Book Description
First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes....a baby carriage? Isnt that what all women want? Not so for Claudia Parr. And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets warm, wonderful Ben. Things seem too good to be true when they fall in love and agree to buck tradition with a satisfying, child-free marriage. Then the unexpected occurs: one of them has a change of heart. One of them wants children after all. This is the witty, heartfelt story about what happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things. Its about feeling that your life is set and then realizing that nothing is as you thought it was--and that there is no possible compromise. Its about deciding what is most important in life, and taking chances to get it. But most of all, its about the things we will do--and wont do--for love.
Customer Reviews:
salty and sweet.......2007-10-09
Within the first few pages I loved the book and the spot on reference to what questions people will pose to a couple who does not have kids. Then the book focused on the dilemma at hand and I loved the ups and downs and depth of the characters
Book to Buy.......2007-09-22
Amazon shipped it very quickly!!!! I purchased this to get the savings on shipping, but I figured this book would be just as good as Something Borrowed and Something Blue.
great as usual.......2007-09-07
I love all of Emily Giffin's books so this was a delight. It's not all wrapped up in a neat bow at the end which I normally like but I was so invested in the characters and she did a great job nailing the pit of a breakup.
Something new.......2007-09-05
I have read all of Emily's books and think that "Baby Proof" is a great third effort. Unlike her first two books, it does not follow the Rachel and Darcy storyline and features all new characters dealing with seemingly more mature issues.
I agree with some of the reviewers that the book is slower than Emily's first two, particularly in the first third which deals with the breakdown of Claudia's marriage. I think the subject matter of the book (divorce, babies, etc) makes it less "sensational" than the other books, but by no means is it boring or uninteresting. You really feel Claudia's heartache and try to laugh with her as she copes with her divorce from Ben. And by the time Michael and Richard show up in the story, the book really takes off and you won't be able to put it down. I loved the way this book followed Claudia's ups and downs and I thought the ending was perfectly done. I would recommend this book to anyone.
If you have not read Emily's first two books, you should read them as well.
it's okay...................2007-09-05
I love all emily giffin's book...and i couldn't wait to read this one...but i found it a little short of satisfaction. It's a great story but the story is more about her and her family instead of ben. A couple of times i went okay enough already about the family...but i still think it's a great book. It's fun and light.
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3-book set by Emily Giffin.
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The Safe Baby Book
Angela McKenzie
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1412042968
Release Date: 2006-07-06 |
Book Description
With over 1,000,000 babies and toddlers injured worldwide each year The Safe Baby Book is an invaluable and necessary reference for every home. The Safe Baby Book is a comprehensive, well organized and practical guide for parents of babies and toddlers.
Product Description
These easy instructions will have you crocheting baby jackets (including a hooded jacket), hats, leggings, and booties in no time! Designs use various yarn weights.
Book Description
Your Days Are Numbered…And Clay Ryker Knows It.
Clay Ryker is a man with a dark past and an uncertain future. A failure in both business and marriage, he has come home after a decade away, hoping for a fresh start in the small Pacific Northwest town where he grew up.
But Clay harbors a terrible secret, one that even those closest to him don’t know. When increasingly sinister notes appear in the folds of his morning paper, Clay realizes that the truth is not so secret after all. Then people around him start dying and, with a serial killer on the loose, he discovers a terrible gift: he can foresee the timing of a person’s death–his or her expiration date.
As his newfound ability proves both a blessing and a curse, Clay’s foreknowledge could cost more than he can bear to lose. Working with ex-cop and investigator Vince Turney, Clay has no choice but to face up to the truth of his past. Will he find the courage to overcome an unspeakable evil, one that he himself may have empowered?
Customer Reviews:
An Enjoyable Read.......2007-10-08
Action, suspense, history, and spiritual warfare are combined here to make this a very enjoyable read.
Expiration Date features Clay Ryker who is experiencing major difficulties in all areas of his life: his marriage, business, parents, friends, and spirituality. The author does a good job of weaving together a story containing lots of twists and turns along with some spiritual truths.
This novel contains some characters from Eric Wilson's previous novel, 'Dark To Mortal Eyes'. It will keep the readers interested from start to finish.
Old But Not Expired. .......2007-05-31
A well-written and fascinating blend of supernatural, historical and gritty reality.
Clay Ryker is struggling with the baggage of lies believed and sin-scorched failures. I ached for him as he continued in his downward spiral of confusion.
But what is at the root of his confusion? And what would he do with this cursed gift he's been given?
Expiration Date blends intriguing history, life-like characters and a tight plot into a compelling read.
A Compelling Read!.......2007-05-31
I liked Dark to Mortal Eyes; I loved Expiration Date. I am officially hooked on Eric Wilson's writing after reading this novel.
