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Why The Genre Of Mystery Books Continues To Grow Stronger In Popularity
As a child, I couldn't read enough mystery books to satisfy my appetite for a good story. Nancy Drew's mystery books graced my mind first and became my first drug of choice. Thanks to those lovely school book drives, Mom started me on a habit that I still engage in today. That series haunted me, calling me, asking me to find more to give me that mystery fix. The Bungalow Mystery, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, the Haunted Bridge, it didn't matter which ones I had read, I just had to find another story to challenge my brain.
In my teen years my fixation of mysteries advanced to mystery/horror stories, or what I viewed as more mature mysteries in general. I still remember when my eighth grade teacher had us read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I thought that teacher was a goddess. Best of all, these books wouldn't let me sleep out of sheer terror, so I never went to bed before finishing the book I was reading that evening. I embraced these books, despite their insomniac qualities: The Mephisto Waltz, The Amytyville Horror, and even the Exorcist passed through my fingers at one time.
Mystery book hounds each have their own favorite author, but all will recognize the classics. Some recommend Agatha Christie books above all others, and then those who have just picked up the bug might direct you towards Sue Graton. Those who like those freaky medical mysteries will steer you in Mary Higgins Clark's direction or Jonathan Kellerman's way. And while I consider myself a true mystery junkie, my tastes have grown to appreciate the detective and crime books in the literary world as well. John Sanderford, Stephen King, and even Sydney Sheldon have put out some great books along with many other authors.
The mystery genre continues to grow. Thanks to mystery junkies like myself who recommend great mysteries to the unknowing and innocent readers in the world, mystery books will remain a solid genre for decades to come. New authors like Martin O'Brian, Craig Johnson, Melissa Swaim, Janet Evanovich, and Martha Grimes have made their names known in the mystery genre. Sites like MurderbytheBook.com also keep the genre alive by utilizing their independent sales skills to recommend great literature.
Since the inception of the mystery genre decades ago, the term "mystery" has grown in scope dramatically. It now includes those crime dramas and medial mysteries. Bilbiophiles will leave room for other types of books to leak into the mystery genre like suspense, thriller, and even suggestive works. Obviously in the end, the reader makes the final choice. It just depends on how much creepiness you can tolerate and sleepless nights you can endure.
Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as audio books at http://www.paperbackandaudiobooks.com. |
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Hercules
Hercules
Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little Shop of Horrors. With Zeus's blood in his veins, young Hercules's amazing strength makes him an outcast (sorry, that still doesn't fly), so he trains with a satyr named Phil to become a hero. Along the way Herc meets Meg, a common mortal who falls hard for him. They're both against the jocular Hades, who has to destroy Hercules to take over Olympus. The hydra is the computer-animated set piece for this little number, a no-chance attempt to beat that wildebeest herd from The Lion King. --Keith Simanton
Customer Review: Love It!
I'm nineteen years old... and I STILL love Disney, this movie especially. Historical re-tellings are the best Disney movies. They provide a bit of culture to the audience, whom are usually children. It's a great way to sneak education into their entertainment. While the history isn't always exactly accurate, or the re-telling of the myth... it still has value. Ignore the poo-pooing of the accuracy and animation buffs. IT'S A CARTOON. For entertainment! Lighten up, folks. Hercules gives us the buildings-roman part of the story and is obviously the main focus... but really, the other characters are the best. Meg is wise-cracking and street-smart, Hades is smooth-talking and evil, Phil is a crabby yet lovable mentor, the Muses are sexy and snappy, and the Fates and that eyeball are way too cool. This movie is a bit gorey and I wouldn't recommend it for young-young children, older ones would probably get a kick out it. This movie is a bit gorey and I wouldn't recommend it for young-young children, but the older ones would probably get a kick out it.
Customer Review: Not suitable for younger children
As was pointed out in a recent Journal of the American Medical Association some G rated films are entirely too violent. This is one of them. It is not suitable for younger children at all. There are complicated themes of Hades (Hell), evil, and about one quarter of it is pure violence. On top of all of that it is not even good. It's clunky, and lacks a truely engaging story. Some of the voices in the film are wickedly annoying, though I thought James Woods wasn't bad.
Rothco Vintage Paratrooper Messenger Bag - Khaki
Rothco Vintage Paratrooper Messenger Bag - Khaki
Rothco Khaki Vintage Paratrooper Bag / Messenger Bag is a great bag for work, travel and school. Has a large main compartment and adjustable strap for comfort. Specifications: 15" X 11" X 4", hang tags
Customer Review: Great product
This is a great bag for school. I use it everyday to carry books and other things in it. Also, the three compartments on the inside makes it very easy to organize everything.
