by Leon Garfield
Grade: All right
I felt I needed an "All right". I haven't had one in ages.
This one wasn't bad, but it was hard to finish. Some stories I loved, like "Rosy Starling" and "The Valentine", but some were kind of boring.
I hope it hasn't discouraged my interest in Leon Garfield, because I looooved Black Jack.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
Grade: Good
Despite being terribly romantic, I actually graded it "Good"! Wow, there must be something to it!
Actually, mostly it was because it was one of those books that I read in a day, without wanting to stop. And vampires are cool! True, this one was incredibly handsome...But you know, it made it better that his family was all incredibly handsome too.
I've ordered the sequal. Let's see if they end up as bad as Bookshelvesofdoom made them out to be.
Grade: Good
Despite being terribly romantic, I actually graded it "Good"! Wow, there must be something to it!
Actually, mostly it was because it was one of those books that I read in a day, without wanting to stop. And vampires are cool! True, this one was incredibly handsome...But you know, it made it better that his family was all incredibly handsome too.
I've ordered the sequal. Let's see if they end up as bad as Bookshelvesofdoom made them out to be.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Grade: Good
Of course, the Chesterton quote at the beginning made it automatically a cool book. Even besides the quote, though, it was rather Chestertonian, although a bit more spooky and modern than Chesterton. The black button eyes were incredibly creepy.
Really, just an awesomely told fairy tale, with a Chestertonian moral. I think Breann might even like it.
Grade: Good
Of course, the Chesterton quote at the beginning made it automatically a cool book. Even besides the quote, though, it was rather Chestertonian, although a bit more spooky and modern than Chesterton. The black button eyes were incredibly creepy.
Really, just an awesomely told fairy tale, with a Chestertonian moral. I think Breann might even like it.
A Sudden Wild Magic
by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To page 76
I dunno. I just don't like her adult books as much. It had potential...The magic was creative as always, I almsot really liked Mark. But the adult content and the confusion--it seemed just too detailed, with not enough plot advancement--just lessed my enjoyment enough that I didn't finish it.
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To page 76
I dunno. I just don't like her adult books as much. It had potential...The magic was creative as always, I almsot really liked Mark. But the adult content and the confusion--it seemed just too detailed, with not enough plot advancement--just lessed my enjoyment enough that I didn't finish it.
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.
Stopping for a Spell
by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Good
The worst of the three books of short stories I've read by her. They were all kind of gross. The villains were annoying instead of cool, or savage, or all-powerful, or anything interesting. Although I liked the four grannies as villains--but not the supergranny. It seemed to short a story to have something like that.
Still, it was Diana Wynne Jones, and that almost automatically earns it a "Good".
Grade: Good
The worst of the three books of short stories I've read by her. They were all kind of gross. The villains were annoying instead of cool, or savage, or all-powerful, or anything interesting. Although I liked the four grannies as villains--but not the supergranny. It seemed to short a story to have something like that.
Still, it was Diana Wynne Jones, and that almost automatically earns it a "Good".
Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories
by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Good
Typical Diana Wynne Jones. Nothing as good as Archer's Goon, and not even quite as good as Mixed Magics. "Dragon Rserve, Home Eight" was different. It could probably have been much longer--the charcters were unique and the story was typically creative. I liked "Carruthers" too, but I thought he was better as a "he". "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool" ended too soon.
Grade: Good
Typical Diana Wynne Jones. Nothing as good as Archer's Goon, and not even quite as good as Mixed Magics. "Dragon Rserve, Home Eight" was different. It could probably have been much longer--the charcters were unique and the story was typically creative. I liked "Carruthers" too, but I thought he was better as a "he". "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool" ended too soon.
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