DVerdecia

• Rated 4 stars

“This was a good book. I give Kudos to Jaycee for having the courage to write it. Something tells me that the book is incomplete because there may be details that her memory has repressed and may come out in years to come. And this is perfectly OK.

I am amazed at the courage she had shown during her captivity. I feel so bad for her in that indeed, her life was stolen. I am curious as to why Phillip kidnapped her for such a long time. True, his sick and twisted and demented mind had an obsession to have sex with Jaycee, but what confused me was that after the sex was kind of over because of the myriad of reasons, such as her being older, them having two children and not being able to afford it. If he truly was this child molester-sex offender, why didn't he just let her go and kidnapp another young girl?

It is a very interesting read in that it left me with many more questions that I am sure Jaycee couldn't answer and probably didn't want to answer. More questions on the psychology of the whole thing. I would have liked to have seen notes from her therapist and from the police as well. It would have completed a bit more of the picture, I think.

However, again, I enjoyed reading this book as it brought awareness of some of the sick individuals we live with. I would recommend this book to anyone just for the fact that you come away with appreciating what you have. You think you have it rough now? Get in a time machine and trade with Jaycee...I am sure she would not mind at all...”

DVerdecia wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“For the beginning reader this is a really good book! Plenty of pictures to keep the young child occupied. But most important is the message that it delivers. It discusses the true nature of a hero. Certainly a very positive and upbeat message.

The only reason I knocked this one down a couple of stars was because it was too short for my tastes. However, you may find this book a very good worthwile read with your kids.”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“Cute little book with the correct Texan pronunciations. Yes it does make a difference which accent you choose to sport.”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“This was a very easy read. Read the entire book on the flight from home in the US to my corporate offices in the UK. I liked the suspense factor of the book. It was a very interesting story, somewhat predictable, but entertaining nonetheless.

How all the characters in the story meet up is pretty unbelievable but I guess that the author hopes you will leave it to chance. The story is about a family who starts off in crisis. Tom Dornan is in the hospital with Leukemia. Catherine and her two sons Brian and Michael are visiting Dad in NYC when a chain of events happens that twists their world into turmoil.

I would recommend this book to anyone. It is very entertaining. I feel it would make a great TV Movie.”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 1 stars

“Went through this book in about 1/2 Hour. The concept is neat but I ended up wondering what tunes was the author listening to and how sober was he when he was listening. Some of what he thought he heard made perfect sense to me. Other lyrics that I still found confusing were not listed. Interesting read but somewhat disappointing and frustrating. After awhile, I had to put the book down because I ended up wondering what the author was really listening to. ”

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• Rated 3 stars

“This was a small collection of customer service tips and sayings. Not much by way of a book but more of an inspirational collection of ideas for those who are in the service business.”

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• Rated 4 stars

“I had read this book years ago. Although I can not presume to know the author's true motives for writing such a book, I do know that it is very easily mis-understood. I do agree with many of the observations he has against the church. To a certain degree, some of what the author has described has come true (a.k.a. the church sex scandals that are going on today).

What I do not agree with is the authors needs to create rituals. Why did he do this? Is it that he knew it would be controversial and sell many copies of the book? Did he really want to start a cult following?

I would recommend this book be read by everyone, just as I recommend the Bible be read by everyone. It is good to get the other perspective. ”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“Finally finished this book. Not that it was a chore to read, it was more that the information in it was so facinating that I needed to go back and re-read sections. This book is a permanent collection book for sure! Also, to truly be able to execute on the premises laid out in this book I will need to go back again and again to feed the ideas into my subconcious mind.

I highly recommend this book to everyone. Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter do an excellent job of describing Robert's experiences with handling money. This book was a 30,000 foot overview of handling money however and does not go into too many detailed specifics. It focuses more on a positive mental attitude and ideas that are risky but if executed correctly and with persistence, can make one wealthy. I also plan on investing in Robert's other works as I feel he will expound on these ideas. Robert, loosley bases the premise of having two dads with oposing views on handling money. If I can fault Robert for anything in this book, it would be that he assumes the fact that having money will make you happy. This fault is dicey at best because if you are of the mind that you are happy financially where you are, then go read something else. Robert makes no judgement call on anyone's particular lifestyle, he is just answering the question he probably gets asked most of the time, "How did you get so rich?".”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“This book was a surprise to me. I truly was judging it by its cover and thought I was going to hate it. However, it was a surprisingly good story. Without give out spoilers, it was a story of murder in a small town. A town in Virginia called Crozet, where everyone knew everyone else.

The main character is a down to earth woman called Mary Minor Haristeen (a.k.a. Harry). Her pets Mrs. Murphy and her Corgi "Tucker" were also a significant part of the story. She is a postmistress in this sleepy little town with a cast of characters. It is when this stranger called Blair Bainbridge moves in that things seems to start happening. Unexplained murders and trying to find out "whodunnit" is the center of the story.

I did not like the beginning of the story because it started out as a stereotypical "chick" story. You had your cats, your had your town gossip and men in their "watermelon colored sweater". Give me a break! I also did not appreciate the fact that the author chose the animals to use profanity. It kind of gave a contradiction to the different animals in this story as they seemed to be more aware than the humans. I felt that the humans using profanity was completely in character as most of them in the story were superficial and vain. I don't know, I got the impression that Mrs. Murphy, Tucker and this other fat cat called Pewter were more noble.

The story became interesting however as the pieces started coming together. Finding the murderer was not as interesting as finding out why and how it was done. What was nice in the story was how the murderer pointed out what was missed by the townspeople, forget about what you missed reading it. It was another one of those, that if it were a movie done right, you would need to go back and see it again to pick up the clues. Because, like the murderer, they were right in front of you. The ending did have a unique twist but I hated the fact that there was no way that I, the reader, could have guessed the ending. I feel that not enough information was given throughout the story.

I highly recommend this book. It started out slow for me but it picked up and the ending was original to say the least. For all of you cat lovers out there, if you think that the animals had a major role in this story, you will be disappointed. The animals had a significant role however, even though they were minor.”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“This is a good book for anyone interested in the day to day with Boa Constrictors. I know, some of you that may be reading this would say, "ick, who would want a Boa for a pet?" but they are actually quite loveable. I guess you would have to hold one to know. I received this book from a friend with the hopes of getting another Boa as a pet but it doesn't look like that will be the case now.”

DVerdecia wrote this review Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ( reply | permalink )