I've been using this toothbrush for about a month now, and I have to say, my teeth do feel cleaner. I don't know that they feel like they are fresh from the dentist's office, but I do have more confidence in my smile, especially it's smoothness and whiteness.This brush is easy to use once you get the hang of it. Just make sure that you don't turn it on before you put it in y...

I love these gloves because they are so convenient. You don't have to go through all of the hassle of wrapping your wrists; you just slip them on and go to it. They are comfortable and offer enough protection for any moderate bag workout without the bulk of some of the more popular gloves, plus they are way cheaper.Another plus, for me, is that these gloves are made from Neoprene instead of...

The Red Octane 2.0 dance pad is a million times better than the dance pads that come packaged with the Dance Dance Revolution video games. Whenever I played with one of those pads, I would end up sliding all over the place with the pad folding up underneath me. Also, one of the buttons would inevitably quit working after about a month.This pad is different because it has foam inserts that zip i...

If you want to be a surgeon, you should definitely get this game. It teaches you all you need to know to decide if that career is right for you. It consists of a board with the diagram of a man and holes in which you place little plastic "organs" that you will later have to remove with tweezers. But watch out, because the holes are surrounded by metal borders. If you touch them with y...

Rome was an interesting place to visit, but not quite what I expected. Sure, it has plenty of history and culture, but it is also a loud and bustling city that could rival New York. Getting around is pretty easy, as far as the availability of public transportation, but it can be hard for the unfamiliar traveler to navigate without investing in a good map of attractions, since the most...

Playing for Pizza is not the typical John Grisham lawyer novel. The story takes place in Parma, Italy, where Rick Dockery, a disgraced third string NFL quarterback, at the advice of his frazzled agent, decides to take a quarterback postion with the Panthers, a team in NFL Italy. (Yes, there is such a thing.)When Rick arrives in Parma, he feels like a fish out of water, but soon adjusts to his I...

This book was not what I expected when I bought it. Instead of being a novel, it is basically a collection of Barry's year in review columns, which can be seen in the newspaper the last week of December of each year.He has compiled the columns from the years 2000 to 2006, hence the history of the millenium. There is a cute kind of prologue where he discusses ancient history up to this ...

This is not your typical chic lit novel: girl meets guy; girl loses guy; girl gets guy back; girl gets important job in the publishing industry. Okay, well it is in a way, but there is a twist.First of all, the main character, Claudia Parr, starts out the book having everythindg she thought she always wanted. She's got the good job, which just happens to be as a literary agent, and, more im...

Venice is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. Unfortunately, when I was there, it was also one of the coldest. If you don't learn anything more from this review, remember this: Do not go to Venice in the middle of winter. Though there are a lot fewer crowds, it is freezing! Think about how cold it gets in the evening near the ocean. Then imagine sitting in the middle of said&nbs...

This book is a really fun read. It follows the adventures of Charlize "Charlie" Edwards as she writes a book of advice for her great grandniece on how to live a good life and not let men get the best of her. (She writes it to her grandniece because she is resigned to the fact that, at 30, she will never get married or have kids of her own.)Added to the stress of her biological cl...

An interesting first novel, Skipper's Revenge follows the story of Paige, an HR professional, who feels she is a Skipper in a world of Barbies and never has a shot at the finer things in life, especially the "Kens." She has felt this way ever since she was a kid, when her friend, the beautiful "Barbie," Marcy, got all of the attention and eased her way through high schoo...

This hilarious book is a collection of blog entries written by Angela Nissel when she was a broke college student. It reads more like a diary than a novel, whick actually seems to make it more interesting. Her misadventures range from trying to keep the phone and electricity through various degrees of deception and begging to going on dates just for the free dinner--and once even endi...

This is the fourth installment in Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. In this novel, newly married Becky Bloomwood discovers that she has a half sister that she's never met. Not only is she outdoorsy and Becky's complete opposite, she *gasp* hates shopping.Though they deign each other's existence at first, the two sisters eventually realize that they can count on family in...

Luzern (or Lucerne, as they say in French) is a beautiful town to visit. It's right in the heart of the Swiss Alps, which you can see in the distance from almost anywhere in the town. The Reuss River basically splits the town in half as it flows into the crystal blue Lake Lucerne. The river is traversed by several historic bridges, which are open only to foot traffic. Adding to the pedestri...

Well what can I say about Amsterdam? It is an interesting town. Not only are there the obvious attractions of hash bars and the Red Light District, it is rich in history and culture. My two favorite museums in the city were the Anne Frank House, home to the famous Annexe, and the Resistance Museum, which showcased efforts the Dutch made toward liberating their country during World War II. I dru...

On the surface, this is a novel about a man at the end of his rope who jumps on his bike and decides to ride across the country. But, underneath that it is a complex and emotional story of a life gone wrong.After the untimely death of his parents, Smithson "Smithy" Ide, a 43-year-old alcoholic, sets off for California on his two-wheeler in order to find his schizophrenic sister B...

Although she can't even bake a decent loaf of bread, Samantha Sweeting finds herself employed as a housekeeper in a tiny town outside of London. Running from her job as a high profile attorney, and her life as an overstressed workaholic,she finds that this may be just the kind of escape she needs.However, what happens if she's discovered as a fraud who can't change a lightbulb ...

This product has been keeping my shower looking and smelling clean for the past three weeks now, and it is fun to use. All you have to do is hang it from your showerhead, push a button and get out of the way. It has a nozzle that will turn 360 degrees and spray the cleaner. It works in showers and tubs with showerheads, as long as you have somewhere to hang it up.The company touts it as being t...

This is my all-time favorite book. It tells the story of young Francie Nolan, who grows up in a poor family at the turn of the century and overcomes adversity to achieve her dream of becoming a writer. Even though she doesn't have an easy lot in life, Francie refuses to give up.The title refers to the fact that a tree can grow against all odds in a tiny sidewalk crack in the middle of ...

Unfortunately, the rather treacly movie has ruined the image of this wonderful book. Even if you hated the movie, you should check out the original story of the kid who came up with the novel concept to pay good deeds forward instead of paying people back who did him favors. This idea of encouraging others to pass it on by helping out three others was invented by 12-year-old Trevor as a sc...