by Marisha Pessl
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To page 130, plus a bunch of the end.
Inserted: After Shadowplay
The beginning of the next chapter looked...ominous. That was mostly why I stopped. And then, I read some negative reviews. So...
However, it was quite interesting. And the love of books and learning is always terribly inspiring for me.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Saturday, October 18, 2008
INSERT: Wild Robert
by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Good
Inserted: Somewhere in the September/October Diana Wynne Jones spree.
Really, really, good for such a short book. Wild Robert was awesome, the setting was perfectly lovely, the hint of Romance was just of the sort I like, and the magic was of Diana Wynne Jones. Lovely.
Grade: Good
Inserted: Somewhere in the September/October Diana Wynne Jones spree.
Really, really, good for such a short book. Wild Robert was awesome, the setting was perfectly lovely, the hint of Romance was just of the sort I like, and the magic was of Diana Wynne Jones. Lovely.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
INSERT: Into the Wild
by Sarah Beth Durst
Grade: Good
Inserted: After Charmed Life
Highly original view of fairytales. I loved the Wild.
However, the girl was too young. I thought she was around 14. I can't remember how old she actually was, but I think it's 10 or so.
And there ought to have been more of Puss in Boots. He's always a good character, and now he's her brother as well, and I always love brothers.
Grade: Good
Inserted: After Charmed Life
Highly original view of fairytales. I loved the Wild.
However, the girl was too young. I thought she was around 14. I can't remember how old she actually was, but I think it's 10 or so.
And there ought to have been more of Puss in Boots. He's always a good character, and now he's her brother as well, and I always love brothers.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
INSERT: The Children of Men
by P. D. James
Grade: Good
Inserted: After Band of Brothers
There's that certain modern quality...I can't quite grasp it or describe it. Perhaps it is simply a grown-up quality. Anyhow, this book had it, and I don't enjoy it.
However, this book was good. It's amazing she wrote it in 1992, when the possible percussions of birth-control were certainly not thought about. Extremely prophetic, in an exaggerated sense, considering that Europe is dying.
The main character was interesting as well. I like the middle-aged Oxford professor type. He reminded me slightly of the main character in Gentlemen and Players.
Grade: Good
Inserted: After Band of Brothers
There's that certain modern quality...I can't quite grasp it or describe it. Perhaps it is simply a grown-up quality. Anyhow, this book had it, and I don't enjoy it.
However, this book was good. It's amazing she wrote it in 1992, when the possible percussions of birth-control were certainly not thought about. Extremely prophetic, in an exaggerated sense, considering that Europe is dying.
The main character was interesting as well. I like the middle-aged Oxford professor type. He reminded me slightly of the main character in Gentlemen and Players.
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