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I am no expert on anything. So I can only tell you how something makes me feel. My native language is also not English and I am not an American. So I might not understand culture specific expressions. 5: If I absolutely love the item and would remember it and even recommend others to read it by posting it in my newsfeed. I will also give 50 GPS+ if I have any GPs left in my account. 4-5: If I like the item, but not enough to recommend it to others and post the link in my newsfeed. No GPs. 3 -4: If the item is okay. I kept on reading it because I thought I might change my opinion, but the item failed to meet my expectation. On the other hand I did not find any grammatical or spelling errors in it. 2-3: If the item is something which I didn't get at all and found at least one grammatical/ spelling error. 1 -2: I did not like it at all and could not even feel like reading it to the last.
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Comedy
Least Favorite Genres
Sci- Fi, fan fiction and contemporary fantasy
Favorite Item Types
Short Stories. Poetry
Least Favorite Item Types
Books, Chapters, Novels
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
Dear hasn_t,
This is a amazing rewrite of Goldilocks. Who would think she was an porridge addict. It's really really good. I have just two things to point out. Two typos:

"I was just a good little kid, full of innocence and warm from a bowlful of porridge"
I think it will be warmth

"No porridge would ever compare to that again and I was worried that I'd never have anything in my life so good every again."

I think it will be ever again.

All the best.
Tammy
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Review of Dumb and Dumber  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Dear HuntersMoon,
This is funny. Not the HHAHAHAHAH heeehehe funny but surely amusing enough to bring a smile. I did not find any typos, grammatical errors or anything of that sort. It was short, quick amusing read, something you can post in reader digest magazine's Laughter is the Best Medicine section I guess.
Keep Writing!
Tammy
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Review of Sundae the cat  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Dear Sinbad:
I was reading this piece and it kept on reminding me of my a guest cat my hubby had couple of months back and how he'd have something to say about him everyday. It's a sweet piece --- your writing. I could almost picture the cat.
And regarding any grammatical or spelling errors, your writing was 'Purrfect'.
All the best.
Keep Writing!

Tammy
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Review of The city of crows  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (2.5)
Dear Vijay:
I found your description of your city enticing, as it seemed very familiar to the one I live in. I have sound a couple of spelling mistakes and also suggested some changes. Hope you find these helpful.


But I have special attachment to this city as I stayed with my parents here in this city for more than 25 years.

I the found streets full of energy even on a Sunday afternoon.

Twenty years ago there was no mobile phone to give you weather update in your hand instantly.

but it gave a pleasant shade to people the men walking across the street.

It had many Peepal trees on the shoulder of the road raod, a couple of Banyan trees and a Gul Mohar tree standing at the corner of the road where the path road took was taking a right turn.

…nothing Nothing was visible now.

Surprisingly, there was not even a single appearance of the simple house sparrows, forget about the parrots and myna and bulbul that we used to see in our childhood. The green trees tress and colourful birds were a part of my childhood child hood.

The crows fascinated me and I referred some web sites on nature science and see what I has to say. (The sense of this sentence is not clear)

how these places were earlier and how they appear today.

I saw only crows staying all over the city and the king of crows was seating on the throne. , It seemed

Most of the men got were hit and many of them ran away to another cities (just like me ?).

The King ordered all of them


Keep Writing!

Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (3.0)
Dear Olsen,
This is indeed a modern parable. I wonder if you wrote it for a contest entry and thought of keeping it short? But it did definitely express the message you wanted to put through about how young people should help uplift the spirit of elders.
I have a suggestion about the following sentence:

But the elder laid in his bed without an answer...

Keep Writing!

Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Dear Joey,
This was really funny. I had fun with the way you came up with new words for the diseases. Infact, as a commoner I am sure I mispronounce the names of ailments too. Hopefully my doctors have good ears and understand what I mean so I am still walking.
Just to let you know, I liked the assburgers best. hee hee hee.

All the best with your writing.
Keep it up!
Tammy
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for entry "Upspeak? What?" 
Review by Tammy
Rated: 18+ | (4.0)
Upspeak?