The only thing I have against the bag is that the strap is a bit too thin and it doesn't provide a lot of support if you are carrying a very heavy load.
However, other than that this is a very useful bag. Very much worth the price.
Customer Review: Quality Purchase......
This puurchase was a very good one, if I needed another one I would purchase another one, also the service was great............THANKS....
Lost - The Complete Third Season
Lost - The Complete Third Season
Find the answers you've been looking for in the explosive third season of the show USA Today calls "the most gorgeous, audacious, expansive series on network TV." As the power of the island to both heal and destroy comes into sharp focus, the lines between good and evil are blurred and loyalties are challenged when the survivors of the crash become tangled within the lives of the Others. Plan your escape, and immerse yourself in all 23 episodes of Season Three. Go deeper than ever before in this seven-disc DVD box set, complete with hours of never-before-seen bonus features, including secrets from the world of the Others, behind-the-scenes featurettes, unprecedented access to the Lost writers room, and so much more.
Beyond Lost
 Lost: The Complete First Season |  Lost: The Complete Second Season |  The Lost Chronicles : The Official Companion Book by Mark Cotta Vaz |
 Lost: Music From the ABC Television Series by Michael Giacchino |  Lost: Season Two Soundtrack by Michael Giacchino |  Bad Twin by Gary Troup |
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Customer Review: Enjoyable
If you are a fan of Lost, investing in the 3rd season is well worth it.
Customer Review: What a wild series!
Season 3 started out with too many flashbacks and seemed to bog down at first and then... it took off with a bang and many plot twists and turns and surprises.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma.
Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists-all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real." These "edible foodlike substances" are often packaged with labels bearing health claims that are typically false or misleading. Indeed, real food is fast disappearing from the marketplace, to be replaced by "nutrients," and plain old eating by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Michael Pollan's sensible and decidedly counterintuitive advice is: "Don't eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food."
Writing In Defense of Food, and affirming the joy of eating, Pollan suggests that if we would pay more for better, well-grown food, but buy less of it, we'll benefit ourselves, our communities, and the environment at large. Taking a clear-eyed look at what science does and does not know about the links between diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about the question of what to eat that is informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the prevailing nutrient-by-nutrient approach.
In Defense of Food reminds us that, despite the daunting dietary landscape Americans confront in the modern supermarket, the solutions to the current omnivore's dilemma can be found all around us.
In looking toward traditional diets the world over, as well as the foods our families-and regions-historically enjoyed, we can recover a more balanced, reasonable, and pleasurable approach to food. Michael Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives and enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy.
Customer Review: Quick read
Interesting book and the main points really can be summed up in the byline. It felt like the author hadn't distilled his thoughts at certain points, making it wordy in certain sections. Overall I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to a friend.
Customer Review: Read the cover. read the book.
I saw Pollan speak at a University about this book. He told us we all wasted our money because the entire contents of the book was on the cover.
He was right.
I thought this book had some interesting history and a few good, practical points about eating. It was informative, and if you liked The Omnivore's Dilemma, you'll probably enjoy this book.
One thing though. This book is short. Really short. I felt a little ripped off when I reailzed about half of the pages are just reference materials. What's in the book is an exact rehash of everything he spoke about in his 1/2 hour lecture.
I know content is king, and this book's content was excellent. However, it's clear he didn't have much to say and only wrote this to either fulfill a contract or fill his bank account. More likely the former.
LeapFrog Leapster® Educational Game: Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write
LeapFrog Leapster® Educational Game: Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write
Let your imagination run wild with Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write. This educational game features over 150 step-by-step lessons that show children how to draw favorite animals, objects and characters, as well as upper and lower case letters and numbers. Also includes dozens of art tools, so you can create anything you can imagine.
Teaches drawing, handwriting, color theory and creativity. For use with the Leapster Multimedia Learning System.
Customer Review: Frustrating, but still a valuable tool
I bought this game, despite the negative reviews, because I really wanted a way for my four year old to work on his fine motor without having to argue about "yes, you must TRY to color in the lines" and "son, you need to TRACE the lines, not free color". He is a very independent spirit :-)
The other reviews are true, it is a frustrating game.
