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This hilariously uplifting memoir follows an Arab American woman's merry life as she shimmies her way from getting dumped by her tattoo-artist boyfriend to coming to grips with being single, ample, and 30. Feeling lost and heartbroken, Anne Thomas Soffee moves back home to Richmond, Virginia. Against the wishes of her extended family and friends, she enrolls in a belly dancing class hoping to heal her heart and reconnect with her Lebanese roots. Her life is never the same after she discovers the riotous world of American belly dancing, a warm and welcoming subculture where younger and thinner are not necessarily better. Wildly funny adventures ensue as a newly confident Soffee embarks on romantic adventures with a domineering sheik and a beautiful Lebanese boy-next-door. Among the zils (finger cymbals) and thrills of attending classes and performing in moose lodges and county fairs, Soffee is surprised to find happiness and true love along the way.
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Sassy and fun.......2007-06-10
Dumped by her boyfriend and facing 30, Soffee decides to take up bellydancing to find out more about her ethnic heritage and because it's something to do, dammit. This memoir chronicles her adventures in bellydancing, dating, and ultimately, finding true love. While not a how-to book, the author provides belly dancing resources in her appendix. This story is touching, sassy and smart. A great airplane read.
Fabulous!.......2007-04-01
I never gave the art of belly dancing a second thought prior to reading Anne Thomas Soffee's engaging book. I even researched some belly dancing classes in my local area after I finished reading it because she made it sound like so much fun. Like the author, I think it would be a great way to explore my Lebanese heritage while also getting a chance to shimmy and shake. Her stories of the Arab dating world were painful, yet hilarious, to read. Congratulations to Anne for persevering through one horrible relationship after another to find her true love.
Insight into bellydance, 101.......2007-02-06
This is definitely the better of Anne Soffee's two books. It is sort of a recovery-journal-turned-memoir about finding yourself after adventure turns into disaster, and love leaves you cold on top of it. Her critiques of the bellydance "scene" are pretty spot-on as well, boy I could write a whole book on that alone... having been both a bellydancer and a rock DJ myself, I can identify with many passages in this book. The author's concern with being a closet nerd trying to be rockstar-cool whilst shaking one's ample assets is right up there with my own self-iamge issues. Oh, how the mighty have fallen -- someone who's hobnobbed with big name rock bands suddenly finds herself, thirtysomething, at the local Moose Lodge trying desperately to keep up dancewise with a woman who could be her grandma! Yeah been there done that my sista. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the long list of loser Arab boyfriends that she pursued like some kind of ethnic Holy Grail. I kept saying to myself, why is this woman wasting her time with these goons who obviously were abusive? Why is she giving them more than a passing few paragraphs in her memoirs, when there's so much else to write about? Why does she care so very much that she's only HALF Lebanese??? But I guess the lows make the highs look higher, and when she finds true love in the end it makes the struggle seem worth it. I would recommend this as a fun read for gals who think they've reached the end of their youth too soon or think that there are no more avenues in life to try. Bellydancing IS a wonderfully healing artform and I'm glad to be still dancing to this day.
IT IS SHIMMY-LICIOUS, heartwarming & funny.......2006-12-23
This book was given to me as a birthday present from a good friend (we are both belly dancers of five years). What a gift! I loved it! It was so amusing that I was grinning like an idiot as I read it in the waiting room of a hospital of all places. The author's witty but humble tone was irresistible to me - it made me adore her. From my personal standpoint, I could really relate to her infatuation and developing true love of the dance as I have "been there, done that, am still doing it". But I think that others who aren't belly dancers might find it an interesting "inside peek" to the magic carpet ride of belly dance - the sparkle, the jingle, the glitz, the costumes, the drama, the friendships, the music, the moves, including the not-so-glamorous side of things. Also, as a bi-racial person who actually looks pretty Caucasian as the author kind of describes herself, I could really relate to her reflections on her own mixed ethnicity. I totally "felt her". I can also see how this story could be uplifting to a person recovering from the heartache of a bad breakup. I would have said that this is a good "chick read" for any woman but I can see from the reviews that I would be wrong. It looks like plenty of guys are loving it too. The only bad thing about the book was that I finished it too quickly - I wanted more! Shimmy on!
