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My baby LOVES these puffs. She eats them with every meal. They are the perfect fingerfood. It’s just too bad that there probably is not too much nutritional value.
HAPPYBABY Organic Puffs Banana
I recently finished reading the book “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger. It was about a teenage boy, Holden Caufield who has gotten kicked out of yet another prep school for failing his classes. While the book was decent, it still had a lot of ups and downs.
I think part of the reason I didn’t like the book is that I am a fourteen year old girl, and I can’t really relate to the events in the book. Too many of the cultural references were before my time, and made it difficult to read at times. I’m also not a fan of books that move slowly, and this book does start off very slow.
There are also things that I liked about the book. I liked how the author wasn’t afraid of how people would react to his book. He just wrote what he wanted. Another good thing about the book is the even when it was moving slowly I wanted to keep reading to find out why it is one of the most banned books in the United States.
Organic Sparkler Fruit Basket
Worked very well, but suddenly camera detected card error and would not operate. I had to format the card to make it work again. Working fine otherwise.
SwaddleDesigns Organic Cotton Hooded
We have tried both the apple and greens flavors and my 12 month old son loves both– has been eating them since 8.5 months. They dissolve quickly, so no real fear of choking or serious gagging (my little guy has a stronger gag reflex than most kids his age). The product itself is okay tasting– sort of akin to a rice cake with a little sweetness? My son seems to think they’re terrific and pursues them with almost the same vigor as he does his yogurt melts (also by Happy Baby).
My only real complaint is the package itself– the top pops open really easily. I had one open in my checked luggage on a trip once (oh that was fun), then another time when I had a container in the diaper bag for the day (two separate containers, so it was not just one faulty package). By that time I learned my lesson. I actually put the puffs into a Tupperware container after I initially open, because the package does not make a very tight seal (as evidenced by repeated opening) and they seem to go stale quickly.
HAPPYBABY Organic Puffs Greens
I’m not a literary snob. I’ve read McCarthy and Charlaine Harris with almost equal enjoyment. Yeah, I said it. And after reading Twilight, I get the mass appeal. Really, I do. After all, I finished the thing and I’ve put down books that are far superior to this one (so I’m told). But a couple of things discouraged me from reading the others in the series.
-Where’s the blood. Hello. Vampires are supposed to be blood-thirsty, amoral masters of seduction. I read a vampire story and I want some edge. Some debauchery. I get that this is for teens. But COME. ON. It seems that Meyer has manipulated the story and its logistics to the point of ridiculousness. This is where the absence of tension comes in. She has to invent tension between between Bella and Edward because the fact that he’s a vampire is basically irrelevant. So he eats animals. Big deal. So do I. He’s gorgeous and INSTINCTIVELY ADORES her. Of course she digs him. Essentially, there’s no conflict. Well, until the end* of course.
-Bella is completely unlikeable. I don’t want to be her. Even if Edward is hot. A heroine that can’t even walk down the hall without requiring rescue? Ick.
-Edward is completely unlikeable. Trust me, I’ve dated guys like him (possessive, controlling, obsessive). It’s life-altering. Especially when you’re only sixteen years old. I don’t support a book that romanticizes this kind of relationship for an adolescent audience, particularly when the heroine is this passive. Kids are in enough danger these days.
-All of the smothered passion of a Victorian novel but WITHOUT the wit. P&P for example keeps us girls (and guys, I’m sure) reading because of the banter between Elizabeth and Darcy. Well, the banter between Elizabeth and everyone. Never mind that they hardly touch throughout the entire novel. None of that here. There’s no energy.
*-This high-impact, action-packed ending? Where did this come from? Out of nowhere. That’s where. Suddenly, ‘trackers’ appear. Madness ensues. It’s p
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