After a good breakfast of lizard-eye gruel
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Zombelina, once again dances her way into readers hearts in, Zombelina School Days.
After a good breakfast of lizard-eye gruel, Zombelina is ready for school, and this time she gets to show off her amazing dance moves in front of her class. As soon as she starts to dance and sashay, everything quickly starts to fall apart, literally, and no one clap but the new student, Morty, who is even worse of than her with stage fright. But Zombelina knows just what to do, a Dance Party with friends, where she can teach them her moves.

In this adorable, rhyming, dance along tale, children will giggle, laugh and dance along with Zombelina and her friends. No matter what obstacles lie ahead, Zombelina approaches them with all the grace of a zombie, and the confidence of a very strong girl. A perfect read for any child who loves school, or maybe is even a little shy, Zombelina is here to save the day.

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Tasty and a good breakfast on the go. Reminds me of eating graham crackers as a kid, but a grown-up version.
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Oh god so much candy.  My belly is about to burst.  I think maybe this isn't intended to be eaten all in one sitting.  (urp)
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I'm not a health nut, but I'm becoming one. I came across this book after testing my blood sugar levels on a hunch - incorrect as it turned out - that low blood sugar was causing mid-afternoon grogginess. Nope - I had very high glucose levels after meals, and only after meals. My doctor ordered blood tests, and those came back normal. So I'm OK: it had to be something in my diet.

That something turned out to be wheat. Glucose levels spiked most severely after wheat-containing meals. Even high-sugar desserts didn't come close to the wheat-fueled levels. Nor did products made from other high-carb products like corn, rice, or potatoes.

I picked one of the low-carb diets out there and tried it. What a difference! Daytime alertness is up, sleep is deeper and of shorter duration, I wake up refreshed, do not get the late morning or afternoon "blahs," and have lost significant weight - nearly ten pounds in the first month.

Dr Davis makes a good case that people gain weight, and then cannot lose it, not because of gluttony or sloth, or insufficient willpower, but because a supposedly healthful food that we eat in great quantity works against us.
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Reading this story is like eating a meal which tastes good but ultimately leaves you hungry. Its both good and bad. I enjoyed the vivid imagery of the overgrown city and the uniqueness of these "echos" the protagonist is looking for. However, there isn't much substance here and the story ends before revealing the secret of the echos, leaving this reader feeling unfulfilled. I personally award the story 3.5 stars, which I will round up to 4 since the story was professionally edited with no errors or typos found.

(Oh, and who ever said you can't judge a book by its cover? With this book, you can. Its the the perfect cover art for a story of this kind. Kudos to the designer of the cover, I really like it. )
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I was excited when I got this from Influenster because I've been looking for a quick breakfast food that will keep me energized for a good portion of the day. The biscuit was very soft and broke apart easily. It smelled nice and tasted good as well. But I didn't really feel like I got energized, even for a little bit. It just kinda felt like I ate a soft cookie. Overall, it's a good breakfast food if you're in a pinch.
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After our neighbors came down with a mysterious "flu," we headed down to the bunker and started digging into our stash of Wise MRE meals. The first few weeks weren't too bad. But there's only so much "Savory Stroganoff" or "Creamy A La King" I could take without feeling the need for something to expand the palate. So I ventured outside to explore.

I admit, it was pretty bad out there. The stench of rotting garbage, burning buildings and decaying flesh can really spoil your appetite. But I was able to make my way past the burnt-out hulks of smashed up cars and city buses, sidle past a few mutilated corpses and squeeze my way into what was once our local Costco. Inside, amid the bodies and debris, I found an untouched (extra large, of course) bag of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers! Oh, sweet cheddary, crunchy goodness!

Unfortunately, on the way out, distracted as I was by my delicious find, one of the "corpses" lurched up and grabbed me, biting out a nice-sized chunk of my bicep. Oh, I managed to escape and found my way back to my bunker, but after a few hours, I got a bit feverish, and lost my taste for food, even the delicious Wise MREs; even those heavenly goldfish crackers. My wife complained that I really shouldn't have left the bunker. So I ate her brains. The kids weren't too happy about that, so I ate their brains too. I feel a little bad about that, but once you've tasted the sweet slimy goodness of warm brains, nothing else matters.