Not enough magic, too much of a memoir.......2006-09-19
Even though this is not a bad book, I wouldn't say it's a good one either. I just wouldn't recommend it.
First, the author uses a lot of unnecessary bad language, I think while trying to be realistic about her thoughts and feelings, but that instantly took me out of the magic that usually goes with any bellydance-learning journey.
Second, if you are looking for a book about bellydance, or at least a book that gives you some insight on the dance itself, you'll be disappointed by the fact that this one is rather a bellydancer's memoir, and is full of her own disappointing sexual/relationship experiences while tryng to find her prince Ali.
Not everything is bad, though. I like the way she explains that "Chip dand Dale" attitude/face/expression of bellydancers when they are really enjoying their dance and are able to pass that feeling to their audience. Also, there is a very good list of sources at the end that may be useful if you want to know a little bit more about bellydancing (music, websites, etc). But that's about it.
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Most complete VA snake guide EVER!.......2007-05-01
Didja know that some juvenile snakes may not look anything like adults? Wanna identify them all, positively? Wanna know EVERYThing about them, where they hang out, what they like to eat, when and where to find them?
THEN BUY THIS PUPPY!!! You will not be disappointed. My name is in the library book 4 times in a row, back in my borrowing days - now I own one.
Excellent book to learn about and id our snakes.......2005-02-21
I was so glad to find a snake book that's centered on our area. I have a field guide for the broader East Coast but this is a neat one in that it centers in on species right here. The maps are full-page maps (with VA counties delineated) showing with dots where the particular species has been seen. I wish they had also used color or gray-scale to shade the counties rather than just the dots but having the counties shown is so neat that I'm willing to get my colored pencils out and shade in the maps when I need to. The descriptions of the snakes are terrific too. They cover description (colors, patterns, sizes), habitat, range (beyond VA borders), habits (what they do during the day, night etc), reproduction, food, enemies, success/failure of keeping them in captivity, and folklore which I find interesting too. A great reference on snakes. There are photographs too - all at the center of the book, about 54 in all, as well as line drawings in other places of the book
Terrific book.......1999-09-12
I checked out this book from the library and liked it so much I had to have my own copy! It's a great reference book and has good pictures of the snakes and maps of the areas of Virginia they are found in. The text is informative and has subtle humor in places. These guys really like snakes, and it is contagious, even to someone who really doesn't like them! It has helped my daughter's fear of snakes greatly.
Excellent photos, easily understood and concise........1999-08-28
Great book for anyone in Virginia who wonders about snakes. I enjoyed it and reccomend it. It helps puts to rest worries about whether a snake is "dangerous" or not, and generally adds insight into these much maligned reptiles. It is also going to be a big help when my grandchildren visit me in the Roanake area from Manhattan and ask about "Mr. Snake."
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Hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.
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Wonderful Walks, but needs an Update........2005-12-13
San Diego County is pretty much a dayhiker's paradise. A mild climate and numerous short trails make hiking there a real joy. If you want to walk among beautiful Jeffrey Pines, follow a creek bed filled with Canyon Live Oak, or observe the wildlife in one of San Diego County's remaining lagoons, this book is a good place to start. Compiled from the author's two earlier "12 Short Hikes" guides, this volume will take you to some of the most scenic spots in the county.
The book has much to recommend it. Only one of the hikes exceeds 5 miles. Most are less and only a few involve considerable elevation gain. Each hike provides detailed insturctions for getting to the trailhead and a list of key points along the trail. Most will take you to very pleasant locations where one feels far removed from the ever present urban sprawl.