The calibration is an issue (this can be remedied. A Mr. Jason Mortara left a comment on another review stating "To access the Calibration Screen, turn on the Leapster and wait for the Sign In Screen to appear. Then press the Home + Hint + B Buttons simultaneously. Use the Pen to touch the five points that appear." and it works). Even after recalibrating the stylus, if you hold the pencil at different angles than when you recalibrated the line appears in different places. For instance, if you hold the pencil straight up and down during the recalibration, but at a slant when you trace, the line is not in the right place.
When my son does the mazes I feel the game is overly sensitive. You are not allowed to pick up your pencil during the maze, you must make one continuous line. Who doesn't stop to get your bearings during a maze? So you have to determine your course before you put your pencil down, and then don't dare get turned around.
He was becoming extremely frustrated, but what amazed me was that he didn't want to take a break, and try another game. Despite the high anxiety, he still wanted to persist until he got it right.
What we ended up doing was taking turns. I would try a maze, and make sure I crashed somewhere close to the end. Then he would try it. This way he got an idea of which way to go, because it isn't fair to expect them to actually do the maze, AND concentrate on not lifting the pencil, their pencil grip, and not going out of the lines. I felt the fine motor was more important than the logic skills of maze solving, for this particular instance.
So, in the end, it IS a FRUSTRATING game, BUT nevertheless does its job. It still teaches the fine motor skills that my son needs to work on. And it is more entertaining (barely) than the usual PAPER tracing pages, mazes, connect the dots, etc.
A more traditional, paper, alternative to this product would be the Kumon Workbooks, excellent products.
Durability: I'm not sure about this game specifically, because we haven't had it long. However, "Number Raiders" accidentally got put throught the WASHER AND DRYER and still works fine!!! Amazing. Tough little cartridges!!!
Customer Review: mostly fun
I brought this game for my 6 year old for Christmas. She enjoys tracing the pictures and playing some of the games. She gets a little frustrated with the maze. You have to go through the maze without touching any of the lines and if you take the pen off you get the buzz sound. So she gets really upset with that. I like the game because it helps to teach kids to write neatly. She is just beginning the game but I think it will help her. She has not played all the parts of it yet. She also loves the part where you just change colors and can write and draw what you want.
Recipe Card Cookbook
Recipe Card Cookbook
Use this 2-ring binder to organize and protect your recipe card collection.For any handwritten or pre-printed recipes index cards.Binder comes with 50 plastic sleeves, 25 matching recipe cards, and 9 tab dividers with categories. Inside front and back covers provide Measurement Equivalent, Substitutions, Common Food Equivalents, and Food Care Tips. Botanical pattern shown on left. Top Right: Pretty Kitchen; Lower Right: European Garden.
Wilton Candy Making for Beginners Guide
Wilton Candy Making for Beginners Guide
The Beginner?s Guide shows you how step-by-step, so you will make great-looking candies your very first time. It?s a great new way to add fun to parties and create impressive gifts. The Beginner?s Guide has everything you need to start making candy like a pro!
Customer Review: Not what I exected from Wilton
Having taken Wilton's candy course years ago, I wanted a refesher course. That's about all this is good for. Someone just getting started for the first time may find it a bit daunting. I wish that Wilton would re-offer their home study courses. They were helpful, instructive and well worth the price.
Customer Review: Candy Candy Everywhere
If you were ever hesitant of making your own chocolates and candies, this book will remove that hesitation forever. It is packed with step by step photographed directions and lots and lots of ideas. Great for the first timer.
My Favorite Recipes Blank Cookbook Organizer
My Favorite Recipes Blank Cookbook Organizer
Create your own cookbook! Keep all your favorite family recipes in one handy place with our blank cookbook organizer. Organized into 6 chapters from breakfasts to desserts...there are even 3 blank chapters to name your own, plus dozens of tips. Hardcover cookbook organizer, 224 pages.
Customer Review: Perfect
Just what I was looking for! Has plenty of pages and looks/feels sturdy. Now to sit down and actually write in my recipes from all the random pieces of paper i've got everywhere... I swear i've lost more good recipes than some people find in a lifetime!
Customer Review: Perfect Recipe Book
I purchased 2 recipe books so I could enter all of our family recipes for my daughters to give them on Mother's Day...I am totally delited...each page is lined for easy writing and there is plenty of space designated for ingredients and below that plenty of space for instructions. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for lined pages that are well organized.
