: Stephanie Grisham says Trump was serious about fireside chat to read Ukraine call; Abstract: White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham did not shoot down the prospect of a nationally televised "fireside chat."; Category: news
Title: Brian Tarantina, 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' and 'Gilmore Girls' Actor, Dies at 60; Abstract: Brian Tarantina, an actor who was known for his roles on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "Gilmore Girls," was found dead on Saturday morning. He was 60. Tarantina was found in his New York City apartment by the NYPD, a police spokesperson confirms to TheWrap. The cause of death is unknown. "On Saturday, November 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11,...; Category: movies
Title: Niagara Falls: Boat stuck on rocks 101 years dislodged; Abstract: High winds and heavy rains dislodged the remains of a barge in the rapids above Niagara Falls that had been there 101 years.; Category: weather
Title: Trump says he told Fox to get a new pollster amid network's 'lousy' polls on support for impeachment; Abstract: President Trump called Fox News pollsters "lousy" and suggested the network find better people to run their presidential polling amid data showing nearly half of American voters support impeachment.; Category: news
Title: As Warren Gains in Race, Wall Street Sounds the Alarm; Abstract: Warren's rise in the Democratic primary polls is rattling bankers, investors and their affluent clients, who see in the Massachusetts senator a formidable opponent who could damage not only their industry but their way of life.; Category: finance
Title: Browns cut Jermaine Whitehead after racist Twitter rant that included death threats; Abstract: ; Category: sports
Title: McDonald's Fires CEO Steve Easterbrook After Relationship With Employee; Abstract: Steve Easterbrook has been fired as chief executive of McDonald's, the fast-food chain announced on Sunday, after he engaged in a consensual relationship with an employee that violated company policy.; Category: finance
Title: Debunking the week's tabloid stories: Nov. 1, 2019; Abstract: A round-up of the week's tabloid stories that totally missed the mark.; Category: entertainment
Title: Meghan Markle's estranged brother says 'she is only in Buckingham Palace with Harry because of her dad' after he 'paid for her education and fancy clothes'; Abstract: Earlier this year, Thomas Markle Sr. leaked a private letter Meghan sent to him to the Mail on Sunday.; Category: lifestyle
Title: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton and Prince William Are Set to Reunite This Week!; Abstract: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate, William Reunite for Remembrance Week; Category: lifestyle
Title: Woman accused of embezzling from Camp Fire victim surrenders; Abstract: Investigators say the 29-year-old Oklahoma woman embezzled $63,100 in insurance money from a 75-year-old victim of California's deadliest fire ever.; Category: news
Title: Older people's most common regrets; Abstract: For many, growing older and entering the "golden years" is a time of celebration. Worries about career are often over, their homes are paid off, and they have ample time to enjoy their families or favourite activities. But for many others, the passage of time is just a reminder of all the things they haven't done, or wish they'd done differently. These are the most common regrets older people have.; Category: lifestyle
Title: The Woman Who Flipped Off Trump Has Won an Election in Virginia; Abstract: The cyclist who lost her job after giving the middle finger to President Trump's motorcade has found a new one after running for local office and ousting a Republican supervisor in Loudoun County, Va., on Tuesday. The cyclist, Juli Briskman, had been active in local politics before, but in October 2017 she lifted that one specific finger to make a point and ended up gaining the national spotlight. Mr. Trump had just finished a round of golf at...; Category: news
Title: 4 High School Students Killed in Texas Car Crash That Also Injured 3: 'We Grieve Together'; Abstract: 4 High School Students Killed in Texas Car Crash; Category: news
Title: Reality television star Kevin O'Leary and his wife were sued Wednesday for wrongful deaths in a boat crash in Canada's backwoods.; Abstract: Reality TV star Kevin O'Leary and his wife were sued Wednesday over an August boat crash in Canada's backwoods that killed two people and seriously injured three.; Category: tv
Title: New Mexico game vs. Air Force rescheduled after lineman Nahje Flowers' death; Abstract: One day after unexpected death of defensive lineman Nahje Flowers, New Mexico's scheduled Saturday game against Air Force has been moved to Nov. 23.; Category: sports
Title: A wave crashed over a couple during their beach wedding photo shoot, and now the stunning picture is going viral; Abstract: The couple, who say they met on Tinder, told Insider they would do the photo shoot "all over again in a heartbeat."; Category: lifestyle
Title: Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic; Abstract: NEW YORK (AP) More than two decades into his career as a commentator at Fox News Channel, Andrew Napolitano reached a milestone of sorts when he was called a "fool" on his own network. Not to his face, of course. But Tucker Carlson guest Joseph diGenova's dismissal of Napolitano for saying that soliciting campaign aid from a foreign government is against the law illustrates the awkward place that the former New Jersey Superior Court judge...; Category: news | mind |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Leroy & Stitch; Brand: Daveigh Chase; Review: kid loved the movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bones - Season 8; Brand: ; Review: Great Dvd!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bones: Season 10; Brand: David Boreanaz; Review: Love this show and great DVD!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Castle: Season 8; Brand: Nathan Fillion; Review: This completes my set!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Paula's Home Cooking With Paula Deen: Occasion to Entertain; Brand: Paula Deen; Review: Love it!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: When Calls the Heart: The Dance; Brand: ; Review: Great Series; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Wolfgang Puck Stainless Steel 8 Piece Mixing Bowl Set; Brand: Wolfgang Puck; Review: Bought the item only to recieve an email saying that they are out of stock! The product is still available to buy don't they have no eta on when it will be available!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: PRODYNE FOREVER Polycarbonate Big Liter Mug 34 oz. (PF-34); Brand: Prodyne; Review: the handle cracks and leaks in less than 6 months. Don't buy theses!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Home Basics Bamboo Breakfast Bed Tray, Natural; Brand: Home Basics; Review: very sturdy for price. like the little lip works well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jack Daniels - Sippin Whiskey Tin Sign 16" X 12.5"; Brand: Poster Revolution; Review: cool sign,fast service; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Christmas Plastic Ornament Storage Container / 3 Stackable Snap Together Box Trays - Bundled with Ribbon container & cloth; Brand: ; Review: great ,fits lots of ornaments. buy it again for sure.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stony-Edge Night Stand End Accent Table, with USB Port. Espresso. 17”; Brand: Stony-Edge; Review: ordered 2 of these 1st one i had to drill the holes myself cause they weren't there. The second one is not level. I do love the usb ports though and it does look nice, It looks like its mass produced and not inspected before it ships. The quality of the wood is nice and it is real wood.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Sonic Alert SBB500SS Sonic Bomb Extra-Loud Dual Alarm Clock with Red Flashing Alert Lights and a Powerful Bed Shaker; Brand: Sonic Alert; Review: works great, my deaf wife is able to get up and get to work on time now. the vibration disk works well. definatly recommend to anyone with hearing problems.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Hallmark Holiday Collection #3 Town that Christmas Forgot/Naughty or Nice/It's Christmas, Carol!/The Wishing Tree; Brand: Carrie Fisher; Review: Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Royal Christmas; Brand: Lacey Chabert; Review: love romance Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: All Of My Heart; Brand: Lacey Chabert; Review: love this movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crown for Christmas; Brand: Danica McKellar; Review: Love, Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Christmas Card; Brand: Edward Asner; Review: Love, Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Snowglobe; Brand: Christina Milian; Review: awesome movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Christmas Lodge; Brand: Victoria Banks; Review: love this movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hitched For The Holidays; Brand: Joey Lawrence; Review: Love, Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Romance Collection Movie 10 Pack; Brand: Various; Review: awesome Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Love at the Christmas Table; Brand: Alexandra Paul; Review: Love this movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Christmas Ornament; Brand: Kellie Martin; Review: awesome Christmas movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Northpole; Brand: Max Charles; Review: Awesome Christmas movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas with Holly Dvd; Brand: ; Review: Love, Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Christmas Party Ever; Brand: Torrey DeVitto; Review: Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Northpole: Open For Christmas; Brand: Lori Loughlin; Review: Love Christmas movies; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 'Tis the Season for Love; Brand: ; Review: Great movie; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1); Author: J.R.R. Tolkien; Genres: paranormal, young-adult, fantasy, fiction; Review: Yup. JRRT is the greatest world builder, but only a somewhat good story teller. The world is set up amazingly in the first book of the trilogy and I'm eager to start reading The Two Towers now.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1); Author: Jim Butcher; Genres: thriller, crime, paranormal, fiction, fantasy, mystery; Review: I finally found a book that kept me awake till 3 AM in the morning after a long long time. This book was amazing. Eager to read the others in the series too! The writing is funny and will keep you hooked to it right from start to end!!!! Happy Reading!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2); Author: Brandon Sanderson; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, crime, paranormal, fantasy, romance, fiction; Review: OK. I typically just rate books here on goodreads and I'm done with them. But this book was so good that it warranted an actual review. So here goes: The lead character is superb. Just plain awesome. Sometimes overpowered yet Vin's character is so flawed, complex and deep that we, the readers are able to look past her superpowers and actually feel for the person that she is. Which brings me to the 'power' part. Mr. Sanderson has created a magic system filled with awesome perks and yet glaring flaws which follows logic and there's a sense to how everything works in the world. Mistborn and even mistings are just plain awesome. The first one was an excellent entry into the world and this one expands it so well that I can hardly wait to lay my hands on the next on and devour it. This one is a sure shot recommendation from me!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business; Author: Charles Duhigg; Genres: non-fiction; Review: OK first of all, this barely reads like a self help book. There is no self satisfied smugness about this. This just presents absolute facts of how successful people work, what makes them tick - both in life and their work, with very interesting case studies. There was never a dry moment. There are 8 chapters/topics/concepts/sections. Motivation, Teams, Focus, Goal Setting, Managing others, Decision Making, Innovation, and Absorbing Data. Now, I've read this book at different times in my life and I found different chapters to be useful at different moments. So re-read this book whenever you feel stuck, need some focus, or you're just learning to be just a bit more productive to get more things done. An immensely useful and must-read book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal; Author: Christopher Moore; Genres: history, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, fiction; Review: First, a quote from the book: "This story is not and never was meant to challenge anyone's faith; however, if one's faith can be shaken by stories in a humorous novel, one may have a bit more praying to" That says it all. This is a very funny book and remember to treat it as such and you'll have a good time!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | goodreads |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Stomp Rocket Ultra Rocket, 4 Rockets [Packaging May Vary]; Brand: Stomp Rocket; Review: I bought this for my sons birthday, and my son was so excited that we opened it up and all his friends wanted to play with it, except that it came with the wrong pieces to put it together. Sending back. Bummer.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Avengers Foam Ball Party Favors, 4ct; Brand: Unique; Review: Great product for the price! My son LOVED it for his 4th Avengers themed birthday party. Packaging was great so it was not ruined when it arrived.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crayola; Washable Kids’ Paint; Art Tools; Neon Colors; 10 ct. of 2 oz. Bottles; 10 Different Bright, Bold Colors; Brand: Crayola; Review: I can't believe how strong the smell is in these paints. I literally feel like I'm eating the paint, that's how strong he smell is! It's terrible. Won't be purchasing these again, although they were a great price.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Melissa & Doug Pets Wooden Cube Puzzle With Storage Tray (16 pcs); Brand: Melissa & Doug; Review: My toddlers favorite activity; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 9-Pocket Pokemon Full-View Pro Binder: Silhouettes Album; Brand: Ultra Pro; Review: My 7 year old boy loves this. His Pokmon cards were always laying around or in piles until I ordered him this. Now they are displayed nicely and organized so he can show his friends and cousins when they come over without making a huge mess.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fisher Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar Toy; Brand: Fisher-Price; Review: Did not keep my 3 year olds attention. Better for 1-2 year olds I think.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: BRIO Builder STEM Learning Toy | Creative Construction Engineering Set; Brand: Brio; Review: My kids didn't care for this and all the pieces went missing in one day lol....; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Nerf N-Strike BowStrike Blaster; Brand: Nerf; Review: Super small. My kid didn't care for it.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_Toys_and_Games |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Amathus Beach Hotel Limassol; City: Limassol Limassol District; Review: Was there for 3 days for business and it was a good stay. Room have been renovated and is modern and functioning. Air-con was bit hard to control and kept switching off during the night resulting in being woken up sweating even thought I turn it down to the coldest. The breakfast had a good selection and the pool was nice, i liked the different pools so that you can get away from the noise of the children if it gets too much. Nice place and if i was to come back to Limassol for a holiday with the family, my choice would be the Amathus.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Renaissance Phuket Resort Spa; City: Mai Khao Thalang District Phuket; Review: Stayed here 15-21 Dec with my wife and 4 year old and it is a beautiful place. The grounds was well maintained and the beach is very private and very pretty. Although the sand was not as fine as other beaches and the waves was a bit strong for swimming it is still a nice beach. The resort itself is modern and the rooms is spacious with contemporary furnishings. The best asset of it was the wonderful service, all the staff was warm and sincere, just top notch service. The breakfast was amazing, but dining options are limited with only 3 eateries. The nearby JW Marriot has more restaurants or you can head to Turtle village where there is a pub and cafe. We spent a day out in Phuket town and shopping at Central Festival Mall which was a nice break from the beach. But the hotel shuttle takes over an hour to get there as it de-tours to Patong so i would take a taxi if you are press for time. The isolation of the resort is both its good and bad points. Good to be away from the hussle and bustle and the constant tourist traps you get from being closer to Patong. Bad that it is 45mins to 1 hour away from the nightlfe and the variety of different restaurants. My conclusion is don't let the distance put you off from staying at this wonderful place, it is truely a worthwhile place to relax. Next time i will consider renting a car.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Millennium Plaza Hotel Dubai; City: Dubai Emirate of Dubai; Review: Spend 2 nights here for business reasons and mainly chose it for its location. As you can see from previous reviews this is quite a new hotel and a dry one which isn't an issue with me. Here are my thoughts Pros Located right outside is the Emirate Towers Metro Station. Cons 1) Hard to find for Taxi drivers. (this will probably improve over time and more drivers start to know its location) 2) Poor furnitures. as mentioned before some of the furnitures are old and in poor condition, clearly taken from another hotel. 3) very poor fittings, the wash basin was loose and was moving around during use and on the last night of use the whole sink drain trap detached and waste water flowed onto the floor. 4) No hot water! - called maintainance and observed what he did to solve it. Basically all the taps to full for hot water and wait for 10 mins before there was any. 5) The elevators was very loud and can be heard from quite far away 6) Breakfast was on the 5th floor Metro restaurant, average food and slow service 7) The staff was friendly enough but the valet didn't speak very good english and when i asked for a card to show taxi drivers i was basically asked to go myself to the front desk to get it. 8) WIFI was slow and kept dropping. 9) The front desk upon checking out asked if there was any issues and when i mentioned the above issues ie wash basin, hot water and furniture the reply was like "oh ok we know about these issues" No apologies nor solutions was offered, why did you bothered to ask in the first place. A poor experience of this hotel and there is plently of choice in Dubai, will not be coming back.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel; City: Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan; Review: Stayed here for 2 nights as i was attending a conference at the nearby Shangri-la, 5 mins walk hence why i choose this hotel. The hotel is spilt into 2 wings so before aware which one as they have different check in locations and although not far away, it's a pain. I was at the east wing of the hotel. The public areas of the hotel is ok, looks quite grand and seems busy but the rooms look tired and needs to be renovation. I was upgraded to a junior suite andits always nice to get an upgrade, the room was quite average. Internet is only ethernet in the room with the WIFI only at the lobby or pool side. Bathroom fittings seriously need to be upgraded and the shower unit had a block drain resulting in overflowing shower water, not very nice. Breakfast was average. Location is good but this place needs a upgrade and quickly.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok; City: Bangkok; Review: Stayed 3 nights with family and friends. Booked 2 connecting rooms but was offered an upgrade to a 2 bedroom unit at the long term residence side of the hotel which we took it has a nice kitchen, living area and 2 good size en-suite bedrooms. The lobby was grand and luxurious and the staff was efficient and friendly. Only meal we had at the establishment was the breakfast which was ok, nothing special. The best selling point of this hotel as mentioned by all previous contributors is its location. Right next to Siam Paragon shopping centre which is linked to the BTS sky train and all the other main shopping areas in the heart of Bangkok. Siam discovery centre, MBK, Gaysorn, The Grand Hyatt Erawan, Centralworld, Central Chit Lom are all walking distance or 1-2 stops on the sky train. The time and money spent not wasted being stuck in traffic is worth the extra the hotel might cost which personally I don't mind paying for. The only downside was the strange smell in the corridors leading up to the rooms(maybe only the service apartment side) still excellent hotel and we will be back.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Radisson Blu Edwardian Mercer Street Hotel; City: London England; Review: Stayed 2 night during a weekend in London. Hotel was clean and modern whilst the room was a little small, it was clean and functional with but i didn't like the photos on the walls very much. TV had a Mac Mini underneath which I didn't use. The view was not very good facing an office building which didn't matter during the weekend but can be a bit of an issue during the week, it was very close and you can see everything inside and i assume vice versa. The breakfast was nice with a full english available along with bread and juices. But the best selling point was the location as its right on seven dials and walking distance to Covent Garden, Leicester Square, china town etc.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Charlottehaven; City: Copenhagen Zealand; Review: Stayed for a month in February, the apartment was clean, size was more then enough for one person, all the cooking appliances are provided, the bathroom had towels and decent shampoo and shower gels. The gym was well equipped and quite busy during the evening and if you too lay to cook there is a restaurant which is decent. Location wise, it a 2 min walk to Nordhavn station and about a 10-15 mins to the Triangle which is a busy junction with shops and restaurants. An excellent place to stay.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cross Hotel Sapporo; City: Chuo Sapporo Hokkaido; Review: Nice boutique hotel about 1km from the JR station. Decor is dark and artsy if you like that sort of things, the rooms are a good size and well maintained. Only downside is the distance to the trains and metro. During winter the pavement is iced and slippery, making the journey to the nearest station a challenging one with young kids.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Miyajima Grand Hotel Arimoto; City: Hatsukaichi Hiroshima Prefecture Chugoku; Review: The hotel is located on the bottom of the hillside just behind Itsukushima Shrine and the Tori gate, the main attractions of this island. The hotel is a mix of old and modern with Japanese style tatami rooms or western beds, the price includes 2 meals dinner and breakfast. Dinner is Japanese and is a set menu of Japanese seasonal foods. Breakfast can be Japanese our Western. There are both indoor and outdoor baths which was very nice during the autumn period as it was not too cold. The staff was all excellent friendly and approachable. The standard of English spoken was commendable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima; City: Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Chugoku; Review: Only spent 1 night in Hiroshima, the hotel is walking distance from the Atomic Bomb museum and the peace park which is the main reason for the visit, it was just the bridge. The rooms were a bit small but clean and does the job intended. Excellent value for money.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Swissotel Nankai Osaka; City: Namba Chuo Osaka Osaka Prefecture Kinki; Review: Location is so important when traveling with children and this hotel is excellently located for exploring the city of Osaka. Right above Namba station which would be the train you get from Kansai airport into the city, It's literally 5 mins walk from the entrance of the station to the front desk of the hotel, a big plus of not struggling with luggage with young ones. Namba subway station is also in the same location and you can connect to other areas of the city, although it is 10 mins walk to Dotonbori. As for the hotel itself, the rooms are big by Japanese standards but it's starting to show it's age and some refurbishment should happen sooner rather than later. The service at the hotel was very good.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: X2 Chiang Mai Riverside Resort; City: Chiang Mai; Review: The design of the hotel was modern yet still warmly, the well in the gardens was nice touch. Rooms was a good size with a huge bathroom. The grounds was lovely right next to the river and very peaceful. The secondary lobby was very cool the main feature of hanging lights. The best thing was the service which was excellent and the staff was very attentive. A wonderful stay.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Orange Hotel Nanjing Xuanwumen; City: Nanjing Jiangsu; Review: Very good location near lake where fun to walk/run etc. Very clean rooms excellent space and wonderful bathrooms. Awful almost inedible breakfast and very limited eating facilities. Limited english but very helpful staff. Sadly no smoking restrictions so can smell cigarette smoke. Very quiet.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wiseman Grand Hotel; City: Doha; Review: I stayed in this hotel in November 2015 and forgot a number of clothes items in my drawer. They keep lost property for up to six months so on my trip now January 2016 i popped in to retrieve my lost items. There they were looked after beautifully and in separate plastic bags - no charge for keeping them and a lovely free coffee for me and tea for my driver and my friend. Will stay here again whenever I can that sort of service is certainly not found everywhere. Thank you; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hebron; City: Citrusdal Western Cape; Review: When you first arrive at Hebron there is nothing really to take your breath away - in fact it looks quite ordinary - but its not. This is one of the best B and B's I have stayed in in South Africa. Very simple very quaint comfortable rooms, a view, a pool and NO TV. There is wifi if you want. There is a wonderful restaurant with a great chef so breakfast is amazing.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zebra Kalahari Lodge; City: Mariental Hardap Region; Review: What an amazing setting on the red dunes of the Kalahari. The rooms are comfortable and bathrooms huge with good hot water. The decor is terrible sadly and the rooms very dark. Air conditioning worked wonderfully and the hot water bottles in the bed were welcome for the cold nights. The food was very average with the worst puddings ever - surely meat and three veg is not all the chef knows how to do. No one told us what we were allowed to do, what activities were on offer etc we had to sort this all out ourselves.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Suricate Kalahari Tented Lodge; City: Mariental Hardap Region; Review: Although part of the Intu Afrika group this lodge was so much nicer than Zebra lodge. Wonderful kind caring staff and very comfortable bright airy tents. Again the food was mediocre but the staff were fantastic. We had a wonderful walk on the pan in the evening and a glorious sunset. Sadly no one had told us we couldn't drive around and a very rude man from Zebra lodge attacked us in the car in a most undignified and unnecessary fury - there are ways of asking people to conform and all hoteliers should know this..; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Naruto; Genres: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Akira; Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror, Military, Sci-Fi, Supernatural; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Elfen Lied; Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Magic, Romance, Shoujo; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Tokyo Mew Mew; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Sci-Fi, Shoujo, Supernatural; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Air Gear; Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Shounen, Sports; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Magic, Romance, Shoujo; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Kaichou wa Maid-sama!; Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Mirai Nikki (TV); Genres: Action, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen, Supernatural, Thriller; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Inu x Boku SS; Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Sword Art Online; Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Game, Romance; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun; Genres: Action, Fantasy, Shoujo, Supernatural; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Hataraku Maou-sama!; Genres: Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Romance, Shounen; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Shingeki no Kyojin; Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun 2nd Season; Genres: Action, Fantasy, Shoujo, Supernatural; Rating: 7.0/10.0 | anime |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Polder Digital Timer with Vibrating, Audible, and Illuminated Alarm; Brand: Polder; Review: I tried several timer and this is the BEST one! I absolutely love it! It's very easy to use. It counts in H/M or M/S. It beeps, lights or vibrates. I recommend it to everyone!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: BLACK+DECKER PHV1800CB 18-Volt Pivoting-Nose Cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner; Brand: BLACK+DECKER; Review: I used to have several "Dust Buster" by Black & Decker and I loved them. They are cordless, light weight and easy to use and clean up small spaces well. However, the batteries become very weak after a while and no matter how long you charge the batteries, you can't get the full power back again. I wanted to buy new ones, and found this new design with more power. I saw some good reviews and decided to buy this one instead. I have it for over a month now and so far and I am very happy. It's easy to use and charge. It's pretty powerful for its size. It does feel a little bit too heavy for my small hands, but that's still acceptable. I am only hoping the battery will last longer so that I don't need to replace the vacuum soon.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Smart Weigh High Precision Digital Milligram Jewelry Scale, 20 x 0.001g, Calibration Weights and Tweezers Included.; Brand: Smart Weigh; Review: Use it for gemstones. accurate and easy to use. Love it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: American Weigh Scales Signature Series Black AWS-1KG-BLK Digital Pocket Scale, 1000 by 0.1 G; Brand: American Weigh Scales; Review: Nice little pocket scale that does its job. I wish there's a display mode for "carat" and it would be perfect.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: American Weigh Scales Signature Series Black AWS-1KG-BLK Digital Pocket Scale, 1000 by 0.1 G; Brand: American Weigh Scales; Review: Nice little pocket scale that does its job. I wish there's a display mode for "carat" and it would be perfect.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Premium Organic Skincare & Facial Toner by OIE w/Lavender, Witch Hazel & Green Tea; Brand: OMAROA; Review: I was very happy with the toner. I like the fact that it is organic. I have acne prone skin and the toner definitely helped. It gives my skin a cool and refreshing feeling after each use. I have used it for 2 weeks now and it helped clear my skin as you can see on the before and after picture. One thing to notice is the listing pictures show the bottle with a screw on cap, but the actual bottle I received comes with a "spray" head. The spray head works just fine for me as I apply my toner with cotton pad. I would definitely recommend it to acne prone skins!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Pursuit of Honor: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp); Author: Visit Amazon's Vince Flynn Page; Review: I love reading all his books. I cant put them down. My wife got me his book Pursuit of Honor a while back as a surprise and I didn't get around to reading it for over 2 months but once I did, I was totally engrossed. I right away wanted to read all his previous books and when I saw that this book was part of a series I purchased all his books at once and I just finished Extreme Measures. I cannot wait to read his newest book, American Assassin. Vince Flynn is the next generation Tom Clancy and I've read plenty of Clancy's works. You need to start with his first novel Term Limits and go from there.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: I Heard You Paint Houses: FrankThe Irishman Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the; Author: Visit Amazon's Charles Brandt Page; Review: This is an excellent read. I truly was unable to put the book down. I was somewhat depressed when I was done reading the book. It was intriging to hear from someone who was Jimmy Hoffa's right hand man for so many years and has confessed to being the shooter. 5 stars all the way!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan; Author: Visit Amazon's Sean Parnell Page; Review: excellent read. Hign drama. well written storyline on the struggles and survival of a US platoon in Afghanistan. I would recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Unspoken Abandonment: Sometimes the hardest part of going to war is coming home; Author: Visit Amazon's Bryan A. Wood Page; Review: a little too depressing of a read but then again, that is what the author wanted to portray as his personal experience. just not a great read for me.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History; Author: Chris; McEwen, Scott; DeFelice, Jim Kyle; Review: what a true hero and patriot! direct, honest, and brave. To survive all that combat and then to die the way he did, just doesnt seem right. what a damn shame.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stone Cold; Author: Baldacci David; Review: an excellent read like all his books. I couldn't put it down. I read his books so fast. I need to break between reading his books or I get them all mixed up; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Somme (W&N Military); Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Hart Page; Review: very detail personal accounts from soldiers who particiapted. Very sobering to read about such waste. This is my first time reading about the battle of the Somme and don't regret it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: One Bugle, No Drums: The Marines at Chosin Reservoir; Author: William Hopkins; Review: very good account of how brave US Marines fought under such harsh conditions. Lucky for them, the Chinese and North Koreans were in much worse shape dealing with the blistering cold; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Bill O'Reilly Page; Review: excellent read; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Full Force and Effect (Jack Ryan); Author: Visit Amazon's Mark Greaney Page; Review: Great read. Intense and intriguing. Can never get enough of Tom Clancy novels. It was easy to rate this 5 stars.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hal Moore: A Soldier Onceand Always; Author: Visit Amazon's Mike Guardia Page; Review: Great read about a brave and inspiring American military hero. One would be blessed to serve under his command. Recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dark December: The Full Account of the Battle of the Bulge; Author: Visit Amazon's Robert E. Merriam Page; Review: If you are intrigued by the Battle if the Bulge, then this is a must read. Great details. Very informative; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Protecting the President: An Inside Account of the Troubled Secret Service in an Era of Evolving Threats; Author: Daniel Bongino; Review: Im a big fan of Dan Bongino so a little biased. His books are honest and straight to the point just like the man himself; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Anchor Hocking 12537ECOM Hocking Heavy Base Juice Glasses, 5 oz (Set of 12); Brand: Anchor Hocking; Review: Perfect tasting glasses.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Contigo Thermo Ceramic 14-Ounce Desk Mug, White; Brand: Contigo; Review: Bottom fell off after about a month. Does not fit in a cup holder.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Teaology Luna Double Wall Borosilicate Tea/Espresso Cup; Brand: Teaology; Review: Low quality.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Teaology Farfalle Borosilicate Glass Tea/Coffee Cup - 6.75oz Glass; Brand: Teaology; Review: Poorly / cheaply made. Handle too small to grip. Very thin glass construction.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Libbey 2518 Chicago 10.5 Ounce Tall Hi-Ball Glass - 12 / CS; Brand: Libbey; Review: Great set of glasses. Multi-functional for many beverage options; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: French Press Double-Wall Stainless Steel Mirror Finish (1L) Coffee/Tea Maker: Double-Screen System 100% No Coffee Grounds Guarantee, 18/10 Stainless; Brand: SterlingPro; Review: High quality and durable. Will not break like my last glass french press. For some applications, I wish it was see through.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Liberty Dive Resort; City: Tulamben Bali; Review: I stayed at Liberty Resort for eight weeks during the summer and enjoyed every minute. My primary purpose was to take pictures underwater and I was certainly not disappointed. I came back with about 5,000 amazing pictures and a life time of memories. The dive guides suggested many sites up and down the coast and we were limited only by our imaginations. I couldn't have asked for better guides and as Nitrox was free I took the course and dove almost every day on Nitrox. My wife enjoyed the quiet surroundings and gardens. The restaurant on site meant I didn't have to walk far if I was too tired at the end of the day. The resort's location made diving three times a day enjoyable. having our gear ferried tto the dive site was great and the equipment was nicely cleaned and put away for the next day's diving by an attentive staff. They even washed my car when I asked. i strongly reccomend staying at Liberty and in fact I have already made my reservations there for my next trip to Bali.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chelsea Hotel Toronto; City: Toronto Ontario; Review: This hotel needs an update. The rooms are very dated, look to have last been done in the 70's. The lobby is poorly laid out and looks sloppy. Just looks like it needs updating.Hotel restaurants very reasonably priced, food quality very good, service excellent.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hawaii Bali Hotel Airy; City: Kuta Kuta District Bali; Review: We stayed here because we needed a hotel near the airport, with a pool, to relax in for a few hours while waiting for our flight home. It was clean, quiet,very handy, nice little pool. They have a huge souvenir shop where you can buy some fairly standard souvenirs I'd seen at various locations around Bali but the prices were much, much better. The hotel is only a short walk from Bosche, the big night club. They have a well stocked snack shop. The beds were comfortable and the bathroom was small but very adequate.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ocean View Dive Resort Tulamben; City: Tulamben Bali; Review: We stayed here because of the location, right on the beach in Tulamben. After spending one night in room 7, quite far from the ocean we were moved to room 1 right by the ocean with very pretty view of the sea. The room was enourmous but the bathroom was humongous, the largest bathroom I've ever seen. The room had a very large desk for setting up camera equipment before diving. The porch was large and had plenty of comfortable chairs. The dive shop and staff were above average. My guide, Katut, was a great spotter. We found Harlequin Shrimp, Tiger shrimp and loads of macro critters. My only concern was that the rental equipment looked like it needed to be modernized. The restaurant food was average, service needed improvemnt but I did see positive steps taken during our stay. The waiters became more polished, the coffee became drinkable but the kitchen staff needs to speed up. I was often left sitting for far too long as the food was prepared. The food was alright but nothing great and they need a better cook. I received a pizza that was inedible. The crust was essentially raw. Breakfast items were really boring, nothing to recommend at breakfast at all. My only negative comments come at the end of the stay. I am a forgetful type of guy but my reading glasses disappeared and never showed up . mM size 11 leather boots, which I removed my first moment at the resort, never surfaced. Don't understand how they never showed up. I had to buy shoes to fly home as sandals just didn't cut it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Flashback s; City: Sanur Denpasar Bali; Review: After a very shakey start with no staff availaqble to greet us or haul our bags, even though I had a reservation, Flashbacks was a delightful rest and an intro into Sanur. The restaurant served delicious food and the rooms themselves were quiet, a much needed relief from the traffic noise upfront. My only comlaint, and this is not the hotels fault, was that the evenings were soiled by the music blaring from across the street which ket me from sleeping. No consideration for their neighbors!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Resol Machida; City: Machida Tokyo Prefecture Kanto; Review: The rooms at the Resol are really small but have everything you require for a short stay in Tokyo. The rooms are clean and my room was adequete for one person, no way it would be good for a couple. I stayed for a 3day conference and that is about as long as a person could reasonably tolerate such cramped quarters. The bathroom was tiny but reminded me of a boat's toilet area. Very efficient. The Japanese have the best toilets in the world and this room had tons of hot water. The hotel restaurant is not western food and the breakfast was poor. Very little variety, not suitable for a working day.Dinner was very good, Asian menu and the restauant staff had no English so understanding each other was difficult but not impossible. Great food. The wifi in the lobby was very fast and the single computer was generally free to use but there is no wifi in the rooms, not too great when you are trying to put together a report or compose e-mails. That is really the only drawback I found during my 4 day stay. The staff was very helpful and gave great directions/instructions for the mass transit system.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Amansari Villa; City: Sanur Denpasar Bali; Review: Just off the main road. Very quiet and private. Large rooms with small kitchen. lovely pool , small but intimate. breakfast was less than satisfactory but there are plenty of good restaurants nearby. It is a short (5 min) walk to the beach and the Corniche. Makes a nice early morning walk. Service was good but funky, the main desk is also the restaurant counter. Staff was helpful when we lost our rooms power, not very encouraging. Price was right and I plan on staying there again..; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Risata Bali Resort Spa; City: Kuta Kuta District Bali; Review: Stayed overnight with friends before flying on to Hong Kong.The room was nice but needs updating. The pool was very nice, the grounds were well maintained. The restaurant was expensive (for Bali) and the beer and wine was overpriced. The menu was limited and the food was good but not great. The service was OK but should have been better. Thee room temperature, in both rooms, was set to 16 degrees, very uncomfortable and a waste of electricity. The check in took far too long, as we had arrived at the end of a grueling flight. Why does it take so long to check into a hotel where you have a confirmed reservation? They have the credit card info, once they see your passport, boom, you should be done! I hate lengthy check ins. I would stay here again.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tulamben Wreck Divers Resort; City: Tulamben Bali; Review: Staying at Wreck Divers is always great. They have three locations in town depending on how much you want to spend. They all use the same (excellent) dive shop-. The dive guides are experienced, safe and knowledgeable. On this trip I finally got to see a Blue Ringed Octopus! The new restaurant is convenient and offers western and Indonesian food. Breakfast is plentiful and they now serve cappuccino etc..Beautifully landscaped grounds and an abundance of pools is delightful. The staff is where Wreck Divers really shines. The staff is always polite, smiling, and helpful, they become like your friends and go out of their way to make sure you are having a tremendous vacation. I would recommend you look closely at this resort if you are diving in the Tulamben area, they will transport you to any local dive location you want and the guides are worth their weight in gold. I cannot begin to tell you how many tiny critters they have pointed out to me to photograph. Speaking of photography, they have great rinse tank and understand photographers needs, lots of plug in for your strobes etc. Wreck Divers is moderately priced; yes you can spend a little less but you will be disappointed. There are also some very expensive resorts nearby which frankly I think are overpriced. Wreck Divers is the perfect balance.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Orchard Hotel Singapore; City: Singapore; Review: My arrival at this hotel on a Saturday night was a nightmare. After a long tiring flight the chaos of the main lobby was intolerable. I have stayed in hotels around the world and this was the worst, chaotic mess I've ever seen. The bar is located right beside the entrance and there must have been a wedding reception or convention going on because the lobby was a zoo. The noise level was appalling and I could not hear what the receptionist was trying to tell me. Finally checked in and couldn't get my key card to work in the elevator. My wife finally left in disgust.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Leesburg Tavares; City: Leesburg Lake County Florida; Review: Stayed here four days while arranging the purchase of our home. we had to extend our stay and this was accomplished with no hassles at all. The breakfast was much better than expected and the staff was very helpful. The price was very reasonable and the location central to amenities. Will recommend to friends.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tulip Inn Hotel Apartments Al Qusais; City: Dubai Emirate of Dubai; Review: Very nice apt near airport but not much around, no restauants but there is a small market nearby that has drinks etc. Very clean and presentable. Good for a quick stop. Taxis are reasonable to get to your meetings or airport.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Philips 9-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Metal); Brand: Philips; Review: I gave 2 at CHRISTMAS and they are great. The first to my mother. I set it up, loaded in pictures of my family and she was thrilled. Don't load the software included! Wait and see if you can just drag and drop. Our newer computer can do this without any confusing software. My mother doesn't use her computer with it at all. She simply sticks the memory card from her camera in the side of the frame and edits/deletes with the buttons on the back of the frame. Nice and easy! Best picture quality I've seen. Excluding the horrible unneeded software included...5 full stars for the frame itself.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-008G-B35; Brand: SanDisk; Review: Bought this to use in my 2015 Honda Odyssey. Unwrapped it, stuck in my Mac Book Pro and dragged music from the library to the pop up screen. Ejected. Stuck it in the USB slot in my van, SHUT the little door. Chose USB on the audio menu and music was ready. So easy and invisible.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Belkin Chambray Tab Cover/Case with Stand for iPad mini, Chambray Pink; Brand: Belkin; Review: Great case for 10 year old's ipad mini. She loves to watch her shows on it. Stands well on its on. Protects well. Soft to the touch for her to keep close. Perfect purple. We also got her the purple Yurbud 100s, earbud headphones made for women or small ears. Perfect color match to this case, very cool looking set up. Daughter loves the 2 together and takes them everywhere.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Targus 3D Protective Case for iPad Mini 1/2/3/4, Black (THZ595GL); Brand: Targus; Review: Very nice case, cool enough for an older teen girl. Fit her ipad mini perfectly. Beautiful color.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Yurbuds (CE) Inspire 100 In-Ear Earphones; Brand: Yurbuds; Review: Have owned handfuls of earbuds, disliked most. These are the BEST, especially for small ear canals. Worked better on blocking outside noise on an airplane than any others AND they stay in. Sound quality is good. Now buying for kids and husband.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Pet Buddies PB5578 FurStatic Dog / Cat Grooming Brush-TPR, Blue; Brand: Pet Buddies; Review: My 16 year old cat Charlie Brown loves the brush. He is a very mellow and laid back old guy who hates any of the metal brushes. He is and orange and white longhair who always needs brushing. It's amazing how much hair I get off with this brush. It helps to keep a little more off the furniture and surroundings, and put quite a bit more in the trash. AND he loves being brushed now, waits for more...; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: K&H Pet Products Thermo-Kitty Heated Cat Bed; Brand: K&H Pet Products; Review: This is the second cat bed like this that I have purchased. My two cats used to takes turns using the first one. Now Charlie Brown and Lucy Van Pelt each have their own. It's interesting to see them take turns in each of the beds. They LOVE them. An extremely worthwhile investment for an excellent product.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Purina Fancy Feast Purely Natural Entrees in a Delicate Broth Adult Wet Cat Food - (10) 2 oz. Trays; Brand: Purina Fancy Feast; Review: My two cats Lucy & Schroeder Love It. I liked it because it's easy to serve, the cats enjoy it, and there's no waste.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Purely Fancy Feast, 2-Ounce Pouch, Pack Of 10; Brand: Purina Fancy Feast; Review: My two cats Lucy & Schroeder Love It. I liked it because it's easy to serve, the cats enjoy it, and there's no waste.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Purina Fancy Feast Purely Natural Entrees in a Delicate Broth Adult Wet Cat Food - (10) 2 oz. Trays; Brand: Purina Fancy Feast; Review: My two cats Lucy & Schroeder Love It. I liked it because it's easy to serve, the cats enjoy it, and there's no waste.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Red Dingo Reflective Cat Collar, One Size Fits All; Brand: Red Dingo; Review: Lucy is a Torte 3 year old who loves being a fashion statement. As the one who lives with her: the collar looks Great, is durable, easily adjustable and appears to wear well. It's jingle makes me well aware when her highness requires attention. A Great purchase.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: MOZZARELLA Plush Mice - 48 pc. Cheese Wedge Pack; Brand: Plush Mouse; Review: Can't keep them in the Cheese box...Schroeder dumps the box rolls in the mice and caries them all over the place. I found six on the stairs (his favorite play area). He chases Lucy, or she chases him up and down the stairs. His favorite game is bringing me a mouse. He drops it in my lap or next to me and waits for me to throw it. He'll then retrieve it and bring it back to me. I'll be reading in bed and he'll bring me a mouse. I've found forgotten mice in the bed, in the kitchen, living room and even the bathtub (Everywhere...). Schroeder LOVES his mouses! Definitely a 5 star purchase!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Pet_Supplies |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Carolina Man (A Dare Island Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Virginia Kantra Page; Review: I received this book autographed in a giveaway. I was stoked! The story was sweet with a tiny bit of angst, and wrapped up nicely for you HEA people. I give it 4/5 stars for its genre (which I call Fluffy HEA). It is not my usual style, but it was a great read. The characters were well developed and I loved Luke, so I definitely recommend it. In fact, the only problem I had with the book was that the female protagonist was a bit too much in her head, explaining the whys of her actions (or non-actions) a little too much. It might have been because the book is a bit shorter than the normal ones I read, but I felt some of that could have been removed. But overall, it was a good moving novel. So go for it, Virginia Kantra fans!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Last Letter (The Letter Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kathleen Shoop Page; Review: I was given a free copy in exchange for an honest review - beautiful cover isn't it? I'm having a bit of an issue deciding whether I loved the book or hated it. Or both. The characters were excellently written with depth and likability, however both mother and daughter suffered so incredibly much it was almost TOO much. They didn't seem to enjoy any part of their life, especially Jeanie. It was heartbreaking! Yet on another plus side, the characters were likable as well as believable. The plot was also wonderfully devised and yet I completely hated the ending! Gah! Now this is what has me stuck in circles, wondering 'do I like this book or hate it?' The story was inspired by Kathleen Shoop's own great-great grandparents letters and the incredibly accurate portrayal of the time period by tons of research (and it shows) made this story great. Now if only the ending.... *sigh* I'm not sure here. However, I could not put the book down and it was excellently done, except that I felt that there could have been one or two more happy moments somewhere for them before the book just "wham - ending!" However, because of how well written, devised, and believable this book was - plus it actually made me cry - I'm giving it 4 stars. If you love historical fiction, I do recommend this book! Just be prepared to want to toss the book or ereader across the room.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Primal Bonds (Shifters Unbound, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: The characters are very well-done and likable which is what carries this entry into the Shifters Unbound universe. I did love this novel, don't get me wrong. It was well-written and I couldn't put it down. However, I wish it had started when Andrea was applying to move to the Austin Shiftertown, instead of after she had been there awhile. And it seemed like the villains of the piece were simply thrown in here. I don't know, just didn't quite fit. So because of that, I give it 3.5 stars! Probably could push 4 since Sean is so tortured and sexy.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wild Cat (Shifters Unbound, Book 3) (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: While I had a ton of characters I was dying to see paired up and was seriously ticked to move away from them to read about unknown characters falling in love, well I loved it! Seriously, Diego was an alpha protagonist despite not being a Shifter (shifter series tend to make the human men all 'blah' in the dominant department) and Cassidy was such an amazing woman that it made everything fit together perfectly. I still missed the Austin Shifters, but I was happy to read this romance. I simply adore alpha men in my romances. 4 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pride Mates (Shifters Unbound, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: This is the book that roped me into the series. I don't remember where I picked up my printed copy, probably the local second-hand book store (because I love The Book Exchange), it looked interesting based off the blurb and the cover so I shrugged and grabbed it. And boy was I ever happy I did! Liam is uber-sexy with the Irish accent, the laid-back attitude, the alpha-ism, oh my! And hes a Feline in Jennifer Ashleys world, they are actually Fae-cats and any feline-type shifter in books makes me happy. They are my favorite! Plus Kim is very likable and I could really relate to her. Not to mention her take charge attitude when dealing with Liam and his orders. So Id give this beginning novel 5 stars! It hooked me good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mate Claimed (Shifters Unbound, Book 4) (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: As with the first book in this series, this one is one of my favorites. Im just stating that up front. I loved and related to Iona quite well and the fierce heat between Eric and her nearly scorched the pages! Wowza! The development of both characters and plot was extremely well-done and awesomely implemented. 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tiger Magic (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: This is another installment in the Shifter Unbound series that makes this series worthwhile. I absolutely adore Tiger. He was near feral when they found him, was feral when they found him, and he is so very, very dangerous. Which makes me like him so very, very much. And Carly is just perfect for him, she understands him in ways no one else has, and she is such a joy to read while she falls in lust and love with Tiger, all while the world is going to hell. Like Pride Mate and Mate Claimed, this one is 5 stars.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Wolf (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: FINALLY! You see them around each other in previous novels and I was dying to read their story. Of course the novel starts out some time into their relationship, but that doesnt make it less in-depth. Honestly, I usually prefer the first meeting to be in the novel itself, but Ill overlook it because of how good this one was! The chemistry between Misty and Graham seemed a bit lacking in the beginning I mean, how could he resist the mating frenzy? but towards the middle and end, theres enough heat there for any romance fan to drool over. And sigh over. And daydream over. I digress. Although I do feel the Fae involvement here was a little. over the top, maybe? Good Fae, bad Fae, kind of neutral Fae. Im not sure. I could believe the Fae (or one Fae) was the big bad of the whole series and behind all this horrible stuff, but Jennifer Ashley is starting to throw in magic from humans (maybe the phrase should be more magic charms than magic abilities). However, despite that, I found this a worthwhile entry into the Shifters Unbound universe. 4 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hard Mated: Shifters Unbound; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: I like Spike. Heck, I like the Spike from Buffy too. Hes just so bad-ass most of the time and despite or maybe because of his previous position as the former leaders tracker when he was portrayed as a bit of a villain, this story was much anticipated by me. And it did not disappoint. Despite being a short novel, there was plenty of depth to this tale and plenty of heat as well. I felt it didn't quite round out Myka as much as I wanted it to, but I couldn't put it down when I got it and rereading it again didn't change that. 4 stars! (Two things. First, this is the best cover of the series I think. Awesome!!! I was tempted to simply give 5 stars just for this cover. Second, do NOT look up Hard Mated cover pics because you get a lot of pics you did NOT need. LOL!!); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bodyguard (Shifters Unbound); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: Normally, kind-hearted men are not my thing. I like them personally, don't get me wrong, but in novels Im always squealing over the bad boys. I just do. The badder, the grumpier, and even the more violent they are, the more I swoon. I don't know why. Its my thing. That doesnt mean I don't like the good-boy bear shifter in any way. I do. Hes one of my favorite characters in the series, but I don't gush over this type of protagonist. However, I was excited to see him get his own story even if it was a novella. And despite the length and introducing a new protagonist, Jennifer Ashley did amazingly well with the character development. Nowhere in this story did it feel rushed and nowhere did I feel any part of the plot or development was lacking. It was extremely well done, I loved Elizabeth and Ronans tale and Id bet my left kidney any fan of the series will too! Sadly, its still not on the list of favorite Shifters Unbound stories, but only because Ronan is more of the awwww, how cute the big guy is, less of a Oh my god, Id totally do him if he were three-dimensional. This is a definite 5 stars.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lone Wolf (Shifters Unbound); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: Everyone loves Ellison. I mean seriously, who doesnt love him? And we all felt badly for him when one by one all those women were mate-claimed by others first. And now its his turn! I waited for his story and I was a bit disappointed by the fact its a short novel for one, and secondly, I wasn't that big of a fan of Maria. I don't know why, I couldn't tell you reasons. Its just she didn't click with me well. So while the story was excellent as always, I just didn't get into it the same way as I usually do. So 3.5 stars.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Obsidian (Lux); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: A YA paranormal romance series by one of the best YA authors Ive read. Honestly, you want to pick up this book. Just give it a try and see if Im wrong. Its what I did. I absolute adored Katy! She had the usual teenage hormones, but a more adult attitude due to spending a lot of time taking care of herself, and it is just classic how she deals with Daemon and his anti-human sentiment at first. Shes feisty, a reader (and blogger!!), and she does not take Daemons attitude even when he hurts her feelings. Its glorious. As for Daemon, you of course want to beat him over the head with the nearest tree branch for the first half of the book because he is such a complete jackass to Katy and well, everyone else except his sister and his sometimes girlfriend Ash. And yes, I know, most of you all hate Ash. Heck I did to, especially in this book. But you have got to have that mean girl in a High School setting. Just have to. Otherwise it wouldnt really be realistically high school, right? Weve been there, done that, wouldnt want to go back. Or at least I wouldnt, and the mean girls weren't even mean to me! In any case, like most humans or in Ashs case, most Luxens she has issues as well learn later. Overall, this is a glorious start of a series that had me reaching for the next immediately (even during this session of rereading). So even if YA, paranormal romance, or aliens aren't your thing, I STILL suggest you pick up a copy (or borrow from the library, your friend, whoever) and try it out with this novel. If it can make me rant and rave on the greatness of Alien hotties, then it can have any of you doing the same. If you don't like it, you can always ignore the rest of the series and tell me I suck for torturing you with a bad pick. But Im pretty sure youll devour the series like I did. 5 stars!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Opal: A Lux Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: This is the novel when Katy and Daemons relationship really heats up and betrayals and some answers come to the surface. Finally. I was waiting for it and waiting for it and waiting for it! It doesnt disappoint! JLArmentrout is amazing at the heat between these two and yet she also masterfully keeps from from jumping in the sack, without immediately saying Im not ready, lets wait and hold hands etc. It was masterfully done and I honestly don't have anything to complain about there. Again, 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Onyx (Lux); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: Katy and Daemon are again in trouble as they try to figure out everything thats going on with the DOD and the new boy in school and the strange things that have been going on with Katy, and to make matters worse (for Katy), Daemon has decided that he wants her and will stop at nothing to convince her to be with him. As if life couldn't get even more complicated. I keep raving about this series, and the second book is really no exception. Katy is too mature for her own good and her background explains it nicely and keeps this book a one-sitting type of book. You cant put it down, waiting and waiting for Katy to finally give in to Daemon. Plus you throw in the mysterious boy Blake and you're in for a load of drama. It was very nicely done! Again 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lux: Opposition: Special Collector's Edition (A Lux Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: I must say, it was worth the wait. Abso-freaking-lutely worth the wait to read. The angst, the drama, the fear all of it was very tangible to me as a reader. It was just. perfectly done. Daemon and Katy are adorable together and hot for each other of course and the other couple is just too sweet for words. I adore Luc and Archer, I feel so badly for Dee, and everything comes to a nice dramatic and violent head in this novel. The writing is up to its usual wonderful standards and as always, you're kept guessing until the end. And of course, the tears. I lost it at one point in the book and actually had to set it down. JLArmentrout is a masterful storyteller and I honestly couldn't have asked for anything more. Beautiful, edge-of-your-seat page-turner. 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Origin (A Lux Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: This installment is a lot darker than the others. Im trying so hard not to give spoilers here, but I think itll be safe to say that Katy and Daemon got split up and neither one of them are taking that well. Daemon would burn the world for her and it shows in this novel. Its also the first time you get to read from Daemons point of view in the entire series. Half of it is from Katys POV of course, but the other half is all Daemon. I was an emotional wreck throughout this entire novel. Ups and downs and awww so want my own Daemon moments had me all over the place. Once again, it was a one-sitting novel and I ate it up. It was beautiful and amazing and so angst-filled, I have no words. If I could rate it higher than 5 stars, I would. It was that good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shadows (A Lux Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: Dawson and Bethanys story. A beautiful full-length novel detailing the account of Dawson and Bethanys meeting, whirlwind romance, and lastly, what really happened before they're disappearance. I missed Daemon and Katy reading this. I really did. However, Dawson and Bethanys such intense, immediate chemistry turned me into a squealing teenage girl. I was so thrilled at the romance between the two. It was a beautiful love story with some of the best chemistry I have ever read in any novel. And thats saying something. Im trying not to give away any spoilers, but lets just say, Dawson got planted on his ass the moment he laid eyes on her and nothing and I mean nothing would keep him from her. It was beautiful. I cried at the end of this story and Im not ashamed to admit it! I am not much of a crier, but if you don't need tissues by the end (especially if you are reading this after starting the main Lux series), then you are a tougher woman than I. Id have to say despite the lack of my main character couple this is a definite 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Obsession; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: This is Hunter and Serenas tale. An Arum and a human, can you imagine? This is also definitely an adult installment in the Lux universe. You meet Hunter in the main series briefly and later on in Opposition where he plays a more pivotal role. You also see him with Serena and how much he cares for her and this is their story. Serenas friend witnesses a pair of Luxen arguing and discovers they're not human. She confides in Serena and is later murdered before her eyes. The DOD steps in and orders Hunter to guard her and figure out if she knows anything more. When the DOD turns on her, Hunter has to make a choice. This novel was nicely done! Of course, while it was nice to see that the villains aren't all evil people-eating monsters, I wasn't thrilled about reading this installment at first. However, the heat between Hunter and Serena nearly melt the pages of the book and you get a nice taste of how the other side see things. It made for a nice change of pace, the humanizing of the Arum. JLArmentrout did an amazing job with the adult interactions shes definitely not a one-trick pony. Although I loved how fiesty Serena was and how very, very dangerous Hunter was to her. This is the only book in the Lux universe however that I can remember one slight flaw to me anyway. I felt the whole lust-to-love moment went a little fast. One minute all he can think of is getting in her pants and is a bit possessive, next its all wham, shes no longer in danger of being eaten. Other than that, though, I loved this installment! Id give it a 4.5 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Covenant: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's James A. Michener Page; Review: Alex returns to the Covenant a special school for those training to become Sentinels after a three year absence. She has to learn to adjust from being out among humans, reacquaint herself with old friends, fight off her attraction to her trainer, Aiden, and brave the pit of vipers that is the politics of these beings. Without giving away too much else, Ill simply have to say that Alex is a rash girl who does things I would have dreamed of doing, but never would have, and the forbidden attraction to Aiden makes things interesting. However, it is a little hard to figure out exactly what the man is thinking a lot of the time, but that is part of his charm. The world JLArmentrout created is detailed as well and she creates such intricate character personalities. It always leaves you guessing as to what exactly is going on. Great read! 4.5 stars! ---- For those who assume this book is like Vampire Academy, it is. But then Vampire Academy is like Harry Potter except vampires, so an idea is fair game here guys. Lots of people have similar ideas. Happens. Ideas are not copyrighted. Story, character, and plot ARE.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pure: The Second Covenant Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: Wow, things get kind of heated a bit in this one. You throw in Seth, who is supposed to be Alexs other half, yet she still loves Aiden, the forbidden one. Throw in a summons to the council and plots to destroy her because of what she is, and Alexs life just cant get more messed up. I like Seth. I really do, hes a bit of an ass, but I like my fictional men a little like that. In all honesty, it really does seem like the only person outside of himself he cares for is Alex. The different personalities that JLA can create astound me sometimes. Although I do wished Aiden and Alexs relationship would go a bit faster, but to be honest, it was perfectly done to keep us aching for it. This is definitely another stay up all night just to finish one more chapter type of book. 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Daimon: The Prequel to Half-Blood (Covenant); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: To be honest, I read and enjoy romance more than any other major genre in novels. If it doesnt have romance in it, I usually blah my way through the book. A fantasy novel is great, as long as the main character loves someone, doesnt have to be in the main part of the story but it usually has to be there. This novel had none. If I remember right, there was a hint of a former crush of Alexs before she left the Covenant, but other than that, nada. I do not count that date at the beginning of the story. The boy was weak and stupid. Also, and while I love JLArmentrout to pieces, honestly I thought the series could have taken or left this story. It didn't exactly add much to the story except you got a peek into Alexs relationship with her mother before it all fell apart. While that is important, it could have also been done in the main series with memories or stories told to Alexs best friend Caleb, or something, you know? So I wasn't impressed by this installment. I did only read this story after starting the series, so I guess thats why I kept at it. So because I didn't feel it added much to the overall series that needed to be there, but because I did like it, Im going with 3.5 stars.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Deity (The Third Covenant Novel) (Covenant Series); Author: Howard Hughes; Review: In the previous book, Aiden does something so profound it could destroy his life if anyone ever learns of it, all to protect Alex. In this one, shes dealing with the worry of that, the slow suspicion surrounding Seth, despite the fact she wants to believe in him. She keeps onto that hope and as well as trying to understand the difference between need and love, fate and choice. She keeps ignoring her suspicions, holding onto that deep friendship she has with Seth. Plus she has to dodge assassins from a fanatical cult bent on killing her. Oh, and keep her distance from the Pure she loves. This is a slightly darker read, but the agony and worry really do infect the reader. Although I did want to strangle Alex a few times for purposely ignoring warning signs regarding one of the men in her life, but it is excusable once you understand it, so Ill let that pass. Luckily for us readers, we really get to see a lot of Alex and Aiden moments, although hes still a little difficult to read. By the end of the novel a horrible cliffhanger you are dying for the next one! Im wavering between 4 and 5 stars here, so Ill split the difference. 4.5 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Apollyon: The Fourth Covenant Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: Things really come to a head in this installment. Poor Aiden continues to suffer the abuse from Alex, all the while keeping the faith that shell severe the connection to Seth on her own. Its beautiful how he feels about her in giving her that trust, even when everyone else has given up hope. Every girls dream. Of course, the real battle is soon to come and Team Alex is striving to find a way to keep Seth from becoming the god-killer. Some of the things in this novel are dark but needed. I love the dynamics between all of the characters and the twists in the plot I almost never see coming. I hate psycho-Alex, but her normal self is a strong girl whom I think most of us can relate to. Of course, my favorite god is still Apollo. Hes just great. So while this installment was as usual excellent, I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous ones, so I give it 4 stars!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sentinel: The Fifth Covenant Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: The end of another great series by JLArmentrout. It always makes me sad, yet I devoured this book just like the rest. Its filled with surprises, Alexs trauma from the fight in the previous book, and as always, love. I am back to liking Seth in this book, and even feel a bit for him. Aiden is of course the favorite, now that hes a bit more open. Alex, of course, kicks ass. But you never know the way its going to go until the very end and after all the losses Alex has suffered, its amazing how strong she is. This book is a strong ending to this great series, and I couldn't have been happier with how it turned out. Except for the deal with Seth of course I hear a new spin-off series is coming out with Seth in it. Well see how that goes! In any case, this was a strong finish, lots of emotional ups and downs and determined warriors doing their best to avert the gods wrath. It was lovely. 4.5 stars. Great job, JLArmentrout.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Elixir: A Covenant Novella; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: This shorter little piece is told exclusively from Aiden St. Clairs point of view during his desperation in trying to break the connection between his beloved Alex and Seth. Hes faced with horrible choices and its his struggle to find a way to help her before Apollo is forced to do something drastic. I loved this one. I didn't like Alex in it for obvious reasons, but the view into Aidens mind was a welcome one. I adored it. It needed to be told and Im happy it did. Plus the choice he came up with in the end shows just how much he does love her, despite the taboo on their relationship. JLArmentrout does an amazing job when she finally writes from the male protagonists side and this just might be my favorite of all of the Covenant books. 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Half-Blood: The First Covenant Novel (Covenant Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: Alex returns to the Covenant a special school for those training to become Sentinels after a three year absence. She has to learn to adjust from being out among humans, reacquaint herself with old friends, fight off her attraction to her trainer, Aiden, and brave the pit of vipers that is the politics of these beings. Without giving away too much else, Ill simply have to say that Alex is a rash girl who does things I would have dreamed of doing, but never would have, and the forbidden attraction to Aiden makes things interesting. However, it is a little hard to figure out exactly what the man is thinking a lot of the time, but that is part of his charm. The world JLArmentrout created is detailed as well and she creates such intricate character personalities. It always leaves you guessing as to what exactly is going on. Great read! 4.5 stars! ---- For those who assume this book is like Vampire Academy, it is. But then Vampire Academy is like Harry Potter except vampires, so an idea is fair game here guys. Lots of people have similar ideas. Happens. Ideas are not copyrighted. Story, character, and plot ARE.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: In The Stars (In The -Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Joan Duszynski Page; Review: I fairly enjoyed In the Stars overall. It kept me reading effortlessly, which says something for the writer. That isn't to say I don't have any criticism, but just that overall, it was a fun read and I wasn't forced to keep it up. The characters were likable, especially Eric whom I rooted for the entire time because he was sex on a stick yummy. The main character, Caroline was likable and interesting despite the fact she lights up like a crazy lust-filled girl every time Eric shows up which I would have to say would embarrass the heck out of me if that happened to me!! Eric is hard to read, but that's part of what I like about him. And his yumminess. Kyle is sweet and hot too, so there isn't much to make one hate him despite me wanting to yell at the book "You want Eric!!" I also enjoyed Tara, despite her less than stellar beginning scene. And of course, Raleigh is a hoot when she gets together with Caroline. Everyone would love a best friend like that! I do however wish Caroline and Eric's relationship had more screen time than they did. It would be interesting to see the fireworks between those two last a bit longer. I was a bit disappointed about it when I saw the Epilogue coming. Now, plot-wise, the first half of the book was a little on the weak side in that for most of the book, the only thing happening was everyday life in a dating college student. Nothing truly outrageous (although the condom scene was bloody hilarious), nor outside influences happen. So it seemed a little light on plot or surprises for most of it. After an attack on Caroline pushed Eric more into her life do you see more outside influences. However, it goes right back to her life and such and you never see anything regarding his trial or whatnot. It just faded from the scene. I honestly think the book could have been even better if there had been a bit more of the outside influences to keep the drama coming. Lastly, what dumped this book down from 4 stars was some of the dialog seemed a bit forced and awkward in a lot of places. Not to mention towards the end, Eric acted decidedly un-Eric like in his gushing love for Caroline. I mean, yeah he should admit it to Caroline, but I doubt a man like Eric is just going to spout it to everyone. I see him more of a "hands off, she's mine" instead of a "Hands off, I'm in love with her" type man. Maybe it's just me. The writing itself didn't seem as polished as it could have been and it was a bit jarring for me to read. Although the overall story kept me engaged despite that, but it was distracting. 3.5 Stars! Nice read and worth the time! Good beginning to a series, Joan Duszynski!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: Im going to go a girly squeal of happiness because I absolutely, completely, totally (yes I am being redundant) LOVE Roth. I just do. Hes great. Hes hot. He pops up out of no where, talks Layla into doing crazy things, and he likes her. Whats not to like about the beginning of this series? Well okay, I do have one peeve. Its the age of Roth. JLA explains it and everything within the novel, but honestly eh, Id have preferred a more traditional, hes been around since demons were created type story. However, I can overlook that with the awesomeness of this novel. Firstly, the world JLArmentrout created with the Wardens and demons was nicely done. I have my own theories on them and the Alphas and what exactly is the reasoning behind it, but I won't share. That would involve spoilers of what was explained in the novel and I honestly try to avoid those in reviews. In the beginning, Wardens equaled the good guys, and demons were all evil. By the end of the novel, you knew not everything was what is seemed, although not nearly enough was explained. Hence, Im holding my breath for the next novel. Secondly, the characters are as always diverse and realistic. Layla with her issues of belonging because of her heritage, yet her strength in not giving into most of her self-doubts. Roth, well hes a little hard to read sometimes, but hes great. And the fact he hums Guns N Roses makes me grin. (Im a Guns N Roses fan, its my decade, so yeah, I LOVE it!) Of course, Zayne is a sweetheart, but I was so angry with him in this novel. Layla has it so hard and to go and do some of the absentminded things he did. Wow. And of course Dez and Jasmine as well as their twins were here, plus Jasmines sister. The patriarch of the clan, some dissenters who hate Laylas very presence, and add in an evil bad-guy hunting for Layla and the action and drama never stop! Lastly, the story was wonderfully done in that it gave you enough to explain what was going on, yet kept some things from the reader so you have more to learn next time. Nice balancing, that. All in all, 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cursed; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer L. Armentrout Page; Review: I found the blurb interesting and thought Id pick it up. This is a stand-alone novel written by one of my favorite authors. As usual, the character development was amazing and the author really does get into different peoples motivations very well. While this is a YA paranormal romance, it isn't part of a series, and I think it should stay that way, personally. I didn't get into Hayden as much as some of JLArmentrouts other boys, but hes a decent enough type of guy. Ember was as usual easy to relate to and get into and I really did like her. Yet she isn't like a super awesome character like Kat in the Lux series. What sets this novel apart really is that there is a lot more mystery in it. Its a bit of a who-dun-it type novel regarding to certain aspects of Embers past or rather her death. Although, I kind of did see the villain coming a mile away. I really cant wax poetically about the plot or characters. So overall, a decent read, but nothing Id write home about or give fangirl squeals over. I recommend this to any JLArmentrout fan as we all like to read her, but otherwise, its a decent read if you want to pick it up. Dont expect the usual brilliance though. I rate it 3.5 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bayou Moon (The Edge, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Again, the horrors the villains come up with and how they're even shaped are awe-inspiring in their absolute ability to create nightmares. The details the Andrews endow these villains with really do amaze me. I loved William and Cerises love story a lot more than Rose and Declans, simply because it was more passionate. Especially from Williams point of view. I would probably give my left arm for a man to look at me like he looked at Cerise the first time she was clean. Seriously. Then Id run. Another thing I love about the story itself is that Ilona Andrews does not shy away from painful events in their stories. People will die. Some get broken. Things happen, just as they do in real life, and it changes them. Despite the fantasy-like setting, that was superbly realistic and adds depth to this already intricate world. This has to be my favorite of the four novels I think. 5 stars!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: On the Edge; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: What I really like about this story besides Rose and the hotness of Declan of course is the details, the craziness, the absolute hilarity that happens amidst the really stomach-turning horrors these authors have their villains envision. Its awe-inspiring how depraved the bad guy can be in an Ilona Andrews book. Luckily, you don't get gory details too often, but they do not pull any punches on what the evil SOB will do to people, animals, the world Ilona Andrews (one or both of them) have a twisted imagination and I love it! Also, while the romance between Rose and Declan was slow to start, it was sweet to read. Though to be honest, this one isn't my favorite Edge novel. It felt a little too drawn out with the whole Rose and Declan thing although their interruptions were just freaking classic! 4 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fate's Edge (The Edge, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: I don't know who I would have pictured for Kaldar, but once I read how Audrey interacted with him, I realized they were absolutely perfect for each other. Neither one of them could fool the other, and that only made them hotter for each other. As usual, the Hand horrors dogged their steps, causing death of people close to them, and together they must find and keep a sacred object from those monsters. Led by none-other than Spiders niece. Again, the horrors the Hand (or Hound in this case) are willing to do are horrendous, but because they are bad guys, its necessary. I actually like novels that add some realism to their villains, so rather than simply I want to take over the world it is instead Ill take over the world and slaughter and eat people who stand in my way. Much more satisfying when they go down. Kaldar is honestly more likable in this book than in the previous, though I would have throttled George and Jack for the crap they pulled, and thrown Gaston under a train as well. Then again, Im an aunt who really dislikes when kids don't listen to the important NO you give them. And Jacks lack of trying did get on my nerves a lot, but that really was the point. All in all, a great novel. This series gets better with each installment practically! 4.5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Steel's Edge (The Edge, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Ill say wow again here. Im going to start off with the characters first. In the second Edge novel, Richard wasn't really on my radar as a guy to like or dislike, too controlled, I guess with too little presence. However, he decided to take on the entire slave trade and that made him interesting. Throw in a healer who is fighting her darker side, but who is unmistakably a lady of fine breeding, and they are a good match. I loved how Ilona Andrews was able to make it so that one could be a healer but they had the ability to cause great, great harm as well. It happens in a lot of novels with healers of course, but not to this extent. It was nicely done and I loved that detail. Charlotte could be a walking catastrophe of epic proportions and Richard wants her in the worst way. It was glorious. The romance was nice. Again, the world of the slave trade and the machinations of those behind it were well thought out and executed nicely within the plot. I was seriously impressed. For character development, plot, and of course romance, Im giving this one 4.5 stars as well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Straight from the Heart (Volume 1); Author: Breigh Forstner; Review: ***Warning: Cliffhanger Ending*** The cover and blurb both pulled me in, after all, rock band with a female guitarist? Yeah, I was all for that. I did finish it in one day - I was sick though, so I can't say one sitting or that it kept me up - and I did enjoy the read. The plot was about what you'd expect from a story like this, although it was a bit more dangerous than the normal bad boy rock band member danger. I like that addition, though. It kept it a bit different than just drugs, sex, and rock and roll. I did have some issues about how the overall story played out however, but without giving away spoilers I can't say much. Just that, I think if Bryn's parents were that well off, I think they might have a better option that what they supposedly did. Bryn left home at 18 to pursue a dream her parents strongly disapproved of and joined a band called Everlasting. I liked Bryn, even if she did do some amazingly dumb things at certain times, but honestly, at 18 and as sheltered as she had been, I might have done the same things. Or been too scared to do anything. Cale I also liked, especially because he was so moody and temperamental sometimes. Their relationship felt a tad bit off to me, the lack of tangible heat in some places I guess? I'm not sure, it was just... missing. His protectiveness and anger didn't exactly show as well as I would have liked. I did like most of the other characters of this story as well, which is nice. Breigh Forstner did not go the usual route of making Cale's ex a screaming bitch to Bryn or anyone else. Damon was pretty nice, although if a *I* wouldn't have been caught dead again in a situation alone with him again. The writing was pretty decent. I did have some issues with dialog awkwardness or characters saying things that were a bit redundant, but it wasn't anything bad enough to make me throw up my hands in despair. It could have used a tad more work, but no real grammar errors. So that's always nice. The only reason I didn't give a full four stars is because the cliffhanger was seriously cliffhanger-y. Like really? I've done that in one of my stories once and I think I had a riot on my hands, and I got cussed out. It was fun to do to others. But admittedly, I do not much like it done to me. I want to read more! So 3.5 stars! And I will be checking out book two!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A SEAL's Salvation (Uniformly Hot!); Author: Visit Amazon's Tawny Weber Page; Review: Whoever designs Tawny's SEAL covers chooses some seriously hot models. No joke. They're awesome. Plus the shower scene on the front. Yummy! Now I'm going to ask honestly, who does NOT love the idea of a hot Navy SEAL romance? Alpha males falling in love, and falling hard, for these sassy, independent women? Yeah, it's an often used idea in romance, but wow, Tawny does it and does it well. I loved the idea of a bad boy being forced into the Navy because of a girl and coming home a hero to most of his home town after a mission gone wrong. I loved that he never forgot the girl. I loved that the girl never forgot him. The story wasn't too involved, but it didn't need to be. It was a shorter novel that was a romance and all the drama inherent in that. The misunderstandings between the couple, outside influences of family and friends, as well as soul-searching by our couple as well. The usual recipe for a great no-frills romance. I really sympathized with Genna (LOVE that name) who was forced to be the good girl so much her personality was practically buried. I had been the same way growing up a lot. In any case, I understood that and related to her so much because of that. And of course, the fact she couldn't forget the boy she crushed on in High School is also easily to relate to for nearly every woman I've ever met. It's partly why romance so appeals to us. As for the bad boy turned Bad Ass SEAL, Brody is hot. Tawny Weber's men are always the type to make me claim them for a bit as a book boyfriend. They're my type of hero to lust after. Who doesn't love to read about take charge men who are damaged in some way? I just love it! Tawny does an excellent job with how she writes characters. Each character, from the main protagonists down to each minor character, has their own unique personality and idiosyncrasies. Each have their own motivations for their actions and sometimes it is obvious. It makes things more realistic this way and one things Tawny does extremely well is characterization. I read this book quite fast heck I've read it twice so far and I loved it. If it were longer and a bit more involved, I'd have rated it that half star higher. As it is, 4.5 stars! I was lucky enough to win an autographed paper copy of this novel. On my shelf it stays, having earned its place.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Christmas with a SEAL (Uniformly Hot!); Author: Visit Amazon's Tawny Weber Page; Review: I have a confession to make. I'm not much of a holiday person. Yes, I know. Horrible person that I am, I dislike the crap that comes with the holidays, not the actual holidays themselves. I'm a rabid romance reader and yet I don't like holiday romances usually, either. It's probably because most of the ones I find tend to be kind of hokey. Although since this is my first holiday season as a book blogger, I felt I was kind of obligated to give a few of them a try. I also figured being a part of Tawny Weber's Street Team that a good bet for a good holiday romance would be one by her. I was completely right. As always, this entry into Weber's SEAL series was in no way lacking because of the addition of the holidays in its title or as a main feature in the story itself. In fact, it wasn't an exactly theme at the start, even. A nice sexy SEAL home for his sister's wedding where he meets the housekeepers daughter and practically drools on her shoes, despite having a very rigid call sign in the unit. Very nice. I did find Frankie's thought processes on her supposed way of dealing with the art block she had going on a bit out there, but heck, it wasn't that unreasonable. Some women myself included sometimes can be a bit out there in our thought processes. Of course, I'd probably only use sex to unblock writer's block on romances and erotica stories, rather than actual jewelry, but who am I to know? I'm not very artsy-craftsy that way. I did adore Phillip, though. Even his name screamed that he came from money. And his rigidity except with regard to Frankie was simply drool-worthy. To see him lose his control over just the one girl and her situation... Who wouldn't die for that opportunity? The story itself wasn't complicated either, a simple and sweet love story novel that is a bit on the short side (if you normally read 300-400 page novels), but as always, Tawny did some amazing characterization and just enough buildup to the actual conclusion of the story to keep us reading without anything feeling forced or rushed or even dragged out. It was well done! As always, I would read anything written by Tawny Weber. 4.5 Stars! I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review an also very nicely signed book that goes on my shelf!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Power of the Moon: Power of the Moon Series Book I; Author: Visit Amazon's Tina Carreiro Page; Review: I'm sometimes a little leery of vampire paranormal romances. I love them, don't get me wrong. But when they are bad novels, they are really bad usually. Funny how that works. I'm not even too terribly picky, I don't think. I don't mind overdone ideas as long as the characters feel original, the storyline feels original around the overdone idea, and it's ends somewhere in the realm of decent. I just like vampire novels. So I do love the idea of the paranormal police, human girl, even the bride thing. All perfectly fine. I just started out the novel nervous, so at first, I didn't exactly enjoy myself. After I started getting into the novel though, thats when the good (and the slightly not-so-good) came out for me. I did love the idea of blue handcuffs, by the way. That is the best detail about the book, I think, that really does set it apart in my mind from the million other vampire novels out there. That is what makes this novel. Firstly, paranormal cops, yes. That is a bit overdone nowadays, but it's always a good read if done right. Vampires, woot! Human psychic-like girl was needed. And because this is not really a series of stand alone books, the romance did have to be a bit on the slow side building up and yet fast enough the reader isn't going to abandon the book in disgust. All of that was pretty well done. The plot that was devised was nice, there were surprises so I didn't feel like I knew what was going to happen when it did, so I wanted to find out what happens next. Characterwise, I really do love Cole. He's my favorite. He's a vampire, he's fun, and I like vampires that are supposed to have control don't. So it was fun. I especially liked how Cole would force Mia into getting angry in some of their interactions to help with the dangerous situations they were in. Now.... not a huge fan of Mia. She has hangups. That's usually good. But this girl's hangups have even BIGGER hangups. That isn't so good. She ends up pissing me off a lot because she does some seriously dumb stuff in situations that shouldn't have happened. I can understand some, heck, romances always have the girl doing something - or a few things - that aren't so bright while they fight the attraction of a man. That's usually great fun. I even like vulnerable, or damaged, women too. (I love damaged men more though). But I just felt that Mia made nearly every situation worse. I mean, yeah she's supposed to be Cole's weakness a bit, but to seriously make everything worse nearly all the time? Or it felt that way to me. Admittedly, yeah, she's got power and she does help in a lot of ways, but dang, the girl is new at all of the stuff going on in her life and she spends so much time either trying to prove herself capable or prove that she's; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Covet the Moon (Power of the Moon) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Tina Carreiro Page; Review: I rather liked the second installment of the Power of the Moon series. The storyline of the second novel I liked even though it almost felt like two novels instead of one. There were two story arcs in the novel and I think if both were expanded a bit more and made into two novels it would have fit better. That being said, the way it was was just fine except half way through the book I thought I was near the end. A bit confusing, but overall plot wise, it did end up fitting together by the end, and that's all that matters. Again, I love Cole - even if he did something I rather didn't like in this one - so he's still my favorite character. He's seems a lot more developed than anyone else as well. But I did like Mia more in this novel than the previous book. She seems a bit more put together and less like an annoying hindering influence for Cole to me. She of course is also more powerful and considering her trauma - a lot more was revealed here - its understandable that she has so many issues. Of course, I'm a little iffy on her having had SOOO many traumas of course. But she handled things a lot better in this novel and almost came into her own. Also mysterious vampire Mia met towards the end of the book means more drama for our main couple as well the activities of Velvet throughout this novel. Her obsession with Cole seemed out of no where at first, though. Some of the subtext in the novel is a bit confusing because you're not really sure if it's supposed to be a bit clearer before the end of the book. But we'll see on next installments. Writing was good and the dialog was much better second book around. I actually finished this in a couple sittings (in one day though as there was a sending mix-up), and I enjoyed the ride. I am looking forward for book three to come out! 4 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Magick (Amber Lee Mysteries) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Katerina Martinez Page; Review: I don't often read these types of paranormal romances unless they throw in a lot of other paranormal type creatures. I don't know why. Never really thought much about why I don't read much in the way of straight witch paranormal. Hmm. In any case, it intrigued me and I jumped on the chance to read it. The cover is also amazing! Admittedly, it took me a bit to get into the story. I couldn't pinpoint why exactly, maybe the same reason witch stories (without the other paranormal stuff) wasn't something I usually read. However, once I gave the story a chance, I really did enjoy it. I loved Amber. She was an interesting character with a depth all her own in this story with enough flaws to keep you interesting, but not so many you disliked her. She was awkward and sweet and had questionable taste in men. It was nice. Damien, while cute, isn't usually my type of favorite male protagonist of any romances. He's nice and sweet and awkward too. I also had an issue with one huge scene that happens between Damien and Amber in the story that I can't get into because spoilers and all, but that scene made me dislike him just a tad. Maybe I will like him more in book two. However, he was very well done from a purely written characterization standpoint. It's just my opinion. Writing was very well done and the dialog wasn't awkward. The were enough hints to keep you guessing throughout the story, enough sexual tension to keep you wanting more, and plot twists all around. It was a very enjoyable read. I think the only reason I didn't rate this 4 stars was because of that major scene in the middle I disliked. I will read book two though! I'd like to see the morally questionable situation improve. 3.5 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Regretfully; Author: Visit Amazon's Leighton Riley Page; Review: Wow, I only reserve one stars for books I couldn't finish. I DID finish this because there was a plot and I was wondering where this was going, but I was honestly, VERY worked up by the time I finished this novel, and not in a good way. Admittedly, I didn't read book one. However, this is supposedly a stand alone, so I figured it wouldn't be bad not to. That isn't my problem. My problem is I found the synopsis and what ends up going on in the novel itself are COMPLETELY misleading. I am trying not to give away anything here as I don't wish to spoil it for those who wish to read it, but honestly, I felt like the first half the book was only a set up for the next book in the series where more will happen to Aria (IF that's what will happen). The second half I felt no one even remembered, or felt anything for all Aria had tried to do for anyone. I was very worked up and upset I even bothered finishing the book. On positive notes - that kept me reading the book - was that there was a plot, the writing was well-done, and you keep hoping it is NOT going to end like you think it's going to. So I'm sorry to say, 2 stars. I doubt I'll bother with book one or three in this series.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Graveyard Shift: (Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc.); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Roquet Page; Review: I've seen and read a few books about reapers in various forms, although I haven't yet read one from the point of view of a reaper and that's what captured my attention for this series. Not to mention the covers are quite unique. I have to say the story was set almost entirely in Limbo, the afterlife, and all such places where a reaper works and the world that Angela Roquet created was, in a word, amazing. I loved how she explained everything so that it fit together with the beliefs of humanity. It was one of the niftier versions of afterlife worlds I've read in quite a long time. I loved it! As for the characters, my favorite is the main protagonist Lana, of course. She's flawed enough to like her and yet she has quite a lot of hidden depths, some of which comes out in this novel. She wasn't too terribly deep, but I imagine that will change as the entire series is named after her so we'll see more of her and her growth. As for the other characters, I loved Gabriel. He was just great, who'd have thought he'd end up being the way he was. THAT little twist was a unique one for me in any novel. I'm not sure I like or dislike Josie, Lana's friend, but we'll see how that plays out later. Grim of course is an ass, but he's supposed to be. As for the angel boyfriend, I liked him, but it felt like Lana went from not avoiding him to suddenly calling him her boyfriend, and as far as I knew, they hadn't even kissed at that point. By the end that changed of course, but still. That part was a bit off. But heck, doesn't matter, I still enjoy the storyline enough I didn't even notice until I was done with the novel. Also, the writing was very well done and dialog amazing, and I really can't wait to get started on book two! Sadly, I have a few more books to read before I can do that. 4 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Come to Me Quietly (Closer to You); Author: Visit Amazon's A. L. Jackson Page; Review: Firstly, to be honest, I had the freaking toughest time deciding on what to rate this book. No joke! There has only really been one other book (or author) I've had a tough time rating this badly. Firstly, this is new adult, not my usual read (I'm more of a paranormal romance girl, nearly all adult in fact), but I do branch out. Now to be honest, this is going to be a weird review. Why? Because in every possible way, I could pretty much rate this book with 5 stars for writing, plot, editing, story building, setting, characters, etc. Honestly, A.L. Jackson's writing is excellent, one of the best writer's I've ever read. Her characters are so in depth they might as well be real and you feel immensely for them. Seriously. Hands down, five stars everywhere. Now the problem I had is that basically? It was TOO beautifully written. I actually can't believe I'm saying that either. Yup. It's too poetic. The whole thing could make a trip to the grocery story the most beautiful thing you ever read and make you cry. Nearly, anyway. While yes, that's a GOOD thing.... it was a little too much of a good thing. Don't get me wrong, I could barely put it down, but when I was trying to decide if I liked it or not. I did, which is why it's 4 stars obviously, and I knew I liked it, but I didn't like it enough to rate it the 5 stars I feel like I should be rating it, if that makes any sense! However, I do know this is my personal taste here, not really a reflection on the writer or novel. I've read the next book in this series and one other book of this author's as well, but I had to put it aside after that because I needed a break. I couldn't devour everything she's ever written all at once, which is why... 4 stars. Sorry, A.L. Jackson! To an actual review now, I guess. I seriously love how absolutely tortured Jared is in this book. I absolutely have to have some seriously screwed up, or alpha, or macho men in my books or I go a little tiny bit nutty and don't enjoy it as much. Jared is seriously, seriously bothered, and it was so well done I was sniffling in places, and all out cried in a place or two. Aleena, on the other hand, I did like a ton, but felt she was almost too perfect to be real. Especially as young as she is. She was a perfectly amazing woman throughout this entire book. Which - as a woman here - I know is impossible. I kept waiting for her to at least have the tiny flaw of say... PMS? Or freak out over towels, or something. Heck snoring. Something! I feel a bit inferior after reading her, because we all know, women have SOME flaw, and we all know Jared was so screwed up to have sixty zillion flaws, but yeah....; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Come to Me Softly (Closer to You); Author: Visit Amazon's A. L. Jackson Page; Review: As this story continues Jared and Aleena's story, I went onward with this series. So as in the previous review, everything still applies about how beautifully poetic everything is written. Also as before, Jared is seriously tortured and Aleena is seriously perfect. However, I'd also like to add I still love Jared despite him being seriously tortured. Or maybe because of it. Either way, he's hot. For someone ten years younger than I am anyway. I would also like to make one aside here. Do people really run screaming from therapy until they're about to explode? I mean, it was practically never mentioned until the very end and it wasn't even Aleena pushing that one.... which you'd think she would. Instead she pushed a visit with Dad, which is good, don't get me wrong... just... yeah. Maybe it's just me and having anxiety disorders so I'm used to the suggestion or doing it? I don't know... Now, as for the book. Again, nearly perfectly written with a tad too perfectly done by the main female protagonist, Aleena. Although something about this book dragged on a bit more than the previous one. I don't know why exactly. Maybe not as exciting because they're not as new? Not sure. Tried to figure it out, and I did read this fairly quick, but I kept looking at my progress to see if I was about done. Again, this is just my personal taste though. This isn't a flaw in a normal sense of the word, being too poetic and all. It's not like trying to read something too wordy or descriptive to the point of boredom. It was very excellently done. I just read to escape and such and it was simple too beautiful to be fully entertaining, if that makes sense?; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ace's Redemption (Devil's Despair) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's A.C. Bextor Page; Review: Okay, so I didn't finish this book, which is why I rated it one star. The reason was because I could not read the Lights of Peril series as the first book was badly edited and the writing was frustrating me and I wasn't able to get past it. This book is MUCH better edited and written, however, it ties so closely to what happens in the Lights of Peril series that I felt like I was missing so much during the first few chapters, I just put it down. The author does try to fill you in a bit on what happens and such, but it was too frustrating to have missed the meeting between Ace and Cherry and I am a little OCD about missing parts of the story like that when it is obvious you missed reading it. To be fair though, I would have been able to read it otherwise as the writing was much better at the start of this series, versus the Lights of Peril series, so if anyone can get past missing that then I say give it a shot.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Come to Me Recklessly (Closer to You); Author: Visit Amazon's A. L. Jackson Page; Review: I'm super, duper happy I continued on with this series. While I loved Christopher as a supporting character, I wasn't sure I would love him as the main interest but holy crap, I adored this one. Admittedly, I love Jared more, because he's so much worse off in the tortured department but Christopher and Samantha's story was just as beautifully done as the two books detailing Jared and Aly's story, and I think I probably enjoyed reading this one more overall. I also really love how A.L. Jackson combines that all consuming love us romance readers have to have (you know what I'm talking about here, that love that is so perfect as to be practically impossible to find in real life) and the gritty reality of real life mistakes, misunderstandings and such that cause relationships to end or go through serious rough patches. I am amazed at the way the author balances it. As with the previous installments in this series, the writing is almost too poetic but it isn't quite as intense in this one - or maybe I'm just more used to it now. For a subgenre of contemporary romance I don't normally read, I am super happy I picked up my first A.L. Jackson book and I plan on finishing the rest. They're pretty amazing New Adult reads, even if you're not into those.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Stone in the Sea (Bleeding Stars) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's A.L. Jackson Page; Review: I absolutely adored this start to the Bleeding Stars series. I was in the mood to find a decent Rock Star romance and I really hit the jackpot with this one. Usual comments on A.L. Jackson's poetic writing style, but probably by the time I read this one, I was used to it enough and it fit so perfectly with this story as both Baz and Shea are pretty lyrical. And lyrical is a pretty good word to describe the blossoming romance between these two! Both Baz and Shea were excellently characterized and I actually loved Shea way more than any other female protagonist that A.L. Jackson has written before. Mostly because - at least for this first book - she isn't as 'perfect' as the girls in the Closer to You series. I found this a huge pro for this series. Though to be fair, it wasn't until nearly the end you realize exactly how flawed she was. In the only other series I read of A.L. Jackson's, it was always the men screwing up the perfect happily ever after. This book is more evened out in the protagonists screw ups. Fair warning though, this novel ends in a cliffhanger AND the second book isn't out yet! You are also left with a lot of questions and confusion about what happened before Shea and Baz met and why they have these issues to their relationship. The author does an amazing job foreshadowing upcoming revelations to keep us hooked throughout the whole story, and of course, only a few are answered by the end of this book. Shea and Baz's story is supposed to conclude in the next Bleeding Stars novel, Drowning to Breathe, coming Summer 2015!