The only downside to this book, however, is that it is 7 years old now and much has changed, especially in the mountain portion of San Diego County. The fires of 2003 devastated Cuyamaca Rancho State Park and ruined several of the trails in this guide, notably the Paso Nature Trail, Azalea Glen Trail, and much of the Stonewall Peak route. Moreover, the naive policies of the State Park towards recovery ("let nature take its course") insures that these areas will probably not recover within the next 30 years, if ever. The trails are overgrown and the Park is not even attempting to maintain them. O'Brien needs to put out an updated version of the guide perhaps replacing the Cuyamaca trails with those on Mt. Palomar where the State Park and USFS are taking active steps to reduce the fire danger to that area. In the meantime, this is a great guide, but it needs to be used cautiously with the mountain hikes.
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After having been through the "wash-and-spin cycle" a few times, Margaret Atwood realized that her "own experience in the suds may be relevant to others." Thus was born Negotiating with the Dead, six essays about what it means to be a writer, particularly a female writer. Each essay explores one aspect of writerly contemplation: art vs. commerce; the ideal reader; the separation between the part of a person that writes and the part that lives; and, as the title suggests, the constant presence of those who came before (both writers and other ancestors). Atwood relates her own experiences as a female poet (to be taken seriously, it would have helped to commit suicide) and as a bestselling novelist (whether your books are good or bad, sell well or don't, people will look down at you for it). These are intriguing meditations, with references to works by Virgil, Isak Dinesen, Robertson Davies, and countless others (Atwood's own dead, no doubt). --Jane Steinberg
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What is the role of the Writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain--or excuse!--their activities, looking at what costumes they have assumed, what roles they have chosen to play. In her final chapter she takes up the challenge of the title: if a writer is to be seen as "gifted", who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift? Atwood's wide reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences, both in Canada and elsewhere. The lightness of her touch is offset by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing, and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature. Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Quebec, Ontario, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College. Throughout her thirty years of writing, Atwood has received numerous awards and honorary degrees. Hew newest novel, The Blind Assassin, won the 2000 Booker Prize for Fiction. She is the author of more than twenty-five volumes of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include Alias Grace (1996), The Robber Bride (1994), Cat's Eye (1988), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), Surfacing (1972) and The Edible Woman (1970). Acclaimed for her talent for portraying both personal lives and worldly problems of universal concern, Atwood's work has been published in more than thirty-five languages, including Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic, and Estonian.
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Luminous and Illuminating.......2006-11-29
Perhaps the greatest book ever written on the creative process. A treat for writers and non writers alike. Illuminating and inspiring for everyone, you do not need to be an Atwood afficionado to appreciate this. Lovers of words will find themselves, as always, entranced by Ms Atwood's prose. A yummy confection that will stimulate your mind and gobsmack you with its content and style. This is a book which will have you reading and rereading time and time again, scouring for that quotation or thought. A delightful tour inside the mind of a creative genius!
some books just make you smart.......2006-10-30
so, some books just make you smart. just like some people can't help but be smart. one such person, who demonstrates her intelligence through authorship, is margaret atwood. margaret atwood, who's literary acquaintance i made first nearly 15 years ago, when my mentor, an artist in la, esther raucher, was reading cat's eye in a book group she was in. margaret atwood is one brilliant woman, with profound insight, and professional respect for her craft. this book is a testimony to that respect--and offers even those every day writers, with miles of published accomplishments (like atwood herself) the whys and wherefores that remind you what you do, why it's important, and why it's impossible, if you're really a writer, to do anything else.
Negotiating with the Dead, who's title lept out at me in my present mood, began it's life as a series of lectures put on by Cambridge University--so i guess it helps that she's smart. the book has all the stuff of university writing. it has quotes and notes, introductions and acknowledgments, a bibliography that makes a stunning reading list, and 180 pages of writer insight. While remaining easy to read, the reader is made smarter through the references atwood uses, the juxtaposition of writers she quotes, the notes she adds and the ideas, wholly her own, that inform the organization of her insight. this book makes you smarter. you can feel it as your eyes scan the page.