Expiration Date draws on the history of the Romanov family and the Bolshevik Revolution in a thrilling story about fate, free will, and divine intervention. The book tackles the question that everyone asks at some point: is the future written in stone, or is it determined by our choices - or is it perhaps a mixture of both?
When Clay Ryker discovers that he is suddenly able to foresee the day a person will die, he takes it upon himself to use his newfound knowledge to save lives - if that's possible. Unwittingly, he becomes mixed up in a battle for an ancient relic that may be a clue to the fabled treasure of Rasputin. In order to protect this relic and save the life of its finder, a young boy named Kenny, Clay must face the demons of his past that he has tried to hide for years.
Expiration Date is masterfully written, whether you're looking for philosophical insight or just a good read. May cause spinning thoughts, sleep loss, and shortage of breath.
Another great book!.......2007-01-20
Expiration Date is the second book in the senses series and explores the sense of touch. It has an interesting premise, and is quite enjoyable to read. It extends some of the loose ends left from Dark to Mortal Eyes, but does not completely answer all the questions. The use of Russian history as the back drop to many of the character's motivations is quite intriguing. At times I felt like I was getting a very enjoyable history lesson about the Czars and Rasputin. My only complaint was the lead character Clay Ryker was written too well. He behaved and acted exactly as someone in his position should and does. However, for someone, like me, who has little patience for self-pity, he began to grate on my nerves just a little. Once Clay starts acting and thinking rather than sulking, he is very likable. This is a compliment to the author for writing a believable, human character. The issues that Clay faces are some that many people today deal with--divorce, failure, their past, poor decisions, family tension, etc. He's someone we can all relate too and sympathize with. The supernatural elements in the book are vivid and remind me a bit of This Present Darkness. I look forward to the third sense book and hope it is published soon.
I'll make this short........2006-10-26
I thought I had written a review right after I read this book but I must have forgotten so here goes my opinion. It's excellent! Do I need to say anything more? Eric is getting better with each book.
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- exciting paranormal thriller
- Ride Metro
- Past its Freshness
- An unworthy sequel to Last Call
- Halloween in ghost-ridden Los Angeles
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Expiration Date
Tim Powers
Manufacturer: Orb Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
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The Drawing of the Dark (Del Rey Impact)
ASIN: 0765317524
Release Date: 2007-03-20 |
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Koot Parganas has stolen the ghost of Thomas Edison, preserved in a hidden glass vial. Now he's on the run through the dark underside of Los Angeles, among characters who extend their lives and enhance their power by catching and absorbing the ghosts of the recently dead. Like The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides, this fantasy has an astonishing power that remains long after the last page is turned.
Book Description
Los Angeles is filled with ghosts — and half-ghosts, and ghost hunters, and ghost junkies — chasing each other in a mad quest for immortality. As a series of disasters strikes Los Angeles, a young boy inhales the last breath of Thomas Edison, and becomes a precious prize in a deadly hunt for the elusive vital spark. Brimming with the wild imagination and heart-stopping escapades that won Tim Powers the World Fantasy Award, Expiration Date is an exuberant and inventive tale from one of fantasy’s most original talents.
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exciting paranormal thriller .......2007-03-28
Los Angeles is a city filled with beings not pumping gas or parking cars. Instead L.A. is a ghost town loaded with otherworldly spirits, some souls with a foot in the grave and the other on the freeway, and humans seeking to extend their LAST CALL on earth. Life and after life are competitors to obtain immortality.
In this weird 1990s Los Angeles, eleven years old Koot Parganas is raised by parents who worship dead Mahatmas and has been warned not to touch certain artifacts. However, the preadolescent ignores his parental warning to stay away from sacred items and breaks the bust of Dante. Inside is a glass vial that contains the preserved ghost of Thomas Alva Edison; Koot steals the container and the spirit inside. However, ghosthunters and ghost addicts can "see" the bright lit spirit of the late inventor. They want it and are inspired because for no perspiration on their part they can gain incredible power. Sensing dangerous Hurricane Weather in which he is the eye of the storm, Koot flees with mortals, semi paranormals, and a canine chasing after him.
This is an exciting paranormal thriller that grips the audience once Koot disobeys his parents and never slows down as he finds many of the residents (not all living) want what he holds. The story line is fast-paced with many eccentric characters but Koot owns the plot. Readers will appreciate his L.A. "joy ride".
Harriet Klausner
Ride Metro.......2006-07-02
I have to say this is the first Tim Powers book I have ever read. I bought it because the plot outline made so little sense that I figured the author must have done a hell of a job to get his story straight. He did. I especially enjoyed the mixture of the fantastic and surreal ghost-ridden society smoothly blended with present day Los Angeles. I have to say, I rode the LA public buses for a year, so that may explain part of my fascination for the novel. Using an accurate description of LA as a sober backdrop of this fantasy story works wonders in my opinion. It made me believe and go along with all of the novel's twists and turns. Young boy swallows the ghost of Edison which used to be kept on the mantlepiece? Sure!
