not what I expected

Xhose Expandable Garden Hose 75

I first saw this product in use in Canada and was so excited by it that I just 'had to have one' .. bought one in Canada and then bought 3 more via Amazon while in Florida .. I live in NZ by the way and this product is not available over here. The hose is fantastic for storage (contracts to basically nothing), doesn't tangle and doesn't retain water which means that (a) in summer [which in NZ is now incidentally] I don't get boiling water out of the hose when I turn it on, and, (b) becos there is no water retained in the hose it won't freeze in the winter. It's really marvellous, and, everyone I know who's seen it wants one or three! Recommend that the manufacturer gets it into the NZ market pronto, and, include washers for the tap fitting as I've found that here in NZ the tap connection leaks. Hope this is helpful for all you prospective buyers .. I now own 4 :)

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A success on All three fronts: WARNING!!--MINOR SPOILERS!!

The Quest Unaligned A Phillips

Very roughly speaking, there are three areas in which a book is judged: the world, the characters, and the plot. The Quest Of The Unaligned delivers solidly on all three fronts.

I. The World.
Quest Of The Unaligned features several interesting and intriguing worldbuildings. We start with the bizzare juxtaposition of the ultra-modern (and magicless) city-state of Tonzimmiel with the surrounding mythopoeic Kingdom Of Caederan. Each of the two societies is well developed over the course of the story and shown to have interlocking strengths and weaknesses, such that what one does wrong, the other often does right. Similarly, the magic of Caederan initially appears as the dull and lifeless seed of the classical four-element magic, but with the fleshing out of the secondary powers, and even more so with the royal unaligned house and the mysterious super-elemental mages known as orahs and hosheks, this magic produces beautiful and lively flowers.

II. The Characters
The characters of Quest Of The Unaligned are a varied bunch. The three main characters are Alaric, an initially reluctant hero who comes to accept his duty as Crown Prince of Caederan; Laeshana, a beautiful and extremely intelligent aesh seeking to transcend the limits imposed on her by birth, and Nahruahn, a hyperactive hero-worhsipper who eventually develops into a hero himself. Over the course of their quest, they encounter a mixed bag of secondary characters, ranging from the wise but manipulative Deshamai, to the proud and flighty Ruahkini, to the utterly vile Gaithim.

III. The Plot

The plot of Quest Of The Unaligned ends up being about three parts mystery, three parts heroic journey of discovery, and one part each of politics, romance, and comedy. (And about half a part badgers). It begins when a man appears out of thin air in a bar, accosts a ninth-level certified security chief in the Tonzimmelian First Security Force, calls him "Prince Alaric", and cons him into going on the titular Quest Of The Unaligned. Joined by Laeshana, a friend of his who was born in Caederan and understands its ways, Alaric must set out on an adventure that will reshape his life.

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Precocious Little Girl Becomes An Empowered Women

Flowers in the Blood ebook

I read this years ago and couldn't put it down then. I loaned the book to someone and never got it back. Several years later, I moved to another city I started thinking about the book and wondering if I could find it in a resale book store. One had just opened on the square in my town and so I went in to see what they had. When I started browsing the shelves, which I love to do, there, on a shelf at my eye level, was Flowers in the Blood, facing me....not the spine showing, but the front of the book. It was one of only a few books on that shelf because they weren't finished stocking the store yet. It was amazing....like it was waiting for me to come in. My book club is reading the book now and so I loaned this used book to a friend in the club, but downloaded it on my kindle. I had to know that it was in my possession in some form. It is about generations of a family in India. Every character is fully developed and I fell in love with them. Very much worth reading. It's a long book, but once you start it, you won't put it down.

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Fun game !!!

Magic Farm Kindle Tablet Edition

I have read many good books this year and had my top ten short list ready. Then, I picked up "The Language of Flowers" by debut novelist Vanessa Diffenbaugh. BAM! I could not stop reading this book. It's not a gooey love story with Victorian flora in an epistolary form.

It is an action-packed, heart-breaking journey with an 18 year-old, recently emancipated foster child. She has a wall around her heart, "like a nut." She fears intimate relationships, for all her life these have meant only moving on, moving away, and giving up those she cherished.

She is homeless. She is jobless. But she has been taught the language of flowers by one of her caretakers, Elizabeth. How Victoria takes her love of flowers and her connection with growing things to make her life something new is the journey of this book. She has help along the way from people at the flower market, Renata and her family, Grant, a young man who also questions his past.

Like moss, which thrives with no roots, Victoria finds that she can start anew in a different direction for her life than she would ever have predicted.

Diffenbaugh sets the story in San Francisco and the agricultural country to the north of the city. The cityscape and vineyards provide contrasting pieces of Annie's life experiences.

This is a beautiful book. It takes the readers to new places and teaches them new things, things probably not considered before. To me, that makes for a top-notch reading experience. More, more, more please from Vanessa Diffenbaugh.

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The book I wished I could write

The Language Flowers Novel ebook

I have read many good books this year and had my top ten short list ready. Then, I picked up "The Language of Flowers" by debut novelist Vanessa Diffenbaugh. BAM! I could not stop reading this book. It's not a gooey love story with Victorian flora in an epistolary form.

It is an action-packed, heart-breaking journey with an 18 year-old, recently emancipated foster child. She has a wall around her heart, "like a nut." She fears intimate relationships, for all her life these have meant only moving on, moving away, and giving up those she cherished.

She is homeless. She is jobless. But she has been taught the language of flowers by one of her caretakers, Elizabeth. How Victoria takes her love of flowers and her connection with growing things to make her life something new is the journey of this book. She has help along the way from people at the flower market, Renata and her family, Grant, a young man who also questions his past.

Like moss, which thrives with no roots, Victoria finds that she can start anew in a different direction for her life than she would ever have predicted.

Diffenbaugh sets the story in San Francisco and the agricultural country to the north of the city. The cityscape and vineyards provide contrasting pieces of Annie's life experiences.

This is a beautiful book. It takes the readers to new places and teaches them new things, things probably not considered before. To me, that makes for a top-notch reading experience. More, more, more please from Vanessa Diffenbaugh.

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Excellent plot and execution

Silken Prey John Sandford

I love this series and I particularly love the main character because he is smart, sexy, a family guy, a cop who drives a Porsche, and ultimately the coolest guy in law enforcement by a mile. Davenport does what he does because he likes it and he has a clearly defined code and sense of right and wrong-he also sees the shades of gray. The writing as always, flows smoothly, the descriptions of the people and places are vivid, and the author manages to make lifelike even the politicians that inhabit this book. Through this long running series we have come to know the characters (and they are that), that inhabit Davenport's world and it's like visiting with old friends when they take part in solving the political mystery/intrigue/thriller/suspense that takes place in a compressed period of time before election day. Davenport's friends are a motley crew of misfits but they get the job done every time. This book is recommended to all who like a smart mystery that is complex at times has many twists and turns and is hard to put down. I know that the author has said that Davenport will retire at some point, but he gives the reader so much enjoyment and downright fun I hope he goes on forever.

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Toland Home Garden 107214 Wildflowers

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