Having read only atwood's poetry before, i was astounded by her sentences, paragraphs and pages. while guiding me carefully, i felt included in her insights. she was talking to her peers. she was inclusive and revealing. she invited us into her inner dichotomies of thought and longing. throughout this book, she helps us try on the ideas of orientation, duplicity, dedication, temptation, communion and descent. she asks us and answers herself with research, study and still no answer. she invites us further into the mystery of writer and written word, humanity and tale telling. she takes us on a guided tour of a labyrinth, who's only way out is to write one.
contemplating who we do it for, i was moved to tears by atwood's story of her secret society--the revelation that it was brownies and brown owl, the leader, the mentor, the teacher in cat's eye (a book i have not read--but my esther has and was all those years ago), was the first reader atwood wrote for. i was moved--maybe because of hormones or grief, but tears came to my eyes and a cry caught in my chest for the beauty of her story--and her love for her beloved brown owl--her first reader. and it is in this contemplation and discussion, i lingered longest. "for myself" has been my answer forever--but my longings and adventures have been vain attempts to find a community of peers. this section of atwood's book brought me back to the randomness of brown owl and other such figures, who feature for a moment in real life--a moment significant and memorable enough, to keep you doing it--whatever it is you do--long after those beings have returned to invisibility and memory.
and then, the title verse is revealed in her final section, and there is a good many thought bodies to devour while contemplating food for the dead. it is because the dead are hungry that we write, atwood insists, and then elucidates her position with romantic references. i am stuck here, in this idea of how to communicate to the grave, through the grave and from the grave, as this is the only way i will ever come to understand my father now that he's passed on. and so it is in writing--the dead offer what could not be understood in life, and writing offers the food--the food of the dead--the food for the dead--the food for the living from the dead who are still with us--and because there are words, there are writers who string them together to form sustenance for the eventual end of the human who writes. the word, alone, remains in the world, silently waiting on the silent page, to break the silence open--with life--recorded for the living, from the dead, for the future, from the past, a voice, wholly out of time, that speaks in silences of life.
The pen is mightier than the sword..........2005-08-06
This is my first book reading experience by Maraget Atwood. It is a personable memoir that opened my eyes to the value, importance and creativity of writing. If anyone writes--in any way---they'll learn from this book. I was especially astonished to read how most writers have a sort of "double identity". It makes perfect sense in that a writer has to take on many forms, personalities and feelings in order to emote a character. She also points out that 'an art of any kind is a discipline'. I loved this book...and I feel like I'm a WIZARD (as in the Wizard of Oz). You'll understand what I mean if you read this book. I have to leave some element of suprise. Trust me, you will be surprised. A great book--for writers of any type. ;)
Brimful of brilliant!.......2005-07-18
I just finished reading this book and I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel that anyone who truly ponders the intricacies involved in the process of writing, anyone who has grappled with the process itself, will find this book relevant, beneficial, and even entertaining.
Margaret Atwood mingles wit with wisdom. Erudition with transparency.
It is unpretentious from start to finish, which I think is an Atwood hallmark.
As explained in the prologue, the six chapters are really six re-worked lectures, delivered in the year 2000 at Cambridge University. They are intended for "specialists in literature, general readers, and - especially - writers at an earlier stage or dewier stage than my own."
They are not sequentially built upon each other, but rather, they circle like gulls over a set of common themes having to do with the writer, the writer's medium, and the writer's art.
The three main questions covered are as follows: "Who are you writing for? Why do you do it? Where does it come from?"
Who, why, and where... and nowhere how.
This is not a book about how to write.
It is a book about what it is like to write.
What it MEANS, to be a writer.
The most interesting section, in my opinion, was the third, entitled "The Great God Pen" because it focused on the second question "Why does the writer write?"... my favorite of the three. Here, Atwood talked about the topic of "art for art" and it was fascinating. Does the writer write to make money? For hope of fame? To project a moral statement? Create something beautiful? Exonerate oneself? Impress the masses?
Her prodigious and eclectic wealth of reference points and allusions show that she did not begin her thoughts on this topic just last week. In this chapter (and the entire book) we are the recipients of a very-much-still-alive LIFETIME of experiential and theoretical research, of such a caliber it can be considered among the finest scholarship in the field.
And again, witty as all get out.