*Wink*

Isn't it good to question the answers? If we ever stop we might end up being over-confident, a autocrat, no? and isn't that what autocrats do question the question? Why do you ask so many questions?
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Review of A new friend  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (4.0)
Dear Panille Kaja:
This is a very strange story indeed. I enjoyed the conversation and at one point even thought that it might turn into a romantic tale, until I came across the line where Tom said something about resting.
But then I do not think you gave in that part too early. The unusual ending was still good.
Keep writing!
Tammy
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Review of Garden gnome  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: ASR | (4.0)
Dear Jessicaaa,
It is a very strange story and a mysterious one. It raises so many question and finished off leaving the reader puzzled. What did Miss J Williams do to deserve such a gift or curse, whatever you may call it. Or who had sent it? Why?
You started the story so well that even without all the answers one would read it. But the reader's mind would not be content without the answers.
Then again, it is the writer who decides whether she wants to give away the mystery or leave the reader puzzled and wondering.

All the best!
Tammy
PS: I am doing this review as part of the Spring Review Raid
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (3.0)
Dear Dottie:
I can understand your frustration with unwelcomed boarders and to be honest they way you have described their effort to build a home inside your own is amusing. Yet I do not know why the sentences in the first paragraph did not read well. I am not sure exactly why? As far as I understand there were no grammatical errors but yet they felt a little rough.
If you are not under any word constrains you may want to rewrite the first para.
All the best.

I am doing this review as part of the Spring Raid.
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (3.5)
Dear Angel:
It is a strange piece no doubt. I thought the beginning was quite catchy and made me smile too. I also loved how you used some words inside the story like 'toad' it away. That was witty.
But I think there are sentences where you have missed placing a punctuation like a full stop or a question mark. A quick revision might bring those to your notice.
Other than that my only suggestion to you is : Keep Writing!

I am doing this review as part of the Spring Raid Review.

Tammy
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Review by Tammy
Rated: E | (1.0)
Dear Mistefur:
I am sorry that I have to be so blunt in my review of your story. You need some serious grammatical correction all through your story. At least you should know better that names are capitalised in English and a dialogue is written within a quotation like follows:
"I brought this duck for our dinner," said Veer to his wife Zaara.
Besides the story feels incomplete without a proper ending.

Hope you will rewrite your story, after a good grammatical checking.

Regards,

Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (1.5)
Dear Twiga:
This is a tragic story no doubt. I see you have also included an intro about what inspired you to write this story. But I think the intro was a little confusing, so you might want to do away with it.

About the body of the story. I think you need to use the punctuation mark 'full-stop' instead of 'comma' in most places, where you used comma. In the last line I think it should be:
Goopy took a deep breath and jumped off the edge into the sun.

Keep writing,

Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Dear Nixie:
Happy Birthday! And what a wonderful coincidence that on your birthday I was reading about your other birth. The birth of an author. There are so many sentences I love in this piece of memoir of yours. Here are some:
A wild joy burst from me when I dared pen, "I hate her."
She was robbed of power and became a prisoner of my forbidden words.

For centuries, human beings have used the power of words to fight with authoritarian rules, be it at home or beyond. In a way, it is the courage of being able to protest through writing that kept many people sane and able to breathe in toxic air of homes or society.
Kudos to you.
You write well.
Best wishes!
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (2.5)
Dear Sewcrazy,
This review is my way of wishing you the best on your upcoming Birthday. Happy Birthday.

Now for my opinion of your story:
It is amazing how people we love leave with with small bits of memories here and there. Many of which have such special meanings that we can feel the emotion of that moment again when we remember it. This story is one of those cherished memories, for you.

Reading it from a sub-editor's perspective, I would suggest that you avoid mix of tense in stories. Since this one is a reminiscence you can use past tense throughout except the second last para about your sister.

In the last line I did not understand what the three plus signs were for.

Keep Writing.

All the Best.
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (4.0)
LOL Aesop,
Your work seems to get better with time. I have read fables and a parable by you but this tall tale is just wonderful. But this time I have one question about the story. Not a big one though. Before Silver Sam appeared in the story you wrote that November won't come down and by December, night went on a strike.
On the fourth-last para, when winter returned, you again wrote night went on strike...
"Snow fell in heaps for the first time in 50 years, night went off strike, and November, which had stayed up North this whole time, came back down for a visit."
I think it kind of becomes a little contradictory. Shouldn't night return to work and November kind of regretting that s/he did missed the coolness of Houstonian winter?

In the third last para you used 'people' twice.

Otherwise, it is a good tall tale. I enjoyed reading it.

