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I loved this book. I loved the circus atmosphere and the story. It was exceptionally well-written, and I enjoyed every page.

We have a vet student joining a circus, with mistreated animals he’s frantically trying to save and protect. We have a lovable elephant. The narrator is an old man looking back, and he recounts his tale in the immediacy of present tense as he describes situations that happened decades earlier. Interesting, and very effective choice, to write in present tense throughout.

The ONLY thing that keeps me from giving the book five stars was the lack of character development for Marlena. Throughout the story I understood the protagonist loved her, but she seemed to be the woman tied to the railroad tracks throughout – Nell being constantly tormented by Snidely Whiplash – and I never really got a sense of her as a person. Maybe I missed it (not surprising – I read the book in daily spurts while I walked a treadmill), but I didn’t even know how old she was. I got a much clearer picture of minor characters, like Rosemary, Kinko and Camel, than I ever did of her.

I also never understood the whole “water for elephants” thing that the protagonist railed about in the beginning of the book. Perhaps it was something else I missed.

Nevertheless, I loved the book, I loved the ending, and I know I’ll go back to read it again.
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Book: Artemis Fowl
Author: Eoin Colfer
By: Marshall Cartwright

Would you like to be a criminal mastermind? Well by the time he was thirteen Artemis was. Artemis beat chess champion Evan Kashogi on an online chess tournament with a prize of over 140,000 pounds, he forged a lot paintings that sold all around the world for almost 1 million pounds each, and was involved with the goblins population increase. Artemis also stole a substantial amount of gold from the Lower Elements Police. They are the fairy people.
Artemis now rules the criminal empire from California to Berlin.
But Artemis does not know what he is dealing with when he captures a fairy captain from the Lower Elements police. Then Artemis must overcome many other things that could lead to the end of his life. In the book Artemis fights wars with fairies and triumphs with trolls. As the fairy captain trys to get out of Artemis’s cages and traps, the fairies do all they can to stop Artmis, including trying to blow him up with a bomb.
You will love this book! It is breath taking and it will be like watching a movie from the details Eoin Colfer gives. After every chapter comes a cliff hanger and after every page you read comes a feeling like the book is telling you to read on.

Pro Optic 500mm f

I used to stick my GPS in the window but it kept falling over and over….So I decided to buy this product. It never disappointed me!! I love this product very much and it works great for my Honda Accord.
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I have had the Hoover SteamVac for a few weeks. And yesterday I finally put it together. It was a simple task to put the pieces together. Then I tried it on my carpet for the first time. I am actually quite surprised at how clean my carpet was after only one use. I also liked that the Vac felt sturdy. I have had products in the past that felt cheaply made and would fall apart. The Hoover SteamVac feels sturdy and I am sure I will be using for many years to come. And as I have shared my experience with the Hoover SteamVac…well of course I am getting requests to borrow it. I will be taking it to my Moms’ and doing her carpet soon.
So overall I am very pleased with this Product. Ordering was easy and I am a happy camper to have my Carpet…..Spic n Span…LOL
R 7 Ear Cleaner

This scale is extremely accurate. Those of you who have said that this was very inaccurate right out of the box, and one person even commented that it actually even said “C” once — you guys really need to like, read the directions. You are supposed to calibrate it every time you move it. That means to stand on it one time until guess what, a “C” appears. Then, and ONLY then, will you get accurate readings. But then it is very reliable. This goes for all the EatSmart scales. I gave it a three star because the display is a little light.
West s Tax Law

I love my Adapter. It was very affordable and works great for my Apple Laptop
Apple Powerbook and iBook

This book should be called Conversations with the god of this world” If ever there was the same old bombast by the adversary of the One True God-This is it. Don’t waste your time. Read the first 3 chapters of the book of Genesis and you’ll get the idea.
Iomega 6PK ZIP 100MB

I just got this vacuum, and it seems to work fine. However, the design is very flawed. I had a hoover vacuum prior to this which was purchased in 1996. It recently broke, which is why I bought this one. Two things that really, REALLY bug me:

1) The old vacuum had a storage compartment for the extension wand tools right below and in front of the top handle. There was a clear/see-through plastic lid which you had to lift to access the 3 tools. This new vacuum does not have this handy compartment-the tools are placed separately behind the vacuum in different places.

2) In the old hoover, the hose was stored on the RIGHT side of the vacuum. All you had to do was drape it over a piece of plastic on the right side and then stick it in its hole at the bottom. The wire was coiled in the back. In this new vacuum, the hose goes BEHIND the vacuum, RIGHT behind the wire. So you have this mess of coiled wire and a coiled hose (and don’t forget the tools)….what the…?!?! A very fatal design flaw, in my opinion. Really, hoover? REALLY? Come on, this is 2010, your 1996 product made much more sense in terms of design.

Even though the old vacuum had a 7.3-amp motor compared to the 12-amp one in this vacuum, it was still a powerful vacuum with great design. It lasted 14 years and helped me tremendously…God bless the “Hoover Dimension Limited” vacuum. This new vacuum has some pretty large shoes to fill, so to speak.
Lights Out

Mendini MV400 Ebony Fitted

We use the FURminator on our cat, dog and both of our horses. It works on all of them!
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