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Ben Mikaelsen
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could have been better.......2006-04-28
"Stranded" is about a girl in seventh grade living on a boat. Before the book starts, she was in an accident that cost her her right foot. Koby feels that the other kids at her school treat her differently than everybody else because instead of a foot, she now has a mechanical strap-on leg she calls her "leggy". If you're grossed out easily, I wouldn't recommend this book.
Koby (the girl) finds injured whales she wants to help, but, when she tells her parents about them, they don't believe that she ever found them. Her parents argue and within the first several pages, her mom moves ashore and takes Koby with her. But Koby continues to go out searching for the whales. Once she knows where they are, she asks her mysterious friend, a retired sea captain named Nickeljack, for something to put on the whales' injuries, but when she finds them they are even more hurt and beached. She spends the night trying to keep them alive. When the Coast Guard (which had been put on alert by Koby's mom) found her the next morning, she was filthy and cold, but the whales were alive. The story becomes more complex after this. This book is about how Koby deals with her leg problem, her parents, and the whales who need her help.
Personally, I thought this book could have been better. A lot better. She may be in seventh grade, but Koby acts like she is six years old. She makes a huge deal out of her missing leg, and how her "leggy" isn't the same as her old leg. Also, it's too convenient that she finds the whales on the same day that her mom moved out.
The book is supposed to be written from Koby's perspective, but in the book's dialogue Koby refers to her parents as "mom" and "dad." This book is great for anyone facing a dilemma involving a missing limb, because it goes into great detail about her mental struggle, and how she overcame it. It's also good for anyone (though it's unlikely) who found an injured whale and doesn't know what to do. From my position, though, it is not a great book. I wouldn't advise it to most people.
Brian Bruzzo
Stranded.......2006-04-28
The main character of this book was a girl named Koby who loved ocean. Koby meets lot of difficulties with her parents fighting and arguing over and over again. Koby is a girl that thinks that she is alone. In her mind she thinks everybody at her school hates her because she got into an accident that made her lose a right foot that had to be replaced by a wood in a form of a foot. She had many troubles along the way to the end by how she had a wooden foot. Koby lost her foot when she was eight years old but this story is about her when she is now twelve.
During the story she meets pilot whales. She tries to help the whales but she took very long time to earn their trust to help them. Koby couldn't leave them alone because they were badly hurt. The author wrote this story to express how hard and harsh it would be for a girl to live with a permanent space between her right foot and her shoe.
I thought this story was pretty well made how Koby dealt with pilot whales and her parents. The book made me think of my grandma on my dad's side because she lost her whole left knee down to her toes and now she's on an electric wheel chair. I liked how Koby never gave up on things during the story. I didn't like how Koby called her right wooden foot. I recommend this book for people who love whales and animals. So if you are even 1% interested in this book read the STRANDED!
Review od Stranded.......2006-04-27
Koby, a young girl, has to live her life missing a foot and having parents that fight all the time, often about her, and to top it all off, she has no friends. The only thing that can set her free is dinghy and being out on the open ocean. But when Koby finds herself stranded with two pilot whales, her life changes greatly.
I think this is a great book that captures you and takes you on a journey about a small girl making a big difference. This story is a wonderful story about friends that Koby never thought she'd have.
If you like stories about adventure, friends, and animals, you'll love this book.
~Nina
Stranded.......2003-03-25
Stranded
By: Ben Mikaelsen This book, named Stranded, is one of the greatest book I ever read. This book pulled me into the book cause it was amazing. It grabed my attention. So I kept on reading the book and it got better and better. It was about a girl named Koby. She has one leg that is fake. She moves into a new school and a has no friends there. Everyone looks at her cause she's the only one with a fake leg. She gets frustrated at them looking at her leg. She got used to it so after few days she forgot about it and no one looked at her fake leg. She is one of those people who doesn't give up if they fail. They just try their best. She has no friends at this school. After school she goes and finds a stranded dolphin on the beach. She takes care of it. She is really good at taking care of animals. What will she do?
I like this book because of many things. The book is interesting, fun, wild, and has lots of things in common with me.
I like it cause she helps other animals and tries to do other thigs too, like bringing their family together and getting some friends."Dad, I want to help." Koby just wanted to get her parents together, get friends, and save the dolphins. She is just caring about everything. She is just a kid. That is why I like this book.
