This book was sort of a let-down after the first book. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great book, i just expected more after reading the first spectacular book in the series. This book has all the same great characters that were in the first one, with a few new ones to add to the mix. It's interesting, with a couple little twists that make it all the better to read. I definetely recommend you read this one if you have started the series. If you haven't started the series, then i suggest you start with the first book. You can still follow this book, even if you haven't read the first one, but it'd be better if you read the whole series from start to finish. The Remember Me books are awesome, and i recommend everyone to buy all 3 installments. I personally like the 1st one best, but if you buy all 3 books you won't be disappointed.

i loved this book. i read Remember Me 2 before i read Remember Me, so i wasn't sure what to expect, but it was fine. This book was so intriguing and really touching - it was almost like magic. i could really believe in the characters. in comparison, it was almost odd to read Remember Me later on because in the first one the characters and plot are much more like a regular mystery/scary novel type deal, while i had found Remember me 2 to be very spiritual, an aspect that i really enjoy about C.P.'s books, like The Midnight Club and that sort. it's really interesting how he can swing both ways. ah, to be that talented...

Bravo! Bravo! This thrilling story is a sequel to Remember Me. Shari Cooper although dead is given a chance to return to the world of the living. She is brought back to the world and occupies the body of a depressed 18 year old girl. This book is as exciting as the first I highly reccomend it to all young adults

Well, technically, there are 14 short stories, since Christopher Pike's contains two parts, set at the beginning and end of "Thirteen." The first part ("Collect Call I") is about two girls who drive home after a party, except they get into an accident and one of them dies. Then the remaining girl starts receiving messages on her answering machine from the dead girl. The second part ("Collect Call II: The Black Walker") begins some time after the fatal accident, when the remaining girl starts dating the mysterious Bobby Walker--only to be reunited with the other dead girl. Now, I'm a big Christopher Pike fan, but I didn't think this two-part short story was his best work; in fact, these two stories are somewhat weaker compared to some of the other 12 stories shown below (if you'd rather not know what they're about, just skip the following three paragraphs and read the last paragraph--don't worry; I didn't give away the endings):

"Lucinda" by Lael Littke -- A 16-year-old girl and her older brother return to their hometown to investigate the six-year-old death of his girlfriend. As explained in Littke's bio at the end of this book, the location for this story was based on real events--of "a real town that was moved when the nearby river was damned and the valley flooded." I really liked the original setting; it gives the whole story a remote, ghost town quality--and even an Atlantis feel when the town had been under water. >> "The Guiccioli Miniature" by Jay Bennett -- Set in Venice, Italy, a young college student is approached by a poor painter to buy one of his copies of the Guiccioli miniature. This 8-paged story is not your typical horror fare; it kind of sticks out because of its more "intelligent" horror and open ending. >> "Blood Kiss" by D.E. Athkins -- Elizabeth and her two girl friends fall for the new boy who everybody thinks is a vampire. This story has a lighter, more humorous mood than the rest. >> "A Little Taste of Death" by Patricia Windsor -- A 15-year-old girl reads an eerie ad in the newspaper that requests she contact someone about a 10-year-old event. This one was okay, but leaves a few questions unanswered. Restates the obvious: Never take candy from a stranger.

"The Doll" by Carol Ellis -- After moving in to her family's new home, 16-year-old Abby finds a doll in the attic that tries to harm Abby's friends and family. >> "House of Horrors" by J.B. Stamper -- While working as a guide at the House of Horrors, Mark is invited to an after-hours party in the wax museum. This was another good one; it vaguely reminded me of the movie "Waxworks," though it was based on Stamper's experience at a famous wax museum in London. Readers will certainly be able to relate to Mark's claustrophobia. >> "Where the Deer Are" by Caroline B. Cooney -- Walking to school one day with her four friends, Tiffany has a premonition that Nature (which consists of the nearby deer, woods, and cliff known as Dead Kid Curve) has decided to claim one of them after 25 years. But who will it be? This one has a Nature vs. Human theme, and reminded me a little of Cooney's Losing Christina trilogy, with the paranoia, isolation, and her darker, more spare writing. Definitely one of the weirder ones. >> "The Spell" by R.L. Stine -- A young girl's boyfriend gets interested in hypnotism and uses his new talent to get even with his friends who had teased him about it. I'm not a big Stine fan, but this one was good. The ending--though left open--was effectively scary.

