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I will try to express what I felt about this book. I am an avid reader and Karin Slaughters series with Sara and her husband was one of my favorites.

With the introduction of Lenas life drama in previous books, I was waiting for her to learn from her mistakes and grow. She didnt, hasnt,and now, in this latest book, her actions have lead to the death of someone who always stood by her time and time again. Her character is too ignorant and weak and I have now lost all empathy with her after this book. She should have been the one to open the mailbox...

The story began with Sara so unlike herself, and in an intolerable position, and it ended with even worse...she did not deserve this treatment from the author.

I would have rather had the series end, if that is what is happening, with a divorce...not this darkness and death.

The story started out interesting, lost cohesiveness, and then took a dive..

Im not sure I want to read the author again...

Here is the order in which I approached this book:

1. I discovered and bought it at the airport, lack of anything else looking promising. I (European) was reluctant, as I had been disappointed by a number of recent American "thrillers" in the past; they were too simple, too PC, too much boring filler sentences. Needless to say, "Beyond Reach" was my first "Karin Slaughter" book.

2. I read the book and got completely fascinated by her creative, dense, multi-fold and yet reader-friendly writing style. Slaughter thinks about the tiniest logical details, she builds up enormous suspense, and the best is, she then takes the reader by his hand to make sure he gets all the solutions. I especially liked the two intermingling timelines. It is a literary accomplishment, to keep both those stories alive and connected at the same time like Slaughter does. Also (but this is probably the same with all her books), I like how vividly she relates the somber, thick atmosphere in redneck America to the reader.

3. I check the Amazon page - completely buffled by discovering the disappointed comments of all those faithful readers feeling apparently cheated by this book. I just thought: If this is one of her worse books, how excellent must be all her previous books!

Having been a huge Karin Slaughter fan since the beginning, I can honestly tell you I wouldn't buy one of her books now even if I were about to embark on a 24-hour-train ride through a remote desert, I would much rather read the graffiti on the train's toilet instead.
It's bad enough she kills off the main character, Jeffrey Tolliver, but she has the rudeness, callousness and arrogance to wait until the last page to do so, and, to top it all off, his arm has to go flying across the driveway, and his heart has to be visible, too. Letting him die otherwise wouldn't have been brutal and sensational enough, I guess.
On behalf of all disappointed readers, I'd like to point out that whatever cunning plot twist this lady may have in store for those still willing to pay for her concoctions, it's pure heartless disregard for her faithful readership to pluck this character from life on the very last page.
I will donate every single one of my Slaughter books to the local charity shop, at least some good will come from them.

I will never read another of her books. I feel so betrayed and ripped off. Karin, honey girl, you just killed your writing career, based on all the reviews I've read. You may have had a huge fan base in the past, but you screwed up. You forgot that an author is no-one without their loyal readers. Our loyalty was rewarded with a lousy book and an emotionally devastating ending. So as payback, I won't read you any more.
I only gave you one star because I had to in order to get this review posted. Consider it retracted.

In Beyond Reach, Lena Adams returns to the small town of her youth, where she becomes the prime suspect in a vicious murder. It is up to her boss, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and his wife Sara Linton to prove her innocence. Their case is not helped, though, when Lena goes on the run.

This book deals more with the character Lena Adams, than the other books in the series, and I found it quite a depressing read. It's not that I don't like Lena's character, but I feel the author really piles on the misery in this one.

As for the storyline itself, I found that it was quite slow moving for the most part, and only really got me hooked towards the end. Overall, an okay read, but there are better books in the Grant County series.

I have to say I really enjoyed this book, but it's not surprising my review goes against the grain. I found this book a fun read/a different read. I get stuck sometimes reading the same kind of books; historical romance, paranormal romance and modern romance. Killing time was a nice change of pace (a little Sci-fi) and I wasn't disappointed. I actually took some advice from another reviewer and went yesterday and bought a few of her recommended books by Howard. Thanks for the info!

Since I'd read the reviews and knew this book was about time travel and sci-fi, both of which interest me, I liked it. Granted there were a few loose ends but they were minor. The character of Knox caught on with me right away, Nikita took a bit longer.

I love Linda Howard books, but this one just didn't cut it for me. The plot was interesting and would have been MUCH better if the drama surrounding what was in the time capsule were developed more.

The characters were dull and it was really hard to identify with either of them. The idea that Nikita was a "copy" didn't add anything to the story and could have been left out, unless we'd heard something about it from Nikita's mother and/or father. It would have been much more interesting to shuttle back and forth from the future to the past in respect to her family.

