Reviews

Staff Review

Final Fantasy XIII


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Jun 8, 2010

Should you try to save a people who hate you? That's the question asked in SquareEnix's Final Fantasy XIII, available on both PS3 and Xbox 360.

What you take out of this game really depends on what you expect from it. If you're looking for a freeplay sandbox, turn around and walk away. If you're looking for excellent character development, pull up a chair and settle down for the ride.

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A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Jun 7, 2010

Barbara Pym is one of my favorite authors. Even though her novels are primarily set in rural English villages in the mid-twentieth century, they are still relevant today with their social observations and comic phrasing. Pym always wrote about what she knew. She lived in London during her working life, then retired to live with her sister in an Oxfordshire village. Her life there consisted of church, gardening, local history and country walks.

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Creepshow [DVD], directed by George A. Romero


Rated by Library Staff (not verified)
Jun 6, 2010

It had been awhile since I'd seen this 1982 horror flick, so I cued it up recently -- and laughed till I had tears in my eyes.

I had forgotten how funny this movie anthology of five tales really is. Yes, it was directed by George A. Romero, who achieved his greatest fame with truly chilling films such as "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead." But "Creepshow" is played mostly for grins. Stephen King wrote the screenplay, inspired by the horror comics he read as a kid in the 1950s.

Staff Review Jun 2, 2010

What do you say about a book that has been lauded by professional reviewers as a “taut, clear-eyed memoir” with a “sheer and highly efficient writing style” and is “elegant [in its] rendition of the stages [of grief]”?

All I can say is bleech. I didn’t come close to shedding a tear while reading this book and I weep during Hallmark commercials. I don’t understand how a book about the sudden loss of a loving husband after returning from the ICU where a daughter hangs by a thread can leave me void of emotion. But Didion has done it here. It’s inexplicable.

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Enter the Past Tense by Roland Haas


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Jun 2, 2010

After his early life in Germany and the bullying high school life he received after his immigration, Roland Haas entered Purdue University on a ROTC scholarship. It didn’t take long for the CIA to approach him for a request to serve for the CIA in an international capacity.

Staff Review Jun 2, 2010

Life at These Speeds by Jeremy JacksonKevin is an 8th grader at a small rural school and the star of the track team. The school is so small that the whole 8th grade class is on the track team except for two students. Kevin hates track but he’s good at it and as all his friends are on the track team he goes along for the ride.