"Dedicated to the One I Love" by Diane Hoh -- One by one, three friends hear a radio dedication to them, made by their two-timing (or, in this case, three-timeing) ex-boyfriend Richie--and one by one, each girl has a tragic accident. This one gets better as you read; there's a twist halfway through it. >> "Hacker" by Sinclair Smith -- A young student becomes a serial killer's next victim when she starts receiving messages from him on her class computer. This one was rather disappointing because of how easy it is to guess the killer; there aren't very many characters in it. >> "Deathflash" by A. Bates -- As mentioned in Bates' bio, this one is about good vs. evil--about a young girl who fears a soul-consuming creature is after her. >> "The Boy Next Door" by Ellen Emerson White -- A young girl working in an ice cream parlor (during winter, of all times) is robbed and threatened by one of her childhood friends. This is another favorite of mine; it's very suspenseful and has a great ending.

As shown above, the majority of stories in "Thirteen" involve ghosts, the supernatural, curses and superstitions, vampires, murderous dolls, scary wax museums, hypnotism, and--what horror anthology wouldn't be complete without--serial killers. Some of these stories are bloody, but even notorious gore writers like R.L. Stine are able to tame it a bit. Whether or not that's a good thing depends on your taste of horror, I guess. But no matter what your level of horror is, "Thirteen" is definitely worth owning, especially if you're a fan of one or more of the authors in this book.

For teen horror, this is pretty good; fans of horror in general will enjoy a couple of the stories. Here are the must reads, with comments:

'Collect Call': A weird one. (Pike's a wizard at chronicling the soft underbelly of the high school social scene.) The first part is better, but the second is necessary to completely understand the story.
'The Guccioli Miniature': One of the three stories in this collection which lacks a supernatural element; a crime story with a tragicomic twist.
'A Little Taste of Death': A genuinely original idea, imperfectly developed, but tantalizing nonetheless. Tasty.
'House of Horrors': This falls into the fairly narrow subgenre of wax-museum horrors (either the wax coming alive or the living turning to wax - I won't tell you which this is), but there're plenty of chills nonetheless.
'Deathflash': Another really original idea. The vague, eerie telling (which intentionally leaves a lot to the imagination), combined with the pseudoscientific premise, gives it a slightly Lovecraftian flavor, and the ending is only a little implausible.

Of all the stories, the only one I really object to is 'The Spell' by R. L. Stine. He's written a lot of good stuff - his Goosebumps series shows him to excel at childrens' gross-out horror, and the Fear Street books at their best are as good as anything by Pike - but 'The Spell' is a sloppy, contrived, confusing mess, a sad addition to an otherwise appealing collection.

its 13 tales of Horror by 13 masters of Horror!
collect call by Christoper Pike
Lucinda by lael littke
the guiccioli miniature by jay bennett
blood kiss by d.e. athkins
a little taste of death by patricia windsor
the doll by carol ellis
house og horrors by j.b. stamper
where the deer are by caroline cooney
the spell by r.l. stine
dedicated to the one i love by diane hoh
hacker by sinclair smith
deathflash by a. bates
the boy next door by ellen emerson white

These are all great storys all about the new guy in town who is very handson, very sexy and very deadly!
read it its great!

7/24/2003

PIKE PLACE MARKET COOKBOOK:
Recipes, Anecdotes and Personalities from
Seattle's Renowned Public Market
By Braiden Rex-Johnson
Foreward by Tom Douglas

Rex-Johnson puts the reader well into the middle of the frenzy and color-filled mealtimes at Pike Market. She readily lines out signature dishes, menu rotations and histories of those sharing the fruits of their wares and labors. She captures the many faces of the Market, which she describes as "Part meat, fish, and produce market; part breathtaking panorama of water, mountains, and sky; part vaudeville show; part arts and crafts extravaganza; and part slice of nitty-gritty street life." Pike Place Market is the most visited landmark in the Pacific Northwest. One cannot buy a ticket to anything like this!