Past its Freshness.......2006-02-23
What I am about to write hurts me more than it's going to hurt you.
Reason one: I am a huge Tim Powers fan. I love nearly everything he has written and thrust his books into the hands of as many readers as I can find.
Reason two: Powers fans are a rabid and bloodthirsty bunch and they will make me pay for this review by racking up "unhelpful" votes at a blurring rate.
But I feel I have to, as I have just finished reading "Expiration Date" for the third time. The first time I found it incomprehensible. The second time I found it tiresome. This time I am simply perplexed as to why it was written.
On the surface, the plot is typically Powersian - there are ghosts in the world, discorporate lives that drift near the places they died or places to which they have an emotional connection. There are other people who gain a sort of "high" by snorting or smoking these souls. When a big ghost is revealed in the first few pages, all the ghost-smokers want a piece of the action, but the ghost himself isn't particularly interested in being consumed. Madcap hi-jinx ensue.
Tim Powers is a master of research, his scenes and historical facts are above reproach. But sometimes he falls down on the emotion quotient and motivations seem arbitrary. This is especially true of "Expiration Date". Powers splinters his focus by having three "main" characters and expecting us to bond with the many secondary characters. There are two villains, one semi-villain and a host of ghosts who have more brainpower than all the living characters combined.
Koot Hootie Parganas is an 11-year-old Indian who is being groomed by his parents to be a holy man, but he sneaks burgers when they aren't looking and is frustrated by his unusual life. He knows there is something very special about the bust of Dante on the mantle and, in frustration, smashed the bust, steals the contents (which happen to be the ghost of Thomas Edison, captured with his last breath) and heads for the hills. Edison's ghost is so "big" (presumably, "tasty" or providing a better "high") that all the ghost suckers in LA are alerted to his presence and set off to eat him up. But Powers is never clear on what, exactly, eating a big ghost would do for the ghost eater. I can see if it gave one power over all others, but if it's really just an exceptionally calorie-laden meal, I just don't see why anyone would kill for it.
Pete Sullivan, returned to LA after years on the road, is a twin. His sister, Sukie, aware that Loretta de Larava (about which more later) is on her trail, kills herself, but not before alerting Pete to the chase. The pair used to work for Loretta, who hired them because ghosts are attracted to twins. They are fascinated that there are two of the same thing and so come out to look.
Kootie accidentally snorts Edison, then hooks up with Pete so they can face down Loretta and free Edison and Pete's dad before Halloween. Similarly, the reader is accidentally confused, then bored out of his mind before the end of the book.
Powers leaves too many questions in his quest for cool. Much of this book's story is infused with "wouldn't it be cool if" ideas that, on the surface, are indeed cool. But once you try to make sense of them within the context of the story it all breaks down. For example, why is Edison's ghost so delicious that people are willing to kill in order to eat it? Powers never tells us; we are expected to go along for the ride. Also, ghosts who are consumed do not go away; rather, they live beneath the surface of the consumer's mind, hollering when stressed or confused or hungry. Well. I enjoy a good chicken McNugget now and again, but if they all started cock-a-doodle-dooing when I hadn't had one in a while, I think I'd just say no.
Just Say No. That's it, I think. "Expiration Date" is Powers's meditation on drug addiction. All these people running around, hungry for the next ghost, the next fix. He even has Kootie run into a crack addict to underscore the point. In this context, I suppose, even the yowling gullet-ghosts make a certain degree of sense, but the overall concept of the book does not. Any addict would be happy with a series of small highs and would forego the big one, especially if getting the big one meant expenditure of energy.
Much of what happens in the ghost world is just silly Beeetlejuice stuff. For example, when Loretta's hair bands snap around her forehead and the top of her head gets pulled to a teeny point and her arm, which is holding a heavy gun, gets stretched and pulled to the floor. It's not scary, it's not poignant, and it's just kind of ridiculous.
A bad Tim Powers book is better than about 90% of all the fantasy out there, so the reader should not take this review as a complete shutout. As I said, I have read it three times. But if I were trying to get a new reader hooked on Powers, I would not give them this book or "Earthquake Weather".
An unworthy sequel to Last Call.......2006-02-15
This novel sucks. That's all I'm going to write about it.
Halloween in ghost-ridden Los Angeles.......2004-08-20
This action-adventure fantasy takes place around Halloween in 1992 Los Angeles, a city full of ghosts and ghost predators. The action begins when 11-year-old Koot Hoomie Parganas (Kootie for short) rebels against his Mahatma-worshiping, vegetarian weirdo parents, breaks open their plaster bust of Dante, steals the glass vial inside and runs away.
Robbed and beaten up, he tries to go home but it's too late. He has set events in motion that have caused the murder of his parents and the convergence of forces drawn by the powerful ghost trapped in the vial - Thomas Edison.