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Take This Regret (The Regret Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's A. L. Jackson Page; Review: To be honest, I think this one might be my least favorite A.L. Jackson novel. Mostly because after the big wrong committed in this book, you really want to slap a certain cute boy upside the head and it takes most of the entire book for you to like him again. Or at least that's how it happened for me. However, as always, it was nicely written, although it lacked as much of the poetic wording that the Closer to You series and A Stone in the Sea had. Which is fine, just a slightly different anyway. I did keep reading because I wanted to know how on earth A.L. Jackson was going to get these two together after all that had happened. However, my reading usually serves a purpose to escape real life - which is why I gravitate towards paranormal romance usually, so I wasn't having a great time reading about real-life issues and real mistakes men and women make in their lives that are awful even if they aren't awful people. It was heartbreaking to read, honestly. I do think that A.L. Jackson's tackling of these very real mistakes or life issues in her books makes her an astounding writer when she can turn it into a beautiful story that is sometimes very painful to read but nonetheless satisfying once you finish. Of course, by the end of the book I kept wanting to smack Elizabeth for her ridiculous actions regarding passion. Can't say much more than that, but.... How is a man hungry for you demeaning? So 3.5 mostly because it was a good read, but yeah, I wouldn't call it enjoyable for me. Though a lot of that is personal taste.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: If Forever Comes (The Regret Series) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's A.L. Jackson Page; Review: I think this conclusion to this series was the best book of all three of them. Even if it was more heartbreaking than the previous novel. I think the reason I liked this one more was because it wasn't an action of any one person and was very realistic on how life's challenges could rip people apart without it being anyone's fault, really. This installment is where I saw most of A.L. Jackson's beautiful writing slowly coming back (or making an appearance) and I loved the beautiful story that came out of such tragedy. Although I wasn't thrilled on how it kept jumping from past to present, with the present being a huge chunk of time missing between book one and book two. However, it DID keep you reading to figure out just went wrong between Christian and Elizabeth. I think it was very nicely done though, especially dealing with the tragedy and loss. Beautiful.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lost to You (The Regret Series); Author: Visit Amazon's A.L. Jackson Page; Review: This prequel to the Take This Regret series is about how Christian and Elizabeth first met and how their relationship developed before the events that take place in the first novel. This short little beginning to the series isn't as poetic or in-depth as most of A.L. Jackson's novels, but it does let you meet the young couple before life changed them a bit more and the huge 'regret' becomes the basis for the entire series. It's a cute story where you like and respect both Christian and Elizabeth and while it isn't necessary for the series, I liked it. A nice, easy, enjoyable read, but without anything notable about it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When We Collide; Author: Visit Amazon's A.L. Jackson Page; Review: This novel deals with some deeply disturbing issues so if you're trying to avoid those, you might wish to skip this novel. I personally felt like I had been through the emotional wringer during this book, which means the author did her job well writing it. However, I also try to avoid stories that hit too close to home on certain issues. My reading is for escaping life so I don't often read realistic stories much. Maybe that's why my main genre is paranormal romance, though I will go for contemporary romance if it deals with things like macho military men or romantic suspense. This little gem didn't strike me as deeply as the author's more recent books, but it deals very well with domestic abuse and how it can trap someone. I really love how well A.L. Jackson deals with the issue and actually gets into the mind of someone trapped in a place she hates so much, yet continues to stay. Not a lot of people understand the terror and trauma of domestic abuse, nor do a lot of people understand why someone would stay in that situation. Sometimes, it isn't as easy as it seems to leave. A.L. Jackson did a wonderful job of portraying that horrible situation in a way that was realistic. For that alone, I almost gave the book 5 stars. The characterization wasn't as well done as her more recent novels, though, and the poetry was a bit more lacking in this novel then the last few. I also didn't like William as much as most of the author's main protagonists, even though he was a decent enough guy. He just wasn't as likable as say Jared from the Closer to You series. So this is a great story about domestic abuse and a deep love that lasts through years of separation, so definitely read this is you're an A.L. Jackson fan.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pulled; Author: Visit Amazon's A.L. Jackson Page; Review: This sweet romance was almost paranormal in its intensity of the 'pull' between Melanie and Daniel, which I seriously liked. (Can't help it, I'm a paranormal romance junkie). This novel of A.L. Jackson wasn't as beautifully written as most of her novels, but I actually think I liked it more. Mostly because neither character did something horrible or silly to keep themselves from the person they're destined for. However, as of now, I've read every single one of A.L. Jackson's novels and each New Adult novel seems to throw in a child in the damaged mixed. Every series, every novel, every story has an accidental pregnancy, someone doing something stupid about an accidental pregnancy, or has the pregnancy end in the death of the child, causing heartache for everyone. Then the main couple splits up, so each of A.L. Jackson's romances are really second chance romances. Well, except the A Stone in the Sea, so far. I'm a little over these theme right now. But this one is probably the one I liked most, but it wasn't as well written as her other stories, so I couldn't give it a higher rating. I liked the intensity between Daniel and Melanie and I adore how realistic Ms. Jackson writes about hard issues like a loss of a child or domestic abuse. Definitely worth reading!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When We Met; Author: Visit Amazon's A. L. Jackson Page; Review: Overall - I think this anthology was an awesome read. I enjoyed each story in it, some more than others, but not a single one would I describe as a waste of time. So any fan of these authors, or New Adult Romances in general, should pick up this one! Each story is connected to each other. Each author writes the love story of one college student who shares a house with three other women. Each woman gets their own story. Lovely! Behind Her Eyes by A.L. Jackson - 4 stars! So oddly enough, while the whole reason I read this anthology was because of A.L. Jacksons story, this story wasn't my favorite. However, it was pretty close. I loved Misha and despite not loving this story as much as one other story in this bundle, my favorite love interest was Darryn. He was just more badass than the rest of the guys. Saving Me by Molly McAdams - 4 stars! This story was a fun read. I laughed so hard at first at Indys little forgetting problem and felt so badly for Kier because of it. Kier might have been my least favorite of the men but that wasn't because he was quiet. It was because of his past. Cant say more without spoilers. However, well worth my time to read. Fouling Out by Tiffany King - 3.5 Stars! Obviously, this wasn't my favorite one of the four stories. I did LOVE Dalton. He was awesome. I even understood why Courtney was upset at first, but after you become an adult and look back on your childhood, no one should be angry after his explanation. I mean, we all drift from friend or family, or do stupid things as teenagers or kids that we cringe to think about once we know better, so honestly, she let it go thankfully, just not fast enough for me. Lastly, the pacing during the passionate scenes was off to me. However, it was entertaining! Beneath Your Layers by Christina Lee - 4.5 stars! My favorite story of the anthology! Ive never read anything by Christina Lee before but I adored this story. It moved me a lot more than any of the other stories. I loved Blake a ton! Hes not my favorite man in the anthology, but hes close. However, Chloe was my favorite female in the book. Maybe because I could relate to her more than the others. I have lists too! The chemistry between Blake and Chloe was explosive, the scenes between them lovely.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ultimate Temptations (Volume 1); Author: K Anne; Review: The story concept was something I was dying to read. Admittedly, YA isn't my usual genre, but I still journey into it occasionally. So I was thrilled to start this new series by K.A. Robinson. The idea of being torn between two twins, as well as heaven and hell? Yummy! Love triangles are nothing new but the idea of twins is a bit interesting. Especially as those twins are so very different in everything but looks. This novel was a quick, easy read that I enjoyed. After a slow start, it ended up fast-paced and entertaining. I do want to warn it did leave off on a cliffhanger though! The characterization was a little lacking, but not terribly missing or anything. Both Asher and Cain were distinctly different from each other and it made things interesting. Who wouldnt love twin hot guys after your body? Ella, on the other hand, was not my favorite protagonist. I might have enjoyed this book a lot more if I had really liked Ella, but sadly, this was not the case. There was a bit of inconsistency in regards to Asher and Cains abilities. Like the fact Asher seemed to hear something Ella said that shouldnt have been possible, so he (and I assume Cain) have sensitive hearing. Okay, I get that. But then how come Ella could sneak up on the twins, not once, but twice? Hmm, something to ponder. The actually writing was well-done, if a little over-explanatory. There were a lot of instances of things written out that weren't needed. Like the process of changing clothes, classes, etc. where it wasn't needed to enhance or advance the story. Other than that, it was well-written. Lastly, despite the fact I felt the story lacked a certain depth to really move me - as in, right now, I don't have a twin preference, really - it DID keep me going and I did enjoy how the story played out. It was a tad slow in the beginning to introduce the supernatural element to the novel, but otherwise, I am definitely looking forward to book two! 3.5 Stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Illicit Temptations (The Tempted Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Janine Infante Bosco Page; Review: I was pleasantly surprised by this novel. I don't normally go for mob-type romances, not really from any aversion but from simple lack of interest. I like other types of stuff more. However, I wanted to pick this up and I was pleased I did. The Good: This is a great quick romance that I enjoyed quite well. The story line was nice and entertaining and it kept me interested from the first page. The Bad: The placement of punctuation was very odd. Commas missing or in the weirdest places in the sentence. So its a bit of a struggle to get through, but it is worth it and after a bit it isn't as distracting once you get used to it. The Okay: I wasn't a huge fan of Mikey. This is more personal taste though. In my romances I like my male protagonists a certain way, and Mikey was soooo close, but misses on certain instances. However, Mikey was probably more realistic than the book boys I usually drool over, so its a good thing in some ways, bad for my personal enjoyment. The sizzle between the main characters was more potential than actualization. I didn't feel it as much as the story seemed to promise, but it was entertaining to read and I am glad I did! Worth it! *ARC provided for an honest review*; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Paper Swan; Author: Visit Amazon's Leylah Attar Page; Review: This is the best book Ive read all year! By an author Ive never read or heard of before. This book is wow worthy. Its emotionally devastating and emotionally draining just reading. But the whole thing is a beautiful read and I now have a new favorite book. I know some of you have seen this book all over facebook with a ton of recommendations for it. For once, the hype is accurate. This book is an amazing read that no one will regret reading. The Good: Everything! The story was amazingly well-done and even the holes I never noticed were filled by the end of the book, causing me a gratifying surprise by the end of the book. I thought I knew where things were going, and some of the time, I did. But the end of the drama surprised the heck out of me because I forgot! I was so focused on Damien and Skye that I never notice the unfinished business. This is the first book all year I wished I could rate above six stars. It is a beautiful love story that comes out of violence and vengeance and I loved every minute of this book. I could go on and on and on about how great this book is, but frankly, I shouldnt because of spoilers. I try to make everything spoiler free. I so want to wax on about how beautiful and awesome certain scenes are. BUT I cant. Just take my word for it. go read! The Bad: There isn't more!! Thats it. No bad. Overall, any romance reader NEEDS to get this book. No one should miss this book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A SEAL's Temptation (Uniformly Hot!); Author: Visit Amazon's Tawny Weber Page; Review: I have such fun with any of Tawny Webers SEAL books. But I especially had fun with this one because I just adored Shane. Like hes currently my new favorite book boyfriend. Which is odd, because despite his hotness and the fact hes a SEAL, hes quiet and almost shy with women. That isn't my normal favorite guy in a novel, but Tawny made it work so incredibly well that I fell in love. Literally! Simply because of Shane this book had me going. Now, as for the writing, as always with Tawny Weber novels, it was great. This was a short, sexy read that had instant lust and enough drama to keep me glued to the Kindle. There wasn't even anything awkward or unbelievable in the responses of the characters that I can remember. A SEALs Temptation is a uber-sexy romance any military romance fan will enjoy! Heck, any romance fan. Especially because of Shane. Now as to characters, I wasn't as taken with Lark as I was with Shane. Shane is my hero. Lark, despite having a kick-ass name, was living with survivors guilt so long even when it was pointed out, she refused to believe it. Which could happen, Ive seen people refuse to believe stuff. However, personally once something is pointed out to me, I usually take a moment to think and go oh, hey, maybe you're right. Lark didnt. Which made me want to smack her. A few zillion times. Of course, Shane made me want to smack him when he runs from emotions so much he doesnt even realize that is what hes doing. However, he does it in such a CUTE clueless way, you have to love him. If a SEAL can be cute Overall, an awesome installment to Tawny Webers series and a fully-enjoyable 4 star read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forbidden: A Novel of the Sazi (Luna Lake); Author: Visit Amazon's Cathy Clamp Page; Review: Once I started reading, I quickly found out that I was not going to be disappointed. My copy is an uncorrected proof, so I won't do my usual comments on major technical writing issues. Not that there were many or anything. But it's irrelevant to this review. I am even more thrilled once I learned Cathy kept the food smells to describe emotional scents the Sazi can pick up on. I absolutely loved how original that was - and EXTREMELY descriptive to us poor humans with poor noses who are reading the novels. It was the best innovation in a shapeshifter novel I had ever seen when it first showed up in the very first Sazi novel. However, I did notice that after the first quarter of the book the mentioning of food scents for emotions tapered off a bit. Now, storywise... I LOVED it. Cathy went above and beyond in the mystery department in this novel. I had no freaking idea who the bad guys were (or even WHAT they were) until the end of the story. Seriously! She surprised me with who was the big bad in this story and let me tell you, that is hard to do. I usually suspect who or what or even when and what happens a lot. In TV, movies, AND books, this happens to me a lot. That Cathy took me by complete surprise is a-freaking-mazing. I have to applaud her talent for suspense (or mystery) there! As for characterization, once again I wasn't disappointed. Or at least not much. I loved Claire and felt and understood her and even related to her quite a lot. Alek on the other hand, started out great! But I felt he was a lacking through the middle of the novel, but then it picked up to great by the end of the novel, with his distraction and reason for it. All of the supporting characters were awesome, especially the elderly Sazi that kicked some serious ass. Now, I'm pretty sure the story of Claire and Alek continue in the next novel, Illicit, simply because it seems a bit unfinished. Since I can't explain why it seems a bit unfinished without giving away anything, and as usual I try not to give spoilers, so I'm sorry, there you go. No idea if Illicit is the continuation of Claire and Alek or not. But I am willing to bet it is, following in the tradition of the Tales of the Sazi series. Now I am dying to know if the issues get resolves, or learn why Alek's little brother is such a jerk to Claire a bit more, the explaination in the book didn't feel finished to me. All these unfinished issues are why I didn't rate this five stars, because I'm not positive it was continuing or if it was a single couple per book type series. If it is complete and moving on to another couple without finishing the issues, it's a 4 star book. If it continues on to resolve this issue, it is definitely; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Wow. Wow. Why the freaking hell haven't I bothered to read Nalini Singh before now? I had heard of her, I figured she was good, but it wasn't until I wanted to read an angel romance and asked for recommendations from one of my groups and this one was mentioned that I actually got my rear in gear. Super glad I did! The Good: This was an awesome story that compelled me to keep reading even when I meant to put it down. Everything was awesome. The read was effortless and engaging. Most definitely an awesome story! The Bad: I wished for a tad more chemistry between the arrogant archangel and the stubborn, willful guild hunter. Im not sure if the story continues in book two or if we get another angel and couple, but I hope it continues. I want it to continue because I feel the need to feel more emotion and tension and sexual awareness between Raphael and Elena. So good. 5 stars!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Kiss (Guild Hunter, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I am soooooooo thrilled Nalini Singh decided to continue on with Raphael and Elenas story. Absolutely overjoyed. I think I squeed aloud. My new current favorite is Raphael. I love him. I want to roll around with him and his wings and angel dust. Seriously. The Good: The world-building that Nalini Singh does is abso-freaking-lutely amazing. I mean hands down one of my favorites now! Plus the chemistry between Elena and Raphael makes one seriously hot. It whets your appetite and leaves you hungry for more. The love between these two, an archangel of imaginable power and a once-mortal newly born angel is one of the more beautiful Ive read in my urban fantasy novels. I am just in awe of these two and want so much more. The Bad: You want more! Sooo, soo much more! 5 stars! Or more!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Consort (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I was again thrilled beyond measure that the series continues with Raphael and Elena. I won't repeat the happiness I felt at it. The Good: As before the love and passion between Raphael and Elena keep me going in this book, but Ive already gone on and on about that during book twos review. So Im going to point out the fact that Nalini Singh also kept me guessing throughout this one as to whether or not it WAS Raphaels mother rising or what was going on. They hinted it, then they hinted it wasnt, then again it was, and so on. So by the time everything came together you had no idea what was going on. Made finishing this novel a must! The Bad: As always, not much other than I really, really wanted more! 5 stars once again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Blade (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I kind of have a love/hate relationship with Dmitri here. I really disliked him throughout most of the previous books because he disliked Elena so much and was so much in Raphaels corner Which isn't necessarily a bad thing as I adore Raphael to pieces. However, I wasn't looking forward to this book once I realized that Elena and Raphael were regulated to secondary characters in this one. However, every moment of this novel I adored. I actually found myself liking Dmitri during this novel and then rooting for Honor and Dmitri. The Good: The amazing writing one comes to expect from Nalini Singh is present during this book and as always more of the Guild Hunter world comes alive in new and expected ways. The Bad: The only bad - which made this book a 4.5 instead of 5 - is that I actually predicted what was going to happen regarding Honor and Dmitri and I found the concept surprising and yet odd to add into this series. Maybe in later books it comes together more in a way that it explains it a bit better than spirituality. Because despite the fact this series is about angels there isn't much on spirituality of any kind. Which is fine for me, don't get me wrong. I could have loved the book with it too! I am just saying the way Dmitris love story comes together adds some to it I felt didn't fit with the rest of the series. So far. Well see. Im sorry I cant explain more without spoilers! So 4.5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Storm (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: You know for the majority of the series I didn't have any feelings one way or another about Jason except for curiousity. So to my shock, instead of the blue-winged angel we all love so much, whose book I keep expecting, I found out this one is about Jason. Awesome, but bummer for me! The Good: Wow! The back story to Jason that we do not even get glimpses of through the other books just pops out of nowhere and it is heartbreakingly amazing he falls in love at all! Also, Mahiya is absolutely perfect for Jason and I loved their interaction. I think these two are now my second favorite couple in the Guild Hunter books! The Bad: Was there bad? Well, the bad was I wanted more Raphael and Elena of course! 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Angels' Flight: A Guild Hunter Collection (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: An awesome anthology of four stories written for the Guild Hunter series. Some has appeared in other anthologies. Angels' Dance - 4.5 Stars! I really, really liked this one despite not usually being a gigantic fan of secondary couples. However, Jessamy and Galen, both teachers at opposite ends of the spectrum, and both such awesome people separately, are absolutely mind-bogglingly awesome together! The Good: The writing and the story behind it were both an amazing addiction to the Guild Hunter series. The heat between these two and the perfect flaws each exhibit I was enthralled with this story! The Bad: I only wonder what took Galen so long in the middle of the story! Gah! Pig-headed males! But we love them! 4.5 stars! Angels' Judgement - 5 stars! OMG! I adored Deacon! Thats pretty much that needs to be said, honestly. Its not often I rate a short story or novella 5 stars but wow The Good: Deacon. Sara is awesome too, but the good of this entire story was Deacon. I just loved the gay bar scene. There is some off-the-wall stuff in this story that details Deacon and Sara's meeting. A must-read for anyone who loves the Guild Hunter series! The Bad: Not enough Deacon! 5 stars! Angels' Pawn - 4.5 Stars! I love the interaction between Ashwini and Janvier, although they aren't my favorite couple, they are the most humorous. The Good: This was an excellent view into one of the early meetings between Ashwini and Janvier. I loved the insight and I loved every word of this story. The Bad: I am simply not quite as gushy about this one as every other installment. I love these two and I loved this story, which was the perfect length for this little gem. Nothing overtly bad about it, just not as interested in this couple as some of the others. 4.5 stars! Angel's Wolf - 4 stars! For those who cant remember, during one of the previous Guild Hunter novels one of the vampires was brutalized very badly. This is his story. I wasn't all fired up to read this one because it was a minor characters story, but I am on a mission here, so I delved right in! The Good: As always, there was an excellent story and excellent character building for such short installment of the Guild Hunter series. You get a glimpse of angels territory under Raphael and her court and the healing of Noel after the brutality he suffered. Plus, a female angel and a male vampire. That is new to this series. Most are mortal women in love with powerful vampires, angels or archangels. Or even an angel woman in love with another angel. But not a female angel hooking up with a vampire. It was nice to see the norm change in this story. The Bad: The only things I wasn't gung-ho about were the fact it was about an angel unheard of and a minor vampire from the previous books. So it wasn't any of the secondary characters you know and; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Legion (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Woo hoo! Another book that brings us back to Raphael and Elena. I was seriously stoked about this installment and I am pretty sure I devoured it in two sittings. The Good: Its about Raphael and Elena! More emotional scenes about their devotion to each other as well as their people and more upon more about the world of the Cadre, angels, vampires and Guild Hunters. Every single book so far has enhanced this amazing world and its a testament to Nalini Singhs talent that I keep craving more! Of course, the very best part was the growth and flaws in the relationship with Raphael and Elena that make it much more real to the reader. The Bad: Honestly, I want more. I want to know more about Raphael and Elena. The fact that he is so old and powerful and the world is on the eve of destruction half the time leads one to want more, demand more, and I don't know a single reader who wants to wait for the next book! 5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Shadows (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I didn't know much about Ash or Janvier except that they were chasing each other. A lot. Which was humorous and the few scenes with either one of them were funny or made me like them as one set of my favorite secondary characters. The Good: The sweetness and the sadness! The romance!! Lastly, the mystery of what was going on! Lots of story in this with romance of the two longest running courting couple in the series! As always, well-written and entertaining! The Bad: The only downside was that this seemed more of an aside from the main storyline. Though not too far as it was more like a break from war-mongering angels; after all, the main one needs to gather her strength again! Or a bit of picking up the pieces after the major battle. Plus not as much Raphael and Elena as I want in the story. What makes me really sad is no more main books to read and the next one, which is partly why I started this series finally, isn't about Raphael and Elena either! However, Ive been dying to know about Naasir anyway. So, 4.5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mercenary (The Men of T-FLAC, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Easy, quick read that was enjoyable but nothing exceptional.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hunter's Moon; Author: C.J. Adams; Review: An excellent beginning to a great series. I love how the authors were able to give food references to the scents the Sazi pick up. It absolutely helps us readers relate better to any of the Sazi. Love this series even rereading it!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Moon's Web (A Tale of the Sazi); Author: Visit Amazon's C. T. Adams Page; Review: A great second Sazi novel that kept me hooked even being the 3rd time I read it. Love this series!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ice Cold (T-FLAC/Black Rose) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Another nice addition to the TFLAC world. I loved Honey and Raphael, both. The story was a pleasure to experience.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gideon; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: An excellent read and I was thrilled both protagonists held their own, but I liked Gideon a whole lot more.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rock Chick Rescue (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: I've read this book (and any others by Kristen Ashley) about a gazillion times and each time it keeps me up past my bedtime. That's probably enough said about how awesome it is.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Chick Rescue (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Honestly, I can't say enough about this book (and this series!). Kristen Ashley nails one of the best books I've ever read! Even if I've read it sixty times!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Chick Redemption; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Out of all the Rock Chicks, Roxie is a huge favorite! Hank is also a different type of alpha, one who lets go of his anger, so together makes for yummy awesomeness!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Relentless; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A greatly entertaining read featuring two awesome but flawed lovers!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rock Chick Renegade (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: I've read this book like sixy gazillion times and I still sigh dreamily over Vance. Yum!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Man (Dream Man); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: One of my favorite Kristen Ashley novels of all 40 plus currently out. I adore both Gwen and Hawk, but Hawk redefines hot.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Man (Dream Man); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: As always, especially in this series, Kristen Ashley does not disappoint!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Man (Dream Man); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: As always, I devoured this book in nearly one sitting. I could not put it down.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Motorcycle Man (Dream Man); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: This is one of my favorite books, I have read this one at least five times. I adore Tack. I adore Tyra. I loved their chemistry. I'm in love!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: For You (The 'Burg Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Out of all the Burg books, I think I love this one the best. I adore both Feb and Colt. And their bond after all these years was beautiful.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: At Peace (The 'Burg Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: I loved the angst these two undergo to come together. A very nice read and I loved it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Touch of Midnight: (vampire romance) (Midnight Breed); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Great read. Short, and a tad rushed, but nice to see Savannah and Gideon's meeting.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kiss of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: An awesome read, very similar to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, but different enough to be worth the read. Vampire fans will adore it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kiss of Crimson (The Midnight Breed, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Dante's book competes well with Lucian's in awesomeness. I didn't enjoy Tess as much as Gabrielle though. She felt... weaker to me and not in an appealing fragile way.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Awakening (The Midnight Breed, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I adored Tegan throughout the entire series and I was thrilled to get his story. Awesome read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Veil of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: A great read in a great vampire series.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Rising (The Midnight Breed, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I have to say, the more tortured the hero, the more I like them. Rio's book was a great read that I devoured.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ashes of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Quite possibly the best book in the series yet!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ashes of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: An excellent read! Not quite as enthralling as some of the couples but worth it anyway!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Taken by Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 8); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: An awesome - yet different - flavor of Midnight Breed book that I thoroughly enjoyed!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Deeper Than Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 9); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I found that the concept of Hunter's romance thrilling and I couldn't wait to dive in. I'm thrilled that the read was worth it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Taste of Midnight; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: My only complaint is I wanted more! I found Malcolm compelling and wanted to delve deeper into his past.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Darker After Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: For the end of one generation of the Order, this book was a long time coming. I enjoyed how Chase gets pulled in to his own romance. But I'm sad to see the end here!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Midnight Breed Series Companion (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: A must read for any Midnight Breed fan!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Crave the Night: A Midnight Breed Novel (The Midnight Breed); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: So far, this has to be the best romance of all the Breed books. I adored Nathan's struggles with his attraction in a way it gave me shivers!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Edge of Dawn: A Midnight Breed Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I'm still a little leery of a second generation of the Order, but I did enjoy Mira's story. Excellent read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Marked by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella (Midnight Breed Vampire Romance) (Volume 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Such an awesome romance novella, but the crime stuff seemed a lot rushed. But still worth the read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tempted by Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella (1001 Dark Nights); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I'm super happy to read this Gen One's happy ending!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bound to Darkness (The Midnight Breed Series) (Volume 13); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I actually wasn't sure I'd get into this one but as always, Lara Adrian delivers a great love story!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stroke of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella (1001 Dark Nights); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: For a novella, the romance was oddly complete. A great short read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Claimed; Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Overall, I loved this book. However, there were some issues with some of the plot not making sense logically. But, it still drags you in.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hunted: Brides of the Kindred 2 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Better than the first book in the series, but has similar problems with logical thinking of the characters. A good entertaining read, even if Sophie drove me nuts sometimes.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sought: Brides of the Kindred 3 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Huge book, heat erotica, but annoying female lead again. But it's a decent and entertaining read!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Found: Brides of the Kindred 4 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Again, a great super length erotica. However, at least the heroine was made of sterner stuff than the other three books!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Revealed: Brides of the Kindred 5 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: As always, a nice entertaining read, though I didn't love East as much as the other Kindred. But still hot!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pursued: Brides of the Kindred 6 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Quite possibly the best book yet! You can't help feeling for Merrick and Elise.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shadowed: Brides of the Kindred 8 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 8); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: One of the best books in the series so far! Though there wasn't really a villain to make up for Draven. Still excellent.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Exiled: Brides of the Kindred 7 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 7); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: The main story was brilliant but L and Driver's side story was rushed and lackluster after so much build up on how evil he is.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Devoured: Brides of the Kindred 11 (Volume 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Excellent book with hot romance. I loved both Garron AND Tess for once. Tess didn't live in denial land. Though introducing the Enhanced made me go, "OMG Borg Kindred!"; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Switched: Brides of the Kindred 17 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 17); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: I liked this one a lot more than most. The heroine wasn't obnoxious and in a first for this series, I laughed a lot at the strange crap happening in this one. Nicely entertaining!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Abducted: The Alien Mate Index Book 1: (Alien Warrior BBW Scifi Paranormal Romance) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: A great beginning to a new series where I liked the heroine! Can't wait for book 2!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mate Bond (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: I really liked this one. I don't know why except that Kenzie held it together until Bowman redeemed himself. Plus I was dying to find out what was going on with the creature!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bear Attraction (Shifters Unbound); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: A nice little novella that I was excited to delve into. I loved Walker!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lion Eyes: Shifters Unbound; Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: A great novella! I loved Seamus! I especially loved Bree.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bad Wolf (Shifters Unbound); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: Despite Broderick being my least favorite character in the entire series, I really was pleasantly surprised at how much my opinion changed after this story. I loved the interaction between Joanna and Broderick. Nicely done!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wild Things (Shifters Unbound); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: While I'm not quite sure about adding psychics and aware houses to the mix of this world, the novella was entertaining, sweet and hot!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Tiger (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: I waited eagerly for Kendrick's story and I wasn't disappointed! Vastly entertaining!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shifter Mates (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: Lone Wolf Everyone loves Ellison. I mean seriously, who doesnt love him? And we all felt badly for him when one by one all those women were mate-claimed by others first. And now its his turn! I waited for his story and I was a bit disappointed by the fact its a short novel for one, and secondly, I wasn't that big of a fan of Maria. I don't know why, I couldn't tell you reasons. Its just she didn't click with me well. So while the story was excellent as always, I just didn't get into it the same way as I usually do. So 3.5 stars. Feral Heat It was the perfect length, despite being a short novel. Theyre both characters outside the main setting a bit, but they are both well-liked (at least by me). To be honest, I wasn't sure of this pairing at first, but really, it worked wondrously! I have to give Jennifer Ashley kudos on that. I give it 4 stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Full Moon Rising; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Honestly, when I first picked up this book, I wasn't sure about the idea of it. However, I fell in love with Quinn right away and Riley is an interesting girl. Either way, this was an excellent read. I adored it. It's definitely unique and riveting!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kissing Sin; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: As always, another amazing novel! What really got me is Misha in this book. I felt for him, even after everything. An amazing author.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tempting Evil (Riley Jenson); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: An excellent urban fantasy read with enough romance to keep me coming back for more! Plus Quinn might be slow on the uptake but he is getting hotter with each book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Protected: Book 2 of the Alien Mate Index series (BBW Alien Warrior Science Fiction Romance) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Wow! Normally, I would rate this lovely sci fi romance 4 stars overall. But what this author did to a certain presidential candidate had me falling out of bed cracking up. I was even sharing with random people I live and work with on the race track, which pretty much made them think I am nuts. But any book that does that to me deserves 5 stars, no matter what reason I loved reading it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dangerous Games (Riley Jenson Guardian); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: As always, an excellent addition to the series, and it's about time that Riley put her foot down with Quinn. You know that there is more to him, so you can't help but like him, but manners, boy!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jenson); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Again, another great read! I'm seriously missing Quinn this book though. Kellan, I liked but he just didn't fit well with Riley. But it's nice to see the story development here.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Darkest Kiss; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Another masterfully crafted story in the Riley Jenson Guardian Series. And I must say, this is where Quinn starts getting better. I missed him!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deadly Desire (Riley Jenson); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Awesome novel, awesome heroine, and hot romance! Now I'm super excited that Quinn is shaping up to be the man he hinted at before, but in this one, I actually liked Kye, too. I always have a thing for the dangerous men in my romances though.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Moon Sworn; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: A beautiful ending to an amazing series! After all that Riley went through these nine books, it was amazing to read the end! A bit sad too! But luckily, I can now reread the Dark Angel series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bound to Shadows; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Wow! Here is where Kye turned from interesting bad boy to psycho. And most of the plot kept me guessing, which was excellent. I'm super upset about Kade though. Awesome read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness Unbound; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: While I liked most of the characters in this book, especially Risa, my favorite is Azrael. He is just so mysterious. And hot. A big plus was how far from the Riley Jenson series this is. Same world but different enough to feel fresh and new, yet all our favorites from the previous series appears so we can see their life 20 years later. Brilliant!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness Rising; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: As always, a thrilling read by Keri Arthur that I couldn't put down! Although, I want to smack Risa for her continued faith in Lucian. I really don't like him. However, Azrael is to die for!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness Devours (Dark Angels); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: As always, another masterpiece in the Dark Angels series. I really like Risa and I adore Azrael, so together with all the danger makes for one kick ass story!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness Unmasked (Dark Angels); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Finally, we are getting some place in the overall plot of the series. I'm also hooked on Azrael and Risa's relationship. It's nice to see the couple actually working together on cases instead of how Quinn was sidelined during the previous series. It makes it nicer for those of us who are desperate for any mention of the hot guy our heroine has feelings for.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness Splintered (Dark Angels); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Nice change to see Risa and Azrael finally meshing emotionally so of course, I was thrilled with the book. I'm also kind of glad Azrael called Risa stupid about how she doubts his feelings. I mean, even I was sick of her not seeing what was right there! So another excellent novel in the series!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness Falls; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: A wonderful end to a wonderful series! I'm actually sad it's over and as always, I look forward to this author's other urban fantasy series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stoned; Author: Visit Amazon's Mandi Beck Page; Review: To be honest, the first part of the book left me struggling to keep reading. I thought Stone was a whining idiot and almost didn't finish. If I hadn't seen drugs completely change a person I wouldn't have kept going. Drugs, sexual assault, cheating and love triangles are never my favorite reads, but the book turned out great, so I'm glad I kept at it. Worth the read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fireborn; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: As always, Keri Arthur delivers another great series. Although, so far I am not impressed with Sam. He really is a jerk in this one. Emberly was a good strong female who I can't wait to read more of.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wicked Embers (Souls of Fire); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Surprisingly, it was a bit of a struggle to get through this book. I'm glad some of the plot progressed, but none of the emotional story line did. I was super bummed! However, it was a decent read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Flameout; Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: While this installment of the series was excellent plotwise, I'm seriously about to scream about the lack of emotional plot line. It is glacial!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Honestly, I love anything this husband and wife duo write. The humor and realism in a very unreal world takes some serious talent. Awesome start to the Kate Daniels series!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Burns (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: It's absolutely brilliant how realistic this urban fantasy series is. Heck, no one can deny you just love how Kate and Curran infuriate each other. I crack up often reading this series. I love the sarcasm, realism, and a unique spin on a romance!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: The best book so far of my favorite urban fantasy series, hands down. And you really get to see how things heat up between Curran and Kate in this one. Out of all urban fantasy romances, these two are my favorite. I just adore them!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Mourns; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: You can't go wrong reading about the other characters in this urban fantasy series and you have to love Raphael. I mean he's soo cute! Especially in this novella with Andrea. Awesome addition to the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: I love Curran. I want him for my own, even. Who wouldn't want a prehistoric lion shifter who is quite crazy? Though, I do think Kate is perfect for him. This book was brilliant and couldn't have gotten better!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Slays (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Another great Kate Daniels novel! And once again, our favorite couple saves Atlanta just in the nick of time. I have to be honest about one thing though. While I love almost all of the characters in this series, I don't really like Julie much. I rarely like some of the kids in the series I read for some reason. Otherwise, awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gunmetal Magic; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Despite being apart from the main Kate Daniels series, I adored this book. I really like both Raphael and Andrea so it was seriously awesome to see their issues resolved! It was also nice to see Raphael go so crazy!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Rises (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: OMG! That's pretty much all I've got to say. I'm in awe. Such a roller coaster of emotions reading this book. I honestly don't know what else to say, except this novel is the best yet. Amazing!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Each book keeps getting better and better! You can't help but love everything about this series. And wow, what an ending to this one. I love it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Again, amazing! You can't help but love everything Kate and Curran. I'm just sad I have to wait until the next book is released. No one can go wrong with this series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Amazing start to a new series by one of my favorite authors. Well, Ilona Andrews is actually two people but you get my point. I loved both Rogan and Nevada, and it's awesome how different Nevada is from Kate Daniels yet both are huge female leads you can't help but love. Awesome book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Stars (Grey Wolf) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Don't miss this one. I have to say I think Derek and Julie are adorable in it. I don't even particularly like Julie and I loved this novella!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: City of Light (Outcast); Author: Keri Arthur (author); Review: A very nice beginning to an interesting series! I did enjoy Tig, and am intrigued by Jonas and the entire world in this novel. Nice start!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Happily rereading this series and I am glad I am. I adored it no less the second time around. Hot, sexy, and intensely romantic you just can't help but love these damaged brothers. Yummy!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rescue Me: Tropical Heat, Desert Heat, Primary Heat; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Not a bad anthology. My favorite was Lora Leigh's Atlanta Heat, which I would give 4 stars. The other two stories are solid 3 stars. Of course, Lora Leigh is one of my favorite authors and the reason I picked up this anthology.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Desire Unchained (Demonica, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another amazing paranormal romance in the Demonic series. I adore the passion in this book. And the devotion and loyalty these brothers show their mates. I love this series!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Passion Unleashed (Demonica, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: An great, enthralling novel! Even reading it for the second time, I couldn't put it down. Wraith wasn't my favorite brother, but this one made me a huge fan. Absolutely amazing!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Bodyguard; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: An okay anthology. I got it for Gena Showalter's story, which was the best of the three at a decent 4 stars. The other two stories were 3 stars at best.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Played By The Master (Mastered By) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Opal Carew Page; Review: A decent enough story in the Mastered 2 box set. I felt it would have been a lot better if the story had been expanded into a novel instead of squeezed into a novella. But for straight erotica, not bad.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ecstasy Unveiled (Demonica, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: As always, Larissa Ione ensnared me from word one. I loved Lore in this book, was annoyed with Sin, was intrigued by Idess and wanted to smack Shade. Oh and Wraith cracked me up as usual. Love this series!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: XO, Blake; Author: Visit Amazon's Avery Aster Page; Review: It's not often I'm confused about whether I liked a book or not, but with this one I am. On one hand, the story was excellently written, edited and researched (GHB, HIV, dyslexia, etc). Clearly the author has pride in her work. Now, mostly though is the writing style isn't my thing. Outside of Kristen Ashley, there aren't many authors who can make me laugh at silly, outrageous situations because I usually find them contrived. And the switch to serious topics which should elicit pain or sadness in a reader was lacking in this book. At least to me. Honestly, the author did an amazing job and if you like the writing style you'll love this one. I just didn't. It's not a reflection of the author's writing, but my personal taste.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Resistor (Off the Record); Author: Visit Amazon's Madelynne Ellis Page; Review: Not a bad read. I was seriously frustrated with Spook and honestly, wanted to smack Allegra for chasing him so hard after just one night of almost sex. Maybe I could see it if they had been in a months long relationship but it was like she had no pride after all that crap. However, the story was hot and well written, I just didn't really get or like the main characters.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sin Undone (Demonica, Book 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another awesome example of Larissa Ione's brilliance! I absolutely adored Con and Sin and devoured this novel quickly. You can't help but love any character this author creates. And she writes some hot, hot romance!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: When Lightning Strikes (Whiskey Creek); Author: Visit Amazon's Brenda Novak Page; Review: Wow! I'm kind of wondering why I haven't read any books by this author before because I loved it! Romantic and beautiful but yet very realistic. Awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Turned (Vampire Journals, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Morgan Rice Page; Review: A DNF for me again. I read the first chapter and called it quits because it was just... bad. In too many ways to name.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Maggie for Hire: Book One: Maggie MacKay Magical Tracker Series; Author: Visit Amazon's Kate Danley Page; Review: A DNF for me. Only got through 3 chapters before I was bored. The heroine was sarcastic, but too much so that it was annoying. And it felt like it was trying too hard but falling short. There isn't a ton of editing errors in the beginning at least!; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: I can never rave enough about the demonica world that Larissa Ione created. I adore her paranormal romances! And who wouldn't love the idea of melting the Horseman War's heart? He couldn't get hotter in this book. Explosive chemistry!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tamed By You: A Laurel Heights Novel (Volume 7); Author: Visit Amazon's Kate Perry Page; Review: A DNF for me. It was written well... I just couldn't continue after Ethan actually shows up at her business as ordered. To me, it would have made more sense that she keeps trying to get him there. A guy, a tough guy even, whose life is circling the drain in his eyes is going to not show up. But he will keep throwing hints her way about dating her, but go to her business and let her walk all over him to get him as a client, eh.... no. Just the idea.... turned me off this book.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Worth The Weight: The Worth Series Book 1: A Copper Country Romance (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Mara Jacobs Page; Review: A DNF for me... The writing was fine. I was simply bored. I didn't care about either main protagonist by chapter 6 and gave up. There was other issues regarding why I didn't care for them, but basically I was simply bored.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Unbound; Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Knight Page; Review: An awesome anthology. I read it for Angela Knight and Jennifer Ashley but also really enjoyed Hanna Martine's addition to the anthology. Jean Johnson's was okay but I was quite confused. Overall, worth picking up if you're a fan of any of these authors.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shadow Bound (Wraith #2); Author: Visit Amazon's Angel Lawson Page; Review: A DNF for me. By chapter 6, I was still bored. And neither protagonist was interesting to me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Studs and Stilettos; Author: Visit Amazon's Bev Pettersen Page; Review: A DNF for me by chapter 6. I really, really tried to as I am currently at Churchill Downs in Louisville. What turned me off was the female protagonist. She's needy, selfish, irresponsible, a HUGE liar to get her way (and not just once, which would have been fun, but often enough that I doubt her moral character), ignores rules, and cares nothing for anything but how she looks and getting a break in her acting career. I couldn't read further.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Immortal Rider (Lords of Deliverance, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another great book by one of my favorite authors. The only downside was I just didn't enjoy this one as much as the others. Limos isn't really my favorite character and neither is Arik. However, the excellent story went a long way.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Indulge (Harmony); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Graham Page; Review: A DNF for me. I don't care about Logan sleeping around, that's fine to see before he meets the one. What made me stop after chapter 2 was Jax and Julia. I get that they're only 18, but Julia has screaming fits and Jax is an entitled little brat whow has fits too. Both flew off the handle so quickly it leaves your head spinning. Are they 5 or 18? Because they act 5. What? At 18 they don't realize they can't get their way every time so let's yell, which they had to know wouldn't work on their brother. Or my favorite, Julia acting like a jealous shrew instead of a sister when arriving at her ADULT brother's house unannounced to find a woman leaving? Let's see, if you don't like her, disapproval would make sense, or making fun of your brother for his poor taste in women. And she's too stupid to know her own brother never brings women around his son so she accuses him of that too! That is annoying. And illogical.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Feast of Beauty (Irish Fantasy Romance Novella) (Celtic Magic) - Kindle edition; Author: Visit Amazon's Helen Scott Taylor Page; Review: An interesting and entertaining little story. I liked it, but still not sure about the board shorts.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Rider (Lords of Deliverance); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another amazing Lords of Deliverance novel! And I loved every word. Once again, Larissa Ione wows me with her brilliant storytelling. And who wouldn't love Thanatos?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Angelfire; Author: Visit Amazon's Hanna Peach Page; Review: A DNF for me. I wasn't horribly bored, and it was written well enough, but nothing connected with me enough to keep going.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Stolen (Freedom of Souls) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Keren Hughes Page; Review: A DNF for me. I read the first chapter and the writing turned me off. In the space of that chapter, the main protagonist woke up after hitting her head, finds her parents dead, is taken to a hospital, and calls her best friend and her uncle, who she's going to be living with, is released from the hospital, and goes home to pack. It's very rushed and the writing isn't mature enough to grab me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Apocalypse; Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: This is a must have for any fan of the Lords of Deliverance series, if only for the short story within. I adored it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rogue Rider (Lords of Deliverance); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Once again, I am awed and amazed by this author. She turned Pestilence back into Reseph brilliantly and beautifully. And Jillian was a perfect match for our tortured Horseman. I loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Reaver: Number 6 in series (Demonica Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Finally! Reaver gets his HEA and it is a-freaking-mazing! I loved the whole thing, including the horrible crap Harvester and Reaver had gone through in the past. I literally could not put this book down.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Azagoth: A Demonica Novella (1001 Dark Nights); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Holy Demons, Batman! I'm in awe that an author can deliver such an amazing story in novella length. I loved Azagoth when he was introduced in Lore's book and thentertaining story was absolutely perfect for him. Awesomesauce!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Base Instincts (Demonica); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: The answer we all wanted to know about our beloved Sems since the first book, and wow, Raze suffered a lot before finding such a unique demon species he could be with. Nicely done and beautifully emotional for a novella. Larissa Ione amazes me again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hades: A Demonica Novella (1001 Dark Nights); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another awesome novella by one of my favorite authors, and can I just say, I loved Hades. He was hilarious in a wicked sort of way. Just another example of Larissa Ione's brilliance.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Revenant: Number 7 in series (Demonica Novel); Author: ; Review: Another amazing Demonica novel I devoured. I fell in love with Revenant in this one. I really, really didn't like him during his previous appearances. It was nice to see how the entire plot played out regarding Gethel, especially. Wonderful contribution to a great series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mine To Take (Mine - Romantic Suspense) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Every time I read a book by Cynthia Eden I remember how great they are. This one was short, for a book, but it doesn't lack anything. I adored Trace. Seriously alpha in an almost scary way, but it was hot.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Z: A Demonica Novella (1001 Dark Nights); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another amazing novella in the Demonica series. I just love reading anything by Larissa Ione and this one was no exception. But the best part of this one was Vex. She was freaking awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mine To Keep (Mine - Romantic Suspense) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A short novel, but emotional, passionate and enthralling. Trace is such a scary, sexy bastard. I think he is probably my favorite of this series. Can't get much hotter!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mine To Hold (Mine - Romantic Suspense); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Another awesome romantic suspense by Cynthia Eden. I must say that I really love this series. It's hot in an edgy way. And wow, Noah was just as intense as Trace!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Neverlove: Shadow Jumpers series; Author: Angela L. Brown; Review: A DNF for me. Reading young adult isn't usually my thing, though a few have compelled me nicely. This one didn't. After Basil simply accepted his lot with no turmoil or questions or anything, I put the book down. The writing was fine, just no depth.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Mine to Crave (Mine - Romantic Suspense) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A seriously hot, thrilling read! Drake was just as hot - even in his assholeness - as Trace and Noah, and I loved every word!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sinful Secrets; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A great romantic suspense novella that is a part of the Mine series, except a bit outside of it. Drake is mentioned briefly. All in all, an amazing, quick and sexy read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance; Author: Visit Amazon's Trisha Telep Page; Review: A great collection of short stories. Not one would I rate below 3 stars. My personal favorites: The Ballad of Rosamunde by Claire Delacroix Oracle by Margo Munde The Trials of Bryan Murphy by Cat Adams Nia and the Beast of Killarney Woods by Cindy Miles Beyond the Veil by Patricia Rice Shifter Made by Jennifer Ashley The Warrior by Jenna Maclaine Eternal Strife by Dara England Quicksilver by Cindy Holby Compeer by Roberta Gellis On Inishmore by Ciar Cullen The Morrigan's Daughter by Susan Krinard Tara's Find by Nadia Williams The Skrying Glass by Penelope Neri The Seventh Sister by Sue-Ellen Welfonder; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mine to Have (Mine - Romantic Suspense) (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Another amazing addition to the Mine series, which I was seriously looking forward to because I loved Saxon from the moment he appeared. And Elizabeth is an awesome match for him! A hot, steamy, suspenseful read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mine To Protect (Mine - Romantic Suspense) (Volume 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: I loved this series. I adored every book. This one was my least favorite of all six but still a good read. Hot, sexy, lovely. I just thought Zoe had a bit of a death wish. Still a great read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Broken: LOST Series #1; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A great start to another exciting romantic suspense series. Any novel by Cynthia Eden is sure to be a phenomenal read. I devoured this book quickly and enjoyed every word. I was even surprised by the ending! That doesn't happen often. On the downside, I wished I felt more for the protagonists. They were great, but the chemistry was only smoking, not sizzling. Well worth the read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Twisted: LOST Series #2; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Holy crap! The first book in the series was great, but this one was absolutely freaking amazing! I completely adored Emma. The romance was seriously combustible and the suspense had me up reading long past my bed time!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shattered: LOST Series #3; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Another thrilling romantic suspense from a master. I was rabid to start on Sarah and Jax's story. I loved Jax from the moment he appeared in the previous book and couldn't wait to dive into it. Wonderfully told and I certainly never guessed the killer!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Torn: LOST Series #4; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A masterfully written romantic suspense I devoured in two sittings. I loved it. I was drawn in by Viki, stayed because Wade was hot, and tried to keep guessing who the killer was!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Watch Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Another brilliant start to an amazing romantic suspense series by one of my favorite authors. A little short, but the chemistry was explosive. I adored Chance. I loved Gwen. It worked beautifully.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Descended: Alien Mate Index Book 3 (The Alien Mate Index) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: A good, erotica read. I liked Kristoff, I liked Charlotte. My issue was simply the repetition. I've read the Brides of the Kindred series and all three Alien Mate Index books, and they all have the same issues, likes, sexual situations, etc. So other than main plot events, you feel like you're rereading previous novels by this author. It takes awhile for repetition to get to me, but it finally did in this one. 20 books and it seems just the same. But on it's own, an entertaining read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Alejandro's Sorceress: A Cardinal Witches Novella (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Alyssa Day Page; Review: A short, fun read that any fan of the Warriors of Atlantis series will love! I laughed through most of this little story and was reminded of why I love this author!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Want Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Another great read by Cynthia Eden. I'm never disappointed and as always, I fell in love with Lex immediately. I adore a good alpha male romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Need Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A hot, sexy obsessive romantic suspense from one of my favorite authors and I devoured this book in two days. Dev was yummy in the dangerous kind of way, which is the best kind of way there is.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Beware Of Me (Dark Obsession) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Possibly the best of the entire series, though Chance I'd still the favorite male lead in this series. However, Ethan was hot, naughty and awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Die For Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A great, captivating read that was both sizzling and thrilling. Though, I did notice a few inconsistencies in the plot. Which was a first for one of this author's books (why would Valentine call the female lead by her new name when he knew her - and loved her - as Katelynn) If there were any before, they were minor and didn't stick in my mind. I adored Dane and felt so much for Katherine. Awesome read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: New Sion; Author: Visit Amazon's Diana Green Page; Review: An entertaining mix of western and science fiction. The world was intriguing, I simply wished I felt more emotional involvement with the characters. Nicely done.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Golden Trail (The 'Burg Series) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: As always, Kristen Ashley scores a perfect 5 stars from me. I liked that this book was entirely from Layne's POV. Completely unique from nearly all of this author's other books. Hot, sexy, and above all, romantic. Beautiful!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fear For Me: A Novel of the Bayou Butcher; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Romantic suspense at it's best. You can't help but be drawn in to Tony and Lauren's relationship, and holy crapamoli is it hot! And the suspense kept you guessing. Definitely a worthwhile read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Let Us Prey (Gotcha Detective Agency); Author: Visit Amazon's Jamie Lee Scott Page; Review: A DNF for me at 26%. I didn't like Mimi at all, the humor seemed too flat, and Nick was a jerk with no redeeming qualities. Everything felt shallow.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Defy the Dawn: A Midnight Breed Novel (The Midnight Breed Series) (Volume 14); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: A great addition to the Midnight Breed series. I enjoyed the read and I really loved Zael, but unfortunately, Brynn didn't really endear herself to me. However, still a great read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Scream For Me: A Novel of the Night Hunter; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: I think I liked this one the best of the series. Don't know why, exactly, maybe because Kyle had such an abundance of trauma and emotional issues about said trauma that it left little for Cadence's issues. I seriously like my romance heroes troubled. As for the killer, he even freaked me out! And what a shock, too!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bewitch: Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series; Author: Visit Amazon's Felicity Heaton Page; Review: I read this little ditty in the Dark and Deadly Boxset, so I haven't read the other books in the series. That said, I enjoyed the read. An interesting paranormal world and a hot romance. I did stay engaged. My only issue was the writing style. I felt annoyed with some of the quick mood swings the characters had, repetitive and often, and other minor stuff. Now this might just be my personal taste though. Has not turned me off this author yet though.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Games of the Heart (The 'Burg Series) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: As always, a great, amazing read! I loved Dusty and Mike's story. Though, I possibly loved Fin and Reesee's story more! This book maybe Dusty and Mike's but Fin and Reesee kind of stole the show. Awesomeness abounds!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bite The Dust (Blood and Moonlight) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A nice beginning to a new paranormal series. I seriously enjoyed Aiden, so that made up for my lack of enthusiasm for Jane. Unfortunately, she was waaaay to stubborn about her ability to take care of herself. However, great story, hot romance, and can't wait to dive into book two.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Guardian's Mate (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: I think Zander made this book. Don't know why exactly, but his craziness was just awesome. Another great addition to the Shifters Unbound series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Magic Binds (Kate Daniels); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Another kick ass Kate Daniels novel and I'm crying that I've got to wait for another! I loved Kate and Curran, as always. Such a brilliant couple. I want to draw and quarter Jim. Slap Julie at first. I absolutely adored Erra returning for this book. I devoured it in two sittings. Abso-freaking-lutely amazing!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tyrant: King Part 2; Author: Visit Amazon's T. M. Frazier Page; Review: Another novel I could NOT put down. Truly amazing storytelling. To die for romance. Everything a truly good book needs. My only issue was that some of the plot needed more fleshed out than it was. But you still can't put it down!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lawless: King Book 3; Author: Visit Amazon's T.M. Frazier Page; Review: This author delivers a wonderfully gritty romance in Bear's story. I adored Thia, adored Bear's vulnerability and absolutely devoured this book. Couldn't put it down!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Soulless (King) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's T.M. Frazier Page; Review: A great ending to Bear and Thia's love story. I adored just how right these two were together, despite the unconventional romance. It was wonderful. Sadly, the book wasn't as well edited as the previous books in this series. I caught quite a few mistakes that jarred me out of my reading mojo. However, still awesome.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Christmas at Valley Rise: Miracle at Valley Rise Series; Author: Visit Amazon's Karen Welch Page; Review: A DNF for me. I simply got bored. I will pretty much read any romance from clean and sweet to straight up dirty hot, but it needs to keep my attention and this one wasn't to my taste. Written well, just bored.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Slide (Black Addiction) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's T Gephart Page; Review: Very awesome read. I actually really related to Ali, probably because I am a tad neurotic too. Sadly, while Rusty would be awesome to live with in real life, I found him too easy going and a tad lacking in depth for me. However, nicely done!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Sibylline Oracle: The Beginning of the Sibylline Trilogy (Volume 1); Author: Delia J. Colvin; Review: A DNF for me. Odd phrasing, boring protagonists, and I just had to stop.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I adore anything by Nalini Singh and this was no exception. I am officially a Fox groupie. I loved him. I want a Fox of my very own. I'm thrilled to read a rock star romance that is excellently written. I can't get enough of this author!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Courtship: A Rock Kiss Novella; Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Short, and super sweet, little rock star romance that also had me fanning myself. Who knew shy guys can be so hot! A great read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Better Off Undead (Blood and Moonlight) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Another awesome paranormal from Cynthia Eden and I loved it! An interesting twist on the werewolf and vampire as mortal enemies thing. This author does love to put them together!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rock Hard (Rock Kiss); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Another win for Nalini Singh! I pretty much love anything this author writes, especially the Guild Hunter and Psy-Changeling series. This book was amazing at detailing the protagonist's struggle with PTSD and how much actual effort and willpower it takes to work through it. Amazingly well-done. And Gabriel was hot and had his own brand of awesomeness. Great read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Redemption (Rock Kiss); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: This might possibly be my favorite of all the Rock Kiss books, although I did love Fox's and T-Rex's books. But this one really made me love Noah. Like a lot. Fox was just pure rock god hot, T-Rex was pure alpha hot, David was sweek hot, but Noah was tormented bad boy hot! Loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Wedding (Rock Kiss) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Definitely more fluff than drama, but still an awesome, amazing novel to complete the series. I now really adore Abe when he used to be my least favorite band member. And Sarah was just stunning! Definitely worth reading.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deep Blue Secret, 2nd Edition (The Water Keepers, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Christie Anderson Page; Review: A DNF for me. It seemed seriously immature to me. As if I am reading about 13 year olds, and I had a lack of interest. Not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Enigma (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Beautiful! I have fallen in love with Naasir. Serious love. Before this book, he was a mystery. After reading this, he has become one of my favorite characters in the series. I adore Andi for him as well. These two just fit perfectly. Plus, the origins of our cuddly 'tiger creature' was absolutely brilliant. I couldn't be happier about this addition to the Guild Hunter series!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bitter Blood (Blood and Moonlight) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A great conclusion to a darned good trilogy. This series isn't my favorite one of this author's, but a nice, entertaining and romantic read. Worth the read, definitely. And of course, I did see the bad guy a long way off. But still awesome.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Untamed: A Midnight Breed Novella; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: A nice little novella I enjoyed. A very sweet, quick read in the Midnight Breed series. It felt a tad rushed but otherwise, nice addition to the main series. Can't wait to get back to the main plot, but this did soothe the cravings.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hold On (The 'Burg Series) (Volume 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: An excellent, amazing, awesome end to an outstanding series! I wasn't sure about these two at first, but as usual, I shouldn't have doubted Kristen Ashley and her mad skills. Merry and Cher were downright adorable!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changelings, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I put off reading this series because it sounded strange, but after the Guild Hunter series, I had to try it. I couldn't believe I waited. I loved it! I especially loved Lucas, who is definitely book boyfriend material. Unique world, familiar paranormal love, great read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Of Moths and Butterflies; Author: Visit Amazon's V.R. Christensen Page; Review: A DNF for me. I couldn't get into it. Six chapters into it, I had to put it down. It was drawn-out and Imogen didn't make me feel anything for her. Blah.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Gamble (Colorado Mountain); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Awesomesauce! I love everything I have read by Kristen Ashley, and devour each book in hours, even during a reread! I adored Max and Nina's love story. No one can go wrong with this author!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sweet Dreams (Colorado Mountain); Author: ; Review: I'm a huge fan of KA and love everything she's ever written, but this series is a favorite, definitely. This book was better than the previous one, and I devoured it in two days even reading it for the fifth time. Loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lady Luck (Colorado Mountain); Author: ; Review: This series keeps getting better with each book. I love everything about this one. In fact, Ty may be an all time favorite of mine. I absolutely adore how this author can make men so totally devoted to their women and yet NOT lose their masculinity. It happens a lot in romance novels, and it just might be why this author is one of my favorite writers ever. She delivers masculine men who worship their women, and it makes for some awesome romances!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Heart (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: OMG! I was estactic about the Guild Hunter series returning to Raphael and Elena. Those two are my favorite, obviously. So reading a book about Elena's past was awesome. Seriously awesome because Raphael is scary yet adorable too. I want more!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Breathe (Colorado Mountain); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another absolutely amazing installment in the Colorado Mountain series. I fell in love with Chace in this book, but the character who blew me away was Faye. Loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jagged (Colorado Mountain); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another win for the Colorado Mountain series! A great read, awesome characters, a beautiful love story... What more can a KA addict want?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kaleidoscope (Colorado Mountain); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another winner for Kristen Ashley! I loved the kaleidoscope in this book. Seriously adored it. I really liked Emme for Deck, too. They were explosive but yet so sweet together. Even reading this series for the 5th time, I loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bounty (Colorado Mountain Series) (Volume 7); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another awesome addition to the Colorado Mountain series. And the first KA book I rated below 5 stars. Not to say that this book wasn't amazing, because it was. I just kind of wanted a lot more drama between Deke and Justice. They fell together too easily and the bad guy segments were really lacking. Beginning and end had the conflicts, the middle was relationship building. However, still loved it. But not as much as usual. Like I was able to put this book down to sleep. Usually, KA keeps a much tighter grip on my attention.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Knight (Unfinished Heroes) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Audible edit: I loved this book when I read it the first time, except the daddy thing. But this narrator made the entire book so freaking sexy, even that! I am in love! Like just about anything by Kristen Ashley, and this was no exception. I liked Knight and I liked Anya, and they were explosive together. Awesomesauce! However, while I usually don't harp about someone's sexual interests, I did find the Daddy thing a turn off. But got passed it. Otherwise, nice - if short - read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Forbidden Life of Alex Moore: A Novella of the Beyond; Author: Visit Amazon's Erin Quinn Page; Review: Very well written and sweetly romantic novella. This is the first of Erin Quinn's work that I have read, and I'm definitely going to read more from this author!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Creed (Unfinished Heroes) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another amazing novel by a favorite author. KA is my guilty pleasure. This second in the Unfinished Hero series surpassed the first, and I found Creed and Sylvie too perfect for words together. Explosive, and awesome.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Raid: An Unfinished Hero Novel (Unfinished Heroes) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another amazing novel by a favorite author. I especially loved Raid in this one. He actually apologizes. Plus his absolute adoration of Hanna was beautiful. A definite hit!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deacon (Unfinished Heroes) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Quite possibly, the best book of the series! I loved Deacon. So much I soon envy Cassidy, though she was perfect for him. And the sex scenes were hot. Inferno hot. And I do know of two alpha males in real life who like their backdoor played with during sex. Don't know about as extreme as Deacon did, but it is not unusual. So well done!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sebring (Unfinished Heroes) (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Audiobook edit: The narrator for this one was spot on! In fact, this listen made me rethink the lack of heat between Olivia and Nick, so a star change was in order! I was pleasantly surprised to find I now like Nick. Amazingly, KA turned my least favorite character into a well-liked one. Definitely an excellent end to a wonderful series. I loved Olivia, I loved Nick, I'm happy this book hints at the new LA series with Eric Turner's destination. The sex was white hot. Only thing I missed from the usual brilliance of this author was the love connection between Nick and Olivia wasn't as intense as a lot of her romances. But I still enjoyed the ride.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wildest Dreams (The Fantasyland Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: I really like KA's Fantasyland series, although I can see why some people don't. I can suspend belief enough to not take my romances seriously. I love them, they entertain me, make me sigh with happiness when Frey and Finnie fall in love, but I don't think more than a few romances reflect real life romance. Mostly, it's entertaining! I adore my alpha males in my books and KA definitely delivers again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Visions of Heat (Psy-Changelings, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Another hit by Nalini Singh and a must read for any shifter fans. Such a unique world this author built and yet it doesn't distract us from the romance taking place. Unique, beautiful, and wonderfully written. Vaughn is a definite addition to my book boyfriends!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Golden Dynasty (The Fantasyland Series) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Quite possibly the best book of the series! I loved Lahn, I loved Circe, I loved the plot! Though I can see how some people might hate this one. However, it is one of the best of KA's works. Seriously good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fantastical (The Fantasyland Series) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Can I just say.... I love Kristen Ashley! She is my guilty pleasure. Though, I should probably say, all of my romance reads are my guilty pleasure. While this one isn't the best of this series, it is still pretty awesome. Tor finally got to me, though I will say, Cora should have made him suffer more for his rough treatment of her at first. Still one great read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Broken Dove (The Fantasyland Series) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Another awesome addition to the Fantasyland series. As always, the romance was beautiful, the sex hot, and the plot seriously engaging!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Soul (The Fantasyland Series) (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: While I am a huge fan of Kristen Ashley, and did enjoy reading this, I was a bit disappointed. All the action pretty much concluded in the previous novel. This was more of an epilogue to the series where a favorite character, Noc, gets his happily ever after. However, how Kristen Ashley made Franka, who I hated, into an awesome romance novel heroine was nothing short of brilliant.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Caressed By Ice (Psy-Changelings, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: What more can a girl ask for than a traumatized woman melting the heart of an emotionless man? Yum! I absolutely loved Judd. He made the whole novel awesome.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mine to Possess (Psy-Changelings, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Absolutely adored this book! I loved both Clay and Tilly, as well as their chemistry. Amazing!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changelings, Book 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Another awesome novel by Nalini Singh. Amazingly well written and complex, but compelling characters and steamy romance ensnared me from the start. Plus Dorian was a hot, tortured hero. Have to love it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Wolf Within (Purgatory) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A nice little beginning to another intriguing paranormal romance series. Interesting, hot and romantic!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Angel of Darkness (Fallen); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: A very decent beginning to a new series. I love the idea of these fallen angels. The romance was electric and perfectly steamy. Very entertaining paranormal romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Angel Betrayed (Fallen); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: Better than the first book as Sammael seriously kicks ass. He's hot. He's dangerous. Yummy!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Angel In Chains (Fallen); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: I think this would be my favorite Fallen novel by far. I don't know, but AZ is just too hot for words! Definitely a worthwhile read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Razr: A Demonica Underworld Novella; Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: OMG! Elves added to the Demonica universe and I loved it! Hot and awesome, I loved Jedda and Razr. So good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bound by Night (Moonbound Clan); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: It's no surprise that I loved this book after loving this author's Demonica series. An awesome and unique paranormal romance series with a brilliant start!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chained By Night (Moonbound Clan); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another amazing series by a favorite author. And this one surpassed the first novel. Probably because Hunter was so drool-worthy!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chained by Night (Moonbound Clan Vampires); Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: Another amazing series by a favorite author. And this one surpassed the first novel. Probably because Hunter was so drool-worthy!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fury: Ellora's Cave; Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Really amazed by this book. I put off reading this series because it sounded too similar to another series I really loved. While they are a bit similar, this series is different enough and definitely well written enough to be an awesome read. And so very, very sexy. Gotta love Fury!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Slade; Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: A awesome read! I loved the first New Species novel more as Shade just wasn't as much of a draw for me as Fury was, but still amazing!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Valiant (New Species); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann ` Dohner Page; Review: My absolute favorite New Species novel yet! I seriously loved Valiant. So feral, so hot! This series is a definite must read series for any shifter fan!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Justice (New Species) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Amazing! Justice and Jessie are scorching! The New Species characters keep getting better and better!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Brawn (New Species) (Volume 5) (Swedish Edition); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Quite possibly the best book of the series yet! Becca was feisty! I loved the way she and Brawn came together. Awesomesauce!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tiger (New Species); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Awesome addition to the New Species series. You gotta love Tiger and Zandy. I literally couldn't put this one down!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wrath (New Species); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Not my favorite New Species novel, but still damn entertaining. I loved Wrath. I detested the best friend Amanda. The chemistry between the protagonists was explosive. Definitely a worthwhile read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Obsidian (New Species); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: I loved this one. My only issue was the conflict resolution. Not as romantic as I would have liked. Definitely more realistic, but not as mushy as I wanted. But you have to love Obsidian. He was just perfect. Swoon-worthy.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Moon (New Species); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Another winner from the New Species series. I loved Joy. Moon and Joy together were great. The sex was hot. Great series, though not much movement in the overall plot of the series here.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shadow (New Spiecies); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Loved this book! A Gift finally finds happiness and that truly makes the whole book! Though the scorching hot chemistry between Shadow and Beauty definitely helps!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: True (New Species) (Volume 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Adored True!! Plus it answers the question if these New Species fell for anyone while in captivity. Lovely romance. Just awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Numbers (New Species); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: The first story was just okay, but Hero's story was brilliant. I loved the idea of Candidates so much. I simply wished the whole book could have been written about them.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Smiley (New Species) (Volume 13); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Nice addition to the New Species series. I wasn't sure about how hot I would find Smiley, but he pulled it off. Plus I was thrilled a primate Species finally found a mate!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darkness (New Species) (Volume 12); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Very awesome addition to the New Species series. I adored Darkness and all his hotness but Kat was the one who really captured my attention. Lovely!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ral's Woman (Zorn Warriors) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: An entertaining mostly erotica type story. Not the best work of this author.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Firefly Hollow; Author: Visit Amazon's T.L. Haddix Page; Review: A DNF for me just before the middle of the book. The time period, characters nor plot were engaging enough for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Drantos (VLG) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: An ok start to a new paranormal romance series. Definitely worth trying out this series if you're a fan of this author, but not her best work.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Heart of Stone: A Beauty and Beast Novel (Gargoyles Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: You got to love a good gargoyle romance. Sexy, compelling and magical paranormal romance that I absolutely loved. Wonderful start to this series!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stone Cold Lover: A Beauty and Beast Novel (Gargoyles Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Another amazing gargoyle paranormal romance. I enjoyed this one even more than the first book. Spar was pretty awesome and Felicity was almost TOO feisty. But they were still hot together.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hard as a Rock: A Beauty and Beast Novel (Gargoyles Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Quite possibly the best book of the series so far. I absolutely loved Knox, adored his chemistry with Wynn, and was enthralled with the world this author created. Amazing!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rocked by Love: A Beauty and Beast Novel (Gargoyles Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Another gargoyle romance that was brilliant. I loved Dag's grumpiness in essence at first, though that did mellow, unfortunately. But what really carried the book was Kylie. I loved her. She was feisty and funny and just perfect for our grumpy Guardian.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hard to Handle: A Beauty and Beast Novel (Gargoyles Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Well, I was surprised when I started reading this addition to the Gargoyle series. I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous four books, but still a decent read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: One Bite With A Stranger (The Others, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: An entertaining, and very sex-orientated, paranormal romance read, but not a whole lot of plot. Later books in the series are much better.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Big Bad Wolf (The Others, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: I loved this novel, I practically finished it 8n one sitting. Missy and Graham were so hot together, my Kindle nearly caught on fire. Explosively sexy!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Black Magic Woman (The Others, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: I loved Asher. I want him for my very own. I liked Daphanie despite questionable decisions on her part. Very excellent addition to the Others!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here (The Others, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Not my favorite book of the Others series, mostly because I didn't really like Danice much. She kept pushing dangerous situations with sarcasm and pushy questions. Mac was likable but a bit bland. But a decent read otherwise.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: On the Prowl: A Novel of The Others; Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: I love the introduction of the tigers! I especially loved Saskia. Nic, I wanted to kill at first. Admittedly, he got much better even if his evolution was way too rushed. Lovely little book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale (The Others, Book 5 ); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: A wonderful addition to the Others series. Entertaining and sexy. But what could be hotter than a Fae warrior named Luc?; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Drive Me Wild: A Novel of The Others; Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: I think Rafe and Tessa are my new favorite couple in the Others series. This addition is quite probably the best so far. I loved the chemistry. The romance. Yummy! I just wish the books had more plot outside the romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hungry Like a Wolf: A Novel of The Others; Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: At first, Honor just pissed me off. For a supposedly intelligent woman she just refused to listen. I loved Logan. I warmed up to Honor. Nice, quick sexy shifter romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wolf at the Door (The Others, Book 9); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: An entertaining and sexy paranormal romance any fan would enjoy. I only wish the plot of this series was more developed. But Sullivan Quinn was hot enough to overlook this flaw and make this read enjoyable.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: She's No Faerie Princess (The Others, Book 10); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Sizzling chemistry and delicious romance made this a very nice read. The plot was decent if this were a standalone novel, but there were some plot inconsistencies from previous books. Like a Fae's immortality problem when loving a mortal. And whatever happened to heartmates from Luc's book? But overall, decent and likable read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Demon You Know (The Others, Book 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: I loved Rule. Adored him. Was thrilled about a demon hero in this series. But I did not like Abby. So selfish and childish with her temper tantrums. She seems like a completely different character at the end of the book, but it doesn't exactly explain why Rule fell for her. But an entertaining read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Howl at the Moon (The Others, Book 12); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Instead of a human woman falling for an Other, this time a human man falls for an Other. I liked both Sam and Noah immensely. Their chemistry was sizzling. Nicely entertaining!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Walk on the Wild Side (The Others, Book 13); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Oddly enough, this book is my favorite. It is completely separated from the cast of the previous Others books and takes place in Las Vegas instead of New York. Maybe it is because of the lack of relationship conflict in this book, which is an area this author doesn't quite excel at. All previous Others who found their mates had more annoying or illogical conflict with their mates. So it was refreshing to have the drama in this book be outside the relationship. Well done, well written paranormal romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: You're So Vein (The Others, Book 14); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Sadly, Available still remains unlikable but she's much better than normal in this book. And Dima and Ava's chemistry was wonderfully hot. I just have issues with how quite a few of Christine Warren's heroines are too stupid to live. Nearly every single one of them do crap any sane woman wouldn't do, even crazy stubborn ones. And I don't mean minor dangerous situations. These women live so far in denial that it's not even funny. Either it's an unimaginative plot device to include these women in dangerous situations so their lives are in danger. However, I did enjoy the read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Born To Be Wild (The Others, Book 15); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Another Others novel that takes place away from New York. While the ending felt rushed and left much to be desired, the rest of the story was damn good. Josie actually had intelligence instead of stubbornness. Entertaining read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Avenging Angel (Fallen); Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: You got to love a paranormal romance with angels. Plus a hot, sexy, dominant panther shifter and you got a kick ass recipe for an addicting, enthralling romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jacob (The Nightwalkers, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: Hot! Seriously hot, and there was actual plot to go along with the romance. Awesome world building and great writing except for a few parts that I felt were a little cheesy. However, it didn't take away from my enjoyment nor diminish the powerful love you actually feel between Bella and Jacob. Loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gideon (The Nightwalkers, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: I love this author. She's always been a great, sappy, lovely read. Admittedly, I loved Jacob and Bella better than this couple, but that's just a matter of taste. Once Gideon got off his robotic, logical high horse, I really started to love him. And Legna was always well-liked. Definitely would recommend this series to any die-hard paranormal romance reader!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Embrace the Dark: The Blood Rose Series (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Caris Roane Page; Review: Lots of sexy moments and a lot a romantic moments revolving around a small plot. Still, an entertaining read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Elijah; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: It took me a bit to get into this book, which is unusual with a Jacquelyn Frank novel, but mostly because I just couldn't see Elijah and Siena together. However, I shouldn't have doubted as it was awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Damien; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: Wow! I'm in love. Damien was hot, Syreena was neat, and Jasmine was a serious pain. Still, loved this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Adam; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: Wow! Just wow. First off, I was seriously upset. How Adam came to be introduced seriously hurt! Then as always, this author delivered an excellent romance with a character I had actively despised in previous books. Excellent book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Noah (Nightwalkers, Book 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: Hot and definitely romance driven, with very little plot progression. I found Noah to be less than his usual beautiful self, and Kestra to be so scared of emotions that it made it hard to like this book as well as the others. However, it wasn't a complete fail as it did engage me quite well. Not bad at all.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ecstasy (Shadowdwellers); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: I absolutely adored this book. Jacob was an outstanding read, but Ms. Frank outdid herself here. I loved Ashla. I really, really loved Trace. Excellent paranormal romance in an extremely complicated Nightwalker society. It was brilliant!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rapture (Shadowdwellers); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: As always with this author, I thoroughly enjoyed this unique and seriously sexy paranormal romance. I absolutely adored this couple! It was explosive and wickedly hot and beautifully romantic. A must read for any Jacquelyn Frank fan.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pleasure (Shadowdwellers); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: Sagan's story was more filler than anything else and wished it could have been longer. On the other hand, Malaya's story was great. Not perfect, but sexy and beautiful. Loved Guin. He made the whole book!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Drop Dead Gorgeous (L.A. Vamps) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Suki McMinn Page; Review: There was a whole lot of tell and not enough show in the three chapters I read. I felt no emotion reading this, except slight annoyance at the writing. Definitely not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Forbidden (Three Worlds Book Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: As usual, there was a lot of world building in the first book. It starts off slow, but picks up later. Hot, steamy and romantic. Excellent read! I think my favorite character was Vincent. ;); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forever: The World of Nightwalkers; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: I seriously liked Jackson/Menes. He's hot, dominant and awesome. Marissa was more just okay. The entire book is about their courtship, with only minor story progression of the series. However, it was sexy, entertaining and compelling.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forsaken: The World of Nightwalkers; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: An awesome read and a great addition to the Nightwalker universe. Leo was a seriously tortured alpha male, which made him seriously yummy. Thrilling rear. But my new favorite character might be Grey.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forged: The World of Nightwalkers; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: Gargoyle romances, you've got to love them. And I seriously loved Kat. And Ahnvil. Both were great characters. Just awesome. With enough sex and emotional scenes to keep any romance fan happy. Plus, Bella and Jacob! Now, I really wish Grey would get his own romance.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nightwalker (World of Nightwalkers); Author: Visit Amazon's Jacquelyn Frank Page; Review: The book felt rushed. Like the author just wanted to finish the series. I would have loved to see Grey's book, or more about the phoenixes. Even the romance seemed crammed into like three days. Now this was a good read, but my least favorite book of the entire Nightwalker universe. Luckily, Kamen and his lady were likeable, the romance nice, and the actual writing was decent. Still, this makes me sad.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fantasy Lover; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: An awesomealmost beginning to the Dark Hunter series. I absolutely adored Julian and I found Grace to be a perfect match for him. Hot and sexy read with an awesome plot. Definitely worth the read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dragonswan; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: A great, short read in the Dark-Hunter/Were-Hunter universe. And honestly, who DOESN'T love dragon shifters? Short and sexy and sweet.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Even rereading this series, I fell in love with Kyrian all over again. Sherrilyn Kenyon knows how to deliver such deliciously tortured men for us to enjoy. Amanda wasn't found lacking either. Excellent read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Talon was definitely as hot and tortured as any romance fan wants in a male protagonist, but his romantic interest was too cute for words. So forgetful and so cute. Brilliant addition to the Dark-Hunter universe and wonderful plot progression to make sure you are dying for the next book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Phantom Lover (Dream-Hunter Novels) - Kindle edition; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Oooh! Loved this one. The romance happened super fast, but that's to be expected in a short story. However, I loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dance with the Devil (Dark-Hunter, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Oh my God! The ultimate tortured hero. Astrid was perfect for Z, and I stayed up way too late rereading this. It just so happens to be one of my favorite Dark-Hunter books. Just... wow!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Another awesome addition to the Dark-Hunter universe. I adored the look into the Apollite/Daimon life. I loved Cassandra. But I especially adored Wulf and his overprotective attitude. So freaking good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Night Play (Dark-Hunter, Book 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: You can't help but love Vane for being so enthralled by a curvy woman!! Bride was amazing as well, if a tad insecure, but it was realistic and that made the romance that much more realistic, despite the male protagonist being a werewolf.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sins of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 8), Cover may vary; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: With Danger and Alexion being outside the usual crew, I wasn't sure if I was going to love this book. But I shouldn't have doubted SK. A wonderfully written addition to the Dark-Hunter Universe, and it was smoking!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Chick Reawakening; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Awesome! Amazing! Fabulous! Truly a beautiful fairy tale romance. I absolutely adored this novella addition to the Rock Chick series. Marcus was hot, Daisy was super, and the ending had me in tears. Happy tears, of course!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Dark-Hunter Companion (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Excellent read for any Dark-Hunter fan! A definite must have if you read this series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Unbound; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Too short! This could have been an amazing novel, but that is my only complaint. For a novella, this was a wonderful love story for a tortured hero. I couldn't put it down!