This 96-year-old mecca has a colorful history, and was almost torn down to make way for "urban renewal" in the early 1970s. More recently, Rex-Johnson tells how in 1997, The Market Basket CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program reinvigorated the farmer population and helped save the Market's farm-fresh food resources.

Each of the nine food sections in the cookbook is headed with a handy preview. The Entrée page reflects such diversity as Irish Stew, Zaire Chicken Curry, Korean Beef Bulgogi, Rouladen (Germany), Pancit Bihon and Mechado (the Philippines), and New Mexico Tamales.

These are just some of the stops she makes:

~Chef Charles Ramseyer, of Ray's Boathouse, shares his simple, yet elegant appetizer, Scallop Terrine, along with chef's tips for perfect preparation.

~From Sosio's Produce comes Microwave Mozzarella Vegetable Pie. This is a simple, health-filled dish of Japanese eggplants, sweet peppers, onion, spice blend and mozzarella cheese. Mic this in 10 short minutes. Even quicker is their Cheesy Tomatoes, baked in the oven.

~The simple Pea Pullao from The Souk is a spicy, vegetable-rice dish. The cookbook cross-references this dish with Marketspice's Chicken Masala (page 86) and Café Campagne's Lamb Burgers and Balsamic Onions, Roasted Peppers and Aioli (page 98).

~A backgrounder on the Pike Place Market Creamery features Nancy Nipples, the proprietress and self-described "Head Milk Maid" of this now-famed institution. Learn about "aracauna" eggs.

~From Alm Hill Gardens comes another fresh pea dish--Raspberry Snap Peas--made with raspberry vinegar and toasted sesame seeds. The handy Techniques section, page 203, refreshes your memory on toasting seeds and nuts.

~From Chicken Valley comes an unusual Northwest Chicken Stir-Fry. It contains the usual stir-fry basics plus hazelnuts, spinach and dried cherries, plumped. Meet the owner and learn of the restaurant's background and their take on all feathered-food sources. Rabbits, too.

~On the bread scene Nancie Brecher, teacher of cuisine to thousands of Seattleites, shares her Fresh Dill Beer Bread, an unusual accompaniment.

~From Tim's Fine Berries, a recipe combines raspberries, brown sugar, raisins, apricots, citrus juice, zest, onion and toasted almonds for a lip-smacking Red Raspberry Chutney.

~On the dessert track, find a recipe for Chilled Strawberry Soup from Northwest food expert Sharon Kramis. Guests will enthuse over this berry, banana and pineapple fruited gazpacho.

~From Mech Apiaries comes a Sour Cream Cranberry Pie, a tart, yet creamy treat.

~You will feel quite quenched and close to Danny McCullem of Danny's Wonder Freeze, after Rex-Johnson introduces you to his concept. His "Real" New York Egg Cream, is a gem in the heart of Seattle, a simple drink which is a lot method.

The Pike Place Market Cookbook has excellent Appendixes: Techniques, Produce Availability Chart, Mail-order Information and a comprehensive index. Rex-Johnson's book is part cookbook and part intriguing Seattle travelogue.

(From Take 5 newsletter)
Braiden Rex-Johnson's revised edition of the Pike Place Market Cookbook is a delightful read about the Market's colorful vendors and includes delicious recipes from shopkeepers, restauranteurs and local chefs. Rex-Johonson's first edition was published in 1992, and a decade-plus later nearly a third of the businesses featured in the original book have changed hands. She describes current vendors from the fishmongers to French bakery, smokehouse to spice shop, berry vendor to brewery. Among her 130 appetizer-to-dessert recipes are 60 new recipes and 70 of the best from her previous book. The Pike Place Market is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike - this book will guide readers to the many tucked-away shops and cafes, and its recipes will prompt a shopping list for the next trip.