It would also have been interesting to have Nikita exploring all the items from the past rather than just saying that "she studied them in preparation for her assignment". It would have been fun to see how she figured out how to use the coffee maker, washing machine/dryer and shower, since those were the items most talked about in Knox's house.

I found the "link" stuff pretty dopey because it wasn't explained exactly how they worked. Just put them on and be transported back and forth? Doesn't seem to make too much sense.

I wouldn't recommend anyone buy this book. I got it from the library and I'm glad I did.

The characters did not interest me as much as I would have liked. There was not much in the way of romantic or emotional development. I much prefer Ms. Howard's other books. Story brief: Bad guys from around 2200 time travel back to 2005 to get something of value. Nikita is an FBI agent from 2200 who travels to 2005 to stop them, but doesn't know what they are looking for. She and the police chief Knox work together and fall for each other. Some people are murdered. The author toys with Nikita's lack of understanding of slang. For example, instead of calling someone a "big baby" she calls him a "large baby." Knox says she might "split". She doesn't know that means "leave." It wasn't that interesting for me. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: two. Setting: 1985 and 2005 small town in Kentucky. Copyright: 2005. Genre: time travel mystery story with a little suspense and a little romance.

The plotline is interesting, but what happened to the editor? There are repeats everywhere. In one short paragraph, "this morning" appears three times. Due to poor editing, it was a bit of work to get through what could have been a good story.

What does it mean when someone gets excessively-defensive?
It doesn't express that they have peace or comfort with themselves.

Writing sludge like this just fuels the fire - that I suppose they are trying to put out. If .. there .. WAS .. ever .. a .. fire.

I bought this book hoping for a Christian perspective on the Christian-themed The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. What I paid for is unabashed preaching on how the Gospel can be spread through never re-interpretting or revisiting the collection of stories called the Bible.

These two theological scholars don't add any additional light to Brown's story nor do they actually show proof that the DaVinci Code couldn't have been true (which, in fact, I agree that most of Brown's work is fictional interpretation.)

It seems like another opportunity for Christians to talk to themselves and reinforce a narrow viewpoint through villianizing the "mass media" and the general population. Pure back-patting fluff.

This book is an excellent affirmation of Christian values that must be read by anyone who didn't realize that "The Da Vinci Code" was a work of fiction. Please reread that sentence; "The Da Vinci Code" is a work of fiction, like "Star Trek" or "Harry Potter". Unfortunately, the same people who fail to appreciate this fact are the same people who actually need to read "Cracking Da Vinci's Code," in order to restore balance to a worldview so easily upset by Dan Brown's clever yarn.

Unfortunately, this book is poor ammunition for anyone actually hopeing to defend the Christian faith from a popular fascination with the romanticized Cult of the Magdelene presented by Dan Brown. Doctors Garlow and Jones, both highly educated evangelists, have crafted a book that is more or less comfort food for their audience, not any scholarly attempt to address the factual underpinnings of Brown's novel. Somewhat pointedly, Garlow and Jones choose some of the weaker elements of Brown's novel to base their case on. For instance, by way of dealing with non-Canon gospels (the Gnostic gospels, and the somewhat-less-offensive Apocryphal texts), Garlow and Jones give a selective history of the Council of Nicea which posits that they merely reaffirmed a version of the New Testament already in circulation. This is somewhat true, but ignores how the wording of the gospels were decided to specifically reaffirm the Nicean view of Christianity at the expense of other popular Churches of the time (including churches established by the very disciples of Jesus). They cast aspersions on non-Canon texts without actually addressing why they are or aren't considered reliable. Likewise, when it comes to a discussion of Paganism and its influence on Christian theology, the authors steadfastly refuse to acknowledge even the possiblity (much less the accepted fact) that rituals central to Christianity - such as baptism, the eucharist, and chrism (annointing with oil or ashe) - were all employed by pagan cults for thousands of years prior to Christianity. Instead, Garlow and Jones rely on the emotional impact of the epithet "pagan" on their reader to cast aspersions and reinforcce doubt.

Most disappointing about this book is that the authors attack fiction with fiction. Where there exist stronger points in the scholarship that underpin Brown's fiction (and I can't emphasize enough that "The Da Vinci Code" is JUST an entertaining story), Garlow and Jones turn instead to a fictional couples experience attending a discussion group of Brown's book and it's central thesis, which naturally involve secularist ridicule of faithful Christians engaged in acts of ministry.

