by Tracy Lynn
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To page 18, plus big chunks in the middle.
I'm not going to read the rest of the "Once Upon a Time" series. The only well-written one so far was the one by Cameron Dokey, so I'll read hers, but nothing else.
I liked the animal people, but Snow herself was extremely boring, and there was a bunch of irritating pun-like phrases, like these ones:
"'No worries,' the boy answered quickly, but looked like--Oh goodness, it looks like he got his feathers ruffled."
"...running his fingers quickly thourhg his short brown hair like a --like a rat."
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
An Eye on the Hebrides
by Mairi Hedderwick
Grade: All right
Good. I liked the illustrations, although they weren't quite strong enough for me. It could have been a bit more interesting, although it didn't make me not want to go to the Hebrides anymore.
Grade: All right
Good. I liked the illustrations, although they weren't quite strong enough for me. It could have been a bit more interesting, although it didn't make me not want to go to the Hebrides anymore.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Convenient Marriage
by Georgette Heyer
Grade: All right
At least I finished it. And I did like Horry as a heroine. Lord Rule was a bit too much like most of her other heros, and she didn't pay enough attention to many of her side characters. She set them up nicely, but then didn't do a single thing with them. It was rather annoying.
All right, she did do stuff with Pel and Pom and Captain Heron. That was all rather amusing. But what about Rule's secretary? Or Miss Charlotte? Or even Miss Elizabeth? She married Heron and then went completely out of the picture.
I did really quite like Lord Lethbridge, however. An excellent villain. I especially loved the duel, and right after the duel. He was almost sympathetic, which is what I like best in villains.
Grade: All right
At least I finished it. And I did like Horry as a heroine. Lord Rule was a bit too much like most of her other heros, and she didn't pay enough attention to many of her side characters. She set them up nicely, but then didn't do a single thing with them. It was rather annoying.
All right, she did do stuff with Pel and Pom and Captain Heron. That was all rather amusing. But what about Rule's secretary? Or Miss Charlotte? Or even Miss Elizabeth? She married Heron and then went completely out of the picture.
I did really quite like Lord Lethbridge, however. An excellent villain. I especially loved the duel, and right after the duel. He was almost sympathetic, which is what I like best in villains.
The Crimson Thread
by Suzanne Wyn
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To somewhere in the middle that I'm not even going to bother figuring out where it was.
In other words, I didn't like it much. I don't think it was very well written. However, there was a snippet for another in the series, but this time by Cameron Dokey, and it looked like it might be just as good as the other Dokey, Beauty Sleep.
Grade: Unfinished
Read: To somewhere in the middle that I'm not even going to bother figuring out where it was.
In other words, I didn't like it much. I don't think it was very well written. However, there was a snippet for another in the series, but this time by Cameron Dokey, and it looked like it might be just as good as the other Dokey, Beauty Sleep.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie
by Jaclyn Moriarty
Grade: Good
It was fabulous; it sucked me in totally for a whole day. But somehow it wasn't "To Own". I'm not sure why. Maybe I'll find out why as I write this.
So...Bindy herself. One of my favourite heroines ever, especially at first. At first, she reminded me of a female Psmith, and then a little bit of Cadel from Evil Genius.
The mystery. It actually surprised me, even though it was rather obvious. I was kind of hoping it would be Finnegan. Which brings me to...
...the other characters. All smashing, except for Finnnegan. And he was the "love interest"! If you could call it that; he wasn't really, but he was enough that he made me not want to own this book. But I really liked Toby, Briony, Ernst, and Astrid. Elizabeth and Emily shouldn't have had such similar names. I got mixed up between them quite a lot.
If I ever do buy this, it will go with Evil Genius. The parts I liked really reminded me of Cadel and his problems.
EDIT: I want to own the book now. I changed my mind. What do you know. Bindy is just so bloomin' awesome that I don't care if I don't like Finnegan at all.
Grade: Good
It was fabulous; it sucked me in totally for a whole day. But somehow it wasn't "To Own". I'm not sure why. Maybe I'll find out why as I write this.
So...Bindy herself. One of my favourite heroines ever, especially at first. At first, she reminded me of a female Psmith, and then a little bit of Cadel from Evil Genius.
The mystery. It actually surprised me, even though it was rather obvious. I was kind of hoping it would be Finnegan. Which brings me to...
...the other characters. All smashing, except for Finnnegan. And he was the "love interest"! If you could call it that; he wasn't really, but he was enough that he made me not want to own this book. But I really liked Toby, Briony, Ernst, and Astrid. Elizabeth and Emily shouldn't have had such similar names. I got mixed up between them quite a lot.
If I ever do buy this, it will go with Evil Genius. The parts I liked really reminded me of Cadel and his problems.
EDIT: I want to own the book now. I changed my mind. What do you know. Bindy is just so bloomin' awesome that I don't care if I don't like Finnegan at all.
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Rose Bride
by Nancy Holder
Grade: All right
It was almost Good, just because I read it very quickly and was never tempted to stop. However, I didn't like it nearly as much as Beauty Sleep. I kept on wishing Desiree would turn out good. It probably wasn't like the fairy tale, but then Beauty Sleep didn't follow the fairy tale very much. And I didn't like Jean-Marc as much as Oswald or What's-his-face: the other prince.
They were French too! Why are they all French? Is it just a coincidence? I like it, but it seems a bit strange.
Grade: All right
It was almost Good, just because I read it very quickly and was never tempted to stop. However, I didn't like it nearly as much as Beauty Sleep. I kept on wishing Desiree would turn out good. It probably wasn't like the fairy tale, but then Beauty Sleep didn't follow the fairy tale very much. And I didn't like Jean-Marc as much as Oswald or What's-his-face: the other prince.
They were French too! Why are they all French? Is it just a coincidence? I like it, but it seems a bit strange.
Blue Noon
by Scott Westerfeld
Grade: Good
This will have to be the last one in the series. There just isn't nearly enough tension without the Darklings. Thank goodness they weren't all gone until near the end. Also, Jessica's plight doesn't quite make sense to me.
But very readable, good sequal to the other two. I will read more Scott Westerfeld. These books have caught my fancy more than the other one by him--I can't remember what it was called.
Grade: Good
This will have to be the last one in the series. There just isn't nearly enough tension without the Darklings. Thank goodness they weren't all gone until near the end. Also, Jessica's plight doesn't quite make sense to me.
But very readable, good sequal to the other two. I will read more Scott Westerfeld. These books have caught my fancy more than the other one by him--I can't remember what it was called.
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