(From Wine Press Northwest magazine)

Braiden Rex-Johnson's newest offering is her second edition of the best-selling Pike Place Market Cookbook.

Rex-Johnson, a Wine Press Northwest columnist, published the first Cookbook a decade ago, and it's been wildly popular with residents and tourists alike.

Like the first edition, the completely revised version is loaded with recipes by and features on vendors and chefs, and it beautifully captures what a special and magical place the Pike Place Market is in the Pacific Northwest.

If you own the original Cookbook, you'll thoroughly enjoy the revised edition, and if you never picked up the first version, this will become a treasured part of your cookbook collection.

Adam Freeman moves from Kansas City to Springville a.k.a. Spooksville. He meets Sally Wilcox and introduces him to Watch setting off an adventure into the unknown.

Watch seeks The Secret Path and bribes a bum with a sandwich to gain information about it. He tells them to, "Follow the life of the witch. Follow her all the way to her death, and remember, when they brought her to her grave, they carried her upside-down. They buried her face down, as they do all witches. All those they are afraid to burn." Bum was the town mayor until he upset Ann Templeton and she laid a curse on him. Ann is the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Madeliane Templeton who founded the town 200 years ago.

The children discover that the town lapses into other realities via that path stumbling into one themselves and Adam Freeman learns that his new home will be far from boring. There are often legends written about certain places on the planet where bizarre phenomenon is said to occur often. Christopher Pike has created a series that plays on such stories. A fun and scary read!

Finally, a series of Pike books for little kids. I started reading these aloud to my little brother, but soon became fascinated by them as well. His creative genuis really flows in these books, I guess because pretty much anything can happen in Spooksville. Pike also exercises his utterly BRILLIANT sense of humor in the Spooksville series, through the witty and hilarious character Sally. My little brother actually didn't get some of the jokes that I loved, which just shows that older people are probably even more likely to enjoy these books than little kids (not that kids won't enjoy them!!) The plots of these books are complex and fascinating, and always carefully done. So many kids books just seem to throw logic out the window. Pike obviously knows what he's talking about when his plots concern the complexities of time travel or spacecraft. Still, it's never too complex for little kids. Because this is a series, the characters can develop over time into very complex people without spending too much time on character development in each book (I know my brother hates that--he wants to get to the action). And instead of explaining his characters as Adam, the leader, Sally, the witty sarcastic one, Cindy, the goody-goody, he actually shows us this, consistently, through their actions. These characters seem like real people, in particular the mysterious Watch and the witty Sally. Cindy and Adam, the newcomers to Spooksville, are a bit more bland and normal, but kids will be able to relate to them better. For any parent who's sick of their kids reading that R.L. Stine crap, get your kids some "Spooksville" books!!

RL Stine got boring and even though this series is for younger readers I tried it and loved it. I've read all the books up to #23and loved the way the characters devloped throught the series. Adam is a natural leader and is no longer so niave, a good problem solver. Watch is the smart guy, kinda sad, and kinda an odd ball but i spend time at the cemetary too so what can i say. Sally is forever sarcastic and funny, always getting her self in trouble. Cindy is always there for her friends and isn't tough often but isn't just a goddy-two-shoes Bryce is learning but will always be too arrogent for his own good. Permant characters like Ann Tempelton and Bum and new group members like Tara and accaintances like Mireen and Ek always keep the story running and fun. Christopher Pike you have a great series.

The Remember Me books are my favorite books by Christopher Pike. The Last one, though, is my least favorite. It has almost nothing to do with the first book and enters a weird realm of science fiction. However, if you have read the second one I highly suggest you read it since the two go together. It is obvious that Pike had this book in mind while writing the second one. Also, although it is not has good as the first two it is still a great book.