I dislike this book because it was sad and mean. Koby couldn't get any friends. She was new so no one liked her. They always stared at her fake leg. It was so sad. How would it feel? If you were Koby and you had no friends how would you react? It is so sad. She is just trying to fit in the school and people don't welcome her and they make her sad.What bad friends.That is so mean. I would tell my mother to move out of her. It is so sad and mean. "Koby walked up,a couple of girlsturned and noticed her exposed leggy. They smiled."
My favorite part of this book was when she was having P.E. and there was an activity she was good at. The captain was the most popular girl in school, Becky, chose Koby 7th pick. Their team was losing and Koby caught up and won the race. They were so happy to win. They got to be friends and were really close friends after that. Koby was so happy. That was my favorite part of the book.
Stranded.......2003-03-25
Stranded
By: Ben Mikaelsen
Reviewed by: W.Yoon
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This book, named Stranded, is one of the greatest book I ever read. This book pulled me into the book cause it was amazing. It grabed my attention. So I kept on reading the book and it got better and better. It was about a girl named Koby. She has one leg that is fake. She moves into a new school and a has no friends there. Everyone looks at her cause she's the only one with a fake leg. She gets frustrated at them looking at her leg. She got used to it so after few days she forgot about it and no one looked at her fake leg. She is one of those people who doesn't give up if they fail. They just try their best. She has no friends at this school. After school she goes and finds a stranded dolphin on the beach. She takes care of it. She is really good at taking care of animals. What will she do?
I like this book because of many things. The book is interesting, fun, wild, and has lots of things in common with me.
I like it cause she helps other animals and tries to do other thigs too, like bringing their family together and getting some friends."Dad, I want to help." Koby just wanted to get her parents together, get friends, and save the dolphins. She is just caring about everything. She is just a kid. That is why I like this book.
I dislike this book because it was sad and mean. Koby couldn't get any friends. She was new so no one liked her. They always stared at her fake leg. It was so sad. How would it feel? If you were Koby and you had no friends how would you react? It is so sad. She is just trying to fit in the school and people don't welcome her and they make her sad.What bad friends.That is so mean. I would tell my mother to move out of her. It is so sad and mean. "Koby walked up,a couple of girlsturned and noticed her exposed leggy. They smiled."
My favorite part of this book was when she was having P.E. and there was an activity she was good at. The captain was the most popular girl in school, Becky, chose Koby 7th pick. Their team was losing and Koby caught up and won the race. They were so happy to win. They got to be friends and were really close friends after that. Koby was so happy. That was my favorite part of the book.
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Book Description
Super sleuth Ivy Malone's inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Still on the run from the mob, Ivy ends up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest with a broken-down motor home, a young traveling companion running from a violent husband, and a stray cat. With no way to fix their vehicle, Ivy and her companion are invited to stay in an old Victorian house by a compassionate young woman attorney. But when Ivy discovers that the former resident was murdered and that the prime suspect happens to be Ivy's kind benefactor, she's on the case-digging up clues and getting into plenty of trouble along the way.
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Senior Sleuth Strikes Again!--A Wonderful Read!!.......2007-01-29
Stranded on a winding mountain road in a broken-down motorhome . . . Then stranded in a town where a prominent citizen was murdered . . . And ending up a houseguest in his empty mansion . . . Right before getting roped into helping with the town's annual show, featuring a chorus line of can-canning grandmas! Just when I think Lorena McCourtney can't possibly come up with any more hilarious and hair-raising adventures for her senior sleuth, Ivy Malone, she does it again. The hijinks in this one are not to be missed. And the intriguing developments at the end. Wow! Let's just say my interest is piqued. I hope this isn't the last we'll hear about Ivy.
Who knew grandmas wore thongs?.......2007-01-23
Thanks to her broken down RV Ivy Malone, that spunky little old lady, has found herself stuck in the town of Hello. Her and her sidekick Abilene are worried that they might be stranded in a boring little place but since it's Ivy, of course they soon find themselves in the middle of an unsolved murder. The townspeople believe that the murdered man's niece committed the crime, but Ivy isn't so sure. Thanks to the guys' multiple marriages, everyone appears to be suspect. Soon Ivy and Abilene don't have time to worry about the Braxtons or Boone as they are fully immersed into the town life of Hello. Between helping out (aka growing romance) the town vet for Abilene and sorting through the personal library and assisting the props for the yearly revue for Ivy, the two also fill their days looking for the real murderer. Using her investigative powers and her never failing invisibility ability, Ivy is able to once again draw the reader into another page turning, side aching adventure.
