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Have you ever done something in spite of yourself? That is what happened to me when I read The Help by Kathryn Socket.
A good friend of mine suggested a few months back that I read the book. When I finally came up on the massive library waiting list, I was ecstatic. As I read the slip cover for a synopsis of the story, I was intrigued and anxious to get started until…
I flipped to the back flap and there was a Caucasian woman. I was stunned and almost offended. I distinctly remembered reading just moments before about two of the main characters being African American women, in the tumultuous 1960’s and in Jackson, Mississippi no less! How can she [Kathryn Socket], who is not a minority member or even a bi-racial woman, write from the point of view a black woman? I would soon find out!
Against my own judgment I started to read the book and let’s just say I read all 440+ pages in a week’s time; it would have been sooner if work didn’t get in the way! All I can say is BRILLIANT! Socket depicted the characters so vividly that I almost forgot who had written the book. She seamlessly wove this tale of racial and human relations, with such precision and depth that I would easily read the book again.
Believable characters, an exciting and at times suspenseful plot, what more can you ask for? I was fully engaged! I was committed to reading and drawn in almost seductively by the words on the pages! At times, I wanted to cry and other times I laughed out loud. There were times I was literally afraid and others I was so angry, I wished I was part of Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s so I could DO something!
Aibileen could easily be any one of my aunts, reading her throughout the book made me feel like I was eavesdropping on all the elder women in my family! She is wise, smart, and compassionate despite her circumstances. I found myself labeling random strangers as possible shoe-ins for the book’s characters. I found Miss Minnie and Miss Skeeter by day two while sitting in t
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As my title suggests, Microsoft Home Edition is Okay, but does not come with an Email client, nor does Windows 7. Also, the app says it is not to be used in a business, which is just nonsense; good luck enforcing that one, M$.
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I love my kindle!! It’s light weight and fits in my purse so I carry it everywhere!! I am more motivated to read! I finish a book and I just buy another one right on my kindle! No stopping at the bookstore or waiting for the books to come in the mail. The kindle is super easy to use and i don’t miss the bulky books at all. Another plus is no more trees are being killed because of my reading so much! I felt really bad reading so many books once and then throwing them in the spare bedroom to be forgotten. You can read it anywhere (pool, beach, office, etc..) there is no glare at all but you can’t read with the light off. My only problem with the Kindle so far is that I have been unable to buy a cover for it because Amazon still refuses to ship to Puerto Rico!! They shipped the kindle and they can ship books but no cover. You won’t regret buying it!!
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I have been using this device for several weeks now and I am very pleased with it — it does what it is supposed to do.
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Excellent book. This is the first book I have read in a long time that I just could not put down. I hope to read more by this author.
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Don’t remember this purchase, don’t think I bought this. OOPS! think husband bought this and we use it daily in our computer. Satisfied with service and program.
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I ordered the Wii for myself. I am 43 years old. I am loving it! My family loves it and we have lots of fun playing. Everyone who comes over wants to play the wii also. The graphics are much better than any other game I have ever seen. When I ordered it from Amazon, they said it would be here on a specific day and it was. No problems.
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Think of a juvenile James Bond with an IQ beyond Einstein’s. Then throw him in a world of technologically superior fairies, and the fun can begin.

And this is really what Artemis Fowl is about, first and foremost: FUN.

Some might say it reverts too easily to stereotypes, but I am not sure whether this is actually a bad thing. Too much depth, too much complexity in character development, might have taken the umpf out of the sheer fun ride I’ve had in reading Artemis.

The basic idea of the book–for those new to Fowl’s world–is that there is an underground world of fairies who go to great pains to keep their existence a secret from the human upper world. Until Artemis, a young criminal master mind, tracks down the fairies and upsets the whole balance of the worlds above and below ground.

In summary: Don’t expect the symbolism of Narnia, the metaphysics of His Dark Materials, or the detail of Harry Potter. Artemis Fowl doesn’t have any of those. Instead, expect to be blasted away by the explosive energy of a fun novel.

- Jacob Schriftman, Author of The Crack Beneath the Worlds and Other Books

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