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Unleash the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 9); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: OMG! I loved Wren. Like completely, helplessly, and hopelessly fell in love with him. Just... so awesome. Maggie was pretty neat, too, but Wren... wow.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Uncharted: Brides of the Kindred 18 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 18); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: A nice, enjoyable read if you can ignore the fact the Brides of the Kindred novels all follow the same recipe. Just don't binge read them. You'll get bored and annoyed. I'm simply happy the heroine wasn't whiny. Good read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Unbound: Brides of the Kindred 19 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 19); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: The Hive is major ick. But I do want to know what's coming! With this author, same Kindred formula as the other books. So entertaining but not thrilling. Decent read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Severed: Alien Mate Index book 4 (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: I do feel EA needs to add some variety to her series. After a few of them, you do get annoyed at the astounding number of similarities to every other book she's written. But on it's own, this book was a fun read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Red Wolf (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: I had a hard time getting into this one. I also didn't really connect with the romance very well. I liked the book, the plot, the characters, but it just lacked chemistryto me. Still, great read that I fully enjoyed once I was able to get into the book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Hot (Hidden Legacy); Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Wow! Just wow. I don't know how they do it, but they create the BEST slightly insane protagonists ever. Rogan is coming close to Curran's status as my favorite protective, control freak. I just love him. Nevada as well, because she's just pure awesome, but Rogan makes my breath catch. I am never disappointed with an Ilona Andrews book. Can't wait for the next one!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Winter Halo (An Outcast Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Ending left me dying for more. Gah! What else frustrated me was serious lack of progress in the romance between Tiger and Jonas. But the book was filled with action and kept you at the edge of your seat. Awesome.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Surrendered: Brides of the Kindred 20 (Volume 20); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: A good read. Entertaining, sexy and likable characters. Dunno, just expected more chemistry between the two protagonists. More feeling I guess. Though the hint of the shadow twin getting his own story in the future was awesome.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Shadow Bound; Author: Visit Amazon's Erin Kellison Page; Review: This was an amazing book! I read this as part of the Dark and Dangerous Box Set and I was completely blown away. Such a brilliant and unique paranormal romance. I don't even have the words to describe the amazing world this author created. I will definitely read more by her!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Seduce: Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance Series; Author: Visit Amazon's Felicity Heaton Page; Review: My question is why use the word elite? It literally means the best of the best. More of an upper class than the lowest it's used here. It bugged me the entire read. However, I did enjoy the sexy romance. Short, erotic and entertaining.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tempted by Fire: Dragons of Bloodfire; Author: Visit Amazon's Erin Kellison Page; Review: Dragon shifters... I don't really need to say more, do I? Lovely romance that was way too short, but the world building and writing were phenomenal for such a short piece.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blood Flame (The Flame Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Caris Roane Page; Review: A very entertaining beginning to a paranormal romance series. The romance was sweet, the plot was engaging, if a tad predictable. Still a good read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Her Sinful Angel: Her Angel Romance Series; Author: Visit Amazon's Felicity Heaton Page; Review: Very entertaining, if seriously unbelievable characterizations. It isn't of a romance you'd think of with regard to Lucifer. It was an okay read, if you don't mind your dark and powerful king of hell acting like a smitten school boy.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Resurrection of Sam Sloan (Beyond); Author: Visit Amazon's Erin Quinn Page; Review: Wow. I really wasn't sure if I would like this story, but crazily enough, I seriously adored it. So sweet and the romantic connection was amazingly well done. A great read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wildfire: A Hidden Legacy Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Wow. Ilona Andrews books have never failed to amaze me and this is definitely no exception. Brilliant! Plus Rogan is fast becoming one of my all time favorite characters. Curran is also on that list. Great read!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dark Side of the Moon (Dark-Hunter, Book 10); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Absolutely perfect characterization! Susan was freaking great with her sarcastic quips and I fell in love with Ravyn immediately. Together they were sizzling. Add an amazing plot and nifty world, you can't go wrong with this book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rebel's Desire: Iron Portal #4 (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurie London Page; Review: Nice little paranormal romance story. The idea of two different worlds, the Talents, and the characters made for an entertaining read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Raging Dawn: Max Denton (The Gardella Vampire Hunters); Author: Visit Amazon's Colleen Gleason Page; Review: An interesting type of vampire novel. The time period isn't one I usually enjoy, but the story was excellent. It was a little hard for me to get into, though. Still a nice read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Vampire Voss (A Book of the Regency Draculia); Author: Visit Amazon's Colleen Gleason Page; Review: Seriously liked this one! I don't usually read much historical romance, even of the paranormal kind, but Colleen Gleason has a way with romance. She can make two awesome characters instantly attract each other in a beautiful was. Plus Voss was awesome.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Mating Challenge: Werewolves of Montana, Book 5 (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Bonnie Vanak Page; Review: A decent paranormal romance read. Hot alpha shifter meets equally alpha female. I guess that's how it was supposed to be. I didn't think the big secret was all that big. Why hide the disease from Aiden? There was an iffy reason for hiding a twin, but none for the disease. But entertaining read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Diablo Springs; Author: Visit Amazon's Erin Quinn Page; Review: I seriously loved this one. Spooky, suspenseful and romantic. I couldn't put it down.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance (Mammoth Books); Author: Visit Amazon's Trisha Telep Page; Review: Very nice collection of short vampire romance stories. Most were pretty amazing. My favorites include the stories by Keri Arthur, Colleen Gleason, Vicki Pettersson, and Rachel Vincent but there were quite a few others I liked as well.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hexed; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: A pretty damn good anthology by some of my favorite urban fantasy authors. A must read for fans of Kate Daniels, the Otherworld, and Stormwalker series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Must Love Hellhounds; Author: Visit Amazon's Ilona Andrews Page; Review: Awesome anthology by three of my favorite authors! Any fan of the Guild Hunter, Guardian or Kate Daniels Series will definitely want to read this. Pure Bliss! Plus Sir Pup!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: One for the Money; Author: Jeaniene Frost; Review: Excellent short story from the Night Huntress Series. Cat and Bones are superb together!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Night Shift; Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I don't think I have ever rated each and every story in an anthology 5 stars before, so this is a first. Definitely a must read for fans of any of these authors. Seriously, buy it now!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dark and Stormy Knights: A Paranormal Fantasy Anthology; Author: Visit Amazon's P. N. Elrod Page; Review: Excellent anthology by some seriously awesome authors. I wouldn't rate any of these below 4 stars. My favorites were the stories by Ilona Andrews, Rachel Caine, Vicki Pettersson, and Carrie Vaughn. Great read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: An Apple for the Creature; Author: Visit Amazon's Charlaine Harris Page; Review: Excellent anthology with only two stories I wouldn't rate 5 stars. If you're a fan of any of these authors, you should probably grab a copy. Especially Ilona Andrews fans, which is why I picked this one up. Awesome collection of stories!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hex Appeal; Author: Visit Amazon's P. N. Elrod Page; Review: A very good anthology by a wide array of great authors. I sincerely liked every story, most I loved. Definitely check out Ilona Andrews and Jim Butcher's contributions.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Supernatural; Author: Visit Amazon's Larissa Ione Page; Review: This is one of my all-time favorite anthologies. It includes some of my favorite authors and their amazing worlds. Honestly, any fan of these authors needs to read this one!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2; Author: Visit Amazon's Trisha Telep Page; Review: Amazing collection of short vampire romance stories. All were entertaining and some were down right brilliant. Excellent read if you like short stories.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sinful Surrender (Aegis Security); Author: Visit Amazon's Elisabeth Naughton Page; Review: Holy crap! How have I not read anything by this author before? I am feeling quite dumb about now. Wonderful romantic suspense story. More importantly, Brian is HOT!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sinful Seduction (Red Stone Security Series) (Volume 8); Author: Visit Amazon's Katie Reus Page; Review: Ooh! Pretty impressive romance suspense novella. I've never read this author before, but I am definitely impressed. The plot was engaging, the chemistry was explosive and the writing was damn good.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Angels of Darkness; Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Excellent collection of stories by three of my favorite authors, plus a nice introduction to a new one. Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook, and Nalini Singh in one book. You can bet this one is worth the read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Magical Christmas Cat; Author: Visit Amazon's Lora Leigh Page; Review: Very nice Christmas anthology. Nalini Singh and Lora Leigh's stories were my favorites out of the four, but all of them were good.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Burning Up (Berkley Sensation); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Knight Page; Review: Excellent collection of stories from some awesome authors. Seriously good stories here. Nalini Singh and Meljean Brook's contributions were my favorites, especially. Definitely worth picking up this collection.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Here There Be Monsters; Author: Meljean Brook; Review: Excellent! I don't normally read steampunk but I loved Meljean Brook's paranormal romance and this one is no different. I just adored it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: An Enchanted Season; Author: Visit Amazon's Maggie Shayne Page; Review: Good read, especially if you are a fan of Nalini Singh's books. Erin McCarthy's story was also very good. The other two were simply okay.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Blood Red Kiss; Author: Visit Amazon's Kresley Cole Page; Review: Quite possibly the best anthology ever. All three stories were five stars. All three authors are brilliant. You can't go wrong with this one!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: No Rest for the Witches; Author: Visit Amazon's MaryJanice Davidson Page; Review: Pretty decent collection of short stories. My favorite was Christine Warren's addition. Definitely an entertaining read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: To Kiss In the Shadows; Author: Visit Amazon's Lynn Kurland Page; Review: I loved this story. I only wish it was longer. Excellent historical romance.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tapestry; Author: Visit Amazon's Lynn Kurland Page; Review: Excellent anthology of historical romance and historical paranormal romance. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every story. Especially Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dragonswan.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Pleasures; Author: Visit Amazon's Amanda Ashley Page; Review: Pretty good anthology. I picked this one up because of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Phantom Lover and enjoyed the other stories, though not as much. Still a good read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Branded by Fire (Psy-Changelings, Book 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I love this author. I love this series. I loved this book! A wolf and a leopard and it worked perfectly.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blaze of Memory (Psy-Changelings, Book 7); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Very awesome addition to one of my favorite series. Dev and Katya we're combustible and so angst-ridden, I actually teared up at the end despite having read this before!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Absinthe; Author: Visit Amazon's Winter Renshaw Page; Review: A very good contemporary romance. It invoked actual emotion during the read, which is always good. I only felt the ending was too... Quick. And lacking in some drama I would have liked to see resolved.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tycoon; Author: Visit Amazon's Katy Evans Page; Review: Amazing read! I was enthralled from the very first chapter. Must read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Drunk Dial; Author: Visit Amazon's Penelope Ward Page; Review: Riveting contemporary romance standalone I read in one sitting. Seriously a fun read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Full Package; Author: Visit Amazon's Lauren Blakely Page; Review: Fun, light-hearted contemporary romance you can't help but adore.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Knocked Up Plan; Author: Visit Amazon's Lauren Blakely Page; Review: Pretty freaking good. Light-hearted, entertaining and fun. Loved it. And the chemistry, wow!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cobweb Bride; Author: Visit Amazon's Vera Nazarian Page; Review: A DNF for me. Interesting idea and well written but started out so slowly that by chapter 3 I was so bored.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Frog Prince (Faerie Tale Collection) (Volume 8); Author: Visit Amazon's Jenni James Page; Review: A DNF for me. When the princess started acting insane, I quit. Just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Legend of the Bloodstone; Author: Visit Amazon's E.B. Brown Page; Review: So much potential! But I was seriously upset at the plot in the middle of the book and Maggie was almost too stupid to live in regards to her stubborn need to rebel every order she was given. Still, intriguing and entertaining.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Soul Mate: Holy Trinity Trilogy (The Holy Trinity) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Madeline Sheehan Page; Review: I'm not sure if I love this or hate it. I feel so much sympathy for Gerik and Xan and Trinity. I love all three of them, yet I want to kill them too. I'm so confused and my heart hurts. Though damn good read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ashes Reborn (A Souls of Fire Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: I love this author. However, this book fell short for me. I feel the normal romance is missing from this urban fantasy. I feel an event was down played way too much in this novel. But despite that, I enjoyed the read. The author can build worlds you can't help but love.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Games of Fate (Fate Fire Shifter Dragon) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kris Austen Radcliffe Page; Review: I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It was an excellent, unique paranormal type romance. I was enthralled from the first chapter.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Play of Passion (Psy/Changelings); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Excellent freaking series. Quite possibly one of my favorites ever, though I do love the Guild Hunter Series more. Drew and Indy fit together so well in spite of my doubts. So good.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Declaration of Courtship; Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: So nice to see a submissive wolf character. Different and yet still so freaking awesome. I love Cooper and Grace!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kiss of Snow (Psy/Changeling); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Hawke's book! Squee! I don't think I need say more. Just... Freaking wow!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Invitation: A Psy-Changeling Collection (Psy/Changelings); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Four short stories from the Psy-Changeling series in one book! Great read! You can't go wrong with Nalini Singh and her romances.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Centauri Dawn: Centauri Series, Book One; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Woolf Page; Review: A DNF for me. Silly. Enough said.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: We Own Tonight; Author: Visit Amazon's Corinne Michaels Page; Review: Freaking great read. Sweet, sexy and emotional. Eli and Heather were just too cute together. Loved it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shacking Up; Author: Visit Amazon's Helena Hunting Page; Review: Wow! Seriously freaking good. I loved Bane. I definitely wouldn't throw him out of bed for eating crackers. Hotness. Completely devoured this book in one sitting.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sugar (Wrecked series); Author: Visit Amazon's Mandi Beck Page; Review: Now, country music isn't my thing nor do I ogle the singers, but wow, Beau would have me changing my religion!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lucky Number Eleven; Author: Visit Amazon's Adriana Locke Page; Review: Pretty freaking good! I loved this couple. I had warm fuzzies! Nice feel-good read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tangle of Need (Psy/Changeling); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Excellent read, as usual from this author. Though this isn't a favorite in the series, it was still freaking good. I just found our couple lacking in chemistry I think.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Heart of Obsidian (Psy/Changelings); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: One of my favorite Psy-Changeling novels. I waited patiently for Kaleb's book and even rereading it, I was again in awe of how amazing it was. Abso-freaking-lutely spectacular read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wild Embrace (Psy/Changeling Collection, A); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Excellent collection of Psy-Changeling novellas. I love anything this author creates so it is really no surprise that I adored this book. Especially Kenji.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling Novel, A); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Amazing addition to the Psy-Changeling series. I fell in love with Vasic several novels ago and couldn't be happier about his book. I can't tell you how much I loved this one!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Archangel's Viper (A Guild Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: This is my favorite Nalini Singh series. I love this series with a passion you would not believe. In fact, it is one of my all-time favorite series EVER. This series has one of my all-time favorite couples ever, Raphael and Elena. That said, I don't think I can ever be disappointed by a new Guild Hunter novel. And I wasn't! Viper and Holly were seriously fun together despite the serious plot, which I think suited Viper perfectly. Amazing read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shards of Hope (Psy-Changeling Novel, A); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Another fabulous addition to the Psy-Changeling series. While the previous two books were quickly added to my favorites from this series, this one wasn't a disappointment either. Great plot and wonderful characters that you can't help but care about.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Allegiance of Honor (Psy-Changeling Novel, A); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: An excellent catch-up novel. Just enough plot moving forward to keep me interested, but the novel was mostly an epilogue for the Psy-Changeling series as it moves on into a new series. Very well done and so sweet how happy our favorite couples are. Loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Silver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: I always have high hopes for this author and she never disappoints, but even with a familiar world, she made it feel brand spanking new! It helps that now we have bears. I loved this book, this couple and I loved the bears. I am thrilled with the direction this series is going. Can't wait for more!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Will (The Magdalene Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Beautiful! I loved this story so much! Josie and Jake were just too perfect. Add in the hot as hell locker room scene and you have one freaking amazing romance!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Soaring (The Magdalene Series) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Second time reading this and I'm just as in love with Mickey and Amy as I was the first time. Such a awesome book that kept me up way too late... AGAIN!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Time in Between (The Magdalene Series) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Excellent conclusion to a freaking awesome series. Coert and Cady were brilliant and so freaking sweet. It was also super neat to have cameos from the Rock Chick series included. I mean, it's tradition by now to at least have some crossover with the Rock Chicks! Overall, amazing and enthralling read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Unleashed: A Midnight Breed Novella; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Great, quick paranormal romance that will leave you dying for more. I only wish it could have been longer as it left me feeling that the romance was rushed. All in all, great little story!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Dream-Hunter (A Dream-Hunter Novel, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Great read! A must-read for any Dark-Hunter fan. Of course, it isn't one of my favorite books in the series, but still an excellent one.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Devil May Cry (Dark-Hunter, Book 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: A snarky, sexy paranormal romance in a favorite series. I seriously enjoyed it, even if I was annoyed that Sin couldn't see how much Kat's mother manipulated her during the incident. Yeah, be upset she didn't come clean but he saw the memory! Gah. Yet, still couldn't put the book down!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dream Chaser (A Dream-Hunter Novel, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: WOW! I freaking love this book. Just couldn't put it down. Xypher was a perfect blend of sarcastic jerk and tortured hero. Definitely a must read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: So much heart-rending crap in the first half of the book. Even reading this book a second time, it was painful! Tory and Ash are currently my favorite Dark-Hunter couple because of how freaking perfect they are together.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: One Silent Night (A Dark-Hunter Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: I actually really liked this book, which is kind of weird as I still don't like Stryker. And wasn't really in love with Zephyra either. Though I will admit I have softened towards Stryker now. However, story progression and plot and the romance somehow made me love this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dream Warrior (Dream-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: I really, really liked Jericho. A lot. Plus excellent story, great setting, awesome characters and you have a wonderful book. I only wish the romance would have been better expanded on.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Nice addition to the Dark-Hunter universe here. It was great to finally read Aimee and Fang's romance. The buildup was killer! Now, my only issue is as a series keeps growing an author needs to keep adding new elements to keep it from getting stale. Which SK definitely does, absolutely. But there is so freaking much new stuff it can get confusing sometimes, especially the cast of characters. You don't even get used to the current cast before ten more are added. I myself have no problems with books repeating scenes from different characters perspectives. I actually like knowing what was going on during those times. So yes, still like this series.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Retribution (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Great read and entertaining, though more action adventure than romance. And I kinda wish we were finding out about Malachis and even hell chasers at this point instead of adding more mythology to this series. Especially out of nowhere. Can't we stick to a theme until their plot is finished. This is beginning to feel a lot like SK developed ADHD here. So only reason why this very excellent book isn't 5 stars is because I wish we could stay with one mythos for more than two books.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Guardian (Dream-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: So in comes the Egyptians, which is good because Ma'at was introduced in previous books. Only disappointed that the book was about two entirely new characters. Otherwise, this was an excellent read. I really enjoyed Seth. I am confused as to why they added Lydia being mute as it lasted all of like three pages. But otherwise, great read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Guardian; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: So in comes the Egyptians, which is good because Ma'at was introduced in previous books. Only disappointed that the book was about two entirely new characters. Otherwise, this was an excellent read. I really enjoyed Seth. I am confused as to why they added Lydia being mute as it lasted all of like three pages. But otherwise, great read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Time Untime (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Entertaining, but not my favorite. I liked Ren. I liked Kateri. I liked them together. I just wish they had... more. It is a bit interesting how SK merged Mayan, Cherokee, and Greek mythology. Entertaining read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Born of Ice (League, No 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: So holy crap, huge freaking book. And I was seriously excited to see the other half of the story, even though I went into this book disliking Styxx. Of course, because his past is even more heartbreaking than Acheron's, you feel so much for him. And while I liked Ryssa in Acheron, this book she'd a whole different light on her. Other than some of the hugely powerful evil gods, I do believe Ryssa is now my least favorite character. Poor Styxx! And the fact that despite his horrific past, Styxx came out of it a better man than even our favorite Dark-Hunter leader... I mean, Acheron, you bonehead! So tragic in so many ways. Definitely a great book!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dark Bites: A Short Story Collection (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: An amazing collection of short stories by a favorite author. Almost exclusively Dark-Hunter stories, this collection is a must have for fans of the series. Plus two other non-paranormal stories that I loved. Excellent read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Son of No One (The Dark-Hunter World); Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon (author); Review: Now adding King Arthur mythology! Okay, now I would not be adverse to adding this mythology stuff so much if it was done a little more slowly. And less cluttered. Aside from that, I do feel the romance took a back seat to the mythology being explained. Now I love world building in my paranormal romances, but I read it primarily for the romance and this one left me wanting in that area. On the flipside, I liked Cade and Jo. The writing drew me in. It entertained me. But by the end, I had wanted more relationship, less mythology and action.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dragonbane (The Dark-Hunter World); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Excellent storytelling, but a lacking romance. I loved how SK went back to know characters and expanded on them some. I love that we get a dragon! I just wish the romance was expanded on more.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dragonmark (The Dark-Hunter World); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: I don't even know what to say here.... I do not mind rereading scenes from different perspectives (for example Acheron and Styxx's books), but when most of the book is from other books, not a new perspective and the romance almost none existent except in the beginning. Illy got seriously shafted for his book. The reunion was so boring and lackluster, and that was the only reason I kept reading! Gah... Why, SK, why?!; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Dragonsworn: A Dark-Hunter Novel (Dark-Hunter Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: I am so freaking glad this one wasn't like the previous book. I loved Falcyn. I loved Medea. I was actually happy at the romance in this book. However, all the mythological beings and terms and stuff still get hugely confusing. Highly entertaining read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding; Author: Visit Amazon's P. N. Elrod Page; Review: A very good read for fans of Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, just to name a few. A nice collection of short stories sure to make you think twice before getting married. You know, just in case the wedding is crashed by gods, banshees, or other supernatural guests.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Klaus; Author: Visit Amazon's Michelle Erickson Page; Review: A DNF for me. It was decently written, but while I enjoy some insta-love romances (mainly destined mates or reincarnated lovers, etc), this one instantly turned me off at that point. It came on suddenly and out of nowhere, very ackward. It maybe explained later in the book to make me accept it better, but I wasn't really engaged in the story by then anyway.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Love at First Bite; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: Very nice collection of paranormal romance stories. I picked this one up for Sherrilyn Kenyon's contribution, but I enjoyed them all. Even the two historical ones. Excellent collection for any paranormal romance fan.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association; Author: Visit Amazon's Kevin J. Anderson Page; Review: I read this because of Sherrilyn Kenyon's contribution. To be fair to this collection, I am not a reader of horror or comedy. I read a lot, almost all of it romantic in nature. If you're looking for that, this is not the book for you. However, there were a few stories I liked. Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, and Sharyn McCrumb delivered the best stories, in my opinion. The rest were just there and I am glad theyou were short.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dead After Dark; Author: Visit Amazon's Sherrilyn Kenyon Page; Review: As I am a huge fan of three of the four authors in this anthology, I may be a bit biased, but I loved every story of this collection. Every single one. That is so rare in a collection of shorts like this. My favorite has to be The Story of Son by J.R. Ward, but none of these authors disappointed.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hard Breaker: A Beauty and Beast Novel (Gargoyles Series); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: I love Gargoyles. I'm sad the series ended without the seventh getting his own story. But it was about time, I suppose, that the world got saved. Definitely enjoyed the read, though I wasn't as fired up about Baen and Ivy as some of the other Gargoyles and 'Maidens'. But a worthy read for any paranormal romance fan.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Healing the Broken: A Brides of the Kindred Christmas Novel (The Brides of the Kindred); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Fun, entertaining sci-fi erotica novel in the Brides of the Kindred series. I definitely liked Sarah a little more than most of the Brides, maybe because of her past. Read if you like this author's usual brand of sex and crazy outlandish alien sexual customs.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cherish Hard (Hard Play) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Nalini Singh Page; Review: Excellent contemporary romance by one of my all-time favorite authors and I was dying to read it. Now, I am seriously in love with every series by this author. And as a standalone romance, this book is excellent. However, compared to the Rock Kiss series, this book is rather forgettable. I mean, it was a fun, engaging read that I devoured rather quickly, but no fan girl moments like when I fell in love with Raphael and Elena or Fox and Molly. But still, seriously awesome.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Complicated; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Seriously, seriously in love with this book. I don't even know what to say about it. I stayed up too late trying to read it all in one sitting (and failed), but I seriously didn't want to put it down. I mean no one REALLY needs sleep, right? I lover Hix and Greta. I adore this author, yes, even her newer books. I'm going to have to do another massive KA reread again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kissing Steel: Ellora's Cave; Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: A decent, entertaining sci-fi erotica novel. This series doesn't live up to the New Species series, but it isn't horrible. Just a quick, mindless sexy read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: When I first read this series years ago, I fell in love. Now, rereading it, I remember exactly why. I love super, scary, tortured alpha vampires finding love and turning into pussy cats in their woman's hands. So freaking awesome. So... awesome.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Seriously freaking good. Mary and Rhage were just amazing, though there were a few times I wanted to slap Mary. However, I have never been dying so can't decide if I wouldn't do the same things. And can I just say, I may have fallen in love with the dragon more than I probably should have? Though, I did love the first book more.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Black Tide (An Outcast Novel) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Keri Arthur Page; Review: Oh my word... I received an ARC of this and I am in awe. I tried so hard to wait until closer to the release date to read this, but I couldn't hold out anymore! What can I say about this book? It has all of the excellence you expect from a Keri Arthur novel. Great world building, realistic and likable characters, and amazing plot. Is this the end to the series? Could be, it left me feeling finished. My only complaint was the lack of romantic connection that the Riley Jensen and Dark Angel series had. The connection was distant though it was present and left me wanting more in that area. Still, I couldn't put it down. Excellent! 4.5 stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Excellent read, despite not being fired up to read this one. Marissa and Butch didn't torque my wrench, but I was still engaged and entertained. Add some series story progression, you definitely don't want to miss reading it, though.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Perfect! Along with Z and Wrath, V is a huge favorite and I am so freaking glad that Jane was just perfect for him. This was an amazing read and I freaking adored it!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: For 100 Days (100 Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I read this book so fast, I think I have jetlag. Not sure how that works, but it did! Seriously excellent billionaire contemporary romance that I could not put down. Definitely picking up book two.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: For 100 Nights: A 100 Series Novel (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: Hot, sexy, obsessive attraction with a huge reveal at the end. Now I love these two, and Nick definitely deserves a huge amount of anger directed at him. But it felt abrupt and for the wrong reasons. I could see anger at the manipulation, but my god, woman, he went to a lot of trouble doing all of that, he had no right, but obviously he feels something real. Why doubt his feelings? Doubt trusting him, doubt his morals, be angry but his feelings, yeah no...; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: For 100 Reasons: A 100 Series Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I seriously enjoyed this series. Excellently done. Lots of hot and sexy times, lots of angst. This series doesn't make me crave more, and there isn't anything hugely special about it, unlike the Midnight Breed series, but I did love the read. I lovedHot, sexy, obsessive attraction with a huge reveal at the end. Now I love these two, and Nick definitely deserves a huge amount of anger directed at him. But it felt abrupt and for the wrong reasons. I could see anger at the manipulation, but my god, woman, he went to a lot of trouble doing all of that, he had no right, but obviously he feels something real. Why doubt his feelings? Doubt trusting him, doubt his morals, be angry but his feelings, yeah no... Nick. I loved Avery. They were smoking hot together!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: For 100 Reasons: A 100 Series Novel (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Lara Adrian Page; Review: I seriously enjoyed this series. Excellently done. Lots of hot and sexy times, lots of angst. This series doesn't make me crave more, and there isn't anything hugely special about it, unlike the Midnight Breed series, but I did love the read. I lovedHot, sexy, obsessive attraction with a huge reveal at the end. Now I love these two, and Nick definitely deserves a huge amount of anger directed at him. But it felt abrupt and for the wrong reasons. I could see anger at the manipulation, but my god, woman, he went to a lot of trouble doing all of that, he had no right, but obviously he feels something real. Why doubt his feelings? Doubt trusting him, doubt his morals, be angry but his feelings, yeah no... Nick. I loved Avery. They were smoking hot together!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hookup (Moonlight and Motor Oil Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: This author can do no wrong. Every single book I have read by this author is pure gold. I love Izzy and Johnny. I love their story. I love the idea of a new series! Must read if you are a KA fan.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: #Delete; Author: Visit Amazon's Sandi Lynn Page; Review: Decent read, some cheesy dialogue with a predictable plot, but entertaining. I liked the concept, but it was a bit 'too perfect'. Everything Christian touched turned gold before they met, everything Eloise did turned gold as their relationship unfolds, so it's not very realistic and kind of immature writing. But it isn't bad, just don't expect anything worth remembering except the #Delete concept.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Heaven and Hell; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Just wow! I forgot how amazing this one is. Sam was freaking awesome. The subject was serious, but I adored how this author handled everything. Plus it's everything you love about Kristen Ashley in a book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Play it Safe (The Colorado Plains Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: What can I say? I have yet to find a novel by this author I don't love. Every single book is a masterpiece of emotion, from love, lust, friendship and family. I loved Gray. Seriously hot cowboy meets seriously hot, vulnerable girl. Love this book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wraithsong: Desirable Creatures, Book I (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's E. J. Squires Page; Review: A DNF for me. I just couldn't get passed the writing. Wasn't horrible, just bland and awkward.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Transcendence; Author: Visit Amazon's Shay Savage Page; Review: A very unique love story you can't help but enjoy. I did enjoy the story and the characters, very much actually. Seriously well-written and thought out. My only issue was that nothing really happened outside of the romance story. No dramas, no action, nothing really then everyday life. There was only one dangerous situation and one worrying scene. I also felt that Ehd should have probably been more savage than he was, mostly based off my recollection of prehistoric peoples, especially as he was fending for himself at first. Still, excellent read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide; Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Any BDB fan must pick this up. Such a great addition to the series, especially the short story about Zsadist and Bella. However, the entire book was definitely worth the read. Everything you wanted to know about the first six or seven novels, right here!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Three Wishes; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: This author can do no wrong. Seriously. Unlike most of this author's other novels, this one is more of an emotional roller-coaster, but in a good way. Nate and Lily were beautiful to read about. Heart-rending at times, but awesome. Very glad PassionFlix is planning to make a movie out of this one!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Edge of Danger; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Switching from contemporary romance to paranormal romance within the same series was odd to me. However the author makes it worth the read with an excellent pair of lovers.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 8); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Not my favorite in the BDB series, but definitely excellently written. I love the characters and the world JR Ward has created. Honestly, my only gripe with this book was how many storylines were going on. I've never been a fan of how many lesser scenes are in the books, but I could see why the Lash storyline was included. As well as the Darius/Torhment past scenes, and obviously the main couple. But throw in Blay/Quinn/Saxton and Payne's storyline, I felt John and Xhex got shafted. Still good read.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blush; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Great romantic suspense read. This book is quite the deviation from the normal Cherry Adair I have read before, but I enjoyed it very much. Hitman and billionaire CEO. Nice!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Spell For Chameleon (The Magic of Xanth, Volume One); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Castle Roogna (Xanth, No. 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Centaur Aisle (The Magic of Xanth, No. 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ogre, Ogre (The Magic of Xanth, No. 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Golem in the Gears (The Magic of Xanth, Book 9); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dragon on a Pedestal; Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Night Mare (The Magic of Xanth, No. 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Source of Magic (Xanth); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crewel Lye (Xanth); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vale of the Vole (Xanth, No. 10); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Heaven Cent (Xanth, No. 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Demons Don't Dream (Xanth, No. 16); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Yon Ill Wind (Xanth Novels); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zombie Lover (Xanth, No. 22); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Faun & Games (Xanth); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Roc and a Hard Place (The Magic of Xanth); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Man from Mundania (Xanth, No. 12); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Color of Her Panties (Xanth #15); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Question Quest (Xanth, No. 14); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Isle of View (Xanth, No. 13); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harpy Thyme (Xanth); Author: Piers Anthony; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Geis of the Gargoyle (Xanth, No. 18); Author: Visit Amazon's Piers Anthony Page; Review: Excellent read when I was a teenager!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 9); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Wow. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. While Payne had seemed interesting in previous books, I wasn't quite sure I would like this pairing. But I really, really did. It wasn't because of Payne, though. Manny completely stole the show and I loved it. Add in the introduction of a new band of 'enemies' and I was hooked!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hot Ice: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: This is my favorite T-FLAC novel yet. Not my favorite T-FLAC member, but Taylor was awesome!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Heat (The Men of T-FLAC, Book 11); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A nice enjoyable read on a rainy day. I really liked Max.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Kiss and Tell; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A nice, entertaining romance with plenty of action!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: In Too Deep (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A nice read! Both Michael and Tally were entertaining as hell!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: On Thin Ice; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Although I felt Lily was practically delusional in her denial of Derek, as always the author delivers an engaging love story.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Edge of Fear (The Men of T-FLAC: The Edge Brothers, Book 9); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Despite the oddness of wizards in the T-FLAC world, I really liked this addition to the series. Caleb and Heather were perfect!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Edge of Darkness (The Men of T-FLAC: The Edge Brothers, Book 10); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: The last of the Edge books is a great read. Although, I still find it odd to have wizards in the TFLAC world, but it works.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Night Shadow: A Novel (T-FLAC: Night Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: I still think it's weird having wizards in the TFLAC world, but like a crash, you're pulled in by the great writing and can't help but keep going. However, this was my least favorite of the Night books.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Night Fall: A Novel (T-FLAC: Night Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: I loved the interaction between Simon and Kess, despite the weirdness of having wizards in the TFLAC world. I think more psychic and Less magic would have fit better. Ah well.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Night Secrets: A Novel (T-FLAC: Night Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Other than the fact I still find wizards in the TFLAC world weird and the half wizard stuff that's different from the Edge books, I did really enjoy this read. This book definitely kept me up past my bedtime.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hide and Seek (Random House Large Print); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A very nice read even if I did want to shoot the heroine for being bloody stubborn sometimes!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Out of Sight (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: An awesome read with an awesome heroine! I love A.J.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hush; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Out of all of Ms. Adair's books, this has got to be the best one I've read yet! Zak is freaking awesome!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Afterglow (Lodestone); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A great read in an entirely different series than the TFLAC series and I was not disappointed! I loved the chemistry in this book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Black Magic (Pocket Star Books Fiction); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Entertaining, paranormal romantic suspense book that is part of the same world as the T-FLAC series. Enough romance and suspense to keep you going, but not,memorable enough that I will reread or recommend it. That said, good read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Take Me; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: An entertaining, heartwarming romance read. If you're in the mood for a quick, steamy romance read, then this one is a good choice for a mindless few hours.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: As always, J.R. Ward writes a great, in depth novel with nearly too much plot. First, I did love the Tohr/Autumn romance, for the most part. It's been stated from the first book in this series that a male could have more than one shellan at a time, though I am uncertain if males bond with more than one at a time. So I had no problems with a new love for Tohr. I even liked Autumn, despite her servitude tendencies. My issue with their romance was it took all year going no where, then felt rushed at the end. Like Tohr just announced his love. He TOLD us readers, he never showed it. At all. Secondly, Wells wasn't in the Fade because of a lack of Fade cerimony and no one could figure this out?! WTF?! And telling Tohr it's because he loved her too much, what bull crap. The Scribe Virgin's vampire race has bonded males who have huge instinctive needs of feeding and sheltering and caring for their shellans. In fact, in Father Mine, Bella asked about a bonded males ability to love their young. To a bonded male, nothing is more loved then their female, not even their young, though they do love their young. But... Tohr is holding on too much?! So yeah, I had problems with this book. And the zillion plot lines it has. Sigh. I am glad not to read lesser scenes in this one, thankfully. But Assail, the Bastards, John and Xhex, Blay and Quinn, Layla and Xcor, Quinn and Layla.... I'm thinking J.R. Ward is adding too much urban fantasy to her paranormal romance. Same as the confusing convoluted mess the Dark-Hunter series is turning into. Not sure I'm thrilled by this. That said, I still enjoyed the read. Most definitely. Just bugged by a few details...; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Seducing Mr. Right; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: A short, fun romance novel and one of this author's early books. A fun read!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Slow Burn: Seducing Mr. Right\Take Me (Hqn); Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Two of Cherry Adair's early books, together. If you want a couple of short, mindless fun romances, this is definitely the book for you. A couple of short standalone romance novels I did enjoy.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lover At Last: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood; Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Another excellent addition to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. This was a long-awaited couple that I am happy to report did NOT disappoint. My only gripe was the huge amount of subplots in the book, but that's kind of a running theme with me. On another note, you know know what couples will be have their books soon.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The King: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood; Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Oh my god, I love Beth and Wrath. I was absolutely thrilled about revisiting one of my favorite couples in the series. I'm totally ignoring the side plots that usually bump my rating down simply because of how awesome it was to read more about our royal couple PLUS we FINALLY get some heartwarming moments between John Matthew and Beth. FINALLY!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Smoke Thief (The Drakon, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Shana Ab Page; Review: I had picked up this book years and years ago, remembered that I wanted to read this series but couldn't remember much else. Except dragons. I devoured this book in one evening, that's how engrossing it was. I love the world this author created. I adored the romance between Kit and Rue. I'm in love with this series. Definitely. It's not often I read a historical romance, paranormal or not, but I loved this one. Could have used a bit more character development of secondary characters and perhaps dealing more with the prejudices of the Drakon regarding halflings, but perhaps that will come in later books.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Taken: LOST Series #5; Author: Visit Amazon's Cynthia Eden Page; Review: An excellent addition to the LOST romantic suspense series. Entertaining, emotional, sexy and keeps you guessing all book long! As always, Cynthia Eden kept me entertained and engaged. My only complaint is that there is little difference in characters between this series and other romantic suspense series by this author. A little more character development to make them more memorable would have been appreciated. But the suspense was as brilliant as always and the sexual heat was as hot as ever.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Until the Sun Falls from the Sky (The Three Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: As always from this author, I absolutely adored this book. You just can't help but fall in love Leah and Lucian. Hot, sexy and emotional read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Loving Zorn; Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Fun collection of the first two Zorn stories in one book. If you like science fiction erotic romance, definitely a good read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Kidnapping Casey (Zorn Warriors) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Fun, sexy science fiction erotic romance. I LOVED this author's New Species series, so unfortunately, this one isn't of that caliber. Still a good read, though.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fire Inside: A Chaos Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Despite the fact I can't help but picture Tabby as a teenager thanks to Motorcycle Man, I loved this book! Shy and Tabitha were just so... right together. Everything this author creates is pure gold.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Melting Iron: Ellora's Cave; Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: Okay, I loved the New Species series by this author. As I started this series, my expectations were high. I was disappointed from book one as these seem to be more sci-fi erotica than romance. But they weren't awful. Just average erotica that was entertaining enough I liked it okay. This one though... This one is more erotica and a whole lot less plot than even the first two in the series. I don't mind sex in my books as long as there is a plot. There pretty much wasn't one in this book. Not to mention, the heroine was just annoying and just up unbelievable. Just a huge, disappointing let down.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Kraven (VLG) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Laurann Dohner Page; Review: First, let me say I loved the New Species series by this author. Because of that series, I am persistently reading her other series. I also enjoyed the first VLG book. But this one I didn't like and it was a huge struggle to read. First, the pros. It was written well and edited well enough I paid no attention to it. And Kraven was likable, despite the fact that I wished it would have taken longer for him to soften. He was so surly in book 1 that I expected more than immediate mush. The cons: 1) Bat was perhaps one of the most unlikable characters I've had the displeasure of reading. She was just a plain b****. Selfish, self absorbed, too stupid to live, and had to absolutely get her way even if what she wanted was incredibly suicidal! She complained, she's spoiled, she's stubborn, and I don't think she was happy or pleasant the entire book, except during sex. 2) WTH!? Poor Dusti gets treated like crap the whole book because of her supposed weaknesses and speaking disrespectfully to her betters (aka the VampLycans, especially the leaders) is a HUGE no no. But B**** Bat comes along, even weaker than Dusti and she can do no wrong with the VampLycans... 3) Still not enjoying the naming... VampLycans, GarLycans... I like the concept okay, but wouldn't they want an easier and less.. annoying name to call themselves? I could see the pure vampires or lycans using it but yeah, not my favorite thing. 4) Kraven definitely needed more alpha juice. Bat is definitely the alpha one in that relationship. Now, yes, I will continue the series and pray it lives up to New Species at some point, but yeah, I'm kind of thinking this series is not for me. These are just my opinions, others might like the SuperB**** type heroine. I did not.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: WANTED: Dead or Undead, The Zombie West Series (Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela Scott Page; Review: A DNF for me. I have a huge amount of books on my to read list. So I don't waste time with unknown (to me) authors. If I like it, I keep going. I don't, I stop. It was decently written, if a tad wild west cliche. And the idea of a young adult western zombie apocalypse romance intrigued me. I stopped at 20%. One, it wasn't holding my interest well. Two, I never was much of a western or zombie apocalypse reader, so this book had to have a lot more going for it. Third, shotguns and rifles are different things and in the 'wild west' (and it was probably meant to be shotguns only because of their wild west symbology, but one gun is not both) they most definitely could not be used like automatic weapons. They would have very limited ammo before a reload. I'm not a gun buff NOR a history buff and I caught the craziness of the historical inaccuracies there. I'm not super picky, but I can and do use Google if something sounds that wrong. That said give this book a try if you don't mind western cliches, zombies, and random errors. Like Red being called Red, BEFORE she was actually nicknamed Red.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Vanished: Brides of the Kindred 21 (The Brides of the Kindred) (Volume 21); Author: Visit Amazon's Evangeline Anderson Page; Review: Honestly, not sure why I keep going with this series. The main characters are always the same, just different names and a new species of Kindred. The sex scenes always played out exactly the same, with a few kinky additions sometimes. That said, they still kind of entertain me. Plus you get curious about the next book. However, didn't really like this one at all and only got into it at 65%. Then it was at least entertaining. But seriously, the forced sexual situations need to be changed up. Or add unusual genital. Or... anything, because I'm so close to giving up on this series.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Wild and Free (The Three Series) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Awesome finish to an amazing series. I absolutely adored Delilah and Abel. And this author can do no wrong. The narrator was decent. Definitely worth reading or listening to.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Absolute Doubt; Author: Visit Amazon's Cherry Adair Page; Review: Despite being slow to grab my interest, I did really enjoy this T-FLAC book. It's a slow start to a new series and definitely entertaining and sexy! Looking forward to the next book in the series.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Baby, I'm Howling For You (Alphaville); Author: Visit Amazon's Christine Warren Page; Review: Except a few things, I adored this book. Love shifters, love paranormal romance, love the author. That said, I didn't like the resolution nor a big fan of how the book ended. The resolution made Mick look weak and the ending, was just a bit rushed. No great moments between resolution and ending. That said, fun, entertaining read!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood); Author: Visit Amazon's J.R. Ward Page; Review: Seriously... wtf? By definition, romances have a happy ending, even if bittersweet because the hero's best friend dies to save the heroine or something. So WTF?! Yes, it was a sort of happy ending except for a major freaking death!! Secondly, as this book was basically two romances in one, iAm totally got shafted, yet he got his mate. The romance this book centered on ended BADLY! Like seriously?! Yes, it was a very well-written book. Yes, I enjoyed it immensely. But that ending?!?!!! I mean, I was thrilled that Trez had to man up for iAm for once, but still....; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sommersgate House (Ghosts and Reincarnation) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: I loved this book. Excellent romance with a slightly paranormal bent. While this series isn't my favorite KA series, I did seriously enjoy the read. If you're looking for a good English/American romance, definitely pick this up.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Penmort Castle (Ghosts and Reincarnation) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: I just love this author! And while I don't gush over this series as much as her other ones, I do find myself absorbed into the story just as easily as ever. Cash and Abby were wonderful and KA creates some amazing secondary characters as well. As for the audiobook, while I dislike this narrator's male voices, I do seriously love the accents she does.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lacybourne Manor (Ghosts and Reincarnation) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Reincarnation and true love, KA style. And it was done awesomely and with all the warm squishy moments you've got to love in a KA book. Including the jerkish alpha male, even if he's English. Actually, while I love this book, I actually am not a huge Colin fan. As for the narration, it was great with the accents and old people voices, but not great for the male voices.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fairytale Come Alive (Ghosts and Reincarnation) (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Kristen Ashley Page; Review: Such a feely book! Sometimes I love it, sometimes I only like it, and I definitely have to be in a certain mood because Fiona was so lovely and I love Elle and Cameron so much. Sometimes I'm happy about Fiona. Sometimes I hate it. But still, such a good read! Still dislike the male voices, but the accents are freaking great!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Psyched eBook; Author: Visit Amazon's Juli Caldwell Page; Review: A DNF for me. I stopped shortly after Aisi meets Vance. And within moments she's blabbing her biggest secret and her dad blabs his (kind of) and the best friend and cousin just make out? Uh, that scene was ridiculous.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Midnight Wolf (A Shifters Unbound Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Ashley Page; Review: Excellent, fun, exciting. I love this series. They're all great reads, though my favorites are from the Austin Shiftertown. However, this one was still a sweet and enjoyable read. I liked all of the characters, even the children, which is very hard to do. Most children in books are actually kind of annoying, but Jennifer Ashley is one of like three that can write likeable children in a romance. So overall, great read. Not one of the best, but still good.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: M*A*S*H: Season Six; Brand: Alan Alda; Review: ONE OF THE GREASTEST SERIES OFF ALL TIME!!!! Frank always annoyed me but it was fun to see how Hawkeye and the rest of the cast would make trouble for him. When he left the series and we were introduced to Charles, that was when I really became involved in the series. Charles adds a sense of class to this MASH unit but isn't afraid to get Hawkeye or BJ back for their little jokes. I've come to love this series and can't wait to buy the rest!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Steven Spielberg: Tiny Toon Adv. S1V1; Brand: Joe Alaskey; Review: I remember coming home from school and watching this show with Looney Tunes following after it. This show has always made me smile and I really enjoy seeing a younger version of the Looney Tunes crew but always loved having the original Looney Tunes making appearances throughout the series!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Looney Tunes Show: Season 1, Vol. 2; Brand: Jeff Bergman; Review: When "The Looney Tunes Show" first came on, I was very skeptical and harsh on it. I grew up with the original Looney Tunes where every cartoon wasn't connected to the one before. BUT! After a few episodes, this show had me going and I continued to watch it. When they renewed it for a second season, I was so happy! I'm glad the girls Lola and Tina are back. If I had to change one thing about the cartoon it would be - make Lola the Lola from Space Jam. This one bugs me at times. LOL; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pacific Rim; Brand: Idris Elba; Review: For me, Pacific Rim is the first of its kind for the Western Culture to make. Now yes, there are Transformers and movies such as that, but to have Mecha involving the human aspect was definitely a first! I'm always watching the SyFy channel; but this is first one I've seen from a Western culture standpoint where the "robot" is huge and the pilot is inside it. Being a huge Anime fan (especially Gundam Wing - which is pure Mecha), I found this movie stepping forward in the direction of more Mecha films to hopefully come from the Western culture. I've read countless movies' reviews, box office numbers, ratings, etc. And despite the "not so great" box office numbers, this movie still had more positive reviews than a lot that came out around it. Just the week before Pacific Rim came out, Despicable Me 2 was in the theatres and had huge box office numbers but the reviews were more toward "average to negative." That alone shows the fans and even those who didn't know what to expect, did have fun watching something different. One of my favorite things I enjoyed about this movie was the main Jaeger - "Gypsy Danger". Even before I watched the interview of the different Jaegers, I thought of Gypsy Ranger as having a cowboy likeness. Then I found out from what Guillermo del Toro had said "...wanted very much to feel like a classic gunslinger. And we gave it the anatomy of a big cowboy." I did enjoy how each and every Jaeger was different in more than just their appearance. I've seen countless alien movies and cannot recall one that had huge aliens such as the Kaiju in this film. I remember thinking the one Kaiju kept reminding me of a gorilla with how it moved and found out from another interview, that they did base the Kaiju off some animals with their movements and such. It brought a sense of realistic "monsters". Instead of a giant T-rex, you now have a giant gorilla. The music....if the music doesn't match the movie; I will fall out of it immediately. In Pacific Rim, the music ROCKED!! The pounding, I could feel pound in my heart as the scenes played out. The trailer had a song just for Pacific Rim and I feel in love with that one just as much as I fell in love with the soundtrack. The last thing I want to mention is the storyline and the different emotions brought in. There is not another Western Culture science fiction movie that I have seen that has brought out so many emotions. At times, you have comedy relief that helps your remember to cling to the hope that the fighters will win - that there isn't hopelessness. The characters are human and act like it! They show emotions and cling to the past and try to figure out the future. There are sad moments and I did cry! I know some of you will say this review sucks and is horrible but I don't; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: M*a*s*h Tv Season 5; Brand: Alan Alda; Review: Frank was probably the most annoying character created but he added a sense of "I-know-something-is-going-to-wrong-and-you-are-involved." in it. But the series was still hilarious and characters continued to grow and let life continue on. Even if it was horrible. MASH IS AWESOME!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: From Beginning To End; Brand: Fbio Assuno,Jean Pierre Noher Jlia Lemmertz; Review: I don't know what to say about this movie really. I really lost interest in it half way through and continued on just so I could see if it got better and it didn't for me.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Criminal Minds: Season 8; Brand: Shemar Moore; Review: I miss the "original" team and when I say "original", I mean the team I grew up with and enjoyed. Garcia, Hotch, Morgan, Rossi, Reed, JJ, and Prentiss. With Prentiss gone, I wasn't sure if I would enjoy the new season but found I have. The newest member brings a new sense of justice and doesn't instantly stare down the others. So far its good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Inuyasha: The Final Act, Set 2; Brand: Various; Review: SPOILER! Its the final part of Inuyasha and I'm sad yet happy its ending. Years later, you can finally see Naraku and the jewel be destroyed and life goes on. The two major voice changes weren't the same but close enough that I was able to enjoy watching the final end of the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Planet Dinosaur; Brand: ; Review: I love this mini-series. I seriously have lost count on how many times I have watched it. Though there were bigger dinos than T-rex, I still think he is the King. The dinosaurs and stories rock!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: My Life as a Teenage Robot: Season 3; Brand: ; Review: I remember when this came on as I was growing up! Loved the show and I love how I can re-watch it and enjoy an awesome cartoon!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Holiday Villa Hotel Conference Centre Subang; City: Subang Jaya Petaling District Selangor; Review: We stayed at this hotels at the end of the Feb .2013. Rooms are not at all good. Very dirty. In fact we found Ants on wooden floor and walls .Room was very stinky .Housekeeping response was not expectable .When we complained they sprayed room freshener and went away . The only good part was its swimming pool .; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Resorts World Awana; City: Genting Highlands Pahang; Review: Hotel location is damn awesome and beautiful .Rooms are specious . View from balcony was just lovely. When we opened balcony door in early morning , it was a pleasant surprise for us to see clouds all over !! it was just awesome and not explainable : ) Excellent mountain Golf course, cool greenery at hill top. Food was also good .Over all must try .; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Centara Pattaya Hotel; City: Pattaya Chonburi Province; Review: Good location who really wants to enjoy the peace .Over all friendly staff, average food , clean. Pool side area is very nice.You can just sit and relax properly.Free wifi .Rooms are also comfortable.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Alpine Villa; City: Leh Leh District Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir; Review: Hotel Alpine Villa is a very good property. Clean rooms .Try for mountain view rooms. Staff is also friendly.Veg food is good ans tasty.You can also taste Local food from Market.Near by Market .Hot water is available 24*7 and Add on is wifi connection :) .Very peacful place.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nubra Organic Retreat; City: Hunder Nubra Valley Leh District Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir; Review: "Organic Retreat Nubra" As the name suggests its all organic right from the tents, organic farm, surrounding etc We stayed here for 1 night( I wish we could have done bookings for 2 nights at least :( ) They have very nice tents specious, with all basic needs. Area is good, peaceful and calm. You can just pick and eat fresh apples and apricots whenever you feel. They have their own organic farm. So its a organic treat! with fresh food. They make organic Honey and Jams as well. Free Wifi at lobby. We faced power cut for few hours but that was ok climate was not hot so it was manageable. We also enjoyed Bone fire at night. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Sand dunes is just on 10 min distance. Overall superb! awesome! Enjoy at Organic retreat!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sea View Tarkali Resort; City: Tarkarli Sindhudurg District Maharashtra; Review: Sea View Tarkarli is an awesome property. Rooms- Rooms are clean and specious. Ideal place to relax in peaceful environment. All rooms are good. If you want sea view book #101 rest other rooms do not have sea view. Staff is good lil strict though( but they have to be strict to stop people who spoils its charm). beach is just 30 seconds away. Perfect fresh start of day with morning walk right on the beach. Food- It was a bit tough task to get options for veg food but it was manageable. You should call them in advance if you are willing to have breakfast/lunch/dinner. Aunty cooks really good! On very first day since our train was late we did check-in at 3:30 pm. Kitchen was closed n staff was taking afternoon nap and we both were damn hungry. Aunty prepared poha n tea within 20 min :). Try Ghavne chattani in breakfast. Its yummmyy! Ukdiche Modak is Bang!Bang! Over all Highly recommendable to all.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tarpa Save Farms; City: Thane Thane District Maharashtra; Review: we finally decided to go to Save Farm on long weekend but unfortunately got booking only for 1 night. It was a hot summer day. We started early with Mumbai -Dahanu train. From Dahanu station took auto till the destination. over all took 3 hrs to reach from home away home... I have already gone through the reviews about the rules so made up my mind that way only and I think there is nothing wrong with it. Even if we go to 5 star hotels we do follow their rules right ? Location: Easily reachable by train or by road. Property & Rooms: Its a huge property and highly maintained too. Surrounded by greenery which calms down the heat of summer. You will find many flowers and fruit trees around. Clean and clear swimming pool too. They have total 9 unique AC rooms tree top , farmer's house ( Shetkari Nivas ) etc. Rooms are specious and clean including bathroom. Only drawback is you have to carry your own towel. No room service. Food : Simple and delicious. @breakfast - Thalipith is a must try also they give you fruit plate with all fresh chiku ,papaya,banana etc picked from their farm ( Enjoy this natural treat as we hardly get anything fresh and organic in Mumbai) @lunch 1 pm -@ Dinner 8 :30 pm- is a simple veg thali. They make non veg food too if ordered in advance. After a long time I had my all meals on time J Just one suggestion - please don’t include brinjal in all items. Farm Tour : is a must for nature loving guys .They will take you to the farm and explain in detail. Mangoes, Lychee, medicine plants, tomatoes, Honey bees, Chiku and many more are growing in one soil with all natural techniques. Also enjoy zip line and the adventure activities. For kids they also arranged Varli Art session in afternoon. You can play out door games too. Service : At its best. Owner sounds lil strict but he is very helpful too :) Both Save brothers and son Aditya personally takes care of all arrangements. Over all it’s a nice place to relax and enjoy the nature. Good weekend gateway from Mumbai for all age group. Recommended if you like simple living .; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Aamby Valley City; City: Aamby Valley City Pune District Maharashtra; Review: Aamby valley is a very well planned and highly maintained city. Right from the Huge welcoming entrance gate till you go on looooong drive its AWESOME! Total free from city noise and pollution just enjoy the peace, nature at its best. there are so many activities to keep you occupied like water sports , wave pool, club house, fountain show ( which was under maintenance ..our bad luck ).They have huge swings by the lake side which looks more beautiful at night. swimming pool is bang on too. Highly secured and safe place.Staff is really good and helpful.Stay for minimum 2 nights to feel the reall difference. Very expensive but still up to the mark. A Kind of different world it is!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Woodberry Residency; City: Ooty Udhagamandalam The Nilgiris District Tamil Nadu; Review: We stayed at Woodberry for 2 nights. Location: Walking distance from botanical garden.close to Ooty bus stand Auto charges 100 Rs. Rooms:Rooms are good.If you have bigger family then you can book 2 BHK apartment else 1 seperate room is enough for two people. It has all basic things Bed,TV.We faced problem with hot water seems it was not working properly.Even our driver told us that in ooty they get water uppy once in 2 days.But hotel provided 24 hrs hot water. WIFI is available near reception area. Staff: I have given 4* only to the honest, humble ,active and helpful staff. Right from email and phone communication before booking, all travel arrengements,Sightseeing everything was perfectly taken care. I had called many good hotels before doing final booking here but not seen this type of transperency in customer delivery. Traveldesk also provided good sightseeing plan to us.So 4**** for cutomer satisfaction. Food: we didnt like food much.You can find good restaurants nearby. Woodberry is good option for family stay.any one can try it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Samson; City: Patnitop Udhampur District Jammu Jammu and Kashmir; Review: Instead of booking regular old famous hotel in Patnitop ,we booked Samson and our decision was absolutely perfect ! Right from smooth check in and an upgrade to club executive room was a top up. I really appreciate your customer focus. Over all property is very good, clean, well maintained and of course a great view from the room. We stayed there for 2 nights but I think we should have booked it for few more days…Such a amazing climate, peaceful and refreshing… Rooms: at its best! 24*7 hot water,heater,electricity.( We stayed at 205) .and what we liked the most was your super soft blankets Food: Nice Food. You will get all type of food here. and its Tasty too. Service: 10/10 ! Service was very promt. They are ready to help you 24*7.Bonfire at night was amazing. Mr.Sushil -one of the staff who was serving us till check out. He was very helpful, humble and was giving best service. Overall Excellent hotel and must try once at least!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Treat Resort; City: Silvassa Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Review: Booked for 2 nights sun-tue. Since it was valentines day, resort turned out as a very happening place and on Monday it was a peaceful holiday - as there were hardly 12 couples Location : Roads condition till resort from Mumbai was good. It is almost 12 Km inside from main highway but easily reachable. And this ends with a peaceful getway. Rooms: Clean and specious. Food : Awesome! You will get lot of varieties. Break fast , Lunch ,High tea, Dinner. Daawat restaurant serves yummy food. Gala dinner at Fountain side was awesome too. I liked barbeque and pasta most. Staff : Helpful and provides good service. Overall it’s a huge property (24 acers) keeps you occupied with in-door ,out-door games ,swimming pool, water park (with additional charges),swings , live cricket match on big screen, play area for kids, discotheque or just sit and relax. They are having many colourful fountains which gives a romantic touch to your evening. There is nothing outside so enjoy fullest with luxurious treat!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Grand Legacy; City: Mahabaleshwar Satara District Maharashtra; Review: Our first trip to Mahabaleshwar with 8month old twins. We got all possible support from Hotel staff. They upgraded our rooms due to mosquito issues, made simple food for my kids for lunch and dinner. Room service was excellent. Location is too good , peaceful and very impressive. It’s a huge property. Food was also nice. Only one suggestion : Way to Hotel has very small sign board , please make it visible Otherwise, I would like to go again to TGL. Thanks for making our first holiday memorable ; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tarpa Save Farms; City: Thane Thane District Maharashtra; Review: We are back to Save farm after 3years and this time to celebrate our twines 2nd birthday. We purposely chose this property again because it was tried and tested. And we wanted to make it simple yet safe and hygiene concern with respect to small kids with us. They have good options with accommodation , we opted for Machaan as it had good private play area with swing and wooden bed for kids. Food is simple but tasty and hygienic. Indoor games - TT,Carrom keeps you occupied post sunset Kids had a gala time with inhouse animals - rabbits,ducks,cock,hen,goats,big frogs and worlds's second largest flightless bird "EMO" Farm tour was also big hit with zip line and other adventure activities. Only one concern we had this time again is their "punctual schedule". We reached farm by 1pm via train and they wanted us to have lunch asap. same with breakfast and dinner timings. we very well know that they want to serve hot and fresh food and staff is also time bounded but as a guest and with 2 kids and when you are in relax mood , this irritates sometimes. If lunch hours are between 1-2pm its guests responsibility to finish in time limit. This time kitchen was not well prepared with number of expected guests. But overall we had a very good time as Save farms. We enjoyed a lot. staff was also helpful and Aditya Save personally took care of all our requests. Unfortunately, we could not meet main owner Mr.Save uncle this time. If you are ready to pay more than 5k for simple and natural holiday place and you should go for it. Please Dont expect luxury here.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tarkarli Niwas Nyahari; City: Tarkarli Sindhudurg District Maharashtra; Review: This was our 2nd visit to Tarkarli. we were 4 adults and 2 kids. This time we booked this hotel keeping good hygiene in mind for kids. Rooms & cleanliness - very good. rooms are specious. They have generator backup. Hot water available on request in off hours. Since I was with my 2 yr old kids, could not get complementary mattress ,they were charging 700Rs /per night and it was pretty expensive. Staff- Staff is good and decent. They answer all your queries but not that rigorous to achieve customer satisfaction. They just do day to day job. Restaurant - Food is good and hygienic. Options are less for Veg and service is slow. But they cooked proper without chilli food for my kids. Distance from Beach - you have to walk for 3-4 min to reach out beach. Though this is not main Tarkarli beach, it was clean,safe serene with no crowd. Tarkarli has few good Hotels only, but if you want something in your budget. You can go for it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: U tan Sea Resort; City: Mumbai Maharashtra; Review: We just tried this place for Sunday lunch for the first time. Location- is very nice,breezy and relaxing Food - not bad and not too good.Due to Sunday ,service was bit slow. Staff- Very helpful it was a peaceful and relaxing short break from busy city life.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Prodigal Summer; Author: Barbara Kingsolver; Genres: romance, fiction; Review: Not as good as the Poisonwood Bible but still a wonderful read. I learnt a lot about coyotes and the environment. I enjoyed this as much as Pigs In Heaven - another great book by Barbara Kingsolver.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: What Is the What; Author: Dave Eggers; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: Brilliant; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Breath; Author: Tim Winton; Genres: young-adult, fiction; Review: Classic Tim Winton: Set in a mill town in Western Australia he artfully describes the tedium of growing up in a small town then contrasts it with the tale of a boy becoming a man; the joy of learning to surf and then progresses to heart-stopping adventures of big-wave surfing...and then the decline of the man, with his best days behind him. Much like the town he grew up in. One of my favourite quotes was from Pikelet: "I couldn't have put words to it as a boy, but later is understood what seized my imagination that day. How strange it was to see men do something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant, as though nobody saw or cared." The book ends abruptly and in 50 pages or less we cover 15 or 20 years to bring us up to the present. I wish we had more insight into those years but to be fair, the focus of the book is young Pikelet's time of self-discovery and the small proportion of the book that is left to describe "everything else" is indicative of it's lack of significance in Pikelet's life, how everything since those great times is only worth a paragraph or two. A good reminder to keep finding new, better adventures in your life - and don't get stuck on 'the good old days'.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pigs in Heaven; Author: Barbara Kingsolver; Genres: young-adult, fiction; Review: I learnt about American Indians, reservations and casinos.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life; Author: Barbara Kingsolver; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: A beautiful, inspiring book about living an idyllic life on a farm with your loved ones. I'm taking away some "lessons learned" about food consumption and seasonal eating.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Lacuna; Author: Barbara Kingsolver; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, fiction; Review: Captivating at times. From this book I learnt about * Frida Kahlo * Diego Rivera * Stalin/Trotsky * American politics * Communism - and the witch hunt in America * Life in the 40s & 50s * Mexico... A pretty good book but my least favourite book by Kingsolver (I've read Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer and Pigs in Heaven). Loved the ending!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Double Fault; Author: Lionel Shriver; Genres: romance, fiction; Review: I just upped my rating from three to four stars because often when I watch a tennis match I think back to this book and what I learned about life for players & coaches: the circuit, the mental game, the pressure, the many impacts on many lives...; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blueback; Author: Tim Winton; Genres: children, young-adult, fiction; Review: A charming story for all ages about an idyllic life on the Australian coast. It describes an amazing childhood filled with love, nature and simplicity. With each read I gain something new from it: a description, a hidden meaning or a life lesson. It's a comforting book that I return to often and I hope to pass it on to my son one day.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture; Author: Douglas Coupland; Genres: non-fiction, fiction; Review: It's 2011 and already this book feels dated. All those clever acronyms and status symbols are cliches now. It would have been a better read 'in it's time' lol. Not my favourite Douglas Copeland book.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1); Author: Barbara Kingsolver; Genres: young-adult, fiction; Review: A very enjoyable read but not the calibre we have come to expect from Barbara Kingsolver, such as Poisonwood Bible, Pigs in Heaven, Prodigal Summer, The Lacuna. I understand that this was first published when Barbara was virtually unknown and it shows us how much her writing has developed and how she has grown as a writer since then. My frustration was with some holes in the story line where critical moments seemed to be skimmed over. For instance, how Taylor inherits Turtle. It would be cool if 'modern Barbara' released an updated version of this work :); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The White Tiger; Author: Aravind Adiga; Genres: thriller, crime, mystery, fiction; Review: ** spoiler alert ** Balram, the lead character has some redeeming features - and you want to like him, you do - but the author ensures that you never feel completely comfortable or relaxed in his company, like a tiger. His deeds are mostly motivated by self-preservation as he attempts to break free from an endless cycle of oppression. As with the lead character, the author doesn't allow us to feel optimisitc for long about India as we understand the great costs of both realities; to stay shackled to the past or to accept the new reality of modernity. For instance, Balram escapes from the oppression of the caste system to a new system of corruption and guilt which squeezes tighter and tighter each day. However, despite the cost to him, his family and his master's family, he accepts this is his new "coop" and he rejoices. My favourite passage: "The real nightmare is the other kind. You toss about in the bed dreaming you haven't done it - that you lost your nerve - that you are still in Delhi, still the servant of another man, and then you wake up. "The sweating stops. The heartbeat slows. "You did it! You killed him!" I learnt about the competitive relationship between India and China - and the desire to beat the other. The race to be leader. The insight into Bangalore was interesting: the impact of America's outsourcing to India and the rise of new markets which this has created.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Author: Junot Diaz; Genres: history, romance, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, fiction; Review: Unsettling, bleak, violent, depressing and frustrating. Powerful (at times) but not enjoyable. I learnt about the oppression and tyranny of the Dominican Republic (Junot Diaz did a good job of portraying the fear and paranoia of those times), the culture, the life as an immigrant and being the under-dog. I could not recommend this book because I simply couldn't follow a lot of it: I couldn't understand the Spanish or the slang which was a barrier to the easy flow of reading. Felt like i was constantly re-reading sentences, paragraphs, chapters to get a grip! Too much work for too little reward, in my opinion.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Shark Net; Author: Robert Drewe; Genres: history, fiction, thriller, crime, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, mystery; Review: It was interesting to experience growing up in the 50s and 60s - and i'm glad i didn't grow up in the "good old days". very interesting to learn some history of perth and western australia. A good book to take on holidays. I enjoyed this memoir more than i enjoyed robert drewe's novel, the bodysurfers.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Lucky Country; Author: Donald Horne; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: This book was written in the mid-1960s but is relevant today because Australia still faces similar dilemmas. Having said that, Australia has come a long way from those days so it is helpful and interesting to understand which paths we chose to take and why, and why we are the people we are. I found the middle section dull because I am more interested in the social changes than politics. Although, it was interesting to learn about the role the Communists played in Australian politics and some of the secret deals that took place. To be honest, it isn't a page turner (at times) but it is an important book for Australians to read so I recommend it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bodysurfers; Author: Robert Drewe; Genres: fiction; Review: A nice description of the perfect Australian holiday shack: "He knew exactly what he was looking for. It had to be the genuine article. It had to put the city at a respectable distance...No bourgeois suburban brick and tile villa would do. The spirit of the shack had to be right, its character preferebly set somewhere in the 1950s. It would need a properly casual, even run-down, beach air. It should have a verandah to sleep weekend guests, a working septic system, an open fire place and somewhere to hang a dartboard. A glimpse at least of the Pacific through the trees was mandatory. ...For a start there would be no television. He and Lydia would surf and make love in the afternoon to Rolling Stones tapes, read best sellers and play scrabble. On the verandah he and his children would strengthen bonds with quoits and table tennis. Under his gum trees friends would drink in their swimming costumes and eat fish caught at dawn.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Cloudspotter's Guide; Author: Gavin Pretor-Pinney; Genres: history, poetry, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: I found the book a bit dry but it was very interesting. As a result of reading the book I joined the Cloud Appreciation Society which is fun -- cloudappreciationsociety.org/ -- the cloud photo gallery is my favourite part. Also, there is a great BBC4 documentary called Cloudspotting [url] which really brings it to life.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Bone People; Author: Keri Hulme; Genres: history, mystery, thriller, crime, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, fiction; Review: Cool book. No wonder it is a kiwi classic. Only, I wish I'd discovered the maori/english glossary at the back of the book before I finished reading it. Will refer to it when I read it again and again and again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bob Dylan Chronicles: Volume 1; Author: Bob Dylan; Genres: history, comics, poetry, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: I didn't know much about Bob Dylan before I read this book - and I still don't. I was wanting to learn intimate details about the man; his inspirations, his motivations etc. I was also interested in the environment he moved in. I didn't get the education I was after because there was an assumption that you know the significance of certain hang outs or people.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: A Suitable Boy; Author: Vikram Seth; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: This is my third attempt at reading this book and I have given up for the final time.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Half Broke Horses; Author: Jeannette Walls; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: To capture her grandmother's life like this is such an amazing gift for the family. For the rest of us, we can enjoy the adventures of Lily who is such a colourful character. You could say "they don't make them like they used to" and you would be right. I loved it so much I'm immediately starting on The Glass Castle which is already lined up on my bedside table.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The New Contented Little Baby Book: The Secret To Calm And Confident Parenting; Author: Gina Ford; Genres: non-fiction, children; Review: Many friends recommended this book but while at the hospital it was universally scorned by the midwives and nurses. I took bits & pieces from the book to use, the rest I've ignored. The routines seem so complicated. I can't see how anyone could follow such strict, rigid rules for a baby.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Quiet American; Author: Graham Greene; Genres: history, fiction, thriller, crime, biography, historical fiction, mystery; Review: I didn't appreciate some of the complexities of the book until the last few pages when a few things "fell into place" for me. I've been turning it over in my mind ever since and I can see why this is a classic.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jasper Jones; Author: Craig Silvey; Genres: history, young-adult, mystery, thriller, crime, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: After a slow beginning the momentum builds steadily. Hang in there if it's a little tiresome to start - it gets better.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: What the Body Remembers; Author: Shauna Singh Baldwin; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, fiction; Review: Fascinating to learn about India in the 30s & 40s: the last days of the British in India, the creation of Pakistan, the differences between the major religions and the caste system. So interesting I wish there was a sequel so I could continue my education.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 84, Charing Cross Road; Author: Helene Hanff; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, romance, fiction; Review: I'm simultaneously devouring it and trying to slow down before I get to the end. It's so charming!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places; Author: Eric Campbell; Genres: history, non-fiction, biography, historical fiction; Review: Loving this, so far. It's hilarious (in the style of Clive James) and very interesting. Glad I'm not a foreign correspondent.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hunter; Author: Scott Bevan; Genres: non-fiction, history, biography, historical fiction; Review: Great to read a history of the Hunter river and region.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Eva Luna; Author: Isabel Allende; Genres: history, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, romance, fiction; Review: Eva Luna is an entertaining read. At first I was dumbfounded by the hectic plot and the unlikely characters but once I started thinking of it in terms of a South American telenovela then it clicked for me. If you haven't read Isabelle Allende before I suggest starting with Daughter of Fortune which is superior to Eva Luna.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Love in a Cold Climate; Author: Nancy Mitford; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: I was so entertained by this book and loved reading it. So much charm and humour.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Town Like Alice; Author: Nevil Shute; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: An optimistic story about perseverance, survival and love. A memorable quote from a husband about his wife was: "having babies seems to suit her. She is prettier than ever" :) The terrible racism that was commonplace at the time is rather startling. Grudgingly recognised as essential to life on a station (in particular for their tracking skils) they were second class citizens referred to as boongs and never counted as equal to whites. For example if asked how many people lived on a station the reply would be "ten whites, not including the whites". Argh!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared; Author: Jonas Jonasson; Genres: history, fiction, thriller, crime, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery; Review: Felt like it went on and on and never getting to the point. I stopped reading about half way through out of sheer frustration.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: A Room with a View; Author: E.M. Forster; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: If someone ever makes the statement that books are better than movies I am going to argue that point with A Room With A View. Loved the movie, love E M Foresters other books, but just can't get in to this one. I literally cannot understand what he is saying at times. There are some beautiful moments in the story that are described so nicely such as the field o violets but it couldn't sustain me. I'm disappointed. I wanted to love this book.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Journey from Venice; Author: Ruth Cracknell; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: A heartfelt and touching account of a very personal time in her life. I felt so vulnerable reading it. Sobbing from the start. Glad it was written. Brave of her to do it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Family Matters; Author: Rohinton Mistry; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, fiction; Review: It's always a pleasure to read anything written by Rohinton Mistry. This is a wonderful story about a family in Mumbai, alternating betweem it's past and present.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Fence Around The Cuckoo; Author: Ruth Park; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: I really enjoyed this autobiography of Ruth Park's. For one thing, I learnt that she not Australian but actually Kiwi. What a remarkable childhood she experienced in the wild country of NZ and the subsequent years of war and Depression. Amazing book. I'm looking forward to reading part 2 which is ready & waiting on my bedside table.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lucky Man; Author: Michael J. Fox; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction; Review: MJF has written a great book. He was brave to open himself up with such excruciating honesty. It was interesting to learn more about this illness and various treatments - and the US govt funding. Sufferers of PD are lucky to have gained such a high profile spokesman. I hope it helps the lobby for funding and awareness, especially when the cure seems to be close within our grasp.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fishing In The Styx; Author: Ruth Park; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: It's fantastic to read about our neighbourhood and learn more about its history. Wonderful book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: From Strength To Strength: An Autobiography; Author: Sara Henderson; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction; Review: What an extraordinary life, and very entertaining to read about. I enjoyed the book a lot. It seems there was hardly ever a dull moment in the Henderson household and Sarah clearly had no shortage of stories to tell. In some respects I felt the details were glossed over a bit so i would have enjoyed this more if it was spread over two books so it could go more in depth.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Some Girls: My Life in a Harem; Author: Jillian Lauren; Genres: history, young-adult, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: There is so much more to this book than the title suggests. Couldn't put it down! I wish I had saved it for my upcoming trip to the UK to help pass the endless hours on the plane.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sarah Thornhill; Author: Kate Grenville; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, fiction; Review: A romantic version of Australian 'history' but very readable. I enjoyed it almost as much as The Secret River (and thankfully it was less violent).; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: These Wonderful Rumours!: A Young Schoolteacher's Wartime Diaries; Author: May Smith; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: A dear little account of a school teacher's English country life during WW2. May escapes any significant grief or loss as a result of the war so what you get is an insight into day to day life during that period and, interestingly, the more mundane aspects of war, such as rationing, shortages and maintaining normalcy for the school children she taught. It was a matter of Keep Calm And Carry On for May and her town.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cozy Classics: Pride and Prejudice; Author: Jack Wang; Genres: children, romance, fiction; Review: Pride & Prejudice boiled down to about ten words. The needle-felt illustrations took my breath away; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | goodreads |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Sony MDR-V150 Monitor Series Headphones; Brand: Sony; Review: This headset lasted me about a year....The bass is great. However if you drop it a few times or yank the chord a certain way - it'll damage the quality of the sound; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sony MDRZX100 Headphones (Black); Brand: Sony; Review: The feel is a bit more comfortable....But I think the bass sound is a little less than the MDR-V150....Overall not bad though; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sony MDRZX100 ZX Series Stereo Headphones (Blue); Brand: Sony; Review: The feel is a bit more comfortable....But I think the bass sound is a little less than the MDR-V150....Overall not bad though; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Aquapac Mini Waterproof Camera Case; Brand: Aquapac; Review: There is no room for the lens to extend.....But it's ok other than that. There are better ones out there; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Apple iPod Touch 4th Generation Gen Premium Clear LCD Screen Protector Cover Guard Film, no cutting is required; Brand: V-Shield; Review: So it arrived maybe 2 days before the earliest scheduled/estimated arrival date. So I was happy about that. One thing I don't like is when I'm applying the clear cover, there is still some sticky residue on one corner of the sheet. It's happened to me before so maybe it's just me and not following directions. I'll have to look into that. But it arrived early and in good shape.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Google Nexus 9 0P82100-16-BLK 8.9-Inch, 16 GB Flash Memory Tablet (Black); Brand: HTC; Review: This product came earlier than expected. In fact I think it came 2 days after I purchased it on Amazon, Maybe 3 or 4 days when it was supposed to come in around a week I believe. I was even able to install the Lollipop V5.1.1 that came out in early May that a handful of people had trouble installing. I installed it over the air (OTA). I tried to do with images but then there was one step that I wasn't able to perform. I wouldn't recommend doing that unless you're good at that kind of stuff. Great product. Everything I expected. However I will say that after 2 weeks of using it - it slowed down considerably. I searched online forums and people were experiencing the same issue. Then for about 2 weeks of this slow period - it magically started running as fast as before. I doubt that I installed anything new...It just returned back to its normal fast performance. My Clash of Clans loads fast with the loading bar moving instead of being stalled for like 10 seconds. Web surfing moves quickly instead of seeing that arrow or dot going around and around indicating that the page is loading....Ahhhhh, thank God it's good :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sony MDRZX110AP ZX Series Extra Bass Smartphone Headset with Mic (White); Brand: Sony; Review: These headphones came on the same day as it was estimated to come. So not bad in terms of delivery. Because it can be folded - the packaging was thinner as expected. I had the Sony VDR Stereo-something headphones before this that was discontinued. I really loved those. With these headphones, I honestly don't know if there's much of a difference between them. Both are great and around the same price. As always, Sony makes great headphones and Beats by Dre are just expensive. Can't hate on Dre's hustly though - he's gotten lots of people to buy it so kudos to you sir. Reminds me of Nike shoes costing as much as a year's college tuition.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: JBL Flip 3 Splashproof Portable Stereo Bluetooth Speaker (Black); Brand: JBL; Review: It came on time and the battery life is great.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Apollo 13 (1995); Genres: Adventure, Drama, IMAX; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: True Lies (1994); Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dances with Wolves (1990); Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Batman (1989); Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Batman Forever (1995); Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995); Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Clear and Present Danger (1994); Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Aladdin (1992); Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Musical; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stargate (1994); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fugitive, The (1993); Genres: Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outbreak (1995); Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Star Trek: Generations (1994); Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cliffhanger (1993); Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: GoldenEye (1995); Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Crimson Tide (1995); Genres: Drama, Thriller, War; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Net, The (1995); Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Braveheart (1995); Genres: Action, Drama, War; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Waterworld (1995); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: While You Were Sleeping (1995); Genres: Comedy, Romance; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Genres: Action, Sci-Fi; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Seven (a.k.a. Se7en) (1995); Genres: Mystery, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Speed (1994); Genres: Action, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Firm, The (1993); Genres: Drama, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mask, The (1994); Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Home Alone (1990); Genres: Children, Comedy; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995); Genres: Comedy; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Ghost (1990); Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pretty Woman (1990); Genres: Comedy, Romance; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rock, The (1996); Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Independence Day (a.k.a. ID4) (1996); Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | movielens |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Sterling Silver Rhodium Plated Round 3mm CZ Stud Screwback Earrings; Brand: Double Accent; Review: These were purchased for my grandaughter's 6th birthday. They were tiny, perfect for her small ears. And she is not quite sophisticated enough to realize they are CZ. With the sparkle, I'm not sure I would have been sophisticated enough seeing them in her ears. At the price, losing them on the playground would not be a disaster. I like them so much, I'd just buy another pair!!!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: OrangeTag Women Korea Simple Style PU leather Clutch Handbag Bag Totes P...; Brand: OrangeTag; Review: For the price, it is a great little bag. The color is hot, so you automatically keep your eye on your purse. Definitely not for the runway, but perfect for running out to get groceries!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: YAZILIND Oval Cut Purple Agate Cubic Zirconia 18K White Gold Plated Snake Ring Women; Brand: YAZILIND; Review: This is my favorite inexpensive ring. The stone picks up purples and pinks; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Studio 10 Mens Casual Western Plaid Checked Red Black Shirt, Pearl Snap; Brand: Studio 10; Review: Good quality, perfect fit, and at half the price of the tag!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lux Accessories Heart, Flower & Bow Stud Earrings Set; Brand: ; Review: They were inexpensive, so why was I surprised when they were so cheap looking?! I would wear a few pair maybe once or twice,but I doubt they'll hold up.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mens Black Thinsulate Thermal Insulated Lined Winter Gloves; Brand: Thinsulate; Review: Great gloves. Give you warmth, but thin enough to give you dexterity.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gioberti Men's Short Sleeve Plaid Western Shirt W/Pearl Snap Buttons; Brand: ; Review: Great shirts, great fit when you heed these reviews and order a size larger.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Impact Juniors Alice In Wonderland We're All Mad Here T-Shirt; Brand: ; Review: So cute. Was given to my grandaughter for her graduation party as a little gift. The theme of this grad party was Alice in Wonderland and this well printed, quality material shirt, made everyone smile.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Hotel Milton; City: Jesolo Veneto; Review: It's is most likely the prettiest hotel on the promenade. The setting is tranquil( not a place for children) and very clean. The pool is well maintained and the surroundings are well manicured. The sun beds by the pool are unfortunately fixed in an upright position - due to a lack of space- this makes it difficult to truly lay down and sunbathe and with only one platform of two canvas pads to lay on, comfortable sunbathing was difficult. The rooms are small yet functional and painted I pretty colours. The food was acceptable however we ate out most nights, we felt we needed more choice and less queuing. The management were brilliant and the staff were polite and courteous.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Taplow House Hotel; City: Taplow Buckinghamshire England; Review: It depends what you want from an overnight stay in Buckinghampshire, darling? I wanted a peaceful nights sleep, a choice of good food, a massive mini bar, clean large comfortable bed and a blinding view. Two out of five isn't bad, the views were stunning and the staff were so friendly and responsive to requests, I do hope they are being paid a decent wage?. We requested a room change immediately, it was tiny, not the room we had seen or expected in the brochure. Could this be a little misrepresentation? Anyway the staff were responsive and we went up a floor. Without a ruler I can't actually say if the new room was bigger, I was tired it didn't matter. Lying on the bed I decided to think pencil. Yes pencil, that's how I was going to get through the night, imagining I was a pencil in a pencil case. Alternatively, I could get very, very drunk. That was not an option, no mini bar, and nowhere to relax in the room meant we had to head downstairs to chill. On reflection it should be called hiring a bed for the night not hiring a room for the night. That aside the views were lovely, the fattest and oldest Tulip trees in Europe to cast our weary eyes upon. The meal, the room, the service and food were superb, hats off to the staff they were excellent. Tired after my journey and socialising we headed up the never ending staircase to sleep. The disappointment re emerged when we opened the bedroom door, I had turned in Alice in Wonderland and the furniture had shrunk even more, never mind, think pencil I told myself. I made it through the night and once again Taplow House redeemed themselves with a stunning breakfast, well done guys. Please consider knocking a few partition walls out and getting some Queen or King size beds, some mini bars and settees in the rooms. You have everything else, the views, the staff and excellent cuisine.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kingsway Hall Hotel; City: London England; Review: I know the location command's a higher price however I don't have an infinite amount of cash to waste, for a few extra pounds I felt that I could have experienced a better hotel. On arrival the reception guys and girls were very matter of fact and were concerned with the admin, my prior booking, my name, retaining my card and using it to pre pay an extra £50 in case I used the mini bar. Then I was told to go away and come back at 14:00. We struggled with our luggage into the lift and eventually found the room, a very average room. I asked if there was a leisure suite alas there was only a sauna and Jacuzzi, the Jacuzzi wasn't that clean and we never manged to locate the sauna, we did find a wet room but it wasn't working, good job really it also needed a clean.The small gym was untidy and the equipment was dirty. The breakfast room was very organised for monitoring payment yet seriously lacking in customer service. I would have ordered Eggs Benedict if I could have found somebody to take my order. The hot buffet breakfast counter was very average, crispy bacon and gloopy scrambled eggs. We chose to eat out. That said the location is perfect for Covent Garden and the theaters and the bed was extremely comfortable.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Malthouse; City: Ironbridge Ironbridge Gorge Telford Shropshire England; Review: The Ironbridge gorge is a stunning tourist attraction and the restaurant is geared up for this. We ate here because it had parking, a luxury in the gorge. The food was good, although very ordinary. We didn't manage to clear our plates because some of the meal was inedible, the roasters were stiff and had been prepared some time ago. The stroganoff was greasy and overall a very average meal. It was a shame that for everything we needed i.e. Cutlery, drinks, seasoning etc we needed to get up and ask at the bar. When seated outside no tab was allowed therefore was a inconvenience, as ordering another drink meant leaving your food, waiting at the bar and then having to pay for each additional transaction this broke what might have become a relaxing atmosphere.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Telford Hotel Golf Resort; City: Telford Shropshire England; Review: A free Induction day pass, wow, I was looking forward to this. I was informed that I would be met by the Spa manager who would take care of me and give me a tour of the services available, after all I was a potential customer. The reception was cramped with empty seats, so I waited patiently to be attended. The young lady, attempted to multi task by speaking to me whilst engaging in familiar conversation with a gym user. She asked that I write my personal details on a sheet of paper. The paper was a register, that had perforations in it and had been completed by the three guests before me, so I was able to view their full names, addresses, telephone numbers and emails. I asked her to tear off my details and not leave them on view like the other guests, as I did not want my details to be viewed by strangers. She pointed me to the gym, through the door, I believe? Was I meant to wander around and find it for myself? I decided not to, so I asked her to show me around. We stood at the entrance to the beauty room corridor and she pointed to a relaxation room that I couldn't see or imagine. I asked some questions but never really got a definitive answer. I was trotted off to look at the pool through a door, a continuous flow of instructions were delivered and I was confused... I am thinking somebody help and take me seriously, as I am considering becoming a customer. She commented that they were heavy on members at the moment and some of the services may not be available. I asked to see the gym, she marched me upstairs through the small crowded reception to a 'Disco' ? oh sorry, it was the gymnasium pumping out rave music. I asked to be directed down to reception, Where I sat for some time being jostled by scantily clad leisure seekers until she returned to say that the music could not be turned off but only down, "How much down ?" I asked, she answered with a shoulder shrug, lovely. In my mind I knew how much I would pay to use these facilities and after several probing questions she gave me a price, a 12 month contract of £59 a month. That is £708 a year for what is essentially a pool, a gym and nothing else that would make me feel relaxed. Oh Dear, the search continues for a health SPA; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Loopy Shrew Rooms; City: Shrewsbury Shropshire England; Review: After a 10 minute walk from parking my car at Ravens Meadow NCP (There is no overnight parking here) I was ready for my night out which included an overnight stay at the Sleepy Shrew (part of the Loopy Shrew). Seems odd checking in inside the bar however the staff were brilliant, efficient and polite, the young lady even carried my heavy case up the last few stairs for me. I had booked last minute and secured a double room for £60. The room was clean and very silver chabby chic. On close inspection this average room had received a fashionable make over, with layers and layers of grey paint and in some places the wallpaper was coming away from the walls and paint was peeling off the ceiling. The bathroom was reasonable, not to sure about the silver glitter toilet seat! the shower curtains showed some age, yet the water was piping hot. Overall the dated bathroom had been the victim of an economic make over, I had to recall my snake charming skills to operate the plastic shower head. I didn't feel rested after my night, the bed was very low to the floor with a thin mattress, quite uncomfortable and there was a lot of noise from the street below which woke me up at 6 am. The rooms were also stifling hot although that could be the menopause. I would have been really disappointed if I had paid full price, so book last minute to get a deal. If you are looking for town centre accommodation then head to the Loopy Shrew, remember there is no parking,; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Yewdale Inn; City: Coniston Lake District Cumbria England; Review: Didn't realise it was a hotel as the coffee shop looked like a coffee shop, which is good. The service was okay, although I did feel that the residents had priority over us. We had to wait a while to be served etc. The corridor to the toilets was not in keeping with detail of the coffee shop, the walls could have been happier! And the toilets cleaner. The cake and coffe were really tasty.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Briar Court Hotel; City: Huddersfield West Yorkshire England; Review: Very average, clean and functional. Every bit of space has been utilised. Robotic check out with efficient superior staff. Felt safe and secure. Review requesting i write more, i simply cant say anymore, it was okay. Request payment on arrival.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Woodborough Inn; City: Winscombe Somerset England; Review: A really basic room, dated (circa 1970), no help to carry my bags up the stairs, just keep up with him, no valance on the bed, cushions incredibly flat and no plump whatsoever, old yet hoovered carpet, mug stains everywhere, noisy room above car park, i woke up tired and aching. breakfast was fresh hot and tasty.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Banyan Tree Bangkok; City: Bangkok; Review: As always Thai staff were impeccable, polite and prompt. The hotel was clean and in a good location · The prices! It was utterly astonishing that these prices were being charged. In every eatery the prices were exaggerated. The information about the trips were incorrect and we were charged differently to what we were advised. Be careful.; Rating: 2.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: Boise Hotel and Conference Center; City: Boise, ID; Review: I saw a homeless man deficate on the walkway outside in the parking lot. He wiped his butt with newspaper.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Candlewood Suites Boise - Towne Square; City: Boise, ID; Review: This place is NOT at boise town square!! It is two blocks away.Nothing to do with boise town square.False advertising.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Homewood Suites by Hilton Boise; City: Boise, ID; Review: This is not the first extended stay motel in Boize Idaho.Extended Stay America (Reg. T.M.) and Candlewood Suites (Reg, T.M.) were here way before this motel.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Home2 Suites by Hilton Boise Downtown; City: Boise, ID; Review: Boise Idaho is GHETTO! sketchy , as it were.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: La Quinta by Wyndham Boise Towne Square; City: Boise, ID; Review: I would not use the words BOISE TOWN SQUARE in the hotels title. It was the scene of a Triple murder the other day. People will not want to stay here if you mention the Mall .Its an infamous crime scene now, the area is dangerous .Just say "LA QUINTA" boise. nothing more... UPDATE We stepped in dog feces walking thru the hallway .A German Shepard went potty in the lobby.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: La Quinta by Wyndham Meridian / Boise West; City: Meridian, ID; Review: I was going to stay but a man tried to sell me crystal meth in the parking lot so we left. ....sketchy area...; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: La Quinta by Wyndham Boise Airport; City: Boise, ID; Review: I saw a homeless old man deficate on the hood of a guest's car in La Quinta parking lot. Weird dirty people were smoking meth and cigarettes in the stairwells and parking lot.and a car crashed into the hotel building. and the driver ran off screaming. we checked out and went to Winnemucca. Stayed at Winners Casino. Much better.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Modern Hotel; City: Boise, ID; Review: This motel is in the rundown old industrial section of Boise. This motel is conveniently located two blocks from" Community House ",the homeless shelter ."This motel is two blocks from the Spearmint Rhino strip club (yowza) Girls from the Spearmint Rhino use this motel as a base of operations for prostitution and drug use .All in all a good location. Rhoades .Skate Park is 3 blocks west. under the freeway.and Youth Ranch goodwill store. is 2 blocks The downtown Boise corridor starts 2 blocks east of the motel. Walk because there is no parking what so ever downtown. this is an old,, freeway Travel Lodge (reg. t.m.) Motel located right off the I-84 interstate freeway/ built in 1953. almost 70 years old/ soon to be designated an Historic Landmark. there is a soup kitchen 4 blocks south on 12th st. that serves the homeless population of Boise.(approx. 30,000 homeless in Boise.) Their restaurant gave my Mom Diahrea !! ( eee gads ) She told me to avoid the restaurant and only order bottled beer from the bar,.Rooms are o.k. ,All in all it is a good place to smoke a cigarette. Thank you.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Cabana Inn; City: Boise, ID; Review: This motel is used for prostitution and drugs . It is a good place to smoke a cigarette. . The rooms are only 32.00 dollars a night .so a bargain for sure/ just dont get in the bed. Sleep in the chair.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | yelp |
