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I was optimistic, and I wasn’t let down! My only complaint was that the story was too short, I couldn’t wait to see what Artemis would be up to next. I would not compare this to Harry Potter. This story stands on its own, with plenty of installments to keep you reading and waiting on the next adventure. Always full of surpises, written very well.
2x Digital Telephoto Professional

Water for Elephants amazed me. It was not at all what I expected. I knew it was about a circus, and obviously for the title, an elephant was involved. What I was not prepared for however, was the cruelty it showed. And I don’t doubt for a minute, that even though this was fiction, that these atrocities didn’t happen in real circuses.

We are introduced to a death in the prologue. While it is fuzzy and hard to tell who’s who, we are witnesses to a scene that the narrator, Jacob, has viewed and never forgotten. Mayhem abounds as we discover that the menagerie of a circus is on the stampede.

We are then reintroduced to Jacob, many years later, as he is a resident at a nursing home. He is ninety three, or ninety one, he can’t keep it straight and a circus is in town and being set up within sight of the nursing home. This causes him to reminisce about his time spent with the Benzini Brothers circus.

As a runaway college student, after the death of his parents, he finds himself hopping a train that turns out to be part of the circus train. There, instead of being thrown off, he is taken in by an older man named Camel who secures him a job with the circus mucking stalls, which later turns into a position as the circus’s veterinarian.

He falls in love with Marlena, the wife of his schizophrenic boss August. While he keeps his love hidden, August, dangerous and unpredictable makes life tough for Jacob in the circus while in his better moments is a best friend to him.

He also makes the acquaintance of Walter, a dwarf clown whom he bunks with and together they help Camel in his time of need. He also makes an unlikely friend in Rosie, an elephant picked up from another failing circus whom he feels a bond with and devastation at her treatment from the cruel August.

Throughout the book it cuts back and forth from Jacob at the nursing home, to his reminisces of the circus and its happenings. One of the ending chapters recaps the prologue, only with more detail.

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2x Digital Telephoto Professional

This book was a fun read. There was a real twist at the end! Loved it!
18x HD Professional Super

I’m extremely happy with this purchase. It’s portable and very easy to use on your dashboard. Way better than that stick-on thing for your windshield. The product is new and exactly as described on Amazon. I highly recommend this product by this seller, the delivery was fast and definitely worth the shipping cost. Again, it’s a great buy.
Professional Snap On Lens

Let me start by saying that I can see why a lot of people wouldn’t like this book, especially a lot of people who have to read it for school. To many people, it seems like the typical “teenage angst” kind of book, and it’s very easy to think that the whole way through the book. If you learn nothing from this book then you didn’t get the meaning behind it – it’s a blunt statement, either you agree or you don’t. And if you *do* get the meaning behind it, but found it to be boring or repetitive anyway, then that is your opinion. Some people just simply don’t like the same books.

I have to admit, when I first started reading Catcher in the Rye I was a bit struck at why it was considered a classic in literature. With me, I started seeing something deeper when I got to the middle of the book. It isn’t until you start seeing the same things being repeated that you start to notice. The title of my review is a great example. Holden Caulfield is a prime example of questioning youth. Most teenagers aren’t focused on morals, nor do many of them think deeply about what goes on in the world. And the few that do are like Holden; they’re confused, lonely, and scared as hell. So the more I read and the deeper I delved into the meanings behind Holden’s thoughts and ideas, the more I began to understand. Holden Caulfield isn’t just the average 16-year old. He is, yet he isn’t. He *thinks* deeper than the average teenager. He’s still immature in a lot of his thinking throughout the book but overall his character is just this mass of confusion. He seems confused at a lot of things, at why a lot of people are the way they are, yet he himself isn’t perfect. That is what shapes his character. He isn’t flawless, and the author, Salinger, clearly brings that out to the reader. Sometimes Holden contradicts himself – a flaw within himself that is telling the readers that he is human. By developing his character in this way, I saw it as a way to make you both like and dislike him. If you liked
Professional Snap On Lens

This was a gift to my husband. He found it simple, stays in place, easy to use, remove and set up, does not fall or slide, is not cumbersome or too large. He loves it.
Dualit Professional Hand Mixer

The Apple Ipod Touch is one of my most favorite gadgets. It is literally an extension of my life. I do not leave home without it. I purchased it from amazon with 1 day shipping and it got here the very next day which obviously meant that I did nothing for the next 3 hours except explore everything I could on it. I uploaded all my songs, pictures, videos, and some movies, instantly. All of them play beautifully on the Itouch. My baby cousins are also in love with the speakers that enable them to actually hear the games and movies they love. This is my second Ipod Touch. My first one was the first generation Ipod touch. I do love this one for its speakers though.
All in all, a great buy. You just have to love this product.
18x HD Professional Super

I bought this to try it against the SanDisk i have and it is as good as it,i am going on a trip so i wanted a spare,I will give then both a good go soon and might have changed my mind but until then i find them both good.
3x Digital Telephoto Professional

I was able to purchase this item on Amazon.com for $50 cheaper than on the Garmin website!
Professional Folding Blade Wall

Within the last few weeks I finally decided to jump from a CRT and Analog cables (Red, white, yellow) to a LCD with HDMI. I knew what the LCD was however was sorely lacking in knowledge when it came to cables and high def. After I had bought the TV and the player (which told me on the box not to forget the HDMI cables!) I had to search for the proper connections. Well, the only offerings in the store were HDMI cables ranging from 40-120 dollars. What did I know? I bought the 40 dollar ones (I know I am cheap) and was happy with them, until I found these by chance on amazon.

When I first looked at the page advertising these inexpensive cables for sale, I thought to myself: “Of course they’re cheap, because they will fall apart within a week”. However, when reading the reviews I started to get curious. How could I go wrong at 3 dollars shipped!

So I tried them out, have them connected, as I write this, to a samsung 37″ 1080p LCD and get the same quality (with no interference) as the 40 dollar cables. The shipping was 3 days and I could not have been more satisfied. You do not need gold plated, platinum plated, or heavy duty cables because the above reviewers are right: “All you need is that digital signal”. Moreover, they are plain (no logos or colors) but they are no of shoddy construction (I wiggled them around and unplugged and plugged them numerous times). What can I say? It is a quality product that anyone can afford.
2x Digital Telephoto Professional