Lisa Douglas

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Helpful votes received on reviews: 100% (14 of 14)
Location: Toronto, ON
 

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Top Reviewer Ranking: 55,510 - Total Helpful Votes: 14 of 14
GTMax Transparent Clear Snap on Crystal Cover Case&hellip by CrazyOnDigital
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This cover is cheap and works well for what it is.

I really bought the case to protect the screen of my Nano, but unfortunately (it's difficult to tell from the picture) the case has holes for both the click-wheel and the screen, leaving the screen vulnerable to scratches and impacts.
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Read, Oct 8 2009
I found the Her Fearful Symmetry very engrossing and couldn't put it down. Niffenegger's handling of ghosts and life after death was very intriguing, it definitely pulled me into the novel and captured my imagination.

That being said, it's not quite as good as The Time Traveler's Wife (I imagine it would be very difficult to follow up such a successful debut). My main quibble with the novel would be some odd character choices in the last quarter which seemed a little heavy-handed.

All in all, I think the book is definitely worth a read.
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge Diana Gabaldon fan, but this book was harder than usual for me to get into. It felt slow and disjointed in the beginning as you jump from narrator to narrator and place to place, and every time we left Jamie and Claire's story to follow the more minor characters I just wanted to get back to them.

The caltrop on the cover of An Echo in the Bone gives you an idea of how the narrative in the second to last book in the Outlander series runs. You begin following many separate threads: Claire and Jamie (and Ian), Roger and Brianna, Lord John Grey, and his adopted son William. The early portions of the book seem disconnected as you jump… Read more

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