Name: Friend Mouse
Dateline: Maine
Weblog: friendmouse.blogspot.com
Articles: 36
First Published: Thursday, July 12, 2007
Last Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Currently listing articles 36-1:
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DVD Review: The Devil’s Muse— David Lynch fans will love this movie. I am not so much a David Lynch fan myself.
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Book Review: Silver - My Own Tale As Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of Murder by Edward Chupack— Avast, my hearties, for here be pirates!
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Book Review: Acacia – Book One: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham— A huge new epic fantasy series has begun and it has something for everyone.
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DVD Review: Rain Shadow - Series 1 — Think James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small - except that the veterinarians are women and live in the arid Outback, not lush green England.
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Book Review: Secrets of the Sea - A Novel by Nicholas Shakespeare— This fantastic new novel is both a perceptive and pragmatic love story and a tribute to the pristine island of Tasmania and her denizens.
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DVD Review: Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII— Their planes may have been silent but their voices no longer are. This is the incredible story of the American WWII glider pilots.
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Book Review: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon— A compelling novel of displacement, poverty, war, and the quest for personal peace.
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Book Review: Dizzying Heights - The Aspen Novel by Bruce Ducker — A satirical look at Aspen reaches for the upper elevations but falls slightly short under its own unwieldiness.
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Book Review: The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing— A look inside the revolution, tea-cosies and all. As relevant and compelling as when it was first published.
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DVD Review: Wide Sargasso Sea— An adaptation of the eponymous novel, this passionate production offers a glimpse into madness and love turned to ruin.
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Book Review: The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber— Are the greatest artists visionaries or lunatics? The answer, according to this fine novel, is an emphatic “yes!”
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DVD Review: One Missed Call— Rife with missed opportunities, this movie misses the mark.
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Book Review: Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow— This is no frilly urban fantasy: this is a 300-page poem about bloodthirsty noir werewolves.
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Book Review: Dark Summit - The True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil— A fascinating investigation into one of the most deadly and talked about seasons on the world's highest mountain.
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DVD Review: Greek – Chapter One— ABC Family's Greek is a cute, funny and surprisingly adult peek into the social lives of collegiate Greeks. Toga! Toga!
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Product Review: Famous Newfoundland Screech Rum/Rhum— Rum. The very word conjures up visions of beaches, wam breezes, and frothy blender drinks.
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Book Review: In Search of Molly Pitcher by Linda Grant De Pauw— An innovative approach to getting middle schoolers interested in history.
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Book Review: Extraordinary Circumstances - The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower by Cynthia Cooper, Former Vice President, WorldCom— Are you brave enough to take on a giant? Cynthia Cooper was: she's the whistleblower who brought down WorldCom.
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Book Review: Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce— I was instantly charmed by Flora and I dare anyone else not to be in this delightful young adult fantasy novel.
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Book Review: The Sport of Schutzhund - A Photographic Essay by B.J. and Peter Spanos— Move over, Underdog - here comes Schutzhund!
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Book Review: The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir by Tom Stone— What could be better than spending a summer running a restaurant on a Greek island?
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Book Review: St. John of the Midfield by Gerasamo Maccagnone— A first-time novelist's valiant attempt at marrying the beauty of soccer with the beast of the Italian Mob.
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Hero Worship: From Disciple to Archetypal— Everyone needs a hero in their life, whether it's flesh-and-blood inspiration or more mythic in the way it materializes.
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Book Review: The Rozabal Line by Shawn Haigins— Amid the religious quest and terrorism plot is an enormous amount of comparative religion.
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Book Review: A Walk for Sunshine – A 2,160-mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail by Jeff Alt— Thousands of people start the AT every year but only a small percentage of them finish: in 1998, Jeff Alt (trail name: “Wrongfoot”) did.
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Book Review: A Good Dog - The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life by Jon Katz— Jon Katz has written no less than six books and innumerable columns about dogs. This book is about the dog that broke his heart.
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Greater Salt Lake City’s Brewpubs— As a microbrew drinker and confirmed beer snob, I was understandably concerned before my recent trip to northern Utah. I needn’t have worried.
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Oh, The Shame of It! Guilty Pleasure— What's the lamest song on your playlist?
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Book Review: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell— “ ‘Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.’ …’But the sparrow still falls.’”
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Book Review: The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins— A quick-moving, well-plotted thriller, fully peopled with great characters and - gasp! - written when Victoria was Queen.
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Italian Beef - Reminiscence and Recipe— If you've got a craving for a spicy, succulent sandwich, I've got the cure. Vegetarians need not apply.
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The Sound and the Fury— Anthony Burgess said “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” No truer words have ever been spoken.
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What To Do When Your Green Thumb Turns Blue?— One woman's struggle vs. nature: the conclusion is foregone.
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Pizza Pie – Mi Amore— If you're a pizzaphile, don't read this on an empty stomach (unless your keyboard is drool-proof): reminiscences and recipe recaps of everyone's favorite food.
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Book Review: Two Trilogies by Robertson Davies— These omnibuses are not for the faint of upper-body strength.
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Reading is Fundamental (to Dogs)— One woman’s (foiled) quest for altruism through canine-redemption.
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