There are even a few instances where the authors manufacture assertions by inferral that were never made by Brown or any of his characters. Half way through this book, I got the distinct impression that neither Garlow or Jones (nor their editor) ever actually read Browns fictional works.

This is one of those rare books where I was relieved to finally have finished it. There is no vice in the spirited defense of ones faith through the presentation of facts in support of rational argument. Unfortunately, this book is very light on facts, and frequently resorts to emotional arguments. The Gospels tell us that Jesus himself debated with authority found in a thorough knowledge of the law, and was skilled in avoiding rhetorical traps. Garlow and Jones do the opposite: they count on the unfamiliarity and uncertainty of the general population, and frequently employ rhetorical traps. Anyone seeking to be Christ-like, and defend their faith, would do well to not rely on this book.

Highly recommended, very easy to read, yet well-researched.

The chapters are subdivided mostly into three sections describing the major historical/theological claims of The Da Vinci Code (DVC), a Christian rebuttal to these claims, and short narrative in each chapter about a hypothetical college student's related experience. If you want to head straight for the claims and rebuttal, and by-pass the narrative, it is very easy to do. But the narrative is quite useful in understanding the types of arguments and beliefs you can encounter with devotees of DVC and how to respond to them. The narrative describes the student's doubts about Christianity, the pagan rituals that go along with DVC, and the responses of Christians who gently lead her to the real truth. It also has a good series of questions that can be used for a group study situation. The index is available only on the Internet.

A few examples from this book showing the lunacy of buying-into DVC follow. "The Priory of Sion," claimed to be the keeper of the secrets since the Middle Ages, is a complete hoax, started in France in the 1950s by a person who thought himself to be heir to the French throne (112). Nearly all of the New Testament was documented as recognized scripture by no later than 200 AD, or 125 years before the Council of Nicaea (142), contrary to DVC's claim. Christ's divinity was not decided by a "close vote" at Nicaea as claimed by DVC: the vote was "two" against and over 300 "for" (96).

In summary, this book adeptly exposes the major supposed "facts" that Dan Brown claims DVC is based on as a series of neat deceptions and lies, and built upon the wishful thinking of the aging New Age Movement.

Garlow and Jones soundly refute the charge that the church was and is antisex. But then again, this is an age-old trumped-up charge, going back to ancient pagan Rome, and still leveled against those who do not agree with the hedonistic and libertinistic practices of the accusers. The same holds for those who accuse the church of being sexist or misogynist (anti-woman), as the Da Vinci Code does. It is routine for feminists to call anyone sexist or misogynist who has the temerity to disagree with their ideology or their policies.

Garlow and Jones show that there was no such thing as a matriarchial society. They also expose the irony of the fact that the Da Vinci Code presents the Gnostic writings in a positive light even though Gnostic writings contain obvious misogyny!

Garlow and Jones elaborate on the persecution of witches. It turns out that most instances of such persecution were instigated by secular rather than religious authorities. What's more, witch-baiting is a great exaggeration. The number of victims was quite small--perhaps 50,000 witches executed over a long period of time, certainly not millions. What Garlow and Jones do not mention is the fact that the persecution of others by the Christian church is dwarfed by the persecution of others by atheists. The hundreds of thousands of victims sent to the guillotine by the Jacobins during the French Revolution and the tens of millions of innocent people murdered by the atheistic Communists come to mind.

A major shortcoming of Garlow and Jones' book is his failure to contextualize the DaVinci Code trash as a manifestation of overt anti-Christian bigotry--yes, a form of bigotry that would never be applied to any other religion. After all, the DaVinci Code (yes, I have read the book) not only attacks the Christian faith as an error, but accuses the church of being a deliberate conspiracy that is attempting to conceal a fraud. The fact that it is admittedly fictional does not change the fact of this bigotry. If Hollywood made a fictional film accusing the Prophet Mohammed of being a fraud and concocting a conspiracy to hide the true origins of Islam, it would be widely denounced as Islamophobic bigotry. Were Hollywood to make a film that positively portrays the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, even as fiction, it would be universally condemned as anti-Semitic. The real lesson of the DaVinci Code that needs to be stressed by Garlow, Jones, and others is the fact that anti-Christian bigotry is now just about the only acceptable form of bigotry, and that this is an ominous portent for the future. Christians, wake up!

