Was hoping to like it better
350412
I am not as happy as I would've hoped. As some have mentioned the product is the same shape front to back, this allows the product to grip that butt stock better while it is more loose going forward. I thought maybe it would be a little better with shells inserted but it still doesn't look and grip the way I had hoped.

I like the general look of the product and that it holds 6 shells tightly but it can move forward with not much effort, thus I am giving this product at 2 star rating. I am really considering just sending this back for a refund if I can not repurpose it or just live with it in general.

My friend has a camo ( realtree/mossy oak) butt stock cover for his 3030 and it tapers to the shape of his gun well and looks great, it is also easier to get on and off because it attaches folds and velcros together
2682304
I wanted to like this book  I really did. For some reason, whether it was just timing or my own personal preferences, I had difficulty reading it. Perhaps it was the fact that I felt there were way too many characters  and also too many different situations going on at the same time. Or maybe it was the intensity of the love-at-first-meeting that didn't ring true to me. Whatever it was, I could not bring myself to care about any of the characters. Then there were the random facts inserted haphazardly that did not seem to be at all important to the story.

I do want to make it clear that I really think this is a matter of personal preference NOT anything lacking in the authors talent. Overall I felt that the plot was a good idea and the writing itself was good, if a bit simplistic for my taste. Quite a few  reviewers really loved The Pretender which is why I think its just not my type book.

I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by Litfuse Publicity. A favorable review was not required. All views expressed are my own.
2165829
I wanted to love it.  I had some issues with the writing style of the first book, but figured it might get better with the second since many authors grow into their writing.  The idea is interesting, but this second book was something I had to force myself to finish.  The main character was all over the place and seemed to have personal breakthroughs every few pages only for them to be meaningless or plain not make any sense a page later.  I felt like there were a lot of character development moments that were repetitive and didn't add to the story, either from trying to fill pages or attempting to re-enforce character traits I'm assuming.  I'm tempted to read the third book to see if the whole 'infertility' thing is explained (why don't they have a  c-section? Or an abortion?)  I would love to see more focused and meaningful character development and a better overall view if the 'big picture' of the story development.
2167954
I went with this one because it was a little more expensive, had a slightly higher rating, and I hoped it would be better than what we had previously (which didn't last as long as expected). The teeth are super aggressive and rip out a good bit of grass with each scoop and the handle is much bigger than it needs to be and it is hard to reach the inner squeeze handle  (and I am a 6' tall guy that can palm a basketball). I really wanted to like this item a lot, but it's not as awesome as I'd hoped. We previously had the Mighty Mutz Pooper Scooper that's listed on Prime and I liked it a lot better, but it only lasted 2-3 years.
4459433
The premise of this book was similar to another one I thoroughly enjoyed a few years ago, so seemed worth the read. Despite my hopes, I did not enjoy this book.

Aside from never caring about the two main characters and finding the romance subplot forced, every solution that was reached felt too convenient. The characters just happened to be in the right place at the right time. They just happened to have a stroke of genius and figure out the answers. It never felt like they had to really try to achieve anything.

This wasn't a horrible book, otherwise I wouldn't have finished it, but I'd hoped for better. If you think this book sounds interesting, give it a try. Hopefully you enjoy it more than I did.
4931739
Meh...wanted to like it more, but I was really kind of bored throughout the movie.
2497896
I wanted to read this book, and really wanted to like it as I need to find a way to declutter and tidy as I a Han it. Well, she does give you practically advice, Im not so sure Japanese minimalism works for those of us that have a lot of space and a lot of things.
1244879
I wanted to like this, but there were some nitpicks that I ended up feeling weren't worth it. One thing was the fact that the alarm clock could only wake up to a tone - seems that since it had the ability to connect to webradio and music, that you should be able to wake to one of those. Another thing that was annoying was that when the power goes out, when power was restored, the webradio would turn on and start playing - this happened twice while we had it; during the middle of the night, this would be truly annoying. It also seems to want to default to military time. The sound was ok - loud, lacked definition at the high-end.

At the end of the day the device felt like a 1.0 version of a product that would be really good at 2.0. If price is you're number one factor, then go with it - a number of these issues might be fixable via firmware. You'd be hard-pressed to find an Airplay compatible speaker at twice the price. I ended up returning this and going with a Yamaha Musiccast speaker which was more than twice the price - but a good bit more refined.

Pros: Number of connectivity options (Wifi, Airplay, Bluetooth); Price, Alarm clock
Cons: Seems like a 1.0 product, high-end sound could be more defined
2579013
Wish it could have lived up to the previews, but it just couldn't.
267719
I wanted to love this based on the premise and I don't like giving such low-star reviews, but because of the hype and my overreaching hope of falling in love with a brand new world, I think it made my disappointment that much more. I realise books need hype to get in front of eyes, but sometimes the buildup sets a reader up for a bigger let-down. Schwab can clearly write and has an army of fans, but I'm afraid this just wasn't for me. I was never sure if it was meant to be YA or adult, as it leaned more toward YA as far as some of the more ... derivative elements, and character development (or lack thereof, until at least 2/3 of the way through the book). As I say, she's an excellent writer, but this was just not for me. I grew bored at various stages and when I find myself skimming, with a towering TBR pile of books on my nightstand, it's time to finish it and move on. Sorry to say, I'm not one of the legions of fans!
3785321
I had heard so many good things about this book that I was pretty excited to read it.