Once again Ivy has another hilarious and suspenseful adventure. I laughed and I laughed while reading this book. Who knew grandmas wore thongs?!! There are so many times in this book where you'll be reading a paragraph and start to giggle from either the actions going on or Ivy's reaction to the situation. Abilene didn't have much of a presence as she had in the last book, but I was glad that her situation was happily resolved. Each book has had their own unique set of characters, but I must say this one has had my favorite. From Nutty Norman and his brain wave dance to the potbellied pig (Ivy's thoughts about pork chops were a hoot) to group of LOLs doing a chorus line, the townsfolk are lively and exciting albeit a bit on the judgmental side. And yet again, I wasn't aware of the real culprit until the very last chapter of the book. This is the type of book you just want to read while curled up in a blanket on a cold winter's day with a hot chocolate by your side. I really hope there will be another Ivy Malone book. What will happen with her and Mac??? This is one of the best book series I have ever read. Mystery, romance, humor-you name it, Ivy Malone's got it.
Filled with with and grace..........2006-12-28
Ivy Malone is at it again. Traveling across country to keep ahead of those who are after her and her friend, Abilene, Ivy finds herself in the midst of a murder mystery. Due to a series of unusual events, Ivy and Abilene even find themselves living in the house where the murder occurred. How could Ivy resist snooping and investigating when the killing took place almost under her nose?
When her motor home breaks down in the middle of the Colorado Mountains, Ivy and Abilene take up temporary residence in Hello. This quiet town is hiding a secret, though, and Ivy is determined to expose the hidden killer. For her, everyone in Hello is a suspect.
With wit and grace, and a penchant for ending up in the wrong place at the right time, Ivy ferrets out information in the most unlikely places.
From friendships formed with colorful local characters, to an encounter with an amorous eccentric, Ivy is inundated with suspects that she doesn't want to suspect. Yet, being Ivy, she refuses to discount any possibility. Through her job, and her help with the town's annual Revue, Ivy continues to gather information that will uncover a killer.
Stranded is a delightful book. Ivy is an older heroine who will keep readers entertained with her antics. Her bumbling attempts at subtlety will give some chuckles, but you won't be in doubt as to Ivy's sincerity in doing right by the dead. Her goal is to solve the crime--and she is determined.
I recommend reading Stranded and giving this book to friends.
Armchair Interview says: It is a fun and inspirational read.
Stranded by Lorena McCourtney.......2006-12-14
In Lorena McCourtney's fourth book of her Ivy Malone Mystery series, Stranded, Ivy Malone and her young companion, Abilene, are literally stranded in Hello, Colorado. The first chapter reels you in when their motor home breaks down in the middle of a winding mountain road in a blinding blizzard. They are towed to Hello, Colorado where Ivy Malone's curious ways lead her to become deeply involved in solving the town's latest murder. But solving murders is nothing new to widow-turned-detective Malone.
When Ivy discovers her motor home requires a new engine, she is desperate and accepts the generosity of the town's biggest suspect, Kelli Keifer--the niece of the murdered victim. Ivy's not going along with the crowd. Kelli offers her uncle's old Victorian mansion to accommodate them while they wait on motor home repairs. While living in the old house once occupied by the eccentric but wealthy victim, Ivy has an irresistible opportunity to snoop. The book is brimming with entertaining and loveable characters but beware. When someone sets the old home on fire, the story heats up and Ivy's life could be in jeopardy.
Like all cozy mysteries, every character in the book is a suspect with legitimate motivation. Ivy Malone is an adorable LOL (little old lady as she defines herself) and she kept me laughing with her humorous antics throughout the book. I'm not normally drawn to reading cozy mysteries, but I highly enjoyed this and recommend it for those looking for a good whodunit mixed with hilarious characters including a chorus line made up of LOLs.
4 1/2 stars for a fun mystery.......2006-12-02
The author does not disappoint with this 4th book in the Ivy Malone Mystery series. In fact, it just may be her best yet. Not only did I think I solved the case on page 79 only to find out I was at least partially mistaken at the end, but I laughed the whole way through. Ivy's funny LOL (little old lady) thoughts and antics are hysterical.