Edison's ghost is a beacon, drawing rapacious "ghost-eaters" to hunt down Kootie, a bewildered boy who can't always tell his friends from his enemies. It also draws two other ghost-ridden people - Pete Sullivan, a man haunted by the drowning death of his father and hunted by an obsessed ghost eater, the film maker DeLarava, and Dr. Angelica Elizalde, a psychiatrist whose unconventional methods backfired on Halloween two years ago, killing several patients.
Powers sets these people on a collision course through a Lost Angeles so grittily, glitzily realized, you'll feel like you're walking its haunted streets in person. His eye for detail and the slight skewing of ordinary expectations heightens the atmospheric tension and creates an especially frightening world for the appealing and bewildered Kootie
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Well-written, weirdly imaginative and fast-paced, the book's only fault is length. Long after most of the mysteries are solved, the protagonists are still running around barely escaping annihilation and it grows, unfortunately, repetitious. Powers redeems this minor fault, however, with a spectacular finale on the luxurious and history-loaded ship, the Queen Mary.
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Expiration Date: Never
Stephanie Spinner , and
Terry Bisson
Manufacturer: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0385326904
Release Date: 2001-05-08 |
Book Description
Once again Gemini Jack is in his shop at the Middle Valley Mall, offering out-of-this-world gadgets for rent. And once again he’s hoping twins Tod and Tessa can help him with problems on his home planet. But Tod and Tessa have problems of their own. The Gneiss twins, who were once so evil they scared their own mother, are now sickeningly nice. Worse, they’ve decided that Tod and Tessa are their best friends. It’s as if the entire balance of the universe has gone kablooey! Then there’s Nigel Throbber, a great rock drummer in his time–a long, long time ago. Using one of Jack’s unearthly gadgets, Tod and Tessa help Nigel escape from his fame temporarily–only to learn that the effects are permanent! Once they restore Nigel’s celebrity, all they have to do is save Jack’s planet and convince Nancy Gneiss that she doesn’t really have a crush on Tod–which makes restoring the balance of the universe look like a total breeze.
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Quality Piece Of Work!.......2002-09-21
Let me just say that I am a true fan of nearly all Bruce and Stan's work, so it came as no surprise to me that I thoroughly enjoyed their take on making the most of one's life. The main ideas stressed within the covers are positivity, inspiration, Divinity, and setting goals for oneself. Going through all the majorly important areas of one's life -- career, relationships, finances, Spiritual Walk, goals, etc. -- they manage to help you cope with changes, including disappointment. I've found this work has helped me cope with some difficult transitions and has given me a completely new perspective on exactly what success means. Check out this book if you need a fresh view of things. You will not be disappointed.
Amazing Life Changer.......2002-03-03
I purchased this book at very low time of my life, and let me just say that it totally rejuvenated me! Bruce and Stan are two amazinlgy talented authors with a knack for focusing on positive. After reading "Real Life", I set goals for myself, searched for mentors, starting reading the Bible and praying more, and became more in touch with my spirituality. If it hadn't been for their inspiring words, I'd probably still be in my miserable state right now. You owe it to yourself to at lear give this book a chance. Read it! You will not be disappointed!
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Expiration Date
Tim Powers
Manufacturer: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NVGR76 |
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Bread Milk And Love Have Expiration Dates: 'Til Temptation Do Us Part
M M Wilson
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0595463215 |
Book Description
All the good men are not yet taken, though it may seem that way from the forty-one lies being told to achieve the ultimate sex from another relationship in Bread, Milk and Love Have Expiration Dates. One could easily say that love thrives on flattery, and even without an erection, sex is still on their brains.
But understand that men think of sex every 53 seconds, while women think of it one to four times a day. So what does a woman need to know? Love does not expire with time, so consider taking the mystery to the next level, so that your partner cannot get enough of you. Do fun things together and put the sizzle back into your marriage or relationship to avoid the enticement of: 'Til Temptation Do Us Part.
God created you in love. He did not create you to live loveless and in misery. Life is meant to be shared and to experience love together. You need to search him out, find out what he enjoys and stimulate his needs. Become a child-like nature and spice up your life . live and love the moment . be smart, get out of your comfort zone once in a while; try new directions and go for the life you want. That could be the key to having your partner around for a lifetime without him sneaking out to get the extra gravy from someone else.
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Date d'expiration
Tim Powers
Manufacturer: J'ai lu
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 2277241547 |
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EXPIRATION DATE
Tim Powers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0586218564 |
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- Being Geniuses Together, 1920-1930
- Born in Ice: The Born In Trilogy #2 (Born in Trilogy)
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- Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori, Book Three (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)
- Celtic Design: Knotwork : The Secret Method of the Scribes (Celtic Design)
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- Complete Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the body Thief)
- Dark Angels: A Novel
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