Grabbed this book mainly because of the cover! I was in the mood for a mental vacation! This book is packed with suspense, some hot sex, and a lot of mystery! Page turner, and easy to read. HAPPY ENDING too!
A MUST READ.

I liked this book. It's a story about Beth Anderson who is on a camping vacation in Calliope Key along with her lawyer brother, her 14 year old niece and her nieces friend, Kim. Beth finds a half buried human skull on the beach and keeps it from her niece and her friend as not to upset them. It's a good mystery murder and I liked it. It's not a 5 star book but I would rate it 4.5 stars. It's a fast easy read perfect for the beach.

Beth and her family are on an island for vacation, amongst other vacationers as well. She finds a skull hidden in the sand on the beach, and is very suspicious about this guy Keith and his buddies that are walking the very same stretch of beach.... and they're coming straight toward her and the spot that the skull was found.

That's really all the farther I got in this one. The story just didn't hold my interest. Or rather, it might've if Beth wasn't freaked out about 'something' every-other second. She's too paranoid and too suspicious about what she found and started suspecting Keith and his buddies knowing or having something to do with the skull she found; and everything to do with who Keith was. It was just too dramatic and unrealistic for me.

I thought this book would be a nice summer mystery I might dig into, but once I started, I knew it wasn't going to be as intriguing as I had hoped. I would say read another one. Anything by Lisa Gardner is worth the thrill.

Beth Anderson is set to enjoy a fun weekend on Calliope Key with her brother, Ben, her niece, Amber, and Amber's friend, Kim. While there, though, she finds a skull, or at least she thinks she does. When a stranger approaches, she covers it up. When she goes back later, it's gone.

The skull reminds Beth of the Monocos, who disappeared from the area while on their luxury yacht. Some people think the couple is dead, a victim of piracy. Others think they are taking a trip around the world on their yacht.

Keith Henson is on the island with his friends, Lee Gomez and Matt Albright, to do some fishing and diving. Beth is very suspicious of the men, as she is of the other two groups of people on the island for the weekend. But there is an attraction between Keith and Beth that they can't ignore.

Once the weekend is over, Beth goes back to her job at a yacht club in Miami and strange things start happening. Keith and his friends reappear and Beth realizes there is more to them than meets the eye. But are they good guys, or bad guys? She can't quite decide.

The Island is an interesting read. I enjoyed Keith, whom I thought was the type of man who would go to any lengths to protect the people that he cared about, and to get his job done. I have to admit that Beth got on my nerves sometimes and I wanted to tell her to snap out of it.

This book is busy, and has a lot of characters, but I had no trouble keeping up with who was who. I enjoyed my trip to The Island, and, as always, look forward to Ms. Graham's next novel.

Amelia reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Definitely not her best. The underlying mystery was too complex and involved too many characters and subplots. And, almost on the last page, we get a whole new slant on what the story was all about, that just barely ties in with everything else. And Amanda suddenly changes and is worthy of being paired with one of the nice guys? Pulease...

Uncle Mattie is a creep. I believe that dogs need training and different dogs need different things. I have 3 beautiful dachshunds. My older dachsie has back trouble and seisures. This is all part of what we think is bad breeding as the other 2 from different litters have zero health problems. My little girl is the sweetest thing in the world and so very well behaved. She would never bite and she is so patient and tolerant. Before I knew that she was having seisures at night, I discussed the problem with Uncle Mattie, (the creep) and he wanted me to fly my dog out to him so he could do some bruital training, (in his own words)with the dog. He stated that the dog was vicious and would get worse. What a creep. This dog would never hurt anyone or anything. What a putz! If I'd done what he asked I would have had to put the dog down. What a creep. OH yeah, and he said about 10 times, I should buy his book. IN HIS DREAMS!

While I agree with some of the other reviewers that much of "Uncle Matty's" irritatingly stupid cliental dialog could have been left out, the training concepts offered in this book between it all DO work.

I am glad this book was purchased at a discount because it is so painful to read. The information is good, but it is presented in such a way as to drive off any thinking person. The book is written as a set of dialogs between "Uncle Matty" Margolis and his irritatingly stupid students. If these are real people, it is scary to think that they might be allowed to vote and drive cars. I found myself focusing on this aspect more than listening to what Mr. Margolis had to say in each lesson, which when one takes out the dialog, are actually pretty helpful. I suppose the problem is that once you've written one dog training book, there's not much else you can say on the subject. However, "Uncle Matty" needs to keep writing books (it's a living), and this is the result.

