Apr
20
Going Home Book Review
April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I’ve reviewed young adults books in the past and some of my own favorite childhood books but this is my first requested children’s book review. Going Home is a simple creative non-fiction book about the migration of ten interesting and varied animals for children aged 4 to 8. You can read the full review at [...]
Apr
20
Period Undies Review
April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
My latest review for BellaOnline is the Period Undies. Grace SooHoo is the designer/creator of Period Undies for Simple Necessit-Ease Inc. It officially launched in 2006 with a small but successful test group. Period Undies are designed for women with the goal of protecting clothing from those accidental moments while menstruating. Read the Period Undies [...]
Apr
9
Purina Maxx Scoop
April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The people at Purina Maxx Scoop sent me a kitty litter kit for review (by my kitties, not me) and I’ve been posting the progress over at my personal blog. You can read the review complete with candid photographs — don’t worry they are PG.
Feb
6
Bookmarker Flag Pen Bookmark Review
February 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
While I’m reading I am always using pens and post-it notes. If I have to take my book somewhere I always end up losing the post-its and pen in my purse (or end up forgeting to take them with me in the first place). So when Everyday Innovations asked me to review their Bookmarker Flag [...]
Jun
17
The Color Purple Movie Review
June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It is 1922 in the American South when The Color Purple opens with two African American sisters, Nettie and Celie Harris (oldest) playing joyfully in a field of flowers. Fourteen year old Celie is pregnant for the second time by her father. When she gives birth her father takes it away. My review for the [...]
Jun
9
Third Purple Star
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Earlier this year I succumbed to peer pressure and bought the four books in the Twilight book series. Within a few weeks I had devoured them and now consider myself a convert. As far as I’m concerned Stephenie Meyers rocks. When I was done I decided to make a Squidoo lens reviewing each book followed [...]
Jun
3
The book is divided into three philosophies the first Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human), the second is Martin Heidegger (Being and Time) and it closes with Soren Kierkegaard, (Fear and Trembling). Susannah uses what she learns from each of these philosophers My review for A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy was posted on [...]
Apr
14
Mansfield Park Review
April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This is the third screen adaptation of Jane Austen´s third novel, Mansfield Park. The screenplay was written by Maggie Wadey and Billie Piper (Secret Diaries of a Call Girl, Dr. Who) portrays the exuberant heroine Fanny Price. The review for Mansfield Park by Masterpiece Theatre was originally written 4/14/2009 for Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full [...]
Mar
2
Water Wings Review
March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
You often hear of the ties binding women. Water Wings, through the help of one family explores what separates them. Their unique differences and the secrets not shared. Water Wings reads like a slow swim on a calm Sunday morning. The review for Water Wings by Kristen den Hartog was originally written 3/2/2009 for Literary [...]
Feb
14
The Love Song of Monkey Review
February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Love Song of Monkey was written by Michael S. A. Graziano, a professor of Psychology at Princeton University. This is a strange little book about a man dying from Aids who sneaks into a hospital with the help of his wife to have an experimental