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Title: The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion Between Pope John Paul; Author: Visit Amazon's Malachi Martin Page; Review: If you want to know about the times we are living. Read this book to learn how we got here. Incredible; Rating: 5.0/5.0
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Title: Roberto's Taco Shop; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Great food. Fast service. Always consistent The red sauce here is better than any Roberto's I've been to.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: Fun atmosphere! Very cool and trendy. Friendly staff. We had the Trashcan Nachos and they did not disappoint. We also had the Mac and Cheese Burger. Huge and totally worth it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pizza Rock; City: Las Vegas, NV; Review: My absolute favorite pizza in Las Vegas! The picante is amazing when ordered by the slice. I've been told it is prepared different when you order the whole pie but you can modify it to be the same as the slice.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | yelp |
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Title: Avery Address Labels with Sure Feed for Inkjet Printers, 0.5" x 1.75", 2,000 Labels, Permanent Adhesive (8167); Brand: Avery; Review: OK.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
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Title: Under Construction Part II; Brand: Timbaland & Magoo; Review: I am a huge fan of Timbaland and Magoo's body of work. I felt that Indecent Proposal was an excellent cd that was virtually ignored by the public, and that Tim recently did great work on both Under Construction I and Deliverance. With that in mind, I was eager to pick up Under Construction 2. It is hard to describe the disappointment I felt after listening to this cd. First of all, I will state the obvious: people do not buy Timbaland and Magoo music for the lyrics, they buy it for the beats. These beats were pedestrian and spare. Minimalist production has its place, but when the artist isn't a great rapper anyway, and is known for the beats, it is fair to expect better. It seems that Tim is saving his best beats for other artists. Annoying hooks ("that s#$t ain't gon' work") prevail throughout. Even the usually dependable, if not spectacular, Magoo falters in this one. It is almost as if he is matching his partner's lack of effort. This avoids one-star status due to "Indian Flute," a catchy song, if derivative of "Indian Carpet" from their last album. If you haven't bought this cd yet, get Timbaland and Magoo's earlier work instead: this one falls short both lyrically and production-wise.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: The Roots; Review: The Legendary Roots Crew occupy a unique place in hip hop. They are critically acclaimed, possess name recognition from the music-buying public and their live shows are the stuff of legends. However despite their diverse catalog, devoted fanbase, and willingness to experiment, their talent has yet to translate into proportionate sales. That is a shame, and it is the driving force behind The Tipping Point. This is by far the Roots' most structured and accessible album to the "average" music demographic that has not latched onto them yet. While this has led to grumbling from both the old-school fans of Do You Want More and the Phrenology fans of experimentation, TTP is a solid offering. With only 10 songs (not counting bonus tracks), they set out to grab you and not let go. Star is an excellent first song (and good current single) - the condemnation of the American cult of celebrity. I Don't Care is a good follow up. The irony of the hook is not lost on the discerning listener. In fact, the album as a whole seems to take digs at the average music buyer, while attempting to cater to them at the same time. More than anything else, this album should propel Black Thought into the upper echelon of MC's (many would argue that he has been there for a while). His mimicry of Kane and G Rap on Boom are amazing. Somebody's Gotta Do It is another high point: graced by the incredibly talented Jean Grae, while Devin the Dude lends his smooth voice to croon the hook. While this is a good album, there are some parts that I could have done without. Too much singing on the hooks, and a cheerfully calculated (while tongue-in-cheek) feel to the album keep it from being a 5-star classic to me. However, it is still one of the 5 best hip-hop cd's to come out this year, and remains in constant rotation to me. The sales so far have been disappointing, I believe the Roots' tipping point is still ahead of them.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: This Week; Brand: Jean Grae; Review: Jean Grae is a great MC. Period. Not a great female MC, or a great femcee, or a "better than Eve and Little Kim MC." A. Great. MC. To only compare her to her female contemporaries does her an injustice. With her catalog, the talented Ms. Grae has earned the right male MC's take for granted: the right to have her skills evaluated versus any of her peers. Fans of Jean are already aware of her creative lyrics and multi-dimensional talent (she can SANG too). If you came across her on the Roots' The Tipping Point or Talib Kweli's Beautiful Struggle and are using this review to contemplate buying this album, I assure you the skill she showed on those tracks is the rule rather than the exception. One of the things that make Jean Grae such a compelling talent is her frank self-disclosure. Many of her songs are autobiographical and brutally honest to the point that you almost feel like you know her. You can feel the urgency edged with despair in "Take Me," follow her romantic (mis)adventures in "Love Song," grieve with her on "Fade Out," and hear her frustration and anger in "Hater's Anthem." This emotion, coupled with a gift for narrative, is one of her best assets as a MC, and it is harnessed beautifully in This Week. This Week finds Jean in what appears to be a happier state of mind then her previous work. Several songs on the album are about finding love rather than being burned by it (see Supa Love, Whatever). I think Jean does her best work over soulful beats in the Pete Rock/9th Wonder vein. Fortunately for us, 9th produces a couple of bangers (with Don't Rush Me being the highlight of the album in my opinion). I can only hope that despite the leak she and 9th still release Jeanius. "Whatever" (wrong track listing?) is a song I have been listening to a lot. The first half seems to me as if it could be Jean speaking on her experience with hip-hop on some Used To Love H.E.R. type ish. Perhaps I am reading too much into it: either way it is nice. With P.S. she rewards long-time fans with updates on the situations she described in earlier albums. While I have probably already shredded any semblance of objectivity at this point, the album does have its weak points. Annoying dudes yelling works great for Kay Slay, here not so much. She also seems to desert her theme (a week in the life of Jean Grae) partway through the album, when the only way to tell that it is a new day is someone actually saying it. That being said, this is still one of my favorite albums this year. As Jean states on P.S., she's done a lot of growing up. 4.5 stars: buy this album.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: Cam'Ron; Review: This album is like candy for hip-hop lovers in a good way: sweet, unsubstantial, and satisfying. Over infections, 80's pop tunes Killa Cam makes the most of each beat. Hip-hop does not always need to address the wrongs in society - sometimes it is enough just to have fun. Cam's off-the-cuff tales of womanizing and drug-selling are of course present, but they are secondary to his amazing alliterative wordplay. On some songs it seems like he is determined to test the English language's boundaries, and go just beyond them. This cd will not change your life, but it is a decent album to bump in the car. Personal favorites are Killa Cam (with a chorus that will stay in your head for days), Hey Lady (infectious beat), and Girls. Check this cd out if for you sometimes the music can be more important than the message. DipSET!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: Talib Kweli; Review: Talib Kweli is an artist who cannot escape his past. Much like Nas, he made the "mistake" of having his earliest works attain almost classic status (Black Star and Reflection Eternal). These gems have raised expectations to the point that excellence is expected from his devoted fan base. The first few times I listened to this album, I was not impressed. It was only after giving it a couple months when expectations had died down that I was able to appreciate BS, and felt moved to write this review. Having gotten his strongest mainstream endorsement to date on Jay-Z's Black Album, Kweli attempts to toe the line between the underground that got him there and the mainstream appeal he apparently craves. The results are a mixed bag, which seemed not to satisfy either camp. As a huge fan of Kweli's earlier work, I feel that the mainstream attempts were more unsuccessful. The worst of these was the Mary J. Blige-assisted I Try, a blatant Get By rip-off. The song seems so formulaic and forced, as opposed to its predecessor's beautiful optimism. An additional disappointment comes unlikely enough from the Hi-Tek/Kweli Back Up Offa Me. With the chorus constantly repeating this phrase, the whole song seems somewhat mundane. The disappointments are clearly outnumbered by the Beautiful Struggle's good-to-great tracks. On the Neptunes-produced "Broken Glass," Kweli flexes his storytelling muscles, spinning an enthralling tale of a girl's selling of herself. Black Girl Pain is a beautiful, moving tribute from Kweli to his daughter (with a stellar appearance from Jean Grae). Common and Anthony Hamilton lend their voices in Ghetto Show, and John Legend does the same in Around My Way. Both these songs are solid, if unspectacular. Just Blaze continues his quest to become 2005's best producer with Never Been In Love (the current, Andre 3000-esqe video). When the album concludes with the title track, it feels like Kweli and Hi Tek have recaptured their magic, and are both on top of their games. Kweli's wordplay vacillates throughout the album, but is at his best when introspective and observational rather than trying to make people dance or braggadocios. Overall, this album works best when you go into it with no expectations. I can honestly say that it will probably be appreciated more after time passes: not because it is groundbreaking or revolutionary, but because it is just not as bad as its detractors (spurned Black Star fans) say.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: ; Brand: Common; Review: While not his best work to date, Common has put out an excellent album that is the cream of this half-year's crop. Be - Okay, when the synthesizer kicks in I had a panic attack that this was Electric Circus II. By the time the piano hits I calm down. Like this groove, but the aforementioned synth feels extra. "We got arms, but won't reach for the sky." The Corner - If you aren't nodding your head by the time the chorus hits, you have negative soul. The Kanye part has not aggravated me yet. "Now I roll in an Olds with windows that don't roll." Go! - Intro is too long - 37 seconds before you even hear Common. Almost feels like a Kanye West song feat. Common. Way too much chorus, too little rapping. What exactly did Mayer do here? "Dirty words encourage me." Faithful - Vintage Com - this vibe kind of reminds me of One Day It Will All Make Sense in a good way. Thoughtful and enjoyable. While I like the sample, the sped up vocals during the verses are distracting and unnecessary. Whoa, John Legend and Bilal come out of freaking nowhere. "I'm bad, not as bad as Eric Benet." Testify - Once again the vocals in the sample are competing with Common rather than compliment him. Not really feeling the story. "The Queenpin." Love Is - The difference between Dilla and Kanye is so noticeable (boy I hope he produced this). Com rides this beat, as opposed to sharing space with it. Dunno about singing the chorus. "Heartbreak Hotel then you're home again." Chi City - Production sounds like Premier minus the signature drums. This song would fit in Resurrection. And there are no vocal samples! At this point of the album - this is the standout track for me. "I rap with the passion of Christ, _____ cross me." The Food - The energy of this damn song is its selling point. I like how they went back and amped up the beat, but cannot help but miss the third verse. I dig the outro. "You love to hear the story, again and again - about these young brothers from the city of wind." Real People - I really like the jazzy beat on this. Sounds like a cheesy 80's TV theme song in a good way. "The way they treat blacks, I wanna snap like paparazzi." They Say - I like John Legend, and this sounds like one of his good grooves. Autobiographical and interesting - an explanation/defense of Electric Circus to my ears. Not a fan of Kanye's verse - very little rhyming, annoying high pitch. Would have been interested in hearing Consequence's verse. "I'm the black pill in the Matrix." It's Your World - I am feeling this one. This could have been on Like Water for Chocolate. Feels good to have Pops back. "My momma gave birth, but she never really had me." Final thoughts: I bought this with the mindset that I would be satisfied if this was Common's; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Duets: The Final Chapter; Brand: Notorious B.I.G.; Review: After hearing this album, I was apoplectic with rage. To summarize the below review: if you want to know more about B.I.G., listen to the Ready To Die remastered version and Life After Death; if you want to know how he would sound over newer beats, listen to DJ Vlad's Rap Phenomenon cd. Whatever you do, do NOT buy this cd. If you are a fan of B.I.G. (and were actually old enough to remember Ready To Die) this album will enrage you. This is the worst kind of cheap, cut-and-paste, over-produced crap out there. I literally have no idea why anyone thought this album was necessary unless Puffy was behind on one of his mortgages. I find it to painful to go through the entire album, but I will try to hit some high/low points. Spit Your Game - lyrics lifted completely from "Notorious Thugs". Twista at least fits the rhyme scheme, and since he did the original song with B.O.N.E. it is too hard to articulate why this one sounds wrong. Whatchu Want - lyrics lifted from unreleased song. Jay-Z shows his business acumen by picking the best original beat, but even that cannot save him from spitting his laziest verse since BP2. Get Your Grind On - lyrics lifted from "You're Nobody;" in what will prove to be a trend, they rob more artists' graves and have Big Pun perform on the track with Fat Joe (who might as well be deceased). Pun was nice with his, and seemed to have a genuine appreciation for real lyricists, which makes this collaboration even worse. Freeway is not worth mentioning. Living The Life - lyrics lifted from unreleased song. This is one of those songs you can obviously tell no one was in the studio at the same time. You have Biggie's normal braggadocio, then Ludacris comes in with a (pretty hot) verse about womanizing, which fits the song. Then after the terrible chorus comes Snoop talking some "stop snitching" stuff. The song totally falls apart at this point. 1970 Somethin' - lyrics lifted from "Respect". I actually like this song. Beat is aiight, and Game seems to come at this thing respectfully. Nasty Girl - lyrics lifted from "Nasty Boy (wow, how clever)." When you produce the worst song on a dump of an album like this, you really have nothing to brag about. Hearing Jazzy Pha babble over the beat even makes Puffy sound palatable. And what crapfest would be complete without Nelly? It is a tribute to Jagged Edge's crappiness and Jazzy Pha's corniness that Nelly is only the third worst part of this song. Living in Pain - lyrics from House of Pain (unreleased). This song is tight. What, I cannot hate everything. In a perfect world, this would be a maxi-single. Everyone here meshes well, from Biggie to Pac to Nas to MJB. Beef - lyrics lifted from "What's Beef?" I remember when this collaboration would have been excellent. I think it was 1996. Hustler's Story - Puffy is no idiot, he picked the latest Jeezy; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Shining; Brand: Jay Dee; Review: I assume if you are reading this page you are either about to review The Shining or are considering purchasing it. I will tell you what I wish someone had told me: this cd is extremely short. If you think Jay Dee was an incredible producer (which I do) and enjoy the artists that appear on here (another affirmative), then this CD is worth getting. However $13 for 36 minutes seems fairly steep, and a lot of the material seems thrown together. I realize that the majority of this project was completed after his death, but a man with a huge library of unreleased work should have had more to offer here (no random SV cuts?). If you are looking for an introduction to Dilla I would recommend Jaylib, if you are looking to hear his better work I would say Donuts (or even Fantastic Vol. 2 or Like Water For Chocolate). If you are looking to round out your collection, then this is a CD for you.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Shining; Brand: Jay Dee; Review: I assume if you are reading this page you are either about to review The Shining or are considering purchasing it. I will tell you what I wish someone had told me: this cd is extremely short. If you think Jay Dee was an incredible producer (which I do) and enjoy the artists that appear on here (another affirmative), then this CD is worth getting. However $13 for 36 minutes seems fairly steep, and a lot of the material seems thrown together. I realize that the majority of this project was completed after his death, but a man with a huge library of unreleased work should have had more to offer here (no random SV cuts?). If you are looking for an introduction to Dilla I would recommend Jaylib, if you are looking to hear his better work I would say Donuts (or even Fantastic Vol. 2 or Like Water For Chocolate). If you are looking to round out your collection, then this is a CD for you.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_CDs_and_Vinyl |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: The Mummy (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Wedding Planner (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Recruit (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: What Women Want (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Braveheart (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The King and I (1956); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Miss Congeniality (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pretty Woman (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sister Act (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Armageddon (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Kiss the Girls (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pearl Harbor (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Bone Collector (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Maid in Manhattan (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Swordfish (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Along Came a Spider (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Rock (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Twister (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: X-Men (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Double Jeopardy (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The General's Daughter (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Client (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Enemy of the State (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tomb Raider (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Grease (1978); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Con Air (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Green Mile (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Fugitive (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: National Treasure (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Negotiator (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6 (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Beautiful Mind (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Princess Diaries (Fullscreen) (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Taking Lives (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rush Hour 2 (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: S.W.A.T. (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bad Boys II (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bruce Almighty (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Italian Job (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bringing Down the House (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Men of Honor (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dirty Dancing (1987); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Top Gun (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Net (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Stepmom (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: John Q (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Two Weeks Notice (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lost: Season 1 (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hostage (2005); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Patch Adams (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Murder By Numbers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: High Crimes (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Life of David Gale (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cocktail (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Broken Arrow (1996); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Runaway Bride (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Coyote Ugly (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Big Daddy (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gothika (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Little Women (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ocean's Eleven (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7 (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Man on Fire (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Trapped (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Along Came Polly (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Freaky Friday (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blade: Trinity (2004); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forever Young (1992); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: End of Days (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Finding Nemo (Widescreen) (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Forgotten (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Overboard (1987); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Bodyguard (1992); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Sleeping With the Enemy (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Phenomenon (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Apollo 13 (1995); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Finding Forrester (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ice Age (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Monsters (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Rainmaker (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sliding Doors (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Final Destination (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Three Men and a Baby (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mission: Impossible II (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The First Wives Club (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: City of Angels (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: My Girl (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The X-Files: Season 8 (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Mona Lisa Smile (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kindergarten Cop (1990); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: A Few Good Men (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Face/Off (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Anger Management (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Out of Time (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Devil's Advocate (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shakespeare in Love (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lilo and Stitch (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Beauty (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Perfect Storm (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Nine to Five (1980); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Emperor's New Groove (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Serendipity (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ghost (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Beaches (1988); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Steel Magnolias (1989); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Erin Brockovich (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hope Floats (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Seabiscuit (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Best in Show (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fight Club (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Edward Scissorhands (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Good Morning (1987); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gremlins (1984); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Billy Madison (1995); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Whole Nine Yards (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Secret Window (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blood Work (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 28 Days (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: American Pie 2 (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Weird Science (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Road Trip (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sex and the City: Season 3 (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forrest Gump (1994); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Manchurian Candidate (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Shining (1980); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kate & Leopold (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Practical Magic (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Bulletproof Monk (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Gladiator (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Jerry Maguire (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Little Britain: Series 1 (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jurassic Park (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: What a Girl Wants (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dead Man Walking (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dead Poets Society (1989); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: City Slickers (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sex and the City: Season 2 (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Walking Tall (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Big Lebowski (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Big (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Legally Blonde 2: Red (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Father of the Bride (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Haunting (1999); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Hide and Seek (2005); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Prince and Me (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Old School (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Titanic (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 4 (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Legally Blonde (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 1 (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lock (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 (1997); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Trading Places (1983); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Snatch (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Usual Suspects (1995); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Where the Heart Is (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 3 (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Seven (1995); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: American History X (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: October Sky (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 2 (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3 (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Game (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sweet November (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Reservoir Dogs (1992); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jaws (1975); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fallen (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Uptown Girls (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Professional (1994); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bend It Like Beckham (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The American President (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Liar Liar (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Being John Malkovich (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: America's Sweethearts (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Don't Say a Word (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: When Harry Met Sally (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Finding Neverland (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Barbershop (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: While You Were Sleeping (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Scorpion King (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dances With Wolves: Special Edition (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: True Romance (1993); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Legends of the Fall (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Natural Born Killers (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Power of One (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Little Man Tate (1991); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Cruel Intentions (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Rookie (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Save the Last Dance (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 12 Angry Men (1957); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: There's Something About Mary: Special Edition (1998); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: L.A. Confidential (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Fifth Element (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stigmata (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pulp Fiction (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A League of Their Own (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Quantum Leap: Season 1 (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Short Circuit (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Primal Fear (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Twisted (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bring It On (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Boondock Saints (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Lost Boys: Special Edition (1987); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Never Been Kissed (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Office Space (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tears of the Sun (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Batman Forever (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 12 Monkeys (1995); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Beetlejuice (1988); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pretty in Pink (1986); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Independence Day (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Meet Joe Black (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Blow (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Philadelphia (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Turtle Bay Resort; City: Kahuku Oahu Hawaii; Review: The resort and staff were awesome! The room was beautiful with an ocean view! The food was great and lots of amenities. The staff was so helpful when asked about events, activities, things to do and see! We would love to go back!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St Louis; City: Maryland Heights Saint Louis Missouri; Review: Room was lovely, hotel is cozy. Great location with places to eat and things to do. Central location to shopping and airport! I used to work in the location, and I believe the area is underrated as a place to stay.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chattanooga Choo Choo; City: Chattanooga Tennessee; Review: We stayed at Chattanooga Choo Choo on pleasure. The room was clean, the old train station was decorated for Christmas - very pretty. The Station House restaurant was VERY good and the singing waiters were great entertainment. Staff was friendly. There were "elves" walking the grounds and wishing guests Merry Christmas! Great touch. We wish we had spent the extra $$ to stay in the Victorian train cars-but will look forward to that next time. My only concern is that the front of the hotel is very dark at night, however it is my understanding that the complex will close in December for a huge remodel! We will go back and visit when it reopens!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Memphis Southaven; City: Southaven Mississippi; Review: Can always recommend this hotel! Every staff member is very friendly and Breakfast is very good. Rooms are always clean! Have stayed here multiple times. Consistently good hotel. Great location, just off highway, quiet, and shopping close by.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Inn at Woodhaven; City: Louisville Kentucky; Review: Wonderful unexpected getaway, tucked back in a residential neighborhood, with easy access to major highways. We stayed in the carriage house, which was very private and beautifully furnished with cozy accents. The innkeeper offers wonderful thoughtful treats both in our room, and in the parlor. This restored Victorian is a real find!! The 3 course breakfast has convenient hours, and the food is wonderful, cooked to order, set in a beautiful parlor! My recommendation is stay here and enjoy the neighborhood setting and the Louisville hospitality!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Cottage Gardens Bed Breakfast Inn; City: Eureka Springs Arkansas; Review: We are so fortunate to have found this property! We brought other couples with us and had the whole property to ourselves. The innkeepers were amazing and accommodating, with use of the property grill and fire pits, and the on-site chapel, which we used as a party room for the weekend! Each couple traveling with us, loved their lovely cabins, the breakfasts were amazing, and the off street parking is a big plus in Eureka Springs. When we return, we will definitely stay here! The property was quiet, but only a few blocks from downtown. Awesome!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock Cottage Gardens Bed Breakfast Inn; City: Eureka Springs Arkansas; Review: This is the place to go! The cottages and grounds are so pretty. The breakfast served each day is top notch! Kathy and Steve owners are wonderful and can help you plan your activities if needed. Special touches for special occasions! We can't say enough. This trip we met other guests who married on our anniversary date - so we shared champagne and hopefully made new friends! The cottages are in a great location, close to everything. Off the street parking and a great value. Book early! Thank you again Kathy and Steve!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Ego Is the Enemy; Author: Visit Amazon's Ryan Holiday Page; Review: This books an easy , fun read with lots of great stories and information. Really makes you think. Would definitely recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy; Author: Miyamoto Musashi; Review: A lot of great quotes and insights. A short read, but definitely one you can read over and over again, and continue to pick up new things.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain; Author: Visit Amazon's Steven D. Levitt Page; Review: A bit surprised by how short the book is, with only about 60% of it being actual reading material. But some interesting concepts that seem easy to put into practice. With its short length, it would definitely be easy to read through a few more time to pick up on concepts you may have missed or want a refresher on.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hustle: The Life Changing Effects of Constant Motion; Author: Jesse Warren Tevelow; Review: Was skeptical at first, but the messages relayed throughout the book were strong and practical. No groundbreaking advice, but definitely got me thinking of ways I can begin to hussle more in my everyday life.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Old Man and the Sea (A Scribner Classic); Author: Visit Amazon's Ernest Hemingway Page; Review: A fun story, that will capture you from the very beginning, and make it hard to put down. A great story of perseverance.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Old Man and the Sea; Author: Ernest Hemingway; Review: A fun story, that will capture you from the very beginning, and make it hard to put down. A great story of perseverance.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era; Author: Visit Amazon's Eiji Yoshikawa Page; Review: So happy I was introduced to this book. Once I started I couldn't put it down. Great story, beautifully told. I only wish there was more. Wow!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend; Author: Visit Amazon's Andy Stanley Page; Review: Clear and candid vision for reaching everyone. Lots of practical tips. Thank you for blazing the trail, Pastor Andy Stanley.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: For Parents Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid; Author: Visit Amazon's Shaunti Feldhahn Page; Review: Parenting teens is a challenge. The author does a great job helping parents understand how the teenage brain works and why they say what they do. This book will give you confidence and hope to not give up or lose heart as a parent. Every parent should read this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Have a New Kid By Friday Participant's Guide: How to Change Your Child's Attitude, Behavior; Author: Dr. Kevin Leman; Review: Kevin Leman's candor, wisdom and style connects well with parents. This is a great book for all parents that need practical advise and a plan that works. I bought extra copies to give to parents at our church. The book also comes with almost 200 pages of A-Z parenting parenting topics.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News?; Author: Visit Amazon's Philip Yancey Page; Review: Grateful for another great gift from Philip Yancey.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Love Worth Giving: Living in the Overflow of God's Love; Author: Visit Amazon's Max Lucado Page; Review: This is a book worth giving, a book worth reading again and again. One of my favorite books on my shelf.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Hot Black Quartz Wall Clock Movement Mechanism Hands DIY Repair Tool Parts Kit; Brand: Pinzhi(TM); Review: Installed with brand new battery. After fifteen minutes it already started to show signs of not keeping time. I installed another battery and made sure the hands were not touching when passing by each other. It did not keep time at all. After two hours it was behind 40 minutes.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Bemis 1500EC 464 Wood Elongated Toilet Seat With Easy Clean & Change Hinge, Dresden Blue; Brand: Bemis; Review: Everything is fine. I would recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TEKTON 4957 Impact Adapter and Reducer Set, Cr-V, 4-Piece; Brand: TEKTON; Review: Adapters work just fine. Good value.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fluidmaster 7513 Extra Thick Wax Toilet Bowl Gasket with Flange, for 3-Inch and 4-Inch Waste Lines; Brand: Fluidmaster; Review: Works as described. Would recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: WEN 61720 3/4-Inch to 2-Inch 18-Gauge Brad Nailer; Brand: WEN; Review: Very happy. Looks well built/ solid. As long as you keep it oiled and do proper maintenance it seems like it will last.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bemis 1500EC 000 Wood Elongated Toilet Seat With Easy Clean & Change Hinge, White; Brand: Bemis; Review: Fits nice. Solid built Color match spot on..; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: T.W Evans Cordage 23-410 3/8-Inch by 100-Feet Twisted Sisal Rope; Brand: T.W . Evans Cordage Co.; Review: Good quality rope. No complaints.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Self-Stick Furniture Round Felt Pads for Hard Surfaces – Protect your Hard Floors from Furniture Scratches, 3/4" Linen, Round; Brand: Soft Touch; Review: Works as described; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tac Force TF-705 Assisted Opening Series; Brand: TAC Force; Review: Knife is awesome. No complaints. Price is fantastic. Heavy, well made. I purchased 2.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hitachi C10FCE2 15-Amp 10-inch Single Bevel Compound Miter Saw (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: Hitachi; Review: Nice saw. Sadly parts were broken upon opening box. Box was too small. Returned to Amazon; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Blue Shoe Guys | 100 Premium Disposable Shoe and Boot Covers | Durable Non-Slip, Water Resistant, Recyclable; Brand: Blue Shoe Guys; Review: So far so good. We had several people use these this week. Large work boots size 10-12 at least to small ladies shoes/ sneakers they fit nice. Not so sure about non-slip though. Used on multiple surfaces. Wood floors to carpet & vinyl. Just like anything, you need to be careful about slipping. They do have some type of extra traction imprint on bottom. This is not a concern for me. Just be careful. I will try and wash them put them in a zippered laundry net bag first. Will purchase again if needed.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sperry Instruments VD6504 Non-Contact Voltage Detector, Comfort Grip, 50-1000V AC, 360° LED Light Display, Home/Auto / Professional Electrical Voltage; Brand: Sperry Instruments; Review: Seems way too sensitive. Not sure if it is the operator or the tester. But even literally 4 ft. away from live wires the tester is reading hot wires. The dial sensitive settings is difficult to use and I was spending way too much time making adjustments especially if you wear work gloves.if you have gloves on it is virtually impossible to adjust. Like I said Maybe it is the operator. Solid built. But after playing with it for a couple of hours I decided to send it back and purchase another brand that has no adjuster on it.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: POWERTEC 75002 High Efficiency Filter Bags for Ridgid Wet/Dry Vacuum VF3502, 2-Pack; Brand: POWERTEC; Review: I wish I new of these years ago. These bags definitely trap the dust and debris. I have not used for wet application yet. I am using for saw dust, construction cleanup, drywall debris, etc. The bag probably weighed 5-8 lbs before I removed. Virtually not dust in vacuum canister. I am using the included reusable filter that came with the vacuum did not notice much dust in it when I changed bag.. I am using my Ridged 12 gallon 5 hp shop vac.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Tools_and_Home_Improvement |
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Title: Shave My Spider! A six-month adventure around Borneo, Vietnam, Mongolia, China, Laos and Cambodia eBook; Author: Visit Amazon's Tony James Slater Page; Review: This book made me laugh so hard.... I can't imagine how it feels to be your travel partner... Never a dull moment it seems!!!! Keep up your wonderful travels and your unique style of writing... You're a treasure (:; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Necessary Act; Author: Visit Amazon's Tony Wirt Page; Review: This book is an original story line and keeps the reader hooked... Fantastic (: I couldn't wait to see how it turned out!! 5 stars *****; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Broken Ones; Author: Visit Amazon's Sarah A. Denzil Page; Review: A great book full of twists and turns around every corner... I thoroughly enjoyed it!! Could not put it down!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Things We Set on Fire; Author: Visit Amazon's Deborah Reed Page; Review: This book spoke to me in a way few have ever before. I would highly recommend that you read it for yourself.... It's just amazing. I cannot wait to see what else this author has written!!! 5*S*t*a*r*S*; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Annie's Story: A novel of psychological suspense; Author: Visit Amazon's Peter Gilboy Page; Review: I thoroughly enjoyed the book and was very surprised by the ending!! I highly recommend this book to all readers (:; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Midair; Author: Visit Amazon's Kodi Scheer Page; Review: It took a few chapters for the writers style to reveal some twists, and that's what I loved. This book was one of a kind and incredibly enjoyable!! 5*s*t*a*r*s!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hidden; Author: Visit Amazon's Catherine McKenzie Page; Review: This novel was extremely well written and told a story of a man who passed away unexpectedly and the family he left behind. His wife questions many things after he dies and seeks to answer questions that she doesn't know she really wants to know the truth. I liked this author's style and am glad to see she has more stories to tell!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dark Moon, A Legal Thriller; Author: Visit Amazon's Deborah Hawkins Page; Review: About half way through this book, it was like someone else took over. Or else someone had a deadline and decided to just tie everything up with nonsense to make the ending. Not my favorite book :(; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Saint/Sinner (Allie Krycek) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Sam Sisavath Page; Review: This is the second book in a series and its just as great as the first. Anyone who lives action and humour and a kick a$$ heroine, check out out!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: After You Left; Author: Visit Amazon's Carol Mason Page; Review: An extraordinary love story within another love story.... Took me a bit to get the cast straight but then, wow, what a book!!! It was great!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Darknet; Author: Visit Amazon's Matthew Mather Page; Review: FAbulous story that seems like an all too real possibility. This book is very interesting an i enjoyed it immensely .; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Blue Wave 48 in. Peel and Stick Above Ground Pool Cove - 10 Pack; Brand: Blue Wave; Review: easy to use and fit perfect.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Super Tough Commercial Grade Sectional 20ft. Flagpole - Satin Finish - US Made; Brand: Super Tough; Review: Nicest flag pole i've seen in a yard.. Very well made and relativly easy to install.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deneve Standard Solar Flag Pole Light, Flag Light, LED Downlight for Most 15 to 25 Ft In-Ground Flag; Brand: Deneve; Review: Very easy to install andworks perfectly; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: W.E.Saunders&Co.® Thin Blue Line Flag 3X5 Nylon Premium Stitched, Embroidered; Brand: W.E.Saunders&Co.; Review: Very well madeand holds up well in weather; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vicool hyT55B (1-pack) Replacement Lid Thermometer Gas Grill Stainless Steel Heat Indicator For Aussie, Sunbeam GrillMaster, Grill Mate, Kenmore,; Brand: VICOOL; Review: easy to replace; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Patio_Lawn_and_Garden |
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Title: Galco Fletch High Ride Belt Holster for S&W L FR 686 4-Inch; Brand: Galco Gunleather; Review: Holds pistol well and rides well on the belt built very solid good thick leather with heavy stich in should give many years of service; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: RCBS Premium Trigger Pull Scale; Brand: RCBS; Review: If you are looking to trigger work on your firearms this is a must very repeatable and accurate a song as you use the same pull rakes a few tries to get the technique down bub then works very well and is USA made; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bianchi 111 Cyclone Holster Fits S&W N 6-6 1/2In Rev; Brand: Bianchi; Review: Bought thus for woods carry of my S&W 629 without full underlie 6 inch barrel fits well has just enough slack for a quick draw without being to loose and thumb break snap keeps my revolver secure; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: BodySolid 8" Adapter Sleeve - Converts Standard 1" Bars to 2" Bars; Brand: Body-Solid; Review: Does what is designed to do and holds plates well just don't over tighten the screw; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: MTM Load Labels (Pack of 50); Brand: MTM; Review: Well laid out and have all the info you need; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AR-15 1/2" X28 Thread Steel Crush Washer (Pack of 5) - EX ELECTRONIX EXPRESS; Brand: Electronix Express; Review: Works like they should; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hornady Sure-Loc Die Lock Ring, Grey; Brand: Hornady; Review: Keep my dies nice and tight have not moved or lost adjustmemt aftwr many uses and work as well as more expensive version.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bianchi 580 Speed Strip Pair Fits .44/.45 Caliber; Brand: Bianchi; Review: Fits all the brass I have tried and they secure the rounds well; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: American National Firearms Red Barrel Bushing Wrench for 1911 Government and Officer Models; Brand: American National Firearms; Review: Works well fits my S&W1911 well; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: RCBS 11103 Series A Small Base Die Set, 223 Remington; Brand: RCBS; Review: Works well RCBS for usual quality Good for auto loading rifle as they full length size yes them for many hundreds of round without issue; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Sports_and_Outdoors |
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Title: Divine Appointments: A Novel (A Snowglobe Connections Novel); Author: Charlene Baumbich; Review: The moment I met Josie Brooks I felt an instant dislike for her and vowed I could never enjoy this novel that shared her life. Unfortunately it was at that moment that author Charlene Ann Baumbich had me hooked and I couldn't stop reading her novel "Divine Appointments" once receiving my 'for review' copy from WaterBrook Press . Josie Brooks is a borderline OCD, midlife crisis, almost 50-year-old who lives what she believes is the perfect single life. 3 sets of the same pajamas (all blue) and workout clothing (all gray), exercise routine, the right amount of water each day, etc. She's a corporate consultant who takes her hatchet job seriously and without emotion, thanks to an upbringing by a military father. However, this latest consulting job has her meeting her match in the polar opposite, Lyle Waters who is an emotional caring and supportive VP. A cast of supporting characters had me laughing out loud at times. Marsha, the 'wanna-be' novelist using her life as the catalyst for the 'great American Novel', the caring Barb, and the cantankerous Frank. All have their place in this story. "Divine Appointment" is a novel that name drops Yahoo, Google and Match.com. It's not one to read if you want to 'get away' to another time period as it has firmly planted itself into the current day. As Josie's life takes unexpected twists and turns, you will no doubt feel the bond with her and see part of yourself in both Josie and Lyle (perhaps even the rest of the cast).; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lazarus Awakening: Finding Your Place in the Heart of God; Author: Visit Amazon's Joanna Weaver Page; Review: Lazarus, the one Jesus loved - mentioned in only one story of the Bible, yet Joanna Weaver's latest in the trilogy of Mary and Martha studies deals with his awakening from death all the same. Lazarus Awakening speaks to the heart of the reader. At first I didn't think I needed to learn from this book when I received it in the mail. I assumed that I knew what Christ's love was and would just do a nice review of her latest study. However, as I went along I realized how much like Lazarus I am. The lessons we learn from this love that Jesus had for his friend can show those of us who feel un-alive just how much Jesus cares; how much we are loved, even without words and deeds. All He wants to do is call is from the tomb of darkness that is our current life and fill us with His glory and love. He wants us to roll our tombstone away and step out into His love. It's not just the moving out of our tomb into life, but also how to live our lives once we step into the arms that Jesus has opened for us. He doesn't want us to keep working for His love he wants us to experience it as will live our life for him. Weaver does her very best to utilize her anecdotal stories and thoughts that include such topics as "The Art of Listening" or "What kind of Friend am I?" that are interspersed through the book help the reader to evaluate themselves along the way. A moving picture is written we she tells how she was visiting a vineyard to see how grapes are grown. While there, she hears the Holy Spirit speak to her, (page 155) saying: "He's waiting to be revealed..All your striving isn't as necessary as your abiding." What a vision of grace. Christ Loves US because of who we are, not because of what we do or think we need to do for him. He is there waiting for us to come out of our tomb. And, regardless of all we may think of ourselves, we are loved as much as He loved Lazarus - all he wants us to do is come to Him and abide in His grace. What an amazing lesson to hold true. The copy I received also included a 10-week study guide as well as the passage from the Bible (John 11:1 - 12:12) where the Lazarus story is told. I am so appreciative of the opportunity from Waterbrook/Multnomah publishing for allowing me to have an advanced copy of a book that I really didn't believe I needed to learn from, yet I'm so thankful that I was able to take so much from it and apply to my own life. The views expressed in this review are mine and mine alone.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Bridge of Peace (Ada's House, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Cindy Woodsmall Page; Review: "We all have a handicap." "The Bridge of Peace" the second novel in the Ada's House series by Cindy Woodsmall introduces us further to the characters of Lena Kauffman and Grey Graber. I had not read the first book in the series so it did take me a while to place all the characters in their proper position in the storyline. (side note: it wasn't until I finished the book that I saw there was a Cast of Characters page which could have done that more easily for me...perhaps it could have been put in the beginning.) As a 'stand alone book', once I was able to figure out who belonged with whom I dove into the storyline quite easily. The modernness of the Amish lifestyle described in this book hit me a little off guard as most of the books I had read by other authors had seemed set back in time more. The story itself is one of importance. It begins and keeps the theme of bullying throughout. Lena is being bullied as a teacher by one of the students (and also the students brother). She has flashbacks of being teased about her very noticeable birthmark as a child which has set her up to be very self-conscious. But it's not only Lena that has a handicap (as she calls it)... something that keeps us from doing what we want to do and being who we want to be. Grey has one also, and we read throughout the book that a handicap can be more than just a physical ailment, it can be an emotional one or even an addiction. I enjoyed this book very much. The violent parts of the book are realistic but toned down. We are constantly faced with evil in this world that not even the Amish are immune from. As a religious book, I found it to be pretty benign and not at all preachy. I received this book free from the publisher through the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Departures: Two Rediscovered Stories of Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen (The Christy Miller Collection); Author: Visit Amazon's Robin Jones Gunn Page; Review: Robin Jones Gunn has written another exceptional novel in the form of Departures. It could actually be classified as two novelettes in one cover as it tells the traveling summer adventures of Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen. Christy Miller has just graduated from school, broken up with her long-term boyfriend and is heading out to visit family in the Midwest. As she decides what her future holds for her she is also given the privilege to relive a part of her past as she reunites with a former classmate, Matthew. Sierra Jensen is caught between wanting to grow up and still wanting to enjoy her childhood a little longer. The problem is her best friend is ready to cross through into her teenage years and has found boys much more interesting. Sierra isn't ready for all the competition she is unexpectedly put up against and spends a weekend at a lake with her friends contemplating moving forward quickly, or just letting those blossoming moments happen naturally. With a bit of wit, some nostalgia and Godly wisdom, Gunn has blended two stories perfectly for pre-teens and teens who want to read about real-life situations with girls just like them. This was a quick read for me - read it in one day- but I'm looking forward to handing this book over to my (almost) teenage daughter to read. Sierra is just like her and her friend. One wanting to grow up too quickly, and the other not yet ready to move out of her childhood. I know she will be able to relate to this novel on a personal level. I received this book free from the publisher through the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group book review bloggers program. These are my own opinions and I was not required to give a positive review for participating.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Daughter's Walk: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jane Kirkpatrick Page; Review: The Daughter's Walk: A Novel by Jane Kirkpatrick is a biography of Clara Estby who, along with her mother, walked from Spokane, Washington to New York City in the hopes of receiving $10,000 to save the family farm. These events happened during the time of women's suffrage and the movement for more rights and freedoms for women in general in the United States. -Caution this review contains spoilers- While the time period of this novel and the 'walk' itself is eventful and I enjoyed reading the tale, I would be remiss to say I was disappointed that many of the parts of the novel that I thought brought more realization to the main character in the events that followed after the results of the walk were fictionalized by the author. The relationship with Clara's supposed birth father, and her relationship with Franklin stand out first and foremost. I also felt that although the book was well written from a 'writing' aspect, having it listed as a Christian Novel seemed a missed opportunity for this novel in particular because there was little if any mention of a relationship with Christ. It was more an afterthought as Clara was said to have known the words or attended a church. I really feel like it was missing out on a lot. At the end of the novel I did not feel inspired, nor encouraged by reading this book. The main character was as flawed as the rest of them, and I was hoping for a grand reunion and reconciliation with her family. Unfortunately it was not so and really left me as a reader feel disheartened, so much so that I really didn't enjoy the story as much as I wanted to. I received this novel from WaterbrookMultnomah Publishing as part of their Blogging for Books Program.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: When the Heart Cries (Sisters of the Quilt, Book One); Author: Visit Amazon's Cindy Woodsmall Page; Review: Cindy Woodsmall first novel is a keeper. In Book One of the "Sisters of the Quilt" series, "When the Heart Cries" we meet 17 year old Hannah Lapp. Raised in an Old Order Amish family, she has fallen in love with a Paul Waddell a Mennonite boy and become engaged to him. One evening, however, something unspeakable happens to her and tears not only her relationship with her family and community apart, but tears at the fabric of her relationship with Paul. Woodsmall takes us on Hannah's journey of misinterpreted intentions and actions, the result of community gossip and painful alienation. Throughout the novel Hannah becomes more and more quiet and secretive until only through God can she face all that she has tried to hide from not only others, but herself as well. The lessons of true friendship, forgiveness, honor and grace abound in this first book and I look forward to reading the next one in anticipation. Woodsmall has crafted a believable community of rich characters intent on showing their human side as they wrestle with the Old Order Decrees and what their heart (and ultimately God) tells them to do. Fans of Amish fiction will enjoy this novel by Cindy Woodsmall. WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group sent me a free copy of this book to review. I was not asked to give a positive review but to give my honest and truthful opinion.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: When the Soul Mends (Sisters of the Quilt, Book 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Cindy Woodsmall Page; Review: Having moved to Lancaster County, PA a short time ago, I've always been intrigued by the Amish, the Plain, and the Old Mennonite. I grew up in a Mennonite Church, but it was very modern. Cindy Woodsmall has provided such a wonderful glimpse into the thoughts and reasoning behind the Amish and Plain communities in Lancaster County and elsewhere. The 3rd book in the Sisters of the Quilt series, When the Soul Mends, is a wonderful finale to the story of Hannah and Paul and their family and friends. Hannah Lapp arrives back in Owl's Perch following a request from her sister after a tragedy involving her friend Matthew. In the two years since her absence, not much has changed in the way of healing and repentance. Hannah still feels wounded and betrayed. Even with her new life with Martin Palmer and his niece and nephew, she agonizes over renewed feelings for Paul and her love of the plain life. Hannah will eventually have to make a choice regarding going back to her plain life, or pursuing her dreams of becoming a nurse and having a life with Martin in the world of the Englischer. Cindy Woodsmall has created a lovely cast of characters that seem so real they could be living next door to me. I appreciate the care and respect she shows her characters even in their stern beliefs and actions. You won't be disappointed in this final book of the series. While part of a series of books, it is also able to stand alone on it's own. WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group sent me a free copy of this book to review. I was not asked to give a positive review but to give my honest and truthful opinion.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Breath of Angel: A Novel (The Angelaeon Circle); Author: karyn-henley; Review: When I started reading Breath of Angel by Karyn Henley I was positive it had potential especially how it grasped me at the very beginning. Then a chapter later, it lost me and I labored through the the first 1/3 of the novel. I struggled not only with reading the novel and my 'mind pronunciation' of the names of the characters, but with the thought that I would have to review this novel poorly. Once I got through the first 1/3 of the novel, I couldn't put it down. I loved the plot and the twists and turns the story line took. Karen Henley has built a complete world of fantasy that is believable. The premise is unique; Angels and Immortals fighting over the rebuilding the Stairway to Heaven, and allows itself for a great story line as do the balance of the characters. Melaia is a typical protagonist. I didn't feel as though I connected with her as well as I wanted to. I became more intrique with the list of secondary characters. I would recommend this novel and I look forward to reading the next book in the series. WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group sent me a free copy of this book to review. I was not asked to give a positive review but to give my honest and truthful opinion.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kathleen Y'Barbo Page; Review: I just finished reading "The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck" by Kathleen Y'Barbo. First of all I'm all up for inconvenient marriages. Awkward entrances, drama, sparks of romance, sideways glances, the smirks...they all make for good reading and this book did not disappoint. It's a 'loose' religion book. Meaning that it doesn't really go into any semblance of being a Christian book until oh...maybe halfway through it and even then it's obviously not the thought the author seemed to want to portray. Just a few mentions of faith and 'what do you believe'. This is a fun story about a spoiled but bright girl from the West who reluctantly falls in love with a noble man who has more of a penchant for astronomy rather than the family business. The title of this novel is a bit misleading. The marriage doesn't come about until quite a ways into the 2nd half. Even so, I enjoyed getting to know Charlotte, the opinionated socialite who'd rather be in business, and her counterpart Alex, who would rather plot stars than marry for money. Mix in a bit of the wild west, including an appearance by Buffalo Bill Cody and a scene from his show, a few wild horse rides and an trip across the Atlantic and you have a fun story to pass the time. WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group sent me a free copy of this book to review. I was not asked to give a positive review but to give my honest and truthful opinion.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Sound Among the Trees: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Susan Meissner Page; Review: In "A Sound Among the Trees" Susan Meissner takes us from one tragic event to the next with warmth and recognition that our journey in life is filled with turns and unexpected pain and sorrow. All the while we learn from our choices and move forward as we pick up the pieces that are left behind. In her novel set in both present time and during the Civil War, Meissner shares with us a ghost story that is not the traditional type that we would naturally expect. The choices Susannah Page made during the Civil War carry on into the future as a harsh idea that perhaps her home is haunted or even worse cursed. Her great granddaughter believes so. The community whispers that she was a spy and there were bodies of dead soldiers buried in the basement of the home. Could she have been as bad as all that? When her letters are revealed we find much more beyond the pain of her experience and how generations fared beyond the war years. Much more than truth is revealed for all to see. This wasn't a feel good, happy ending type of novel. While I wasn't depressed throughout while reading the novel I didn't feel a sentimental attachment to the characters. I think I made a conscious decision not to be involved because of the pain of the "haunting" of Adelaide. Death, addiction, family breakups, broken hearts, are just some of the tragedies that flowed through the setting at Holly Oak. The story could have shown much more in the way each character was revealed moment by moment, choice by choice. Often times I felt the author was holding back a bit too much for intended suspense which often fell flat and in the end much more about the similarities from the past and future of characters could have been shared. The letter portion of the novel seemed too contrived. The letters didn't feel any different from the basic novel as they didn't have a sense of realism to them. They just retold the story in a different format, but the letters seemed to be written by the author and not how I believed the character would have written them. I've read a number of Meissners novels and found this one to be a bit different from her traditional genre or writing. I didn't 'not like' the work, but I didn't love it either. WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group sent me a free copy of this book to review. I was not asked to give a positive review but to give my honest and truthful opinion.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Christmas Singing: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country (Apple Ridge); Author: Visit Amazon's Cindy Woodsmall Page; Review: Cindy Woodsmall has done it again with her latest Amish story, a novella titled "The Christmas Singing". The story of heartbreak, truth and redemption; Mattie Eash has had to rebuild her life following a devastating breakup from Gideon Beiler, her childhood sweetheart on Christmas Eve three years prior. As she forged a new life in a new town many miles away, she never truly seemed to have gotten over the heartbreak, even after meeting Sol, a kind and steady man who she determined would never break her heart. A tragic fire destroys the cake designing business that Mattie held so dear and as she returns home, forced to face Gideon once again and all those emotions that she has tucked away come spilling out of her. The novella is a story of reconciliation and peace. As Gideon's secrecy broke Mattie's heart, the truth, if he chooses to tell it, could break it even more. Would he be willing to take that chance and face the fact that perhaps he made the biggest mistake of his life by only having good intentions? I appreciated reading "A Christmas Singing" as I realize it's not just for the Christmas Season. The story of redemption and love reaches throughout the whole year. I really recommend you pick up this novella and enjoy it as I have. Waterbrook Press sent me a free copy of this book for my honest review. I was not required to give a positive review in exchange for my copy.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shadows on the Sand: A Seaside Mystery (Seaside Seasons); Author: Gayle Roper; Review: This Christian Fiction Novel, Shadows in the Sand by Gayle Roper, is set at Carrie's Caf in Seaside, NJ. From the very first page, I was hooked on the various storylines weaving in and out of themselves. Carrie's past was one of survival that eventually brought her into a position of running her own caf with her sister. The man she's been pinning away over has his own pains and struggles as he recovers from the death of his wife and children, and the insecurities that caused him to leave behind his job as a police officer. The mystery itself took a few twists and turns and brought in a few layers of `who did it?'. Although I figured out the mystery by the middle of the novel, I still enjoyed the journey of getting to know the characters past stories that created who they were. Roper adds in an element of the modern as she mentions twitter and social networking. I felt as though she didn't care much for the internet through her descriptions of those who use social networking to communicate with each other. Roper has given her characters depth and life and it's refreshing to be able to visualize each character and see them in your mind as you read. Although the story-line was somewhat predictable, the novel was a refreshing and enjoyable read. The resolution at the end (without giving away too much of the story plot) was extremely challenging from a personal standpoint and inspired me to find my own way to a reconciliation. I would be interested in reading more of Gayle Roper's Seaside series as I've come to enjoy getting to know the characters I've been introduced to. I received this e-book for free from Waterbrook Multnomah for my honest review.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Not This Time: A Novel (Crossroads Crisis Center); Author: Visit Amazon's Vicki Hinze Page; Review: I have to admit up front that I have issues when it comes to reviewing a book that is in a series and I've not read the previous novels. Out of the box I felt lost and had to take notes on who was who, especially when it came to characters with close names (like Joe and Jeff who had eyes for Beth). Without giving away the plot, I will say in the beginning the action was fast and furious. A terrorist attack, a death, a `kidnapping' and more all happened quickly. The novel is a complete page turner and as a mystery/romance novel there it doesn't disappoint. Beth, the main character, throughout the novel learns about truth, faith, and love. She is completely identifiable and relatable and I enjoyed getting to know her. The plot of the novel didn't lack any amount of excitement and suspense. If you can get past the barrage of `get to know these characters' that happens in the first couple of chapters, you will find this book an enjoyable read. I received this novel from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group. I was not required to give a positive review in compensation for the free novel.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Harvest of Grace: Book 3 in the Ada's House Amish Romance Series (An Ada's House Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Cindy Woodsmall Page; Review: My second foray into a digital book led me to Cindy Woodsmall's The Harvest of Grace. This is the third and final book in the Ada's House series. This third installment introduces us to Silvia Fisher, a young Amish woman with a broken heart. She meets up with Aaron Blank the (former) alcoholic son of Michael and Dora Blank. Any book that comes with a cast of characters list is always suspect to me. If there are too many characters how does one keep it all straight? I would gather to think the even the author had some issues with it and therefore kept the list handy for her readers as well. The novel begins with heartbreak, (Sylvia's) and continues with the return of the prodigal son who actually ends up being the good guy. (spoiler alert) He wants to provide a better life for his aging parents by moving them to another town. The issue is that he's now fallen in love with the Amish girl who is one of the main farmhands on his father's farm. His desire to sell the farm isn't meshing with her desire to make the farm a success. We also come back to Cara and Ephraim's love story. She's doing all she can to be approved by the Bishop to marry Ephraim, however a past issue has arisen, in the form of her estranged father. The story of forgiveness for past wrongs, and the measure of grace needed to be able to get past the hurt was a consistent thread interwoven between the storylines. Once I was able to get the characters straight, as it had been a while since I had read Book Two of the Ada's House series, I really enjoyed the story. It was predictable in the story lines, but we all know reading Amish fiction isn't like sitting down to a Dickens novel. Instead, Cindy Woodsmall's novels are like having a light repast with old friends on the front porch; easy, refreshing and mixed with a little humor and faith talk. The stories and relationships of the rest of the characters in the series are neatly tied up in a bow at the end of the novel. It provides a nice finish to the lives we have all gotten to know. And they all lived `happily ever after.' I received a free digital copy of this book through WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for my true and honest opinion. I wasn't required to give a glowing review of the novel whatsoever.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Where Lilacs Still Bloom: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Jane Kirkpatrick Page; Review: Jane Kirkpatrick has written a lovely novel that is reminiscent of sitting on the porch listening to my grandmother tell me our family history while wafting fragrances from the lilac bushes pass over and entice the senses. I was instantly drawn to the title of this novel, "Where Lilacs Still Bloom". Having been born and raised in Washington State and a product of grandparents who loved to garden and more so a grandmother who loved lilacs, I found myself enchanted by the folksy down-home way Kirkpatrick had Hulda share her story and the life of her family in Washington. Hulda Klager was a woman at the turn of the century who didn't allow traditional thinking to cloud the gift of propagation that she had. Her original goal in working with the hybridization of plants was to create a larger firmer apple so it would be easier for her to make a pie. she found success in her efforts, however, instead of stopping with her apple, she moved on to other species of flowers and eventually started hybridizing lilacs. Her goal was a 12 petal creamy white lilac. Hulda eventually hybridized over 250 varieties of lilacs on her little farm in Washington State and has been written up in various horticulture books. Hulda's story was not always rosy and sweet. She suffered many losses, from the loss of her two sons-in-law and youngest daughter at a young age, to outliving most of her family and surviving many floods on her property, as they lived close to the Columbia River, including the great flood of 1948 destroyed all of her work. Even through great loss others lifted her up and helped her rebuild her garden when she decided to give it up. This was a lovely story of a life that fought past stereotypes, of a woman who gave hope and opportunity to many in her community and her family, and of a woman who was driven to follow her hearts desire, despite what life may have thrown her way. Pour yourself a tall glass of lemonade and journey through Hulda's garden of life. You won't be disappointed. I received a free copy of this book through WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for my true and honest opinion. I wasn't required to give a positive review of the novel whatsoever.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown; Author: Visit Amazon's Eric Blehm Page; Review: Fearless arrived in my mailbox the week before Memorial Day. I was so thrilled because I had planned on having plenty of time to sit down and enjoy a book while relaxing with my family. What I didn't expect was how much the story of Navy SEAL Adam Brown's life would touch me. I rarely cry when I read a novel, but by the end of this one I felt as though I knew the Brown family personally, and that every one of his SEAL team members would have been a close family friend had I known them as well. Their heartbreak became my heartbreak. Adam Brown's story is one of a prodigal son who never left home physically but would check out for days at a time as he struggled through addiction. Finding a strength and purpose greater than his own drove him not just to success in his military career, but garnered him respect and admiration among his peers. His sacrifices were many and his scars proved it. He paid the ultimate price, but even in his death his legacy lives on. This is not so much Adam's story as it is also the story of the lives of the people he touched, mentored and loved. They help tell this tale of heroism through war, success through endurance, and joy in the midst of sorrow. I won't soon forget the Brown family and Adam's team members and what they did to support and encourage Adam as he strived to be the hero that only a few men really can be. I will admit that spending this Memorial Day finishing Fearless allowed me to truly appreciate all that our men and women in military go through while we live our life unaware of what goes on behind the scenes. Eric Blehm wrote a fitting tribute to a man who wanted his story shared. Adam Brown didn't consider himself a hero, he was too humbled by his past; a past that consisted of many bad choices that was eventually covered with God's love and grace. I heartily recommend this book. Adam Brown wanted everyone to know the story of redemption that he found in Christ. Thank you Brown family and SEAL Team Six members for sharing him with us. I received a free copy of this book through WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for my true and honest opinion. I wasn't required to give a positive review of the novel whatsoever. (although I definitely did because I truly enjoyed it).; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Waiting for Morning: A Drunk Driver a Deadly Accident a Dream Destroyed (Forever Faithful); Author: Visit Amazon's Karen Kingsbury Page; Review: Hannah Ryan had the perfect life; a husband who loved her, two beautiful daughters, and a life of envy. That all changed when a drunk driver slammed into her husband's SUV and destroyed all that Hannah thought was important. I'm not usually a fan of tragedy and sentimental stories that seem oh so predictable in plot and characterization. The foreshadowing and common characters almost made me wanted to drop the book and read something else with a bit more substance. But, then I began to look past the story and instead focused on the message it was sharing. Forgiveness. It's all about Grace. Life isn't about us seeking revenge; it's about us, mere faulty humans, learning to live like Jesus. He wants to fill us with peace. He wants us to extend grace and forgiveness to those around us. In return, he wants those who have made mistakes and done harm to others to come to their senses and seek forgiveness and peace for their actions. Whether we are the perpetrator or the victim it's all about letting God do the work in us that He has planned. We need to let go and let God have control of our lives. Only then can we find true peace and a life of joy and fulfillment. I received a free copy of this book through WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for my true and honest opinion.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Scent of Cherry Blossoms: A Romance from the Heart of Amish Country; Author: Visit Amazon's Cindy Woodsmall Page; Review: The Scent of Cherry Blossoms by Cindy Woodsmall follows Annie Martin as she struggles between keeping the ways of the Old Order Mennonites and following her heart. Aden Zook is Annie's close friend; he is also Old Order Amish. Their relationship grows, as Annie must move to be with her grandfather and subsequently starts to help in the restaurant that Aden's family runs. This lovely story is ripe with detail and a strong storyline. Annie is a determined soul who wants so desperately to do the right thing but her heart continues to wander back to Aden, and she knows that their relationship is a costly one. The supporting characters - especially Aden's brother, Roman, have strong storylines as well and Woodsmall has made for a novella that is profound and moving. I live in Lancaster County and it was interesting to read how the Old Order Mennonites and Old Order Amish view each other and relate to each different order. I received a free copy of this book through WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for my true and honest opinion.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Choice (Lancaster County Secrets, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Suzanne Woods Fisher Page; Review: Fisher writes a moving tale of forgiveness and peace. While the storyline was somewhat predictable,it was a refreshing read. I look forward to reading more in the series.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Girl from Krakow: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Alex Rosenberg Page; Review: I was hoping for a more intense novel filled with actionable plot twists and intrigue. Instead, the author took me down a road that had characters I never fully cared about, and then poured into it a pile of useless soft porn. It had so much potential, but instead I had to skip over parts that contained nothing useful to furthering the story line.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: The Fault in Our Stars; Author: ; Review: Extremely well written. Couldn't put it down. Great ending!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rogue Lawyer: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's John Grisham Page; Review: Great Read!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Blood on the Tracks (Sydney Rose Parnell); Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Nickless Page; Review: Superbly written. Best writing I have enjoyed in long time. The attention to detail and emotion is excellent. I highly recommend it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The House by the Lake; Author: Visit Amazon's Ella Carey Page; Review: Great story. Great read. Very well written. I could not put it down!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Being Mortal; Author: Visit Amazon's Atul Gawande Page; Review: We all realize our life is limited. Reading this book puts that in perspective in a way that will benefit us in all the years of our life, and especially the moment we realize the end is near. It helps us on a personal level, as well as our role in being a part of the end of life for those we love.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Burleigh Surf Apartments; City: Burleigh Heads Gold Coast Queensland; Review: Great accommodation with just about everything that you could possibly need. Wonderful views and we'll always treasure the memories of the spectacular sunrise and sunset.Friendly and helpful staff, can't wait for our next visit.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cascades Lakefront Motel; City: Taupo Taupo District Waikato Region North Island; Review: We really enjoyed our recent three-night stay here in Unit 8. Just a few metres from the lakefront with no roads to cross and a cute outside patio with its own barbecue. Charlene and Alister made us very welcome and we'll definitely stay here again on our next break in Taupo.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Baileys at the Beach Motel; City: Whitianga Coromandel Peninsula Waikato Region North Island; Review: We have just returned home after taking the "Managers Winter Special" deal of three nights for $250. Newly refurbished unit, well equipped and just across the road from the beautiful beach. Unit serviced daily and friendly helpful service from Ambuj the manager. Recommended.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Westhaven Motel; City: Mount Maunganui Tauranga Bay of Plenty Region North Island; Review: Certainly not a modern or trendy place, but still offering everything needed for a comfortable stay. Spotlessly clean and great personal attention from the resident owners Catherine and Peter. We stayed in unit 2 with a tremendous view out across the harbour. Highly recommended!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Meridian Tower; City: Coolangatta Gold Coast Queensland; Review: We've just returned to New Zealand after 16 nights at Meridian Tower and can't wait to return. Our one-bedroom apartment on the 8th floor was very spacious and well-equipped with stunning views across the ocean from the large verandah. Tremendous value for money when compared to similar accommodation in the area. The one minor drawback was a smallish bathroom with just a washbasin and shower, no bath, but hey, who wants to spend a lot of time in there anyhow? Thoroughly recommended.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Manor Views; City: Huntly Waikato Region North Island; Review: Take a step back in time at this converted maternity hospital! Many original features tastefully retained and updated by the very welcoming owner Gideon. Lovely decking and verandah area overlooking the immaculate gardens from our one-bedroom unit.A super comfy bed and the spa-bath was another real bonus. Definitely recommended.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Copperfield Seaside Motel; City: Paraparaumu Kapiti Coast Greater Wellington North Island; Review: Spacious, clean and fully-equipped one-bedroom apartment. Excellent value and very close to the beach, shops, restaurants and bars, all within a couple of minutes walk. Friendly and welcoming staff, our next stay already booked in Unit 4! Spoil yourself in the spa bath, a nice extra touch.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Beachaven TOP 10 Holiday Park; City: Waihi Waikato Region North Island; Review: Only a one night stay with our tiny dog, but we will certainly stay here again on our next visit to Waihi. We stayed in Lodge 1, spotlessly clean and well equipped with a very comfortable bed, a shower to die for, and all the basics that anyone could want. Just a short stroll to the lovely beach. Thoroughly recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: La Quinta Inn Lafayette North; City: Lafayette Lafayette Parish Louisiana; Review: Nothing fantastic about this motel, but still OK for the price we paid. However, on arrival we were given a room with no refrigerator or microwave, very strange in this day and age.We were transferred to another room with these amenities on request, so be aware that you need to specify your requirements when booking here.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Super 8 by Wyndham Marianna; City: Marianna Florida; Review: Clean and comfortable room, conveniently located close to Interstate 10.We Loved the huge bed! Friendly welcoming managers and staff. Good value accommodation for the price. Nice pool on premises an added bonus; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Inn Express New Orleans East; City: New Orleans Louisiana; Review: Very nice hotel a few minutes drive from the city and French Quarter. Comfortable modern accommodation at a much cheaper price than central New Orleans.Breakfast included, with a good range of choices,; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Silver Sands Gulf Beach Resort; City: Longboat Key Florida; Review: Right on the magnificent beach, this is an older style property, but very well maintained and very clean. We had eight nights in unit 236, a one bedroom apartment equipped with everything you could possibly need for a comfortable stay. Great value when compared to similar options on Longboat Key. You won't be disappointed here!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Port Hotel and Marina; City: Crystal River Florida; Review: Beautiful waterfront location but old dilapidated rooms that have obviously not been updated since the year dot. Poor value for money in its present condition. The high point of our stay was the on site restaurant and bar, great atmosphere and good food.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ramada by Wyndham Houston Intercontinental Airport East; City: Humble Texas; Review: Nothing fantastic but reasonably priced accommodation close to the airport, Nice size room, well soundproofed with a comfortable bed. Good no frills restaurant on site, all in all a good choice for an overnight stay.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Howard Johnson by Wyndham Tallahassee; City: Tallahassee Florida; Review: Tired, run down and dirty accommodation.Upon arrival, our allocated room had not been properly serviced and we were given another unit. This appeared better on first impressions But we awoke the following morning to find an infestation of large black ants in both the bedroom and bathroom. Definitely not what we had expected from an old established brand such as Howard Johnson.Take our advice, pay a bit more and stay elsewhere in Tallahassee.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: San Simeon; City: Gold Coast Queensland; Review: We've just returned home after a month's stay in Apartment 23. Absolute beachfront accommodation with panoramic views of the stunning beach and ocean from Coolangatta to Surfers Paradise. Large apartment with a well-equipped kitchen(except for the rusty old toaster!) and a super-comfy bed. Another bonus was the 60 inch wall-mounted TV in the lounge, as well as a smaller TV in each of the bedrooms. Although a change of bed linen and towels were provided weekly there was no other housekeeping services and there was no Wifi connection in our apartment. However, overall we think San Simeon was very good value for money and would certainly not hesitate to pay a return visit in the future.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Riverview Motel; City: Whanganui Manawatu Wanganui Region North Island; Review: Very close to the town centre, nice location just across the road from the Whanganui River. Comfortable and clean one-bedroom unit, if a little dated and basic. Fair value and OK for a one or two night stay.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Best Connectivity SD-PCBX-ESA2 ExpressCard SIL3132 Chipset 2x e-SATA II (SATA2) Ports, 54mm, Up to 3.0Gb/s; Brand: I/O Crest; Review: The unit appears from the description to be for use with eSATA devices and eSATA cables but the external bracket connector is an internal SATA cable connector. You cannot bring out to the rear panel of your computer an internal SATA port for use with an external eSATA device using a standard eSATA cable. The connector on the bracket is an L style connector; it should be an I style connector. To make this bracket work you will have to use a SATA to eSata cable.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Tripp Lite 8 Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip, 10ft Cord, Right-Angle Plug, Tel/Modem/Coax/Ethernet Protection, RJ11, RJ45, & $250,000 INSURANCE; Brand: Tripp Lite; Review: Name brand product with great reputation for build quality. Protection for AC line, coax and telephone cables gives great assurance of equipment survival during severe electrical environments. The well spaced AC outlets assure that power bricks and normal plugs are all accommodated. Fairly priced for a high performance device.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TP-Link TL-WA901ND 300Mbps Advanced Wireless N Access Point with Three 4dBi Detachable Antenna, 2.4 to 2.48GHz Frequency; Brand: TP-LINK; Review: For the best performance as an Access Point use an Ethernet cable, and if necessary, the power injector. Place the unit in an attic or other out of the way place. If the unit is connected to an existing wireless router, make sure that the router and the Access Point are using two different RF channels to avoid interference in overlapping areas. Choose from Channel 1, 6, or 11. Performance at the fringe distances in our home has gone from 1-2 bars to 5 on all of our wireless devices, including a ROKU video streamer and DirecTV on Demand service.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tripp Lite 550VA UPS Battery Backup, 300W AVR Line Interactive, USB, Ultra-Compact (AVR550U); Brand: Tripp Lite; Review: Today's desktop computers and flat panel monitors no longer require large UPS backups due to their lower power requirements. A 550VA/300W unit is more than sufficient to support the above configuration. Coax and telephone line protection along with automatic voltage regulation makes this unit perfect for any home or small business user. The Tripp-Lite reputation and a great price make these units a winning combination.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TP-LINK IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b 150Mbps Wireless N Nano Router (TL-WR702N); Brand: TP-LINK; Review: Great performance, great price, fast shipping; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sunrise Alarm Clock, Wake Up Light with 6 Nature Sounds, FM Radio, color Light, Bedside Sunrise Simulator (Silver); Brand: MOSCHE; Review: Simple, well made, snaps in easily; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tripp Lite 7 Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip, 6ft Cord, Right-Angle Plug, Tel/Modem/Coax Protection, & $100,000 INSURANCE (HT706TSAT); Brand: Tripp Lite; Review: High performance surge protector from a reputable vendor. Hugs the wall perfectly and provides 6 outputs plus co-ax cable protection to TV's. This is the 5th unit that we have bought and have placed them at critical locations where electronic are installed. We live in a high lightening, surge induced power line area and these items have protected us from damage many times. Tripplite know how to build a surge protector.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Microsoft Optical Mouse 200 for Business - Black; Brand: Microsoft; Review: Absolute junk, broke after 32 days, just missing the Amazon refund/return policy.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Winegard LNA-100 Boost TV Antenna Amplifier, HDTV Signal Booster, HD Digital VHF UHF; Brand: Winegard; Review: Gave us terrific over the air HDTV from both Toledo ( 45 miles) and Cleveland (65 miles) from the Port Clinton, OH location.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LG GE24NU40 Super Multi External 24x DVD Rewriter; Brand: LG; Review: An important add on for people with tablets who need to load software onto their machines.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service. Works with Amazon Echo and Smart Devices; Brand: ooma; Review: This is the third unit that I have bought for use in the family. All work flawlessly on cable and DSL connections. We ported one phone number through Ooma, and it was completed within 3 weeks. We (as a family) are savings at least $ 150/mo on phone and long distance fees.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Corsair SSD Mounting Bracket Kit 2.5" to 3.5" drive bay(CSSD-BRKT1); Brand: Corsair; Review: Well made sturdy bracket that holds two drives. If you are using two drives, offset one to allow easier connections with the SATA cable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Intel Corp. SSDSC2KW480H6X1 540s Series 480GB 2.5in SSD; Brand: Intel; Review: Top of the line technology combining different NAND structures yields high performance in SATA III environment. Boot image copied from mechanical hard drive worked perfectly and now an older Win 7 machine has new life. Spend a little more and get a lot more.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Arvok 11-12 Inch Laptop Sleeve Multi-color; Brand: ARVOK; Review: Nice snug fit for an Acer Swift 3. Well made with quality zipper and stitching.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PHAT SATELLITE INTL Quad Shield Solid Copper 3GHZ RG-6 Coaxial Cable (DIRECTV Satellite TV or Broadband; Brand: PHAT SATELLITE INTL; Review: Name brand cable, professional compression connectors, fair price, fast delivery.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tripp Lite Isobar 2 Outlet Surge Protector Power Strip, Direct Plug In, Metal, Lifetime Limited Warranty & $10,000 INSURANCE; Brand: Tripp Lite; Review: Name brand unit purchased to protect a $ 600 golf cart charger in a community known for lightning strikes and power fluctuations.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Antennas direct, inc 4 Element Bowtie Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna - 60 Mile Range - DB4e; Brand: Antennas Direct; Review: Really pulls in signals in both directions from a location between Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio. The distance to Toledo is 40 miles and the distance to Cleveland is about 60 miles. Antenna mounted in attic in one story house.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Channel Master CM-3410 1-Port Ultra Mini Distribution Amplifier for Cable and Antenna Signals; Brand: Channel Master; Review: Great distribution amplifier and is the third one purchased for various friends and family members.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AmazonBasics iPad Air and Netbook Bag with Handle Fits 7 to 10-Inch Tablets (Black); Brand: AmazonBasics; Review: Really nice functional bag for 14 inch laptop with accessories; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Thomas and Betts TR TY525MX CABLE TIE 50LB 7" UV BLK (Pack of 100); Brand: Red Dot; Review: Name brand, great value, fast shipping; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: OmniMount OCM On-Wall Cable Management Covers, Paintable, Flat Design to Conceal up to 6 Cables, Set of Three,; Brand: OmniMount; Review: Great kit for hiding wiring from wall mounted 49 inch flat screen. We have 2 HDMI, one Cat 5, and the power cord all fitting easily in the channel.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pwr 2 Prong Power Cord AC Wall; Brand: PWR+; Review: The additional length power cord allowed positioning of our new LG 55 inch TV to the perfect location.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 150ft WHITE Perfect Vision Solid Copper UL CM CL2 rated for in wall installation 3ghz 75 Ohm Coaxial Rg6; Brand: PHAT SATELLITE INTL; Review: Name brand, great value, fast delivery. Tech support answered on the second ring when I had a question.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TP-Link AC1900 Wireless Wi-Fi Gigabit Router with Touch Screen Setup (Touch P5); Brand: TP-LINK; Review: Superior range in a 6000 ft. 3 level home. Consistent 100+ MBits at the router ports and a minimum of 52 MBits anywhere in my home. The beam forming antennas appear to really work in concentrating the beam in the required direction.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CPR Call Blocker V5000; Brand: CPR Call Blocker; Review: Easy to setup and use. Very effective as I have noticed a huge drop in Robo Calls from Rachel and the other scammers. Adding rogue numbers as easy as pushing the red button. Manual entry also available, but that takes a few extra steps using your phones' keypad. Not a problem and only takes a few seconds for number that you want to enter manually.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: Hoppe's No. 9 Lubricating Oil, 14.9 ml Precision Bottle; Brand: Hoppe's; Review: oll ok. I recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Under Armour Men's HeatGear Armour Printed Short Sleeve Compression Shirt; Brand: Under Armour; Review: All ok. I recommend!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harbinger Women's Power Weightlifting Gloves with StretchBack Mesh and Leather Palm (Pair) (2017 Model); Brand: Harbinger; Review: All ok,i recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vortex Optics Black Kryptek Mesh Baseball Cap; Brand: Vortex Optics; Review: All ok! Recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TravTac Stage II Small Sling Bag, Premium EDC Tactical Sling Pack 900D; Brand: TravTac; Review: All ok! Recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: GM CLIMBING 24kN Wire / Bar / Bent Gate Carabiner Quickdraw Quick Clip Extra Light CE / UIAA Red; Brand: GM CLIMBING; Review: All ok! Recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Sports_and_Outdoors |