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Why The Genre Of Mystery Books Continues To Grow Stronger In Popularity
As a child, I couldn't read enough mystery books to satisfy my appetite for a good story. Nancy Drew's mystery books graced my mind first and became my first drug of choice. Thanks to those lovely school book drives, Mom started me on a habit that I still engage in today. That series haunted me, calling me, asking me to find more to give me that mystery fix. The Bungalow Mystery, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, the Haunted Bridge, it didn't matter which ones I had read, I just had to find another story to challenge my brain.
In my teen years my fixation of mysteries advanced to mystery/horror stories, or what I viewed as more mature mysteries in general. I still remember when my eighth grade teacher had us read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I thought that teacher was a goddess. Best of all, these books wouldn't let me sleep out of sheer terror, so I never went to bed before finishing the book I was reading that evening. I embraced these books, despite their insomniac qualities: The Mephisto Waltz, The Amytyville Horror, and even the Exorcist passed through my fingers at one time.
Mystery book hounds each have their own favorite author, but all will recognize the classics. Some recommend Agatha Christie books above all others, and then those who have just picked up the bug might direct you towards Sue Graton. Those who like those freaky medical mysteries will steer you in Mary Higgins Clark's direction or Jonathan Kellerman's way. And while I consider myself a true mystery junkie, my tastes have grown to appreciate the detective and crime books in the literary world as well. John Sanderford, Stephen King, and even Sydney Sheldon have put out some great books along with many other authors.
The mystery genre continues to grow. Thanks to mystery junkies like myself who recommend great mysteries to the unknowing and innocent readers in the world, mystery books will remain a solid genre for decades to come. New authors like Martin O'Brian, Craig Johnson, Melissa Swaim, Janet Evanovich, and Martha Grimes have made their names known in the mystery genre. Sites like MurderbytheBook.com also keep the genre alive by utilizing their independent sales skills to recommend great literature.
Since the inception of the mystery genre decades ago, the term "mystery" has grown in scope dramatically. It now includes those crime dramas and medial mysteries. Bilbiophiles will leave room for other types of books to leak into the mystery genre like suspense, thriller, and even suggestive works. Obviously in the end, the reader makes the final choice. It just depends on how much creepiness you can tolerate and sleepless nights you can endure.
Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as audio books at http://www.paperbackandaudiobooks.com. |
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Hercules
Hercules
Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little Shop of Horrors. With Zeus's blood in his veins, young Hercules's amazing strength makes him an outcast (sorry, that still doesn't fly), so he trains with a satyr named Phil to become a hero. Along the way Herc meets Meg, a common mortal who falls hard for him. They're both against the jocular Hades, who has to destroy Hercules to take over Olympus. The hydra is the computer-animated set piece for this little number, a no-chance attempt to beat that wildebeest herd from The Lion King. --Keith Simanton
Customer Review: Love It!
I'm nineteen years old... and I STILL love Disney, this movie especially. Historical re-tellings are the best Disney movies. They provide a bit of culture to the audience, whom are usually children. It's a great way to sneak education into their entertainment. While the history isn't always exactly accurate, or the re-telling of the myth... it still has value. Ignore the poo-pooing of the accuracy and animation buffs. IT'S A CARTOON. For entertainment! Lighten up, folks. Hercules gives us the buildings-roman part of the story and is obviously the main focus... but really, the other characters are the best. Meg is wise-cracking and street-smart, Hades is smooth-talking and evil, Phil is a crabby yet lovable mentor, the Muses are sexy and snappy, and the Fates and that eyeball are way too cool. This movie is a bit gorey and I wouldn't recommend it for young-young children, older ones would probably get a kick out it. This movie is a bit gorey and I wouldn't recommend it for young-young children, but the older ones would probably get a kick out it.
Customer Review: Not suitable for younger children
As was pointed out in a recent Journal of the American Medical Association some G rated films are entirely too violent. This is one of them. It is not suitable for younger children at all. There are complicated themes of Hades (Hell), evil, and about one quarter of it is pure violence. On top of all of that it is not even good. It's clunky, and lacks a truely engaging story. Some of the voices in the film are wickedly annoying, though I thought James Woods wasn't bad.
Rothco Vintage Paratrooper Messenger Bag - Khaki
Rothco Vintage Paratrooper Messenger Bag - Khaki
Rothco Khaki Vintage Paratrooper Bag / Messenger Bag is a great bag for work, travel and school. Has a large main compartment and adjustable strap for comfort. Specifications: 15" X 11" X 4", hang tags
Customer Review: Great product
This is a great bag for school. I use it everyday to carry books and other things in it. Also, the three compartments on the inside makes it very easy to organize everything.