Running from danger resulting from a previous murder mystery, Ivy continues to travel in her camper, which breaks down in the mountains of Colorado. She must find money to fix her engine and a place to stay. Thankfully, at least for Ivy, she manages to stay at the home of a recently murdered man (no big surprise). Of course her mutant curiosity gene kicks in high gear as she tries to find the murderer before someone else gets hurt.
Not overtly Christian, Ivy does share her faith in God, help people in need when possible, and pray. I like the non-preachy approach. There are still lessons to be learned and a whole lot of enjoyment along the way.
I highly recommend this book for mystery lovers.
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Today, more people are venturing into the wilderness-rock climbers, mountain bikers, hikers, campers, kayakers, cross country skiers, and hunters are all at risk of injury, getting lost, or facing inclement weather. At the same time, humans are rapidly losing basic survival skills, becoming more dependent on technology and modern conveniences. In this book, William Keller, a certified Emergency Medical Technician who has worked as a Search and Rescue officer for 20 years in the Rocky Mountains, compiles his extensive experience and training into 25 chapters of emergency and basic survival skills information that all outdoorspeople should know before they venture into the wilderness again. Using true stories to illustrate his advice, Keller addresses finding safe drinking water, using a map and compass, determining direction by the stars, building a fire in windy or wet conditions, drying clothing once it is wet, recognizing the signs of hypothermia in oneself and others, warming oneself or others suffering from hypothermia, determining what is edible in the wild, surviving in a vehicle, selecting shelter, and much more. This book helps readers put the trust back in themselves rather than their cell phones or Global Positioning Systems by making them aware of their creativity and resourcefulness. Keller's advice on learning basic survival skills will greatly increase a person's ability to survive when an outdoor excursion turns into a battle for life.
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EMT and Wilderness Survival Instructor from Colorado.......2003-04-20
As an EMT who has considerable experience in Mountain Rescue and dealing with victims of hypothermia, I found this very informative. It is well written in very easy to understand with many excellent and interesting stories. It addresses not only solutions to survival situations but offers many preventative ideas. Well worth the money.
EMT and Wilderness Survival Instructor from Colorado.......2003-04-20
As an EMT who has considerable experience in Mountain Rescue and dealing with victims of hypothermia, I found this very informative. It is well written in very easy to understand with many excellent and interesting stories. It addresses not only solutions to survival situations but offers many preventative ideas. Well worth the money.
EMT and Wilderness Survival Instructor from Colorado.......2003-04-20
As an EMT who has considerable experience in Mountain Rescue and dealing with victims of hypothermia, I found this very informative. It is well written in very easy to understand with many excellent and interesting stories. It addresses not only solutions to survival situations but offers many preventative ideas. Well worth the money.
Very Imformative.......2003-04-17
I thought that this book was Great!!! I have to say I was a little disappointed upon reading another review for this book. I think the criticism was entirely unfounded. I found this book to have more than enough very practical and very useful information on how not only to prevent yourself from ever getting into a bad situation but also how to get out of it if you happen to find yourself lost or stranded. I don't think that anyone who thinks differently could have possibly even read the book. The chapter titles include: Shelter and Staying warm, Fire, Water and Food, First Aid, What to do when you are lost, Detectability, Surviving in a Vehicle, Venturing Out; Clothing Footwear, Plans and Packs. What else could you possible need. I think that pretty much covers the basics. As a registered nurse I found all of the information to be very helpful and very acurate from both a personal standpoint and also from a medical standpoint. I especially enjoyed the chapter on First Aid, While most people feel that they have a basic understanding of first aid but this chapter is a great review. It discusses Assessment, Artificial Respiration, CPR (how many of us couldn't use a brush up on that), Bleeding, Imobilization, Hypothermia. Even if you are never going to set foot in the wilderness this chapter is a great First Aid review. After all you don't have to be in the wilderness to get hurt, or come to the aid of someone else who is.
Bottom line this is a great book. The personal stories keep your attention from start to finish, and the information is very practical for anyone. The authors expertise and knowlege is very apparent in each and every chapter of this book. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is a serious outdoorsmen or even just a causal camper.
Disappointment.......2003-02-18
I found this book to be very poorly written. Though full of many stories it lacked any concrete or practical information. For example, the next time I'M lost and I can't find a railroad electrical house to break into and take insulation from to keep warm what shall I do?
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In this inventive book, Peter Fritzsche explores how Europeans and Americans saw themselves in the drama of history, how they took possession of a past thought to be slipping away, and how they generated countless stories about the sorrowful, eventful paths they chose to follow.
