The brother writing team put together an interesting book. Awhile ago I read Irresistibly Irrational which I enjoyed more. This book was very anecdotal and while it did convey some interesting ideas, I was not entirely captivated by it. I felt that it did describe how everything from military operations to doctors to factory workers [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori and Rom Brafman
Posted in non-fiction on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tennyson by Lesley M.M. Blume
Posted in children's on September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A spooky book, it reminded me a bit of The Others with Nicole Kidman. Tennyson’s mom runs away and so her dad deposits her and her younger sister at his old home with his sister. Things are falling down at this old Georgian plantation house. The aunt is beyond bizarre as are the staff and [...]
Double Click for Trouble by Chris Woodworth
Posted in ya on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eddie is in 8th grade and his friend introduces him to porn. It is nothing really raunchy luckily, but his mom catches him and sends him to his uncle’s to stay for his school break. Things at his uncle’s are a bit odd and Eddie learns some secrets while he is there. I really loved [...]
Well Witched by Frances Hardinge
Posted in children's on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This book was a lot darker than I expected. Looking back on the cover and jacket flap, I am not really sure why I was so surprised. But I was. One day, on their way back from a part of town they are not supposed to be in, Ryan, Josh, and Chelle miss their [...]
My Chocolate Year by Charlotte Herman
Posted in children's, historical on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I love chocolate and couldnt’ wait to read this book. I was shocked to discover it was not something light and fluffy, but rather a historical fiction novel about a Jewish American family right after WWII. The cover and inside jacket description do not hint in any way at the serious tone of this [...]
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Posted in fantasy, ya on September 12, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Armstrong has started a new series based in the same universe as her Women of hte Underworld series, but for teens. The Summoning is the first book in the series. Chloe Saunders has a boring life until the day she gets her period. All of a sudden, she can see ghosts. Everyone thinks she [...]
Airhead by Meg Cabot
Posted in ya on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this rather bizarre book, Cabot stretches the bounds of the imagination. Emerson Watts, or Em to her friends, is at the grand opening of an electronics store with her little sister and her bf (and crush) Christopher when tragedy strikes. Protesters dislodge a TV and it comes crashing down on her. At the [...]
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
Posted in children's, fantasy on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this interesting fantasy book, we meet Conn, a pickpocket who steals a wizard’s locus magicalicus (a stone used to focus a wizard’s powers). Instead of killing him, the stone accepts him which makes the wizard NEvery wonder about hte boy. He takes him on as a servant, but Conn has other ideas. Soon [...]
The Magician by Michael Scott
Posted in children's, fantasy on September 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the sequel to the Alchemyst, we meet up with Sophie and Josh, twins with auras of silver and gold, as they race through the streets of Paris with Nicholas Flamel and Scatty, a warrior vampire. Sophie and Josh are part of a prophecy that could held the world or destroy it. Evil magicians [...]
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Posted in children's, fantasy on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was so excited to see that Jones had written a sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle. As always, her books are fantastic and this one was no different. Charmain Baker has always led a very dull unexciting life, until she is summoned to take care of her great Uncle’s house while he is away. Her [...]
