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August 1 2008: Reviews In Ten Words: July 2008
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Non-Fiction
- Alex Boese - Hippo Eats Dwarf (A Field Guide To Hoaxes And Other B.S.): Details common modern scams, playing havoc with existing belief systems.
- Editors & Dean Christopher - Discover’s 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Everything: Excellent one paragraph factoids suitable for instigating dinner party conversation.
- Daniel Gottlieb - Letters To Sam: Tear-jerking letters from grandfather to grandson, both with ‘differences’.
- Ian Kelly - Cooking For Kings (The Life of Antonin Careme, the first celebrity chef): Complete with easy-to-follow contemporary recipes, study of history of gastronomy.
- Wendy Northcutt - The Darwin Awards II (Unnatural Selection: More bizarre true stories of how dumb humans met their maker): Hilarious tales of idiots sacrificing themselves to Social Darwinism theory.
- Steven D. Price - 1001 Funniest Things Ever Said: Seemingly drawn entirely out of online databases of amusing quotes.
- Gordon Ramsay - Humble Pie A true life manual. The man, his brashness, his determination.
July 1 2008: Reviews In Ten Words: June 2008
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Non-Fiction
- Michael Beaumier - I Know You’re Out There: A lost art, stories of desperate love from the personals.
- May-lee Chai and Winberg Chai - The Girl From Purple Mountain: The changing narrative voices makes comprehension hard and chronology difficult.
- Allan Hall & Michael Leidig - Girl In The Cellar (The Natascha Kampusch Story): Unsatisfying, full story can only be heard from two involved.
- Robert Macklin - Kevin Rudd, A Biography: Approved biography, written with rose-tinted glasses. Glosses over any faults.
- Rana Mitter - Modern China, A Very Short Introduction: Satisfactory for those without prior knowledge, terribly basic for knowledgable.
- Joshua Piven - As Luck Would Have It: Real-life tales of luck and fortune, both good and bad.
- Joan Sauers - Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers: Survey method fraught with difficulties, grain of salt much advised.
- Jin Xing - Shanghai Tango: Touching recount of searching for true self, transsexual or otherwise.
- Adeline Yen Mah - China, Land of Dragons and Emperors: Quick summary of Chinese history, suited to children/young adults.
June 18 2008: Review: Baohan of Backstaged
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Please note that I am writing this as a guest reviewer for Rhiannon as she has an insane number of people waiting for a review. Help a girl out!
Reviewing: Baohan of Backstaged
First Impressions
I have to admit, I’m predispositioned to like your site. You’re embracing the simple and contoured layout, with plenty of blue and grey, just the way I personally like it (obviously, considering my own site!). With that said however, I can already pick out a number of details which I’m personally not terribly keen on - details which I think are holding you back from truly reaching your full potential.
Fingers crossed that the remainder of this review will help you resolve these issues!