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Title: Best Western Park Hotel; City: Warren Ohio; Review: This hotel is outstanding! Second stay at this property. The rooms are ultra clean, beds are very comfortable, free parking on-site and very friendly and professional staff. The hotel is decorated very tastefully, nice selection of food at breakfast. Excellent internet service. I enjoyed my time in the room as well as relaxing in the 2 different sitting areas. It has a very calm feel to it, along with the earthy colors and décor. There's a great deal of history to this building and I enjoyed all the historic details that it has to offer. The owner's of the property, put a great deal of attention to the needs of a comfortable stay. Looking forward to my next stay here. :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Seven Stars Resort Spa; City: Grace Bay Providenciales Turks and Caicos; Review: What an amazing place! The staff and room were first class! They really made you feel like you are very special. Every detail, the suite was just beautiful! Fluffy towels, great amenities and the staff always makes sure they are there for you. The beach was just amazing too. I highly recommend this resort and looking forward to returning! :); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Golden Sands; City: Carolina Beach North Carolina; Review: The room was average. Had to do an extra cleaning in the bathroom. Very difficult to access the beach if you are limited with walking/in a wheelchair. The beach wheelchair is available; not easy to find help. Nice beach and great restaurants in the area.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fairfield Inn Suites Elkin Jonesville; City: Elkin North Carolina; Review: Great hotel! Right off of I77. Clean room, great bed and amenities. Staff professional. Nice buffet breakfast in the morning. Relaxing sitting area outside of pool area and very nice seating in the lobby to hang with family/friends. Highly recommended this property!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Costa Linda Beach Resort; City: Palm Eagle Beach Aruba; Review: The rooms were updated several years ago. Nothing great about the rooms except for the ocean views. Restaurant dull for breakfast/lunch and dinner. Staff appears tired and not happy with their work. Long walk to the ocean while sitting on the beach. Glad to have gotten rid of this timeshare. NOT WORTH THE INCREASING MAINTENCE ANNUAL FEES! Much better resorts to choose from while in Aruba.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: SA106 Womens Color Mirror Mirrored Lens Oversize Cat Eye Sunglasses; Brand: SA106; Review: Super cute. Huge...but cute.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Polarized Sunglasses for Women by Eye Love w/UV Protection & Designer Style; Brand: Eye Love; Review: They fit nicely and the case is very sturdy and attractive.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: KufvWomens Prints Florals 3/4 Sleeve Crew Neck Top Tshirt; Brand: KUFV; Review: The sleeves are made of a soft material. Shirt is very comfortable and very pretty.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: NORTY Women's Hurricane Wellie - 14 Solids Prints - Glossy & Matte Waterproof Hi-Calf Rainboots; Brand: NORTY; Review: I'm going to keep them because I needed rain boots but they're frumpy. Also the paws on the bottom half are stretched out and enlarged and look a bit odd but overall it's not a bad product-especially for the price.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Floerns Women's Bohemian Neck Tie Floral Print Ethnic Style Shift Dress; Brand: ; Review: Super cute. The white part is see through but with a skin colored bra I'm sure it will be fine. My only concern is if I will be able to wear it, it got cold so quick!; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Crazy Girls Womens Ladies Long Sleeve Scoop Neck Midi Dress; Brand: Crazy Girls; Review: Really thin; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: ANDI ROSE Sexy Lingerie Babydoll Women Corset with G-string Underwear Sleepwear Set (XXL); Brand: ANDI ROSE; Review: NICE; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Moonight Women's Plus Size Lingerie Sexy Polka Dots Baby Doll Lingerie Set; Brand: Moonight; Review: Nice; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Crazy Girls Womens Ladies Long Sleeve Scoop Neck Midi Dress; Brand: Crazy Girls; Review: Really thin; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Luvable Friends Girl's Bow Dress Shoe (Infant); Brand: ; Review: Not happy with the size; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: New Balance Women's W574 Classic Fashion Sneaker; Brand: ; Review: Can't go wrong; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: New Balance Women's 696 Hybrid Pack Lifestyle Sneaker; Brand: ; Review: Can't go wrong; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Hotel Sinar Bali; City: Legian Kuta District Bali; Review: Overall, i will give this hotel a 4 star rating. Bearing in mind this hotel is a 2-3 star hotel, it exceeds all expectation. We stayed for 5 days. It cost us around SGD 196. We reckon we wont be staying much, just somewhere to bunk in. We stayed in a bungalow room where the room is slightly larger than superior room and the room is in its own e.g. no rooms above and by the sides. (1 side anyways). The rooms are clean daily. Fresh bedsheets and towels. Although they may look old BUT they are clean. The rooms are simple and comfortable. Hot shower takes a long time to come though. We always reached our rooms close to midnight so we love to take hot showers. I will let the water run for a couple of minutes before the how shower kicks in. The pool looks clean enough to swim in it. A bit small but during my stay there, guests just laze around the pool area. I swam in it and it feels great! We always had breakfast at the hotel restaurant. It provides the normal bread, jam and butter, orange juice with tea and coffee. There will be hot food like fried noodles or rice with some hotdogs or pancakes. It is a simple yet satisfying buffet breakfast. I have seen other guests ordering boil eggs or fried eggs. There is Wi-Fi in the restaurant area. Although not the fastest, it helped my friend to check in his flight through the internet and did some net search with it. It took us around 10 to 15 minutes to go to the beach. By walking. Bars, shops and eating places are just around the hotel. It all depends on individual taste. The hotel do provide scooters for rent. It took us around 20 minutes to reach kuta central by cab. The fare to kuta is around 40,000 rupiah while to the airport is around 50,000 rupiah. Dont expect fancy bars and shooping malls. The area is strictly laid-back. All in all, if you want to stay somewhere cheap and comfortable with good, courteous service then sinar bali is for you. If you want to be near the happening crowd, then im afraid you have to stay close to kuta. I give it 4 thumbs up!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Petra Gate Hotel; City: Petra Wadi Musa Ma an Governorate; Review: If you want value for money to stay in Petra, this hotel is the place for you. Remember it is a budget hotel/hostel so don't expect to get nice plush accomodation and 5 star amenities. Free wi-fi available. The room that we had is downstairs with a view over the town. The room look old and the bathroom that we had is.. worn. The heater works intermittently and there is no closet to put your stuff in but please, don't let all of these things keep you away from this hotel. What you will get is a 5 star service from it brilliant staff. The breakfast is cheap (JD2) and nourishing. They can pack u a simple packed (JD5, i think) lunch for your whole day trip in Petra. The owner (Mr Naseer) is kind enough to ferry us to the main entrance, advise us on all the best dining places (cheap and good) and treat us like old friends rather than guests. Ms Leia, her warmth and kindness light up the place during those cold winter days. The staff are all very humble, sincere, honest, easy going and hardworking folks. If i may, upgrade your bathroom so it looks more cosy, invest in a more reliable system for the heater and hot shower and put in more racks inside the room so at least, guests might be able to hang their clothes more so that they are able to air dry them. Even if you guys put them in place and had to charge us a bit more in the future, we will have no qualms about staying with you guys again. Petra gate hotel really made our trip to Petra worth it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mariam Hotel; City: Madaba Madaba Governorate; Review: If it is your first time in jordan, make the mariam hotel the first hotel you check into. We did that for our jordan-egpyt trip and we had a marvelous time. It is walking distance between the mosaic sites to the hotel, a perfect base to venture up north (jerash, umm qais) or the dead sea, mount nebo. We decided to go to petra with their JD18 per person (min 3 people) taxi through the king's highway and im telling you guys, wadi mujib is to die for! It is like jordan grand canyon. The view is fantastic! You'll stop for a while at karnak castle and also a pit stop at Dana point to take in the splendid view. The hotel room is simple with a dash of attractiveness in it, the heater and hot shower works (we went to jordan and it is 2 degree celsius at night), free wi-fi, satellite tv and great breakfast! (By the way, their breakfast lounge has a panoramic view of madaba) But i think the main advantage the hotel has are its staff. They are humble and sincerely want you to enjoy your stay in their country. Should you book this hotel? Absolutely yes!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cairo Castle Hotel; City: Cairo Cairo Governorate; Review: Booked for 5 days here in Isis hotel. Service from the management has been brilliant. They are friendly and supportive. They will cater to your needs and budget but you have to tell them what you want on the onset. Which means the type of restaurant or street food hawker you are willing to pay, what type of tour you would like to do (if you want to walk around the pyramids rather than grab a horse/camel), you have to be firm and tell them. The hotel management will outsource the tours so you have to tell what are your needs to the both of them ( the hotel management and the tour operator). That being said the hotel staff are wonderful. Mr Ali, Mr Medhat, The breakfast team, Mr security-bellboy-tea provider, The cleaning team, you all have been brilliant from the start. The rooms are clean daily and there are hot showers. All in all i wouldn't mind booking here again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bedouin Camp; City: Saint Catherine Red Sea and Sinai; Review: We left our hotel in Petra at 10am and reach Nuweiba around 4pm. By the time we reached the bedouin camp, it is already 6pm. It is cold and pitch dark outside. We were tired, hungry and dirty but once the staff open the door to our rooms, our spirits were lifted up! The room looked so cosy and comfortable! In fact it look so nice that we changed our itinery the next day so that we can spend another night in our cosy rooms! By far, it is the best stay in egypt. We had the chef, Mr Nabil to cook us some hot and spicy curry chicken for dinner and it taste delicious! In fact, all of our meals were cooked by Mr Nabil and his team of cooks. The next day, we went up mount sinai to catch the sunset. The whole trek is very memorable. The guide is a 52 y.o bedouin man. He is so fit he makes us youngsters looked like wimps! The package that we paid for our stay and trek was affordable. The rooms are white washed with nice furnishings. It has a heater, comfortable beds, very clean bathrooms and working hot showers. Our trip of egypt was expensive and we were a bit disappointed by the quality that we got in lieu with the amount of money that we paid but the bedouin camp of sheik mousa is the exceptional and if we were to go to egypt again, we will go straight to sinai to stay at the bedouin camp and have a trek or two. That is a guarantee.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Aria Exclusive Villas and Spa; City: Seminyak Kuta District Bali; Review: This is my second swimming pool-inside-my-villa stay and all i can say is not bad at all. Seminyak is a quaint and quiet town compare to kuta. Street food or fancy restaurants are in abundant here (you guys should try the banana fritters, fried sweet potato and fried onion dough from the street sellers. they are amazing!) and the beach is roughly 10 - 15 mins from the villa. The weather is pleasant in June. The Villa is situated away from the main road. There are 2 entrance to the villa. (The main and the back entrance). We arrived through the main entrance but if you are walking, its advisable to use the back road because it is shorter. It will take around 5 mins to reach the main road. At night, the walkway will be darkbut we felt safe at any given time. For USD 185 per nite (latestays), you'll get a sizeable swimming pool (NOT an oversize plunge pool), 2 lounger, a kitchenette, living room, a small garden, outdoor shower, a comfortable bathtube and a king size bed! With a DVD player and a 21 inch TV thrown in as well. It is private and very relaxing if you plan to chill the whole day long. There are construction going on near the villa so the floor might feel a bit dirty if you walk barefoot. There will be noise of course but nothing that is too deafening. My spouse and i enjoyed our stay here and i hope you will too.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sunrise Tropical Resort; City: Railay Beach Krabi Town Krabi Province; Review: Just came back from Krabi where we stayed in Sunrise Tropical resort for 6 days and 5 nights. It is NOT an exclusive resort and sunrise tropical resort doesn't pretend that it is. The price is cheap but the furnishings, surrounding and service is above average so you will get value for money. Lots of mosquitos so be forewarned. Bring extra mosquito repellant and lotion. Resident monkeys, squirrels and horn-billed bird so watch out for dropping poo! There is a construction just beside the resort but since we are out most of the time, we rarely heard any noise. The times that we did , the noise was not a nuisance. The cost of food is, of course, expensive compare to the eating places outside of the resort. The food itself had been "Europeanize" so its not spicy and a little bit bland (I'm Asian, sorry) but it is still delicious and portion size is good. A wide variety of food offering. Booked our transfer from the airport and back with the resort and it is hassle free. I didn't get my feet wet! They have these portable jetty to meet you if the tide is low but only if you book with the resort. Im travelling with a toddler and a huge bag filled with diapers and milk so the portable jetty really helps. Staffs are friendly and although their English is not good, they try their darnest to help you. The staff may seem disinterested or nonchalant at first but once they get to know you better, they will smile for you always. The resort is family-friendly. There are 3 beaches on the West Railay and all of them are connected by concrete footpaths from the resort so don't you worry. There are atms too. With regards to food, there are a lot of small inns in the East side. One of my favourite is Mom's kitchen. Cheap and good. Be aware that diarrhea can happen. It happen to me and my wife and it disrupted at least 1 day worth of sightseeing and 2 nights of good sleep. We felt sooo ill and weak so please remember to bring medication. For those who are new on rock climbing, it will cost you 3000 baht per person for a day course. Those who already know how to climb and lead-climb but just too lazy to bring your gears (like me), a guide and full gear are on offer for around 800 baht per person. For those who lead climb and are experience enough, please purchase a guide book for rock climbing routes. Then you don't have to pay for a guide. Rock climbing shops are all over Railay. Some shops look a bit unkempt while some shops look professional. To each its own I guess. There are a lot of small shops that offer full day/half day trips for island hopping, snorkeling etc. or land transfer. What I notice is that they offer the same brochures from the same companies! So please haggle hard. I hope all of the info; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Svarga Resort Lombok; City: Senggigi Lombok West Nusa Tenggara; Review: Got adna with pool room 403. Living room and personal pool is an open concept while the bedroom is upstairs with a lock. The funny thing is, the main gate has no lock and there is an opening by the side which means even though the main gate is close from the inside, people can still come in! The floors are dusty (construction is still going on), the walls are hastily patch up and rubbish in the rubbish bin are not emptied. The tv reception is patchy so we end up not watching the tv altogether! Which is, in the end, a good thing. The food prices are expensive and yup..the stairs. BUT despite all of this, Svarga should be given a thought for those who wants luxury accommodation but not willing to pay exuberant prices. Here are the pros: 1) Svarga provide free shuttle service to the main town. 2) Food prices in Svarga aint cheap BUT the quality of food is superb. Very fine dining-ish. 3) The view - awesome! From the top where the main pool and the restaurant is, you can look at the sunset at the west and sunrise in the east. The rising sun will illuminate the valley (Svarga sits in-between 2 valleys) giving you that awe-inspiring moment. I was on top at 6 in the morning with camera on hand! 4) Currently, Svarga accommodation is really value for money because you will get plush surroundings (despite the construction), nice furnishings and unparallel service without the "oberoi-like prices". Without a doubt, in a few years time, you WILL pay oberoi-like prices!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Gemalai Village; City: Pantai Cenang Langkawi Langkawi District Kedah; Review: Spend 3 days and 2 nights with my family in Gemalai's 2-storey hut. Gemalai village is under the company Laman Padi so the estate is huge. The estate consists of the reception area, seashell restaurant and a sprawling rice field. Naturally, the accommodation area is situated in the rear! Therefore the walk towards the beach took us as a family, with stroller and all, about 20 mins. It is dirt road half way through the huts and the front gate so family with strollers..be warned! In any case, the staff are kind enough to let us use the buggy to ferry us to and fro from the accommodation huts to the front gate. There is a back gate that is next to the hut but that road leads away from Cenang Beach. My family enjoys the sunrise and sunset while staying in Gemalai. The ox, ducks and chicken roam freely in the compound. Yes, the animals are so close that i have to resist myself and my kids from touching them! The little chicks are ever so adorable! The sights and sounds are truly something to behold. We suffer no mosquito bites even though the huts are built on top of the wet rice field. The soap and shampoo, i suspect are home-made so it is a pleasant surprise for us. Breakfast is just so-so. Lastly, the two-storey hut does rattle if someone were to walk around heavily or slam the door. Dont worry about it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Penaga; City: George Town Penang Island Penang; Review: Stayed in The Penaga with my family (wife and two young kids). Stayed in level 3 room 34. The room is simply luxurious. Furniture are old school and room area is big enough for my kids to run around. Since our room is the top most, it has a high ceiling. The bathroom has a rain shower and a Jacuzzi which my kids and wife love very much! The bathroom is big enough to bath our kids and change their diapers/clothes. The room also has a small sofa and a reading table. There is also a small coffee table which with a little bit of imagination, it becomes our dining table. The main reason why we chose The Penaga is simply because the closeness to some of the best food around Georgetown! Toh Soon café is just around the corner. So does the best roti bakar and roti chanai at Jalan transfer. A malay shop that sells nasi padang is located just opposite the roti chanai shop. The food is wonderful. Walk a bit further and you will reach a cluster of brilliant food shops. Joo Hooi café, the famous Penang chendol and Sup Hammed that sells authentic kambing soup. So, if you are going down to Georgetown and wants to stay in a hotel that is simply beautiful, top service and close to brilliant food shops, choose The Penaga. You wont regret it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: ALEX Toys Craft My Chunky and Funky Scarf; Brand: ALEX Toys; Review: This was a gift for my granddaughter. She has been wanting to learn to knit and this was the perfect match for her.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Melissa & Doug Band-in-a-Box Clap! Clang! Tap! - 10-Piece Musical Instrument Set; Brand: Melissa & Doug; Review: Love these instruments -- especially since they pack up nicely in the box -- not too noisy - and my grandsons both love them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Educational Insights Kanoodle Genius; Brand: Educational Insights; Review: My 10 year old granddaughter was challenged by most of the game.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Art Impressions WCPLT Watercolor Palette-; Brand: Art Impressions; Review: This tool was highly recommended by cardmaking teachers. It is great for placing ink or paint on a surface to mix or work with.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar Silly Sounds & Lights Expansion Pack; Brand: Fisher-Price; Review: This was the best birthday gift for my 1-year-old granddaughter. It's educational and fun, and she learns more every time she plays with it. It's hard to Her older brothers love it, too. They can all play with it together and not be bored.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar; Brand: Fisher-Price; Review: This is my favorite toy for my grandchildren - the 18 month and the 6-year-old love it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Toys_and_Games |
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Title: Celestron Nexstar 114GT 114mm Go-To Reflector Telescope; Brand: Celestron; Review: This scope is one of the best in the under [a high price] catagory. I bought it because it was a complete package (scope, eyepieces, "go to" computer, and full-sized tripod). It performs well and lives up to the hype on the box. The "go to" feature really works - the sought after object is almost always somewhere in the low power field of view. The only flaw is the battery pack, which seems like an afterthought and is always getting tangled. As another reviewer noted, the tube tends to bump the mount when viewing objects overhead, which forces you to realign unnecessarily...; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: JVC HANC100 Noise Cancelling Headphones (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: JVC; Review: Great product for the price. I bought them specifically to attach an iPod Shuffle to. After experimenting with more sophisticated measures, I settled on an old fashioned rubber-band (see photo posted in the share section). Works great! No cords hanging down. Perfect for cleaning or yard work. The retractable cord is so useful it makes me wonder why there aren't more products like this. Noise cancelation seems subtle but adequate. On the minus side, the bass response could be a bit better, and they can be uncomfortable unless you find the sweet spot when putting them on. Overall a good value for the money.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sennheiser CX300-B Earbuds (Black) - Old Version (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: Sennheiser; Review: First, kudos to Sennheiser for customer service. After a month or two, the left side lost its treble component. I contacted the company via their website, shipped the defective pair back, and had a replacement within a about ten days. No hassles, nice! The thing to keep in mind with these phones is that they have *too much* fidelity. They aren't kidding about being "bass driven". With normal use they gave me a headache. Once I figured out that I could set my iPod EQ to "bass reducer" things have been better. The only downside is I can't use them with a Shuffle, which doesn't have any EQ settings. The second thing to note is that sound quality is enhanced across the spectrum. There is no question I can hear mid-tone and treble highlights that aren't obvious with my other headphones (Sony EX71s, which are quite good in their own right). So in summary, these are great headphones for the price. But most listeners will want to tone down the bass a bit. For casual listening (esp. from an iPod Shuffle) the Sony offering is a better choice IMO. I will reserve the CX300s for serious listening and use the Sony's in the gym, etc. RR; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Electrohome 1.8 inch Jumbo LED Alarm Clock Radio with Battery Backup, Auto Time Set, Digital AM/FM Radio; Brand: Electrohome; Review: Basically the controls are too small and their functions are obscure. Not practical as an alarm clock but I may use it as a regular clock I can see from across the room.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Rymemo 2016 Newest Bluetooth 4.1 Portable Earbuds Headphones Wireless Stereo Sports Headsets With microphone for Iphone Android cellphone, Samsung; Brand: Globalbox; Review: Bought this to replace a QY7 unit I lost. Amazon search engine matched QY7 to this item. Looks identical online., but it's not! Very poorly made out of lesser materials. Sound is dull, not even good enough for listening to podcasts, let alone music. Sending it back. You have been warned...; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Mini Bluetooth Speaker, Keedox Bluetooth Speaker Portable Wireless Speaker ( Bluetooth 4.0, 8 Hours Battery ) for iPhone 6s; Brand: KEEDOX Amuoc; Review: Pretty amazing sound for its size!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Plugable 7 port USB 3.0 hub - 25W Powered USB HUB; Brand: Plugable; Review: I've moved most of my "world" to small USB drives and needed to upgrade to USB 3. I picked this device over others because of the power supply. It works great, with up to four USB powered drives, iPhone and iPad all plugged in at the same time.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sunnest Bluetooth Headphones with Neckband Noise Cancelling Wireless Stereo Neck Headsets In-Ear Sweatproof Earbuds Earphones for iPhone, iPad,; Brand: SUNNEST; Review: The QY7 designation must not mean very much. I had two great pairs of QY7's in the past, but these are MUCH lower quality to the point I don't use them. Disappointed.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lifewit Men Briefcase Leather Canvas Laptop Satchel Messenger Work Bag Fit up to 13.3-inch, Coffee; Brand: Lifewit; Review: Nice look, but already falling apart. Two big problems with this bag, a) the lining is coming undone after a year, and b) it is not stiff enough to stand up on its base. This latter point has become very irksome for me. Problem c) is no place for water bottle. So I've replaced it with this... [url] So far so good.; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: Vitamix 5200 Blender, Professional-Grade, 64 oz. Container, White; Brand: Vitamix; Review: What can it do: Smoothies, ice cream, sorbets, mixed drinks, cocktails, mix batter, grind coffee beans, makes soups, puree food. Safety: Automatic off if the motor overheats. I was a little scared when this happened, because I was blending a lot of really thick smoothies. It just shut off in the middle of the run.. I stuck the base in the fridge for 5 minutes and then it started right back up after it cooled down. This happens in order to prevent the motor from getting too hot. This only happened once and it was my fault for overloading it. Noise level: It is not quiet, but it will not be loud enough to wake someone up if they are in another room with the door closed. I have used this super early in the morning (5AM) to make my morning smoothie and not even a stir from anyone. Cleaning: Very easy to clean! After you are done with the container, just quickly rinse the leftovers out and put some soap and warm/hot water. Put the cover back on and blend on high for about 10-15 seconds. This will make sure everything is off of the blade. If you have things stuck to the side you can use a regular sponge to clean that off. Cleaning takes at most 3 minutes for me. Bottom line: This is the easiest blender, grinder, processor that you will ever have. I have been using this for over 2 years now and have not had any problems with it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Command Designer Bath Hooks, Medium, White, 2-Hooks with Water-Resistant Strips (17081B-ES); Brand: Command; Review: These are incredibly easy to use and I have had no problems with the directions.. I used them on my bathroom tile so that I can hang my wash cloths on them. So far after 2 months they feel sturdy and it holds up really well. All you have to do is to peel off the adhesive tape and stick it to the back of the hooks, then take off the second last side of the tape and stick it on the area you would like the hooks. The instructions say if you want a firmer grip, then just press on the hooks and push upward to slide up. That will then just leave the backing that holds the hooks in place. Press firmly against this backing to make sure that the tape is making solid contact with your surface. Also be sure to have at least 2 inches above so that you have room to slide the hook up.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SONGMICS 10 Tiers Shoe Rack 50 Pairs Non-woven Fabric Shoe Tower Storage Organizer Cabinet Grey ULSR10G; Brand: SONGMICS; Review: This is a very lightweight and sturdy shoe rack. It is even better because it holds a ton of shoes! It took about 15-20 minutes to un-box all the different parts and read the instructions to finally getting it set up. The final product is about 6 feet tall and very easy to carry when it is free of shoes. The cloth coverings on each tier seems to be very sturdy so far. This has greatly improved my walkway and the clutter of shoes before is now neatly on this cool shoe rack.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SONGMICS 10 Tiers Shoe Rack 50 Pairs Non-Woven Fabric Shoe Tower Storage Organizer Cabinet Dark Brown 39.4" x; Brand: SONGMICS; Review: This is a very lightweight and sturdy shoe rack. It is even better because it holds a ton of shoes! It took about 15-20 minutes to un-box all the different parts and read the instructions to finally getting it set up. The final product is about 6 feet tall and very easy to carry when it is free of shoes. The cloth coverings on each tier seems to be very sturdy so far. This has greatly improved my walkway and the clutter of shoes before is now neatly on this cool shoe rack.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zoku Round Pop Molds, Four Easy-release Silicone Popsicle Molds With Sticks and Drip-guards, BPA-free; Brand: Zoku; Review: This is a great mold to create some Popsicles that you know the ingredients for. It is very easy to clean! Very easy to put together. And very easy to fill up the molds.. Just two things that could be improved are: 1. If it could hold just a little more. I love cold treats so more is better for me. 2. If you didn't have to warm it up to get it released from the mold.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Global Air 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner Cooling /Fan with Remote Control in White; Brand: Global Air; Review: It came in a large cardboard box that protected the unit pretty well. It also made its way all the way to Hawaii. Everything was inside the box from the unit to instructions. Everything was clear and easy to follow. I had a hard time finding where to put the exhaust port since I have only one large horizontal sliding window and two small pull out windows. I eventually rigged it so that the exhaust was leaving from the smaller windows. It works great. It really helps in controlling the humidity (the self evaporating feature is very useful) and cooling my living room down. Since the room is about 180-200 sqft and 8ft high. it takes a few minutes to feel cool and not quiet, but not super loud either it was about 45-55 db from 10 feet away.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
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Title: Travelon RFID Blocking Card Case (One Size/Black); Brand: Travelon; Review: This is very well made. plenty of space for money and documents, and cards. My husband wanted something that would fit in his pockets and shorts pickets without being bulky. This is a well made product. Will make traveling easier.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Speedo Women's Endurance+ Shirred Tank; Brand: Speedo; Review: Very good quality. The sizing fit very close to size. This is a very supportive swimsuit.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rainbow Sandals Double Layer Leather Sandal; Brand: Rainbow Sandals; Review: I bought these for my son for his birthday. He lives them. Excellent quality. Fits well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Plambag Canvas Messenger Bag Small Travel School Crossbody Bag; Brand: Plambag; Review: I purchased this bag and returned. It just wasn't as big as I expected. Excellent quality. It would make a perfect bag to carry everyday. I personally wanted it for travel.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Etekcity Digital Hanging Luggage Scale, 110 Pounds, Rubber Paint, with Temperature Sensor and Tare Function, Portable Scale for; Brand: Etekcity; Review: Great Value. Lightweight. Easy to use. Glad I lurched it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: American Tourister AT Pops Plus 3pc Nested Set 21 25/Spinner 29, Orange; Brand: American Tourister; Review: Great Value. We used it for an international flight last month. Seems lightweight. Bought a big name brand last yr from a Dept store . It broke the first time used. I small bag was twice as much as this set. This set is much better.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: G4Free Packing Cubes 6pcs Set Travel Accessories Organizers Versatile Travel Packing Bags; Brand: G4Free; Review: I used these for our vacation last month. They looked small when I opened them. I was wrong. I will never travel withy them again. I bought 3 sets all different brands . This set was the nicest.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Highwind Cruise Tags Luggage Etag Holders Zip Seal & Steel Loops Thick PVC; Brand: Highwind; Review: Good quality. Would recommend.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Kwikset 985 Double Cylinder Deadbolt featuring SmartKey in Satin Nickel; Brand: Kwikset; Review: I ordered two of these locks and installed them within minutes after they arrived. Wow! They lock and unlock quietly, and I am really enjoying using them. I chose these particular locks because I recently read that many dead bolts can be opened by "tapping" a blank into the lock which creates an impression so that anyone can make a key and open the door without "breaking and entering." These locks have an extra pin that does not move when a blank is inserted, so they cannot be "tapped." A serious burglar might go elsewhere when confronted with these locks. After using them for two weeks, I can find no flaws in these locks. Very nice, very secure! I highly recommend them for performance and looks. UPDATE: November 20, 2010 SURPRISE! For no discernible reason, one side of my backdoor lock froze. Nothing I tried would dislodge it, so, for a few days, the only way I could open the door was from the outside. Lock it, then run around to another door to get in the house. Clearly, I had to have a fix, so I called Kwikset and was delighted to find that their customer service was excellent! Within two days, I had a new double lockset. Installed in just minutes, and I was back to normal. This is one company that stands behind their products.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Moen 77200CSL AquaSuite One-Handle High Arc Filtering Kitchen Faucet, Stainless; Brand: Moen; Review: The Moen 77200CSL AquaSuite One-Handle High Arc Filtering Kitchen Faucet, Stainless is not simply useful with a spout that comes up high above your sink, it's good-looking, too. It's top of the line and looks it! Here's my take on my new faucet: PROS: 1. Gone is the specter of bumping into the faucet and breaking the (glass, plate, bowl, you name it). I've broken enough glasses to be thrilled at the prospect of having that faucet out of my way - permanently! 2. The brushed stainless surface of the faucet adds a modern look to my updated bar. 3. And here's the best part - the filter. It removes almost 100% of lead, mercury, and cysts. This is very important in our little town which is perched on a limestone outcropping. Our water is full of minerals that will easily cake on potted plants. Now I hope that problem will be lessened. Please note that you need to replace the filter every six months, but Moen has built in a "change the filter" reminder by way of a little light on the base of the faucet. It lights up when its time to replace the filter, so you can't forget to do it. CONS: My only complaint is that this faucet has a handle rather than a bar. Why would that bother me? From time to time, when my hands are full, I'll use an elbow to turn my old faucet on or off. I do miss that feature. OVERALL: Good-looking, modern kitchen faucet with a built-in under-sink filter. Just great for my remodeled bar!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mr Beams MB240 ReadyBright Wireless Power Outage LED Lighting System - Starter House Kit; Brand: Mr. Beams; Review: Have you ever stumbled around in the dark looking for your flashlight, a candle, a match for a candle? Then you know the brief moment of panic that arrives with the sudden loss of power. No lights until you locate your flashlight, and, even then, the light put out by flashlights is often insufficient except to keep you from running into furniture. Mr. Beam has a better idea with its Power Outage System, and I love it. What's making me happy about this system? Easy and Quick Installation - I installed batteries and then mounted the ceiling light and the path light in minutes. The remote control was plugged into an outlet by the bed after testing to be sure that it would turn on and off both of the light units. Sure enough, it works like advertised. Enough Light to Perform Normal Activities - I can't tell precisely how much light comes from the ceiling-mounted unit, but it's comparable to my regular ceiling light, so it puts out much more light than my flashlight, enough light that it's possible to carry on with normal activities for as long as the power outage lasts (or 40 hours, whichever comes first). This is the first emergency light I've owned that has so much light. Yes! Senses Loss of Power - The remote control powers on automatically when the power goes out, so you can see its LED lit up and know where to find it. You can also use the remote control unit as a flashlight. You'll need C batteries to power the ceiling light, so stock up when you purchase the system. The path light uses AA batteries and puts out a much lower level of light. Overall, I couldn't be more pleased. With the strange weather we've been having, preparing for a power outage just makes good sense. And this system is the best I've seen for emergency lighting. UPDATE: January 9, 2013 Texas has gotten a lot of rain within the past two days, and today the power went out. Immediately, these lights went on, giving me plenty of light to get around. This is a very good system to have in preparation for power outages. I'm certainly glad I have it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chambers Island Light/Chandelier Bronze Finish; Brand: LIGHTACCENTS; Review: This modern chandelier will fit right in with my eclectic decorating style. Constructed from a heavy metal, it provides lots of light. I agree with the reviewer who disliked the shades on the hanging lamps. I, too, think they could have been styled better to go with the chandelier itself; however, with the lights turned on, the darkish shades lighten up and do not detract substantially from the overall effect. I am not an electrician, so I'm having a certified electrician install the chandelier. That said, I cannot comment on the difficulty or ease of installation. Overall, this could be a good fit for specific decorating styles. Four Stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Emerson 1F86EZ-0251 Non-Programmable Thermostat; Brand: Emerson Thermostats; Review: The last time I bought a new thermostat, I got the most programmable one I could find, all the bells and whistles. At the time, I worked for a multinational corporation, and my work time was spent at home or on client sites. I thought I needed to be able to program the temperature, especially during the hot summer months in Texas. What I found, however, was that I generally set a specific temperature for being at home and let it run or set it for being out of the house for a week or more and let it run. The programmable feature was seldom used. Since I work at home now, I know from experience that I do not need and will not use programmable features, so this thermostat is perfect for me. I particularly like the digital readout because it so easy to see. I also like the "sleep" and "away" buttons that allow me to change the temperature with a single button push. Not being an electrician, I hired one to install this thermostat, so I cannot comment on the ease of installation. I can say, however that it was fairly quick to accomplish. Overall, I am delighted with my new thermostat and can recommend this one to others. Five Stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 3M Hard Hat H-701V-UV, UVicator Sensor, Vented, 4-Point Ratchet Suspension, White; Brand: 3M Personal Protective Equipment; Review: I would never have guessed that I needed a hard hat -- until I whacked my skull while trimming a fruit tree last week. The knot on my noggin is still with me, but the chances of it happening again have dropped significantly now that my new hard hat is waiting for me with my gardening shears and chain saw. Like others, I found that instructions printed on the plastic sleeve that covers the hat are unusual, to say the least. No wonder people found assembling the hat difficult! In my case, however, my son assembled the hat within a minute, seeing quickly how the assemblage was to take place. It would have taken me much longer. The hat itself is surprisingly light weight. I had imagined that hard hats must be heavy uncomfortable items, but this one is light and not at all uncomfortable. Autumn is approaching quickly, and many people will be trimming bushes and trees. Save yourself a bump on the head, and wear a hard hat while trimming. You'll be glad you did when a branch comes down unexpectedly! FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pocket Chainsaw Survival Gear with Cutting Teeth Every Link - Protect your investment * Best Lifetime Guarantee; Brand: Stunning Gadgets Wewdigi; Review: When I received this little chain saw from Stunning Gadgets, my heart sank. I do not have the upper body strength to operate it successfully, but my son had the opposite reaction. He took this little hand-operated chain saw and within minutes had removed all the dead limbs from a juniper tree in our yard. He says every camper should have this little gem in their pack! Once used, he cleaned and oiled the chain with a silicon spray and says it's good to go for the next time needed. He raves about this chain saw and said he could not be more pleased. I've seldom seen him more delighted with a tool!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Filtrete Standard Capacity Whole House String Wound Water Filters, 10 Microns, Universal Filter, Sump Style Drop-In Filter, 2-Filters (3WH-STDSW-F02); Brand: Filtrete; Review: I chose these replacement filters for my whole house system, but, although they are very good filters, I'm not exactly thrilled about replacing them every three months. I will put them on the same schedule as replacing my heat/air filters. The filters themselves are good, removing the chlorine smell from the water, but it remains to be seen just how much of the mineral content (very heavy in our area) will actually be removed. In the past, I've had to clear pipes with lime remover, so, after another nine weeks, I'll check to see how rapidly water drains from the bathtub. Then I'll have a better idea of just how effective these filters actually are, and I will update this review. Overall, it looks promising, but only time will tell.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Energizer ENRFFL81-BRK Fusion LED Folding Lantern; Brand: Energizer; Review: This little folding lantern puts out an amazing amount of light, just what I need for close work. Others may need it in the garage or when extra light is needed in the bath. It's small size means it can go in many places where large lanterns simply will not fit. What kept me from giving this lantern five stars is the trouble required to replace the batteries. I opened the packaging and pulled the tab on the back that says "OPEN FOR INSTRUCTION MANUAL." No instruction manual appeared, so I went to the Energizer website for further instructions. It advised me to pull the batteries out for 10 seconds, but it was short on instructions for how to access the batteries. I removed eight screws and finally got to the battery compartment. Once I removed and replaced the batteries, the lantern stayed on. Before doing this, the lantern turned off after about 15 seconds. Next it was time to replace the screws. The whole procedure took time and patience. I was fairly short on patience by the time I finished. Surely there must be an easier way to replace batteries. Energizer says I can expect 100 hours of light at the lowest level. How long the batteries will last at high power is unspecified. I hope it's a long time because I don't look forward to replacing those batteries again! Four Stars!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Orbit Clear Comfort Non-Programmable 83501 Thermostat; Brand: Orbit; Review: Having had both programmable and non-programmable thermostats, I have found that non-programmable thermostats are the best choice for stay-at-homes and road warriors. Having the temperature go up and down when you aren't home to benefit from it is a waste of money. Similarly, when you're home most or all the time, it easy enough to adjust the thermostat to suit your particular needs. That said, I am delighted with my new Orbit thermostat. It replaces the old analogue thermostat installed when the house was built with a new, clean, modern looking digital design that doesn't look like a holdover from a different era. Installation was easy and fairly quick, and it does a good job on my single stage heating/cooling system, holding the termperature within a degree of where I set it. Perfect for my needs, perfect update for the house. Five Stars!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lithonia Lighting OFLR 6LC 120 MO BZ LED Outdoor Floodlight 2-Light Motion Sensor, Black Bronze; Brand: Lithonia Lighting; Review: Im fortunate in already having a motion detecting floodlight for my front yard to which I can compare this Lithonia floodlight. This one will light the backyard which is quite a bit larger than the front. Right out of the box, there are significant differences in this floodlight and my previous one. First is the construction of the device itself. My first floodlight is made of plastic; this Lithonia one is metal and much heavier and stronger than my original. It should withstand most of the storms that frequent our area of Texas. Second is the lighting itself. My original device uses regular floodlights. Ive wondered how I will replace these bulbs when they burn out. Flourescent bulbs will not be as bright, while the expense of LED floodlight bulbs will probably exceed the price of this whole three LED head floodlight. Finally, I am impressed with both the ability to light a large area (60' x 120') and the ability to precisely determine the timing of lighting. Not only can I set the floodlight for 1 to 10 minutes on once motion is detected, I can also, by triggering the wall switch, keep the light on indefinitely. I am delighted with this new floodlight. I anticipate the long life of 50,000 hours with pleasure, so it will be a permanent addition to my outdoor lighting. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TapeCase Design Engineer: Solutions Seminar Tape Kit; Brand: TapeCase; Review: 3M has come out with some highly effective painting tapes that I've used with great success, so I was curious about their other tapes even though I had no idea whether I would need or could use them. What a find! Although I'm no engineer, I've found uses for five of the tapes in this helpful collection. I've used the velcro-like wall stickys for hanging a clock. There's no nail in the wall, but the clock has stayed right where I put it for more than a week. Often only a day is needed to see the older stickys releasing and dumping the item on the floor. I've also used the tape to fix a plastic part that had pulled out due to high heat. Perfect join! Included in the assortment is a very helpful instruction panel showing you what each tape is to be used for. Without it, my tape assortment would be sitting unused, but with it I've been able to `engineer' several fixes that I would not have thought of previously. I highly recommend this tape assortment for homeowners who need to fix things around the house. I'm amazed at what I can do now. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mudder Multifunction 3-Mode Bright LED Torch Flashlight Car Emergency Survival Kit; Brand: ; Review: You never know when, in the dark of night, something will go wrong with your car. Youre over on the side of the road, but you cant see whats going on without light. This flashlight will eliminate that problem. When I first looked at this flashlight, I wondered if it was too large to fit in my glove compartment. No worries. It fits in there with room left over. The light has three modes: a straight light of seven LEDs, illuminating from the front of the flashlight; a row of LED lights on the side of the barrel that provide an abundance of bright light; and a red flashing warning light. I never considered keeping a flashlight in the car, but its a great safety tool to have with you. I highly recommend this flashlight. You might never need it, but when you do, youll be glad youve got it! FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AKRICCSO Super Bright LED Tactical Flashlight (Crystal); Brand: AKRICCSO; Review: I love my silk scarves. I do not love picking them up from the floor when they slide off the shelf. I do not love the creases in the silk that come from stacking them flat. I do not love the snags that can occur when storing them in my armoire. This scarf hanger solved my problems. Now I store them in my closet without creasing, without snagging, and without falling on the floor. This hanger is totally smooth with nothing to catch or snag my delicate scarves. But I not only have silks, I have much heavier winter scarves. The loops on this hanger are large enough to accomodate heavy as well as delicate scarves. I have hung the heavy scarves on the bottom loops and the delicate silks on the upper loops so that nothing is crushed on the hanger. This is a better way to store those scarves, a well-made, sturdy hanger that avoids anything that can snag. I am happy to recommend it to others scarf afficienados. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Y-ZONE 2000 Lumens CREE XML-T6 LED Bicycle Light 4 Modes Super Bright Bike Lamp Headlight with 8.4V Rechargeable Battery Pack; Brand: AKRICCSO; Review: I love my silk scarves. I do not love picking them up from the floor when they slide off the shelf. I do not love the creases in the silk that come from stacking them flat. I do not love the snags that can occur when storing them in my armoire. This scarf hanger solved my problems. Now I store them in my closet without creasing, without snagging, and without falling on the floor. This hanger is totally smooth with nothing to catch or snag my delicate scarves. But I not only have silks, I have much heavier winter scarves. The loops on this hanger are large enough to accomodate heavy as well as delicate scarves. I have hung the heavy scarves on the bottom loops and the delicate silks on the upper loops so that nothing is crushed on the hanger. This is a better way to store those scarves, a well-made, sturdy hanger that avoids anything that can snag. I am happy to recommend it to others scarf afficienados. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Brillante Globe String Lights with Clear Bulbs for Dancing, Patio, Indoor / Outdoor, Backyard, Garden Party and Bedroom Use; Brand: Brillante; Review: My string of 25 lights came well packaged and ready to go. There is a single broken light that I am responsible for breaking, but I am aware now that these lights are fragile. You may want to purchase replacements along with the string. I easily installed these lights along the lower edge of my covered patio (see my photo), but I can imagine them decorating the perimeter of a pergola or gazebo. They really add a party feeling to outdoor living, and they add just the right amount of light for a gathering at night. I enjoy these lights for an evening cookout, and I am happy to recommend them. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: WORKSHOP Wet/Dry Vacs WS0900VA General Purpose Wet Dry Shop Vacuum, 9-Gallon, 3.5 Peak HP; Brand: WORKSHOP Wet/Dry Vacs; Review: Last week, my neighbors washing machine overflowed. His beautiful tile floors were an inch deep in water that we had to remove with a carpet cleaning machine. It was slow and cumbersome work. Too bad I didn't have this wet/dry vacuum then because we could have made quick work of the cleanup of a lot of water which would have been contained in the bin of this machine in only a single pass. In addition to being a great help in time of washing machine tsunamis, this machine is great for use in garage and shop. Install the paper dust bag and you can clean up dust and dirt in no time and save the central hepa filter from clogging. The machine comes with hose and accessories than snap together, so you won't get halfway through the job only to find that parts have separated, leaving you suddenly with no vacuum power. When you're finished, hose and parts fit on the machine, so you won't have to look around for the accessories they're right where you need them to be. My only criticism of this machine is the cost of the bags, but it is mitigated by their size. It will be a long time before you can fill these bags, so replacing them will not occur frequently. Overall, this is a very nice vacuum. It is easy to move around and doesnt tip when you do move it. Im pleased to recommend it for every household. You never know when the washer will overflow! FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Grohe 30216000 Wexford Single-handle Pull-down Spray head Kitchen Faucet; Brand: GROHE; Review: Its exciting to see new appliances and fixtures brighten up my kitchen that was sorely in need of updating, and this Grohe faucet is a perfect complement to my new appliances. Because the sprayer is in the faucet itself, Grohe has thoughtfully provided a soap dispenser that fits in the hole in the sink where my old sprayer once lived. Im happy to have that ugly bottle of detergent consigned to the cabinet from now on. I cannot say installation is plug and play; without a doubt, its a job to install a new faucet, especially one that includes the sprayer in the faucet, but it now looks like a shiny new kitchen and it just about is. The installation, while straight forward, is not a DIY for the average home owner. If you have experience with plumbing, you can expect to complete the install within a couple of hours. If not, get a good plumber to do the installation work for you. This is a tall faucet, but you can easily push it out of your way when you're working at the sink. Its finished with chrome and stainless steel, so it goes perfectly with the newest stainless steel appliances. I especially love the pull-down sprayer. Its easy to operate, and it doesnt leak or leave spray all over the cabinets. The button on the sprayer gives you two choices: a regular flow or a spray. Very convenient! You can tell that Im delighted! And I suspect I won't be the only cook wholl be happy to have this faucet in her kitchen. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sunnytech® Solar Powered Led Reading Lamp Light,Foldable Emergency USB Mobile Phone Charge Power Bank Function,touch Control,brightness Adjustable,modern Candle,green; Brand: Sunnytech; Review: Sunnytech has created a very ingenious reading light that pleases me. It offers a solar panel that powers the device on sunny days and comes with a cord to charge it when the day is cloudy. Unfortunately, I left my light out while the lawn sprinkler was running, so I feared I had ruined it. Not a problem. The lamp still works perfectly. NOTE: this lamp was not intended to be left out in the rain or lawn sprinkler. However, the fact that it still works perfectly attests to the solid construction. A power switch on the side of the lamp turns it on or off. You can also power it up or turn it off be tapping the icon on the reflector on the other side of the solar panel. Hold your finger steady on the icon and the brightness of the lamp goes up or down, so its easily adjustable to your needs. In addition, the lamp rotates, so you can get light precisely where you need it. I use mine for reading but also for knitting while Im watching tv. I can have extra light easily without bothering other watchers in the room. Lovely! If you need extra light, try this one. I think youll be as pleased as I am. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lighting EVER LE Dimmable Adjustable Focus CREE LED Headlamp, Zoomable Headlight, Hands-free, 3 Brightness Level Choices, LED; Brand: Lighting EVER; Review: There are times when you need a flashlight but you also need both hands for a task. I'm sure you know the frustration of looking for a leak or trying to find a part when your hand that's holding the flashlight is needed elsewhere. This little headlight is the answer I found, and it works quite well. I have a light in my overcrowded attic, but the placement of the light is such that it does not reach far enough to see into the recesses of the attic. When I'm up there, I need both hands for safety and security, but I also need to see what's there. With this headlamp, I'm able to get at whatever it is I'm looking for without feeling insecure. It fits comfortably on my head with straps that hold the light in place but not so tightly that I end up with a headache. The light itself can be medium bright, very bright, or serve as a strobe which you might need while camping. I find it bright enough to illuminate where I'm headed in the attic, although it's not a replacement for a really good overhead light. It will also be helpful when I'm looking for a leak -- water, oil, whatever calls for attention. This headlamp is an excellent aid for homeowners at a very modest price. I'm happy to have it when I need extra light. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LE 3W G14 E26 LED Bulbs, 25W Incandescent Bulb Equivalent, Not Dimmable, 200lm, Warm White, 2700K, 180° Beam; Brand: ; Review: I've used these LED bulbs to replace the harsh bulbs in my bathroom, and they are a great improvement. The fixtures hold six bulbs that were way too bright and harsh. These bulbs produce a softer light without being too dim for the room. They are so nice that I'm ordering more to replace the bulbs in all my bathrooms. No more harsh shadows, no more too bright lights. They're just perfect for this. Now to see how long they'll last . . . FIVE STARS; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Small Flashlight Powerbank - Compact Emergency Portable Bright High Lumen Flashlight Battery; Brand: ; Review: Powerful Pocket Flashlight with an Important Added Benefit This 4-inch long flashlight puts out an amazing amount of light on the high setting. Light dims but is still enough for clear sight on the next setting, and light strobes on the final setting. The black case is both sturdy and quietly elegant, a pleasure to have in your pocket for quick reliable lighting. Recharging for my flashlight took about 2 hours to fully power the light and have reserve power for charging other devices. Light, however, is not the only feature you get in this modestly-priced flashlight. The light is rechargeable with the included cable, and the recharge is sufficient to power another device or provide 8 hours of talk time with your cell phone. Very clever little device to keep handy, especially in an emergency situation. I keep mine next to the bed just in case of a power failure (which happens all too frequently in my neighborhood). FIVE STARS! Sample provided for review; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kreg KSC-1470-8 Automaxx Standard Sliding Bar Clamp, 8-Inch; Brand: Kreg; Review: From time to time, I find a piece of antique furniture meeting my two criteria: 1) must be restorable; and 2) must be a piece I will actually use. When I do, I get to work, an enjoyable activity for me. Sometimes, however, regluing a loose leg or a drawer that has gone out of shape and will no longer close properly poses a major challenge for a non-woodworker like me. For some time, Ive needed a clamp that will be suitable for holding small or large joins. This is that clamp Ive wanted! Heres what I like about this clamp: 1) Easy to change clamping sizes; 2) Easy to tighten the clamp on the join with a handle that will set the clamp. The tension can also be adjusted with a thumb screw on the handle. 3) Padding is available on the clamps via removable pads included with the clamp. With padding and adjustable tension, I can avoid damaging older woods. Whos thrilled over a clamp? I am, and Ive happy to suggest other antique lovers take a look at this clamp and how useful it is for restoration projects. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lithium Roomba Replacement Battery For iRobot Roomba 980, 960, 890, 690, 614, 900, 800, 700,; Brand: Lithium Power; Review: After four months of use, the battery that came with my Roomba 880 had lost significant capacity. It would run the Roomba for about 15 minutes. Time for a new battery! I chose this lithium battery for price and capacity. The Amazon sales page said it had four times the capacity of the original battery, so I decided to take a chance. Im so glad I did. This battery consistently runs my Roomba for 1 hours every morning. Carpets are clean in all rooms, so Im delighted. When you need a replacement battery, consider this one. Its much better than Roombas original battery, and youll be amazed at the increased performance youll get from your Roomba. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Ingear 2-in-1 LED Camping Lantern Flashlight - 200 Lumen, 3 Mode, Portable and Collapsible Aluminum Camp Light; Brand: DAPRIL; Review: This tiny lantern is perfect for camping. Pull up the lens, and light shines through the plastic tube to illuminate a tent nicely. With the lens collapsed, this lantern is a very bright flashlight with three settings: bright, much softer, and flashing light. This lantern is powered by three AAA batteries, included in the package. It features a shiny metal casing that will be very sturdy for camping and compares very favorably with the tactical flashlight I own. It's priced very modestly and would be a great present for camping enthusiasts. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for review; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Powerandsoul 25 In. Retro-Fit 2-Function Hand Shower and Showerhead Bundle -2.5 Gpm; Brand: GROHE; Review: This Grohe shower head provides the nicest shower I can imagine. Enjoy a soothing rain or change the setting to a sharper shower that comes transforms into a very heavy stream. Use the wand to clean the shower. Both the handheld wand and the overhead want come with four settings. You'll get any setting you might want with this retro-fit shower. Basic plumbing skills are required for the DIY homeowner to install this shower system. The entire installation required about two hours, but we also had to make a trip to the big box store for a tube that does not come in the set, so I am glad I have a plumber in house. Otherwise, our installation bill would have approached $300. The retro-fit used the original shower plumbing except that we had to drill a hole in the shower wall for attaching the set to the original plumbing. The materials that are used in this set are high quality. Chrome and brass fittings are meant to last and made of top quality material. Chrome won't be flaking off this set. Im expecting a bigger water bill because this shower is so relaxing! When I move, Ill order another for my next house. FIVE STARS and more!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Soaiy SY-TL01 Compact Lightweight Foldable Rechargeable Eye Care Natural White Light LED Desk Table Light Lamp as Desk; Brand: SOAIY; Review: I often need extra light while reading or knitting. This LED lamp is perfect for times when I need extra light but don't want to light an entire room. Heres my take on this LED desk lamp: PROS: 1) Lots and lots of concentrated light just what I need for knitting, especially for dark colors, and in these cold, dark days, I need extra light that can be directed just where I want it. 2) Powers up from computer or charger. Fully powered in a couple of hours, it can be removed from the charger and light on the battery will last about four hours. 3) Good looks a modern look and feel for a small desk lamp, light weight, but sturdy, small enough to fit easy on my night table and folds flat for convenience. CONS: None that I can find; however, be aware that there is only one level of light. That might be problematic for some users. OVERALL: Im delighted, and using this lamp right now. FIVE STARS! :) Sample provided for unbiased review; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sabrent Power Lock Suction Hook Hold up to 10 lb [Dual] White (UH-HDWH); Brand: Sabrent; Review: This is a small, sturdy hook that will lock tight to any snooth surface. And theres the rub in my house. The tiles in and around the shower have a nubby surface, so this hook will not attach firmly there. The interior doors have slight ridges due to the wood used in construction, so this hook will not attach there either. The moldings around hall entries are smooth, and this hook will attach there. Ive had a very heavy purse (about 7 pounds fully loaded) hanging from this hook for 48 hours with no suggestion that the hook is loosening. The trick Ive discovered is to run your hand along the surface where you want to install the hook. If you feel a perfectly smooth surface under your fingers, you're good to go. Open the hood by turning it all the way counter clockwise. Then ppush the hook, using the center button, onto the surface where you want to hook to live. Turn the mechanism back clockwise until it clicks in place, creating the bond between hook and surface. It should stay locked tightly. I chose this hook because I lack a hook on the rear of the closet door where I could hand robes. Without seriously sanding down and repainting the door, this hook will not work there, so I will have to find an alternative. Im disappointed because I wanted a hook that did not involve drilling holes into the door, but Ill now have to reconsider my options. This is a great hook, tough and sturdy, for smooth surfaces. If you have such surfaces, this will be a great way for hanging things without ruining your doors with drill holes. FOUR STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bosch HDH181X-01 18-volt 1/2-Inch Brute Tough Hammer Drill/Driver with Active Response Technology; Brand: Bosch; Review: I must begin this review by noting that I use a drill any number of times a year, but I am in no way a professional builder or carpenter. My use is confined to fix-it projects and assembling wood items. All drills I have owned come with their own set of bits. This drill doesnt come with bits. What it does comes with are two heavy duty lithium batteries and a battery charger, making this drill cordless. That in itself is a big plug because I often don't have quite enough length in extension cords to make it easy to use the drill without tugging and pulling at the cord. Theres also the problem of cords falling out of the drill base. Im now a big fan of cordless drills. It is also true, however, that the lithium battery, while very powerful, is very heavy, making this unit a bit difficult for a small woman to handle. Without question, this is a professional drill that is most useful for a professional builder. It offers an unusual and very important safety feature when hitting an obstruction it stops before kicking back against the user, and that alone makes it worthwhile for anyone who needs a drill. My son, who maintains helicopters, keeps looking at it and remarking on what a great tool it is. I may have to share from time to time. FIVE STARS!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LED Reading Light Storyled® With *Lifetime Guaranty* - Comes with Batteries That Last More Than 100 Hours; Brand: ; Review: This Story LED light is a good design for reading in bed at night without disturbing anyone else; Its bright light will allow you to read a full page in a paperback book without moving the light. Theres no on-off switch in this light because it turns on automatically when you push the button on the side that releases the mechanism and allows the light to shine. When I tried mine at first, the light was very dim. I removed and lightly cleaned the batteries and reinserted them. The light that resulted was very bright and brought me a lighted page without light spilling out over the bed. Im delighted, and other night readers will be delighted as well. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hppe Cut Resistant Protect Hand Gloves - Food Grade Material, Comfortable Fit, food cutting gloves,more comfortable than steel mesh; Brand: DYZD; Review: These cut-resistant gloves look like they're made from a similar fabric as the ones Ive been using successfully in my kitchen for years. The problem for me, however, is their size. I use cut-resistant gloves to protect my hands when Im slicing things on my mandolin, but the size of these is so large that I cannot manipulate anything else while trying to keep the gloves on my hands. From the look of the fabric, I feel sure that these glove will protect the hands of a very large man, but they do not work for small hands. The cut-resistance is very helpful to protect a cook, but Id suggest you make sure, before ordering, that you're getting a size appropriate to the size of your hands. THREE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: BWE Waterfall Bathroom Sink Faucet Brushed Nickel Glass Spout Commercial; Brand: BWE; Review: The photos on this sales page don't do justice to the elegance and beauty of this faucet. Sleek and modern, priced very reasonably, this is the one to choose when upgrading your bathroom. Included in the package are all the fittings needed to install and have this operating in a very short time. The brushed bronze finish on the handle that moves up and down for on/off and side to side for temperature control is perfectly complemented by the bronze-tinged spout where the water pours out. Elegant and eye-catching! We do, however, have a suggestion for the manufacturer: Include (or make available as an accessory) a plate to cover holes for older one-handle faucets when retro-fitting this faucet. Were going to search for button covers for the holes that will be left when were finished installing it in an older bathroom counter top, and finding a perfect match for the brushed bronze of this new faucet probably will not be easy. I fully recognize that having a single post on the counter will look better than having it in a cover plate, but were not yet ready to do a full change of the bathroom sink and counter. That said, with that single exception, I am thrilled with the look and the quality of this faucet. It will be perfect with the elegant bowl sink I have in mind. Great Work, AquaFaucet! FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hoont8482; LED Grow Light – Indoor Plant, Flowers and Herb Light; For Indoor Growing and Hydroponics – (Fits Standard; Brand: Hoont; Review: I wasn't expecting to put this grow light to use until fall arrived, but with the local flooding, it has become essential to the health of some of my treasured plants. Without it, the unusual lack of sunshine in normally sunny Texas would mean plant deaths. This grow light fits a standard light socket. I have screwed it into a clamp light holder that allows me to direct the light where it is needed most. The light itself appears to be full spectrum, and it is doing its job of keeping plants alive in the absence of real sunshine. Surely sunshine will return to our state, but, while were waiting, this grow light keeps plants healthy and growing indoors. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CHOETECH 30W Smart Desktop Multi Port USB Tavel Wall Charger with 320 Joule 4 AC Power Supply USB Power Strip; Brand: CHOETECH; Review: Id call this smart charger Super Smart with its five usb smart ports. Ive asked it to recharge my iPod, and its been completed within half an hour. That's fast! I use this iPod a lot, so keeping it charged and having it recharged quickly is very important to me. In addition to the Smart ports, this supercharger offers two wall-type plugins. You use a wall plugin when you use this charger, but now, rather than losing access to one plugin, you're ahead by an additional plugin. Like many, I don't have nearly enough wall sockets, so getting an additional one plus the usb ports is a big plus. Finally, theres a surge protector in this charger. Weve had so many storms in Texas during May that Ive begun to worry that my surge protectors may soon die. Any additional protection is important because the storms are not over yet. Overall, Im quite pleased with this charger. Conventional plugins plus usb ports plus surge protection theyve thought about it all! FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Techip Modern Portable Folding Brightness Adjustable USB LED Desk Lamp Rechargeable Multifunctional Table Lamp for Reading/ Studying/ Working with; Brand: Techip; Review: I do quite a lot of hand work and need good lighting for that purpose. This lamp is now my favorite go-to when I need extra light for my projects. It provides a high level of light but it can be reduced by holding down the power button so that the light is perfect for your specific needs. When I received the light, I charged it for a couple of hours using the usb cable. Once charged, I set the time and date which appear on the transparent lens that makes up a portion of the lamp. Thats a very handy feature! And a single charge has lasted hours. What I like best is the dimmable feature that allows me to adjust the light so its perfect for whatever Im doing. The small size and the lithium battery mean that this lamp really is portable. I take it with me from room to room with no fuss. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AKDY 6" Extra Large Bathroom Rainfall Spray Jet Massage Fixed Shower Head, Chrome (SH0020); Brand: AKDY; Review: We installed this shower head in my sons bathroom, and hes been enjoying it ever since. Installation was quick, less than 10 minutes, and hes been enjoying the rain shower setting, his favorite once he tried them all. Construction is plastic, so Im not sure it will last too long, and should it break soon, Ill update this review. With no update, readers should assume that this shower head is still going strong, every day and sometimes twice a day. When I consider the very modest price of this shower head, Ill be glad to replace it every so often. FIVE STARS Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Safemore, Power Strip, 1875W 3 AC Plugs and 2 USB Multi Outlet Charger, 5V 2.1A Output for iPhone,; Brand: SAFEMORE; Review: Heres a power strip (really a box) that gives you two extra outlets and two usb ports. Im using on my bathroom counter when I need extra outlets (often) but don't want the power draw on at all times. You can turn the unit on when you need it, but when you're finished, for example, using a hair dryer, you can press the top and turn the unit off, saving power. A blue light shows you that the unit is on; no light appears when the unit is off. The extra outlets are found on three sides of the unit; the fourth side has a slide that protects the two usb ports. I have found this especially handy for charging a speaker mounted in the bathroom. Overall, this unit is perfect for me, providing extra outlets when I need them, but saving me power (important on these super hot Texas summer days) when I dont. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Furniture Pads Furniture Feet Set of 8, 4 Inches Square or Round 3/16 Inches Thick; Brand: Metric USA; Review: Of course, smaller pads that protect floors and floor coverings have been around for years, but, as a general rule, they are small rings or squares that go under chair legs. My problem is that my dining room table, a 100-year-old antique, has large claw feet, too large for the small pads I can buy at my local big box store. The aging metal under those feet creates unsightly rings on the carpet, a continuing annoyance because those stains are very difficult to remove. Now I have a solution. These pads are large, large enough to protect my floors from the table legs. The pads are soft and distribute the table's considerable weight over a larger area than before I installed them; thus, not only are floors protected from stains, they are also protected from weight depressions. I'm delighted, and I'm happy to recommend them to others. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LUCKLED Original Starfish Solar String Lights, 20ft 30 LED Fairy Halloween Christmas Lights Decorative Lighting for Indoor/Outdoor, Garden, Home,; Brand: LuckLED; Review: Heres a string of lights that look like starfish. Ill be wrapping my large crepe myrtle with this string for the holidays. With no greenery around the bush, this string will provide a little light and a lot of sparkle. LuckLED has created sofa variety light strings that will decorate trees, bushes, or whatever else needs a little sparkle during holidays and festive gatherings. And heres the best part because these light strings are powered by the sun, you won't have electrical cords hanging around for people or pets to trip over or get caught on. The solar panel is set on a holder that you place in the yard wherever sunlight is available. Ive allowed charging to occur for a full day before trying to use the lights, and I found that theres enough power to keep the lights on all night and into the next night for a few hours. Im impressed with how well these small solar chargers perform. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Greenspring Single Hole Square Solid Brass Bathroom Sink Faucet Commercial Basin Mixer Tap,Chrome Finished; Brand: Greenspring; Review: No one would ever think of calling me to help with a plumbing problem, but this faucet is so easy to install that I was able to do it myself. Ok, I had an instructors help, but I actually installed this faucet by myself with no leaks or mishaps! The faucet is a single hole fauceet. You change the hose attachments from the old faucet to the new one so that both hoses are fitted into the main hole. Make sure to tighten everything snuggly. No taping or other things are needed because the hose attachments are high quality and fit perfectly with no leaks. In my bath, that leaves two open holes, one on either side of the new faucet where the hoses where the old, three hole faucet sat originally. No problem! Big box hardware stores have covers for those holes. You screw them in from the underside of the counter, and then you have a great-looking faucet with extra holes covered perfectly. This faucet is very similar to a taller Greenspring faucet ([url]), but this one has a flat rather than rounded handle. The finished brushed surface looks lovely, and the finished product is a nice upgrade to my original, ordinary faucet. You can do this yourself. This quality faucet can be installed in about 15 minutes, and youll love the new look it gives the bathroom. A modestly priced upgrade to brighten your bathroom. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vastar 62 in 1 with 56 Bit Magnetic Driver; Brand: Vastar; Review: This Vastar tool kit is perfect for repairing or replacing batteries in electronic devices. Previously, I ve had to rely on my jewelers tool kit, with just five tiny screwdrivers for Phillips screws and five more for flat-head screws. Sometimes, they fit my device, but, more often than not, they did not fit. Now Im ready to: 1) clean out the interior of my Roomba, 2) replace batteries with screw-on device lids, and, most importantly, 3) reach screws that are not on the surface of the device in question. A flexible extension allows me to get into tiny, hard-ro-reach places where important screws are hiding! The handle of this screwdriver is a soft, allowing a tight grip without pain, but the parts that hold the bits and extensions are tough metal (probably steel). The driver and all its bits are housed nicely in a covered box that keeps everything in its place and ready for the next use. Overall, this is a tool that will our family well for many, many years to come (probably as long as we own and enjoy electronic devices). This kit would be a great gift for an electronic hobbiest and for anyone who needs to be able to work with the tiny screws on electronic devices. FIVE STARS Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: LE® 5W Flexible LED Clip-On Desk Lamp, LED Book Light, 150lm, AC Adaptor and USB Cable Included, Daylight; Brand: ; Review: This white plastic lamp is not what I expected. Heres what I like and dislike about it: 1) Provides enough light for reading or using a computer. The LEDs provide plenty of light for most applications, but the light is either on or off; it cannot be turned up or down. 2) Flexible neck allows the user to put light where its needed. 3) Large a clip-on lamp This lamp is large enough to be a functional desk lamp but cannot stand alone on a desk. It must be clipped onto a shelf or table in order to stand up. However, its size is a problem for me. I find it annoying to have such a large piece attached to my desk when a table lamp would be better and not be on the side of the desk where its in my way. By the way, this lamp is much too large for traveling. Think of how much room it will take up in a suitcase. 4) Not Particularly attractive I don't like the look of this lamp on a bed side table. Overall, this lamp will provide additional light that can be aimed where you need it, but it would not be my choice. THREE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: VCCUCINE Modern Commercial Chrome Single Handle Waterfall Bathroom Vessel Sink Lavatory Vanity Faucet, 3/8" C; Brand: VCCUCINE; Review: This is a very sleek with a brushed nickel finish that will go with almost any style basin. Iiture t's easy to use with just one hand because the flow and temperature is controlled by the single tube directly above the outlet. In addition to the faucets good looks, Im particularly impressed by the instructions included in the box. It includes a list of all the tools and supplies you need to do the job correctly. The tools are those you likely already own, and assembling them before you start makes the job quick and easy. Once your tools are in place, follow the instructions step by step. Graphics show you clearly what parts go to what piece, and you are guided each small step of the way. Words (in English) and pictures make this an easy job for a novice (me). Also Included with the faucet is a roll of plumbers tape, a nice inclusion that Ive not seen with other faucets. The faucet itself is well made and fits into the center hole of the current cabinet with no problem. Overall, this is a great faucet with an exceptionally good set of instructions. Im happy to recommend it to others who want an inexpensive upgrade for a bathroom faucet. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ADDLON String Lights Starry Curtain lights Waterproof Wall Lights 300 LED Fairy Lights 8 Modes Decorative Lights For Wedding Bedroom; Brand: addlon; Review: Several years ago I gave up Christmas lights in my yard. Oh, they were cheery, but the cords that littered the ground were a safety hazard for family and guests. And they were expensive to run. My electric bill told the tale. This year the lights go on again. LED lights on a long string will do the trick with no increase in my power bill and, more importantly, no wires stretching from tree to power outlets, no extension cords waiting to trip someone. I particularly like the fairy lights from Addlon. These lights are powered by the sun, and Ive found that putting the solar panel out in bright sun for a full day will actually power the light string for several evenings. The back of the solar panel has two buttons. One turns the power on or off. The other offers the user a selection of how the lights sparkle. You can have half the lights on in rotation. You can have all the lights flash. You can have the lights on with no flashing at all. You choose. The lights themselves are tiny, hardly larger than a single LED, and they are charming without being overpowering. I love these little lights, and theyll be brightening our holidays this year. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tontec 6 LED Motion Sensor Night Light Stick-on Anywhere Motion-Activated Detector LED Security Lights Auto on/off Battery Powered for; Brand: Tontec; Review: These soft night lights are excellent for preventing falls at night. They are powered by three AAA batteries installed in the base of the light. They are easily mounted on cabinets and walls by using the 3M stickies on the rear of the base. Ive installed a single unit in the linen closet which has always suffered from its location in our house and the fact that there is no light installed in this closet. Now I have a soft light that comes on when the closet door is opened. I have also mounted one in the kitchen and have learned not to place a light where theres a wood facing on the lower edge of the cabinet. For the light to turn on, I need to move my hand under the cabinets, so Im moving the light to the refrigerator where it can more easily be triggered by human motion. Overall, these are excellent night lights. The lights are soft so they won't blind anyone when they are triggered, but they offer enough light to prevent trips and falls. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: [2 Pack] BESTTEN 20A GFCI Outlet, Tamer Resistant Duplex Receptacle with LED Indicator and Red & Black Buttons,; Brand: BESTTEN; Review: Plug this six outlet socket into the wall, and, where before there were two outlet sockets, there are now six plus two USB ports. For me, the problem is the design. The two sets of paired outlets on each side are too close together for my electronic devices, many of which have larger than standard plugs. If you were plugging in only standard size plugs, you could use all six outlets; however, with the larger plugs, you can use only four of the six outlets. When you plug in this wall mount surge protector, you cover up both outlets in the wall -- no way to alter the size of this item, so you essentially gain four outlets in place of two in the wall. Moving the positions of the outlets in this device would allow you a better opportunity to use all six. I've been using this surge protector for several weeks. Here's where it shines -- it works perfectly even during tornado winds and wicked lightning! No damage to the unit and no damage to any device plugged into it. I'm impressed with just how well it works; I'd just like to see it reconfigured so I could use all six outlets.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rain-style High Pressure Shower Head, Ansvip 10 inch Ultra-thin Stainless Steel Rainfall Showerhead, Chrome Finish, Taflon Tape Included,; Brand: Ansvip International Trading Co, Ltd; Review: This is the shower head youll enjoy for a long time. It fits on a metal tube out from the wall and parallel to the shower floor. Installation is easy IF the connections are already installed. Simply screw on the showerhead, using the plumbers tape the manufacturer thoughtfully provided in the box. This is a very nice showerhead, constructed of metal rather than the cheap plastic youll find in many discount stores. I expect it to last for years, and I am delighted with it. Give it a try if you have the appropriate setup in your shower. Note: It is heavy, far too heavy to simply mount on a standard showerhead setup, so make sure you have the plumbing you need before you attach this head. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SUAOKI Cree Led Flashlight 4-in-1 Rechargeable Torch Light Brightest Powered 5,200mAh External Battery Charger Emergency Car Window Smasher Belt Cutter; Brand: SUAOKI; Review: Suaokis new flashlight is a winner! Heres what I love about it: 1) Three levels of bright light, one flashing light you can use to attract attention; 2) Small but heavy excellent fit in the hand, easy to turn on with only one hand; 3) Light head hides input and output ports simply unscrew the head to add power to the flashlight, and use the USB port to power, LED lights show you how much power is available when you attach the input cable; 4) Included near the on-off switch is a belt cutter that can free you in case of emergency; 5) Sturdy, heavy duty case use it as a hammer or weapon if necessary. Overall, this is a must-have item for travel. Youll probably like it as much as I do. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outlite KC01 LED 900 Lumen Handheld Flashlight, Cree XML T6 5 Mode Adjustable Focus Zoom Tactical; Brand: outlite; Review: Heres a small but powerful flashlight I keep on my bedside table. Its easy to spot because it has a copper colored hood around the lens. Its small and fits in my hand easily. The light can be focused quickly by rotating the head. Tapping the on-off button on the rear of the light offers you three levels of brightness and flashing lights for signaling emergencies. Ive tried several flashlights from Outlite and find them all to be excellent. All are sturdy with metal housing, all are powered by batteries. You can choose whether you want a single 18650 battery that comes with a charger or a battery holder with three AAA batteries by choosing a flashlite with the battery type you want. I prefer the single 18650 battery, but it takes a long time to fully charge it because it holds so much power. However, if you need light in a hurry you might prefer the three AAA battery holder for light as soon as you open the box. Either way, Im certain youll find these batteries to be excellent for use in the car, for camping, and for general use around your home. Their prices are very modest, especially when you consider the quality and the packaging is very nice if you want to give one as a gift. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for unbiased review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Handheld Flashlight, Ultra Bright 700 High Lumens LED Tactical Flashlight,XML T6 Outdoor Survival Torch, 5 Light Modes - Adjustable; Brand: ; Review: Floods, tornados, power failures all reasons to have a good, reliable flashlight and keep it close at hand. This one is excellent, constructed of metal, and heavy enough to be considered a tactical light. Powered by three AAA batteries (not included) that fit in a holder included in the box, this light will last for several hours before batteries need replacement. It can also be powered by an 18560 rechargeable battery for a longer lasting light. The flashlight can be focused from very small to very large by twisting the light hood. The size of the light can also be changed by pulling the hood out, large to small. The light is very bright, and when the hood is retracted, it will light an entire wall with enough light to show quite a lot of detail. At such a modest price, Id suggest getting several, one for the car, one for your emergency kit, one for the bedroom. It fits in the palm of your hand and will not require much space by your bed. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vaincre 1600Lumens 10W 24LED Outdoor Floodlight Camping Lights Portable LED Work; Brand: Vaincre; Review: Vaincres portable rechargeable work light is a helpful addition to my spring cleaning tools. Heres what makes it so: 1) Portable - Its tiny size means this work light really is portable. Ive had to haul my other work lights (each about four times larger) up to the attic where the carrying is difficult but finding space to set up the light and a plug to plug it in is not possible. So I continue to work in a dark space with only a single bulb to help me do my sorting and discarding. 2) The 12 LEDs give me lots and lots of light, and the light lasts longer than I do. Three levels of white light give me options for perfect lighting. 3) Its very stable and does not tip over by accident. 4) Emergency flashing LEDs attract attention when they not only flash but change colors. It will summon help in a hurry. 5) USB port on the rear of the light charges my electronic devices, and I can listen to music on my iPad while working. Im delighted! My old work lights will go out with the other spring cleaning discards, and Ill replace them with a couple more of these great lights! FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outlite 501B High Power LED Flashlight, Tactical Handheld Flashlight Waterproof 5 Mode Flashlight For Outdoor Riding, Camping, Hiking,; Brand: outlite; Review: Heres a small, metal flashlight that provides three levels of brightness plus a flashing and an SOS options. A wrist strap helps me keep the light at hand while Im using it. The box does not include a battery (18650 needed), but you can buy a couple of these batteries and a charger from Outlite (B00S4OGOWM). Plan to charge your new batteries overnight. Youll be rewarded with a light that lasts and lasts before requiring charging again. Over the past week, Ive used this flashlight to check a meter outside in the dark, to examine my cats injured foot, and to loan to a neighbor who experienced a power outage. The flashlight performs like a champ, and I think my neighbor will be buying one just like it after using mine. I keep it on a bookshelf where it can be accessed quickly, but I also keep flashlights in our safe room, in the car console (its small enough to fit easily), and in the garage where it illuminates engines much better than the overhead light. These flashlights are tools youll use over and over. Im a fan of these Outlite flashlights, small, sturdy, providing bright illumination. Get one and find out for yourself how useful this flashlight can be. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Solar Lights,URPOWER 2-in-1 Waterproof 4 LED Solar Spotlight Adjustable Wall Light Landscape Light Security Lighting Dark Sensing Auto On/Off for; Brand: URPOWER; Review: This new version of the solar-powered outdoor light is nice and bright, creating security people walking in yards and especially on walkways. With the bright sunlight weve been experiencing, the light will be fully powered by a single days sunlight on the solar panel. I had some trouble with the on/off switch. Ive learned to be certain that Ive engaged the switch causing a clicking noise. Its very nice to have a switch to turn it off when you want a dark yard or driveway, but most of the time I leave it on. It provides light all night long. I have a tree that Im spotlighting with this light; it creates a sophisticated look for the tree and for my yard. Its free to run as often as I like, because theres no increase in my power bill! Try it. See for yourself. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PromethFire Powerful Led Flashlight 5 Modes Black 800 Lumens Cree; Brand: Promethfire; Review: Heres a flashlight constructed from metal with an LED light no plastics to break, no bulbs to burn out. This flashlight is zoomable; to adjust the size of the light just push the lights hood up or pull it back to the barrel. The light has three levels of brightness and an emergency flashing light and an SOS light, so it will perform emergency functions as well as lighting an area. The light is small enough to put in a large pocket or purse. A wrist strap will keep it ready for action, or you can clip it to your belt. You may never use it for anything but light, but it is heavy enough to use as a weapon should you ever need it for that purpose. The barrel is cross-hatched, making it easy to hang on to. The flashlight is powered by an 18650 battery that is not included in the package. Buy a pair of these batteries and a charger, and this light should provide power for a number of years. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Monkeybrother Home Dictionary Diversion Book Cash Safe Case with Key Lock (Blue); Brand: Monkeybrother; Review: Heres a dictionary (mine's red) that defines money or jewelry or other small valuables youd like to keep safe temporarily. I have used it for currency that I want to be able to retrieve quickly. As can be seen in my photo, this safe looks like a dictionary. The cover is like one youd find on any reference book, and the size is right for a dictionary. It fits easily in my bookshelf, and looks like any other book, which is to say that nothing unusual stands out about it. Its value is for temporary storage. I say temporarily because this small safe should not be viewed as a long term solution to saving valuables. Its lock is easily broken, but, of even more importance is the fact that, should it be recognized as a storage box, it could be easily carried away. Nevertheless, for short-term storage, this book is a great option. FOUR STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SilentSound 37 dB NRR Sound Technology Safety Ear Muffs with LRPu Foam for Shooting, Music & Yard Work, Black; Brand: SilentSound; Review: These safety earmuffs fit tightly over your ears without causing pain to the ears. Theyre the first pair of safety earmuffs Ive owned, and Im delighted with them. They are a much better fit for me (fully adjustable) than the earmuffs I borrow at the shooting range. And they do a fine job of muffling sound without deading it entirely. You could hear a shout or someone trying to get your attention without removing them, but, at the same time, you will protect your hearing from the sharp crack of a shot. You can continue to borrow earmuffs at the range, or you can get your own pair at a very modest price. If you choose the latter, youll not only protect your hearing, but youll also protect your body from bugs and germs left by others who have used the earmuffs previously. So what will you choose? FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Heavy Duty Mixer. Professional 20 Inch Mixer Tool With Complimentary Grout Repair E-Book. Stir Epoxy, Paint, Mud, Grout,; Brand: RMS Unlimited Goods; Review: If youve ever painted a wall or a door or a large piece of furniture, youve probably tried to mix it with a stick thoughtfully provided by the paint company or big box store. With a full can, it takes muscle to bring the paint back to a consistency of color that won't end up streaking your item. And it takes time this is not a three stroke process. I have to repaint the front door every couple of months. Our cat bangs on the door and leaves streaks that eventually show the primer beneath. Time to repaint. This tool makes the preparation quick and easy. The tool fits a standard drill, fitting the stem into the brace where youd fasten a drill bit. Be sure youve tightened the bit holder. Once thats done, you're ready to mix paint. I try to keep the drill at a fairly low speed because Ive already used half a can of paint on the door, but if you're faced with a full or nearly full can of paint, you might want to use a higher speed. Once the paint (or putty or spackling compound) is thoroughly mixed, wash the tool immediately. Water-based paints will wash right off because the tool is covered with a metal paint that won't hang on to the wet paint. Im delighted with this tool. Ill be using it frequently. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Anybest Utility Mop Broom Holders Wall-Mounted Garden Tool Rack Storage Racks Garage Storage; Brand: Anybest; Review: Ive installed this broom and tool organizer in my utility room. I really like it. Why? 1) I like having broom, mop, and webster off the floor. No longer will I be tripped up by a falling broom or mop. The hooks at the side of each holder hold shopping bags, a dog leash, and dust pans, so Ive got a lot of cleaning and shopping items I need up and away so they're easy to locate and have a permanent home where they live when not in use. 2) Clip-on tool organizers fit each end of the broom organizer and provide space for those installation and repair tools (hammer, screw drivers, and more) that have been cluttering up one of my kitchen drawers. Now I can quickly locate which tool I want, and, like the brooms, they now have a permanent home where they stay when not in use. 3) Installation was quick and easy. The molly bolts and screws were included in the package, so the installation is secure on the wall. 4) This organizer would work as well in the garage as in the pantry or utility room. Certain tools, such as the edger, are too heavy to stay up off the floor, but the organizer will hold the poles securely out of the way so they no longer create a hazard on the floor. This is an inexpensive organizer that solves a big problem for me and my family. I like it, and I feel certain others will like it as well. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Coax Cable Crimper, Coaxial Compression Tool Kit Wire Stripper with F RG6 RG59 Connectors; Brand: Royalsell; Review: These are excellent pens especially for drawing, for designing, and for writing special notes. The 60 pens come in a wide variety of colors, and they include special multicolored pens, pens with glitter, and pens with neon and with metallic ink. All I have tested work well, with no skips. But what I like most about this set of pens is that they come with a refill pack so you can use them twice as long as others. Overall, this is a great set with lots and lots of colorful pens. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hallomall [15W 24LED] Spotlights Work Lights Outdoor Camping Lights, Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries; Brand: Hallomall; Review: Heres a small work light with 20 LEDs that can be moved where ever you need it to be with no cord to tangle or trip you up. Included in the box are a cable to attach to a charger (you probably have many of those) and a wall plug with a short cord to recharge the battery. The light fits on a stand included in the box. Its very sturdy and allows you to tilt the light in an direction you need without the light falling over. It has two buttons on the rear. The one of the left operates the working light, two levels of brightness; the one on the right is an emergency flasher that flashes red then blue lights. Its bright enough and eye-catching enough to be able to summon help in an emergency. No one is likely to fail to notice these flashing lights. I would have preferred three levels on the working light, but, as long as you need light concentrated in a small area, it will work well for you. The fact that it is so small means that it can be used in tight spaces such as under an automobile. While it won't light up the whole garage, it will provide a good amount of light for specific jobs. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ORCATORCH ES10 Mini Keychain Tactical Flashlight With Reversible Clip Include 1CR123A Battery, Waterproof 2M Hiking\Camping Portable Flashlight; Brand: ORCATORCH; Review: Heres a tiny flashlight, so tiny it can be completely enclosed in the palm of my hand. It arrived with a case, making it perfect as a small addition to my purse. Now light is always available when I need it. The flashlight offers three levels of light and a flasher for emergencies. You might expect that such a tiny flashlight would have an equally tiny power, but this light, in its highest level, is very, very bright. You could use it on a backpacking trip and save yourself from falls in the woods at night. The battery is unusual; you won't find a replacement at most drug stores, but I was able to buy a box of six replacement batteries from Amazon, so Im set for a long, long time. The flashlight is heavy metal. It looks like it will last many years. Im delighted, and Im sure others will be just as happy. I highly recommend getting at least one of thee tiny marvels. FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Home-Complete HC-2301 Over The Door Organizer-Space Saving Hanging Storage Shelves for Kitchen, Pantry, Closet-for Spices, Jars, Cleaning Products, White; Brand: Home-Complete; Review: Our photo included with this review shows you only HALF of this door organizer. The other half would be installed above this photos section. You could install it in the utility room, the pantry, the garage, or your closet to increase your storage space and get those small items off the floor or the counter. The unit is solid, with eight metal shelves, coated with a plastic coating to protect your items, and three hangers. They fit into metal brackets that are installed on a door to increase your storage area without building a new closet or a storage house in the yard. Included with the unit are all the hardware bits and pieces you need for installation. Decide where it will go, get a drill and screw driver, and you can have this extra storage in just a few minutes. Were planning a big move, so, after a brief family conference, we decided that this unit will be happiest in our new home rather than leaving it for the new residents in our old home. For this reason, our photo show the unit propped up near a door rather the completed installation. Im impressed by the quality of the parts of this door organizer. If you need extra storage space, and who doesnt, consider this one. The quality is high, and you can expect the unit to last for years! FIVE STARS! Sample provided for impartial review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Tools_and_Home_Improvement |
