Item: Coraline
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Review: Neil Gaiman’s writing is always a new experience, and his book Coraline is no exception. This is a kids’ novel, yes, but it’s interesting enough for an adult to pick up for fun. It’s also been made into a movie but the feel of the book is different from the […]

Item: The Post-Birthday World novel
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Review: The Post-Birthday World is the first book I’ve read by Lionel Shriver, who also wrote We Need to Talk about Kevin. This book (the post-birthday world) is a New York Times Bestseller, and I can see why.
The writing is smooth and flows well…you can really see what […]

Item: Scoop! Frozen Yoghurt
Location: 2050 W. 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Review: My friends and I were wandering around Kitsilano when we saw this cute yoghurt place called Scoop!, which was still busy past 9pm on a cool evening. They seem like a typical, friendly frozen yoghurt place and that’s really basically what Scoop! […]

Item: The Original Beanery
Location: 2706 Fairview Crescent, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Review: The Beanery is a popular place on campus to get coffee or to hang out with your friends. I have visited this coffee shop many times on my way to my friends’ places in Fairview or Acadia residences at UBC. Even though it’s […]

Item: The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
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Review: The Cat Who Smelled a Rat is the twentythird book in Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who series, and Qwillerian, Koko, and Yumyum are just as cute and fun as they were in the first book. Okay, Yumyum wasn’t in the first book. But she’s […]

Item: A Tasty Way to Die novel
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Review: I’ve been trying to read a few different authors, so I picked up A Tasty Way to Die by Janet Lawrence. I figured I’d enjoy it because a good murder mystery is always a nice cosy read. It’s a bit of an older book - […]

Item: Burgoo
Location: 3096 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Review: We chose this busy restaurant because it has a great patio and because, too be honest, we thought the name sounded funny. It kind of makes you giggle. Okay, so we might not be the most mature people in the world. At any rate, we […]

Item: Queste novel
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Review: Queste is the fourth book in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. The Septimus Heap series is a great series of books for children and youths who like stories with magic in them, although most of the story is about the adventure and the magic is really just […]

Item: Caffe Artigiano
Location: 2154 W. 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Review: I have been spending a lot of time in Kerrisdale lately because I seem to have had a lot of meetings located there. Luckily, there are a lot of good places to grab a drink or a bite to eat.
Caffe Artigiano caught my […]

Item: M is for Magic book
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Review: I like quite a few of Neil Gaiman’s books - Coraline was great, for example, and The Sandman is classic. So I figured I would enjoy these short stories in M is for Magic, which is a collection actually written for kids. I think kids aged […]

Item: The Queen Geek Social Club novel
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Review: This book, The Queen Geek Social Club, was a fun novel for teens by Laura Preble. I haven’t read anything else by her, but I thought the title was appealing. The girl who is the main character and narrator is interesting and different but in […]

Item: questionablecontent.net
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Review: I randomly found this website, questionablecontent.net, while surfing around bored. I’ve been slowly reading through the archives so as to begin from the beginning of the story (which actually makes it make sense, because at first, I tried to just read backwards - don’t try that).
You can see how over […]

Item: Flash novel
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Review: Flash, by Jayne Ann Krentz, is really very similar to her other books, down to the family dynamics being very similar to Trust Me. We have a woman who is very business smart and very loyal to her family, and we have a man who doesn’t know how to […]

Item: Howl’s Moving Castle book
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Review: I enjoyed Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This book, intended for a young adult audience just because of the complexity of the plot, is fun, a little bit silly, and engaging. I’m tempted to find the other books which seem to be based on the […]

Item: Trust Me novel
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Review: Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz has the fun and appeal of many of her other romance novels, although reading it now, the technology is just a bit amusing. In a fun way, of course, it’s mostly funny because when it was written, PDAs were a big deal, […]

Item: Baan Wasana restaurant
Location: 2143 W. 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Review: This place is quite small and from the front rather nondescript - I didn’t even notice it was there until the day that I went there - and someone had to tell me where it was. The decor of Baan Wasana inside […]

Item: The Dirt Eaters novel
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Review: The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon is the first book of the Longlight Legacy, a fantasy novel series for teens who like fantasy and adventure novels. This book is clearly the first in a series - the ending obviously shows there is more to come, and the […]

Item: McCain Cool Quenchers drink mix
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Review: We bought four containers of McCain’s Cool Quenchers frozen juice concentrate last time we went grocery shopping. We chose to try these particular drink mixes because they were on sale - we usually just get regular store brand frozen juice mix or juice in those big […]

Item: Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa novel
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Review: Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa by Micol Ostow is a light, fun read for teenagers. I read this very quickly, and enjoyed how the main character felt very real - she had strong opinions but was unable to express them because she was shy. I […]

Item: Petit Danino yoghurt
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Review: Whenever we babysit my little cousins, we buy mini yogurt containers. We chose these, Petit Danino, because they are small so the portion size is a good one for little kids.
Obviously, buying them in the small size packs is not the most economical way to buy yogurt […]

Item: Finders Keepers book
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Review: Finders Keepers by Marilyn Kane is the 4th book in her Gifted series for younger teens. this book focuses mainly on Ken Preston and his gift - the ability to hear and communicate with the dead. He uses this ability in Better Late than Never to save Jenna […]

Item: Wild Ride novel
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Review: Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer has a similar feel to Don’t Look Down and Agnes and the Hitman. Like these and other Jennifer Crusie books, there is a kooky cast of characters and a strong female protagonist. With Bob Mayer, you add a male lead […]

Item: Better Late than Never book
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Review: This book, Better Late than Never, is the second book in the Gifted series by Marilyn Kaye. These books are for younger teens, probably girls. The book is mostly about a girl named Jenna, although it also flips to the point of view of one of […]

Item: Cranium Cariboo
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Review: This game is a version of Cranium for very young children. I guess Hasbro thought that because Cranium was so popular, smaller children might like something too.
This game is quite different from Cranium, with its clay, drawing, and acting out. It’s more of a matching game but there […]

Item: The Goonies 1985 Movie
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Review: I just saw this movie for the first time last night. My friends and I watched it together. It’s a very cute movie for kids, although there are some scary scenes which means it might not be so good for younger kids.
Each of the characters were […]