I enjoyed this book very much. I always love reading more about characters that I've already come to know, however the trilogy ends in a much different place than you would expect it to. I personally am a big fan of Christopher Pike's science fiction novels so when REMEMBER ME 3 entered into this realm I didn't mind. If you loved the mystery of the first novel, but do not like Pike's sci-fi, you will most likely be dissapointed by the end of this series and I would recommend that you not read the two sequals. Of course it is still a wonderful mystery and you will always love all the characters set up for you by the first two novels. The only thing I think I would change, which I feel was done very nicely in the final Last Vampire book, would be to bring back or make mention of more of the people from the first book, Shari's original life.

This book was one of the sadest books i have ever read i loved the carachter Shari/Jean! Read Remember Me And Remember Me 2 before you read this!{I cried at the end!}

This book was one of my favorites out of all the Christopher Pike Books. I have read over 40 of his books and this one has got to be one of the best. It is really neat, and i just couldn't put it down. I just finished reading it last week and this is the 3rd time i have read it. I would recommend any of his books to someone who wants a mystery book, or just a really good adventure book to read. Believe me, all of his books are definatly great books !

Christopher Pike is a great author. Scavenger Hunt is one of the best books I've read by him. Throughout the book you keep wondering how will the scavenger hunt end. The ending is a big surprise. I can find similarities between this book and one of Pike's other books, Chain Letter 2. In both books the characters trusted someone who seemed to be their friend, but in truth they were their worst nightmare.

I think I have read all of Pike's books that are still in print and he is my favorite author. I love to read horror and mysteries and that's what he writes. Not to mention he has amazing details. Scavenger Hunt was one of my favoirtes.

The book opens in a church where a frantic boy tells the story of his day to a fairly disbeliving preist.

Carl, Cessy, Tom, Tracie, Rick, Paula and Davey are just a few seniors whose class is having a scavenger hunt. Carl just lost his best friend Joe and Tom is his only other really good friend since.

The scavenger hunt has weird rules and weird clues. But no one seems to think it as anything odd. They are all just happy to be having fun and not be in school.

Soon things get even weirder. Carl notcies that apart from his group Tracies group is the only other one they've seen since about the second clue.

Before they can stop it they are thrown into a deadly game. A Scavenger Hunt where they are the scavengers prey.

An accidental death. An ancient spirit. Aliens. Pike is trying to do too much with this book. Reads more like notes to a tale rather than the actual story. And the trite final line doesn't even sound like something Pike would write. Everyone has a bad day. I think this was Pike's.

A Review by CJ

When Merry lost her boyfriend, she was in a serious panic. Will she ever live through this, will she find a way out.

This book was fun to read. The characters were great and funny. You would always want to find what would be next when you read at least one chapter. This book will bring you a lot of laughter once you get in to it.

I would recommend this book to people who like horror and adventure.

Shocking is one word that would discribe this book,it starts like any murder story,a girl grieving her boyfriend,depressed,desperate,half mad.Then the aliens come,then the boy from the fourth dimention comes.Mary discovers she is not Mary at all but a damned egyption queen forevered damned to live buried alive in the black tomb

I came across this book while buying another one at Amazon. I've always followed Bob Pike so I bought this book unseen.

The book is laid out nice so all you have to do is pick a game and follow the brief instructions. There is one game per page so that tells you that it's not difficult to follow.

The one thing I didn't like about this book is that you really have to plan on a lot of time to prepare for each game way before the class. Some of the games, each participant needs a specialized tool or article such as a photo, paper cups, toothpicks, candy bars, etc.

Also some of the more detailed games require you as the trainer to do a lot of advance prep for items such as a paper license plate, index cards, lists of objects, cartoons, nickels, and lottery tickets. Once you have any of these items prepared, then the game is fun....but I found that I don't have a lot of extra time to prepare items such as these for large classes.

Nutshell: Easy Instructions, Great Games, Tons of Advance Prep Work Needed (for most games).

A small book that is very popular among trainers. The Games and activities are chosen from the Creative Training Techniques Newsletter (By Bob Pike) and are suitable for a variety of topics and situations. The activities are very eclectic and many are unique since they are contributed by different people. The presentation is also very clear. However, the one thing that the book lacks is a topical index so that you can check the type of the activity and its suitability to different training topics and areas: You have to go through the whole book looking for the icebreakers, the activities, etc. and the areas that they suitable for.