The writing style was nauseating and it certainly isn't the ultimate guide to dog training.

Not worth buying

I was in a hurry when I chose this book, now I wish I'd spent a little more time flipping through it. Each section begins with dialogue between Matty and the people/dogs he is working with. That part is completely pointless, and not even entertaining to me. Finally I realized I could skip half of each chapter to get to the meat. Still though, there is pointless ad-libbing through the actually instructions! By skipping, it only took me 45 minutes to get through this book. If you can manage that, there is some usefull advice. However, for such a thick book, I was very surprised that it only covered basic commands. I am still a little confused about how to train my dog! Definately not worthy of "The Ultimate Guide.." title.

Perhaps it is because my boys are the same ages as Raymie and his brothers in this story, but we found it very humorous. Any family with boys in it should be able to relate to the antics of these brothers as they go through their day. The artwork adds to the story as the illustrator has captured well the expressions on the faces. I recommend it to fun-loving families of sons. Those who wish to bring up genteel, cultured children may prefer to stick with more proper literature.

If Romano weren't famous,this book would have never made it to print. Lacking in almost every element of a good story, it is a great example to use if you are teaching people how to write children's books--how NOT to do it, that is. I imagine it sold a bazillion copies. Oh well.

I picked this up at the bookstore I work at and read it on my break one afternoon. Having been delighted in the past by Raymond, I expected a lot more from him. This truly was one of the worst children's books I've read. The Borders I work at is huge, filled with talented artists and writers whose children's picture books will continue to go unnoticed. However, a celebrity can write anything and get full recognition for it. This book plays out merely as a remembrance of a day he took at a family outing. No redeeming quality or sense of entertainment to keep a child's interest in here. Just randomness of a charicature of his childhood that had potential of being interesting, yet fell very short of being just that. Stick with Sendak, Rey, Yolen, or Eric Carle if you want something that will peak interest.

I love EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, so this book really made me laugh. My sons found it funny but some of the drier humor went over their head. Still, a very funny book.

It was during a trip to my local bookstore that I first encountered this literary waste pile. Romano, along with two other hardly mentioned brothers, recount a fictitious and very 'mild' trip to a theme park. The trio's day goes along quite predictably, with the brothers anticipating the trip, naturally and, upon getting to the park, having to ride annoyingly named 'kiddie rides' with the youngest of the three. C'mon people, 'Chuckie the Choo-Choo'?

The rest of the day, chock-full of wedgies, noogies, and farts, goes on with Ray, called Raymie (pl-ease!), and the other one, Dickie, maybe?, finally going on 'The Vomitizer'. So much for a climax, eh?

Finally the family goes home and...I forgot the rest. But I'm telling you, this book is terrible. No joke. Lacking even a mild plotline, among other thing, the title doesn't even make sense. Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean: Why I Love and Hate My Brothers. If Ray is the narrator, then why does he refer to himself as Raymie and not simply 'Me' or 'I'. Oh wait, I know; because then his name wouldn't be first.

Oh, and the illustrations; why is it that every book written by a comedian, or in Jason Alexander's case, a guy in a funny show, seem to have the same illustrations. Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, the aforementioned Jason Alexander. All feature the same caricature-like illustrations in their books. What's up with that!?

R, your friendly neighborhood reviewer.

I wonder why I am editing this review after 2 years because the sales records of this book must have already spoken volumes by now, but I guess I dont want others to spend money on such absolutely disappointing 'material'. Which is what it is, it is certainly not a book. If you are looking for light-years worth of textual reading fodder on the exalted subject of Java Beans and Servlets technology (which are both presumably well established by now), this may be good bed-side reading. If on the other hand you want hands-on code samples with explanations of J2EE oriented concepts, forget this and get yourself a decent book like "Mastering Java Beans" or any of the Wrox titles on the subject. This was one of those useless quick-to-market type books that usually come out in a flurry to cash in on a new technology's hype. Hope this helps you spend your penny wisely.

This book has lotsa stuff...

This book covers the 'Awesome' topic of JavaBeans very well. In fact it also delves into the related topic of introspection (or reflection) plus Jar files. This is all done using graphically oriented beans. Although a couple chapters are tough going, the technology is not easy, so what did you expect?