Here is an example of what I mean by that: "I can still hear the sneer in the tone of the Parisian intellectual who asked me, `Is it true you write the bestsellers?'
`Not on purpose,' I replied somewhat coyly." (p.68).
Much of the book reads as memoir yes! (as other reviewers have commented). But how can this be a negative thing? If it is the writer's life we are concerned with learning about, is it not wonderful that one of the best in the world will share with us relevant glimpses and pieces of her own?
Negotiating with the writer.......2005-04-02
A very entertaining, ultimately serious work about the various relationships between a writer, a work of literature and the reader - and the ethical and motivational issues that underly those relationships. All this is worn very lightly however, and one can easily overlook the intriguing ideas beneath the witty accessible prose. Recommended for the reader who wants to know what the self-examining writer thinks about when they choose to interrogate their profession in an ideological way.
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Title: Margaret Atwood. Negotiating with the Dead: a Writer on Writing.(Book Review)
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When it comes to drawing comics in classic American style, Dick Giordano is a superhero. He shares his talents with fans--and budding artists--in this quintessential guide. It's easy to get started with:
-More than 30 step-by-step demonstrations covering all the basic elements of drawing comics -Sample projects taught in pencil and ink--no expensive materials required -Tips and techniques for creating basic elements such as heads, torsos, backgrounds, and scenery -Pages and pages of dynamic, action-packed artwork
Draw Comics with Dick Giordano gives you a powerful combination: A hot drawing style taught by an even hotter author.
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AWESOME!!!!!.......2007-01-10
For anyone that is interested in comics and how to draw them, this book touches on everything that has to do with comics. I recomend this book to anyone that is interested in drawing comics. I suggest that someone that buys this book have a little background in drawing skills.
This is the best book for drawing comics--PERIOD!.......2006-12-02
If you want to learn how to draw comics, there is no better book out there than this one. I got Draw Comics the Marvel Way, and You Can Draw Marvel Characters, but this one is head and shoulders above those other two as far as giving step by step instructions for someone who wants to learn how to draw in the first place, never mind how to draw comics. It is true that his style is old school, but if you're a beginner, just start drawing and worry about styles and schools after you've gotten some ability. Trust me, you'll love it!
This is a great book.......2006-09-21
I love comic books and superheroes. Blessed with a little artistic talent, some story/hero ideas, and no clue where to start I ordered this book a few weeks ago. I love it. Dick Giordano will admit himself that it is not a complete work on every topic covered. But if you have been drawing for years, and are somewhat experienced with recreating images that you have in front of you with a pencil, then this book is wonderful. I am very pleased with my progress and would recommend this book to anyone who considers themself at an intermediate drawing level who is looking to advance their abilities.
Few books I give 5 stars to.......2006-06-14
I loved this book! Infact, I've read it once and am reading it again! The cover art is cheesy, I'll admit, but the interior art is great! Y'know how Christopher Hart's books start off with somewhat okay drawing that just gets worse and worse? Dick's book does just the opposite. He's a living legend in the comics field and his book deserves a high review. This book is worth the cover price!
Disappointed Golden Age fan.......2005-12-07
Giordano is a pro from way back in the day... he hasn't been able to adjust to the changing styles and this art book is a sad display of that fact. I recommend getting a straight art instruction book from Bridgman, Hogarth, or Loomis. This book shows his deplorable lack of anatomy knowledge (seemed to be mainstay back in the 50's a la Ditko & Kirby anatomy), his simplistic 3D construction, and overdrawn oval shaped good girls, etc. He also graduated from the Wally Wood school of art where if you didn't know how to render anatomy you blacked it out. Still, he was one of the prime lenders to the modern comic language, so I suppose this is some publisher's way of patting him on the head and saying thanks for the memories.
Don't expect to come away with any newer material already covered in "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" by Stan Lee and Buscema (very simplistic book but the comic dynamics are much better) or any new sensitivity to modern storytelling. This book CAN NOT prepare you for any MODERN styles. Ranks slightly better than a Christopher Hart book (need I say more...?).
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