Book Review: The Princess Bride
What happened was just this: I got hooked on the story. For the first time in my life, I became actively interested in a book. Me the sports fanatic, me the game freak, me the...
Nov 12, 2009 0 3 min read
Book Reviews
Book Review: I’ll Pass for Your Comrade
I'll tie back my hair, men's clothing I'll put on. / I'll pass for your comrade as we march along. / I'll pass for your comrade, no one will ever know-- / Won't you let me come...
Book Review: Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass is book about three kids (I'm sensing a trend in my reading here) whose lives change forever when they go to the Moon Shadow Camp Ground to...
what I'm reading
Alicia does brief posts wherein she says what book she's currently reading. I've been flirting with doing something similar except, well, what I'm currently reading constantly...
February books
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta: I didn't love it as much as the friend who recommended it to me did, but I did like it quite a lot. It did take me quite a while to get into,...
January books
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes: Very fast read about a young girl who gets separated from her brother while in foster care. I found the book lacking in detail where I wanted...
trifecta of book reviews
Hell Week by Rosemary Clement-Moore: This is a sequel to Prom Nights from Hell, a book that I enjoyed very much, so I was excited to see that it seems to be an ongoing series....
Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine (2006)
I really enjoyed this book. It's for young writers, but as an adult writer--or one who aspires to be a writer anyway--I found it really helpful. First, the book benefits by being...