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Title: Moonlight Pool Supply aftermarket for Zodiac Barracuda Diaphragm Fits G3 G4 Part # W69698; Brand: Moonlight Pool Supply; Review: My existing diaphragm has a couple small holes right at the neck area and effected the performance of the sweep..Upon replacing the diaphragm, the sweep worked perfectly. Diaphragm is top quality, just as good as the original.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Argee RG825 Lets Edge It Decorative Plastic Brick Edging, no lights, 25 feet, Terra Cotta; Brand: Argee; Review: These are very easy to install. I just had my walkway redone and textured with a rustic red color and this edging is just a couple shades darker to really set off the walkway. I have had nothing but compliments on the overall appearance. All my neighbors thought they were real pavers until they got up close. I just ordered 3 more boxes to do the edging along the side walk and driveway, with the solar lights. I am replacing the existing edging I put in just 5 months ago with these. I have found nothing that looks better for the price.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Let's Edge It! Decorative Plastic Brick Edging with 4 Built-In Solar Lights, Terra Cotta, 20-Foot Kit - Argee RG820S; Brand: Argee; Review: These pavers are really great looking, easy to install. All my neighbors thought they were real pavers until they got up close. I would not recommend the paver with the solar lighting. Argee has had problems for years with these and they said 4 years ago they would correct the problem, never did, solar lights still the same. I got an order with 4 lights and one was bad. You cannot replace the battery in them. The batteries are soldered in and he case is completely sealed to be weatherproof. I suggest you just get garden solar lights of the type you like and put them in-between the pavers or you can cut out your own hole in the pavers and install the lights there, just be sure you get the correct shape in order to do this. Why Argee will at least not test every light before shipping I do not understand, very simple procedure to insure the customer gets all working solar lights. Breaking News: In contacting Argee about the bad solar lights they replied fast. They said not to bother to send the 2 bad solar lights back that they would ship me 2 replacement lights. You cannot ask for better service that that. I just wanted to pass on the good information as well as the bad. Knowing that they give excellent customer service, I think that now I would buy the solar pavers again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Let's Edge It! Decorative Plastic Brick Edging with 4 Built-In Solar Lights, Terra Cotta, 20-Foot Kit - Argee RG820S; Brand: Argee; Review: This is the best looking edging I have used. All my neighbors thought they were real red pavers until they got up close. Easier to install, snap together and press into ground. These are not make to be walked on. The only problems is that the solar lights cannot have the battery changed once they go dead. They are encased in a completely waterproof case that cannot be taken apart. Other than that, they look as good in the front of my house as they do in the advertising pictures. Great customer service. I had 2 solar lights that were DOA and when I called the manufacture they immediately shipped me 2 new ones, did not want the old ones back. All in all, I installed over 110 ft. of this edging.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Poolmaster Color Cascade Waterfall Fountain; Brand: Poolmaster; Review: This takes a lot of water pressure to work correctly. I have a 3 1/2 H.P pump and I located this approx. 7 feet from the filter and it still only sprayed about 2 ft. Necking down to 3/4" did no better. I had to block off 2 return inlets to the pool to get the necessary pressure for this to operate and there is one heck of a lot of pressure coming out of the one return line this is hooked to. I have 4 return lines in my pool and blocking off two leaves one plus the one the waterfall is hooked to. The one return has a tremendous amount of pressure coming out of it, you cannot even hold your hand against it. If you do not get enough pressure, the lights will not work.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Let's Edge It! Decorative Plastic Brick Edging with Built-In Solar Lights, Terra Cotta, 2-Pack - Argee RG873; Brand: Argee; Review: If you live in a sun drenched area like S. Arizona or N. Mexico, these only last about 6 months and then crack and get extremely brittle from the intense sun. The lights are marginal, at best..Very cheaply made, the white lenses do not even last 6 months before becoming brittle. Great idea but very poor material used. Battery replacement is hard to find, not the normal size re-chargeable like those Lowes or Home Depot sell. Would probably be great if not in the sun constantly, better yet if partially shaded....I wasted almost $200 on bricks and lights.; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_Patio_Lawn_and_Garden |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3); Author: Trenton Lee Stewart; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: I really liked this book. I was very sad when i finished.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: This Book Is Not Good for You (Secret, #3); Author: Pseudonymous Bosch; Genres: young-adult, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fiction, fantasy, mystery; Review: This book might not have been good for me, but it was so good that i somehow managed to read the whole 394 pages in one day. Maybe that's why its not good for you, because you can't stop reading it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A World Without Princes (The School for Good and Evil, #2); Author: Soman Chainani; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fantasy, romance, fiction; Review: AWESOMEAMAZINGSTUPENDOUSWONDERFULLMINDBLOWINGTHRILLERTOUCHINGINSPIRINGLONGEVILGOODHEARTSTOPPING That is the word that describes this book. I hope you will love it as much as I did.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1); Author: Pseudonymous Bosch; Genres: young-adult, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fiction, fantasy, mystery; Review: It was better the first time I read it; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: You Have to Stop This (Secret, #5); Author: Pseudonymous Bosch; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: This was the last book in the Secret Series. It is always hard for me when i finish a book series because i always get so far with my imagination and then its over. I especially liked this book because it FINALLY told the secret. (no i'm not telling it to you! Read the book yourself.) Pseudonymous Bosch is an amazing writer because at the beginning of each book he tells you: STOP! DO NOT READ PAST THIS PAGE! And things like that, which make you want to read it all the more. Anybody in their right mind would love this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Still Life (The Books of Elsewhere, #5); Author: Jacqueline West; Genres: young-adult, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fiction, fantasy, mystery; Review: This book was BEYOND amazing. I would rate it 50 stars if i could. When i finished it, instead of closing it and finding something else to read, i almost went back to the beginning and read it again. It was so magical that i didn't WANT to be done, even though i was on the last page. I would recommend this book for everyone.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fire and Ice (Warriors, #2); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, romance, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: AMAZING; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rising Storm (Warriors, #4); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, romance, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. I RECOMMEND IT FOR EVERYONE.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A Dangerous Path (Warriors, #5); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, romance, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: This book was amazing. I almost cried at the end.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Darkest Hour (Warriors, #6); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, romance, children, crime, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: By far the best book I've ever read. I recommend it for everyone as long as you have read the first 5 books of the series.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes; Author: Eleanor Coerr; Genres: history, young-adult, children, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fiction; Review: AMAZING WONDERFUL HEART STOPPING; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda, #1); Author: Tom Angleberger; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, comics, children, crime, paranormal, graphic, fantasy, fiction; Review: Weird......; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Of Sorcery and Snow (The Ever Afters #3); Author: Shelby Bach; Genres: young-adult, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sunrise (Warriors: Power of Three, #6); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: Recommend for... Everyone who is human.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Beauty Queen (Whatever After, #7); Author: Sarah Mlynowski; Genres: paranormal, children, fantasy, fiction; Review: Not the worst on the series......But not the best.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Fading Echoes (Warriors: Omen of the Stars, #2); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: ** spoiler alert ** It was great, though I hated it when Briarlight broke her back.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Last Hope (Warriors: Omen of the Stars, #6); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, romance, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: SO GOOD. AMAZING. I actually cried for the last 35 pages. I love this series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1); Author: J.R.R. Tolkien; Genres: paranormal, young-adult, fantasy, fiction; Review: FINALLY. I honestly didn't think I was ever going to finish it. I was really, good, but there were parts that were so amazingly boring that I almost fell asleep. The characters were good, I especially liked Sam, Tom Bombadil, and of course Frodo Baggins. I LOVED THIS BOOK BUT I WILL PROBABLY UNDERSTAND IT BETTER WHEN I'M OLDER. ************************************************ One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. *********************************************************; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bluestar's Prophecy (Warriors Super Edition, #2); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, romance, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: ** spoiler alert ** Amazing. Heart-wrenching. Wonderful. I cried at least 5 times while reading this, and I've never cried that much while reading a Warriors book before. Bluestar's Prophecy is one of my all-time favorite books, but I do really hate it when the good characters die when I'm reading a good story, and that happened a lot while I was reading this book. I cried for at least 10 minutes when Snowfur died, and about 5 when Mosskit died, and 5 when Bluefur gave her kits to Oakheart, and 10 minutes at the end for no particular reason. I recommend this book for everyone, and it's one of those books you only come across once or twice in a lifetime so everyone should read it before they die. Erin Hunter has a way of writing her books, a way of getting her readers attached to the characters. I am going to read this book again and again and again, and I have a feeling it will never chage, and that I'll cry every time I reread it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bramblestar's Storm (Warriors Super Edition, #7); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: ** spoiler alert ** AMAZING. It took a while for me to understand what 'Bramblestars Storm' was, but eventually I got it. (It was the storm that flooded the forest throughout the whole book. SHOCKER!) I actually cried when Dustpelt died, and I don't even know why because he wasn't even one of my favorites! Erin Hunter, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE MORE WARRIORS BOOKS. I AM BEGGING YOU. ON MY KNEES.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Fault in Our Stars; Author: John Green; Genres: romance, young-adult, fiction; Review: It was perfect in every way. It was weird. Like life was somehow talking to you in the form of a book. Think about the title. 'The Fault in our Stars.' Think about it. It has feeling. You need to read it at least once in your life. At LEAST. "You gave me forever within the numbered days. And for that I am grateful."; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Path of Stars (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, #6); Author: Erin Hunter; Genres: young-adult, children, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: ** spoiler alert ** AMAZING. WONDERFULL. HEART-WRENCHING. I was bawling into my pillow when Gray Wing died, and now that I've finished the Warriors series I have this empty feeling inside of me... I cannot wait until Erin Hunter publishes the new series in March!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Elite (The Selection, #2); Author: Kiera Cass; Genres: young-adult, romance, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: It was pretty good, but it started getting good around the middle. I was shocked about the canning thing with Marlee and Carter. If I had been there I would have given that prince a piece of my mind and a good punch. And also, I didn't really like the dress on the cover. Definitely not something I would wear.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Girl with the Wrong Name; Author: Barnabas Miller; Genres: young-adult, mystery, thriller, crime, romance, fiction; Review: Wow. Just..... WOW. What did I just read. I just don't know how to react to this book. Did I... Like it? Maybe? Or did I not? Who names their daughter.... Theodore? She has an imaginary friend? But....not. Somehow he was.. REAL. The book itself made perfect sense. But it was also extremely confusing. SEE? SEE WHAT THIS BOOK IS DOING TO ME? I cannot agree with myself. That's bad.... Right? But maybe it's not if we're talking about THIS BOOK. It was BIZARRE. ASTOUNDING. WEIRD. CONFUSING. MIND-BLOWING. And above all......... Truthful. It's odd, really, how something so WRONG, so DIFFERENT, so totally NOT REAL, also speaks.... The truth. Somehow. I suppose it's the kind f book you must read a billion times before you really UNDERSTAND. But at the same time you don't understand.... You know exactly what's going on. You.... Understand. This book is somehow.... In some parallel world.... Truth.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story; Author: Brian Welch; Genres: history, comics, graphic, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction; Review: A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I started and finished this book while I was waiting for my Mom to finish her chiropractor appointment, and I finished it before the hour and a half was up. I love how 'Head' wrote this book. He totally captured the scaryness of drugs controlling your life, and I almost started bawling when God helped him get over it, it was so beautiful.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend; Author: Dan Santat; Genres: paranormal, children, fantasy, fiction; Review: PERFECT. This is quite possibly the most amazing little book ever. So fun and heartwarming. I almost melted. Recommend to everyone, because no matter how old you are, where you're from, or what kind of books you like, YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: In Too Deep (The 39 Clues, #6); Author: Jude Watson; Genres: history, young-adult, mystery, thriller, children, crime, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, fiction; Review: *spoiler alert* IRINA DIED?!?!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!? SHE WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE ISABEL WOULD KILL HER OH WAIT YES I CAN!!!!!!!! I HOPE SHE COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD OR SOMETHING OR MAYBE SHE FAKED HER DEATH!!!!,; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5); Author: Rick Riordan; Genres: young-adult, children, paranormal, fantasy, romance, fiction; Review: I hate myself for rating this book 5 stars... The ending was terrible and great at the same time. I wish Riordan put an epilogue in the book like Harry Potter or something like that, but instead he just leaves you hanging by a thread bawling your eyes out in the corner because you don't know what happens next. I wholeheartedly support Percabeth, and Frazel, and Jiper. They are adorable couples! But seeing as Leo is one of my favorite characters (Leo, Hedge, Percy, and Frank) I wish the book had ended differently. RICK RIORDAN HAS KILLED ME TOO MANY TIMES. YOU CANNOT SIMPLY READ EVERY BOOK IN THE PERCY JACKSON SERIES WITHOUT DYING A LITTLE BIT INSIDE AT THE END; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Nightingale; Author: Kristin Hannah; Genres: history, biography, historical fiction, romance, fiction; Review: It was kind of slow in the beginning, but all in all it was a good book.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Side Effects May Vary; Author: Julie Murphy; Genres: fiction, young-adult, romance; Review: This book actually made me cry a bit. Wasn't expecting that.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Sun Is Also a Star; Author: Nicola Yoon; Genres: fiction, young-adult, romance; Review: wHAT; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Carry On; Author: Rainbow Rowell; Genres: young-adult, romance, mystery, thriller, crime, paranormal, fantasy, fiction; Review: This was indescribable. I found my new favourite book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Room; Author: Emma Donoghue; Genres: young-adult, thriller, crime, fiction, mystery; Review: This is the kind of book that you read in one sitting, but then regret it later because it's like eating an entire cheesecake in five minutes. This book made me rethink my entire life, and it's so beautifully dark that I'm still figuring out if I liked it or not. (Please. I loved it.) I recommend this book to anyone who likes small confined spaces, 5-year old narrators, and escape plans that are far too dangerous for 5 year olds. Don't try this at home. It's definitely not for everyone, but I think it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | goodreads |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Transcend 8 GB High Speed Class 10 UHS Flash Memory Card TS8GSDHC10U1 85/22 MB/s; Brand: Transcend; Review: Fast delivery! I like it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: StarTech.com Cat6 Ethernet Cable - 50 ft - Blue - Patch Cable - Molded Cat6 Cable; Brand: StarTech; Review: Useful; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: VideoSecu TV Wall Mount Articulating Arm Monitor Bracket for most 19"-32", some up to; Brand: VideoSecu; Review: Useful; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Apple iPod touch 64 GB Black (4th Generation) (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: Apple; Review: Useful; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: mCover Leather Folio Cover Case with built-in inner pocket for Amazon Kindle 4th Generation (Built-in Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink; Brand: iPearl Inc, USA; Review: Not strong enough; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: NETGEAR Smart WiFi Router AC1750 Dual Band Gigabit (R6300v2); Brand: NETGEAR; Review: OK!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PNY Turbo 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD32GTBOP-GE; Brand: PNY; Review: Good!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: AmazonBasics USB 3.0 Extension Cable - A-Male to A-Female - 6.5 Feet (2 meters); Brand: AmazonBasics; Review: OK!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: International plug adaptor for use in Continental Europe.; Brand: Hybrinetics; Review: OK; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: JKase(TM) Premium Quality Custom Fit Folio Leather Case Cover for Latest Generation 2011 Kindle 4 Wi-Fi; Brand: JKase; Review: Not strong enough; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Samsung UN46ES6500 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz 3D Slim LED HDTV (Black) (2012 Model); Brand: Samsung; Review: OK!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Logitech MK520 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo — Keyboard and Mouse, Long Battery Life, Secure 2.4GHz Connectivity; Brand: Logitech; Review: OK; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: USB 3.0; Brand: Atolla; Review: Works.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: DisplayPort to HDMI; Brand: BENFEI; Review: It's good!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Medialink Refurbished Powerline Network Adapter Kit (2 Units) - Ethernet Homeplug AV 200Mbps; Brand: Medialink; Review: OK; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lenovo K330 77274HU Desktop (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer); Brand: Lenovo; Review: OK; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
Given the interaction history of a user with news articles as follows:
Title: Mulvaney emerges as a key facilitator of the campaign to pressure Ukraine; Abstract: The acting White House chief of staff circumvented the national security council and assisted those pressing Kiev to produce "deliverables" that could help President Trump politically.; Category: news
Title: Travel Tip: Clear Your Browser Before Booking a Flight to Get a Better Deal; Abstract: If you're the type of traveler who loves quality experiences without breaking the bank (and honestly who isn't?), you're going to want to learn this airfare hack that will change the way you search and book flights online.; Category: travel
Title: Eva Mendes Gushes Over Photo of Longtime Love Ryan Gosling: 'Look at Him!'; Abstract: Eva Mendes Gushes Over Picture of Boyfriend Ryan Gosling; Category: movies
Title: Judge strikes down new Trump rule on religious objections; Abstract: NEW YORK (AP) A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a new Trump administration rule that could open the way for more health care workers to refuse to participate in abortions or other procedures on moral or religious grounds. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said the U.S. Health and Human Services Department overstepped its authority and went beyond existing law in issuing the rule. He also said that the measure could be costly,...; Category: news
Title: Lufthansa strike cancels 1,300 flights, stranding thousands; Abstract: Lufthansa said that customers could rebook their flights, but passengers reported having trouble reaching the airline.; Category: travel
Title: Fans are divided after Drake was revealed as a surprise festival headliner, booed off stage; Abstract: Fans are divided after the audience at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw festival booed Drake, who was revealed to be the surprise headliner.; Category: music | mind |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Airheads Bars, Chewy Fruit Candy, Variety Pack, Stocking Stuffer, Gift, Holiday, Christmas,Party, 90 Count (Packaging May Vary); Brand: Airheads; Review: Yummy and full size value.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SKITTLES--Original Candy--Assorted Fruit Flavored Candy--Skittles Original Bite-Sized Candies--Resealable Pouch--1-54oz. Bag; Brand: Skittles; Review: Great and full size.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: HERSHEY'S Chocolate Candy Bar , 18 Count Variety (HERSHEY'S, KIT KAT, and REESE'S); Brand: HERSHEY'S; Review: Great value.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TWIZZLERS Strawberry Twists, 105 Count, 33.3 Ounce; Brand: Twizzlers; Review: Yummy and full size.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bob's Red & White Mini Peppermint Canes (Bulk Package - 550 ct.); Brand: Bobs; Review: Perfect size for giving out at an event.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Original Gourmet Lollipops, Medley of Mini Lollipops, 100 Count; Brand: Original Gourmet; Review: Great suckers for a sucker tree. Good colors!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Grocery_and_Gourmet_Food |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Versace Bright Crystal Eau de Toilette Spray for Women, 3 Ounce; Brand: Versace; Review: I'm very picky when it comes to fragrance. I love to wear it, but I don't want to leave it on others after a handshake or a hug. My fragrance needs to be subtle.I sample a lot of fragrance until I settle on one that I really love and right now, BRIGHT CRYSTAL is what I put on each morning.BRIGHT CRYSTAL is like standing in a flower garden on a warm spring day and having a slight breeze blow just a hint of the garden's aroma in your direction.I put on a few drops in the morning and BRIGHT CRYSTAL is with me all day.I can't fully describe a fragrance without including a very important aspect of the product--the bottle. BRIGHT CRYSTAL is a pink liquid that comes in a rectangular clear bottle with an oversized oval-cut “crystal” stopper. It looks nice on the counter.If you enjoy a light floral scent, I definitely recommend BRIGHT CRYSTAL by Versace.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lolita Lempicka By Lolita Lempicka For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz.; Brand: ; Review: Juicy, sweet, floral...these are first words that come to mind when I spray Lolita Lempicka on my wrist. I tend toward fragrances that are floral or fruity, and Lolita Lempicka fits my profile.I only use a little and I find this a very personal fragrance. In other words, you can't smell me coming from a mile away. It's very beautiful and it comes in a super cute bottle. Definitely one to keep in my fragrance rotation!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lolita Lempicka By Lolita Lempicka For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz.; Brand: ; Review: Juicy, sweet, floral...these are first words that come to mind when I spray Lolita Lempicka on my wrist. I tend toward fragrances that are floral or fruity, and Lolita Lempicka fits my profile.I only use a little and I find this a very personal fragrance. In other words, you can't smell me coming from a mile away. It's very beautiful and it comes in a super cute bottle. Definitely one to keep in my fragrance rotation!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lady Gaga Fame Eau De Parfum Spray for Women, 1.7 Ounce; Brand: Lady Gaga; Review: From the appearance of this bottle, I expected a fragrance that was musky or dark. But what I got was something bright and fruity-floral!I only use a little, so the fragrance doesn't last all day, but what a start to my morning. One spray of Lady Gaga Fame and I'm happy. It's a beautiful scent. One that I don't tire of (and one that my family doesn't complain about at all). It doesn't create a cloud around me, like some other fragrances do. It's very personal and I like it very much.I highly recommend this perfume for anyone who enjoys a fragrance that's on the sweeter side.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fresh Sugar Rose SPF 15 Lip Treatment .15 oz (4 g); Brand: Skincare; Review: I like Fresh products, but I'm not a huge fan of these Lip Treatments.The color, when worn, is much lighter than it appears in the picture. It give a very, very sheer pink color that is barely noticeable on my lips. This is fine with me because I wasn't expecting a lot of color from the balm. The color is really pretty.The lip treatment itself goes on easily and smoothly without the waxy feel that you'd get from a chapstick like balm. My lips feel smooth and slipper for half the day (or until I eat or drink and need to reapply).The fragrance is sweet and lemony and I really like it, but when I lick my lips, I really don't like the taste of this lip treatment. Not at all.I like the way it feels and the fragrance. Don't like the taste.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fresh Sugar Rose SPF 15 Lip Treatment .15 oz (4 g); Brand: Skincare; Review: I like Fresh products, but I'm not a huge fan of these Lip Treatments.The color, when worn, is much lighter than it appears in the picture. It give a very, very sheer pink color that is barely noticeable on my lips. This is fine with me because I wasn't expecting a lot of color from the balm. The color is really pretty.The lip treatment itself goes on easily and smoothly without the waxy feel that you'd get from a chapstick like balm. My lips feel smooth and slipper for half the day (or until I eat or drink and need to reapply).The fragrance is sweet and lemony and I really like it, but when I lick my lips, I really don't like the taste of this lip treatment. Not at all.I like the way it feels and the fragrance. Don't like the taste.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fresh Sugar Rose SPF 15 Lip Treatment .15 oz (4 g); Brand: Skincare; Review: I like Fresh products, but I'm not a huge fan of these Lip Treatments.The color, when worn, is much lighter than it appears in the picture. It give a very, very sheer pink color that is barely noticeable on my lips. This is fine with me because I wasn't expecting a lot of color from the balm. The color is really pretty.The lip treatment itself goes on easily and smoothly without the waxy feel that you'd get from a chapstick like balm. My lips feel smooth and slipper for half the day (or until I eat or drink and need to reapply).The fragrance is sweet and lemony and I really like it, but when I lick my lips, I really don't like the taste of this lip treatment. Not at all.I like the way it feels and the fragrance. Don't like the taste.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SUGAR LIP TREATMENT SPF 15 by fresh; Brand: Fresh; Review: The Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment has a really nice sweet/lemony fragrance and no taste. I'm used to glosses that smell and taste sweet, so I was a little surprised by the lack of a flavor, but it's a refreshing change!I love the way it feels on my lips, silky and smooth, but that that same silky smoothness applies to the product in the tube as well and on warmer days it seems a little...melted.Because it's so slick, I wear it alone. Usually I'll use a lip moisturizer or something under my lipstick, but in this case I just let my natural color show through. The lip treatment lasts until I have a big meal or less if I drink a lot of coffee that day, so I'll have to reapply at lunch time.Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment is a refreshing product.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Benefit Cosmetics Bella Bamba 3D Brightening Watermelon Pink Face Powder/Blush (8g/.28oz); Brand: Benefit Cosmetics; Review: I recently tried Bella Bamba 3D brightening pink face powder. It adds a nice flush to my cheeks without being too bright on my pale skin.I like blushes of all colors, but not anything too bright. I need something that's subtle and stands out a little.Bella Bamba is a pressed powder. BeneFit refers to it as both “pink” and “watermelon” and I think “watermelon” is more appropriate. It's a bright pinkish/orange with a sparkly gold shimmer. It has a nice fragrance, too. Fruity. Dare I say...melony?Benefit suggests that you “sweep on the apples of your cheeks & dot at the hairline for a total thrill of dimensional color.” I do sweep, but I don't dot. Honestly, I don't get the whole “dimensional” thing. It's a pretty color and the sparkliness is nice without being overdone, but 3D? I don't even know what that means!Okay, so I'm not sold on the amplification of my cheekbones and a more sculpted look to my face, but this is a great color that I do plan to buy again. The gold shimmer is nice and subtle enough that I'll use this blush year-round. (Too much shimmer and I'd restrict it to summer use when I don't mind a little extra shimmer and shine.); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tweezerman Stainless Brow Shaping Scissors and Brush; Brand: Tweezerman; Review: I bought these because of the Tweezerman name and I wasn't disappointed. The brow shaping brush helps comb unruly brows into place for trimming. The scissors are small, well, really they're just the right size for trimming eyebrows. The scissors are comfortable, sharp, and great quality. My brows are happy now!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Method Foaming Hand Wash, Green Tea & Aloe, 10 Ounce (Pack of 6); Brand: Method; Review: I have kids. I change things around the house to keep them on their toes. This includes changing the soap in the bathroom. Hey, they're observant. They notice these things.Method Juicy Pear Foaming Hand Wash is one of the changes that they've really liked.The hand wash inside the bottle is a bright green liquid, but when you pump the top, it comes out as a very pale green, almost white, foam. But here's where they hook me. This soap smells so fruity and juicy that it actually makes my mouth water! Like my kids, I get bored having the same soap all of the time, too. We all love the juicy pear fragrance and keep it in regular rotation.Warning: The juicy pear fragrance is really strong and it isn't for everyone. My husband doesn't like it at all, so this soap is on my sink. The fragrance does stay on your hands for a while after you wash them.Does it Clean? Yes, we all have clean hands after a hand washing with method. My youngest asked if the foamy washes were better than the others. Not better, but certainly more fun!It's foamy...and we all like that. It's biodegradable and naturally derived...nice, but not the main reason I buy the product. Mouth-watering scent of pears, apples and melon...yes! It actually does make my mouth water!If you like a strong fruity scent in your hand soap, I highly recommendMethod Foaming Hand Wash in Juicy Pear.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clarins One Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser, 4.3-Ounce Box; Brand: Clarins; Review: I like a daily (if gentle) or weekly (if not) scrub for my skin. Clarins One Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser with Orange Extract has “gentle” right there in the name. And, while I love this product, and can happily use an aggressive scrub on my skin, I wouldn't put this in the “gentle” category for daily use.I have combination skin. It's oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. It definitely needs a good weekly scrub. The citrusy smell of the scrub is great! The scrubbing beads are large.I use the cleanser on a damp face and scrub until I feel lathered and clean. Then I rinse it off with water.Observations After using this cleanser, my skin feels a little tight and looks shiny. It also leaves “bead poop” in my sink. There's a noticeable layer of clear, round, scrubbing beads that get left behind after I rinse my face. Kind of like the sand that's left behind in the shower when you clean up after a trip to the beach. I’m not entirely comfortable rinsing these down the drain.This cleanser definitely removes all traces of makeup. I like that. And it does make my skin feel smoother. However, I personally don't feel like my radiance has been renewed or that my moisture has been balanced--if anything, I feel a little dry immediately after use. And I don't think the microbeads are all that gentle.While I don't feel this scrub is gentle enough for daily use, I love the way it smells and I'm a sucker for orange things. Everyone's skin is different and if you like a more aggressive scrub for daily use, I'd recommend this. If you're on the more sensitive side, this would still make a great addition to your routine once a week.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Clarins One Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser, 4.3-Ounce Box; Brand: Clarins; Review: I like a daily (if gentle) or weekly (if not) scrub for my skin. Clarins One Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser with Orange Extract has “gentle” right there in the name. And, while I love this product, and can happily use an aggressive scrub on my skin, I wouldn't put this in the “gentle” category for daily use.I have combination skin. It's oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. It definitely needs a good weekly scrub. The citrusy smell of the scrub is great! The scrubbing beads are large.I use the cleanser on a damp face and scrub until I feel lathered and clean. Then I rinse it off with water.Observations After using this cleanser, my skin feels a little tight and looks shiny. It also leaves “bead poop” in my sink. There's a noticeable layer of clear, round, scrubbing beads that get left behind after I rinse my face. Kind of like the sand that's left behind in the shower when you clean up after a trip to the beach. I’m not entirely comfortable rinsing these down the drain.This cleanser definitely removes all traces of makeup. I like that. And it does make my skin feel smoother. However, I personally don't feel like my radiance has been renewed or that my moisture has been balanced--if anything, I feel a little dry immediately after use. And I don't think the microbeads are all that gentle.While I don't feel this scrub is gentle enough for daily use, I love the way it smells and I'm a sucker for orange things. Everyone's skin is different and if you like a more aggressive scrub for daily use, I'd recommend this. If you're on the more sensitive side, this would still make a great addition to your routine once a week.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Laura Mercier Foundation Primer; Brand: laura mercier; Review: I recently rediscovered Laura Mercier Foundation Primer and it's now a part of my daily makeup routine. I stopped using it because, at the time, I really needed to streamline my morning and waiting for a primer to dry just didn't fit my schedule. After a recent makeover at the Laura Mercier counter, the makeup artist showed me how my current foundation looked without primer and then made me up with the primer. It was a noticeable difference and I was sold (again) on the Laura Mercier Foundation Primer. Now I am sure to make time for it in the morning. Laura Mercier's DescriptionI have combination skin. It tends toward oily in the T-zone, but it's normal on my cheeks. Laura Mercier Foundation Primer is a creamy white gel that easily rubs into the skin and disappears leaving no trace of color. The gel appears a little thick when squeezed out of the tube, but it's quite slippery and if you aren't careful can slide right off of your fingers. Laura Mercier Foundation Primer has a fresh, clean scent.Cleanse your face and apply moisturizer before using the primer. Massage the primer into your moisturized skin just before applying your foundation.I find the primer to be very light on my skin and is does absorb well to create an “invisible layer”. My makeup definitely stays put longer and looks great all day. It does not clog my pores or cause my skin to break out, which is something I did worry about.I'm a huge fan of the Laura Mercier line, currently using three of the four steps to the flawless face: primer, foundation, and powder. I think I may be adding step 3, the concealer, back to my routine in the near future. If your makeup doesn't last all day, I would definitely recommend that you give Laura Mercier Foundation Primer a try. It's worked for me.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clinique 7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-Off Formula 3.4 oz; Brand: Clinique; Review: I'll be honest, my face needs a good scrub at least once a week, maybe even twice. When the Clinique specialist tried to sell me on the 7 Day Scrub, suitable for daily use, my first thought was that it wouldn't get the job done. My second thought was that if it could get the job done, it might cause my sometimes sensitive skin to react in a very negative way. Lucky for me, I received a sample and I am now addicted to this scrub.I have combination skin--at least this is what the experts tell me. I tend toward oily. My face needs a good scrub once or twice a week.7 Day Scrub is a thick white cream with small scrubbing beads and it comes in a green tube with a flip cap--perfect for the shower shelf. It has a light, pleasant fragrance. I keep it in my shower for an easy to grab morning scrub. As with all scrubs, keep it away from your eyes and don't use it if your skin has a breakout. Clinique suggests that you can tissue the scrub off, but it seems like this will leave a layer of the cream on your face. I rinse. It does rinse of easily.This definitely takes care of the roughness. My skin feels much smoother with daily use of Clinique's 7 Day Scrub. I haven't noticed the disappearance of any fine lines, but maybe my lines aren't as fine as they need to be.More aggressive scrubs have a tendency to collect in my eyebrows and I find myself rinsing and scrubbing to get all of the little beads out. Clinique's 7 Day Scrub rinses away easily and I don't get those little brow beads.If you like a good scrub, I'd definitely recommend that you give Clinique's 7 Day Scrub a try. It's a great addition to my daily routine.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Simple Revitalizing Eye RollOn, 0.5 Ounce; Brand: Simple; Review: Depending on how much sleep I've had, I can be cursed with bags, dark circles, puffiness or any combination of the three. I have my favorite eye products to combat the tired look, but I'm always happy to try something new. In this case...something new didn't work as well.This week I'm battling puffiness and dark circles.Simple Revitalizing Eye Roll on comes in a green tube with a clear cap that unscrews to reveal a silver roller-ball. The gel is clear and has a light scent.The gel is applied by rolling the ball around your eye area. The roller-ball has a nice cooling effect on the eye area. But for me, this cooling effect is followed by a burning sensation.I have to look closely to see that product was actually applied. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my eyes looking shiny or greasy.Simple suggests storing the Eye Roll On in the refrigerator for an added cooling effect. I don't do this for two reasons1. I don't want to walk to the kitchen twice a day to get my eye product. (I'm working on streamlining my morning routine, not adding to it2. It's cooling enough for me without the added refrigeration.While this Eye Roll didn’t reduce puffiness, it was instantly cooling…for a moment.I love the cooling effect of the roller-ball and the product, but the slight burning never went away after a few uses, so I stopped using it. I also didn't feel it did anything to combat my puffiness or dark circles--which is what I really want in an eye product.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Guilty by Gucci for Women, Eau de Toilette Spray, 2.5 Ounce; Brand: Gucci; Review: Gucci describes Guilty as a "sensual oriental floral". The patchouli and amber really come through for me. At first spritz, I didn't think I would like Guilty, but as I continued to wear it, I fell more and more in love. It's much more subtle than I expected. I'm normally attracted to fruity or floral scents that don't have a patchouli, amber, or musk element, so I was surprised to find that I like Guilty. This is something that I'll wear for an evening out, but the scent profile isn't right for me for every-day. It's a little too sexy for the office.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Guilty by Gucci for Women, Eau de Toilette Spray, 2.5 Ounce; Brand: Gucci; Review: Gucci describes Guilty as a "sensual oriental floral". The patchouli and amber really come through for me. At first spritz, I didn't think I would like Guilty, but as I continued to wear it, I fell more and more in love. It's much more subtle than I expected. I'm normally attracted to fruity or floral scents that don't have a patchouli, amber, or musk element, so I was surprised to find that I like Guilty. This is something that I'll wear for an evening out, but the scent profile isn't right for me for every-day. It's a little too sexy for the office.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Origins by Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask To Clear Pores--/3.4OZ; Brand: Skin Care; Review: I try to set aside some time once a week for a facial mask. It's usually considered “gross” by my kids, which results in 15 minutes of quiet time for mommy. I'm thrilled if the mask provides additional benefits like smoother, clearer skin. Unfortunately, Origins Clear Improvement is not the mask for meI have combination skin, oily in the T-zone and normal on my cheeks. The mask is a very unappetizing color, not that I'm eating the mask, but in the fluffy, frilly world of cosmetics the black color is somewhat unappealing. That said, the color is exactly what I would expect from a Charcoal Mask.Origins instructions are to use this once a week or as often as needed, by opening your pores with warm, moist towel and layering the mask on. This is what I did, although instead of rinsing the mask, I wiped it away with a wet washcloth after allowing it to dry for 15 minutes--at which point my face has been shrink-wrapped by the product. My skin feels really tightI really can't comment on the removal of toxins, but the deep dwelling pore-cloggers? Let me address that My expectation was that blackheads would magically disappear and, with any luck, large pores might shrink. Note, these are my words, not Origins', and this was just part of my interpretation of the benefits of the mask But here’s what really happened…after I used the mask once, I found a rather large clogged pore on my cheek. This may not have been due to the mask, but it was something I'd never experienced before, but I wasn't ready to give up—yet The next week, I gave my face an up close and thorough examination before and after using the mask. This time, after the mask, I noticed a very large blackhead on my cheek that wasn't there before the mask.At this point, any sane person would have said, “this just isn't the mask for me”. But I'm not sane. I pressed on and haven't had any more clogged pores, but weeks later, I'm still battling that first clogged pore. I do believe that some of the “deep-dwelling pore-cloggers” are being drawn to the surface, but in my case they aren't being “drawn out”. The mask has done nothing for the blackheads around my nose My pores don't look any smaller I do like smoother feel to my skin after the maskI really want to love this product, but I can't. I realize that the clogged pores and new blackheads may not have been due to the mask, but I didn't have these rather large problems prior to using the mask. It's just not for me.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Coola Classic Face Sunscreen SPF 30, Unscented, 1.7 Ounce; Brand: Coola; Review: Summer is here, which means I need to amp up my SPF. I use sunscreen on my face year-round (usually a moisturizer with SPF15) and right now I'm using Coola Cucumber Moisturizing Face Sunscreen in SPF 30.I have combination/oily skin that tends to get even slicker during the warm summer months. I also have very pale skin that tends to burn when exposed to the sun for even a short amount of time. I prefer a face sunscreen that isn't greasyCoola Cucumber Sunscreen SPF 30 is a thin white colored cream. It has a moderately strong cucumber scent that dissipates shortly after application. It's a nice change of pace from the “tropical” fragrances you can encounter with other sunscreensThe active ingredients in Coola Cucumber Sunscreen are Avobenzone (2%) and Octinoxate (2.1%).I use this in the mornings after washing my face. It absorbs well and I'm on to the rest of my morning routine. Coola says you'll be sun-ready in 30 minutes (as with most sunscreens) and that you should reapply every two hours. Most days I wear makeup, so reapplication of a goopy sunscreen isn't going to happen--but then most days my sun exposure is “limited.” I have noticed that my “limited” sun has resulted in a tan on my un-sunscreened flip-flopped feet, so I'm sure to put my face sunscreen on every morning.I like a moisturizer with SPF and I would use this weekdays (when I'm mostly inside) and weekends when I'm out and about. I find it hard to judge the effectiveness of a sunscreen until it fails for me and I try not to leave myself exposed to sunscreen failure. I'm happy with the Coola Cucumber for my current lifestyle. The moisturizer is light and absorbs well into my skin.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kerastase Paris Chroma Thermique - 150ml; Brand: Kerastase; Review: Several years ago my straight hair developed some frizziness in weird places. Since then, I've been looking for something to reliably tame those frizzies and I think I've found it in Kerastase Reflection Chroma Thermique Thermo Radiance Protecting Milk (try saying that quickly five times.“Milk” is a bit of a misnomer. This is a thick, white cream. It's very luxurious. It does have a strong floral fragrance when applied, but that dissipates. I used it this morning and 12 hours later, I don't smell it in my hair.My hair has added shine since I started using the protecting milk and my frizzies are gone! Have I said I love this product? My worst hair problem has been resolved. My hair feels soft and silky, yes.I've already collected an arsenal of products to keep my color from fading. I'm hesitant to give them up to see if the Protecting Milk alone can keep my color full of life. But I do love the idea of having UV protection in my hair.I really love this product. It smells great and it works to keep my hair shiny and smooth.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Beauty |
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Title: Skulduggery Pleasant; Author: Visit Amazon's Derek Landy Page; Review: This book is a big page Turner I couldn't put it down. Mystery,magic,and monster's. my type of book. I loved it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel); Author: Visit Amazon's Michael Scott Page; Review: Wow, just, wow. that was a very big twist in this story. I liked it a lot. I recommend this series it's awesome.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium, Book 2) (The Magisterium); Author: Visit Amazon's Holly Black Page; Review: I loved this book and I would recommend it for ages 7 to 15 And its good for older kids too I really really loved it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Plants vs. Zombies: Save Your Brains! (I Can Read Level 2); Author: Catherine Hapka; Review: This book is easy to read and is great for plants vs zombies fans And it's really fun to read; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad, Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2; Author: Visit Amazon's Dav Pilkey Page; Review: Good book but can't do flip o Ramas on the kindle . Other wise it's a great book. I think super diaper baby is a great book; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dog Man Unleashed: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #2); Author: Visit Amazon's Dav Pilkey Page; Review: great book and i enjoyed it so much.it has a whole cast of characters and every one has its own part to ply in the story. really funny too.i would totally recommend this book for ages 5 to 16! its really good. and by the way person who wrote 1star review, im not in second grade and I think it is awesome.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Powerless Book 1: The Synthesis; Author: Visit Amazon's Jason Letts Page; Review: When reading a book, I love to get transported to another place. Jason Letts provided that for me in this book. I am an avid fan of old school Marvel Comics, and there were moments in this story that I had the same feeling come over me as when I was twelve years old, listening to Motley Crue's first album while scanning an X-men comic! Synthesis subtly touches on the "how we came to be" subject that anyone in any society can relate to, as well as dealing with peer pressure and teen social situations. Couple this with the excitement of a group of super-powered teens as well as Mira's intelligence and clever adaptations, and you have an exciting world to get lost in. I very much enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone, not just young adults, for a fun read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Reining In; Author: Visit Amazon's Dawn Judd Page; Review: I acquired this book in the a.m. and finished it the same evening. With every page turned, the pace of the story quickened until three quarters of the way through, a brilliant twist is revealed. I don't like giving away spoilers so I won't go into detail. Judd's flow is relatively smooth, and while at times I found myself wanting more detail, the story was very engaging. I wished that the character Raymond could have hung around a little longer as his relationship with Khalida was endearing. I think one of the strongest aspects of this book is all of the character interactions. Khalida finds herself surrounded by a diverse cast and it is interesting to "see" the different dynamics between them all. I'm very glad that I gave this book a go. It was a fun read. EDIT: 10-18-10 I've caught myself thinking about this book...a lot! Mainly in the respect of the possibilities for future books. I would LOVE to see a prequel to Reining In. Please? Pretty please?; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: October Breezes; Author: Visit Amazon's Maria Rachel Hooley Page; Review: I literally just finished this book, and I am truly numb. The last five chapters flew by with such intensity that I now find myself a little lost in the moment. Let me say, that this isn't a book that I would have picked up myself, but my wife did. After she finished, I picked it up and began to be pulled into the story. As I read, I found myself identifying with Devin (I have walked in his shoes) and also Warren, the step-father. As a father myself, I can only pray that I can keep my daughter safe, but I know that I can't be with her at all times. When she is old enough, I will give this book to her and hope that she will learn something from it. This is a powerful book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cameo the Assassin; Author: Visit Amazon's Dawn McCullough-White Page; Review: This book isn't really what I expected. I picked it up expecting a vampire novel, and was surprised when I found that they occupied a very small portion of the story. I LOVED the time period in which this book was set, and the picture the author painted was a dark yet vivid back drop to the great characters within. I really disliked Opal at first, but found myself rooting for him midway through the book. He is full of quirks that make him endearing and annoying at the same time. Cameo is a refreshingly original character that I pictured as a twisted mess one minute, and then the next as a beautiful monster. The ending came on a bit sudden, which may or may not be intentional. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad ending. I think I was so into the book that it stopped and I found myself not ready to be done. That only means one thing...I will for sure be picking up the sequel.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 33 A.D.; Author: Visit Amazon's David L. McAfee Page; Review: I'd owned this ebook for nearly six months before I finally started reading it. I don't know what I was waiting for, but I'm glad I finally read it! This was one of the most original books that I've read in years. It wasn't quite what I thought it was going to be, which isn't good or bad. I learned long ago to read the story that the author gives and enjoy it for what it is. McAfee tells a great story and had a couple of moments that rank as some of my favorites in literature. I don't see this as pro or con for Christianity. As a Christian myself, I think McAfee did a fantastic job of making Christianity a component of the story. It didn't come off as preachy to me at all. Like I said, this is a very original story and I'd highly recommend.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Inevitable (Inevitable Trilogy); Author: Visit Amazon's Jason Letts Page; Review: Good stuff. Mr. Letts tells a great story. One of my favorite things about his work is that much of it incorporates science into the story which, for me, is a huge bonus. It never becomes a major player in this story, but it lends possibility to the fantasy driven storyline. I won't restate the synopsis or tell you what the book is about, it's been done. What I will say is that this book is definitely aimed for those who like young adult paranormal romance. If that is what you're looking for, then Inevitable will do you well.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Out of Time: A Paranormal Romance; Author: Visit Amazon's Monique Martin Page; Review: What an incredible read! The author does an amazing job of letting the reader connect with the characters. Not just the main characters, but the supporting cast as well. My favorite was Charlie for sure. The time period was beautifully described and I was able to become fully immersed in Simon and Elizabeth's alternate world. This is definitely not a young adult paranormal romance as there are some graphic scenes, but they are well written and fit with the intent of the story line. Nothing gratuitous. This is easily one of the best books I'll read this year and can't wait for Ms. Martin to put out another book. Her writing is fantastic, and to her I would like to say thanks for the wonderful escape!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Land of Ash; Author: Visit Amazon's David Dalglish Page; Review: A nice introduction to some great authors. There is some astounding work in here and I would encourage Mr. Dalglish to write more contemporary works!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Wendigo; Author: Visit Amazon's Algernon Blackwood Page; Review: This wasn't a bad little book. It just didn't jazz me like I'd hoped it would. I did like the ending, but getting there seemed a little long for such a short read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Wendigo; Author: Visit Amazon's Algernon Blackwood Page; Review: This wasn't a bad little book. It just didn't jazz me like I'd hoped it would. I did like the ending, but getting there seemed a little long for such a short read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: New Life Incorporated; Author: Visit Amazon's Maria Rachel Hooley Page; Review: This is the second book that I've read by this author and I must say I was a little surprised at how dark this story was. That's not a bad thing at all as it was actually one of the things that allowed me to be immersed in Maria's world. I won't go into details as there are several reviews that already go into depth. I'll just give it the four stars that I feel it deserves!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When the Walls Fell: Out of Time, Book 2; Author: Visit Amazon's Monique Martin Page; Review: First let me say that I thought Out of Time was a great book. When the Walls Fell is even better. Honestly. Even though we got to spend a lot of time with Elizabeth in OoT, I feel like this book showed us her character even more. Loved the time period, loved the supporting cast, loved the train of surprise that ran over me on a couple of occasions; I loved it all. Even the smallest of characters were given enough life that I can still see their image in my mind. Ms. Martin did an incredible job with this, and even though WtWF just came out, I'm going to beg for the next one soon. Please?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Dean Koontz Page; Review: I've wanted to start this series for over a year now, so the anticipation could have led to my disappointment. While the ending of the book was pretty good, it took a long time to get there. There were a lot of characters introduced and I spent most of the book trying to figure out why. It became apparent towards the end, but the journey was a little disappointing to me. I wanted more of Deucalion as he was a very vivid character to me, but he was barely in the book. I have a feeling that the next book in the series may be a little more exciting so I'm going to give it read. I just hope that we've had enough back ground information given in Prodigal Son so that City of Night can be the page turner I'm hoping for.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hollowland; Author: Visit Amazon's Amanda Hocking Page; Review: I will admit that this is the first zombie book that I've ever read. I don't think it's necessarily my thing, but I really had a good time with this book. I thought the addition of the lion was a fun twist. The loss of some secondary characters was done very well and caught me off guard. I'll read the next installment for sure.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Summer Sunsets: October Breezes 2; Author: Visit Amazon's Maria Rachel Hooley Page; Review: I was impressed at how well Maria captured the male perspective. I know not all males would make the decisions or behave as Devin was portrayed, but I know there were many times while reading this book that I reflected on my youth. I could identify with Devin's desperation and frustration. There were times that I wanted to reach into the book and smack him in the head, and there were times where I wanted to smack Skye as well. Decisions made in emotional times are seldom the best, and I think that was acurately portrayed by Ms. Hooley. Great sequel to a fantastic novel. Well done, Maria!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Ransom Riggs Page; Review: This is the most visually appealing book that I've seen in a very long time. I really, really, really wanted to love this book. I loved the beginning, but the farther I got in the book, the less attached I became. It's not bad, just not the best seller I'd hoped to read.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Shreds of Humanity; Author: Visit Amazon's mj Hangge Page; Review: What can be done with the zombie genre that hasn't already been done? Tell it from the zombie perspective. This was an incredibly original story line and if you think you know what a zombie is thinking all of the time, you're probably wrong. This book definitely has it's disturbing moments, and has actually introduced me to the word ass-belch,of which I found insanely funny. (I know, I probably lead a sheltered life). The relationship between the zombie and the little girl was endearing, even though the acts commited by the zombie, even in the presence of little Zoe, were graffic and horrific, you somehow found a sense of heart-warming compassion by the end of some of the scenes. I know, that doesn't make sense, does it? But it happened... Cool book. For those into the zombie genre, this is something you haven't read before. You need to check it out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fragments: Out of Time Book #3 (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Monique Martin Page; Review: This is the type of series that you hope goes on forever. Ms. Martin's ability to transport the reader to another time and place is fantastic, and I find myself genuinely caring about her characters as well. One minute Elizabeth's wit had me laughing out loud and the next minute I'm on the edge of my seat, reading at 500 miles per hour. I truly hope that there will be more books to follow.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Author: Visit Amazon's J.K. Rowling Page; Review: Amazing book. Easily my favorite of the series so far. Lupine is a great character. The last chapter stands as one of my favorites ever. Incredible book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire; Author: Visit Amazon's J.K. Rowling Page; Review: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ** spoiler alert ** Dumbledore really shines in this book. We are shown a very different side of him and it is written incredibly well. The return of Voldemort was spectacular, the death of Cedric tragic, and the moment that "Mad-Eye" was revealed to be the culprit literally made me stand up and scream in disbelief. This is a masterfully woven story. I'm still dying to know what Snape's true purpose in the story is. I don't know why, but he is one of my favorite characters. My son knows, and I've threatened to ground him for life if he spoils it for me!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Author: Visit Amazon's J.K. Rowling Page; Review: My son and I had a great time with this book! I thought it was even better than the first.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's J.K. Rowling Page; Review: I read this with my 8 year old son in the evenings. I can't believe I've never read these before. What a great book! So much fun!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Book 2; Author: J.K. Rowling; Review: My son and I had a great time with this book! I thought it was even better than the first.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Book 7; Author: J.K. Rowling; Review: My son and I had a great time with this book! I thought it was even better than the first.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mach Band Region; Author: Visit Amazon's Maria Rachel Hooley Page; Review: Awesome book. It's been so long since I've read a ghost story that I don't even remember what the last one was. I'm really glad I decided to pick this up. Great pacing and great plot. Loved it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Origin; Author: Visit Amazon's J.A. Konrath Page; Review: I absolutely loved this book up until about the 55% mark. The first half was suspensful, thought provoking, and set-up several "what if" scenarios. Unfortunately,after half way through, it then turned into a SyFy channel style B movie. Just not what I thought it was going to be I guess. I still had fun with it, just wish it would have taken a different fork in the road.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN - Book Two - City of Night; Author: Dean Koontz and Ed Gorman; Review: I had been wanting to start this series for a long time, and finally read the first book last fall. I found it to be slightly disappointing, but finally read the second book this weekend. I'm glad I picked it back up because this book was much better than the first. I'm a little disappointed in that nothing has been resolved with the ending, but I understand how series work and will definitely be purchasing the next installment. This is one of those stories that I hope gets better with each installment.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Here: On the Otherside Series, Book One; Author: Visit Amazon's Denise Grover Swank Page; Review: I really did enjoy reading this book, especially the first half. The second part just didn't have enough of a basis in the realm of possibility for my taste. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, so I'll leave it at that.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers; Author: Visit Amazon's Bryan Christy Page; Review: Having looked at Strictly's price lists during the time frame this all went down, I felt like I was a part of this story. It's amazing the things that were going on that no one ever had any idea about. I know I never thought about it back then. Then I was just a twenty something who dreamed of owning some of the things on those lists (without the cash, I did a lot of dreaming). I'm not, nor ever will condone the things these people did, but like it says in the end of the book, if it weren't for Strictly, the reptile hobby wouldn't have some of its keystone species that we think of as common today. Great book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Night of Wolves: The Paladins #1; Author: Visit Amazon's David Dalglish Page; Review: This book could have been called The Night of Crickets and involved a swarm of pint sized bugs, but it still would have been a five star for me. The reason: the relationship between Darius and Jerico was the thing that carried the entire story. Don't get me wrong, there were some really cool wolf moments, and I liked how Redclaw was developed, but it was just inconsequential to me in comparison to the two paladins. I've read some of David's contemporary shorts before, but this was my first in the true "Dalglishian" style. Loved it. If I had one thing to be a critic on, it's some of the foul language. It's not that I'm opposed to foul language, it just seems strange to me to use it in this setting and time period. I know it's another world, but it just seems like a "b#tch" would be a "hag", or "sh#t" would be "blast" or something like that. Not a big deal, just being honest, and I honestly REALLY liked this book. I will definitely continue with the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Freeze; Author: Visit Amazon's Daniel Pyle Page; Review: First, I actually ready Mr. Pyle's "Mountain Madness", but I wanted to make sure that this review ended up with its respective book. I had a great time with this! It was exactly what I wanted to read. Dang, what a fun book! I know this isn't a flowery review, but this isn't a flowery book and I'm not about spoiling anything for another reader.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mountain Madness eBook; Author: Visit Amazon's Daniel Pyle Page; Review: I had a great time with this! It was exactly what I wanted to read. Dang, what a fun book! I know this isn't a flowery review, but this isn't a flowery book and I'm not about spoiling anything for another reader.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chop Suey: A Darby Stansfield Thriller; Author: Visit Amazon's Ty Hutchinson Page; Review: This was a crazy fun book for me! The comedy element, especially in the beginning, was off the charts, laugh out loud funny. Ty Hutchinson made me a fan with this one.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Incredible Dreams; Author: Visit Amazon's Sandra Edwards Page; Review: As with many books that I've read lately, Incredible Dreams has been in my TBR pile for a while now. I was immediately drawn in as the subject matter was something that I'm in to. I guess I didn't realize that there was a paranormal aspect to this book. I particularly liked the interactions between Izzy and Jack before Izzy went back in time. I also thought the epilogue was genius. It really wrapped it up for me. Cool story. I've tried to make an effort to read outside of my preferred genre in the last year, and I'm glad of it. If I hadn't I would've missed out here.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: First Bass and Other Stories: 99.44% True Tales of an Outdoorswoman; Author: Visit Amazon's Terran Moffat Page; Review: Great collection of stories. The author did a fantastic job and I had the sense that I was actually sitting around the campfire while listening to her tell her tales. The story of Ming was particularly amusing, as well as incredibly sad. Loved it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Night Everything Changed eBook; Author: Visit Amazon's Kristopher Rufty Page; Review: I knew full well that this was a short story when I downloaded the book. It was good enough that I wish there were more. edit: I just realized that this is an introduction to a novel. Outstanding. Gonna pick it up.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Old Sins; Author: David McAfee; Review: This was a stellar book. It is a fast paced, compelling story that grips you from the first chapter. The weaving of the events that led to the conclusion was masterful story telling. Fun stuff.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Devil's Due: Out of Time Book #4 (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Monique Martin Page; Review: I've been waiting for this book since two days after that last came out! As usual, Simon and Elizabeth are in prime form. The addition of Jack (I know he was in the last book, but he was VERY present in this one)is a brilliant one. He brings a new dynamic to the scenes. Elizabeth is kind of a smart ass, but Jack is full on witty comic relief with real life skills. He's arrogant but with a hard knocks common sense that justifies it. Can't wait for more!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Clash of Faiths: The Paladins #2; Author: Visit Amazon's David Dalglish Page; Review: Let me start by saying that I'm not really an epic/sword and sorcery fantasy junkie. I started 2012 with the goal of reading as many different genres as I could and hadn't read anything like The Paladins yet, so I gave it a try. I am SO glad I did because I would have missed out BIG TIME. It is rare that I will buy the next in a series directly after finishing a book, but after finishing Clash of Faiths, I immediately downloaded the next one. I find the conflicts, the morality issues, the friendships...all of it...it's all fascinating to me. I can't say it strongly enough how amazing the story of two unlikely friends is told in this series. Easily one of my top ten favorites.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Old Ways: The Paladins #3; Author: Visit Amazon's David Dalglish Page; Review: The Old Ways wasn't my favorite book in the series, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a great book! There were moments within that were among the best of the three books I've read. I love what Valessa has become and can't wait to read book 4 to see how she and ________ will __________. SORRY - not gonna put up any spoilers! Another great installment in the Paladin series.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix; Author: Visit Amazon's J.K. Rowling Page; Review: Easily my least favorite of the Harry Potter books thus far. Way longer than in needed to be IMO, and the excitement level was drastically less for me. I found myself waiting for the book to be over after reading about two-thirds of it. The ending did redeem it some, but not enough to keep my excitement level up about the next book. Bummer.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Thursday's Child: Out of Time Book #5 (Volume 5); Author: Visit Amazon's Monique Martin Page; Review: What can I say? This series is one of my all time favorites. The chemistry between Elizabeth and Simon continues to grow with each installment and I am absolutely astounded by Monique's research and attention to detail for the time period in which her books are set. It allows me to become fully immersed in her world. As always, the supporting characters are vivid and full of life while not detracting from the main focus of the story. I could go on and on, but it wouldn't ever do the book justice. Monique's work has become a must read for me. I'll anxiously await the next one!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Red Church; Author: Visit Amazon's Scott Nicholson Page; Review: Let me first say that just because I didn't care for this book, that doesn't mean that others won't or haven't loved it. Not everything appeals to everyone. I just couldn't get into it.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Eden Project: Humanity's Last Chance; Author: Visit Amazon's DP Fitzsimons Page; Review: Great book. It honestly started out a little rocky. Tons of characters were introduced at warp speed and it took a bit for me to get them all straight. After that, it read quickly and, once the end approached, I could not put it down. Awesome book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War; Author: Visit Amazon's Max Brooks Page; Review: I thought this was a pretty great read, especially the first two-thirds. The amount of research that had to have been done on different cultures, traditions, countries, societies, etc. is staggering. It did, unfortunately start to drag towards the end and that's why it dropped to a four star for me. This is absolutely not a blood and guts book, but more an examination of the human condition and our hypothetical reactions to a world wide epidemic. Well done, Max Brooks. Well done.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sands of Time: Out of Time #6 (Volume 6); Author: Visit Amazon's Monique Martin Page; Review: Monique Martin has done it again, only this time she steps it up another notch. Fast paced and action packed, Sands of Time stands as a testament to Martins amazing ability to make each of her characters, no matter how big or small of a part they play in the story, etch themselves into memory. Fantastic!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Broken Pieces (The Paladins); Author: Visit Amazon's David Dalglish Page; Review: Why do I read? I read to escape from the everyday. I want to be transported to another place...to other worlds. I want to feel, smell, experience a world through someone elses eyes. This series was perfect. I find myself feeling very somber after finishing this book and realize that it is much the feeling after leaving a funeral. I'm just kind of numb. Sure, part of me is sad that the series is over. Very sad actually. More than that though is that I felt the torture and anguish of the characters in this book and I find myself going back in thought to each of their definitive moments. There is so much depth in the series, but in this book the theological aspects really took hold of me. Dalgish has written a series that the casual reader will enjoy, but the mindful reader will learn from. It is something that (for those that care to see it and understand) can help to grasp the concept of faith. The Broken Pieces is a tale of morality - of good and evil and all that lies between. Perhaps that is the most important aspect--the between...the journey to the light and those who guide the weary. Jericho to Darius; Darius to Valessa; Jericho to Kaide; Kaide to Luther; Valessa to Jericho. Valessa to Jericho? Yes, Mr. Dalglish, I get it. Well done.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6); Author: ; Review: Not since reading Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men twenty-five years ago have I been smacked in the face as hard as this book hit me. I will not spoil anything, but this book ranks as my absolute favorite of the series so far and one of my all time favorites as well.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fairy Metal Thunder: (Songs of Magic, Book 1); Author: Visit Amazon's J. L. Bryan Page; Review: What a fun read. Nothing deep or heavy, just good modern fantasy with a unique spin. I will be continuing with the series!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fairy Blues: Songs of Magic, Book 2; Author: Visit Amazon's J. L. Bryan Page; Review: Book two kept the fun going. There is a lot of foreshadowing going on and I'm anxious to see where it all leads.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jenny Pox; Author: Visit Amazon's J L Bryan Page; Review: I've had this book for a while and now I'm kicking myself for not having read it sooner. Outstanding writing and a great story. Definitely going to continue with the series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The 5th Wave (Book 1); Author: Rick Yancey; Review: Very good read. I liked it enough to buy the next book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The 5th Wave: The Infinite Sea (Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Rick Yancey Page; Review: Outstanding! I am now full on hooked and can't wait for book three!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: The Nadler Liverpool; City: Liverpool Merseyside England; Review: First time stay in this Hotel - it was one of the best hotels that I have ever stayed in . The bed was huge and comfortable. The room was spotless and the cleanest that I have ever stayed in . It had the best selection of Tv channels than in any hotel that I've been in . The staff were friendly and helpfull . The location was only two minutes from the shops and the concert we went to at the Liverpool Leaf. Free coffee in the lounge . Decor was modern and pleasing to the eye. The kitchen and microwave in the room ideal. Could not fault the place. Bathroom was huge with a wet room concept. discounts to eating out and parking. Will definately stay again. And they have a place in Kensington. Finally ,to top it all the Hotel had "green" ideals.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Premier Inn Liverpool City Centre Liverpool One Hotel; City: Liverpool Merseyside England; Review: We were given the furthest room from the lift (I gave mobility issues). We were woken up at 0200 in the morning by the bass from the club ENVI at the back of the hotel . The room was vibrating and we couldn't get any peace until the club closed at 0530am. It ruined our stay and we were tired the following day. We were offered a room change at 0400 (daft). We took a room change the following day and claimed a no sleep guarantee refund. Which after complaining we thought would be automatic but wasn't. Make sure you sleep at the front of the hotel although that can be noisy with very late night revellers . So don't sleep with your windows open. However it is cheap if you use on line offers.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Inn Express Walsall; City: Walsall West Midlands England; Review: Clean cheap and ideal location . Comfortable. Free breakfast was adequate, sausage, beans and scrambled eggs. Toast ,yogurt, croissants, fruit, etc. very clean rooms, comfortable beds, shower cubicle ideal for my mobility issues. Old style tv with few channels (who cares). Will be staying here on a regular basis after checking out the other Holiday inn across the road. No facilities but who needs them if all you want is B and B. Hotel was quiet but lots of noise from next door village inn with drunks and taxis.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Premier Inn Walsall M6 J10 Hotel; City: Walsall West Midlands England; Review: Clean hotel , basic but cheap. Ideal for a good sleep or stop over. Bit difficult to find. Great car park. Good location for Birmingham and midlands. Staff were fantastic in the hotel and Table table restaraunt . Lovely breakfast. Cooked fresh not a buffet full English. Eat as much as you like. The staff were friendly and courteous . As my daughter lives nearby we will stay here again and again but need to get the cheap rates . Wish I knew what make baked beans they used as they were lovely.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Premier Inn Walsall M6 J10 Hotel; City: Walsall West Midlands England; Review: Three companies had 4 vans parked in disabled bays. I was told that they had permission because of the large number of thefts from vehicles in this dark park. We were not informed of this but it should be the duty of staff to inform all visitors to remove items from cars and to use crook locks to immobilise their cars.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Inn Express Leigh Sports Village; City: Leigh Greater Manchester England; Review: Great stay at this hotel. I've stayed at a lot of Holiday inns in the past and this has to be one of the best. Cheap price as I booked on line. The hotel was spotlessly clean . Very comfortable. The only negative was done idiots shouting outside at around 2am. Lovely breakfast and plenty of it. Would definitely stay here again. Very Polite and helpful staff. Easy to find location in a sport park. Big Morrisons nearby for shopping.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Inn Birmingham North Cannock; City: Cannock Staffordshire England; Review: Great hotel with a fantastic view. Clean , comfortable and quiet. Great breakfast with plenty of choices. Coffee bar / restaurant on top floor which could do better and serve more snacks. Not a lot of parking space and could be a problem at busy periods. We were on the 9th floor and could see for miles. Great restaurant Georgio's next door - highly recommended.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Broken Promises (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Kelly Elliott Page; Review: Kelly Elliott has done it again. She has given us another heart-warming, breathtaking romance. A fantastic read that you can't put down until you are finished but still left wanting more. Liza and Walker have a love that can withstand anything once they let themselves have it. This book, like every one of Kelly's books, sucks you in from page one. You never want her books to end.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wet; Author: Visit Amazon's Ruth Clampett Page; Review: I received this as an ARC and was so excited to start reading it. It hooked me within the first couple of pages. Unfortunately, I became so frustrated with the female, Elle, for her attitude towards the male,Paul. I just wanted to shake her and ask her what was wrong with her. They make an amazing couple, even though they aren't. I enjoyed there humor with each other and the way he just got her. I was so happy that Elle finally got her s*** together by the end of the book. Paul was the perfect man for her, she just couldn't get past her past failures. I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading more.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: KNOX: Complete Series; Author: Visit Amazon's Cassia Leo Page; Review: Cassia has done it again with another amazing series! Cassia showed us the darker side after the lighter side of the Shattered Hearts series. This series hooked me from the start. Knox Savage is as Alpha male as they come but when it comes to Rebecca, he has the biggest soft spot for her. He will do whatever it takes to protect her. It has many twists that keep you guessing. It has some super HOT and sexy parts that sometimes mix in some BDSM. I highly recommend this series to anyone that likes to read about hot Alpha males with a sweet spot for their partners and super steamy sex scenes. I was given this book for an honest review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Beautiful Entourage; Author: Visit Amazon's E. L. Todd Page; Review: This is my first book I have read by E. L. Todd and I greatly enjoyed reading this book. It's a wonderful story of finding love and learning to stand up for oneself. Rhett and Aspen are funny and fit so well together. It was wonderful to see Aspen finally stand up for herself with Rhett standing at her side supporting her through it all. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series. This book was given to me for an honest review; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gorgeous Consort (Beautiful Entourage) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's E. L. Todd Page; Review: E. L. Todd keeps the fun going in the second book of this series. The banter between Troy and Harper is hilarious. I wanted to shake some sense into Troy and then knock some sense into Harper. Another great story about finding love where you least expect it. I can't wait for the next book. This book was given to me for an honest review; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dark Escort (Beautiful Entourage) (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's E. L. Todd Page; Review: This is my favorite book so far in this series. Seeing Cato finally find the one and then go through so much to keep her was wonderful. Then to have Kat finally open up, start living again and finally give love a chance again was so heartwarming. Another great read. This book was given to me for a honest review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Say You Want Me; Author: Visit Amazon's Corinne Michaels Page; Review: Oh the feels! Another fantastic read! The banter between these two is so funny and the chemistry is explosive. This book just sucks you in from the beginning. You go from laughing, to wanting to hit one of them, to crying. A roller coaster of emotions. Please keep them coming Corinne!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Worth Fighting For; Author: Visit Amazon's Kirsty Moseley Page; Review: Kirsty finished this duet with such a great book. I love everything about this book; the realness, the darkness and the light at the end. Once again, she sucks you in from the beginning, making you feel what the characters feel. Thank you Kirsty for another great book!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cruel & Beautiful; Author: Visit Amazon's A. M. Hargrove Page; Review: I bought this book after reading the description which hooked me instantly. I wanted to know what happens to Cate and Drew and how they deal when things go wrong. This book is a masterpiece of love and heartbreak. Told between past and present, this book tells the story of the kind of love you read in fairy tales, with a big twist. This is an amazing read that will have you laughing and crying, the ugly kind of crying. The fact that someone actually lived this story is amazing and heartbreaking. This book will stay with me for a long time. There is so much more I want to say about this book but am so afraid of ruining it for readers. The most honest thing I can say is that you have to read this book! But make sure that you have tissues close.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Summer Village Hotel; City: Marmari Kos Dodecanese South Aegean; Review: Arrived back from Kos last week.after a wonderful stay at Summer Village.We arrived late in the evening and just managed to catch the bar as the all inclusive drinks were finishing..The reception team could not have been more helpful.Extra pillows we requested were back in our room before we were .We also enquired about the local bus service and the receptionist even rang the bus company to find us an answer.The rooms themselves are pretty basic and the bathrooms very small but having said that they were extremely well cleaned every day and had everything we really needed.The food was plentiful with lots of different choices at each meal far above the standard we expected for the price we paid.All the dining room staff were very friendly and helpful.While we were there we saw a lot of new chairs and tables arrive for the pool bar area and new equipment for the chidrens area.There is a very handy shop next to the hotel but other than that it is a bit isolated.There was no entertainment at night except the bar which we didn't mind as we were with friends but could have been a bit sad if we had been on our own.Overall we had a lovely restful holiday.Can recommend a visit to Kos Town 2 Euros on the local bus each way and a day trip on a boat 30 Euros including lunch(not as good as at the hotel)which we booked direct with the boat at the harbour..Christos declined to do the Zorba dance with us but made a point of coming to the bus to say goodbye to everyone as they left.Well done everyone at Summer Village we will be back again another year,; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Db Seabank Resort Spa; City: Mellieha Island of Malta; Review: We have just got back (26th March) from a fantastic week to celebrate my 60th birthday.We went with 4 friends and all had a wonderful time.The weather all week was good about 18/19 degrees and no rain (however it had rained the 2 days previous we were told)and would suggest a warm wrap/coat for evenings. We had a sea-view room on the 6th floor which gives a great view over the bay which is lit up at night.Our friends had a pool-view room which was quite a bit larger on the 4th floor.The renovations to the pool seem to be completed and it is looking fabulous. We tried out all the speciality restaurants (booked them all as soon as we arrived).We preffered the Italian and the Oriental .The Brazilian is great if you love loads of meat as it keeps on coming.The Jungle is only open at the weekends and has a soft play area for the children,so it all depends what you prefer. Our room was cleaned thoroughly every day and towels changed.The free safe in the room is great (ours had a flat battery but was fixed within 2 hours of reporting).Rooms have a small fridge with free bottles of water which you then refill and a kettle and all you need to make tea and coffee.Only niggle with room is that the shower is over the bath which if you have any problems getting in and out of bath makes showering difficult.I asked at the reception who said they have 9 "special needs" rooms with separate showers which need to be requested at time of booking. We went on the Gozo with a difference trip ,the hop on hop off bus to the south and then used the local bus 1Euro 50 wherever you want to go.We went to Valletta for the day ,visited the Mosta Dome and went to the church and air raid tunnels just up the hill from hotel.All very enjoyable and worth doing. There is a very busy dual carriageway which separates the hotel from the beach which would be a concern to me if I had children.There are pedestrian lights to help cross.As far as we were concerned the noise from this was never a problem and we had the window open several nights.All in all this is a great value All Inclusive and we would definitely like to return.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Suite Hotel Atlantis Fuerteventura Resort; City: Corralejo La Oliva Fuerteventura Canary Islan; Review: Have just arrived back from a week at Atlantis.We travelled with friends (all in our 60s).The transfer time from the airport was about 40mins.Reception staff were very friendly and efficient and we were given a welcome drink straight away.We paid for a safety deposit box (15 euros for a week) The reception is pretty much in the centre of the hotel complex so wherever your room is you will have to go outside and through the beautifully kept gardens.Our room was a good 5min walk and our room was on the 1st floor a 16 step climb so probably not good for people with mobility issues.At this time of year it started to get dark from 6oclockish and whilst we were there it was also cold and windy in the evening.(Top tip take a coat or a wrap) THe accommodation had recently been refurbished so curtains sofa etc all new.The bed was 2 singles put together but was very comfortable.The TV was a large flat screen and we could get several BBC channels.The bathroom had been done to a very high standard with a massive walk in shower.The only very slight problem was that the water temperature kept changing. We had no complaints at all about the food and drink.The restaurants are as you would expect if you are trying to feed hundreds of people in a very short space of time and in the circumstances there was always plenty of choice and we never had to wait for a table.I suspect that in school holidays it could become a bit chaotic and personally I would not choose to holiday then.If you have children they seem to be well catered for and there are loads of activities to keep them occupied. Having read previous reviews I took mosquito repellent and ant powder but didn't see any at all (maybe they are about at a different time of year) We would definitely use this hotel again but there are only limited excursions so saw most of the island during our week.Good place to come if you just want a quiet week In the sun.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Premier Inn Grantham Hotel; City: Grantham Lincolnshire England; Review: Booked a one night stay.prices can vary widely depending on when you book.staff were all very pleasant and helpful.our room overlooked the car park but as Windows not openable just drew the curtains.the room seemed clean but a bit tired and the shower was over the bath not always convenient.there was also only one comfortable chair in the room.the meals package was really good value for money.would stay here again overnight but not any longer; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ulwell Cottage Caravan Park; City: Swanage Isle of Purbeck Dorset England; Review: Have just returned from a week at ulwell in a touring caravan.First the good bits.The site is situated in the middle of beautiful countryside and if you are reasonably fit within walking distance of Swanage.The booking process was well organised and staff at reception were friendly.There is also a really good play area if you have children and I am told the swimming pool was good but not open all day.Now The not so good.The signage to the site is dreadful .We were allocated a pitch number when we booked so not allowed a choice.The site is really geared to the statics so there is only one amenities block which is at the top of a hill.The showers had a set temperature and were the kind which depended on pressing a button the whole time.Unfortunately due to the design water from one shower went through to the next which was not very pleasant.Also the area which should have been dry had nothing to stop the shower water wetting clothes or anything left there. We had several meals at the site pub and they were a bit more expensive which is to be expected for the convenience and they were perfectly acceptable.We used the site shop a couple of times but it was also quite expensive as expected. The people staying in statics probably had a better experience but would not recommend for tourers or tents as overpriced for quality of plots and amenities.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Kim s Camping Caravaning Bungalow Park; City: Llafranc Palafrugell Costa Brava Province of Gi; Review: Have been to Kim's many times over the years.We have looked around other sites locally but they can't compete.All the staff are very friendly and helpful.on arrival you choose your own pitch which is not the case at a lot of sites.The pitches are in general a generous size and are clearly defined so you know which bit of ground is yours!There are plenty of sanitary blocks dotted around the site and they are all cleaned on a regular basis.There is a decent sized swimming pool with a bar restaurant,a shop with essentials a launderette and a book exchange.Just up the rioad from the back entrance is a bus stop for the tourist bus and for 5 euros you can do a tour taking in Calella the botanical gardens and the lighthouse plus other places.The walk into town is ok when you are young and fit but very steep so not for the faint hearted.There are not many car parks in Llafranc and they are patrolled on a regular basis by the parking attendant.We usually managed to find a space on the side of the road.All things considered We had a wonderful holiday and look forward to returning; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Hotel Jackson; City: Jackson Jackson Hole Wyoming; Review: A lovely respite following a week of travel. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The staff was polite and professional. I could sit and read in the library all day long. Location is perfect and I'm sure to return and stay in another trip to Jackson!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Singular Patagonia; City: Puerto Natales Magallanes Region; Review: A spectacular hotel with superb staff, an exceptional facility, and an understanding for the finer details. We were there with our children - the staff made every accommodation for our entire family to be comfortable. This is not just a hotel it is a worthy destination!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Ai Reali di Venezia; City: Venice Veneto; Review: What a beautiful hotel. Our teenagers were with us And we had plenty of space in a very large suite which was perfectly appointed in Venetian style. The suite was very clean and I thoroughly appreciated the complimentary refreshments on our arrival. The location was also perfectly situated between Rialto and San Marco which made for very easy movement around Venice. I would be happy to come and stay again and agaiN in this beautiful suite,; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Romantik Hotel Turm; City: Fie allo Sciliar Province of South Tyrol Trentino Alto Adige; Review: Our family of four stayed for 2 evenings and were wowed with each new turn. The art work adorning each Wall was a treat, complimenting the beauty of the environment out each window and balcony view. My son ventured up the rock walls, we all spa’d and swam in the magnificent pool. Breakfast each morning was an event, and dinner outside by the light of the moon was spectacular. I’ve already told all of my family and friends that this is a must stay location!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Ciasa Salares; City: San Cassiano Province of South Tyrol Trentino Alto Adige; Review: Our family of four were in two rooms, one fully renovated and one which retains the original alpine charm. The rooms were very clean, with ample space and opportunities for spectacular Mountain View’s and evening views of the Milky Way. Only negative is that the windows do not allow for good air flow through the rooms on a hot summer evening. The meals were, however, sublime. Every meal was exceptional, and the incredible wine cellar and cheese room were a surprise bonus for our stay! Would we stay again ... YES!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cristallo a Luxury Collection Resort Spa Cortina d Ampezzo; City: Cortina d Ampezzo Province o; Review: A lovely mountain retreat, with exceptional service, lovely rooms that are clean and quiet, incredible Mountain View’s, a delicious breakfast, and fun and refreshing pool. Also, there was an incredibly talented pianist playing in the evening through our dinner. The biking into town as very easy. In all this is a wonderful hotel to return to after a long day in the mountains.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hotel Laekur; City: Hella South Region; Review: Perfect spot off the beaten path in good proximity to the National Park (Gullfoss, Geysir, and Secret Lagoon) for those who want to stay in the country and not the Reykjavík area. Our accommodations were in on every of the private lodges which was perfect for our 4-person family. The hostess is absolutely lovely and it is clear that they are very proud of their beautiful property and the quality of the food and stay. The lodge was very clean, devoid of light pollution and when there is northern lights activity - perfect north faced open window viewing. Previous reviewers who complain about the country setting should probably not be traveling in Iceland. It’s an ideal eco and outdoor vacation paradise.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: SO VIENNA; City: Vienna; Review: Hotel is perfectly situated on the Danube with spectacular views into and across the city center. The walk to Stephansdom is a mere 10 minutes right into the heart of the city center, or it’s just a quick walk across the bridge to the easy to use underground system. My room was on the 11th floor with a city view which was spectacular at all hours of the day. The room was quite large for European standards, exceptionally clean, and with comfortable chairs to lounge. I paid for the breakfast inclusion which was well worth it as breakfast is provided on the 18th floor well above the city with 360 views of Vienna. I rate a 4 rather than 5 as I was unimpressed with the dinner at the hotel restaurant which is Michelin 1 rated. I’ve had numerous better quality and tasting meals in New York. I would not waste your time on dinner, but instead go for drinks in t(e evening to get things started. Your date will be inspired by the views.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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Title: The Rejected Suitor (Signet Regency Romance); Author: Visit Amazon's Teresa McCarthy Page; Review: Well written and continued to hold my attention throughout. I stayed up way to late because I just couldn't put it down.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Wagered Bride (Signet Regency Romance); Author: Visit Amazon's Teresa McCarthy Page; Review: This regency romance is exceptionally well written and all the series is a must-read. Brings all emotions including laughter out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hope's Decree (The Fated) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Angela McPherson Page; Review: The story moves well and relies on the talent of the author to keep you engaged. I would recommend it for high school and up. While Hope's Decree does have a few adult situations they are handled well. The book does remain tasteful without utilizing vulgarities to disguise a lack of talent. Very well written indeed.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fathoms of Forgiveness (Sacred Breath, Book 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Nadia Scrieva Page; Review: This is a MUST read story of love, violence and forgiveness that lasts hundreds of years. A study of the depth of emotions last hundreds of years. The book explores emotions and relationships of an extended family of water breathers.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Branded; Author: Visit Amazon's K. L. Hawker Page; Review: Excellent book that moved along with new scenes and very entertaining with no foul language. Suited for tweens to adults. Well done!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: (Un)wise; Author: Visit Amazon's Melissa Haag Page; Review: I chose this rating because It included 3 races, the werewolf, the human and a THIRD race as well as a special segment of humans numbering 6. Each of their stories are told in a separate book. This book was the story of ..... read for the rest of the story!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: (Mis)fortune (Judgement of the Six) (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Melissa Haag Page; Review: I gave a 5 star rating for (Mis)fortune (Judgement of the Six, Book 2) because of the uniqueness of the tale of not only the human and the werewolf, but a THIRD race. And from the human race there are 6 within the human race with special abilities. This is the story of Michelle. For the rest .... buy the book! I promise you won't be disappointed!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock the Heart (Black Falcon); Author: Michelle Valentine; Review: all around great book. I too love rock music and great tattoos. I could have done with a bit less of the graphic sexual details but I just skimmed over them and was left with a great romance with lots of concert detail. unfortunately I won't be reading "rock my bed" for obvious reasons.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Altra Men's The Instinct 1.5 Running Shoe; Brand: ; Review: Love my new Altra's. I'm a woman with wide feet and tried the women's versions first - these fit best. Also, ended up needing 1/2 size larger than I usually get. Liked them so much I got a second pair!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outdoor Research Women's Longitude Hoody; Brand: Outdoor Research; Review: Based on others reviews I ordered a large rather than a medium. Love the length, the thickness, the hood..With the large size I can fit a layer under it. Alone it's a little big but I don't mind..it's cosy and I like having long sleeves..past my wrist for long walks when it's cool.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outdoor Research Women's Longitude Hoody; Brand: Outdoor Research; Review: Based on others reviews I ordered a large rather than a medium. Love the length, the thickness, the hood..With the large size I can fit a layer under it. Alone it's a little big but I don't mind..it's cosy and I like having long sleeves..past my wrist for long walks when it's cool.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Outdoor Research Women's Longitude Hoody; Brand: Outdoor Research; Review: Based on others reviews I ordered a large rather than a medium. Love the length, the thickness, the hood..With the large size I can fit a layer under it. Alone it's a little big but I don't mind..it's cosy and I like having long sleeves..past my wrist for long walks when it's cool.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deer Stags Men’s Wherever Indoor Outdoor S.U.P.R.O. Sock Slipper; Brand: ; Review: Just what I was looking for! As a woman with size 10 wide feet I often have to turn to men's shoes. Comfortable, sturdy, not super cushy which is what I hate about most women's slippers.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
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Title: Grapefruit and Dessert Spoon, Stainless Steel with Serrated Edge, 7-inch, Set of 8; Brand: Chef Craft; Review: When my sister told me that she needed a grapefruit spoon, i told her that she was dumb. I was like wtf why do you need a special spoon for a grapefruit, but then i started to eat grapefruit and it was a pain to eat it. I was using a knife to loosen the fruit, and then a spoon to scoop it out. So, I caved and bought these spoons, and now I'm thinking what a great idea they are. Seriously, if you eat grapefruit, you should have a grapefruit spoon!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rubbermaid Serving Saver Juicebox, 8.5 -Ounces (Pack of 6); Brand: Rubbermaid; Review: Perfect for my daughters lunch box. It holds the perfect amount of water or juice for her lunch. If i tighten it all the way then i have some issues with suction, but if i loosen it by just a little but, I no longer have the suction problem.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sweet Bliss Quart Frozen Dessert Containers, 25CT, White; Brand: Sweet Bliss Containers; Review: Bought these when i received an ice cream maker for Christmas. Love these containers to transport my homemade ice cream to go with any dessert i bring.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 8 oz Boston Round Glass Amber Bottle With Ploy Seal Cap and One Funnel (6 pcs); Brand: PREMIUM VIALS CREATIVE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS; Review: I bought these to make homemade vanilla extract. They are a great size, and they were packed very nicely. The only problem I had was with some of the caps. The caps had a plastic piece in them and you had to screw them on exactly on the threads. I don't know what the purpose of the plastic piece is, but I was having a hard time screwing them on, and they just weren't properly going on, I did end up breaking the plastic part off of one lid trying to screw it on. Other than that, they are great.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A World Of Deals Plastic Clear Cups with Flat Lids for Iced Coffee Bubble Boba Tea Smoothie, 20; Brand: A World Of Deals; Review: perfect size for iced tea on the go. I usually try to use something washable, but when I go on a road trip these are just easier. Lids came with them and have enjoyed using them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Plastic Egg Mold Heart and Star; Brand: Kotobuki; Review: I am in between on the egg molds, I have tried large eggs and extra large eggs in these molds. The large eggs aren't quiet large enough and the extra large eggs are too large. So I either get a shape that isn't fully there or a get one that has excess all around it. While the eggs were still warm, i put them in an ice bath like others had suggested. I have the bunny, car, fish, and bear mold and those ones work fine with the large eggs. Not sure why these ones don't; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
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Title: The Virtuous Ward (Sweet Deception Regency Book 5) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Karla Darcy Page; Review: Interesting but you knew where this was going from the beginning. Recommend for those who like romance without all the sex.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Accidentally, Love - A Regency Novella - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kate Harper Page; Review: This was suspenseful and delightful reading...wish it had gone on further. It was fascinatingly real and would love to get to know each of the characters better. Hope this is not the end of them! Very romantic without being too blatantly sexual.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Milord's Highland Captive - A Short Historical Romance - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kate Harper Page; Review: Great story but so much more to explore. What about the backgrounds and other relationships in their lives? What happens after they wed? This story is like a sample.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Knight - A Regency Romance (The Oxford Pact Book 1) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kate Harper Page; Review: Very exciting story. Loved the ending but it was too short and so many other characters to explore!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rescuing The Rogue - A Regency Romance - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kate Harper Page; Review: A most wonderful romantic story. Interesting characters and nice little twist at the end. Disappointed there is not a sequel.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lord Scoundrel Dies - A Regency Murder Mystery - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kate Harper Page; Review: Loved this story of how Harry and Aubrey met. Had to go back and reread their episode with the Countess at Midnight. Enjoyed it even more. Hope to find their next adventure soon so I can continue to follow them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mistress At Midnight (Midnight Masquerade Series Book 3) - Kindle edition; Brand: Visit Amazon's Kate Harper Page; Review: Liked the twists and turns in this story. Unfortunately, the end was very predictable but that was all right too as it was a happy one. I just would like there To be a sequel so we could find out if people did find out about the trick Alex had played on her husband and how they react to it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Kindle_Store |