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, contemporaries saw themselves as occupants of an utterly new period. Increasingly disconnected from an irretrievable past, worried about an unknown and dangerous future, they described themselves as indisputably modern. To be cast in the new time of the nineteenth century was to recognize the weird shapes of historical change, to see landscapes scattered with ruins, and to mourn the remains of a bygone era.
Tracing the scars of history, writers and painters, revolutionaries and exiles, soldiers and widows, and ordinary home dwellers took a passionate, even flamboyant, interest in the past. They argued politics, wrote diaries, devoured memoirs, and collected antiques, all the time charting their private paths against the tremors of public life. These nostalgic histories take place on battlefields trampled by Napoleon, along bucolic English hedges, against the fairytale silhouettes of the Grimms' beloved Germany, and in the newly constructed parlors of America's western territories.
This eloquent book takes a surprising, completely original look at the modern age: our possessions, our heritage, and our newly considered selves.
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The making of modern history?.......2007-01-28
Peter Frizsche, in his book Stranded in the Present, has analyzed many individual social and cultural events that he believes uphold his theory that modern time and the start of modern historiography began with events precipitated by the French Revolution (though he does touch upon the American Revolution in his final chapter). Because of the changes invoked in European society during the revolutionary era, people started thinking of history in a different way - rather than the past dictating the present and the future, present events disconnected people from their history, and time progressed linearly and as a serious of disruptions rather than cyclically (p. 201).
Although I found parts of his arguments to be compelling (such as his concept of "ruining the ruins" (p. 102) marking the start of modernity, overall I did not buy into his theory that time progresses linearly and is disjointed from the past - in part because his arguments sometimes seem to contradict his theories. For example, on p. 20, Fritzsche claims that the scope of revolution (1789-1814) caused all Europeans to start thinking about history in a different sense, yet he promptly acknowledges that some people already felt this way and did not see the period as such a radical departure. The concept was also tough for me to accept because I am a firm believer in the Schlesinger theory of "cycles of history" - history, in some form or another, generally repeats itself in some form. On page 68, Fritzsche cites Goethe in saying that the revolution commenced a new era in history and that the revolution hence demonstrated its durability. I felt that as a counter to this, he offered the forced emigration of the French after the 1598 Edict of Nantes to be a contradiction to the emigration after the revolution, saying that the revolutionary émigrés were "doubly displaced", yet he ignored a historical parallel to the revolutionary émigrés that occurred during World War II when the Jews were obliged to leave their homes and required to resettle outside of their "comfort zone", regardless of whether this meant emigrating to America or relocating to another town fifty miles east of their current home. This event, in my eyes, certainly qualifies as "double displacement", thus minimizing his argument that history does not act in a cyclical fashion.
Overall, this book was tough for me to swallow; it evaluates events in a completely different light than I (as a believer in the political/military schools of historiographical interpretation) have previously considered. Regardless of the obvious difference in his selection of events to evaluate from what I am accustomed to, I did not find his argument to be completely compelling, despite the brief flashes of agreement that I did have with Fritsche.
Rethinking history: thoughtful or fashionable?.......2004-07-07
Peter Fritzche's new book is not so much about the past as about how people viewed it. On the one hand the book is short, on the other hand the argument is somewhat complex and complicated, if not openly pretentious. Basically Fritzsche argues that before the French Revolution many Europeans looked back to the past as a matter of direct relevance to their lives, while the advocates of the Enlightenment viewed the present as merely as the current point of transition in a narrative of inevitable progress. By contrast after the French Revolution people were so shocked by the dramatic changes that a new view of history appeared. Now the present was cut off from the past, so that people looked back to the past in an attempt to retrieve what was now irretrievably lost. Moreover people feared that they were now stranded in the present, hence the title, with no way of moving past to another future. In this world nostalgia took a new and dramatically increased importance. Such subjective formats as autobiographies and diaries increased. Fritzsche starts off by talking about the experience of the French revolutionary émigrés. And so we get a lot of comments from such usual suspects as Chateaubriand, De Stael, Gentz, the Schlegels, and De Tocqueville about the unpleasant sense of vertigo where "the evidence for chastisement without salvation appeared overwhelming." Although at one point Fritzsche says he does not think that such a perspective in history is more valid than any others, he seems to admire it for its melancholy and its implied superior realism over more fatuous, optimistic histories. We also have a chapter on ruins, and how people in the 19th century moved away from the somewhat condescending "progressive" view of them to a richer view of them: "the ruin was transformed from a lifeless artifact of underdevelopment and superannuation into a a haunting relic of historical possibility." Of particular importance is Sulpiz Boisseree and the revival of interest in the ruins of Cologne Cathedral, with its implications for a German national revival. We then look at how people as different as Cobbett, Clare and the Grimm brothers sought to hold on and remember the past in the countryside as it faced urbanization and the growth of capitalism. And finally we look at the "household fairies" as people, particularly in the United States, become interested in the mass production of memories, as New England becomes a tourist trap, Washington Irving tells ghost stories, and attics, letters, antiques, collectibles and quilts take a new prominent place in the psychic memory.
