I am embarrassed to say, I just realized at 43 what Winnie the Pooh is all about. Sure, it is about friends, adventures, silliness and honey, but reading Christopher Robin: A Boy, a Bear a Balloon I realized what it all means. The characters are the emotions and thoughts and feelings of a child. Who is not scared sometimes (Piglet) or bouncy (Tigger) or a Know-it-All (Rabbit and Owl) or gloomy and needs cheering up (Eeyore)? And not having seen the movie yet (as […]
I was not embarrassed to read these on the train
The Paper Magician, The Glass Magician, The Master Magician It is the early 1900s, that much is apparent, with the use of telegraphs transitioning into the telephone and automobiles on the roads. Or is it apparent? There is magic here, so things may have developed at different rates. The premise is that there is magic in man-made materials, but in order to wield it you have to bond to it, so people can only use one kind of magic. That part I get, but that […]
Parts of this made me angry
This review is full of spoilers. Sorry. And foul language. Also sorry. Gracelings are people who have a special ability, and they are identified by having two different colored eyes. Someone could have a Grace for cooking, or swimming, or dancing. Katsa learns at a very young age that she has the Grace of killing. So her uncle, King Randa, uses her as his personal executioner, starting from when she is just 10 years old. As she gets older and more of a mind […]
Finally reading a book I was given for book exchange!
So, as a running theme, this was not what I thought it was going to be. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t quite this. There are three kinds of people in this world. (Hey, that’s kind of familiar…) We have normal people, full vampires, and Colds, or people who have been bitten by a vampire but have not yet turned. In order to become a vampire, one must be infected with the vampirism by a bite and then drink human […]