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...gentle reader that you are, do not misinterpret my reaction...
...Opraganda” does not stop there. “O” is filled with two strategically placed perfume advertisements. The inclusion of these tantalizingly fresh fragrances is to draw the reader in closer and closer into the page—deeper and deeper into the “Oprahganda.” With this, the reader is meant to ask him or herself, “I wonder if this is what Oprah smells like...
...thrilled Foreign Affairs reader was L. Hunter Sheldon, then a young lawyer in California. The article prompted Hunter to seek out Amory, and a year and a half later she married "the most amazing man I have ever met--an expert in essentially everything...
Fisher says the new technology makes even reading interactive, presenting the student with "choice points"--for example, places where the reader must choose what links to follow...
...yellow brick road and has landed at her own fully personalized Oz")-you many get a laugh out of the ridiculous situations she writes about. Anyone in search of a thoughtful character study or emotional investment will come up short, though, as Medwed overtly explains everything that the reader could otherwise conclude on his own. Host Family has an interesting premise, but never takes it to a captivating level. At one point in the novel, Henry Lewis says to Daisy, "You always settle for less." He could have been talking to his own creator...