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Title: Soapylove: Squeaky-Clean Projects Using Melt-and-Pour Soap; Author: Visit Amazon's Debbie Chialtas Page; Review: This book has some fantastic recipes and the photographs are superb & the directions are easy to follow. I love this book. I have not found another soap book that has such great photos and details as this one. You can make some really awesome soaps with this. I was extremely pleased with this book. If you're looking for ideas you must get this book. A+++++. Thanks.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Soap: Making It, Enjoying It; Author: Visit Amazon's Ann Bramson Page; Review: I have been making soap for several years. I do all methods, CP-HP-CPOP-HPOP-RTCP-MP, and I always find myself coming back to this book for inspiration of some sort. She explains the full history of soap as well as having some nice recipes and some easy additions to enhance any recipe. It is well written and the instructions are easy. A great book for a beginner as well an advanced soapmaker. One of my most favorite books in my soapmaking book collection (20+ books). I recommend this book for all soapers.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy; Author: Visit Amazon's Valerie Ann Worwood Page; Review: Love this book! Very useful. I keep it on my nightstand so I can browse through it when laying in bed. I pick up something new every time I read through it. If you love essential oils then you need this book. Great for beginners as well as experienced EO users. I cannot say enough good about this book. I have read it from cover to cover.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Coconut Oil Miracle; Author: Visit Amazon's Bruce Fife Page; Review: Great book. I had no idea there was so many uses for coconut oil. Very pleased with this purchase. A great addition to your healthy living library.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy; Author: Visit Amazon's Althea Press Page; Review: Love this book! Very useful. I keep it on my nightstand so I can browse through it when laying in bed. I pick up something new every time I read through it. If you love essential oils then you need this book. Great for beginners as well as experienced EO users.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying; Author: Visit Amazon's Kenneth Davids Page; Review: A must have for coffee connoisseur. I roast my own beans and love fresh roasted and fresh ground coffee. If you're a coffee lover you should check out this book. I love it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Essential Oils Book: Creating Personal Blends for Mind & Body; Author: Colleen K. Dodt; Review: Must have in your Essential Oils Library. Wonderfully done book. I am extremely pleased with this purchase. I love EOs and am an avid oil user. Love this book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CSB Kids Bible, Hardcover; Author: CSB Bibles by Holman; Review: CSB Kid's Bible. I have the hardcover which is very eye catching with the multi colored design, they even carry the design onto the page edges which protects the pages as well as giving it a faux "art gilt" look. The print quality is fantastic, there is next to no ghosting in the Bible. The font appears to be just over a 10pt font which is very readable. It appears to be line matched but I cannot confirm that. This Bible even has a sewn binding! Very impressed with the overall quality of this edition. It has card stock pages scattered throughout this Bible containing great helps on them which include things like:Test Your Bible Knowledge, Favorite Bible Stories, How to have quiet time with God, as well as an intro to the different books of the Bible. This Bible has been thoughtfully put together with over 40 full color pages with study helps, large easy to read type, Bible skills checklist, Summaries for all Bible divisions as well as a presentation page & full text of the CSB Bible. The size measures out at 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1/12" I would recommend this Bible to anyone who has kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews etc. I have been impressed with this edition. It is a great Bible and the price is very reasonable, worth every penny. What can you give a child for $20 that is going to give them more than a Bible will ? I can't think of anything. Proverbs 22:6: Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (verse in the CSB translation) The publisher provided this copy to me in exchange for an honest review.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CSB Great and Small Bible (boxed): A Keepsake Bible for Babies; Author: CSB Bibles by Holman; Review: Great gift for anyone who has or is expecting a new baby. This Bible has 24 illustrated pages with space to document the milestones in your babies life which will later become an enormous blessing to them when they're older and see the information that was filled in about them as a baby. The greatest gift you can give someone is a Bible and to give someone their first Bible is a tremendous blessing. This Bible features the full CSB translation and has a 7pt font size. It comes in a very sturdy box that will protect it over the years. This is a great keepsake. The publisher provided me with a copy of this Bible in exchange for an honest review. I have already purchased a few copies to give as gifts to new parents and the recipients felt very blessed to receive it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: God's Book of Proverbs: Biblical Wisdom Arranged by Topic; Author: B&H Editorial Staff; Review: Such a great way to experience all the wisdom contained in the Book of Proverbs and to have it all arranged topically it makes it quick to find the verses you're looking for. I think every Christian and student of the Bible should have a copy of this book in their library. This is a wonderful resource and I have used it daily since I received it. I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review and will be purchasing several copies to give as gifts. This truly is a great little book! It is very well made with a sewn binding that will last for years to come. The Proverbs contained within are from the CSB translation.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Ryrie NAS Study Bible Hardcover Red Letter (Ryrie Study Bibles 2012); Author: Charles C. Ryrie; Review: This is a fantastic Study Bible and contains some excellent features. This edition has 20% fewer pages which makes for a thinner Bible but also makes for a bit more ghosting but it is not enough to deter me from using this Bible. The margins are wide enough for note taking which is very nice and the center column references are nice as well and easy to use. It has a glued spine which means at some point the pages may begin to come loose after time but it lays perfectly flat for being a glued spine. Overall I was very impressed with the features of this Study Bible and I find it to be an excellent resource. There are some great video reviews of this Bible as well. I would recommend this edition to anyone looking for a good NASB Study Bible. I received a copy from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and I would say the same exact things had I purchased this edition. In fact I went ahead and purchased one in an imitation leather ESV because I like it so much.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CSB Worldview Study Bible, Navy LeatherTouch; Author: David S. Dockery; Review: This is a well made Bible, the navy leather touch cover is very pretty and the silver gilding is done extremely well, I was very impressed with the gilding. The binding is sewn and the Bible lays nice and flat right out of the box. It comes with two nice double satin ribbons - one blue and one white. The font size appears to be a 9pt font but I could not find anything to clarify that. I checked several spots in the Bible and it does appear to be line matched which means that even though the paper is thin the ghosting is very minimal. The articles are so relevant for the day and age in which we live and I think they'd be useful no matter where in the world you live. I have read 6 of the articles so far and have enjoyed each of them, I think I will read a few articles per week along with my regular Bible readings. As far as the study notes go I was under the impression that they would probably be the same as what is in my CSB Study Bible so I spot checked over a dozen random passages throughout the Bible and compared the notes and was surprised to see that they are in fact different, there could be some that might be the same but the passages I checked were all different. I like the double column format and the center column references. The only thing it was missing for me is red letter, I enjoy a red letter when it is done well and Holman does a good job on their red letter. I would recommend this Bible. I was given a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review and all opinions are my own. I hope this review helps if you are considering purchasing this Bible.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: NKJV, Deluxe Reader's Bible, Leathersoft, Black, Comfort Print; Author: Thomas Nelson; Review: This review is on the black imitation leather with the brown corners. This is a beautiful edition! The color combination looks fantastic and the brown corners and brown stitching looks nice against the black. The design in the center of the cover is the same as on both sides of the slipcase which is very sturdy and great for storing your Reader's Bible in when not in use. The two red ribbons look great against the black and brown cover and offer a very attractive contrast. The gold gilding on this Bible is wonderfully done and I am very impressed with how nice the gilding is. The binding is sewn and will hold up for daily use for many years to come. The font size is a 10pt font and is very easy on the eyes and with the quality paper there is almost no ghosting which makes for a great reading experience and the text also appears to be line matched. The text does not have the typical chapters and verses and also leaves out all of the references which makes the text uncluttered. You can easily keep track of where you're at with the chapter numbers located on the outer edge of the page and on the inner edge of the page there are verse numbers every fifth verse. The chapter headings and page numbers are in a nice shade of red which looks very nice. There are no book introductions but there is a quote before every new book which I have really enjoyed reading. This Bible has turned into my nightly reading Bible to sit and read in bed, the size is perfect and very comfortable to hold. The only thing I would change on this Bible would be to make the ribbons about an inch or so longer, other than that I think this is a very beautiful Bible and I would highly recommend it. I received this Bible from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and would be the same had I purchased this Bible. I will be purchasing some to give as gifts.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ESV Archaeology Study Bible; Author: ESV Bibles by Crossway; Review: This review is for the hardcover edition which is a cream/tan color and has Archaeology Study Bible in gold lettering. It has a sewn binding which allows the Bible to lay flat. It does not come with a ribbon marker which I would love to have seen included but that is ok cause most hardcover editions do not come with one. The paper and print quality is fantastic, the font is a 9pt and the study notes are a 8pt. The pages have a very nice layout and contain many in text maps, charts, timelines and full color photos. I really like seeing the photographs of the ruins of Biblical lands and artifacts that have been found which all help to prove the validity of the Bible. I especially enjoyed the article and photos regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls which shows a beautiful photo of one of the caves as well as one of the scroll jars as well as one of the papyri that was found. I would highly recommend this Bible for any Bible student and every Christian. You should have this edition in your library. Crossway has done an amazing job on this Bible and I do not think you could go wrong in purchasing one for yourself or to give as a gift. I must say that initially I was not as impressed with this Bible because I was comparing the contents to the NIV Archaeological Study Bible which I have and it has a lot more articles in it and a lot more photos, after spending a few days with the ESV Archaeology Study Bible I realized that the print quality of the text and double column format was what I preferred more so this one will get more use than my other one. I received this Bible from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Case Logic TBC-302BLACK Black Ultra-Compact Camera Case With Storage; Brand: Case Logic; Review: liked; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: UGREEN HDMI Cable Extension Male to Female HDMI Extender Cord 4K Compatible for TV Stick, Roku Stick,; Brand: UGREEN; Review: liked; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: TP-Link 5 Port Fast Ethernet Switch | Desktop Ethernet Splitter | Ethernet Hub | Plug and Play; Brand: TP-LINK; Review: great product; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Square D by Schneider Electric SDSA1175 Panel Mounted Single Phase Type 1 Surge Protective Device; Brand: Square D by Schneider Electric; Review: good product; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Monster Advanced HDMI Right-Angle Adapter; Brand: Monster; Review: good product; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: Samsung DTBH260F HDTV Terrestrial Tuner; Brand: Samsung; Review: Now that I have owned this tuner for over a month and have gotten used to it, I thought it was a good time to writ a review. I use it to get over-the-air local stations and live in an urban setting with tall buildings, with lots of interfernce from every direction. Most of the stations are a couple of miles from me. With a roof top antenna I can get all of the DC/MD/VA stations, without dropouts. Here are some of the things I noticed about the DTB-H260F (SAMSUNG reps please take note): PROS: - The main strenght in my opinion is much improved reception. It performs great in my urban environment and handles multipath reception issues very well. It locks into all channels, even at 2-3 bars (20-30%) signal strength without any dropouts. Reception with my previous Samsung tuner SIR-T451 was so-so but I would have to rotate the antenna frequently to get all the channels because of interference and multipath issues. With the 260 no need to use a rotator. - Faster channel changes. It works a little different than the 451. For surfing it does not lock in the signal for each channel until you stop at the channel, so you can quickly scan over all the channels that you don't want. The 451 wouldn't let you proceed to the next channel until it locked in taking 2-3 sec to get thru each channel. With the 260, when you stop at the channel you want it takes only 1-2 sec to lock in. - Lets you go thru all the screens in the menu guide easily, whereas with the 451 wouldn't let you change the channels until you exited the menu guide, and if your reception was weak it would not go thru the menu easily. - Great picture same as the 451 - Good price - Nice and small CONS: - When turned on, it takes almost 12 seconds to boot and show a display. Why does it take soooooooooooo long? Is everyone else's like this??? If so, Samsung please fix this, it shouldn't take any electronic device more than 4 seconds to turn on, ideally it should take <1 sec. - Picture locked up once, but turning it on and off fixed it. - Has anyone noticed how warm this box gets? I measured the temperature and in a 70 degree F room, the unit would get to 104 degrees on top and about 107 degrees inside the bottom holes. Can this thing last at these temperatures for 5-10 years? I splurged on the 5 year[...] Circuit City extended warranty just in case. - The signal strengths tend to be about 20% lower as compared to the 451 based on the signal strength display, but since it locks into the station without any dropouts this is not an issue. I wonder if this will decrease the channel availability for those people who are very far from a station tower (>80 miles)? - No way to input the date or time. Hence, when I set it to; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Toshiba REGZA 32RV530U 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV; Brand: Toshiba; Review: Pros: - Best part of this TV is the Over the Air (OTA) tuner to get free public broadcast TV stations. Used a paper-clip as the antenna and received over a dozen HD/digital stations with perfect reception in the Washington DC metro area without any dropouts. No cable for me, literally. - Excellent picture, especially after playing around with all color options. The color can be adjusted to anyone's preference, because it has separate color adjustments for red, blue, green, yellow, magenta and cyan, as well as, preset adjustments. 1080p display is great for graphics or if using it with a computer. I starred at a lot of 720p displays before ordering this one, for me, I can see better detail (especially background and graphics) with a 1080p display from 8' away. - Comes on in 2.5 seconds. Try timing how long it takes to turn on any other manufacturer or previous model year TVs. Channel changes almost instantaneous about 1-2 sec, great for channel surfing. With OTA HD/digital stations this was a challenge for a lot of TVs. - Sound quality is very good and loud if you need it. At 20% it's loud enough to fill a medium sized room. - Low price. If you search enough you can get it at a lower price than last year's 720p models on clearance or refurbished. Cons: - Specs on this TV are not always accurate, different specs. on Toshiba's website vs. owner's manual vs. on the box. For example when I weight my 32RV530U it is 26.5 pounds, which is better for me. I wonder what other specs are off. - Some fuzzyness with fast moving objects, maybe due to refresh rate (5-8ms)or 10 bit panel or 12 or 14 bit processor (listed in owner's manual. Whatever the true specs are this TV looks great either way for TV watching or used as a computer monitor.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Samsung DVD-R135 DVD Recorder; Brand: Samsung; Review: I owned this DVD recorder for almost 3 years and it performed flawlessly until recently. I was not a heavy user or recorder. Used it couple of times per week. Now the tray won't open or close. Checked on Ebay and lot of used Samsung DVD-R135 are listed as "BROKEN" and they even sell the tray motor separately for $99, but I won't waste my money to repair it. Reading other reviews all these Samsung DVD recorders will probably fail within 3 years. I wish Samsung would build more durable electronics,because all its features are nice. On the other hand I am still using my PANASONIC DVD player that I bought in 1999 and still works great.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Panasonic VIERA TC-L42E30 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV (2011 Model); Brand: Panasonic; Review: I bought the TC-L42E30 from Amazon Warehouse Deals after reading all the great reviews. I bought one that was listed as "Used- Like new" condition with some minor cosmetic blemish on the stand, but it came with a broken corner and cracked frame and about 10 dents on the back as if someone hit it with a sledge hammmer several times. The stand was intact. I then got a second one that was listed as "Used- Very Good" condition with some minor cosmetic blemishes on back. When it arrived the entire TV was bent like a pretzel with dents on the back, when placed flat against a wall, one side was bent out one inch more than the other side. It was not a flat panel. Amazon warehouse people either lied about its condition, or sent me any one that they had on the floor, or packaged it so poorly that it got damaged during shipment. Either way these TVs are not meant for shipping more than once. I tried to figure out why both TVs had a horrible picture. To me it looked unfocused. My 9 year old HD tube TV had a clearer picture. Apparently the back frame which holds the TV together is very flimsy and easily gets damaged during shipment. More so than other LED TVs. If you read the reviews and other forums you notice that some people complain about light bleed on the edges. With this TV especially the frame gets distorted easily allowing for light bleed on the panel. The light bleed on the edges make the picture washed out looking, makes for uneven color distribution on the screen and off angle viewing is degraded. On some other forums people have unscrewed the back and realigned the panel to get almost no edge bleed. I wasn't about to do that but when I laid it flat on a table and by pushing on the edges and corners with one finger, I was able to flex and flatten out the frame which lessened the light bleed and improved the picture quality tremendously. Bottom line: It's not worth getting it from Amazon Warehouse deals for any price, that is why they have 18 of them this week for sale. When they get my two returned they will have more.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: La Crosse Technology BC700-CBP Alpha Power Battery Charger; Brand: La Crosse Technology; Review: I bought this charger just to see what the capacities of my rechargeable batteries were. I have about 30 various brand batteries , Energizer, Eneloope, Duaracell, Rayoviac Digipwer and CVS and wanted to separate the good ones from the bad ones. Some of them were 5 years or older. I was able to charge most of them easily to their rated amperage, but the older ones were not coming up at all. Then I discovered the refresh feature and WOW I was able to get all of them to good as new. Just saved me over $20 on rechargeable batteries. Even a dead one which I did the little charge trick and then I was able to refresh to almost new amperage. Best charge I have ever owned!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Linksys X2000 Wireless-N Router with ADSL2+ Modem; Brand: Linksys; Review: I've had the Linksys X2000 for a week and it has been performing well... so far. I've been reading a lot of reviews to get ideas on improving the performance of the X2000 from various sources and the ratings are so-so and sometimes scary. Had I read all these reviews before purchasing the X2000, I probably would not have purchased it. I use it with a cable modem as a wireless router. I've been able to achieve the maximum ISP speed thru my wired connections and has worked flawlessly even when streaming HD content. The wireless connections to my printer, laptop and mobile devices have also worked well with few exceptions: - limited range, - wireless speeds seemed to be capped at around 15Mbs not up to 300Mbs as advertised. In the reviews I've read several people have modified it a bit to increase their router performance. Here is what I did to increase the wireless range and speed: (1) In "Setup" (use URL 192.168.1.1; logon: username - admin; password - the password used in the initial setup), the first thing I did was check the firmware and it was the original, from July 2011. I updated the firmware to the 10/9/12 dated firmware which makes the X2000 router IPV6 capable. I've read that the Internet Protocol standard is being changed in the next several years to IPV6 and this will future proof your router and make it more capable of using it with newer mobile devices. (2) The second suggestion would be to fix the "Standard Channel" in Wireless/Basic Wireless Settings to Channel 11 from Auto. This is to have less interference and also increase the range. Channel 11 is a less used channel. Or you could monitor/check to see if you have any free channels around your home with a free App such as WIfi Analyzer. This impoved my reception slighlty and may also improve any possible interference. (3) To increase wireless connection speeds: under "Applications & Gaming" in the QoS tab, tech support suggested "Disabled" for "WMM Support." I am not exactly sure what this is for but it may be to permit continuous streaming of data as opposed to bursty internet access. I don't need wireless streaming for internet TV, so having this off is OK in my case. Note that WMM = Wi-Fi Multimedia. In researching, WMM prioritizes data packets to give voice (VOIP) and video priority. It also features a "Power Save" certification to help small devices conserve battery life. This improved my wireless connection speeds to almost the maximum ISP speed. (4) And finally, the automated setup chose "WPA2/WPA Mixed Mode" for Wireless Security. Tech support suggested "WPA2 Personal." This seems to work. I think this is the highest security.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: WD My Net N600 HD Dual Band Router Wireless N WiFi Router Accelerate HD; Brand: Western Digital; Review: I switched ISPs and thought it may be a good time to upgrade my router. I was using an older model Cisco X2000 that worked well. Just wanted a router that works on all my devices within a three story 30 ft. house. The set up was easy, located in the exact same location and configured the settings similar to my old Cisco X2000, but coverage was horrible around the house. Laptop speeds were decreased and one of my printers couldn't connect due to the weak signal or sometimes just drop out. My house, printer, TV, laptops haven't changed only the router. This WD MyNet N600 is probably good for apartments. Didn't check the USB feature which is the main reason I got it. I guess I'll just stick with my old router until the AC routers are under a $100.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Linksys E1200 Wi-Fi Wireless Router with Linksys Connect Including Parental Controls (Certified Refurbished); Brand: Linksys; Review: The E1200 came on time, was very easy to hook up and get going. Unfortunately, the range of the E1200 is the worst I have ever seen. I have used in the past an older Westell a/b/g wireless router and currently using the Linkysys X2000 wireless N-router which both had much better range. Reception drops one bar (out of 3) every 10 feet. I can't leave the room the router is in or I lose reception. It may be my house or the amount of interference in my neighborhood, but what's the purpose of wireless if you can't use it in adjacent rooms. Probably a very good wireless router for single room apartments.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: ASUS Transformer Prime TF201 10.1-Inch Tablet Screen Protector Films (Anti-Glare, Anti- Fingerprint, Matte) by AcaseView, Acase (3 Pack); Brand: Acase; Review: I ordered this one even though it says it's for the TF201 on the packaging, because of the $7 lower price difference and according to the specs the TF201 and TF300 supposedly use the same screen. It kinda fits the TF300 but two of the outer edges seem not to be flush. It may be my tablet or this shield is slightly bigger, or maybe I did not align it well. Mine came with one inch long slit on the top, which aligned well with the camera hole and the light sensor hole. On the first try: I placed it on my TF300 and fits pretty well I just could not get the edges perfectly straight, only got 2 dust specs/bubbles which may go away over time. I should have followed the direction that shows not to peel the entire bottom backing off. You are suppose to peel the bottom backing as you place it on the screen. UPDATE: After a couple of days the two dust specs got less noticeable in that the bubble was gone but there was a haze around the specs. It drove me crazy. On my second try (using a new shield): Before peeling anything I aligned it to the screen and sure enough it is about 1/2 mm (1/64 in.) larger all the way around. So using some drafting tools I cut 1mm off the bottom and right side and trimmed the corners. Used the bathroom with the hot shower technique to get rid of the dust. Peeled the backing carefully as I needed it and sure enough no dust and perfect fit. The edges where I cut were lifting so slightly to introduce a hairline edge bubble (or whatever you call it) I used a hairdryer and slowly warmed it and held it down with my thumb for a while then went over it with the plastic tool to glide it over which pressed it down and voila perfect edges. It is the clearest screen shield I have seen and fits in the dock without any problem. Feels as smooth as without a shield and best of all its very clear. As for fingerprints yes you do see the fingerprints but it seems to be less than a bare screen, seems more like smudges. For me I can live with cleaning the screen once in a while rather than get a shield that looks like an orange peel and never looks crystal clear. I guess to each his own. Oh I bought the CLEAR version.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mediasonic HomeWorx ATSC Digital Converter Box w/ TV Recording, Media Player, and TV Tuner Function (HW-150PVR); Brand: Mediasonic; Review: One of the best HDTV tuners on the market. The unit itself works great, however, the original remote is garbage. I use it with a Sony universal/learning remote and it works fine. I've owned many tuners over the years to watch over the air HDTV station since 2007 and this is the best one on the market. I stuck a 64G USB thumbdrive and now I have a great DVR.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Samsung UN65KS8000 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2016 Model); Brand: Samsung; Review: My tv was fine the first year. Now I am 7 months past the warranty and the HDMI cables for some reason started acting up. My TV was wall mounted and can not figure out what changed in the past 2 years. Anyway I called Samsung support we went thru diagnostics and she informed me I need a new Oneconnect box. Seems like you can only buy it thru Samsung for a new box. Looking at other Samsung Q series TVs all their OneConnect boxes are back ordered. Makes me wonder if there is a huge problem?; Rating: 1.0/5.0 | amazon_Electronics |
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Title: A Hood Chick's Story; Author: Visit Amazon's LaShonda DeVaughn Page; Review: When i first read the reviews on this book i was kind of set back due to all the violence i heard it had. But when i read this book it really became a page flipper i really enjoyed it. It made me feel like i really was one of these characters going through they struggle or pain. I really recommend this book for people to read and i will be buying part 2and3. Really enjoy LaShonda DaVaughn novels i give them 2tumbs up!!!! Must READ; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Child of A Crack Head; Author: Shameek a Speight; Review: This book had my attention from the first chapter a lot of violence but a page flipper can't wait to read pt 2 this author is very detail in this book; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Side Chic; Author: Visit Amazon's La'Tonya West Page; Review: Omg I don't know where to start this book is sooo good... a page flipper it's a must to read author is very talented!!! About to read pt 2 now; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Side Chic 2: (A Ratchet Mess); Author: Visit Amazon's La'Tonya West Page; Review: Omg that's all I can say love it love it love it!!! A must read book I read pt 2 in a day I couldn't put it down; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Side Chic 3: (The Ratchetness Continues); Author: Visit Amazon's La'Tonya West Page; Review: Omg I can't believe Reggie I hope he really pay for that... Omg I can't wait till pt 4 come out!!! This is a must must read book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hard; Author: Visit Amazon's Anjela Day Page; Review: Love it can't wait till pt 2 come out even though I did really like how it ended I know it will b well worth it when pt 2 come out.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
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Title: Ball FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker (by Jarden Home Brands); Brand: Ball Jar; Review: I can't rave enough about the FreshTECH Jam/Jelly Maker!! I saw an ad for it and read some reviews and bought one!! I love to can, make jelly and thought that once we went to RV'ing full time I would have to give it up. NOT SO!! I have been using the jelly maker at the RV park and I love it. I have 38 pints of strawberry jam, 26 of peach jam, 14 jars of Plum jam and am making garlic pepper jelly right now. I have done all this in just the past couple of weeks I cannot believe how easy and efficient this jelly maker is. I have given the jelly as gifts and two of my friends now own one. I just discovered that I can use it to make sauces, including applesauce! You can't go wrong with this machine. Its fun, easy to use and has a special place in my kitchen wherever I go!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Nordic Ware Multi Pot-Color May Vary; Brand: Nordic Ware; Review: LOVE THIS ITEM! I own 9 of them now, 3 each of our RV's and 3 at home. I use them almost daily.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pampered Chef Pineapple Wedger Corer; Brand: Pampered Chef; Review: Lucky me, I found this on Amazon at an amazing price and it arrived in almost new condition. Worth every penny.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: RSVP Endurance Stainless Steel Wide Rim 8-inch Mesh Basket; Brand: RSVP International; Review: Recieved this yesterday along with my new Instant Pot 3 qt mini. The description says its 3qt so I bought it to use in the mini. IT DOES NOT FIT IN THE MINI. ITS TOO WIDE!! While it is nice quality (I own 2 larger ones for the other pots) I bought this for the mini! NOT happy with the misleading description!!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ceramic Water Crock Dispenser - Sunflower Design; Brand: Water Supplies Warehouse; Review: Beautiful and well made. It looks gorgeous on my counter in the RV.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Instant Pot DUO60 6 Qt 7-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer,; Brand: Instant Pot; Review: LOVE this mini , its a great addition to my IP collection . Like it so much that I bought two , one for the camp.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: (2 Packs) Retriever; Brand: Amytalk; Review: These work great for lifting the liner out of my IP's. No more burnt fingers. They hold a surprising amt of weight, and for extra heavy pots, I use them both.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life; Author: Visit Amazon's Spencer Johnson Page; Review: With so many millenium resolutions in place, and as we push to make this year the most memorable year ever, we may not realize how much our world is changing around us. In fact, the near future may have many changes in store for each of us... possibly at our jobs, our home lives, changes within the city or country we live in, and basically changes throughout the world that will directly affect us at some time or another. These type of changes can easily bring on the added burden of stress! In his book "Who Moved My Cheese", Dr. Spencer Johnson, presents a small story about what happens when the #1 thing in your life is taken away from you. There are 4 characters, or 4 perspective angles to approaching a problem, whatever it may be. This #1 thing in your life can be a spouse, your house, your car, your current job, your children,... basically anything. How would you cope if one of these just dissappeared? How can you see/read when a change is about to happen? How do you adjust with the times? How do you overcome 'fear'? These topics, plus a whole lot more are covered in this powerful, compact, 94-page parable. It's precise, yet light, and enjoyable reading. But then again, what else would we expect from the co-author of "The One Minute Manager" series of books. Excellent reading for yourself or a friend.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure; Author: Visit Amazon's James Redfield Page; Review: Many of you have heard about this book, but may be wondering... what exactly is the Celestine Prophecy? Some type of church or new age mumbo - jumbo? This book tells a story of an American, who is adventuring in the rain forests of Peru, and discovers a set of nine manuscripts. These manuscripts, referred to as "insights", offer ways of discovering a new sense of life. The story is told in 9 chapters, as our American adventurer discovers more information and interprets the meaning of these hidden "truths" (insights). The first two insights reveal how mankind is currently undergoing a new spiritual awakening and touches on how coincidences in each of our lives may be more than mere coincidences after all. The next three insights reveal that many of us may see the world we live in, as a material universe, when in fact our universe is one filled with dynamic energy. The book goes on to explain how this energy is the cause of most verbal/physical confrontations between humans as well as how to understand the power struggles that occur in most relationships ( son-father / daughter-mother / husband-wife / boyfriend/ girlfriend, etc. ). There is a great section on how each of us can learn to avoid the people in our lives who are continually manipulating or "draining" our own personal energy and how each of us can find a good source of constant positive energy! The last four insights help you to begin discovering what your our own personal, spiritual "mission" in life may be and how each of us can contribute to the world around us. There is a great section about becoming personally aware of our own energy manipulations towards other people, and how overcoming these manipulations as well as allowing "coincidences" in our lives to take place will help guide us in fulfilling our own personal "missions" in life. Why has this book been so life changing, and praised by millions of people worldwide? Because, in a way, it is getting each of us in touch with something we knew already, but didn't realize we knew. You begin to recognize your own half - conscious ability to follow hunches, taking advantage of coincidental opportunities that arise. Most importantly, without preaching anything religious at all, this book fills a spiritual void most people have had, by helping each of us determine what our own spiritual mission in life is. The Celestine Prophecy is not really about making a change in your personal philosophy, as it is about simply shifting our approach to life and how we sense the lives of those around us. Truly, as the back cover claims, "a book that comes along once in a lifetime, to change lives forever". Overall, an extremely important book, with something for everyone. A truly priceless addition to your personal library...( well, not really priceless... Amazon.com has it for only about 10 bucks, and it ships in 24 hours! ); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Richest Man in Babylon; Author: Visit Amazon's George S. Clason Page; Review: This is one of my favorite books of all time and a must read for ANYONE. This classic masterpiece teaches you the rules of money, how to acquire it, and how to make it work for you. This small, 144 page book is worth its weight in platinum and will pay for itself over and over and over... again and again (I can't stress it enough ). The book is written in a story or parable format, where, through examples, a reader discovers how to harness the mysteries of money. These parables are relatively short and extremely enjoyable reading. It's time to invest in yourself! By the way, don't let the low price fool you... when you discover the treasures embedded in this book, you'll probably buy a few, like I did, and give them to friends and family. No joke.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dont Sweat Small Stuff; Author: Visit Amazon's Richard Carlson Page; Review: In "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and it's all small stuff!", Dr. Richard Carlson continues to share his infamous wisdom. I know what you're thinking, this book can't apply to you because you or your work are detail oriented by nature. This book, actually, has nothing to do with overlooking details, it merely shows you how to avoid letting little things from taking over your life and putting things in the right perspective. In fact one of the greatest things I read in the book was a little chapter called "Remind Yourself That When You Die, Your In-basket Won't be Empty". Some other thought provoking chapters are entitled "Ask Yourself the Question: Will This Matter a Year from Now?", "Search for the Grain of Truth in Others Opinions", "See the Glass as Already Broken", "When in Doubt About Who's Turn it is To Take Out the Trash, Go Ahead and Take it Out". These and most of the 100 mini-chapters in this book are really quite refreshing in their viewpoint, and quite easy to apply in your own life. As an example, I have learned not to let bad driver's upset me anymore, I simply expect everyone on the road to have a license issued from a "cracker jack box"... so when a near miss happens, I am no longer surprised or upset! This is just one simple way to apply the techniques in "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff". This is a book that the whole office should read, as it's benefits are real and tangible. Dr. Carlson has done it again... well maybe that's why it's still a best-seller.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Don't Worry, Make Money; Author: Visit Amazon's Richard Carlson Page; Review: Reading Dr. Richard Carlson's book "Don't Worry, Make Money", is a wise way to spend an afternoon. This book provides a lot of practical information, all in one readily accesible source. It is quite enjoyable reading material, offering a simple, yet effective, and easy to digest format. The book offers 100 specific tips, thoughts and reflections on how to make your life less stressful, how to keep things in the proper perspective, maximize your daily productivity, and make sure that you're receiving the well deserved pay that you're entitled to. A must buy for anyone continuing their own personal spiritual journey.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams; Author: Visit Amazon's Deepak Chopra Page; Review: The subheading of this book "the Fulfillment of your Dreams" is quite a fascinating concept. This best-selling author, guides the reader down a path of 'success', outlining principles and disciplines bound to help anyone reach a higher spiritual plane. This book shows you how to discover and unleash your 'true' self by breaking away from fear~ based thinking ( seeking approval of our actions/ needing to control /and a need for power are all fear~based methods of thinking). In fact, readers are urged to break away from the 'Pavlov effect' by resisting conditional reflexive responses triggered by circumstances out of one's control. Mr. Chopra goes on to explain that most people spend the majority of their energy connvincing or persuading others of their point of view. He asks the reader to understand that what they are feeling is not someone else's fault, instead one should take responsibility for one's own thoughts and actions. There was a phrase that caught my attention. It read, "The operational software of your soul is karma, memory & desire". The chapter goes on to explain that everything is energy and information. Your attention to something energizes it, your intention transforms it. Therein lies the key, intent is desire without attachment to a particular outcome. A great quote from the book reads "The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift... that is why this moment is called the 'present'." So we must learn to accept the present and intend the future, for the future is created now in the present. One of the simplest insights to apply in everyday life, is to remember that the easiest way to achieve a goal or get what you want out of life ( whether it is personal or business oriented ) is to help others get what they want. Success is much easier to accomplish when there are myriads of people who want you to succeed, as opposed to when it's just you. In each of the Seven Spiritual Laws, Mr. Chopra presents a way for people to align their lives with the most compatible way of achieving success in one's life. This title weighs in at a mere 110 pages, but it sure packs a wallop of punch. A knockout punch to be sure. This book is highly recommended for anyone who wants to achieve a higher level of spirituality and an understanding of how their world operates. In fact, even a basic human cell follows the spiritual laws. This is one of the best investments of time and money you'll ever make, and a treasure you'll come back to again and again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Creating True Prosperity (Gawain, Shakti); Author: Visit Amazon's Shakti Gawain Page; Review: Sometimes getting ahead in life is a little bit more than just how much money you can make. Creating True Prosperity is a careful blend of being balanced in one's life and truly experiencing happiness. In this book a philosophy is revealed that helps you gauge and understand why you may not be truly happy even if you currently are earning a decent income. Shakti strikes out and rattles a persons fundamental values and shows us how society has created its own self delusional citizens. She has a very pleasant way of writing that is easy to follow and extremely logical. This is simply another must read for anyone concerned with their personal improvement and betterment of their soul.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Real Power: Business Lessons From the Tao Te Ching; Author: James Autry; Review: In the business world there is a distinct division between employees and management. Sometimes it is easy to see why there is no office "loyalty" or true friendship. All you have to do is analyze the totem pole of authority to discover the seeds of dissension. The Tao Te Ching was written somewhere around 500 years B.C.E., and has been referred to, by many, as the wisest book ever written! It is not just some kind of "new age" thinking or positive thinking "concept"! The Tao Te Ching reveals the true laws of the universe... When reading this translation, you will discover that the journey to true power begins with oneself. By discovering ways of improving oneself, accepting your mistakes when you make them, learning to become more flexible and open to ideas, knowing when to speak and when to listen, living in balance/ or harmony by being moderate, evenhanded and fair... these are only a few of the methods explored in the first few chapters of the book. One of my favorite chapters reveals that the authority management wields over their employees is not what creates success in a company. The true power in an organization is realized when a competent leader knows how to motivate his coworkers... the employees are the one's who can put their passion into a project... they are the one's who's labor of love brings forth the final product... it is their artistic vision that gives a project it's uniqueness, if you will. These are the most important people, the ones that should be happy! A good leader is merely a composer or director... a communicator. In fact, you'll discover that each chapter is really a vault full of treasure for anyone interested in learning the true techniques of Leadership. This book is divided into five sections, each with a main or common thread. The sections are about a) becoming a wise leader , b) giving up control c) proper use of motivation d) creating a community that works, and e) realizing the overall vision. If you've ever met someone, or read about a person who is indescribably a great leader, or you hear people say "I don't know, but there's something about that person... I just can't describe it or I just can't place my finger on it"... you have just run into someone who is living in harmony, to one extent or the other, with the Tao Te Ching. James A. Autry and Stephen Mitchell provide a most valuable resource in this translation. It is easy to read, and you will find this title applies remarkably well to just about any industry. Recommended reading for anyone serious about becoming an awesome leader!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human; Author: Cherie Carter Scott; Review: For all of you fans of the book, "Chicken Soup for the Soul", there is a new book out there that unveils the ten greatest rules about living life as a human being. In fact, the forward is written by Jack Canfield ( of 'Chicken Soup' fame) and has an interesting story. You see, the first version of Chicken Soup had a list called "The Ten Rules for Being Human" signed by 'anonymous'. Turns out, Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott was the author of those Ten Rules and, with a little encouragement, she's put together this fabulous little book to help us reprogram the gray matter in our skulls. The book is laid out in an extremely easy to read format and divided into Ten Chapters, or Rules, if you will. In these 133 pages, are such eye opening revelations, such as: Chapter # 3 There Are No Mistakes Only Lessons and Chapter # 4 A Lesson is Repeated Until Learned. These two chapters alone are worth the price of admission! Time and again, you may have witnessed a friend, or even yourself repeating a situation in life, over and over. Whether it's always going out with the same type of people, trusting the wrong people, or simply making the most difficult choices, these are symptoms of not understanding that life will always present you with the same type of situations, until you have learned to master them. It's not bad luck, but probably unwise decision making that gives us the same outcome. Until a person makes a 'conscious' decision to adjust their cycle of thinking, and break out of the pattern, life will always seem to dole out the same rewards. Another great chapter is #9: "All Your Answers Lie Inside of You". Sometimes we know what's best for us and we still decide to go against it. What you need, what you seek and who you are is embedded within you. This book is not about games, it's about living life to the fullest and achieving the next level of consciousness. An excellent gift for the soul searcher!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules: 10 Rules for Finding Love and Creating Long-Lasting, Authentic Relationships; Author: Cherie Carter-Scott; Review: At times, even the most successful people in business... can be failures at love. That's often because, once the web has been spun, the enchantment put in place, that spell we call "love" has been cast, people usually throw all cares to the wind in hope of finding something that is everlasting. In the follow-up book to her widely acclaimed title, "If Life is a Game, These are the Rules", Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott has identified some basic knowledge that can help a person find, create and maintain authentic, long-lasting relationships. Some of these truisms may seem familiar, but as is the case with her other titles, a reader is bound to find a gem of wisdom, or two that may change their perspective and impact their lives. Like many other types of relationships, Dr. Carter identifies the element of 'excellent communication' as a necessary ingredient to success. Knowing what you want to communicate, 'releasing' the emotion surrounding the message you wish to convey, expressing your feelings without passing judgement, and choosing a right time and place are details that are commonly highlighted in this book. In fact, communication is a common denominator that is weaved throughout this title. An interesting chapter is entitled 'Partnering is a Choice'. It seems simple enough, yet it is extremely powerful to understand that the choice to be in a meaningful relationship is up to you and you alone. Some people may have some kind of a mental block or fear. Fear of losing his/ her bachelorhood, fear of rejection, fear of not being good enough, fear of being hurt, fear that they'll end up divorced like their parents, fear... fear... fear. It is this fear that projects the kind of energy that attracts the wrong type of people, and it is up to each of us individually to recognize this process and redirect the course we are navigating. To find a soulmate, one must address their fears, accept and love themselves, and make a conscious decision to be receptive to a significant other. Once you have found someone, the real work has just begun. The author spells out the importance of nurturing your relationship in Chapter 8, in what's, arguably, the best part of the sermon. As we know, many relationships lose their 'shine' or luster when both parties get so involved with their every day life that they lose the perspective of what brought them together in the first place. The author reminds us that relationships are like gardens... ever growing and requiring attention. We need to make a conscious decision to tend to our 'garden' on a daily basis. Try and have a daily check in, the author suggests. In fact, it is prescribed that couples should schedule a periodical relationship tune-up. This is a time when both parties can express how they feel about their relationship, their needs and wants. A time to basically just step outside and analyze what components of the relationship bring a couple happiness, and where they feel some areas may be somewhat deficient. This scheduled tune-up helps one; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah; Author: Visit Amazon's Richard Bach Page; Review: The author of this wonderful story has mastered the teaching methods of old. Throughout time, man has shared stories, myths and parables in an effort to convey a message to others. 'Illusions' does just that, and even takes things one step further, by allowing (no... encouraging) the reader to interact with the story. The author has placed himself in the parable itself, in a position that would be simple for the reader to assume. Often pondering the endless possibilities and powers of the mind and soul, the inspiration received from this reading is a welcome boost to those walking along the spiritual path. The simplicity of this title is overwhelming, yet crucially left to your own interpretation. One man, one Messiah, some old planes, a grass field and a captive audience are all the ingredients used to cook up this instant classic. To those about to embark on this flight, the truths embedded within these mere 191 pages promise a delightful adventure; a journey that one wants to take, again and again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Game Design: Secret of the Sages (Brady Games); Author: Marc Saltzman; Review: They say that the best way to excel in a trade is to find a position as an apprentice under a great mentor who you would like to emulate. Wouldn't it be great to have Sid Meier, Peter Molyneux or Warren Spector at your disposal, to learn the trade of Game Design? These three game designers alone are responsible for some of the greatest hits ever in the computer games industry. About the next best thing to actually obtaining employment at one of their respective companies, is to get a chance to interview them and find out what some of those trade secrets are, that have made them a blatant success. Well, Marc Saltzman has done just that! He not only interviewed the luminaries mentioned above, but others including: David Cage, Toby Gard, Richard Garriot, Ron Gilbert, Tom Hall, Marc LeBlanc, The Levelord, Shigeru Miyamoto, David Perry, Bobby Prince, George Sanger, Chris Taylor, Roberta Williams and over 100 others! These interviews have been nicely edited and put together in an extremely easy to read format and can be found in the book, "Game Design: Secrets of the Sages". This title offers a wide scope of information on various subjects regarding game development issues, such as: character design, level design, programming, AI, art, Animation, sound FX, music, testing, Marketing, web site design, and much, much more. What truly sets this book apart from others, are the dozens of interviews with the top respected game designers, so the information and opinions represented are ones to take note of. The book never claims to be an extensive study on the art of game design, it merely makes notions and true and tried development concepts accessible to all levels of readers. Various designers, who at times take opposite views on a matter, tackle each of the subjects. It is interesting to read each of these opinions and understand the interviewee's point of view on a matter. For example, there are variances on whether to use a design documents or not, how to flesh out the main characters and whether to use storyboards or not. The real point is that at times there may be more than one way to accomplish something, so the successful way of doing something may be as unique as the person implementing the technique. In fact, this exchange of ideologies runs throughout the various chapters in this title. It's kind of like attending a roundtable at the GDC. Some other interesting chapters in "Secrets of the Sages" include topics like: breaking into the industry, game agents and headhunters, Design schools, resources on the net, distribution channels, and key industry conventions and organizations. Overall, this title touches on a large amount of information, but it is important to note that the title is geared for the newer game developers. For example, you won't find any programming examples, nor any in depth study of technical information. Yet, if you are just getting started in the industry or don't know where to start, I would easily recommend that you obtain yourself a copy of this; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Gerber EAB Pocket Knife [22-41830]; Brand: Gerber; Review: great product; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Frostfire 16 Bright LED Wireless Solar Powered Motion Sensor Light (Weatherproof, no batteries required); Brand: Frostfire; Review: bright....works great; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: addlon Solar String Lights Outdoor Fairy 59ft(18m) 100 LED 8work Modes,ambiance Lighting for Outside Garden, Patio, Holiday Seasonal; Brand: addlon; Review: work great; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: uxcell 5pcs Gray Plastic Project Power Protector Case Junction Box 60x45x28mm; Brand: uxcell; Review: seem decent,; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: PORTER-CABLE PCC790LA 20V MAX Lithium 18GA Cordless Brad Nailer Kit, Includes Battery and Charger; Brand: PORTER-CABLE; Review: seems good so far, alittle big; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Tools_and_Home_Improvement |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Cowboy Bebop; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Space; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Trinity Blood; Genres: Action, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Neon Genesis Evangelion; Genres: Action, Dementia, Drama, Mecha, Psychological, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Chobits; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, Sci-Fi, Seinen; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: D.N.Angel; Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Rozen Maiden; Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Seinen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Rozen Maiden: Träumend; Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Seinen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Black Cat; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shuffle!; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Magic, Romance, School, Seinen; Rating: 5.0/10.0
Title: Mai-HiME; Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Mecha, Romance, School, Shoujo Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Prétear; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Shoujo, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Fullmetal Alchemist; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Military, Shounen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kannazuki no Miko; Genres: Drama, Magic, Mecha, Romance, Shoujo Ai, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Loveless; Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Shoujo, Shounen Ai, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Blood+; Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Military, Mystery, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Mononoke Hime; Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: s.CRY.ed; Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ultra Maniac; Genres: Comedy, Magic, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Samurai Champloo; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Historical, Samurai, Shounen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: FLCL; Genres: Action, Comedy, Dementia, Mecha, Parody, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Cardcaptor Sakura; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Eureka Seven; Genres: Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Romance, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Gravitation; Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance, Shoujo, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: InuYasha; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ikkitousen; Genres: Ecchi, Martial Arts, School, Super Power; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Bleach; Genres: Action, Comedy, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kyougoku Natsuhiko: Kousetsu Hyaku Monogatari; Genres: Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: .hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Game, Sci-Fi, Shounen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Paradise Kiss; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Josei, Romance, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase; Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Seinen, Vampire; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Shakugan no Shana; Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Fate/stay night; Genres: Action, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Supernatural; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Final Fantasy VII: Last Order; Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shoujo Kakumei Utena; Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Psychological, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex; Genres: Action, Mecha, Military, Police, Sci-Fi, Seinen; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Karin; Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito; Genres: Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy, Magic, Mystery, Shoujo Ai; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Majo no Takkyuubin; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Romance; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa; Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tonari no Totoro; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon; Genres: Demons, Magic, Romance, Shoujo; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Yami no Matsuei; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Magic, Shoujo, Shounen Ai, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hotaru no Haka; Genres: Drama, Historical; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e; Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken; Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Shounen, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tokyo Mew Mew; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Sci-Fi, Shoujo, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Uta Kata; Genres: Drama, Magic; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: xxxHOLiC Movie: Manatsu no Yoru no Yume; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG; Genres: Action, Mecha, Military, Mystery, Police, Sci-Fi, Seinen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: King of Fighters: Another Day; Genres: Adventure, Drama, Shounen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu; Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Parody, School, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ouran Koukou Host Club; Genres: Comedy, Harem, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Strawberry Panic; Genres: Drama, Romance, School, Shoujo Ai; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: xxxHOLiC; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: .hack//Roots; Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Game, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Nana; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tsubasa Chronicle 2nd Season; Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Zero no Tsukaima; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Magic, Romance, School; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Bokura ga Ita; Genres: Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Gakkou no Kaidan; Genres: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: D.Gray-man; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Shounen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Black Blood Brothers; Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Death Note; Genres: Mystery, Police, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch; Genres: Action, Mecha, Military, School, Sci-Fi, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!; Genres: Action, Comedy, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Venus Versus Virus; Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Sugar Sugar Rune; Genres: Fantasy, Magic, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Bleach Movie 1: Memories of Nobody; Genres: Action, Adventure, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Murder Princess; Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre; Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Seinen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Devil May Cry; Genres: Action, Demons, Fantasy; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Kamichama Karin; Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora; Genres: Drama, Magic, Romance, Shounen; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou; Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Martial Arts, School, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Sola; Genres: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha; Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Touka Gettan; Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural; Rating: 5.0/10.0
Title: Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro; Genres: Hentai; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Virus: Virus Buster Serge; Genres: Action, Adventure, Mecha, Police, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Zombie-Loan; Genres: Action, Horror, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou Dai Ni Maku; Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Martial Arts, Mystery, School; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shakugan no Shana II (Second); Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shugo Chara!; Genres: Comedy, Magic, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Minami-ke; Genres: Comedy, School, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Rosario to Vampire; Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, School, Shounen, Vampire; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: xxxHOLiC Kei; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Junjou Romantica; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hatenkou Yuugi; Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Vampire Knight; Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Special A; Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Soul Eater; Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Nabari no Ou; Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Monochrome Factor; Genres: Action, Shounen Ai, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Itazura na Kiss; Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shoujo; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Sekirei; Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Super Power; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Michiko to Hatchin; Genres: Action, Adventure; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Rosario to Vampire Capu2; Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, School, Vampire; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Toradora!; Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009); Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Parody, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hakushaku to Yousei; Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Magic; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Neo Angelique Abyss: Second Age; Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ga-Rei: Zero; Genres: Action, Super Power, Supernatural, Thriller; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Vampire Knight Guilty; Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Junjou Romantica 2; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kuroshitsuji; Genres: Action, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Historical, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: xxxHOLiC Shunmuki; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Tsubasa: Shunraiki; Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Magic, Mystery, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: ChäoS;HEAd; Genres: Harem, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Supernatural; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Maria†Holic; Genres: Comedy, Parody, School, Shoujo Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hetalia Axis Powers; Genres: Comedy, Historical, Parody; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu; Genres: Comedy, Parody; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shugo Chara!! Doki; Genres: Comedy, Magic, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Sekirei: Pure Engagement; Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Super Power; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: 07-Ghost; Genres: Action, Demons, Fantasy, Magic, Military, Shoujo; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Pandora Hearts; Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Dogs: Bullets & Carnage; Genres: Action, Seinen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: K-On!; Genres: Comedy, Music, School, Slice of Life; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Sex Pistols; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Supernatural, Yaoi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hyakujitsu no Bara; Genres: Drama, Yaoi; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Needless; Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Sci-Fi, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Seikon no Qwaser; Genres: Action, Ecchi, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Angel Beats!; Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, School, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini; Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Super Power; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: 11eyes; Genres: Action, Ecchi, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kuroshitsuji II; Genres: Action, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Durarara!!; Genres: Action, Mystery, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: xxxHOLiC Rou; Genres: Mystery, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hakuouki; Genres: Action, Drama, Historical, Josei, Samurai, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Aki-Sora; Genres: Ecchi, Romance, Seinen; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru; Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Shoujo, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Ookamikakushi; Genres: Action, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shugo Chara! Party!; Genres: Comedy, Magic, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hetalia Axis Powers Movie: Paint it, White; Genres: Comedy, Historical, Parody; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kiss x Sis (TV); Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, School, Seinen; Rating: 4.0/10.0
Title: Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo: Anata to Koibito Tsunagi; Genres: Hentai, School, Yuri; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi; Genres: Comedy, Parody, Romance; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kuragehime; Genres: Comedy, Josei, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Vampire Knight: Gekiai no Portrait; Genres: Comedy, Shoujo, Vampire; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: Togainu no Chi; Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hetalia World Series; Genres: Comedy, Historical, Parody; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Special; Genres: Comedy, Shounen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hiyokoi; Genres: Romance, School, Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Yosuga no Sora: In Solitude, Where We Are Least Alone.; Genres: Drama, Ecchi, Harem, Romance; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hakuouki Hekketsuroku; Genres: Action, Drama, Historical, Josei, Samurai, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Maria†Holic Alive; Genres: Comedy, Parody, School, Shoujo Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica; Genres: Drama, Magic, Psychological, Thriller; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Ao no Exorcist; Genres: Action, Demons, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Sekaiichi Hatsukoi; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Fate/Zero; Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Blood-C; Genres: Action, Horror, School, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Mawaru Penguindrum; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Another; Genres: Horror, Mystery, School, Supernatural, Thriller; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shounen Ai; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Black★Rock Shooter (TV); Genres: Action, Drama, School, Slice of Life; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Fate/Zero 2nd Season; Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural, Thriller; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kuroko no Basket; Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Black★Rock Shooter; Genres: Action, Music; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Psycho-Pass; Genres: Action, Police, Psychological, Sci-Fi; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: K; Genres: Action, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV); Genres: Action, Adventure, Shounen, Supernatural, Vampire; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Amnesia; Genres: Fantasy, Josei, Mystery, Romance; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Hetalia: The Beautiful World; Genres: Comedy, Historical, Parody; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Shingeki no Kyojin; Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Super Power; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: K: Missing Kings; Genres: Action, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 6.0/10.0
Title: Diabolik Lovers; Genres: Harem, School, Shoujo, Vampire; Rating: 5.0/10.0
Title: Rozen Maiden (2013); Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Magic, Seinen; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Kyoukai no Kanata; Genres: Fantasy, Slice of Life, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Free!; Genres: Comedy, School, Slice of Life, Sports; Rating: 5.0/10.0
Title: Kuroko no Basket: Baka ja Katenai no yo!; Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders; Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Isshuukan Friends.; Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Slice of Life; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Tokyo Ghoul; Genres: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Seinen, Supernatural; Rating: 3.0/10.0
Title: Blade & Soul; Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Psycho-Pass 2; Genres: Action, Police, Psychological, Sci-Fi; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: DRAMAtical Murder; Genres: Action, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Super Power; Rating: 8.0/10.0
Title: Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season; Genres: Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season; Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Shounen, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: K: Return of Kings; Genres: Action, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 9.0/10.0
Title: Hetalia: The World Twinkle; Genres: Comedy, Historical, Parody; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Diabolik Lovers More,Blood; Genres: Harem, School, Shoujo, Vampire; Rating: 7.0/10.0
Title: One Punch Man; Genres: Action, Comedy, Parody, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural; Rating: 10.0/10.0
Title: Makura no Danshi; Genres: Shoujo; Rating: 10.0/10.0 | anime |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Samsung Galaxy S4 Pre-Paid , Black Mist 16GB (Verizon Wireless); Brand: Samsung; Review: this is one of the nicest, fastest Android phones out there. I'll keep this brief. Pros Fast - fast - fast - quad core processor HD Display - the display on this is full 1920x1080 HD resolution and looks great Apps - Comes with tons of apps to do more things than one can count. You really need to search the web for training materials as there is that much. Sensitive display - You can operate the touch screen without touching it or through regular gloves. Cons Fragile screen - You drop it you broke it. I ended up getting an Otterbox to protect mine. Makes it a lot fatter but now it bounces when I drop it. Sensitive display - The display registers touches before you touch it. This is mainly a problem if your fingers wrap around the device as you are handing it to someone or just holding it. sometimes you trigger things you wish you hadn't. Power button placement - The power button is on the top right side and sensitive. You can easily press it unintentionally. The only thing that saves me here is my Otterbox makes this button more stiff.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Samsung Galaxy S4 Case - OtterBox Defender Series - Black; Brand: OtterBox; Review: This is the "special helmet" case of cases for the Galaxy S 4 phone. It has a hard plastic case with screen protector on the inside and a thick rubbery cushiony case on the outside. This case definitely protects your phone from damage unless you strike it directly on the glass. A couple things to note. 1) The case makes the power and volume buttons hardware to press as the rubber is thick. In my book this is a good thing as these buttons are way too sensitive and in a bad location for being pressed accidentally otherwise. 2) Aesthetics are not its strong suit. This case makes your phone about three times thicker than normal and about 1/4 longer and wider. It still fits in your front pants pocket, but you once sleek phone will now look big and boxy. 3) If you like to watch movies the case comes with a belt clip / stand that hooks to the outside of the rubber case. This works great but does make the case even larger. Overall I would rate this an excellent case if protection of your phone is your first priority.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ZeroLemon Y313 Lightning to USB Plastic PVC Cable for Iphone 5s / 5c / 5, Ipad Air / Mini; Brand: ZEROLEMON; Review: Nice heavy duty long (10') Apple lightning cable. I use mine with my iPad Air 2 and it works great allowing me to charge and continue to use the tablet from a comfortable chair too far from a wall socket to use with the shorter Apple supplied cable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: ZeroLemon Y313 Lightning to USB Plastic PVC Cable for Iphone 5s / 5c / 5, Ipad Air / Mini; Brand: ZEROLEMON; Review: Nice heavy duty long (10') Apple lightning cable. I use mine with my iPad Air 2 and it works great allowing me to charge and continue to use the tablet from a comfortable chair too far from a wall socket to use with the shorter Apple supplied cable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Micro USB Charging; Brand: UNISAME; Review: High quality cables that fast charge my Galaxy S4 and Note 4 without a problem.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spigen Tough Armor Galaxy S7 Case with Extreme Heavy Duty Protection and Air Cushion Technology for Samsung Galaxy S7 2016; Brand: Spigen; Review: This case looks great on my gold Galaxy S7, is nice and slim, and seems to provide decent protection as well. All the buttons are easily accessible with hard plastic/rubbery covers and all the jacks have plenty of extra space around them to plug bulkier cables. There is a rim around the display that doesn't get in your way when swiping in from the edge and is raised enough to protect the screen should it land screen down. I really like this case and suggest it to anyone looking for a slim protective cover for their S7 smartphone.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fast Wireless Charger Station, Tiamat Wireless Charging Pad, Ultra Slim Charge, 7.5W Compatible iPhone; Brand: Tiamat; Review: This case has over triple the battery capacity as the original S4 battery allowing me to run my phone all day long as a wireless hotspot without running out of juice. This is quite the feat, so how do they do it? They have a battery the size of the original with a large battery attached to the back of it. This means the original back cover to your S4 has to be replaced with a larger heavy rubbery cover to hold this monster battery in place. If you like your slim trim S4 profile (and that is more important than battery life) this case is not for you. While it doesn't add much to the height or width of the phone it nearly triples the depth and weight. It is a big heavy case holding a big heavy battery in place. I am ranking it 4 stars as I this could be done better. They could have gone with a hard plastic shell (or at least a lighter weight one) that is thinner and light and still gives it some protection as no normal case would fit it. I'd say what was done is a reasonable compromise if long battery life is at the very top of your priority list. I just wish it could be lighter / smaller as I've seen on other high capacity battery cases.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Screen Back Classic Metal Plate with Heat Shield; Brand: E-REPAIR; Review: Worked great in my iPhone 6 plus when I damaged the original replacing the battery.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Cell_Phones_and_Accessories |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Artscape 01-0113 Magnolia Window Film 24" x 36"; Brand: 01-0113; Review: Beautiful installed! Easy to install. Long lasting. Cleans up well. What more can I say?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Minuteman International Plain Design Cast Iron Fireback, Small; Brand: Minuteman International; Review: This piece is impressive in design and craftsmanship, however, it was a bit too large for my small fireplace. I did measure before purchasing, but the way the legs sit, you should add a little to the dimension to make sure it fits. It is very heavy and durable!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Upholstered Accent Chair Black and White; Brand: Coaster Home Furnishings; Review: Makes a great accent chair! Good quality and even comfortable. Especially considering the price.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: BISSELL PowerFresh Steam Mop, Floor Steamer, Tile Cleaner, and Hard Wood Floor Cleaner, 1940; Brand: Bissell; Review: I have never been able to find something that would clean laminate floors without leaving streaks until I found this mop! I LOVE it! I love that I don't have to use chemicals and it really leaves the floors shiny and streak-free. I will definitely purchase again!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: STARTONIGHT Canvas Wall Art Maple Tree, Nature Framed Wall Decor 32" x 48"; Brand: STARTONIGHT; Review: The colors are impressive and it really does look stunning in the dark. But honestly, how often are you looking at paintings in the dark? The price is low and the quality seems to match the price. I'm not at all disappointed. I got exactly what I expected for the price and reviews already posted.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_Home_and_Kitchen |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Feels Like the First Time: A True Love Story; Author: Visit Amazon's Shawn Inmon Page; Review: Sad love story. 30 years is a long time to not be with your true love, and yet they finally got to be together. I am interested in reading Dawns perspective of their love story. You two belong together, for sure!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin (The Dragonmage Saga) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Caren J. Werlinger Page; Review: I enjoyed reading "Rising From the Ashes". I felt a little bored at times but, all in all entertained. This book is meant for all readers, young and young at heart. I will definitely read Book 2.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Dragon's Wrath; Author: Visit Amazon's Brent Roth Page; Review: I enjoyed this book better then the first two, which I have no complaints on. I look forward to volume four!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Everything We Keep: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kerry Lonsdale Page; Review: I started reading just to pass the time away and I'm glad I did. Read it in a day. Loved it!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: All the Breaking Waves: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kerry Lonsdale Page; Review: I couldn't put it down. I don't believe in premonitions or mind speak, but I don't believe that is what this story is about. I don't think it should be judged by that factor alone, like some reviews did. It's a story of love, motherhood, forgiveness and , especially acceptance.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Eden's Gate: The Sparrow: A LitRPG Adventure (Volume 2); Author: Visit Amazon's Edward Brody Page; Review: I enjoyed reading this installment of Eden's Gate! Yes, there were a lot of spelling errors . However, errors did not take away from the story and fun I had reading this book. I look forward to reading what comes next from Mr Brody!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: One Paris Summer (Blink); Author: Visit Amazon's Denise Grover Swank Page; Review: OMG! I want to learn French! I want to go to France and meet a handsome French man.....What a beautiful love story.!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Origin: A Novel (Robert Langdon); Author: Visit Amazon's Dan Brown Page; Review: I enjoyed this book immensely. I was however, taken back, at the ending, to find out the who, what, when and why. Very thought provoking to questions Ive alway wondered myself. I also liked the way the book was writen to easily understand the thoughts of each character.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Uncertain Season; Author: Visit Amazon's Ann Howard Creel Page; Review: I wonder, what happened to The girl. What happened to Etta after being sent back to Nacogdoches. Did Grace find a good life with Ira? A sequel to this book on how their lives are now, and how it changed them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Eden's Gate: The Sands: A LitRPG Adventure (Volume 3); Author: Visit Amazon's Edward Brody Page; Review: I enjoyed reading this segment of Edens Gate. Mr Brody threw in an exciting and definitely graphic side quest for Gunner that I liked. It made the book definitely more interesting to read. I look forward to book four!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Philip Pullman Page; Review: I am probably the only person who hasn't read a book by Philip Pullman. Im glad I read The Book of Dust I will be reading more, starting with His Dark Materials trilogy. I know, I know, where have I been.......; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Tuscan Child; Author: Visit Amazon's Rhys Bowen Page; Review: Great read!! I felt like I was in Italy when I read this book. I will be going there in April 2018. I want to go even more, to see the land and eat the cuisine! Oh, and the wine........; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Piano Raft; Author: Visit Amazon's Sara Alexi Page; Review: Sara Alexi, you are an amazing writer! Every word coming off the page just flows together. I have read all your Greek Village books. You make the simple things in life so interesting. I hate when your books end.....just kidding. I hope you continue to writeI will continue read :-); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Hideaway; Author: Visit Amazon's Lauren K. Denton Page; Review: I enjoyed reading The Hideaway. I loved the story most when it was told through Mags eyes. I felt like I was there in 1960 at the B and B.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Eden's Gate: The Arena: A LitRPG Adventure (Volume 4); Author: Visit Amazon's Edward Brody Page; Review: Gunner has really come a long way. I like that the author kept the story closer to home, Edgewood. However, I didn't like how he had Gunner lose total control to get his hands on the drug, kroaka. I lost some respect for him as a leader because of it. In another matter, I personally would like to see Gunner and Princess Addelee progress, Keyshia is a mistake, in my opinion. Either way, Im definitely enjoying the story!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Time Travelers Of The Bible: How the Ancient prophets Shattered the Time Barrier; Author: Visit Amazon's Gary Stearman Page; Review: DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TALKIING ABOUT. DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. GAVE IT TO MY PASTOR TO READ TO SEE IF HE COULD UNDERSTAND IT.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Barbara: The Story of a UFO Investigator; Author: Barbara Bartholic; Review: MY HUSBAND READS ALL THESE UFO BOOKS; I DON'T. HE DIDN'T LIKE THIS ONE. HE ACTUALLY KNOWS THE GRANDSON OF THE AUTHOR; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Uncensored Truth About UFOs: Plus Bonus Chapters on Hostile UFOs!; Author: Edward J. Ruppelt; Review: husband read ufo stuff, likes most of them. one he ordered for 99cents was really good; not just a pamphlet which he thought it would be since it was only .99.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacques Vallee Page; Review: My husband has me order this ufo stuff. He likes it. I just order Bible books and other things like that; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts, 3rd Edition; Author: Thomas Nelson; Review: It is very complete, helps with studies, like the colored maps and lists. bought 2 so I could cannibalize one; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story; Author: Visit Amazon's Mary C. Neal Page; Review: Too much about accident and not enough about heaven. There was 1good page about why we should go to church; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Little Red Hen An Old English Folk Tale eBook; Author: Florence White Williams; Review: This tale shows how everyone should work. Lots of people don.'t believe that. The story of the ant and grasshopper is a good one too; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cross My Heart (Alex Cross); Author: Visit Amazon's James Patterson Page; Review: I buy these for my husband. He likes the books that James Patterson writes but not so much the ones that has someone else's name too.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Montana UFOs and Extraterrestrials: Extraordinary Stories of Documented Sightings and Encounters; Author: Joan Bird; Review: My husband reads these ufo books; I don't. He just simply didn't think it was that great of a book. Some stories were so far out, he couldn't come close to believing them.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Never Go Back: A Jack Reacher Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Lee Child Page; Review: My husband reads these mystery books. Not as believable as some of Child's other books; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Path to Power; Author: Visit Amazon's Christopher Andersen Page; Review: If the Republican party doesn't nominate Ben Carson for President and Allen West for Vice President, then Hillary will be our next president. She was so broke when they left that they had to take some of the White House stuff with them. Shame; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Harmony of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles; Author: William D. Crockett; Review: This really helps put the kings and prophets in a time order. It also helps if you do this yourself, and summarize it in your own words. It will take you a while, but you will understand the good kings (few) and the bad (most) ones. Then you can put the rest of the Old Testament prophets and books where they should be.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zero Day (John Puller series); Author: Visit Amazon's David Baldacci Page; Review: My husband reads these books. He said it was a good book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The BIG Black Lie: How I Learned The Truth About The Democrat Party; Author: Visit Amazon's Kevin Jackson Page; Review: Nice to get to know a conservative. Wish other conservatives weren't scared.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dark of the Moon (A Virgil Flowers Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: MY HUSBAND READS THESE BOOKS. HE SAID IT'S A GOOD BOOK; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future; Author: Ben Carson MD; Review: Good book. He tells the truth. Ben Carson should be our president, and Allen West our Vice President. Ben Carson is above reproach. If we don't elect these two guys, Hillary will be our president. The Republicans don't have anyone as good as Ben Carson. I would kind of feel sorry for him though being among all those awful people in Washington.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jesus Unmasked: The Truth Will Shock You; Author: Visit Amazon's Todd Friel Page; Review: great book. Sometimes I like to get books hardback so I can underline and reference certain pages. The part about babies in heaven was informative. He gave scriptures that prove babies go to heaven, even pagan babies. I copied this part before I left it because getting back to a certain place in Kindle is hard for me. The part about Jesus BEING the Jewish holidays was good too.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: DARKER SIDE OF THE MOON "They" Are Watching Us!; Author: Visit Amazon's Rob Shelsky Page; Review: Husband read this. He loved the part where the author explained why people think as they do. I'm going to read this part later.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dake's Annotated Reference Bible: King James Version, Compact Edition; Author: Dake Publishing; Review: Wonderful book. It has everything. Read the reviews--all of them and decide yourself. I would love to get it on kindle if it would be easy to get to exact scriptures. Mine is heavy, but easier to read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Field of Prey; Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: Husbandreadsthese. He says it.'s areally good book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Field Of Prey (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: Husbandreadsthese. He says it.'s areally good book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Learn the Bible in 24 Hours; Author: Visit Amazon's Chuck Missler Page; Review: You know it's a good book when you have to start taking notes. Missler helps me see verses in a new light that I had never considered before. He also says not to trust him but search the scriptures and decide for yourself. I encouraged all our Bible study group to get this book. I'd like to type all my notes for you, but I won't. I need to get updates on things happening in Middle East since this book was written, and I can!!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rough Country (A Virgil Flowers Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: Husband reads these. He said it was a good book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus; Author: Visit Amazon's Kyle Idleman Page; Review: Great book. Shows like the book in the Bible James that we SHOW that we are saved by what we do. After I read this one, then I read Learn the Bible in 24 Hours. Different but complementary.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deadline (A Virgil Flowers Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: husband reads these. He said it was a really good book. one of his best.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Holy Bible Text Edition NLT (Hardcover); Author: Visit Amazon's Tyndale Page; Review: All versions of the Bible are good; how could they not be?; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: People of Darkness; Author: Visit Amazon's Tony Hillerman Page; Review: husband reads these. He likes the ones with the Indians better than the other books; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Synoptic Harmony of Samuel Kings and Chronicles; Author: James D. Newsome; Review: not worth the price. You can get harmonies free on the internet.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives; Author: Jim B. Tucker M.D.; Review: Don't waste your money. The first five chapters tell about children with past lives. The rest of the books is extremely scientific which I didn't understand at all, or even cared about. You can get all the stories of the children by googling children with past lives.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Spider Woman's Daughter (A Leaphorn and Chee Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Anne Hillerman Page; Review: Husband reads these. He liked Tony, and likes Anne. He says she is different, but still has Leaphorn in there.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rock with Wings (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Anne Hillerman Page; Review: husband read these. He said this--her second book was better than the first, but he liked them both.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Take This Cup (The Jerusalem Chronicles); Author: Bodie and Brock Thoene; Review: good story, but no David Copperfield; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: NIV, Chronological Study Bible, Leathersoft, Brown; Author: Visit Amazon's Thomas Nelson Page; Review: Really great book. I recommended it to several people, and they got it. The fact that everything is in time order is great. It must have taken many years to do that. I love when I can get stuff on sale early.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Memory Man (Amos Decker series); Author: Visit Amazon's David Baldacci Page; Review: My husband loved it. I liked it. Not as good as his book Absolute Power. I rated the above. My husband would probably rate it differently.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: UFO Highway; Author: ; Review: My husband reads all this ufo stuff. He likes most of it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary,; Author: Visit Amazon's Gary J. Byrne Page; Review: Good book. The part about Cyprus was not interesting to me, but just showed his contempt for dumb people in control who don't know what they are doing.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jesus' Words Only or Was Paul the Apostle Jesus Condemns in Revelation 2:2; Author: Douglas Del Tonto; Review: Our church is studying JWO, and we have contacted JWO on what Bibles are good to use. We have another question and hate to bother JWO so much: if Jesus said the one who teaches against the validity of the least command in the Law would be least in the kingdom of heaven. Our question is Why are they even in heaven?); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: MEV Economy Bible: Modern English Version; Author: Visit Amazon's Passio Page; Review: This is one of the translations I wanted. The print is really tiny, but I have it on kindle too, so that's ok.re; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blood on the Tracks (Sydney Rose Parnell); Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Nickless Page; Review: My husband reads these mysteries. He says it wasn't that great.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary: New and Enhanced Edition; Author: Ronald F. Youngblood; Review: So much information; worth the money.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jesus vs. Paul: Christianity's Greatest Lies Exposed; Author: JD Sheppard; Review: It is only 49 pages long, but a good starting place before you get into the books Jesus Words Only and Jesus Words on Salvation. I did learn, or realize, where before I hadn't paid much attention to the fact, that there were several versions of Paul's experience on the road to Damascus, especially the fact that in one the Jews were conspiring against him, and in the other King Areas, Herod's ex father-in-law was conspiring against him. If I have the facts wrong, I am learning so much and having a hard time remembering it all. Check it out yourself.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Night of the White Buffalo (A Wind River Mystery); Author: Visit Amazon's Margaret Coel Page; Review: husband reads these books. He liked it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stone Cold; Author: Baldacci David; Review: Husband reads these books. He says if it's by baldacchino,it's a good book; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Night Bird (Frost Easton); Author: Visit Amazon's Brian Freeman Page; Review: Husband reads these free monthly books. He says he's been really lucky. All the ones he's chosen have been really good. He only chooses crime, mystery. He got one yesterday, and says it's real good too--Good Lawyers Don't Lie.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus; Author: Visit Amazon's Lee Strobel Page; Review: Really good;easy to understand. Love the comparison to crimes.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: UFOs and Aliens: Exceptional Cases of Alien Contact (UFOs and Aliens, UFO Sightings, UFO, Aliens, Alien Contact, Extraterrestrials, Alien; Author: Visit Amazon's Eirik Leivsson Page; Review: Husband reads this stuff. He liked it. He said it only told about 2 sitings that he hadn't heard of before. He said it was kind of short.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth; Author: Visit Amazon's Reza Aslan Page; Review: Studying this book, Mythmaker and Jesus Words Only. Learning a lot about Jews from both books.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Fix (Memory Man series); Author: Visit Amazon's David Baldacci Page; Review: husband reads these , He said it was a good book.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity; Author: Hyam Maccoby; Review: We are studying this along with Jesus Words Only. Complements his book, and Zealot by Aslan is good too.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Cost of Discipleship (SCM Classics); Author: Visit Amazon's Dietrich Bonhoeffer Page; Review: Everyone should read this. Most of us (ME) are not doing what we should be doing. Matthew 25; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Missing Ones: An absolutely gripping thriller with a jaw-dropping twist (Detective Lottie Parker) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Patricia Gibney Page; Review: GOOD BOOK. CHEAP PRICE; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds; Author: Visit Amazon's Jacques Vallee Page; Review: GOOD BOOK. HUSBAND READS THIS STUFF; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Betrayal of Jesus; Author: Visit Amazon's Davis D. Danizier Page; Review: Really interesting. Some things I disagree with strongly. I learned a lot about the Mormans. The last chapter is mind-blowing. It helps with the other books about Paul that we have been studying.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gathering Prey (A Prey Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: husband reads these. At first he couldn't even remember it, so it wasn't memorable.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Deep Freeze (A Virgil Flowers Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's John Sandford Page; Review: Husband reads these. He said he already gave it a 4. He also said he never makes a comment.; Rating: 4.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: The Profiler's Daughter: A Sky Stone Thriller (Sky Stone Thriller Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's P. M. Steffen Page; Review: Great reading that kept me both entertained busy while on a long bus trip through India. I am definitely looking forward to the next book based on these characters.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deception Cove (A Rainshadow Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Jayne Castle Page; Review: A fun book for a winter day to read by the fire. Good characters and adventurous characters and just the right amount of mystery.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Destroyer Angel: An Anna Pigeon Novel (Anna Pigeon Mysteries); Author: Visit Amazon's Nevada Barr Page; Review: This story is Excellent to the very end and hard to put down. The strength of the women characters is wonderful.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Trust Company; Author: Visit Amazon's Paul N Stam Page; Review: Good read for those who enjoy an action thriller with a financial bent. A little slow to start but picked up speed and had a good ending. Look forward to following the main characters into the second book.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Deadly Scandal (Deadly Series) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's Kate Parker Page; Review: Light reading for relaxing over a mystery; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Kevin Kwan Page; Review: Great fun especially if you have spent time in Asia; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Perilous Waif (Alice Long); Author: Visit Amazon's E. William Brown Page; Review: Great fun to read can't wait for book 2! Loved the detailed world building and descriptions of technology but also the the tech wasn't a 'magic' solution for everything. Also good humor and human moments :).; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Days Inn by Wyndham York; City: York Nebraska; Review: We have avoided Days Inn motels for quite some time, so when the other motels were booked up in York, Nebraska we were hesitant about this one. We tried it and surprise! it was clean, smelled clean, the day manager was very pleasant and accomodating and the price was very reasonable. The breakfast bar was basic, no frills, but satisfactory.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zuber s Homestead Hotel; City: Homestead Iowa; Review: My daughter stayed in this wonderful, old inn style hotel in Homestead, Iowa and were charmed with our room, the Wild Rose. All of the rooms have individual themes and are able to be viewed on their website. The Wild Rose was on the second floor, which involves climbing a staircase that is old style, a bit narrow, good railings though. It was clean, even the corners of the bathroom were clean, and the mattresses were firm and provided an excellent sleep. The breakfast served was Amana style, good breakfast casserole, fresh fruit and oatmeal, which is part of the room cost. I highly recommend this bed and breakfast/hotel to everyone wishing to visit the Amana Colonies.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pensacola Grand Hotel; City: Pensacola Florida; Review: This is a hotel built partially over an old depot. The way they incorporated the new with the old was beautiful! Our room was on the 12th floor, which overlooked the bay and the coliseum; the view was great. Our room was comfortable and clean. The only problem was with the toilet clogging. The restaurant on site was o.k. A bit on the pricey side. The outside pool was very enjoyable. The desk clerks were efficient and very friendly and accommodating. All in all, I would stay here again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Candlewood Suites Springfield; City: Springfield Illinois; Review: We were allowed to check in early, but not go into our rooms as it was not check in time yet and the rooms were not ready. My husband and I came back after 3 pm and were assigned a first floor room that was great! When we opened the door, we saw a complete kitchen and a large room. The room was clean, the mattress was good and we could have stayed there for many nights, if we had to. We will definitely return here!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Old Capitol Inn; City: Jackson Mississippi; Review: The lady at the welcome center booked this for us. The check in desk was like a step back in time with an old rounded front. There is an elevator. Our room was VERY small, only enough room for two small tables on each side. No desk or table to work a computer. The bathroom was very good and the shower was excellent. They had an outside cafe that evening on the roof with music that served sandwiches. In the morning, we ate in the dining room with the best breakfast we have ever been served in any hotel/motel. They have a lovely courtyard to walk in, which should not be missed. I would recommend this hotel highly even with the tiny room.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Church s Blue Pine Motel; City: Panguitch Utah; Review: Motels nearest Bryce Canyon so I checked Trip Advisor for a decent place nearby. Church's Blue Pine motel was said to be clean with a good staff so we tried it. It's been years since we have seen a room that small! However, it was clean and had a very comfortable mattress. The Check in clerk was very personable and helpful. We recommend this motel.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Comfort Inn University; City: Missoula Montana; Review: No elevator! If you need the first floor because of age, etc., you better book in advance. The room was the old style standard size, but was very nice for us. We enjoyed the pool all to ourselves. The continental breakfast was plentiful.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Paradise Inn Resort; City: Fillmore Utah; Review: This is a motel without an elevator, but has many first floor rooms as it is built in the old mom and pop style. We were able to park directly in front of our room, which made unloading the suit cases much easier. My first impression was not favorable because of the dark carpet, but after getting used to the room, I realized that it was clean and that is the main issue. We had a short walk next door to a restaurant for a breakfast off a menu which was designed for the motel customers.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Plus A Wayfarer s Inn and Suites; City: Kingman Arizona; Review: Comfortable room with access from the rear of the motel that had an elevator with carts available. The restaurants were available by a bit of walking, or you could drive if needed. The breakfast was great with a good variety. The check in staff was friendly and courteous. Would stay here again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Corvallis; City: Corvallis Oregon; Review: We were very pleased with our room in this Best Western. It was large, clean and comfortable. The desk clerk rose above his frustration about a power outage that had just happened and checked us in with little delay. This young man did an outstanding job and was efficient and pleasant. This hotel is directly across the street from a wonderful Italian restaurant and small mall. Would definitely stay here again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: چرم ساغری; Author: Honore de Balzac; Genres: history, romance, mystery, thriller, crime, paranormal, biography, historical fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, fiction; Review: dr wq` yn rmn `jyb ykh msy'lh khS r mTrH mykhnd.chrm sGry Tlsmy st khh gwy'y zndgy r dr khwd mtrkhm skhth st.hmchnnkhh tlsh frd bry rsydn bh khwsth h w rzwy khwd btdryj nyrwhy jsm w jnsh r my frsyd w z srmyh zndgnysh my khhd drndh Tlsm nyz dr nyl bh khm w rzwy khwd -khh khfy st fqT br zbn yd t brwrdh shwd-shhd khhsh wnqbD yn prh chrm my grdd .t rwzykhh pymnh rzw pr shwd w b zyl shdn chrm mrg hm dr my rsd.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: ورونیکا تصمیم میگیرد بمیرد; Author: Paulo Coelho; Genres: young-adult, thriller, crime, fiction, non-fiction, romance, mystery; Review: yn khtb py'lw khwy'ylw drbrh khsny st khh khh dr Glb hy m`mwl jm`h nmy gnjnd.drbrh jnwn st w w nyz bh yftn rhy mtfwt bry zndgy. bry khsny khh khh Glb b pyshdwryhy dygrn zrmy bynnd fqT bh yn dlyl khh mthl dygrn fkhr nmy khnnd; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: I Care About Your Happiness: Question from Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell; Author: Kahlil Gibran; Genres: non-fiction, poetry; Review: qdrt w nshy z ykh nyrwy m`nwy st dr Gyr yn Swrt nwshth hy w chnyn mwthr w jhny z b dr nmy md m `Zmt w zyby'y zbn w khh Hrfhysh r dr Glb n byn khrdh st hmgy bh khwd n t`lq drd; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: یک جلوش تا بینهایت صفرها; Author: Ali Shariati; Genres: paranormal, non-fiction, children, fantasy; Review: twy Hsb:fqT <> `ddh, tw yn `lm: fqT <> h! bqyh hr chh hst, Sfr st, hmh Sfrnd, hych nd, pwch nd, khly nd, <>: ykh dyrh tw khly, dwr my znd,w akhrsh brsd bh wlsh w ... hych! hmyn! fqT, ykh st w jlwsh -t by nhyt -Sfrh, Sfr: khly, pwch, hych! wqty bkhwd khwdsh bshh, tnh bshh, wqty bkhwd fqT b Sfrh bshh, m wqty jlw <> bshynh...?! wqty bkhwd fqT bry <> bshh, z pwchy w z tnhyy dr byd, hmnshyn ykh bshh?!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: هبوط در کوير; Author: Ali Shariati; Genres: history, non-fiction, biography, historical fiction; Review: m`rfy thr hbwT dr khwyr dkhtr shry`ty <> `nwn ktb syzdhm z mjmw`h athr 35 jldy dktr shry`ty st kh btd dr dw ktb b `nwnhy <> w <> bh chp rsydhnd. shry`ty dr bkhsh wl ktb y`ny hbwT, dstn smblyk adm w hbwT w r z bhsht mynwysd kh dr Hqyqt flsf@ trykh wst kh bh zbn nmd w smbl Hkyt myshwd w dr bkhsh dwm, kwyr r bh `nwn nmd wTnsh yrn brmygzynd w b brshmrdn mshkhSt kwyr, msyl an rwz w trykh pr w frz w nshyb yrn r trsym myknd w my gwyd: <; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | goodreads |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Chances Are; Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Bretton Page; Review: Love it !!!!! I had read book two 1st not knowing it was the second book LOVED it so now went back n read the 1st they both stand strong independently. I highly recommend them! Hated for them to end!!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Shore Lights; Author: Visit Amazon's Barbara Bretton Page; Review: loved the books !!!! Wish there was more to the story "many more books to continue on...."; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Cry from the Dust (A Gwen Marcey Novel); Author: Visit Amazon's Carrie Stuart Parks Page; Review: Great! Had my interest throughout the entire book. I Already have the next book, I hope she keeps writing.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: A Family Affair: The Promise; Truth in Lies, Book 7 (Volume 7); Author: Visit Amazon's Mary Campisi Page; Review: I Love the book!!! I Have read all 7 of the books n highly recommend them . KEEP writing they are great!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Come Rain or Come Shine; Author: Visit Amazon's Jan Karon Page; Review: Loved it I can hardly wait for the next one; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Good Together (The Carrigans of the Circle C) (Volume 1); Author: Visit Amazon's CJ Carmichael Page; Review: Loved it; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Queen Of Hearts By Queen Latifah Ml Edp Spray, 3.4 Ounce; Brand: Queen Latifah; Review: i honestly expected a more expensive smell like Queen but its not. i love love love Queen..this is a more floral smell but it softens into a nice just sutle smell. i would wear it for small events where you want to wear perfume to have a slight scent that the only way to smell it is if someone had their nose to your neck. i wouldnt put it on strong as it has a super strong smell at first. it reminds me of original Amarige to be honest just cheaper.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Juicy Couture By Juicy Couture For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz.; Brand: Juicy Couture; Review: i smelled this in a clothing store. and loved it. this was exactly what was in the store. for me, i cant put on alot. it totally messes with my sinuses. but a little dab-a-do-ya..and the dry down is really nice..; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The One By Dolce & Gabbana For Women Eau De Parfum Spray 1.6 Oz; Brand: The One; Review: well i actually was hoping for a more sweet musk smell but this is sweet. i saw nothing but great reviews and even got a recommend from my friend. its not one i would wear all the time but i do like it. Queen by Queen Latifah is my favorite smell. but i also like having variety. Again Amazon, great when it comes to shipping. i got this in less than 1 week from my ordering!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Juicy Couture By Juicy Couture For Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 3.4 Oz.; Brand: Juicy Couture; Review: i smelled this in a clothing store. and loved it. this was exactly what was in the store. for me, i cant put on alot. it totally messes with my sinuses. but a little dab-a-do-ya..and the dry down is really nice..; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The One By Dolce & Gabbana For Women Eau De Parfum Spray 1.6 Oz; Brand: The One; Review: well i actually was hoping for a more sweet musk smell but this is sweet. i saw nothing but great reviews and even got a recommend from my friend. its not one i would wear all the time but i do like it. Queen by Queen Latifah is my favorite smell. but i also like having variety. Again Amazon, great when it comes to shipping. i got this in less than 1 week from my ordering!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Can Can by Paris Hilton for Women - 3.4 Ounce EDP Spray; Brand: Paris Hilton; Review: i am 43. not trying to be young. love my age. and i like this smell. it softens to a cotton candy smell. goes on somewhat strong though. its a smell for the weekend. if you are trying to be classy, this aint the perfume! lol! Dolce and Gabanna The One would be the classier sweet smell.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dolce & GABBAna Rose The One by Dolce & GABBAna for Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 1.6-Ounce; Brand: Dolce & Gabbana; Review: i am now a Dolce and Gabbana fan of The One. Rose and Regular! i like the heaviness of it. and you can smell the rose from the first spray. and then it softens to a nice sutle scent...love it. delivery was fast fast fast!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Can Can by Paris Hilton for Women - 3.4 Ounce EDP Spray; Brand: Paris Hilton; Review: i am 43. not trying to be young. love my age. and i like this smell. it softens to a cotton candy smell. goes on somewhat strong though. its a smell for the weekend. if you are trying to be classy, this aint the perfume! lol! Dolce and Gabanna The One would be the classier sweet smell.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dolce & GABBAna Rose The One by Dolce & GABBAna for Women. Eau De Parfum Spray 1.6-Ounce; Brand: Dolce & Gabbana; Review: i am now a Dolce and Gabbana fan of The One. Rose and Regular! i like the heaviness of it. and you can smell the rose from the first spray. and then it softens to a nice sutle scent...love it. delivery was fast fast fast!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Versace Bright Crystal Eau de Toilette Spray for Women, 3 Ounce; Brand: Versace; Review: bright crystals reminds me of Victoria Secrets Gorgeous fragrance mist. its a very fresh smell. i bought the .17 oz bottle. i wont buy it anymore. i get a large 8.4 ox body mist from Victoria secret that smells just as good.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: With Love by Hilary Duff for Women 3.3 oz Eau de Parfum Spray; Brand: Hilary Duff; Review: i really like the wrapped with love but this one is wayy too woodsy for me. its just plain terrible. no more blind buys for me. my last few orders have been horrible. but if you like a strong woodsy smell. this is for you.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Body Fantasies Body Spray for Women, Cotton Candy Fantasy Fragrance, 8 Ounce; Brand: Body Fantasies; Review: i found this same product at Walmart for $6.00. i wish i had looked there first and i would have saved some money but i am looking foward to this smell. several you tubers says its smells like candy and thats what i am looking for!; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Beauty |
Given the interaction history of a user with news articles as follows:
Title: People Think the Skeleton on 'The Masked Singer' Is Christopher Meloni; Abstract: We'll send in Benson to investigate.; Category: tv
Title: Ancient 'lost city' of the Khmer Empire discovered in Cambodia; Abstract: Researchers have identified the elusive ancient "lost city" of Cambodia for the first time, according to a report published Tuesday.; Category: travel
Title: Pitchman Anthony Sullivan Opens Hemp Farm to Grow CBD for Daughter with Rare Disease; Abstract: He needed to find a replacement for the powerful drugs his 8-year-old daughter had been taking.; Category: health
Title: Here's Jennifer Lopez Wearing the Most Extra Bejeweled Wedding Dress; Abstract: She's filming a movie but still. Look at that dress!!; Category: lifestyle
Title: 22 times celebrities completely nailed their Halloween costumes as your favorite fictional characters; Abstract: These celebrities pulled out all the stops to transform into fan-favorite TV and film characters, from Daenerys Targaryen to Cruella de Vil.; 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: 25 candid photos of icons who shaped pop culture; Abstract: Photographer Oscar Abolafia captured images of Elvis, Madonna, Robert Redford, Lucille Ball, and many more.; Category: entertainment
Title: 'I Lost 125 Pounds And Now I'm A Bodybuilder'; Abstract: "Bring on the sparkly bikinis!"; Category: health
Title: Celebs celebrate Halloween 2019; Abstract: Here's how the stars dressed up while celebrating Halloween this year!; Category: entertainment
Title: 'I Lost 125 Pounds And Now I'm A Bodybuilder'; Abstract: "Bring on the sparkly bikinis!"; Category: health
Title: A couple's attempt to re-create a picture-perfect engagement photo with a bottle of Champagne totally backfired, but the result is going viral; Abstract: Alyssa Snodsmith, 24, and Collin Hewett, 23, shared their failed attempt to recreate a Pinterest picture for their engagement photo.; Category: lifestyle
Title: 'Rich Kids' Stars Morgan Stewart and Brendan Fitzpatrick to Divorce After 3 Years of Marriage; Abstract: ET confirmed earlier this month that Fitzpatrick is now dating 'Bachelor' alum Amanda Stanton.; Category: tv
Title: The best celebrity couple Halloween costumes; Abstract: From Chrissy and John to Kim and Kanye, see the stars with the best coordinated costumes.; Category: entertainment
Title: Celebrities dressed as other stars for Halloween; Abstract: See all the stars who celebrate Halloween in costume as another star.; Category: entertainment
Title: Carrie Underwood's Sons Make the Cutest Grinch and Dog Max Duo for Halloween; Abstract: The little guy brought some Christmas spirit to the holiday in the cutest way ever.; Category: music
Title: Teresa Giudice, daughters reunite with Joe in Italy: See the pic!; Abstract: Teresa Giudice and her daughters are finally seeing Joe after his release from prison and an ICE detention facility.; Category: tv
Title: A controversial comedian and a former child star are eliminated on 'Masked Singer'; Abstract: After some dumb thing called the World Series tragically preempted The Masked Singer for two friggin' weeks in a friggin' row prompting Twitter outrage and ruining everyone's Halloween-week fun (for Masked Singer fans, apparently there is crying in baseball) this Wednesday, Fox finally got back to focusing on America's real favorite pastime: watching C- and D-list mystery celebrities dress up in Halloween-inspo costumes and belt out Lizzo and OneRepublic hits. And it was a double-header, to use some baseball terminology, because Fox made up for lost time by airing two episodes back-to-back. Of course, double the fun meant double the eliminations, so this week we had to bid farewell to two furry friends: the Penguin, aka comedian Sherri Shepherd, and the Black Widow, aka former child star Raven-Symone. Jenny McCarthy had guessed that pretty much every female contestant since Season1 was Shepherd, so she was destined to be correct eventually. As for the Black Widow, I got that one right. I knew that eight-legged diva was so Raven from the very beginning. Anyway, while I have missed The Masked Singer like a Rottweiler misses his bone, a flower misses the sun, or a black widow misses her web, on the plus side, the past two weeks have given me some time off to reflect, furiously pore over various Google search queries and Wikipedia pages, and change my uneducated guesses since the last time many of these kooky cosplay characters rocked the mic. I now return to the show refreshed, renewed, and ready to keep my semi-winning streak going.; Category: video
Title: I Was 24 & Had Just Scored My Dream Job In Fashion. Then An Accident In The Hamptons Changed Everything.; Abstract: One in four adults in the U.S. are living with a disability, but you wouldn't know it given the lack of representation in media, Hollywood, and the workforce. We're shedding light on the real stories not the caricatures of this dynamic and vibrant community of individuals. Read more stories from our Voices of Disability series. By the time I was 24, I was living a life that felt like a dream. I was pursuing a career in the fashion industry,...; Category: health
Title: Inside the world's largest plane, which has a wingspan longer than a football field and a mysterious new owner; Abstract: The Stratolaunch is 238 feet long, 50 feet tall, and has a 385-foot wingspan. It made its first flight in April.; Category: news
Title: Celebrity mug shots; Abstract: Check out the best celebrity mug shots of all time!; Category: entertainment
Title: Shannon Beador Just Shared Multiple Photos Of Her Skin Recovering From A CO2 Laser; Abstract: The process took a full two weeks.; Category: health
Title: The Before-And-After Photos of This Man Who's Three Years Sober Will Amaze You; Abstract: Alcohol was destroying Kenny Dunn's life. Now three years clean, his sobriety progression photos and the inspiring story behind them are going viral.; Category: health
Title: A guide to the 2019 People's Choice Awards nominees' significant others; Abstract: Learn more about the other halves of this year's People's Choice Awards nominees.; Category: entertainment
Title: 2019 People's Choice Awards fashion hits and misses; Abstract: See all the best and worst dressed stars at the 2019 People's Choice Awards.; Category: entertainment | mind |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Woman on Top (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Wedding Planner (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Sum of All Fears (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Pretty Woman (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Men of Honor (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dirty Dancing (1987); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Cocktail (1988); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Stepmom (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Deeds (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Runaway Bride (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Maid in Manhattan (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: John Q (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Two Weeks Notice (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Coyote Ugly (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The General's Daughter (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Patriot (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Forever Vera-82 Ballet Sandals; Brand: Forever; Review: These are beautiful but sadly they run way too big. I had to give them away :(; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Hanes Women's Relaxed Fit ComfortSoft V-Neck T-Shirt; Brand: ; Review: Love the fabric but it fit me too big. I wear an XL in women's and this one fit me like a 3X :( still gonna wear it around the house though lol.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hanes Women's Relaxed Fit ComfortSoft V-Neck T-Shirt; Brand: ; Review: Love the fabric but it fit me too big. I wear an XL in women's and this one fit me like a 3X :( still gonna wear it around the house though lol.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: TOP HEADWEAR TopHeadwear Blank Bucket Hat; Brand: TOP HEADWEAR; Review: Bought this for my boyfriend. He loves it. And it fits nicely on his head.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: High Pointed Cat Eye Sunglasses Sharp Geometric Square Frame Cateyes (Black-Pink); Brand: zeroUV; Review: My favorite glasses to wear out anywhere!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gildan womens 6.5 oz. DryBlend Pique Sport Shirt (G948L); Brand: ; Review: I love the fit. Not snug and not loose at all.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gildan womens 6.5 oz. DryBlend Pique Sport Shirt (G948L); Brand: ; Review: I love the fit. Not snug and not loose at all.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Qupid Women's Trio-01 Fashion Ankle High Bootie Western Cowboy Riding Boots; Brand: Qupid; Review: They arrived on time. I love the mustard yellow color. However as cute as they looked, the toe and heel part were a bit scuffed up. I'll keep them though and try to scuff them all over to make them look rustic haha.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: esvor Sweetheart Chiffon Party Prom Bridesmaid Dress Long Evening Gown; Brand: esvor; Review: Bought this on a gamble and MAN did I hit the jackpot! Lol it fit perfectly!! It was a wee bit long but I'm getting it hemmed anyways cause I'm short. Overall, great purchase! I'm super happy with my dress!; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with books as follows:
Title: Hello Goodbye: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Emily Chenoweth Page; Review: I just re-read Hello Goodbye after a few years because I wanted to revisit Abby, the 18 year-old at the heart of this fantastic, heartbreaking, and joyful novel. She is one of the great young adult characters of literature, adventurous and vulnerable, self-aware and delusional. In stunningly lyrical writing, Chenoweth has captured the contradictions of youth, its solipsism and generosity, its beauty. The book more than held up to a re-read. It was a delight to visit some scenes and plot points I'd forgotten, but the setting and characters had remained vivid in my head. They're that well-rendered.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Listeners; Author: Visit Amazon's Leni Zumas Page; Review: Quinn is my favorite protagonist in all of American literature right now. She's wry and smart and guarded and her thoughts are fascinating and human. But it's her body that blew me away. Zumas gives us a female character with an actual body, one in pain and pleasure, numbness and terror. After I read this, characters in most other books seemed as flimsy as paper dolls. The writing here is gorgeous, but not just for beauty's sake. It's doing really fascinating work of shaping a narrative and a mindset.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Doctor's Wife; Author: Visit Amazon's Luis Jaramillo Page; Review: There is magic in this book. Jaramillo manages to create an entire world in a few paragraphs. This elegant book has the emotional range of an opera, its story both heart-breaking and joyful. I gave it to friends who gave it to friends who gave it to friends. It's one of those books, long beloved.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: "Hamlet" After Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text (Material Texts); Author: Visit Amazon's Zachary Lesser Page; Review: This book did a fantastic job of helping me look at Hamlet in an entirely new light. Lesser uses the story of the re-discovery of the "bad" quarto of Hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century to show how many of our more-or-less received truths about the play stem from that moment in time. As scholars and editors tried to reckon with the quarto's shorter, in some ways choppier, and in all ways weirder version of Hamlet (it was found in a closet! check yours for old Shakespeare plays now), their attempts to deal with divergences between texts made their way into ossified traditions. There's exciting stuff here for teachers, for lovers of Shakespeare, for bibliophiles, for theater practioners, and for anyone who ever wanted to understand how the meaning of Shakespeare's plays comes into being.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Red Clocks: A Novel; Author: Visit Amazon's Leni Zumas Page; Review: I am so glad I read Red Clocks, and so glad that there are writers like Leni Zumas who are able to make a book like this one. Diving into the world of these characters is the kind of experience we don't get to have every day -- their dreams and desires, their feelings and ambitions, force us to consider our world in new arrangements. This is what I think all good books do. Will we (in the US) live in a country where abortion is entirely illegal and laws are passed forbidding adoption by single parents? We easily could! But the 'speculative' parts of this book seem secondary to its amazing ability to lure readers into intimacies with so many different kinds of people, places, relationships. Arctic ice? Humid Oregon forests? I loved my time in these landscapes, called up by Zumas' true gift for scene and voice. What can I say? I was blown away. I loved this book. It's such a rewarding read.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_books |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: A Beautiful Mind (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: S.W.A.T. (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Sum of All Fears (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Finding Nemo (Widescreen) (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Road to Perdition (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Memento (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Murder By Numbers (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Black Hawk Down (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Monster's Ball (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Die Another Day (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: In the Bedroom (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Pearl Harbor (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Monsters (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Maid in Manhattan (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Behind Enemy Lines (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Schindler's List (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Band of Brothers (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Mona Lisa Smile (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Weapon (1987); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Patriot Games (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Bug's Life (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Open Range (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Crimson Tide (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: We Were Soldiers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: U-571 (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Clear and Present Danger (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Fugitive (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Peter Pan (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Spartan (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Chasing Amy (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rob Roy (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Body (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Threesome (1994); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nine Months (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The American President (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: I Love You (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Regarding Henry (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sunshine (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: America's Sweethearts (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Braveheart (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dante's Peak (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The English Patient (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Original Sin (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Love Potion #9 (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: While You Were Sleeping (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Love Actually (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Steel Magnolias (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Erin Brockovich (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mystic Pizza (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Saint (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sleeping With the Enemy (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: At First Sight (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Entrapment (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Armageddon (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Pelican Brief (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Barcelona (1994); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Apollo 13 (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Net (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Conspiracy Theory (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Enemy at the Gates (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The World Is Not Enough (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: In & Out (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Good Will Hunting (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Turner and Hooch (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Stepmom (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The 13th Warrior (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Fifth Element (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Groundhog Day (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Music From Another Room (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hart's War (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Mexican (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Forrest Gump (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Evita (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Six Days (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Hamlet (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Kid (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Maurice (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Air Force One (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Toy Story (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gladiator (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Birthday Girl (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Cast Away (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Toy Story 2 (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: You've Got Mail (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sabrina (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: K-19: The Widowmaker (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Prince of Egypt (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Traffic (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Perfect Murder (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Big (1988); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forces of Nature (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Green Mile (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Last of the Mohicans (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Corrina (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blow (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Maverick (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Chicken Run (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Saving Private Ryan (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bounce (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Shakespeare in Love (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mystic River (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Catch Me If You Can (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Chicago (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Phone Booth (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Hidalgo (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hellboy (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Man Apart (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Where the Heart Is (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shrek (Full-screen) (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Majestic (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lost in Translation (2003); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Frailty (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Punisher (2004); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Training Day (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Secondhand Lions (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Iris (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bent (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Trading Places (1983); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dave (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pay It Forward (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Three to Tango (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ghost (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: King Solomon's Mines (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Point Break (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Whole Nine Yards (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Autumn in New York (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: As Good as It Gets (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: To Wong Foo (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Twister (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Shawshank Redemption: Special Edition (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dead Man Walking (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Alamo (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Basic (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Van Helsing (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Friends: The Series Finale (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Perfect Storm (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Pianist (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Titan A.E. (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gone in 60 Seconds (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Girl (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Snatch (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Matchmaker (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Minority Report (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Seven (1995); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ice Age (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Bone Collector (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Thin Red Line (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Small Soldiers (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Troy (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Tomb Raider (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Meet Joe Black (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: A River Runs Through It (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Boondock Saints (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ransom (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: It Had to Be You (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: GoldenEye (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Destiny (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Professional (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Aladdin: Platinum Edition (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Vanishing (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Fast and the Furious (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Goonies (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Lost Battalion (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: An Affair to Remember (1957); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sabrina (1954); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Firm (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Titanic (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Alias: Season 1 (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Alias: Season 2 (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Alias: Season 3 (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Real Genius (1985); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Beauty (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rudy (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Brother Bear (Theatrical Widescreen Version) (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Don't Say a Word (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Uprising (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: 50th Anniversary Edition (1954); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Beaches (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Last Samurai (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The King and I (1956); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wonder Boys (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rain Man (1988); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Overboard (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 4 (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Bourne Identity (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Edward Scissorhands (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Single White Female (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Breakfast Club (1985); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Thin Man (1934); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Rookie (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fiddler on the Roof (1971); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cold Mountain (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Gangs of New York (2002); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Back to the Future (1985); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Rainmaker (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Frequency (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Pie (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A League of Their Own (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Sound of Music (1965); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kate & Leopold (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: X-Men (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Double Jeopardy (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Mom (1983); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Deceived (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Jurassic Park (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Field of Dreams (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: City of Angels (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Dead Poets Society (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Grease (1978); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: My Girl (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Independence Day (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 8 (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Parent Trap (1961); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ghostbusters (1984); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lawrence of Arabia (1962); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Treasure Planet (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Iron Giant: Special Edition (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Rundown (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Chronicles of Riddick (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Bourne Supremacy (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Terminal (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: I (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Man on Fire (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Manchurian Candidate (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Lion King: Special Edition (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mary Poppins (1964); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: King Arthur (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Wimbledon (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Garden State (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Narc (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Stuart Little 2 (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: High Fidelity (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 3 (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: First Knight (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hercules (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 2 (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 2 (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Here on Earth (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Under Siege (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Simpsons: Season 3 (1991); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: A Walk in the Clouds (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Heathers (1989); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Best of Friends: Season 1 (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Best of Friends: Season 2 (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Doctor Zhivago (1965); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Private Parts (1997); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: Special Edition (1988); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pollyanna (1960); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 2 (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gandhi (1982); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Stuart Little (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Roman Holiday (1953); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Anna and the King (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Scent of a Woman (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 5 (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Medicine Man (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Patton (1970); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Felicity: Season 1 (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Joseph: King of Dreams (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Billy Madison (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Robin Hood (Disney) (1973); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fools Rush In (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Phenomenon (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Rescuers (1977); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Top Gun (1986); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rebecca (1940); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cruel Intentions (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Rescuers Down Under (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Married... with Children: The Most Outrageous Episodes: Vol. 1 (1987); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Analyze This (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mad About You: Season 1 (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Sword in the Stone (1963); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Iron Will (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: There's Something About Mary: Special Edition (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Broken Arrow (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Music Man (1962); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Houseboat (1958); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Places in the Heart (1984); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: An American Tail (1986); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Simon Birch (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 1 (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Little Women (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Short Circuit (1986); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: In the Line of Fire (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Oliver & Company (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cliffhanger (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Coming to America (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ulee's Gold (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Aristocats (1970); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: True Lies (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: South Park: Season 4 (2000); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Powder (1995); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Housesitter (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pitch Black (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lolita (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: French Kiss (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Spider-Man (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Uncle Buck (1989); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: One Fine Day (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Father of the Bride (1950); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: City Slickers (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Jumanji (1995); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Coal Miner's Daughter: Collector's Edition (1980); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Calamity Jane (1953); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 4 (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: What About Bob? (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Xena: Warrior Princess: Season 1 (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sense and Sensibility (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Fox and the Hound (1981); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Best of Friends: Vol. 1 (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Fantasia (1940); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Father of the Bride (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Sopranos: Season 1 (1999); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Kindergarten Cop (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Panic Room (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Birdcage (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Wedding Singer (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Mad About You: Season 2 (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Blast from the Past (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When a Man Loves a Woman (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Meet the Parents (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Michael Moore's The Awful Truth: Season 1 (1999); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Legally Blonde (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dumbo (1941); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mulan: Special Edition (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Eye for an Eye (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Something's Gotta Give (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bridget Jones's Diary (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Mummy (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 7 (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Recruit (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: What Women Want (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: When Harry Met Sally (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Serendipity (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: About a Boy (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Men in Black II (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Shrek 2 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Italian Job (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rose Hill (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Proof of Life (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 5 (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Runaway Jury (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Paycheck (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mission: Impossible (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Miss Congeniality (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sommersby (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Seven Years in Tibet (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Insomnia (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Legends of the Fall (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: High Crimes (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Twisted (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Along Came a Spider (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The End of the Affair (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Spy Game (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Moulin Rouge (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Affair of the Necklace (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Two Weeks Notice (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Never Been Kissed (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ocean's Eleven (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Courage Under Fire (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Changing Lanes (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Mask of Zorro (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Demolition Man (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Laws of Attraction (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Knockaround Guys (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Alien vs. Predator (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: K-Pax (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Few Good Men (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Secret Garden (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 3 (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 6 (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Chain Reaction (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Felicity: Season 2 (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 3 (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 4 (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Mummy Returns (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 5 (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Time to Kill (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 6 (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Spider-Man 2 (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Men in Black (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Without a Paddle (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Vanity Fair (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Liar Liar (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Innerspace (1987); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A Walk to Remember (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dr. Dolittle (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Gone with the Wind: Collector's Edition (1939); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Caddyshack (1980); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: I.Q. (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Anastasia (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Passport to Paris (1999); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: When in Rome (2002); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Shall We Dance? (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Presidio (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Notebook (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hunt for Red October (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Down to You (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Keeping the Faith (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Rock (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Around the Bend (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Shark Tale (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Duplex (Widescreen) (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Uptown Girls (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: La Femme Nikita: Season 2 (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Village (2004); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Heat: Special Edition (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 9 (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Governess (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Country Life (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Witness (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Chocolat (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Alfie (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Mulan 2 (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ripley's Game (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Timeline (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 21 Grams (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Vatel (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Friends: Season 7 (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Lost Boys: Special Edition (1987); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lean on Me (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Relative Values (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hard Cash (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Speed (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hope Floats (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: In Love and War (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Practical Magic (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lilo and Stitch (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dragonheart (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Charlotte's Web (1973); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wild Things (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Untamed Heart (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bedazzled (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fifteen Minutes (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: I Spy (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Jane Eyre (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Strange Brew (1983); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Defending Your Life (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 1 (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: All Creatures Great and Small: Series 3 (1980); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Man of the House (1995); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Cutting Edge (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Send Me No Flowers (1964); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Emperor's New Groove (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pride and Prejudice (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Baby Boom (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Mists of Avalon (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bringing Up Baby (1938); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Grifters (1990); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Flight of the Navigator (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Maltese Falcon (1941); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Parent Trap (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: City by the Sea (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Odd Couple (1968); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pete's Dragon (1977); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Wizard of Oz: Collector's Edition (1939); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jurassic Park III (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dances With Wolves: Special Edition (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Glory (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Escape from New York (1981); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mystery (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: All Creatures Great and Small: Series 4 (1988); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Almost Famous (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Green Card (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Awakenings (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Michael (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Watcher in the Woods (1980); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: That Thing You Do! (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Glass House (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: George of the Jungle (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Doctor Dolittle (1967); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Flubber (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The River Wild (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Adventures in Babysitting (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Dirty Dancing (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Romeo & Juliet (1968); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Of Mice And Men (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lover Come Back (1961); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Object of My Affection (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Boys on the Side (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Horatio Hornblower (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Edge (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Road to El Dorado (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Quigley Down Under (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 3 (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hello (1969); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Arthur (1981); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Horse Whisperer (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Miami: Season 2 (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: G.I. Jane (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Insomnia (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Absent-Minded Professor (1961); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Die Hard (1988); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Oliver! (1968); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Score (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Radio (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: 20 (1954); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Contact (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mission: Impossible II (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Working Girl (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bring It On (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Boys Don't Cry (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Toy Soldiers (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Enemy Mine (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Payback (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Yours (1968); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Miami: Season 1 (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Joy Luck Club (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jane Eyre (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: National Velvet (1944); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Core (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A Perfect World (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Billy Elliot (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Pajama Game (1957); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Man from Snowy River (1982); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Client (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Black Beauty (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Heist (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Birds (1963); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ben-Hur: Collector's Edition (1959); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Felicity: Season 4 (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Tin Cup (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Balto (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Truman Show (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Matrix (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pillow Talk (1959); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Edition (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Osmosis Jones (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: All Creatures Great and Small: Series 2 (1979); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Point of No Return (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Amadeus (1984); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bubble Boy (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 2 (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Up Close & Personal (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Siege (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Enigma (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: That Touch of Mink (1962); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Andre (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Tigger Movie (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Love Me or Leave Me (1955); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cape Fear (1962); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: CSI: Season 4 (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lolita (1962); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: La Femme Nikita (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sweet November (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Woman of the Year (1942); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Wedding Planner (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Better Off Dead (1985); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sixteen Candles (1984); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Alex and Emma (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hollow Man (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Town & Country (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Harrison's Flowers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Judge Dredd (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Four Feathers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: My Cousin Vinny (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pretty Woman (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Unfaithful (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Rear Window (1954); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Something to Talk About (1995); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Reign of Fire (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mighty Joe Young (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 28 Days (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: American Pie 2 (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Runaway Bride (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Remains of the Day (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Incredibles (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Far and Away (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Cider House Rules (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Princess Diaries (Widescreen) (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Little Women (1949); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: EDtv (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The First Wives Club (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Desk Set (1957); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Novocaine (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Analyze That (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pretty in Pink (1986); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A Walk on the Moon (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Notting Hill (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Zoolander (2001); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Say Anything (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Clueless (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Some Like It Hot (1959); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Finding Neverland (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Woman on Top (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Sharpe 1: Sharpe's Rifles (1993); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Ten Commandments (1956); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Carolina (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Return to Me (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Flight of the Phoenix (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ocean's Twelve (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition (1959); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Matrix: Reloaded (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Dial M for Murder (1954); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Little Women (1932); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Moby Dick (1956); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Good Morning (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Anywhere But Here (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Star Wars: Clone Wars: Vol. 1 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Loverboy (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: With Honors (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Come September (1961); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Coyote Ugly (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: House (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Love Bug (1968); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Face/Off (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Closer (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Life as a House (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alias: Season 4 (2005); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Felicity: Season 3 (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 13 Going on 30 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Around the World in 80 Days (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Love's Enduring Promise (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ladder 49 (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Las Vegas: Season 1 (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: After the Sunset (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Cellular (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Intolerable Cruelty (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Love Comes Softly (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Taking Lives (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Absolute Power (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Born Free (1966); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Freaky Friday (1976); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bambi: Platinum Edition (1942); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Dirty Dozen (1967); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Kiss of the Dragon (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Death Becomes Her (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hostage (2005); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: It Happened to Jane (1959); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Hook (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Best Laid Plans (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Into the West (2005); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sideways (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Beyond Borders (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Tess (1980); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mansfield Park (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Le Divorce (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: For the Boys (1991); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Thrill of It All! (1963); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: St. Ives (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Switchback (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Alexander: Director's Cut (2004); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Scrubs: Season 1 (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Garfield: The Movie (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: A Very Long Engagement (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stargate SG-1: Season 1 (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Onegin (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: I Capture the Castle (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: First Daughter (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 24: Season 1 (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stargate Atlantis: Rising (Pilot Episode) (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Pride and Prejudice (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: I Love Lucy: Season 5 (1955); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Hurricane (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Princess Diaries (Fullscreen) (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Without a Trace: Season 1 (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Deadwood: Season 1 (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Indecent Proposal (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Aviator (2004); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: A Little Romance (1979); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: National Treasure (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Las Vegas: Season 2 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mad Love (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Dirt Devil Junior Lights Sounds Upright Toy Vacuum Cleaner; Brand: Dirt Devil; Review: So cute. My grandson has vacuumed more in 2 weeks than his mother has in 6 months.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Learning Resources Fresh Picked Fruit And Veggie Tote, 17 Pieces; Brand: Learning Resources; Review: My 16 month old grandson loves this. Very nice bag to hold the wide assortment of fruit and vegetables.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Chicco Sit 'N Ride Train; Brand: Chicco; Review: This was a Christmas gift for my grandson and he still plays with it everyday. Loves the music and hides his snacks in the flip up seat. I tried to re-order but only one I could find was used. I bought it because this is one toy that he has not become bored with.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kidoozie Funtime Tractor; Brand: Kidoozie; Review: Cute toy.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Step2 Thomas the Tank Engine Up and Down Roller Coaster; Brand: Step2; Review: This was a hit.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Learning Resources SnapnLearn Number Bugs; Brand: Learning Resources; Review: My 2 year old grandson loves this.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Color Caterpillars; Brand: Learning Resources; Review: Very nice learning toys. Convenient carrying bucket is a plus.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Learning Resources Counting Elephants, Set of 10; Brand: Learning Resources; Review: Just came across Learning Resources products. In process of acquiring each one. Great learning toys.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Shape Butterflies; Brand: Learning Resources; Review: I have purchased many of the Learning Resources Snap n Learn products. Very happy with them.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Melissa & Doug Service Station Parking Garage, Vehicles, Functional Elevator, Easy to Carry, 6 Pieces, 12? H ×; Brand: Melissa & Doug; Review: Doubles as parking garage, fuel fill up and car wash.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Step2 Spill & Splash Seaway Water Table; Brand: Step2; Review: Cute.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Toys_and_Games |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Miss Lulu Canvas Prints Satchel Messenger Shoulder Bag; Brand: Miss Lulu; Review: Bought it for my 11 year old daughter and she loves it!! A little bigger than I thought but she will grow into it. No problem!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Miss Lulu Canvas Prints Satchel Messenger Shoulder Bag; Brand: Miss Lulu; Review: Bought it for my 11 year old daughter and she loves it!! A little bigger than I thought but she will grow into it. No problem!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tommy Hilfiger Men's Davey Slip-On Loafer; Brand: ; Review: My husband usually wears a 11 but needed a 10 1/2; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Nuoxinus Emoji Keychain Mini Plush Pillows, Cute Toys Party Supplies Favors Handbag Key; Brand: Nuoxinus; Review: Great favors! The kids loved them!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: adidas Men's Seeley Skate Shoe; Brand: ; Review: Great sneakers!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: GRACE KARIN Women 50s Petticoat Skirts Tutu Crinoline Underskirt CL8922; Brand: ; Review: My daughter needs to get a little taller to fit into the small.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Perry Ellis Big Boys' Tickweave Suit; Brand: Perry Ellis; Review: Great suit!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: UJoowalk Womens Canvas Slip on Fashion Sneaker Skate Shoe; Brand: UJoowalk; Review: Great shoes; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Clothing_Shoes_and_Jewelry |
Given the interaction history of a user with movies/shows as follows:
Title: Sweet November (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bridget Jones's Diary (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Alex and Emma (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Here on Earth (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: When Harry Met Sally (1989); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Message in a Bottle (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Titanic (1953); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bruce Almighty (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Others (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Chasing Liberty (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rain Man (1988); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hope Floats (1998); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Seabiscuit (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Bachelor (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Fools Rush In (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Dying Young (1991); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Rookie (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Autumn in New York (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Pearl Harbor (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: 28 Days (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: An Affair to Remember (1957); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Runaway Bride (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The School of Rock (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Gangs of New York (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Keeping the Faith (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Just Married (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Bed of Roses (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Banger Sisters (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Forrest Gump (1994); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kate & Leopold (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Jerry Maguire (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spider-Man (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: One Fine Day (1996); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Phone Booth (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: She's All That (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Big (1988); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Matchstick Men (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Forces of Nature (1999); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Someone Like You (2001); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Anger Management (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bounce (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary (Rerelease) (2002); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Vanilla Sky (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Secondhand Lions (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Fart: The Movie (2000); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Rush Hour 2 (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Stir Crazy (1980); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Jaws (1975); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Look Who's Talking Too (1990); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Hook (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Nine to Five (1980); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: U.S. Marshals (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hollow Man (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Under Siege (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Being John Malkovich (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Collateral Damage (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: My Girl 2 (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Look Who's Talking (1989); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Don't Say a Word (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ghost Ship (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Little Nicky (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ghost (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Daredevil (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Forever Young (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cop and a Half (1993); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Black Dog (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Steel Magnolias (1989); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Erin Brockovich (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Wild Wild West (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Bringing Down the House (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Cannonball Run (1981); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: House on Haunted Hill (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Gone in 60 Seconds (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mouse Hunt (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mission to Mars (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Soul Man (1986); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: See No Evil (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: GoodFellas: Special Edition (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Snatch (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Fire Down Below (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Oh God! (1977); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lost in Space (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Pretty Woman (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Thrill of It All! (1963); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Glass House (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Entrapment (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Spies Like Us (1985); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Urban Legend (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: High Crimes (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Down to You (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Armageddon (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dr. Dolittle (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Agent Cody Banks (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Men of Honor (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Flubber (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Phenomenon (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Blade (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Scary Movie (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Dirty Dancing (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Finding Forrester (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Boys on the Side (1995); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Net (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Holes (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The World Is Not Enough (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Soul Food (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Good Will Hunting (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Brewster's Millions (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Cocktail (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mighty Joe Young (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Platoon (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: As Good as It Gets (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Stripes (1981); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Die Hard (1988); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Major League II (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Broken Arrow (1996); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: I.Q. (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Bone Collector (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Clockwork Orange (1971); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Emerald Forest (1985); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Outbreak (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Down to Earth (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Passenger 57 (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Inspector Gadget (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Pie (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: For Richer or Poorer (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Anaconda (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Hot Chick (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Sound of Music (1965); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Graffiti: Collector's Edition (1973); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Specialist (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Next of Kin (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Schindler's List (1993); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Double Jeopardy (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Animal (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Coyote Ugly (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Juror (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Core (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Terms of Endearment (1983); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Ghostbusters 2 (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Blue Streak (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Gladiator (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Money Train (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Batman Forever (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tin Cup (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pet Sematary (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Waterboy (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Matrix (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Species (1995); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Dead Poets Society (1989); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Independence Day (1996); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Saving Silverman (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: What About Bob? (1991); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Big Daddy (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Fletch (1985); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Big Lebowski (1998); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Siege (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Uncommon Valor (1983); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tango & Cash (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Father of the Bride (1991); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Con Air (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cops & Robbersons (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Kindergarten Cop (1990); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Wedding Singer (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Parent Trap (1961); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dirty Harry (1972); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Confidence (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Titanic (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Metro (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Tuxedo (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Murder at 1600 (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nurse Betty (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Mighty Ducks (1992); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Me (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Legally Blonde (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Varsity Blues (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ghostbusters (1984); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: K-911 (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Something's Gotta Give (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: X2: X-Men United (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Frida (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Training Day (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Beautiful Mind (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: S.W.A.T. (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Recruit (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bend It Like Beckham (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Crazy/Beautiful (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Story of Us (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Identity (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: What Women Want (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Freaky Friday (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: About a Boy (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Family Man (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Whale Rider (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Men in Black II (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Last Samurai (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bad Boys II (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: About Schmidt (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Sum of All Fears (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Matrix: Reloaded (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Finding Nemo (Widescreen) (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Signs (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bowling for Columbine (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Road to Perdition (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Italian Job (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Runaway Jury (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: At First Sight (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: One Hour Photo (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Memento (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Amelie (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Bourne Identity (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Frailty (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: A Walk to Remember (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Unfaithful (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Murder By Numbers (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Insomnia (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Black Hawk Down (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Die Another Day (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Something to Talk About (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Apollo 13 (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Minority Report (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Catch Me If You Can (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Horse Whisperer (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pale Rider (1985); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Daddy Day Care (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. Deeds (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Basic (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: In Love and War (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: We Were Soldiers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Windtalkers (2002); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Wyatt Earp: Special Edition (1994); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Radio (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Monsters (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Next Best Thing (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Brokedown Palace (1999); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Swordfish (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: John Q (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Moulin Rouge (2001); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chicago (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Tears of the Sun (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: You've Got Mail (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: White Oleander (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: City of Angels (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Ocean's Eleven (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mona Lisa Smile (2003); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Legally Blonde 2: Red (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Up Close & Personal (1996); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Red Dragon (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Hours (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Chocolat (2000); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Old School (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Out of Time (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Ring (2002); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Picture Perfect (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Wild Things 2 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Life or Something Like It (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Moonstruck (1987); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Porky's (1981); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Shipping News (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Empire Records: Remix! Special Fan Edition (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Apocalypse Now (1979); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Antitrust (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Popeye (1980); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Haunted Mansion (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Knight's Tale (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mystic River (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Two Weeks Notice (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Tailor of Panama (2001); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: I Dreamed of Africa (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: How to Deal (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Pay It Forward (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Under Suspicion (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Major League (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Uptown Girls (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Wedding Planner (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Nine Months (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sixteen Candles (1984); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 50 First Dates (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Brother Bear (Theatrical Widescreen Version) (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bad Boys (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Along Came Polly (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: America's Sweethearts (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Walk in the Clouds (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Serendipity (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jeff Foxworthy: Totally Committed (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Sting (1973); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Patch Adams (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Sixth Sense (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Vegas Vacation (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Paycheck (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mystery (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: My Cousin Vinny (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Money Pit (1986); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Miss Congeniality (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hanging Up (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Secret of My Success (1987); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Majestic (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Rush Hour (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Whatever It Takes (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Whole Nine Yards (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Monster's Ball (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Can't Hardly Wait (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Lover Come Back (1961); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: My Boss's Daughter (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Antwone Fisher (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Object of My Affection (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Dear God (1996); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: G.I. Jane (1997); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Welcome to Mooseport (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Serving Sara (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Fifth Element (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Twister (1990); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Weird Science (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Summer Catch (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Loser (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hart's War (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Maid in Manhattan (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Risky Business (1983); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Princess Diaries (Widescreen) (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Frequency (2000); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Great Escape (1963); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Coming to America (1988); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Revenge of the Nerds / Revenge of the Nerds 2: Double Feature (1984); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Men in Black (1997); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993); Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Nobody's Fool (1994); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mercury Rising (1998); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Field of Dreams (1989); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Tomb Raider (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: XXX: Special Edition (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Notting Hill (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Miracle (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Jeff Foxworthy: You Might Be a Redneck / Check Your Neck (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Changing Lanes (2002); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Replacements (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Return to Me (2000); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Green Mile (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: A Few Good Men (1992); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bandits (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Independent's Day (1998); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Back to the Future (1985); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Two Brothers and a Bride (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 13 Going on 30 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Starsky & Hutch (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Glory (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Deep End of the Ocean (1999); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Send Me No Flowers (1964); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Three Fugitives (1989); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Braveheart (1995); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Against the Ropes (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Bad Santa (2003); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: A Map of the World (1999); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: The Mummy (1999); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Man on Fire (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Fast and the Furious (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Crimson Tide (1995); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Butterfly Effect: Director's Cut (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Heavenly Creatures (1994); Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Cold Mountain (2003); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rules of Engagement (2000); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Spy Game (2001); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: American Outlaws (2001); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Laws of Attraction (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Pajama Game (1957); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Punisher (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: I (2004); Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Sideways (2004); Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Mr. 3000 (2004); Rating: 4.0/5.0 | netflix |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: San Andreas Bilingual; Brand: Dwayne Johnson; Review: Too much like movie-2012... Too predictable; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Falcon Rising; Brand: Michael Jai White; Review: Started off boring. Michael Jai White was out of character playing a depressed service man.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: 4Got10; Brand: Dolph Lundgren; Review: Movie wasn't that good; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: The Last Witch Hunter Digital; Brand: Vin Diesel; Review: Just plain boring; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Gutshot Straight Digital; Brand: Annalynne McCord; Review: The whole movie; Rating: 3.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with products as follows:
Title: Police Woman - The Complete First Season; Brand: Earl Holliman; Review: I have been waiting for this boxed set to be released for ages and I wasn't disappointed. Quite edgy stories for the time and maybe even more so in some respects than what would be featured now. If you like the 70s cop shows - the action, the cars, the clothes etc - then you will love this. The extras are a little light on but I bought it to watch the original show so who cares! Now they just need to bring out the other series along with Streets of San Francisco and the Zimbalist Jnr FBI series. Highly recommended; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Third Season Part One; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: Great series, great stories, great cars. Definitely recommend this series to anyone. I'd like to see the other series released more quickly though.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cannon/ Season 3; Brand: William Conrad; Review: Love Cannon and have bought all the series however, this third season had a fault on Disc 1 - so I reported it and Amazon kindly sent me another. Unfortunately same problem. Quality control not good enough!! And where are the follow up Seasons? Too slow.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Complete Sixth Season; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: Another great season of the fabulous FBI series. Definitely worth buying. Bring on the rest of the seasons please ASAP; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Flipper - The Original Series, Season 1; Brand: Luke Halpin; Review: What a great show this was and is. I remember as a kid loving this show. Everyone wanted a pet dolphin and to go swimming every day. What a life. A nice DVD set to buy if you have kids too; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Thunder & Lightning; Brand: David Carradine; Review: Great movie. Love the Sheriff. He is mighty bad. Great story and plenty of cool chases thanks to some hot Ford Galaxies and a hot Mercury. Really good early seventies film.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Police Story; Brand: Scott Brady; Review: Top quality Police drama that I would highly recommend but where are the other seasons of this innovative show? C'mon release the others!!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Police Woman season 2; Brand: ; Review: Really great show. Angie Dickinson is hot and it is a real quality program Plus I love the period clothes and cars but where are the other seasons? Too slow to release which makes it frustrating; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Adam-12; Brand: Martin Milner; Review: Thanks for releasing this series. I used to love it as a kid and I think that got me hooked on Police drama and Police cars for that matter. Really enjoyable to watch; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Breaking Bad: Season Four; Brand: Bryan Cranston; Review: All the hype is true. Great writing, great acting. Very smart and highly entertaining. Just make sure you watch them all in order.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: Season 1, Part 2; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: Well worth getting. Top quality police drama and I highly recommend buying each season. And if you like Fords then the added bonus is that's all they drive - apart from Mercurys and Lincoln! Top show; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Adam 12: Season 6; Brand: Kent McCord; Review: Really great show that takes me back to my childhood. A precursor to Chips with the buddy cop theme. Well worth buying the whole series.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Second Season Part One; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: Fantastic series. Thanks for releasing it. I am looking forward to the others. One of the all time great quality programmes; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Second Season Part Two; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: High quality police drama. Well FBI drama. Really enjoyable high quality and if you like Fords there are plenty in every scene.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Streets of San Francisco: Season 3, Vol. 2; Brand: Karl Malden; Review: Just one of the best Police shows you can buy. Highly recommended. Top quality and very enjoyable to watch. Buy it; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Third Season Part Two; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: One of the best Shows out there. Some over consistency of story lines that are repeated however a highly recommended top quality show.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Highway Patrol Complete Season 2; Brand: Broderick Crawford; Review: If you see my comments for the other series they apply to this too Worth getting if you like the Police genre; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Highway Patrol Complete Season 4; Brand: Broderick Crawford; Review: Despite the main star being a bit monotone he has a certain charm. Well worth watching if you like the Police genre; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Highway Patrol Complete Season 3; Brand: Broderick Crawford; Review: Well worth buying. The main star is a big dry but it gives a great insight into the early to mid fifties Police enforcement way of doing things. Worth buying; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Fourth Season; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist; Review: A great show that is well worth buying. I have them all so far and can't wait for the rest to be released. Definitely one of the all time greats.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 2000; Brand: Various; Review: I bought this for my Mum as she loves the series. She was really pleased to receive it so I will buy more of the series for her.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Street People VHS; Brand: Roger Moore; Review: This is a cool movie. Quite entertaining and my god they wreck a lot of cars. I really enjoyed this obscure and little known film. Recommended; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Man From Hong Kong VHS; Brand: Max Aspin; Review: I ordered this DVD after waiting for it for years. For the most part it was good however during the car chase scene the data transfer was terrible and the DVD wouldn't play properly. After notifying the third party seller DaVeeDee they informed me - because I opened it I would be served with a 20% restocking fee as well as paying for return postage!!! I immediately got onto Amazon who arranged a refund.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: State Trooper - The Complete 2nd & 3rd Seasons - 65 Episodes!; Brand: Rod Cameron; Review: Definitely worth a look and really interesting and different story lines as opposed to the same old you receive with some shows. Justice 1950's style.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Crime Story: The Complete Series; Brand: Dennis Farina; Review: Fantastic series and definitely recommended. Also great value.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Complete Eighth Season R; Brand: Sam Lee; Review: Another great season of the FBI. Looking forward to season 9. Top quality show.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Freebie & The Bean VHS; Brand: Alan Arkin; Review: A fantastic film.. One of the best and funniest black comedy cop movies of the 1970's. Highly recommended!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Driver VHS; Brand: Ryan O'Neal; Review: Best car chase movie ever!; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Colossus of Rhodes; Brand: Rory Calhoun; Review: Entertaining spaghetti ancient film.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Man Hunt; Brand: Walter Pidgeon; Review: Great classic drama. Quite the propaganda piece but highly watchable.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: FBI, The: The Complete Seventh Season; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Review: Quality police drama; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Complete Ninth Season R; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Review: I love this series. The only downside is that I am nearly at the end of it! High quality, although the storylines are somewhat repetitive. If you love 70's Ford, Lincolns and Mercurys then you'll enjoy this. RIP Efrem.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Rockford Files: Backlash of Hunter VHS; Brand: James Garner; Review: Great show. James Garner was a very likeable actor and the story lines, humour and action is great. Also love all the 70's streetscapes and cars; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Genevieve; Brand: Dinah Sheridan; Review: Great period piece. Very enjoyable film and well worth buying.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Hawaii Five-O; Brand: Jack Lord; Review: The end to a great series. Thoroughly enjoyed it.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Cannon: The Complete Collection 122 Episodes Plus 2 TV Movies:& Pilot And Return Of Frank Cannon; Brand: William Conard; Review: Love Cannon. Great series. Highly recommended; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Stone; Brand: Ken Shorter; Review: Great Aussie movie with excellent footage of Sydney in the 70's.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The FBI: The Complete Fifth Season, BTB 2 Pack; Brand: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Review: Love the series. Worth buying the entire set.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Police Story 2 VHS; Brand: Jackie Chan; Review: About time. I too lved season 1 and have ordered season 2. Please brng the others out ASAP plus the balance of Police Woman.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | amazon_Movies_and_TV |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Oceanana Family Motel; City: Atlantic Beach North Carolina; Review: Our family has visited this Motel for the last 40 years. I can honestly say it has not changed much in looks over these 40 years, but we still keep returning.....why.....the answer is very simple....the people!!!! Even though the rooms are a little run down, the people and the fellowship make up for the old deco. Breakfast around the pool every morning, watermelon parties on the lawn twice a week, Easter Egg Hunt, Mother's and Father's Day parties, and the largest......The 4th of JUly party! Chairs , umbrellas, rocking chairs, bikes for the kids, large playground, they even have a sand box!....all these things are provided.......grills and everything to cook with are provided. Over the last 40 years we have made wonderful friends from up and down the East Coast. We always come during the 4th of July week. This summer we had at least 75 people at our "family 4th of July" dinner! Come join us next summer!; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Westminster Hotel; City: Westminster Maryland; Review: The room was fine and clean. Staff at front desk were very pleasant and helpful. Easy access from main high way. Pool area was clean, towels were not provided. Very poor breakfast menu, few choices. Only eggs provided were hard boiled eggs.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Holiday Inn Express Hotel Suites Mitchell; City: Mitchell South Dakota; Review: This was our first stop on a two week visit in SD, Mont, and Wy. What a great way to begin our vacation. The motel was clean and modern, staff was so helpful and friendly. Room was roomy and bathroom passed my inspection with flying colors! Restaurants and shopping were close by and very convenient to get to Breakfast was very nice, many choices and plenty of room to sit and eat. Our first tourist stop was The Corn Palace, Wall's Drug and the Black Hills.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Oceanana Family Motel; City: Atlantic Beach North Carolina; Review: Spent the 4th of July at the Oceanana with our "Oceanana Family"! As always we had a wonderful time. We are a group( about 50 of us) of family and friends who share our vacation time every year at the Oceanana. The motel was built in the 1950s but the family has put forth effort to update the buildings. The motel does so many extra things (grills, charcoal, picnic items, free coffee around the clock, breakfast buffet, watermelon parties) to make your visit special. We are already looking forward to next July 4th!; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Big Sky Lodge; City: Rapid City South Dakota; Review: Our visit here was part of a package tour with Fort Hayes Old West town; breakfast, all day tour Custer Park, dinner and show. The lodge is very simple and very small. Would not have stayed here if it were not part of the package. Hairdryers were no included. Breakfast was very limited in choices and only had a few places to sit.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Cody Cowboy Village; City: Cody Wyoming; Review: This was a one night stay before entering Yellowstone Park. It just wasn't my type of place; small little cabins with very little walking room. Air condition was a small widow unit and was very noisy cutting on and off. Breakfast was small but enough to start your day..; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Hampton Inn Salisbury; City: Salisbury Maryland; Review: A very pleasant stay....check in was fast and easy.....staff was very polite and very helpful....made sure you had directions to near by restaurants... motel was very busy but there was never a problem with loud noise...room was nice size and very clean....bathroom was clean with plenty of towels and wash cloths...breakfast was very plentiful...several hot items..waffles, eggs, sausage...; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Best Western Hickory; City: Hickory North Carolina; Review: When visiting family in Hickory we always stay at the Best Western, The room is always ready, clean and ready for us to check in. One of the things on my "bucket list" is a good mattress, this motel gets an"A"! Ladies at the front desk at very nice and make checking a pleasant experience.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
Given the interaction history of a user with hotels as follows:
Title: Larkspur Landing Milpitas; City: Milpitas California; Review: I was booked to stay in homestay, but I got bored of the place in just couple of days. I had heard about Larkspur Landing from my colleagues. Fortunately I got booking there. The hotel is very conveniently located near my office. It's close to a shopping mall and restaurants. The breakfast they serve is good enough and the rooms have kitchen setup if one decides to cook. They had free internet facility. And the best thing was the car pickup/drop facility within five miles. Since I don't know driving, it was a great help. Staff was helpful and cookies on the counter were delicious.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Carlton; City: Kodaikanal Dindigul District Tamil Nadu; Review: I zeroed on Carlton after reading rave reviews about the hotel. The main reason for splurging on this tour was my baby. I wanted to make sure that all the facilities are in place since we were traveling with my eight months old baby. And I must say that we were not disappointed with Carlton. It was raining all the time, so we could not go out at all. But the view from our room was lovely. Lake was covered in mist most of the time, which looked very dreamlike. I would have definitely preferred it not raining so much. Food was good (at least we didn't get bored of eating in the same place all our stay). All in all great place to stay.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: The Windflower Prakruthi Bangalore; City: Bengaluru Bangalore District Karnataka; Review: I was impressed with windflower Mysore so decided to go to Prakruthi resort for a day out package. The overall experience was little disappointing. There are very few activities which can be done by kids below five years. I have to agree to the earlier review that the property is very small. Swimming pool is ok, toddler pool is too small in size. It will be crowded even with 4 kids. Kids play area was smelling really bad (due to dog poop I think) and the lady who was watering the plants nearby (right next to it) ignored it for good 2+ hours. The biggest disappointment was lunch buffet. The spread was ok but the place was literally raking with houseflies. All the counters were full of flies and it was totally unappetising. I had to pass most of the salads and desert items since there were way too many flies dancing on them. I won't suggest this place for a day out package. PS - I also noticed that I wasn't given my bill when I paid in the morning and then we all conveniently forgot about it.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Destiny Farmstay; City: Ooty Udhagamandalam The Nilgiris District Tamil Nadu; Review: The location is awesome and property is nicely maintained. Jeep ride from Parking to the resort is bit too much adventurous for people sitting in the back seats (I wonder if they can do something about the road). They have one old land rover (It was not working when we were there), so try to get it for pickup and drop if you can. The resort is tucked away in the reserved forest area with lush green, thick forest and deep blue water bodies. Emerald lake is breathtakingly beautiful. Resort people are very warm and helpful. They kept following up with us all along during our travel from Bangalore. We were supposed to reach on saturday, but got delayed and had to do stopover at Mysore. Destiny allowed us to move our reservation to sunday without any extra charges. We really enjoyed our stay and kids had a blast. There are lot of activities to do and if you don't want to do anything you can just sit around and look at the mountains and lake. We did lakeside camping with kids and loved it. Now the important observations! 1. No alcohol is available at property so you need to carry your own. 2. It was quite cold in the night, so you have to take room heater (which is charged extra). Luxury rooms come with a fireplace, which is frankly ornamental. It is lit after dinner (around 11pm) and it lasts about one hour only. It is fancy experience for sure, but I felt it filled the bedroom with kerosine smell and made it a bit uncomfortable with all that smoke. Don't expect fire place to keep bedroom warm. 3. Luxury rooms have nice big sit out terrace area but the view is not as good as the other rooms which are exactly in front of the lake. 4. Food leaves much to desire. It is not consistent, we had both - best and worst pakoras on two separate occasions. Our lunch order for camp was messed up and curry was all spilled in the picnic basket. By the time food reached us it was cold. Coffee was spoilt due to bad milk. They need to do something about that considering the extra charges of camp. Most of the items in breakfast spread were good but I can't say same about lunch and dinner. We had really tasteless butter chicken (which is pretty standard dish). The grilled chicken was great though. 5. No mobile network is available in most of the areas in property. So you are totally cut-off from the world. Wifi is available only near reception. 6. Hot water is not available all the time. Having said that, it was really wonderful and memorable experience in spite of all that. My kids want to go there again which says a lot.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel; City: Mysuru Mysore Mysore District Karnataka; Review: I had heard so much about the place that I always wanted to stay there. I couldn't find right room as most of the rooms were booked but decided to take it anyway. It was the last room. The room was clearly not worth the money we payed for. Any other decent resort in Mysore would have better rooms. I was expecting some royal furniture (at least), but the rooms were kinda simple with bare minimum decor. Most of the times corridors are full of dirty plates since room service takes forever to take them away. Swimming pool is ok, there is garden around it and I wish it was maintained better. It looked kind of barren. The place must have been really good in olden days. The worst part was food. I am not sure why everything was so spicy. Kids had hard time eating anything. Dining hall is grand but the tables clearly lack maintenance. Everything looks dull and worn out. Buffet spread was not impressive and it's clearly not worth the price. Overall it was not the luxurious experience I was dreaming for. I am not sure if another type of room would have changed my opinion. I suggest you should just visit the place for evening coffee or something (oh, it took forever to get coffee served) and watch the building.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Treebo Spektrum Suites; City: Mysuru Mysore Mysore District Karnataka; Review: I booked this on the way when we got delayed for our trip to Ooty and had to make stopover in Mysore. I tried calling hotel for booking first but I was kept on hold for indefinite time. Finally I booked through cleartrip. After reaching hotel I was told that they haven't received the booking. I had dig into the mails to give them the voucher number. Network is bad in the hotel area and it was really annoying to search the mails. I wish their systems worked alright with travel sites. Room was ok. It was exactly as shown in the pic. The breakfast served in the lobby was bare minimum. You should not expect grand spread. People are courteous. I don't have any complaints. But they sure can make this really awesome place with little more effort.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: The Park Hyderabad; City: Hyderabad Hyderabad District Telangana; Review: I loved the building and room. Bathrooms are huge and kids can splash in the big bathtub for hours together. Swimming pool is nice and has an awesome view of necklace road. I wish pool had enclosed toddler pool area. Kids had fun nevertheless. Food was good but on pricier side (compared to Taj). Check-in and check-out process was smooth and the staff is courteous. If you plan to visit places around, you need to make your own research since people at the help-desk didn't know much about most of the things. I was looking to visit Falaknuma palace and I knew that it needs booking to be done at Taj. When I asked the front-desk I was surprised to find that they had no clue about it. There was one activity listed as in-house activity - learn to make cocktails at Aqua, but help-desk people didn't know about that either.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Radisson BLU Resort Temple Bay Mamallapuram; City: Mahabalipuram Kanchipuram District Tamil N; Review: We stayed in Radisson in first week of May and it was very hot, but still had loads of fun. Kids enjoyed sea and walks on the beach. Unfortunately beach is closed after evening, so you can not walk near beach in moon light. Food was good and the main attraction is infinity pool. It is simply amazing. Sea View Chalets are nice but try to book room with better view of sea. The one which we got was in the end of the row and there was big wall next to it, so sea wasn't visible from the sit-out area. It was really hot during day time so couldn't enjoy sea much. I am planning to visit again during better season.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: SunBird Garden Resort; City: Kolagappara Wayanad District Kerala; Review: Stayed here over the weekend for one night. Rooms were very clean with comfortable beds. Bathrooms were clean although showers don't have hot water connection. It was raining and bit chilly so showers were not useful without hot water. We didn't take lunch and dinner here but whatever snacks we ordered were good. Breakfast had limited choice... but the vegetable stew was fragrant and tasty. If you don't like kerala food then you will have no other choice than bread-butter-jam in breakfast. Property is well laid out and well maintained. Swimming pools were not clean. If you are mainly looking for dipping in swimming pool during your stay, then make sure to ask them to clean the pool. All in all really good place to stay if you are looking for budget accommodation.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Bannerghatta Nature Camp; City: Bhoothanahalli Bangalore District Karnataka; Review: This works for both parents and kids since driving long distances with young kids is really challenging. It was about one and half hour drive for us since we missed few turns (in spite of talking to jungle lodges multiple times). If Jungle lodges corrects their location on google map, it will be so very convenient. Food was kids friendly but not too much choice. If your kids are not used to typical south indian food then you should carry your own food. They have one non-veg item in the spread. Having said that if you don't have high expectations for food, you will enjoy your meal. The staff is friendly and very very caring. They serve milk during tea time for kids. There is kinda non-fussy old world charm to this place. Check-in and check-out is super quick. We took wooden chalet. It was big enough considering it was all wood. The only complain I have is it was way too dim lit. They have frequent power cuts and it was really difficult to see anything around when door was closed (even during day time). The safari was ok since kids love to see animals. Butterfly park leaves lot to be desired. I was told that it was off season and they don't breed butterflies in the glasshouse. We could spot about three butterflies overall. I really don't know if it is possible to do something about it. Morning nature walk should not be missed. It's a perfect mix of little bit of walk and little bit trek and kids enjoy it a lot. We got to see few animals on the way. They have lot of activities for kids in the resort. Kids loved tyre swings, rope ways and hammocks. It kept them busy for most of the time. Not sure if we will repeat this next year... but if kids are agreeing I would love to go again.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Spectrum Home Stay; City: Chikmagalur Chikkamagaluru District Karnataka; Review: We went there for team outing as a group of 10 people. We got good deal on dormitory rooms. Beds were clean and rooms were well ventilated. Bathrooms had hot water problem on the first day but they fixed the geyser quickly. Food was ok, breakfast spread was strictly basic. If you hate Kerala food then you are going to have little or no choice. We didn't try their lunch or dinner but had ordered few starters as room service. Starters were ok. All in all it is a good place if you are on budget.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: The Windflower Resort and Spa Pondicherry; City: Pondicherry Union Territory of Pondicherry; Review: The water view suites were overlooking just a stream of water which was not well maintained and doesn't provide a good view. The room was good and thankfully A/C worked all the time. Bathrooms are specious and kids loved the outside shower. I saw few lizards roaming in the bedroom which was not pleasant. Apart from pool there was not much to do inside resort. Kids rides are setup in sand and that area was really hot most of the time. it might be usable in other months. Boat rides to beach are way too expensive considering the distance so I didn't see anybody using boats at all. Beach was little far than I expected and It felt like really long walk since it was hot afternoon. There was no private access to beach from resort and it was little annoying walking all the way back to resort in wet clothes. They really need to do something about the beach access. I didn't really enjoy any of meals. There was nothing worth mentioning. The spread was limited and most of the items got over in first 15-20 mins. If you are eating there then make sure to reach well before they open counters. Room service was ok. We ordered few dishes and they were strictly ok. Don't expect Mysore windflower magic here. May be, May was not the right time to visit this place.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Le Dupleix; City: Pondicherry Union Territory of Pondicherry; Review: We didn't stay there... just went for dinner. When you turn around the corner, the aroma coming from their basement kitchen windows will make you more hungry. We had some amazing soups and starters. Mushroom soup was my daughter's favorite and it was surprising considering she hates mushrooms. Chicken skewers were delectable with divine sauce. I must know the recipe. :-) We were keen to try steak but we were rather disappointed with their steak. They offered to serve another dish in place of steak but kids were too sleepy to wait any more. It was nice gesture though. The ambience is good, service is fast and most important thing is kids wanted to go there again. May be we will try steak again next time.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Apoorva Resorts; City: Davangere Davanagere District Karnataka; Review: Resort looks really nice and green. There is good landscaping done around the place. It's right on the highway and approximately on the half way from Bangalore to Goa drive. We stopped there for lunch. When we arrived very few tables were occupied. We were running late so I explicitly asked them serve quickly. We ordered few things which waiter said can be prepared quickly. However I didn't see much change in the pace of the service. I think they are used to ignoring people in hurry. We didn't try too many things. Butter chicken and noodles both were good. Portions were huge. I do see problem with the service. In spite of small order, I had to remind them to bring the dishes couple of times. It is really well designed space and I hope they improve on the service to compliment it.; Rating: 4.0/5.0
Title: Taj Holiday Village Resort Spa; City: Sinquerim North Goa District Goa; Review: You can't compare it with exotica, however we had really good time with kids. We planned this trip bit late and didnt get bigger room. Check-in was quick, and rooms are clean. I expected bathroom to be little bigger in standard room. There was hardly any space to move around. I liked the fact that they do multiple times room cleaning if needed. It was really needed after trip to beach. Beach was clean and easily accessible from property, however it is not private beach. It tends to get too crowded on holidays. I wish they allowed walks on beach in night. The Caravela restaurant is nice and right next to the beach. They have good variety of options available. If you don't want to step outside the hotel at all, you don't have to. I loved their breakfast spread, however it tends to get really busy during peak hours. Service during breakfast time was a problem. We had to remind them about the order couple of times. It was nice to have few activities planned for kids every day. Jiva spa was good. Taj fort Agoda is close by and they have shuttle service running between two properties. We also tried few restaurants in Taj Agoda. Sea food Thali in Morisco was really good. We really enjoyed our stay there.; Rating: 5.0/5.0
Title: Four Points by Sheraton Agra; City: Agra Agra District Uttar Pradesh; Review: I booked two Taj View rooms after reading some reviews. It was total letdown. You can barely see Taj in night. The view outside window is annoying - thanks to some small hotels opened exactly opposite the road which has big flashing signs. There is nothing to enjoy about the view. I wouldn't suggest Taj view rooms at all. It's waste of money. We reached late around 7pm. Nothing was offered at the time of checkin. The reception area has really tacky looking decor. I haven't seen those cheap rexine red and beige sofas since 80's movies. When we checked in, our room was super cold. A/C was set to something like 15 degrees. It felt like 10 degrees. I tried to increase temperature and waited for 20+ mins but nothing changed. I later came to know that rooms don't have heating facility, A/C can only cool the room, which is totally unpractical in a city which has freezing winters. It took couple of hours to get temperature to bearable limits after switching off A/C. Bathroom was tiny. Forget about bathtub, it was difficult to move inside the bathroom. No toiletries. You have ask for every single thing at least 2-3 times. Dinner spread was SAD. There was not much choice. If you are travelling with small kids there is absolutely nothing they will enjoy. Only thing I could give to my kids was hakka noodles and they were tasteless. Desserts were bad. The experience at breakfast time wasn't any good either. Again repeated reminders were needed. Spread was just ok... not much for options kids. We went down around 9am and things which got over weren't replenished for long time. Overall I didn't find anything five star about this place. In fact I have started doubting Sheraton brand itself. I feel fortunate that we had reservations only for one night. You can find much better place for the same rate.; Rating: 1.0/5.0
Title: Chopra Residency; City: Hamirpur Hamirpur District Himachal Pradesh; Review: We went for a family dinner. Whole place was super hot and staff kept on switching off A/C. It was very annoying. May be they should switch to table fans if they can't afford A/C. All the smaller tables were served first while we were kept waiting. For every chicken item on the menu it took forever to arrive. We ordered three types of soups which took about an hour. Starters took another 30 mins and main course was served when entire restaurant became empty. If you are in hurry then please avoid this place. In spite of long wait food was not up to the scratch. Except two soup dishes everything else was mediocre. Chilli paneer was made with bad paneer. It wasn't even edible. Butter chicken was utterly tasteless. It tasted like it was cooked in tomato sauce. Overall it was not a pleasant experience.; Rating: 2.0/5.0
Title: Jaisalmer Marriott Resort Spa; City: Jaisalmer Jaisalmer District Rajasthan; Review: We were on a road trip and decided to choose Jaisalmer to celebrate our new year eve. Check-in was very very slow because the staff was struggling with the crowd and computers. They were literally struggling with the technology. We were waiting for more than 40 minutes in spite of doing mobile check-in. There was queue at the counters and people who made noise were checked in first. Please get your act together and improve your process! The Marriott property is good with specious rooms. We were looking forward to the celebrations but it was not worth it. DJ was a disappointment , food was not too great! Our table was in the farthest corner possible. All the live food counters as well as the main stage were miles away from our table. I was told that the prime tables were sold to outside guests. Spread was not great either. Acoustics were bad and lead singer kept singing "Mere rashke qamar" multiple times in really off tone. Really loud and bad singing made us retire early. We were back in room around 12:15am but it was not possible to sleep due to deafening sounds. The rooms are not sound-proof. I really wish we had planned to spend evening in dunes instead, it surely was not a great experience. Long story short - please avoid any such event nights in this hotel. It's not worth it.; Rating: 3.0/5.0
Title: Damodra Desert Camp; City: Jaisalmer Jaisalmer District Rajasthan; Review: I chose this camp based on the few reviews I found online. It was pleasant surprise when we reached there. The site is not too close to the main road but it's not difficult to find. Their tents are spacious and clean and as luxurious as five star room. Food was homely and delicious. Staff is caring and helpful. Horse ride, sunset in dunes, camel ride and late night star gazing in desert.... All of It made wonderful memories for lifetime. I am definitely going again.; Rating: 5.0/5.0 | hotelrec |
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