I think to me this book was more “intense” than the first just because crazy limb-chopping Dr. Danco had Deb’s boyfriend and for a while the reader doesn’t really know exactly what will happen to him. (And also you don’t know who will be next and how this guy will be stopped) And once again Dexter himself is a brilliant and likable character and his patience is tested because a certain suspicious sergeant keeps watch over him much too often and Dexter can’t “do his job”. Unpredictable and very entertaining… I can’t wait ‘til I get Dexter in the Dark now from the library, but I think I’ll have to because so many people requested to borrow that book. =(

The events are of course not exactly the same as in the 13 episodes of the first season of the TV show but the characters’ personalities (well, especially Dexter and Deborah) in my opinion are almost dead-on and just like in the shows. (Especially when they talk to each other, I can picture the actors in my mind =]) This book is definitely worth the read – I just got the sequel from the library and I’ve heard good things about it!

I think even if you’ve already gone through another really good verb review book like Dorothy Richmond’s, this one is also worth getting. There are some things one book goes over that the other doesn’t. (goes both ways..) One thing I remember off the top of my head that is shown very clearly in this book that I don’t remember from PMP is the way you use the “passive voice”: How to say things like :

“The food was prepared” vs. “The food was prepared by the chef”
(When it isn’t specifically stated that someone is doing the action, you would use ‘estaba’ for the word ‘was’, and when you include who did the action, you would use ‘fue’), so,
“La comida estaba preparada.” vs. “La comida fue preparada por el cocinero”.

What both books have in common though is that there are LOTS of exercises and really good, clear explanations on all the tenses as well as an answer key in the back.

Both Practice Makes Perfect: Verb Tenses and The Ultimate Spanish Verb Review and Practice are about $10 each on amazon.com. And in my opinion, everyone serious about learning Spanish should get both. It really is a good value for what you learn!

I thought it was almost as good as Angela’s Ashes! I’ll have to read the third book, “Teacher Man”

This is almost as good as “Angus, Thongs…” I laughed out loud more than a few times. Her experience in “Hamburger-a-gogo” was funny and well, interesting. I’ll have to start reading the next book so I can find out what her “Italian Stallion” Masimo says to being her boyfriend. And I’m wondering why he has to think about his answer… probably something to do with “Wet Lindsay”. I wonder how old Georgia is supposed to be now o.O Anyway, this was definitely worth reading.

Well, at least it was worth consuming when I was 10

These books were fun to read when I was younger, I know I liked them and kept reading them, though of course, they are quite “fluffy” and therefore forgettable. I don’t remember what happened in any of them.

Doesn’t taste bad, keeps me awake for a bit, though expensive. Still, I’d buy it again… in fact, I want it noooooow

Yep, use the spray on my popcorn all the time and it’s WONDERFUL!