I Believe
Author: Stark, Allan Stark
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ISBN: 0740705709
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (01 May, 2000)
Sales Rank: 967,306
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
A good writing exercise
A good focused journal, but it does have a very specific purpose and doesn't really allow much room for straying off the subject. "I Believe" offers a page for different things (your beliefs on family, history, movies, people, wisdom, etc), then at the end leaves you several pages to write about your other beliefs that they didn't cover.Each page offers a quote at the bottom to suggest a way you might answer the "I believe" for that page, but they're easy to ignore if you have no problems coming up with beliefs for that subject. The quotes can be helpful if you're not sure what they had in mind when they made the page, though some of them are not quite as deep as perhaps a serious writer might want. ("Choices" has a quote about the type of orange juice a person prefers, for example. Also, the quotes can seem sort of one sided. On the "girl thing" page the quote refers to a serious issue such as abortion, while the "boy thing" which is right next to it, talks about movies.)
Overall a good idea. I would have given it four or five stars if it hadn't been for the quotes, but they are easy to ignore, as they reside at the bottom of the page.
Rating: 5 out of 5
I BELIEVE - BY ALLAN STARK - Couldn't put it down!
A book a person can't put down. One must read it in one sitting. A great gift book. Each page offers a gem of an opinion on...which berry is the best...what rock band is the best...what a father means to a son, or what a daughter means to a dad. Stark strings these paragraph-long insights into a reality strewn page turner and in the end challenges the reader to mail in his or her own "I Believe" submissions. Funny & thought provoking!
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