When I was a little girl I wanted to run away to a museum just like they do in The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil. E. Frankweiler. I never would have thought of doing that if I had not read that book. Her books always have the ability to make me look at the world [...]
Archive for June, 2007
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by e.l. konigsburg
Posted in children's on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Five Quarters of an Orange by Joanne Harris
Posted in fiction on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From the author of Chocolat, Joanne Harris turns out another great novel set in the French countryside. This is the story of a family during WWII told through the eyes of Framboise, the youngest daughter. It is just as good as Chocolat, and I loved it. It is much darker than her other works, but [...]
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
Posted in adventure, mystery on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have not read any of her FBI Thrillers, but liked this book. It is your typical mystery book. Someone is trying to kill someone else, the FBI has to figure out who, etc, etc. Throw in a little romance and you have Double Take. I enjoyed it though and will definitely pick up antoher [...]
Midnight Brunch by Marta Acosta
Posted in fantasy, romance, vampires on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another vampire novel, the sequel to Happy Hour at Casa Dracula, Midnight Brunch is the chick lit of vampire novels. In these books, being a vampire is a genetic disease passed down through generations. Somehow, Milagro de los Santos (Spanish for Miracle of the Saints) contracts this disease in the first novel, but recovers and is currently [...]
Bottomfeeder by B.H. Fingerman
Posted in fantasy, vampires on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This may be one of the funniest vampire novels I have ever read. It is more dry humor than funny ha-ha though. It is the story of Phil Merman, who became a vampire, but more than anything wishes he had been left alone to live out his mortal life. Yes he is gorgeous, but he [...]
Nobody’s Princess by Esther Friesner
Posted in teen on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nobody’s Princess is the story of Helen of Troy before she was Helen of Troy. The story starts when she is just a young Helen of Sparta and lasts until she is in her early teens. There is going to be at least one sequel (possible more) so that story will be stretched out a [...]
Wuthering High
Posted in teen on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah recommended this to me and I have to say it was pretty funny. All gothic drama and romance combined with figures from classic literature. It reminded me of Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe. It appears that it is going to be a series so the humor/horror will continue. Wuthering High is the story [...]
Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale by Holly Black
Posted in fantasy, teen on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The latest in the series by Black, this one does not disappoint. These are not your sweet faery tales, but urban, gritty, harsh stories that grip you from the first page. These stories remind me of the original Grimm’s tale. Truer than perhaps many of the ones we see today that tell of faeries and trolls and magic. [...]
EPIC by Conor Kostick
Posted in fantasy, teen on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine a world where there is no violence. All disputes are resolved through a computer game called Epic. It is a virtual reality game/ mmorpg. It reminded me an awful lot of WoW, but that might just be me trying to make those pieces fit together. In this world, anything you get you get through [...]
Goddess by Mistake (Divine by Mistake) by P.C. Cast
Posted in fantasy, romance on June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Send a voluptuous High School English teacher to an alternate dimension where she is suddenly a goddess who marries a centaur, and you have a pretty funny book. Shannon Parker, the main character, is witty and amusing and fits right into her new world. The premise is that this is a world where all the [...]