What are we to say about all this? Well it is interesting, but also somewhat subjective. And there are good reasons for feeling a little skeptical. On the one hand this is a study of history which does not discuss any historians (with the exception of De Tocqueville) and does not actually discuss the making of any historical work. Another problem is what we are discussing is not so much history as memory. Looking at the Americans Fritzsche discusses, if we can find the complex melancholic nostalgia we can also find the bland optimism and faith in progress that is present in so much 19th century views of history and religion. Fritzche provides only some, but not enough discussion of the latter. Another matter that arises is the cause of all this. How do we move from the relatively small circles of French revolutionary émigrés to an epic change in the popular understanding of the past? How do we relate it to such different phenomenon as the triumph of agrarian capitalism in Europe and mass migration in the United States, which somehow all provide the same result? And Fritzche fails to note in his discussion of the United States that one reason there was so much meaning provided to material goods was that there were more of them, while another reason there were more diaries and memoirs was because there were more people and more literate people. What people thought about the past before they could write anything down in the 18th century is not so clear. Certainly it is easier to claim that there was a radical change after 1792 if one does not examine the period beforehand. If one is inclined to believe that there was a new "radical nostalgia" in the early 19th century period, one must be skeptical of the intellectual determinism of François Furet that underlies it. At times Fritzche's book appears as an example of postmodern history, with unhelpful prose, poor logical connections and the obligatory quotes from Foucault, Butler and Kristeva. At other times Fritzsche's book has a certain gossamer like quality. We will have to see if it is any less fragile.
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Women of Faith fiction titles have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, we've combined three favorite titles into one book.
Sandpebbles
A young widow discovers a new lease on life, but only after allowing God to work miracles in her soul.
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In this comedy of errors, Tess's tropical getaway is thwarted by a storm and she discovers that while she can't control everything that goes on around her, God certainly can!
The Pearl
She had the perfect life...until the accident. Now science offers her the opportunity to replace what she lost, but at what cost?
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A funny-but-touching tale about everything that can go wrong...and what makes it all right!
Tess Nelson is poised to take a well-deserved step up the corporate ladder when it's yanked out from under her. With no job and nothing to fill her days--just a nonrefundable ticket for a trip to Hawaii--Tess decides a tropical vacation is just what she needs. But Tess's journey to paradise is a disaster from the beginning. A sprained ankle at the airport is just the beginning. Then there's the lost contact lens and the lost luggage, the lightning storm at a luau, and the hotel fire. Not to mention the approaching hurricane. And the attractive, annoying young man who keeps crossing her path--and really shaking her up. All Tess wants to do is get her life back under control. But God, it seems, has something else in mind--like opening her heart to everything her life could be.
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For the record ..........2006-12-31
Overworked HR Manager Chick accidentally meets Overworked Air Traffic Controller Dude in Hawaiian-paradise-turned-disaster-area when Hurricane Alana hits & leaves lessons in faith, trust & God swirling in its wake ...
I was immediately drawn into this easy, fast, fun, light read about a woman who has a less-than-perfect vacation in "paradise" after being unjustly & unceremoniously fired from her much-beloved management job ...
But, unfortunately for someone (& I'm not quite sure who), I didn't realize until reading Copeland's note at the end of the book that "Stranded In Paradise" was supposed to be a comedy ... !
Because I've certainly been-there/done-that when it comes to hellacious vacations in "paradise" & being "let go" from hellacious jobs from ... um ... hell, but not one of the situations in the book ever managed to strike me as humorous ...
Poignant was more like it.
But, speaking of injustice, I do feel compelled to step up to the plate & defend Copeland from the unfair criticisms leveled against her, namely: That she did little-to-no research while writing this book ...
