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EUROBANK STRESS TESTS: Market slams EU plans as insufficient, lacking substance.

The Slog has been digging around in euromarkets, credit agencies and currency dealers for the last three days. Our subject: the bank stress tests. We’re only talking a dozen or so people here, b… more →

The Slog. 3-D bollocks deconstruction

The Tourist Trail, by John Yunker — 1 comment

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: Some people stop at the water’s edge. Some keep going… Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark … more →

Tags: Fiction, 71 pages read, Confusing, Contradictory, convoluted, jumbled, overwritten, problems with grammar, punctuation problems

Remix, by Lexi Revellian — 4 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: Fun, grit and coiled menace… Andrew Wrigley REMIX Caz Tallis is living her dream, restoring ro … more →

Tags: Fiction, 32 pages read, Contradictory, Exposition, Inconsistent, lacks pace, poor characterisation, punctuation problems, repetitive

The Discovery of Socket Greeny: Tony Bertauski — 3 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: SOCKET ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WERE A BUNCH OF FAKES. HE WAS RIGHT. ### The Discovery … more →

Tags: Children's Book, Fiction, Novel, 37 pages read, cliched, Confusing, Derivative, Inconsistent, ineffective back cover copy

I Serve: Roseanne E Lortz — 7 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: A tale of ARMS, of DEATH, of LOVE, and of HONOR Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Hundred Ye … more →

Tags: Fiction, Historical, Novel, 44 pages read, capitalisation errors, Confusing, Exposition, inappropriate idiom, ineffective back cover copy

Randolph's One Bedroom: Andrew Oberg — 5 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: When winter stretches on for half the year and people are forced to spend entirely too much time ind … more →

Tags: Fiction, Short Stories, 22 pages read, Confusing, dialogue tags, dull, Exposition, flawed logic, Inconsistent

Kai Zu And The Orphan's Pyramid: Kamenn Lechiffe — 9 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: Kai’s a foster child and he’s turning eleven. FOSTER CARE ENDS AT ELEVEN. Now, he must c … more →

Tags: Children's Book, Fiction, 87 pages read, Confusing, Exposition, ineffective back cover copy, lacks clarity, lacks pace, long-winded

Schumer and Gillibrand are you paying attention? "Credit Downgrade Would Drag Blue States into Abyss"

ccrofny wrote 1 year ago: Credit Downgrade Would Drag Blue States into Abyss Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT By Bill Wilson - … more →

Tags: schumer, Gillibrand, Gang’s plan, blue states, House of Representatives, cut cap and balance, only viable plan, Moody’s, SP

The Ark Of Adams: Jack Kane — 6 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: Dr. Timothy Adams’ invention was supposed to save mankind. Indeed, Arcadia, was to be his crowning a … more →

Tags: Fiction, 02 pages read, cliched, Confusing, Contradictory, flawed logic, ineffective back cover copy, lacks clarity, lacks pace

Wastelander: Manda Benson — 4 comments

Jane Smith wrote 1 year ago: When you live in a rubbish tip and your favourite food is your mum’s mouldy soup, life in the … more →

Tags: Children's Book, Fiction, 47 pages read, Derivative, dull, inappropriate idiom, lacks clarity, Point Of View, poor characterisation

Green Skies: Eric Uhlich and Andrew Oberg — 4 comments

Jane Smith wrote 2 years ago: Rampant climate change. Unchecked and self-serving authorities. Clinging to imported traditions. Thr … more →

Tags: Fiction, graphic novel, 57 pages read, cliched, Illustrations, Inconsistent, ineffective back cover copy, lacks pace, PACE

Tomas: Robert Bedick — 1 comment

Jane Smith wrote 2 years ago: You’ll also find this review on my bigger blog, How Publishing Really Works. You can comment o … more →

Tags: Fiction, Novel, 11 pages read, cliched, clumsy writing, Confusing, Contradictory, dialogue tags, distracting

EUROBANK STRESS TESTS: Market slams EU plans as insufficient, lacking substance. — 1 comment

John Ward wrote 2 years ago: The Slog has been digging around in euromarkets, credit agencies and currency dealers for the last t … more →

Tags: EU, market slamsmethod, stress tests

You can't play secret squirrel with the markets, Mme Lagarde — 2 comments

John Ward wrote 2 years ago: France’s Christine Lagarde “There will be stress tests during this month and then you wi … more →

Tags: Christine Lagarde, EU banks stress test, why EU cannot compete in world.

The Chronicles Of Bobby Isaacs: Stuck In The Friend Zone: LG Putzer — 1 comment

Jane Smith wrote 3 years ago: When eleven-year-old, band geek, Bobby Isaacs falls in like with his best friend, Jenna Richards, he … more →

Tags: Children's Book, Fiction, 07 pages read, capitalisation errors, clumsy writing, Contradictory, Exposition, Formatting problems, Inconsistent

First Wolf: Carol Anne Carr — 1 comment

Jane Smith wrote 3 years ago: It was Toland’s twelfth year of life when his father hurled the wolf’s head at the might … more →

Tags: Children's Book, Fiction, 07 pages read, clumsy writing, Confusing, Contradictory, Exposition, flawed logic, Inconsistent

We Were Not Lost: Constance Kopriva

Jane Smith wrote 3 years ago: They are not Indians. That is a name some European gave to a people they thought were lost. They wer … more →

Tags: Fiction, I read it all, recommended, cliched, Contradictory, good pace, i read it all, inappropriate idiom, Inconsistent

Solomonovsky: Michael J Landy

Jane Smith wrote 3 years ago: 16-year-old Ruth Levinson is snooty, pampered, and in cold control of her destiny. Until Solomonovsk … more →

Tags: Fiction, 45 pages read, lacks pace, Misused words, not feasible, overwritten, PACE, poor characterisation, problems with grammar

Lines of Neutrality: SB Jung — 3 comments

Jane Smith wrote 3 years ago: FICTION/THRILLERS Lines of Neutrality is a window into the lives of two modern-day assassins—Raven Y … more →

Tags: Fiction, 17 pages read, cliched, Contradictory, Engaging, flawed logic, fluent writer, Inconsistent, ineffective back cover copy

Romancing the Claddagh: Ruby Dominguez — 13 comments

Jane Smith wrote 3 years ago: Fiction Romance/Mystery Horror/Drama The breathtaking mystery of the Irish Claddagh unraveled! On a … more →

Tags: Fiction, 04 pages read, Confusing, Typesetting, overwritten, Exposition, Research, Layout, Nonsensical


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