by Diana Wynne Jones
Grade: Good
I've been seeing this book at the library for ages, but I always thought it was either stupidly modern, or very badly written. As it turns out, I was quite wrong. I really enjoyed it. Cat was very sweet, I thought. Much more the type of main character I enjoy than is often found nowadays. I liked how Chrestomanci had a wife, and she was rather plump and vague. And the illustrations were cool.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Band of Brothers
by Stephen Ambrose
Grade: Good
Reason: I don't think I would have been have been able to get through it if I hadn't seen the mini-series. However, with that, I was interested in the people, so I finished it.
Favourite parts: The descriptions of the men, especially of Captain Sobel and Lt. Spiers. Also the parts at Bastogne.
Least favourite parts: Towards the end, it got a bit more boring. And there were too many references to people that weren't in the series much. Of course, that wasn't Stephen Ambrose's fault.
Grade: Good
Reason: I don't think I would have been have been able to get through it if I hadn't seen the mini-series. However, with that, I was interested in the people, so I finished it.
Favourite parts: The descriptions of the men, especially of Captain Sobel and Lt. Spiers. Also the parts at Bastogne.
Least favourite parts: Towards the end, it got a bit more boring. And there were too many references to people that weren't in the series much. Of course, that wasn't Stephen Ambrose's fault.
Baby
by Patricia MacLachlan
Grade: Good
Reason: It's a little book. Short, and sweet. Lovely prose, as Christina said.
Favourite parts: Oh, I don't know. It was too short to really have a favourite part.
Least favourite parts: Ditto.
Grade: Good
Reason: It's a little book. Short, and sweet. Lovely prose, as Christina said.
Favourite parts: Oh, I don't know. It was too short to really have a favourite part.
Least favourite parts: Ditto.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
A Song for Summer
by Eva Ibbotson
Grade: All right
Reason: It was good. I read it all the way through, and I like Eva Ibbotson's style of writing quite a bit. However, there was lots I didn't like. There were lots of pre-marital sex (nothing graphic, though) and I didn't like the hero all that much.
Favourite parts: Whenever music was mentioned. To think, I actually knew who Stravinksy and Schoenberg were! Also this quote:
"Jean-Pierre came...a brilliant mathematician who professed to loathe children and could send them out of his classes reeling with excitment about calculus..."
I would love to be able to do that. I would ADORE it. Reeling with excitement about calculus? Ah, the glory...
Least favourite parts: The end was weird. I'm glad poor old Kendrick had a moderately happy ending.
Grade: All right
Reason: It was good. I read it all the way through, and I like Eva Ibbotson's style of writing quite a bit. However, there was lots I didn't like. There were lots of pre-marital sex (nothing graphic, though) and I didn't like the hero all that much.
Favourite parts: Whenever music was mentioned. To think, I actually knew who Stravinksy and Schoenberg were! Also this quote:
"Jean-Pierre came...a brilliant mathematician who professed to loathe children and could send them out of his classes reeling with excitment about calculus..."
I would love to be able to do that. I would ADORE it. Reeling with excitement about calculus? Ah, the glory...
Least favourite parts: The end was weird. I'm glad poor old Kendrick had a moderately happy ending.
Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City
by Kirsten Miller
Grade: Good/To Own
Reason: Kiki was totally like Kay-Kay-Bay (an OC of mine). I'd like to buy it to put in a thief collection, together with Montmorency and Evil Genius. Otherwise, it was all right, but not spectacular.
Favourite parts: The descriptions of Kiki, most of the things she said and did. I loved her. I loved her motorcycle and her hair and her affection for her bodyguard.
Least favourite parts: The other girls could have been more interesting. The had some potential, however, so I'm hopeful about the sequel.
Grade: Good/To Own
Reason: Kiki was totally like Kay-Kay-Bay (an OC of mine). I'd like to buy it to put in a thief collection, together with Montmorency and Evil Genius. Otherwise, it was all right, but not spectacular.
Favourite parts: The descriptions of Kiki, most of the things she said and did. I loved her. I loved her motorcycle and her hair and her affection for her bodyguard.
Least favourite parts: The other girls could have been more interesting. The had some potential, however, so I'm hopeful about the sequel.
I, Coriander
by Sally Gardner
Grade: All right
Reason: It was kind of strange...but that wasn't the problem. I'm not sure what it was. Somehow, I didn't like it very much.
Favourite parts: I liked how some of the secondary characters were portrayed. Hester and Gabriel were rather sweet, I suppose.
Least favourite parts: I didn't like Tycho as much as I ought to have, and I wished Edmund Bedwell was nice, which he wasn't at all.
Grade: All right
Reason: It was kind of strange...but that wasn't the problem. I'm not sure what it was. Somehow, I didn't like it very much.
Favourite parts: I liked how some of the secondary characters were portrayed. Hester and Gabriel were rather sweet, I suppose.
Least favourite parts: I didn't like Tycho as much as I ought to have, and I wished Edmund Bedwell was nice, which he wasn't at all.
Sorcery & Cecilia OR The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Grade: Good
Reason: It was fun, but it could have been better. I like the heroes to a certain extent, and they had potential, but they were too similar to each other, so I couldn't decide which I liked better. Same with the heroines.
Favourite parts: I liked how bad James was at sneaking. Also the title is pretty cool.
Least favourite parts: There were some parts that I thought could have been written better, especially parts that had potential, but weren't as good as I'd hoped.
Grade: Good
Reason: It was fun, but it could have been better. I like the heroes to a certain extent, and they had potential, but they were too similar to each other, so I couldn't decide which I liked better. Same with the heroines.
Favourite parts: I liked how bad James was at sneaking. Also the title is pretty cool.
Least favourite parts: There were some parts that I thought could have been written better, especially parts that had potential, but weren't as good as I'd hoped.
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