Because, first of all, while rare, heavy tropical storms DO occur in Hawaii in January (with Tropical Storm Sarah [1971] being the most notable) -- & there is therefore no reason to suppose that it couldn't happen again ...
Also, Copeland provided a list (in the back of the book) of all the research that she did on hurricanes:
* United States Air Force Reserve
* Fema for Kids: Hurricanes
* Fema: Fact sheet: Hurricanes
* Access Noaa: In The Eye of a Hurricane, Cmdr. Ron Philippborn, NOAA CORPS (retired)
* USA Today; Weather Basics
* Ask a Hurricane Hunter
* Flight into a Hurricane
* Astronomy and Earth Science: The Greatest Storm on Earth
* ABC News: Birth of a Hurricane
* Stages of Development: The Growth of a Hurricane
So, yes, it IS true that SOMEBODY didn't do his/her homework, but Copeland wasn't one of them.
What's wrong with you people?.......2005-04-06
Not to be rude, but I just don't understand how the majority of you did not like this book! I thought it was very cute and sweet. Of course I knew when I started it that it was a light read, but knowing that, I thought it was a very good, well-written novel. It is about a young woman who has a rough couple of weeks starting with her losing her job. She goes to Hawaii on a vacation, and things continue to go downhill, but through all of this she gains several friends and a good life lesson. Despite the other reviews of this book, I do recommend this novel!
VAPID........2005-03-22
This book was PAINFUL to finish.... In the beginning, I had high hopes of it being a fun, light-hearted & easy read. Instead, it was so predictable and cheesy with such a thin plot and even less substantial characters that I had to FORCE myself to read it each day, simply so I could be done with it and move on to something better. Sadly, most "Christian" novels that I have read have ended up this way.
Now, I don't want to leave you hopeless - If you want a Christian novel that will keep your attention, assume that you have the intelligence to handle a well-written plot & theology, and have you excited to turn each page, look up "Thorn in my Heart" by Liz Curtis Higgs. Please take my advice here.
Loved it!.......2005-01-28
This is one book that I read almost all the way through the first time I picked it up. I love the way it is writen, the plot, and the
characters. Not like the typical Lori Copeland novel. I wish there were more christian books out there like this one. It is a must read.
Despite the errors.......2004-03-28
Yes, as you probably have read in other reviews, there are some errors in the writing of this book. It's a little simplistic and hurricanes don't happen in January, (and there are more...)but the story behind the mistakes is true and sweet.
The writing is easy to read. I read it in one sitting. The story is a sweet love story, and not exactly the kind of love story you would normally think of when I say that. It's a story about falling in love with yourself, as well as with God...oh, and the guy you meet in Hawaii, where you vacation to spite your boss.
Certainly Lori Copeland should have triple checked her facts, but...after looking back to make sure I had remembered right, I moved on. They didn't detract from the overall story.
It was a fun read. One I would recommend to my friends, with the warning that not everything adds up, but what in real life does, either?
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When rock critic Greil Marcus asked 20 other writers on rock what one rock-and-roll album they'd want to take to a desert island, the resulting 20 fervent essays by the likes of Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, and Robert Christgau became this engaging book. It's a brief but intense amusement to imagine spending the rest of your life under a coconut palm listening to The Kinks, The Eagles, Van Morrison or The Ronettes.
Book Description
A new edition of this classic of rock journalism that first asked the question: What one album would you bring to a desert island, and why?
In 1978, Greil Marcus asked twenty writers on rock--including Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, Ellen Willis, and Robert Christgau--a question: What one rock-and-roll album would you take to a desert island? The resulting essays were collected in Stranded, twenty passionate declarations to such albums as The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet, the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, Something Else by the Kinks, and more. Universally revered as the ur-text of rock journalism, Stranded is an indispensable classic.
Customer Reviews:
Message in a bottle.......2006-09-04
I am typing this review with an autographed LP cover of Something Else by the Kinks, with all Kink signatures, inclusive of Ray and Dave, and whomever else was there in front of the Warwick Hotel in the early '70's in NYC. I agree with Nick Tosches, what would I take with me to a desert island, assuming of course I could carry with me whiskey, '50's girlie pin-ups, and nothing else for day after day? How would I get a phonograph record player, little least electricity? What else has been released since 1979? Imagine, if you will, a group of the top record reviewers from the 1960's & '70's, thinking just these thoughts. A great message in a bottle from the best rock critics before they became industry shills. Picture yourself this - what are your desert island choices all these years later? I'm looking at Something Else, autographed by Ray & Dave, I'm with Janet Maslin. Oh yeah, and with Nick, pass that whiskey bottle 'round here, mate.