I have used several of these games with great success. Most are intelligent and fun, unlike several other books I have read. The organization of the book is a little odd but that's only a minor complaint. It's still fairly easy to find what I'm looking for.

The Hollow Skull is in the most part typical Pike. He has the amazing ability to complement two contrasting notions. Horror and religion. While THS has the thrilling "Pike touch" of intense, uncomplicated, mystery and horror underline with enlightening and spiritual ideas, it lacks originality in comparison with his other books. The book runs too smoothly, reads too well. However, the ending is absolutely, almost ridiculously Pike. Because of it, the book is still a must have for all CPIKE fans. Although, absent the little quirks and twists, substantiation, and thought provoking nuances, which makes his other novels riveting, The Hollow Skull is just another teen horror thriller.

I've been a Pike fan for a long time. I think, and I have to agree with the other commentary but its impossible to create one masterpiece after another . . he's running out of ideas. He's been spiraling down especially after the Last Vampire series . . with Star Group in particular. . I thought that was really, really bad. But Hollow Skull is still decent and its a lot better than most of his recent work, its pretty good. An entertaining novel, with neat twists and an interesting plot. . I just found it a little confusing. I don't know if its because I'm getting older, or because he's losing his touch but I'm slowly getting tired of Pike. . .I hope his future pieces of work will change my mind.

Stunning and thought provoking, Christopher Pike has once more outdone himself with The Hollow Skull. Packed with action, plot twists, and a shocking (but realistic, I feel) ending, I couldn't put it down. If you read but one Christopher Pike book, this should be it.

I am forced to wonder whether or not the Pagan people Pike interviewed were aware of the marginalizing tone of her work before she interviewed them. For example, in the chapter entitled "Blood That Matters: Neopagan (sic) Borrowing," she accuses Neo-Pagan people of abdicating their responsibility to the cultures whose traditions they borrow in a section of the chapter entitled "Cultural Strip-Mining." In addition, she does this after mentioning several Neo-Pagan people by name, which unfortunately links these people directly to her accusations. No reasonable human being would volunteer to be insulted in this way, so it must be concluded that Pike deliberately misrepresented her intentions to the Pagan community in order to gain their trust.

In the same chapter she says, "Neopagan (sic) ways of knowing are not what academic scholars of ancient or non-Western cultures would call "scholarship," though Neopagans (sic) themselves use this term." Again, she makes this accusation after making reference to specific Pagans by name.

Finally, there are pictures of Pagan people in various states of undress and pictures of Pagan shrines in this text. Strict rules govern the use of cameras at Pagan festivals; those who wish to take pictures must provide reasonable assurances that the subject of the photo will be respected according to whatever conditions the subject lays down. Clearly Pike has violated the spirit and/or the language of whatever provisions her subjects gave her by marginalizing their faith in her work.

As both a Neo-Pagan and a traditional scholar (B.A. in Celtic Studies/Anthropology at University of Toronto, M.A. in English Literature at University of Maine), I am mortified both as a scholar and a person of faith at the betrayal of trust Pike has visited upon my community. It is as if she walked into our community with promises of guns and whiskey or tetanus vaccinations, and took from us our dignity in the grand old anthropological style.

A very look at how the modern Pagan festival movement is creating personal identity in the Neopagan movement. The author did her research at fests in the Midwest, mainly Pagan Spirit Gathering and Starwood, and obviously enjoyed herself. She speaks glowingly of the power fo key moments at the fests, and examines how Pagans are contructing 'magical identities' in the midst of the modern world. Interesting sociological study.

Sarah Pike does a great job of revealing the secret inside world of the neopagan community. While I was interested in Neopaganism before reading this, I find myself even more intrigued by this new age trend. I would suggest this book to anyone, especially those who are mislead by pagan sterotypes... Great read!