The only thing I have against the bag is that the strap is a bit too thin and it doesn't provide a lot of support if you are carrying a very heavy load.
However, other than that this is a very useful bag. Very much worth the price.
Customer Review: Quality Purchase......
This puurchase was a very good one, if I needed another one I would purchase another one, also the service was great............THANKS....
Lost - The Complete Third Season
Lost - The Complete Third Season
Find the answers you've been looking for in the explosive third season of the show USA Today calls "the most gorgeous, audacious, expansive series on network TV." As the power of the island to both heal and destroy comes into sharp focus, the lines between good and evil are blurred and loyalties are challenged when the survivors of the crash become tangled within the lives of the Others. Plan your escape, and immerse yourself in all 23 episodes of Season Three. Go deeper than ever before in this seven-disc DVD box set, complete with hours of never-before-seen bonus features, including secrets from the world of the Others, behind-the-scenes featurettes, unprecedented access to the Lost writers room, and so much more.
Beyond Lost
| Lost: The Complete First Season | Lost: The Complete Second Season | The Lost Chronicles : The Official Companion Book by Mark Cotta Vaz |
| Lost: Music From the ABC Television Series by Michael Giacchino | Lost: Season Two Soundtrack by Michael Giacchino | Bad Twin by Gary Troup |
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Customer Review: Enjoyable
If you are a fan of Lost, investing in the 3rd season is well worth it.
Customer Review: What a wild series!
Season 3 started out with too many flashbacks and seemed to bog down at first and then... it took off with a bang and many plot twists and turns and surprises.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma.
Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists-all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real." These "edible foodlike substances" are often packaged with labels bearing health claims that are typically false or misleading. Indeed, real food is fast disappearing from the marketplace, to be replaced by "nutrients," and plain old eating by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Michael Pollan's sensible and decidedly counterintuitive advice is: "Don't eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food."
Writing In Defense of Food, and affirming the joy of eating, Pollan suggests that if we would pay more for better, well-grown food, but buy less of it, we'll benefit ourselves, our communities, and the environment at large. Taking a clear-eyed look at what science does and does not know about the links between diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about the question of what to eat that is informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the prevailing nutrient-by-nutrient approach.
In Defense of Food reminds us that, despite the daunting dietary landscape Americans confront in the modern supermarket, the solutions to the current omnivore's dilemma can be found all around us.
In looking toward traditional diets the world over, as well as the foods our families-and regions-historically enjoyed, we can recover a more balanced, reasonable, and pleasurable approach to food. Michael Pollan's bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives and enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy.
Customer Review: Quick read
Interesting book and the main points really can be summed up in the byline. It felt like the author hadn't distilled his thoughts at certain points, making it wordy in certain sections. Overall I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to a friend.
Customer Review: Read the cover. read the book.
I saw Pollan speak at a University about this book. He told us we all wasted our money because the entire contents of the book was on the cover.
He was right.
I thought this book had some interesting history and a few good, practical points about eating. It was informative, and if you liked The Omnivore's Dilemma, you'll probably enjoy this book.
One thing though. This book is short. Really short. I felt a little ripped off when I reailzed about half of the pages are just reference materials. What's in the book is an exact rehash of everything he spoke about in his 1/2 hour lecture.
I know content is king, and this book's content was excellent. However, it's clear he didn't have much to say and only wrote this to either fulfill a contract or fill his bank account. More likely the former.
LeapFrog Leapster® Educational Game: Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write
LeapFrog Leapster® Educational Game: Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write
Let your imagination run wild with Mr. Pencil's Learn to Draw and Write. This educational game features over 150 step-by-step lessons that show children how to draw favorite animals, objects and characters, as well as upper and lower case letters and numbers. Also includes dozens of art tools, so you can create anything you can imagine.
Teaches drawing, handwriting, color theory and creativity. For use with the Leapster Multimedia Learning System.
Customer Review: Frustrating, but still a valuable tool
I bought this game, despite the negative reviews, because I really wanted a way for my four year old to work on his fine motor without having to argue about "yes, you must TRY to color in the lines" and "son, you need to TRACE the lines, not free color". He is a very independent spirit :-)
The other reviews are true, it is a frustrating game.