There are numerous examples and Source code! Its kind of fun to assemble some of these beans but it can be hard if you don't have the now defunct program "Visual Age Web Runner" ..used by the author.. There are two ways to assemble beans: 1) manual and 2) cut and paste. BeanBox (Sun) and WebRunner use the easier cut and paste method while in JBuilder I had to do things manually.. but this is in a way good..since you really need to understands events and adapters to do this.

I was able to get most of the beans supplied in the book going and when I had problems the author was not far away..in his "Author Online Forum".. where he takes questions and comments and helps you work things out.

I have only been working in Java for about 1 year now, but I think this book and the sample programs/beans have moved me into the intermediate-level area.

I hope Rodrigues will update this book and perhaps write one on Enterprise Java Beans and server technology.

A nice-looking book and I'm sure the recipes are very good but they are just not conducive to everyday cooking. I was looking for recipies to bring more fiber and nutrition into my family's lives. Though the beans will surely do that..the recipes often have many unusual or expensive ingredients that I don't even know where to find (e.g., whole black mustard seeds, nasturtium flowers, nigella seeds, Madeira, 'confit of duck legs-?? etc). Other recipes require things like toasted coriander seeds, toasted allspice, etc. that take a lot of time to prepare. It's clearly written by a chef for other chefs or people who can afford the expensive ingredients, have access to gourmet food stores or to spend all day in the kitchen...not for the everyday cook. I gave it 2* - not because it's a bad cookbook...it's just not very usable to me...and unfortunately, will probably sit on my shelf unopened most of the time. =(

This cook book is not designed for a busy, active person. The author dismisses the use of canned beans. Every recipe requires that you begin by soaking and cooking dried beans (an 8 hour process). It also assumes that you have access to specialized cooking equipment, like earthenware pots and paella pans. The one recipe that I made completely from scratch (including carmelizing garlic and fire roasting tomatoes) was definitely NOT worth the effort - it just wasn't that good. While I really like to cook, I don't have the time that this cook book demands.

I happened upon this book at a promotion in my local bookstore. Since my husband is a bean-a-holic, and the sample recipes the author had prepared were delicious, I decided to buy it.

I've made half a dozen of the recipes so far, and I've been delighted with every one. I note that another reviewer complains that the recipes call for dry beans... well, you CAN use canned if necessary. And although Ms. Green tells you which sort of pots, etc, would be ideal, you can certainly use whatever cookware you have on hand.

The black turtle bean pate with tequila is divine. I tasted Aliza Green's version at the book signing and promptly tried to make my own. Mine was *almost as good and was gobbled up by my guests... I *will try again!

I hope you'll consider this book if you love beans and other legumes. It's a delight. And many recipes are vegetarian or have a vegetarian option, for those who don't eat meat.

Enjoy, and as Ms. Green signed in my copy - Bean Appetit!

Overall, this was a helpful practice exam that I found quite valuable towards passing the ARDMS Vascular Physics exam. In fact, I only had two other source materials from which to study, namely the Edelman physics book and another vascular practice exam by Lori Green & Lori Sens. These were enough to easily pass the exam on the first try. The Vascular Physics Review had over 3 times as many questions than the registry test so it was fairly thorough. However, some of the last sections could do with a few more practice questions to round out the topics. The explanations in the answer sections could be expanded a little bit as well, but there was enough to explain the more difficult concepts. At first I hesitated to buy the book but now I think it was money well spent.

This book was not worth the money or the time I spent working on it. I stopped wasting my time after the sixth chapter. Instead I studied Vascular Technology by Claudia Rumwell and that was all I needed. The questions in this book are outside the realm of what the vascular registry actually requires and I passed the test with a very good score. Also, the answers in the back of the book are mostly just references to other books, without many explanations.

THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS BOOK IS MORE FICTION THAN FACT. YES IT FOLLOWS THE ARDMS OUTLINE, BUT WITH SO FEW QUESTIONS PER SUBJECT IT PROVIDES LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PREPARING YOU FOR THE REGISTRY AND IS NOT WORTH THE EXPENSE. THE BOOK MAKES MORE OF AN EFFORT TO SELL YOU OTHER PRODUCTS RATHER THAN HELP YOU REVIEW FOR THE REGISTRY. THE CD ROM WAS USELESS, IT WENT STRAIGHT INTO TRASH.

I bought this book ages ago, and am somewhat ashamed that I haven't found the time to give it a review, until now - especially since I've used it a great deal! A wonderful book, for legume lovers! The recipes are simple, healthy, low budget, tasty and satisfying. What more is needed?!

I would never recommend this book. It was dated and the recipes were not tasty.