WHATS YOUR DESERT ISLAND DISC?.......2002-05-24
Mine is Van Morrison Moondance, Greil likes Astral Weeks, we both like this book. Its a must read if you are into music criticism. Its a must have if you need help finding a good cd.
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"One of my favorite authors, Val McDermid is an important writer-witty, never sentimental, taking us through mean streets with the dexterity of a Chandler."-Sara Paretsky
"Val McDermid is one of the bright lights of the mystery field."-The Washington Post
"There is no one in contemporary crime fiction who has managed to combine the visceral and the humane as well as Val McDermid. . . . She's the best we've got."-The New York Times Book Review
White nights of passion and revenge in St. Petersburg. A bingo hall tyrant trapped by masked intruders. The sleazy flipside of the international publishing scene. An author succumbing to the deadly lure of cybersex.
Stranded demonstrates yet again the scope of Val McDermid's imagination, her versatility as a stylist, and her immense powers as a storyteller. As well as McDermid's popular series character, PI Kate Brannigan, this diverse collection contains narrative voices, both female and male, from different continents and an eclectic range of backgrounds. McDermid has chosen the short story form to probe not only the motivations of the criminal underworld but also the nature of crime itself, all the time playing with crime-writing and pushing it to its limits. There are even occasions where McDermid defies the genre altogether. The collection is framed by two stories that show a writer exploring fresh territory.
Grit, sex, glamour, intrigue, and unexpected turns: Stranded is a showcase of trademark McDermid that will strike a few surprising chords amongst even her most devoted readers. Foreword by Sara Paretsky.
Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and read English at Oxford University. After 16 years in journalism, she became a full-time writer in 1991. An international bestseller, she's written over 20 books.
Customer Reviews:
Enjoyed parts of this . . ........2004-10-25
Plenty of plot summaries have already been posted so I'll just add a little . . . The humor was great, and I loved how the kids were depicted, but I really didn't appreciate the whole "Let's see just how far they can go without actually (technically) having sex" routine. Plus, I was left a little uneasy with how Joe handled his guilt feelings. Did he actually resolve anything? I didn't actually LIKE either Joe or Prudence that much, for some reason. His consuming guilt made him come off as somewhat self-absorbed.
A much better alternative? Cara Colter's Major Daddy, one of my absolute all-time favorites.
Saluting the Marines!.......2002-09-07
WOW! And wow again. This series of books about Joe Wilder, his brothers and friends, focuses on Marines, on guys who are heroes by choice and by accident. What a terrific group of guys Cathie Linz has written--and the heroines match up, each and every one. This Marine series of hers, while it contains her usual lovely humor and cleverness, has poignancy and a very timely appeal. We're all looking for heroes in these difficult days, and, boy, Cathie Linz's heroes measure up. This book with its wonderful heroine Prudence is a real keeper. Raise the flag and salute this one!
Another treasure by Cathie Linz.......2001-11-20
Joe Wilder is very sexy, a strong, silent kind of guy (like Gary Cooper in those old movies on AMC). Prudence Martin is his commanding officer's daughter, and Joe is surprised that his CO is trying to match him up with her. Very intimidating situation, and at first he resists. But Prudence is such a kind, generous person, and very attractive, Joe can't resist her.
The sparks really fly between these two, and they are wonderful people. I really enjoyed being with them and didn't want the book to end.
I'd like to be stranded with this guy!.......2001-11-05
Sergeant Joe Wilder is a wonderful hero. He is strong, but very sensitive. The heroine, Prudence Martin, is a good match for him. I like military stories, the heroes are such strong men, and Joe is certainly that. Even though Prudence started out not wanting to marry a Marine, being a "military brat," she knows how to appreciate the worth of a good man like Joe. And in the end they make a wonderful match. I really believe in their happy ending.
I love this author and am going to look for more of her books.
I love Cathie Linz!.......2001-10-29
I've read all Cathie Linz's book--in fact, I collect her! I think this is one of her better books. The hero, Sergeant Joe Wilder, is very sexy, and I like the heroine Prudence very much. I love stories with military heroes, especially when they are well written like this book. Lots of funny moments, and the love scenes are great!
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