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I wanted to give a positive review for this book amongst the recent negative ones.

When you read “Twilight” keep in mind it is a simple, light, young-adult read. It is not educational, it is not great literature that will be read in classrooms; It is just a nice, feel good story that sucks you in and distracts you for a while akin to plopping down on the couch and turning on cable TV after a long day.

With that said, I personally enjoyed the novel. I felt the plot was creative and the story sucked me in enough where I always wanted to see what came next. The relationship between Bella and Edward was touching and believable, and I felt emotionally invested in the story as the characters fell in love. The book made me feel high and happy for days after reading it.

I was a bit disappointed, as others have said, in the shallowness of the characters. In particular, I felt like a 100-year old vampire should have a lot more depth to him. I was hoping for more insight into Edward’s philosophy–how a character like Edward sees himself, the world and his relationships. But then again, the story was told from the point of view of a teenager and as a simple read, I imagined the author probably did not want to go into philosophy in the same way that Anne Rice did with her thought-provoking vampire novels.

I was hoping to see Bella really question herself and her relationship with Edward. And I desperately wanted to see a real suspenseful climax where Edward was overtaken by Bella in a moment of true weakness, and her life was seriously threatened by him–as a I felt the book forewarned many times but never followed through with.

All in all, I think the book served its purpose in entertainment. I did finish the series, but I found all the other books to be too lengthy, inconsistent and far-fetched for my taste. As a potential spoiler to anyone who may be clueless about what comes next.. I did not find the werewolfs to be a pleasing addition to the series. Once I read this
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I don’t have enough praise for this book. I did not want it to end. These characters will stay with me for a long time. Ms. Stockett did a fantastic job writing this novel. As I neared the ending I was afraid of a unrealistic ending (no consequences to the black women for what they had done). As a black women who grew up in that era and whose mother did domestic work I was skeptical of a white woman writing this story. Ms. Stockett did not disappoint. There is a movie in the works. I hope it does the book justice.
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The product and the price was excellent. I had gotten the Furminator for use with my rough collie. She is not a show dog & we live in Florida, so getting out the undercoat is a good thing. It did just a little bit better than the pin brush I am using and I had some concerns about breaking the hairs of her outer coat. It did much better with our German shepherd. Tons of hair are coming out as the lad sheds his undercoat.
Nixeus 25ft Cat5e Network

amazing how kewl this thing is, nice to handle, great features, etc….but can’t wait for the newer one to be delivered (same price so who wouldn’t exchange it??)
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delivered on time…nothing wrong with itouch beside regular signal drop on WiFi…but that’s a common problem for iTouch 3g anyway. all in all..satisfied.
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Wow, I love my Kindle. I’m not sure how I got along without it until now. How does it compare to other e-readers? I couldn’t tell you. But I’ll tell you what, the Kindle is filled with so many great features that I know some of the competition doesn’t have, that I think I made the right choice.

The built-in dictionary is a very cool feature. While I haven’t had to really use it yet, I know that there is the odd time that I’ve been reading paper books and thought, I wonder what that word really means (other than inferring from context).

I like the “clipping” and notes features, as well. I’ve always been a bit anal about marking up my paper books, but on the Kindle it’s easy to save a great quote or snippet from a book, or to add some of your own notes/commentary on something you read. Since I was so up-tight about doing it on paper books, it may take me some time to get used to it, but I can see that I will love this feature. It would have been awesome for text books when I was in University!

I love the many font sizes and the ability to rotate the reader on it’s side. An accelerometer may have helped, but then again, it may have been annoying if the thing kept flipping around on you while you were reading.

Some drawbacks that look to be resolved in the new 3rd Gen models are the placement of the “stick” as it’s right under the heel of your right thumb if you are reading it in the “default” position. I’ve inadvertently hit the button a few times. I also wish the “Home” button was somewhere else and in it’s current location was another “Prev Page” button. I find that I often hit it thinking it’s the “Prev Page” button like on the LHS of the device.

I also wish it supported more formats natively. PDF support isn’t great as the scaling is hard to deal with. Reading it with the reader rotated seems to work best for PDFs. It would be nice to be able to use other formats like epub or even native DOCX files, without required conversion. Also, some way t
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Bought one for Christmas. Love it! Don’t really have anything negative to say…except I wish the games weren’t so expensive.
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I did not notice this was refurbished. I will only buy new electronics with warranty.
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It is everything and more. I had no idea you can go on the internet, get news and weather and more. Go get one yourself. It’s great!
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