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false <![CDATA[Jaws]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171911777m/126232.jpg 126232 19 "Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again -- or for the first time! From the Paperback edition. 2318370 1974 Jaws total:1944|5:415|4:653|3:614|2:212|1:50| 1944 7003 2327 235 2 1 false true Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:53:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 15:43:35 -0700 2009
I found this book in my favorite used book store when I was around eleven and since I’d watched movie I thought it’d be a good read. My father, who obviously had not read the book, purchased it for me. I got sixty pages into it before...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 12 11:27:49 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 11:48:19 -0800 2009 Jaws. They didn't care what we did with...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:27:14 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:33:31 -0800 2009
The new introduction by Bentley alone makes it worth picking up if you've ever seen the movie or rea...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 15:55:09 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:02:32 -0700 2009 2
I thought, therefore, it was time to re-read the book. It...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 14:30:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 07:17:24 -0700 2009
A little background first:
I have a long-time obsession with all things shark. As far back as I can remember I've been glued to the TV whenever anything shark-related is on... Discovery Channel's Shark Week being a mini-vacation for me. Even ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 21:30:04 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 18:49:56 -0800 2009 1
I had stumbled across the book in a used book section and was drawn to it. I'm so glad I ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Mon Apr 13 14:12:53 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:13:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Sep 07 07:32:36 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:35:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:35:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:40:20 -0700 2009
Benchley has blended just the right amount of science in describing the cold autonomic actions of the great white "eating machine" with ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 17 08:32:02 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 08:36:19 -0800 2009
On the set of the film, Benchley bitched about everything, but had they done a straight adaptation of his book, Jaws would have been a foo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 16:49:47 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 19:52:54 -0700 2009 2 (3?) Jaws:]

I will be doing my unit plan on Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws. There is a sense of great, wily fun associated with the novel, and I believe that its pulp-fiction flare sets it up well to be taught without a wide array of grunts and groans from even the toughes...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Sun Jun 29 02:28:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 03:20:02 -0700 2008 themovie--the begin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 21:07:34 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 11:30:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:14:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:27:02 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 21:30:54 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 21:36:43 -0800 2008
I really enjoyed it, although the end seemed very, very sudden. I really like the tension between Hooper and Brody concerning Ellen that was sorely lacking in the movie (still good, but not as interesti...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Oct 24 20:12:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 20:15:58 -0700 2009 >7 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:08:38 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:15:12 -0700 2009
its really pretty gruesome, the shark eats a little kid on a raft in one bite leaving his little arms and legs hanging from the sides of the shark's mouth. there's al...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 08:53:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 13:51:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jan 28 15:59:51 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 13:55:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 15:48:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:43:12 -0700 2009
More interior views of characters. Motivations clarified. I feel like there could be more depth to a few storylines, yet it was an unmistakably riveting read nonetheless.

In the book, the tensions between the Amity people vs. summer folk...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=126232