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This is a book that I think is better in the audio version than it would have been in print. All the narrators did an excellent job–the accents make it so much fun to listen to. I would recommend this to anyone looking for something to keep them entertained on a long car ride, while cooking/doing chores, or just for relaxing.
Stories for little listeners

The book is set in Ireland for the most part and is written by an Irish author. Artemis Fowl is a twelve year old genius, who lives on an estate outside of Dublin. He has decided to replace his family’s failing wealth by stealing a Fairy’s `Book’. Artemis learns the language and customs of fairies, and develops a complicated plan to capture a fairy, Holly, in order to trade her for all the gold in the LEPrecons hostage fund. Holly is an energetic Fairy with a bit to prove since her recent catastrophe. The book is fast paced and interesting. The difference between the two worlds is intriguing. The author alternates between the viewpoint of Artemis and Holly. At one point in the middle of the book, the author’s voice pops in and introduces another character, literally. The effect was a speed bump while reading. This is a world where the different species interact; dwarf, trolls, mud people (humans) and fairies are alive and interesting. The author alluded to at least two other stories related to the characters in this book. The problem with the book is I didn’t really identify with any of the characters. There were interesting passages about Artemis and Holly, the Butler character was intriguing, and Commander Root was unique, but none of them had me cheering for them to succeed. Holly was the friendliest character, but she was not the main character. It would be interesting to have a student debate the ethics of Artemis’ plan. What was the good Artemis accomplished? Or was there any at all? The end of the book specifically states that we should not interpret Artemis’ actions regarding his mother and anything other than selfishness. Students will identify with Artemis because he is so smart, smarter than everyone around him, what kid doesn’t feel that? He gets to order around all the adults in his world as well. Artemis is a classic teenager in some ways as well; he wants his mother around, but only on his terms and doing what he wants her to do. I would recommend thi
LaCie 301278 250GB Little

Buying stuff like a kindle usually makes me worry that we’re all losing touch with the simple life. But now I don’t have to have thousands of books all over my house like my parents do just because I like to read. Also, it helps save some trees.
Little Me Beary Sweet

It’s great to finally have a scale that looks cool, doesn’t have to be tapped first, and is accurate. However, the display has a blue backlight that totally takes over and makes the black number unreadable if I am looking from above. See Customer Image #4, the one showing my feet on the scale. To read it, I have to either step off the scale (and hope that the display stays on a while longer) or stand on the scale backwards, look between my legs, and read an upside-down number.

Edit: It was due to weak batteries. The batteries that ship with this scale do not last very long.
Shed A Little Light

The system is great and so was the return policy and replacement by Amazon on a system that did not work the first time, Thanks
This Little Light of | connectedtofinland