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Icedream

Icedream

I am a voracious and eclectic reader and like most Shelfarians I have been that way since I can remember. I am a mother to a wonderful son who is now attending college and a have a 60lb retriever/collie that thinks she's a lapdog but I think is part chicken.

I have a tendency toward run-on sentences, misspelling and a bad memory. ... more »
  • WV, USA
  • member since February 3 2007

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  • The Help
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I know the review intrigued me but now I think it is a bit misleading. Except for the "has bestseller written all over it" part the review doesn't let you know that this book is told in alternating voices of the three women- Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny and that each character becomes equally important and each ones story is emotionally powerful. Stockett is great about never making it confusing or irritating to jump between characters. Actually it was a great device because I noticed myself getting anxious to go from one character to another to find out what was happening next in their lives. I really became invested in the characters emotionally, loving some- hating others. Sometimes it was heartbreaking and other times I found myself laughing out loud.
    This is one of those times when I wish I were better at expressing myself but obviously you can tell I loved this book. It absolutely deserves 5 stars.
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    Icedream wrote this review Friday, April 17 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Sweetsmoke
    • Rated 5 stars

    “A fantastic story about Cassius, a slave during the American Civil War who risks his life to find the murderer of his friend. Rich in detail and with powerful insights, Fuller has written a book that I predict will be on many reader's wishlists.

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    Icedream wrote this review Thursday, August 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I wasn't that crazy about My Horizontal Life but Are You There, Vodka makes up for it. I was laughing out loud throughout the whole book. But I do have to say at times I thought Handler's inappropriate humor went a touch to far into "I didn't really want to read that". Overall it was very humorous and I gave it 4 stars.”

    Icedream wrote this review Tuesday, July 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    • Rated 4 stars

    “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was a deeply moving book when you realize the background behind the memoir. Jean Dominique Bauby was the editor of "Elle" magazine in France. He was a man with a young family and was known to have a great sense of humor and well liked. Then one day he suffered a severe stroke that left him basically a paraplegic, known as "locked in syndrome". He was only able to move his left eye. He lived his last few years completely in his head and wrote this book by dictating each word letter by letter by signaling to his transcriptionist through eye movement. What he left us with is a perfect, touching and vivid portrayal of what his life was like being "locked in" to his own mind. ”

    Icedream wrote this review Thursday, February 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I could not put this book down, I mean almost literally I read strait through it! I have no idea why I let this book sit on my shelf for so long but now I am just grateful that I read it. Beautifully written, the characters are so well crafted that I loved even the ones I hated. It was one of those books that had me wishing it was longer so the story wouldn't have to end.”

    Icedream wrote this review Friday, February 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Remains of the Day
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Absolutely lovely book. I am not always a fan of this particular literary genre because so often they don't work. The story becomes boring or the characters unlikable. The Remains of the Day is so well written that I- the unabashed speed-reader- had to slow down and appreciate every word. I am then rewarded with a story that will stay with me a long time. The only other author that I will do this for is Kent Haruf.”

    Icedream wrote this review Friday, February 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Appeal
    • Rated 3 stars

    “I really am at a loss on how I feel about John Grisham's new book The Appeal. I am a fan of John Grisham's and know I usually can look forward to a suspenseful fiction novel that will also be extremely informative on real issues. My problem was that The Appeal only delivered on one of those qualities. I learned a lot about elections of State Supreme Court Justices and how elections are being bought by "big business ". I am grateful for the information and found Grisham's insight fascinating. However, as far as suspenseful fiction goes, this book was a bust, an absolutely dry read and the ending really bothered me. So in the end I can only give it a so-so rating.”

    Icedream wrote this review Sunday, February 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Daoud Hari is from Darfur and as war came to his village his family encouraged him to fight not with a gun but with his education. With his ability to translate, Daoud worked to help as many journalist and government officials as possible tell the story of what was happening to his people and his country despite the very real threat to his own life. Yet I doubt that any reporter could tell the world the heartbreaking truth of the genocide that has and is occurring in Darfur as eloquently as Daoud Hari does himself in this book. The Translator is such a excellently well written memoir that I felt the emotional roller coaster as he recounted his tale. I cried at the horrors he described, I held my breath as he found himself in dangerous situations and by the end of the book I felt what I believe Daoud Hari would hope we will all feel, the urgent need for all of us to recognize that these atrocities must end and the motivation to help free Darfur. ”

    Icedream wrote this review Monday, February 11 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Beautiful Lies: A Novel
    • Rated 4 stars

    “A very well crafted suspense novel. It had me hooked from the first and throughout the book I would think I had everything figured out but then it would take another twist. Then when I thought I was at the end there was yet another twist. How great is a suspense novel that keeps you thinking about the story after you've finished the book? Very smart. I would really recommend this book and can't wait to read more from Lisa Unger. ”

    Icedream wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Duma Key
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Stephen King is back in his gloriously creepy fine form. Duma Key is an engrossing thriller that reminds me the days when he produced pyschological spine tingler's like The Shining. Things that go bump in the night and have the reading hanging on for the ride until the very end. I loved every minute of Duma Key, and it's another reminder that King is still the master of his game. ”

    Icedream wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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