The calibration is an issue (this can be remedied. A Mr. Jason Mortara left a comment on another review stating "To access the Calibration Screen, turn on the Leapster and wait for the Sign In Screen to appear. Then press the Home + Hint + B Buttons simultaneously. Use the Pen to touch the five points that appear." and it works). Even after recalibrating the stylus, if you hold the pencil at different angles than when you recalibrated the line appears in different places. For instance, if you hold the pencil straight up and down during the recalibration, but at a slant when you trace, the line is not in the right place.
When my son does the mazes I feel the game is overly sensitive. You are not allowed to pick up your pencil during the maze, you must make one continuous line. Who doesn't stop to get your bearings during a maze? So you have to determine your course before you put your pencil down, and then don't dare get turned around.
He was becoming extremely frustrated, but what amazed me was that he didn't want to take a break, and try another game. Despite the high anxiety, he still wanted to persist until he got it right.
What we ended up doing was taking turns. I would try a maze, and make sure I crashed somewhere close to the end. Then he would try it. This way he got an idea of which way to go, because it isn't fair to expect them to actually do the maze, AND concentrate on not lifting the pencil, their pencil grip, and not going out of the lines. I felt the fine motor was more important than the logic skills of maze solving, for this particular instance.
So, in the end, it IS a FRUSTRATING game, BUT nevertheless does its job. It still teaches the fine motor skills that my son needs to work on. And it is more entertaining (barely) than the usual PAPER tracing pages, mazes, connect the dots, etc.
A more traditional, paper, alternative to this product would be the Kumon Workbooks, excellent products.
Durability: I'm not sure about this game specifically, because we haven't had it long. However, "Number Raiders" accidentally got put throught the WASHER AND DRYER and still works fine!!! Amazing. Tough little cartridges!!!
Customer Review: mostly fun
I brought this game for my 6 year old for Christmas. She enjoys tracing the pictures and playing some of the games. She gets a little frustrated with the maze. You have to go through the maze without touching any of the lines and if you take the pen off you get the buzz sound. So she gets really upset with that. I like the game because it helps to teach kids to write neatly. She is just beginning the game but I think it will help her. She has not played all the parts of it yet. She also loves the part where you just change colors and can write and draw what you want.
Recipe Card Cookbook
Recipe Card Cookbook
Use this 2-ring binder to organize and protect your recipe card collection.For any handwritten or pre-printed recipes index cards.Binder comes with 50 plastic sleeves, 25 matching recipe cards, and 9 tab dividers with categories. Inside front and back covers provide Measurement Equivalent, Substitutions, Common Food Equivalents, and Food Care Tips. Botanical pattern shown on left. Top Right: Pretty Kitchen; Lower Right: European Garden.
Wilton Candy Making for Beginners Guide
Wilton Candy Making for Beginners Guide
The Beginner?s Guide shows you how step-by-step, so you will make great-looking candies your very first time. It?s a great new way to add fun to parties and create impressive gifts. The Beginner?s Guide has everything you need to start making candy like a pro!
Customer Review: Not what I exected from Wilton
Having taken Wilton's candy course years ago, I wanted a refesher course. That's about all this is good for. Someone just getting started for the first time may find it a bit daunting. I wish that Wilton would re-offer their home study courses. They were helpful, instructive and well worth the price.
Customer Review: Candy Candy Everywhere
If you were ever hesitant of making your own chocolates and candies, this book will remove that hesitation forever. It is packed with step by step photographed directions and lots and lots of ideas. Great for the first timer.
My Favorite Recipes Blank Cookbook Organizer
My Favorite Recipes Blank Cookbook Organizer
Create your own cookbook! Keep all your favorite family recipes in one handy place with our blank cookbook organizer. Organized into 6 chapters from breakfasts to desserts...there are even 3 blank chapters to name your own, plus dozens of tips. Hardcover cookbook organizer, 224 pages.
Customer Review: Perfect
Just what I was looking for! Has plenty of pages and looks/feels sturdy. Now to sit down and actually write in my recipes from all the random pieces of paper i've got everywhere... I swear i've lost more good recipes than some people find in a lifetime!
Customer Review: Perfect Recipe Book
I purchased 2 recipe books so I could enter all of our family recipes for my daughters to give them on Mother's Day...I am totally delited...each page is lined for easy writing and there is plenty of space designated for ingredients and below that plenty of space for instructions. I highly recommend this book if you are looking for lined pages that are well organized.
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