So you can understand my disappointment when I started it and it just wasn't what I thought it would be.

Don't get my wrong, the storyline is a nice one but what ended up happening, at least for me, is that I felt like I was being preached to throughout the whole book.

Sometimes this works and sometimes it just doesn't. In this case it just didn't work. It was a little over the top for me and I am so sad about that.

I really truly wanted to love this book but I just couldn't.

It always saddens me when that happens and I do realize that this is a first novel for the author and the first book in a series but I still wouldn't be honest with myself if I rated this higher than 3 stars.

I think with a little less preaching and more actual action and storyline this could really have been a much better book, first in a series or not.

I think maybe I am the wrong age group too, I can see this appealing more to the tween market.

I would like to say that I would be willing to give the second book a try but I think this is just a series I will have to pass on. It just wasn't for me.
3964508
I really wanted to like this book and was excited to get it, but I left feeling like ehhh.  The author admits that a lot of his book is based upon his show, and I would have preferred something with more of a scholarly take.  There was a lot of "the other side, our enemies, won't be giving up," so we can't either, but I felt that this book could have done so much more to talk about what specifically they might do.  Which states have made progress and are likely to regress (as regressed progress is presented as a threat)?  Or how he recommended queer-ins for businesses that show they are anti-gay, but gives less reflection on how anti-gay businesses have garnered huge support in response to LGBTQ protests?  Where else beyond the one Texas example were such queer-ins successful?  These examples led me to feel, at times, this book was more of a pep rally "go, fight!" than a prescription for precise steps that would actually achieve results we want.

I also did not feel like it was particularly pro-human rights to discuss outing people who are in the closet.  I understand that a large part of that was about politicians who have been particularly anti-gay and then are found out to be gay themselves.  The idea is to call them out for their hypocrisy (which I recognize), but it seems too much the glee of revenge to out them.  I mean, we can recognize and sympathize the reasons why people have trouble coming out, but we call fair game if you're a politician and particularly if you're not on our side?  Just didn't sit right with me.  How have these people so particularly damaged our goals that they need to be focused on?  Would it not be better to work on people who may be more inclined to be persuaded to join our positions (or slacken their opposition)?  (I liked the briefer statement about how calling someone gay was no longer something that could be seen as libel, because being called "gay" was not perceived as that insulting now).

Other would-be takeaways hit better, such as the discussion about how pursuing incremental changes has not been effective, and that we should instead shoot for true equality and civil rights (and maybe we'll actually get it).  And I thought that the suggestion that LGBTQ may be helped to find their voice and ability to defend themselves by taking self-defense classes a good one (good for anyone, but made sense to me here for LGBTQ individuals who may be targeted).

I do feel that I am a bit better to argue why marriage equality with religious opponents.  It was interesting to learn that Catholics actually support gay marriage in higher rates than the general population.  The argument about stop letting the religious extreme be promoted and authenticated in the media as "the other side" was convincing to me as a liberal, but it's difficult to imagine that that will really end just by us protesting the media outlets like CNN that do such.  The message is just "keep fighting, protesting," but what specific messages have been effective in helping to shift religious opponents to the pro-equality side?  And I did not know that cities that are perceived as highly pro-gay have also experienced such increases in hate crimes.

But I felt like the constant, "we may not win, we have no guarantees," stressed me out without actually providing all that much more information.  The book that "It's Not Over" was addressing: "Victory" may be overly optimistic, but the frequent "yes, we've made progress but..." felt too strongly the other way.  I'd rather read something with a more balanced hypothesis.  Not scholarly enough, not emotionally impactful enough, and some statements seemed to be too far of a reach (like the lengthy discussion of Dollywood being a sign of grassroots initiatives working).
3411532
I thought it would be a much more interesting read
1271592
I wanted to like it more...I like the idea of reading a story where the protagonists were of questionable character. Sadly, the book fell a little short for me. For the sake of brevity (I'm assuming) things moved very quickly and major portions of the story were odd to me.

I gave it three stars because I felt like I had to see how it ended up but I never felt connected to the story.
2587098
eh.... I wanted to like this book, but it's really not my tastes
1978173
Wanted to like it, really thought I could trust the reviews, just doesn't have the right consistency (too thick) or flavor (more of a tomato paste flavor than pizza sauce).
4328683
I wanted to like this book more than I did.  I'm in Paris and ordered it on Kindle.

The five senses format doesn't work for me; it seems forced.  While I enjoyed Baxter's rambling excursions into film, family history and food, sometimes they didn't seem connected with the rest of the book.  In some places the book felt "padded" as if he were trying to get another book to market quickly after the success of "The Most Beautiful Walk in the World."

It's not a bad book, but I was hoping for something better.  If you're new to Baxter, begin your reading of him with "The Most Beautiful Walk in the World" or "Immovable Feast" rather than "Five Nights in Paris."