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100 Women's Stage Monologues from the 1980's (Monologue Audition Series)
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Review Date: 11/17/2006
Great for auditions-- most choices aren't very dated.
Review Date: 4/11/2007
Helpful Score: 1
I was going to start this review by listing categories of people that should read this book: people interested in gender roles, people interested in family, people interested in science, people interested in human folly, women, men... I couldn't stop listing. Everyone should read this book. It is a fascinating chronicle of of one man's life that serves as an allegory for the hubris of science and all sorts of other trouble. It's also an indictment of Freud, which I like, too.
Review Date: 2/18/2007
One of my favorite Hiaasens. A page-turner of old fashioned newspaper journalism, a yummy reluctant romance, and of course, murder (but always interesting amusing murder-- cartoon violence, nothing I can't handle). Oh, except this one has less environmentalism and more rock and roll. And you can tell Hiaasen really believes in his narrator. Totally fun and satisfying.
Review Date: 4/20/2007
Helpful Score: 9
I found this almost unreadable. I'm sure she has some good ideas, but I had to read 30 rambling pages before I got to her thesis, and even then I was underwhelmed. I'm sure I agree with a lot of what she's saying. Unfortunately, too many references, too much flowery language and a manic pace do not make me wait to hear her point.
Review Date: 10/21/2006
The simplest Morrison I've read, but very accesible and a good introduction to her amazing work. Great for middle schoolers.
Review Date: 8/5/2006
Helpful Score: 1
A wonderful, wonderful first novel. Impressive in scope and beautifully painted characters. I can't recommend it enough. If you like Anne Tyler or Nick Hornby, you will love this book.
Cesar's Way : The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 8/5/2006
A little repetitive if you watch the show, but interesting in parts. Nice examples.
The Cheap Bastard's Guide to New York City: A Native New Yorker's Secrets of Living the Good Life--for Free!
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 8/10/2006
very fun, very useful!
Review Date: 9/11/2006
A great sequel to an interesting memoir, especially if you love food. A little overly self-conscious at times, but hey, it's a memoir.
Review Date: 11/30/2006
A series of essays focusing on the increasing fat/sugar fears of the 1990's. Nice, self-contained chapters, like pieces in the _New Yorker_. Recommended, but it's got more breadth than depth.
Review Date: 5/28/2007
A great book for amateur auditions. I post it as I sadly accept that my acting days are over (well, at least acting that requires an audition...).
Review Date: 11/27/2006
Helpful Score: 7
A fascinating portrait of a midwestern family... aging. Grown children, their interactions with their parents, spouses, etc. Sad and trenchant. Like John Updike, but less wordy, like Anne Tyler, but less quirky. Well sketched characters. Enjoyable, but hard to swallow in parts (recognize too much of my own family, maybe?).
Review Date: 7/30/2006
An interesting first novel; as a psychologist, I found the main character's pathology a little too "tidy," but the book was enjoyable. Fine for YA.
Review Date: 12/17/2006
Helpful Score: 3
Fantastically funny and well-written story of a youth plagued not by garden variety OCD, but by scrupulosity, a more rare form that's possibly more fascinating. She also reflects eloquently on her half-Jewish, half-Catholic upbringing.
Review Date: 4/8/2007
Amusing baby shower gift.
Review Date: 1/26/2007
Helpful Score: 1
A fast-paced (of course, he's manic!) account of a more-manic-than-usual man enduring and ultimately understanding the throes of bipolar disorder. A court drama and New York references thrown in for good measure. A nice read.
Review Date: 9/17/2006
Helpful Score: 2
Hornby's first book-- a wonderful missive on fans and fandom, even if you don't care about English football.
Review Date: 6/23/2007
Helpful Score: 4
This goes pretty darn far back in time (early 1900s, anyone?) but is an excellent indictment of the male-centered "expert culture" in Western society. Fun and infuriating. Funfuriating.
Review Date: 4/30/2007
Helpful Score: 1
ah, nostalgia.
Review Date: 10/21/2006
A wonderful first novel from an exciting young Japanese writer. Interestingly, her protagonist in her other novel is an HIV positive white teenager, but this one goes to her roots and is perfectly told.
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