Keep writing!
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Dear Aesop,
I guess I have a thing for stories that come with a 'lesson in wisdom' *Smile*. I came looking into your port to look for more fables and found this and this was one was very much worth my time. I liked what the sage had to say about in reply to the second man's offer and the reply to the third man's offer was absolutely fabulous.
It has been quite a good experience reading your stories. Hope to find more fables in your port in future.
Keep Writing.

Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
Dear Aesop:
I like the first and the third version. Both sends out strong message. The third on the other hand appears more practical and believable. I like the moral lessons you wrote at the end. In case of the second version the moral lesson was not that clear and precise.
I have not found any spelling mistakes.
Hope the review helps.
Keep Writing!
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (3.0)
Dear Jellyfish,
I like your straightforward way of telling the story and how you stick to minimum description and rather used dialogues to introduce the characters. I liked the seriousness of the elf and rather the silly demeanour of the human.
However, I must say I expected a more interesting ending.
I have not found any spelling or grammatical mistakes though.
Keep writing!
Tammy
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Review of Listen to the Cat  
Review by Tammy
Rated: E | (4.0)
This one is funny. So are you really Aesop? You did a very good job of imitating the real Aesop I must say.
Though you did not describe the dog or the cat, reading your story I could think of my own imagination of a pair. I loved the last line. Poor thing!
I like reading stories that leave some room for the reader's imagination and yours did. In fact, I think I will look into your port and see if you have more of Aesop's modern tale.

We are having earthquake
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (4.5)
LOL!

That's really kool.. I was about to give up trying to laugh reading something here when I stumbled upon your piece.
So short yet witty and amusing. Besides it also does not have any specific cultural connotation like many comedy does. So yeah a great piece. But is this original? Have you written it and the the image, you created it?

Anyways fivesixer thanks for making me laugh.
Tammy
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Review of Who Am I?  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
Dear Elizabeth:
I was hoping to do some anniversary reviews (What could be a better way to congratulate a write than to read what s/he wrote right?). I randomly picked you from the list and thought I would go for the biographical essays, which I usually do not read.
But reading yours I am glad I made the choice. Guess what we were born in the same year, in opposite sides of the world --- you a month after 1978 started, me a month before it ended. And our lives too are so extremely different.
As I was reading about your humble condition, I couldn't help think how it contrasted mine and the irony in it. You were born in the richest nation of the world but growing up life was not easy for you. I on the other hand was born in one of the poorest countries, yet I had never known hardship.
Interestingly, there is one thing I feel that is very similar between you and me. Respecting other people's beliefs and expecting the same from them.
I salute your courage and positivism.
All the Best.
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: E | (3.5)
Dear InkWellspring,
I liked your poem so I thought I would browse through your port and do a little reading. I must say I was not disappointed. This story didn't put me into fits of laughter but I was nevertheless amused. I also like the way you wrote down morale of the story at the end.
I have not noticed any mistakes.
Keep Writing!
Tammy
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Review by Tammy
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Rated: 18+ | (4.5)
My Dear InkWellspring:
I read your note first and then the poem. I feel sad and ashamed. No I am not someone from the White race. But my people too are carrying out similar atrocities against the indigenous population of my country. The second verse :
They did not take from or abuse the land,
they knew it was not theirs.
They took only what they needed to live,
being thankful in smoke-filled prayers
--- is exactly what they say, the indigenous population of Bangladesh. "The land do not belong to us we belong to the land". Your poem reminds me of our crime against them.
I would suggest just one punctuation changes. Line 15: you can think of putting a comma after Many died.

Do write about your people, the world needs to know.
Best Wishes
Tammy
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Review of Islam or not?  
Review by Tammy
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Rated: 13+ | (3.0)
Dear Bob,
I think all your questions are valid. In fact, I think being able to raise a question is what makes us human. Unfortunately, this very right is taken away from people in many a nation, today.
I just wanted to point out a couple of spelling errors.. or rather spelling more commonly used.
1)There a capital 'B' in Obama (unless you put it there intentionally)
2) The term for people who follow the religion 'Islam' or followers of Prophet Mohammad is 'Muslim'. Some people also use the term Moslem (I don't know why). But being from a Muslim family I know it is Muslim.
3) Israelis, Mohammad, and Arab Emirates.. are some other spelling errors I noticed.

Hope our societies never grow so blind/stupid/ ignorant/ authoritarian that we stop questioning.
All the best.
Tammy

P.S. I didn't get the moral of the Aesop fable.

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