By the way, I still have a fair supply of these Wise meals available if you're interested. I've put up a Craig's List post, hoping to lure hungry survivors, but that hasn't worked out so well, what with the power out and no broadband services any more.  If you manage to see this review, then feel free to stop by for dinner.  You can leave your wallet at home. Just bring brains.
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I like something hot for breakfast.  This fits the bill and helps keep my blood sugar under control.  I recommend it.
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Good as a breakfast drink. The amazon offer on this product is pretty good. I usually carry one along during the office commute. Pretty tasty
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Its is really good it defineitly replaced my breakfast coffe with this. I did notice looseing wieght alittle bit but mostly i saw my self more energetic throughtout the day
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I started on this when I was on weight watchers. I don't get hungary before lunch. Very satisfying breakfast meal
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These are fun, but the required two yolks and three whites makes them a little less easy than I like breakfast to be.  We will use them for guests, but other than that they will probably live in a drawer
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Perfect for those of us wanting a hot breakfast (you can eat just so much oatmeal...). Howsoever our first unit didn't like to start work at 0300 Hrs. (Thats 1 Bell for you Navy folk, 3 AM to civilians and a backwards E on your phone for the computer generation..). As a result it sparked in defiance blew the circuit breaker doing so and refused to get hot. Lights and timer came on but no heat. Returned for full refund as the Prime membership guaranteed, no questions asked.
Upon receiving the new one, we went through the same setup procedures at the same time of day. This one, however was apparently made on a Wednesday-all controls functioned at optimum efficiency. The non-stick surface is exactly that making it a 5 minute set-and-forget arrangement (dishwasher safe).
Conclusion-though this unit hasn't made a breakfast soups chef of me yet (thatd be my wife), its the same approximate cost of 3 visits to your local barriStar without the never ending line and with your own better (FRESHER!)selection of breakfast sandwich ingredients ..
Well wait and see but were optimistic at this juncture of time/use.
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After eating a couple of these recipes, I was pretty full, and feeling drowsy. I was woken from my sleep by a luminescence. The colors were vibrant but tasted of sulphur. I pulled back the blanket to realize that my knees had sprouted sharp pointy and glowing horns. I'm starting to get used to it, and I kind of like it. I mean, it's so tough and awesome! I am going to cook 3 recipes tonight. I'm hoping for fangs.
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One day last week I had lunch from McDonald's, something I don't often do. I had a quarter pounder with cheese, fries and a chocolate shake. It was all tasty. But when I got back to work I felt bloated and sluggish for the rest of the day and told myself that I won't be doing that again for a while.

The way I felt that afternoon is very similar to the way I feel right now after blazing through this tasty, cheezy Grisham book in the last 3 days. And I tell myself the same thing - I ought to know better.

The Racketeer was highly enjoyable for the first portion of the book, maybe a third of the way through. Things were fairly logical and believable, at least for the Grisham universe. I felt like he had got his talent back and was writing as well as many of his early novels. Perhaps I have been judging John too harshly for the last decade or more. Then things kicked into overdrive with the ridiculousness. I was forced to suspend any sense of logic or believability. The narrator and main character is a complete mastermind who can plot events many moves in advance, manipulating governments and criminals with equal precision.

If I was stupider or perhaps drunk I could have even enjoyed this novel more. I don't begrudge JG his popularity or his vast wealth and I'm not just criticizing this novel(along with about all of his recent work) just because he is popular. Stephen King is huge and still manages to write 5-star books more often than not.

But this stuff is bad for you intellectually. Sure it's fun, but we could do much better. Easily.

If Grisham published a book every month I would probably just give up on him entirely. But since he only puts out something every year or so there is a good chance that I will come back next year for another mindless artery-clogging portion. And probably feel exactly the same way I do now.
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I could not put it down. I picked up around three pm and after eating super finished it at 12:45am the next morning. Could not put it down
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This was delicious, however the chaos in my gut has been incredible.  I'm still sick two days later.  Next time I'll just eat sugar.