Ooooh, Aaah. That comes first. Then later there’s running and screaming.
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Jul 4th, 2008
This is book twenty-seven in 52 books in 52 weeks
First of all, I’m sorry for the quick review this week. We are leaving on vacation, and I had to write this two days early not knowing what kind of internet access we’d have. All the other posts from Wednesday to Friday were pre-written as well, […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Jun 27th, 2008
This is book twenty-six in 52 books in 52 weeks
Another book set in a post-apocalyptic future, I can’t get enough of them. Jeanne DuPrau sets the scene in a brief prologue. Something major is about to happen on Earth, thought we aren’t told what that is. A city is created deep underground, along with enough […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Jun 19th, 2008
This is book twenty-five in 52 books in 52 weeks
Cory Doctorow is one of the excellent editors at Boing Boing. He’s written a couple of novels for adults, but this is his first foray into junior fiction.
The story begins in San Francisco as Marcus and his friends skip school to go to an organized […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Jun 12th, 2008
This is book twenty-four in 52 books in 52 weeks.
I was picking up a book for Britnie and this one happened to be sitting next to it. Juno was one of my favorite movies last year, so seeing her name under the title was enough to get me interested. This was written a few years […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks on Jun 6th, 2008
This is book twenty-three in 52 books in 52 weeks
This is the latest volume of the series I read, the first and third are both excellent. The talented Kazu Kibuishi contributes and edits the volumes. Volume 2 is over 350 pages of illustrated short stories by a variety of artists and authors. While each volume […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 29th, 2008
Book twenty-two in 52 books in 52 weeks
I wasn’t too excited with the last Robert B. Parker book I read. I had trouble with the hero of the story, he wasn’t as likable as his other hero, Spenser. Sunny Randall is the protagonist of this series, and she’s much more interesting, and easier […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 23rd, 2008
Book twenty-one in 52 books in 52 weeks
In this memoir, a former film critic and novelist David Gilmour, makes the decision to allow his teenage son, Jesse, to leave school in the tenth grade as long as he promises to watch nd discuss three movies a week with his father. Jesse is quickly doing worse […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 16th, 2008
Book twenty in 52 books in 52 weeks
As you know, I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction. Folk of the Fringe is Orson Scott Card’s collection of short stories about a post World War III United States. Each story is loosely tied together by different characters or settings. The first follows a […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 15th, 2008
Book nineteen in 52 books in 52 weeks
Sorry there was no review last week, I’ll do two this week to make up for it. Kazu Kibuishi started the great anthology series Flight, but took time away from that to write Daisy Cutter -The Last Train.
Daisy is a retired gunslinger, but she’s not very happy […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on May 1st, 2008
Book eighteen in 52 books in 52 weeks
Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels are some of my favorites. They’re mystery novels with many of the same characters. The good guy always wins, and there are plenty of guns and good dialogue along the way. Trouble in Paradise is a different character in a […]