In this very, very dark telling of Peter Pan, Peter is abused and unwelcome everywhere he wanders until he stumbles onto the island of Avalon. There, he finally carves out a home for himself, although not without a certain amount of danger. As conditions on the island deteriorate, Peter recruits children from the world of […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Nothing. Where does all my time go? Read: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. This was a re-read for my book club. I won’t review it again but you can find my original review here. (Hint: It’s one of my favorite […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, read by Rebecca Soler–4 Stars Read: The Child Thief by Brom Currently Reading: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly–Re-read for book club. This is one of my favorite books! The Trivia Lover’s Guide to the […]
4 Stars. I didn’t like this quite as much as Cinder but I definitely still enjoyed it. By introducing Scarlet, Marissa Meyer managed to avoid my common complaint that the second book in a series is just filler. Had she stayed exclusively with Cinder’s story, I’d probably be complaining. By shifting the focus, she fills in a lot […]
Welcome to my weekly update for November 11, 2013! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Twice in a row! This must be a posting record for me! Posted: Southwest National Park Vacation Report Review: One Child by Torey Hayden–5 Stars Review: The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes […]
Suey at It’s All About Books asked for a vacation report. Since she and a few more of you were kind enough to suggest alternates when the government shutdown threatened to shutdown my National Park Vacation as well, I owe you all an update. Note: I didn’t share any of our pictures, I just linked […]
Torey Hayden is what I can only call a special ed teacher. At some less-politically-correct point in her career, she agreed to teach the “garbage class” (her words, not mine) that consisted of the abused, unteachable, unreachable kids. The class of eight students, a teacher’s aide who lacked even a high school diploma, a high […]
In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, a force called the Tradition tries to fit likely young men and women down the well-trod paths of fairy tale characters. Now it’s trying to work its magic on Princess Rosamund but Godmother Lily is doing her best to thwart it. The Queen has just died and Lily sees the […]
Adam Snow gets lost in the countryside on a drive back to London one evening and finds himself at a derelict house. He gets out of the car to look around and feels a small hand slip into his. There’s no one else there. He takes the memory of the hand with him and remembers […]
Life hasn’t been easy for Dan Torrance since the events of The Shining. Now that he’s an adult, his shining has faded a little but it’s still too much for him to handle. Following in his father’s footsteps, he’s turned to alcohol to escape from his problems. He eventually hits his bottom and tries to […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Wow, it’s been a month since I posted to this meme! It’s been a busy month though. In case you’re wondering after this sad little post, we did get to go on our vacation as planned. Utah and Arizona came through and […]