This is my Brain Candy (mmm candy…) Kids will love Fuzzy’s Great Escape (Class Pets #1) by Bruce Hale. Me? I enjoyed it, even with the fact that there were a few holes in the story line for me. The story seems to start in the middle of a series. Perhaps there was another series that introduced Fuzzy and friends? There will be others in the Class Pets series, so perhaps he plans flashbacks. (There is a character mentioned that you have never meet as […]
It’s only a novel…
In Northanger Abbey we meet Catherine, an optimistic young girl who likes novels. She goes with her parent’s friends to Bath where she makes new acquaintances and meets Henry Tilney to whom she becomes attached. However Catherine is at once too naive in her friendships as well as a bit too imaginative. Stories are made up and they create stumble blocks for Catherine’s true happiness; marriage to Mr. Tilney. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have […]
I knocked, but didn’t quite enter…
This is a YA novella that debuted with much acclaim and has won many awards. So of course, I didn’t like it. It was the premise that reeled me in. It’s about students at a boarding school for kids who have entered and then returned from fantasy worlds. They are obsessed with returning, but have to wait for the doorway to their world to reappear. When and where it appears is different for everyone. I like the idea that everyone has a magical door, an […]
Crivens! The Start of One of the Best Discworld Subseries
A note: this review, or any review I write of a Terry Pratchett book, will be biased. That’s because Terry Pratchett is my favorite writer of all time. This note is especially true for my favorite subseries of the Discworld books, which is a tie between Tiffany Aching and the Watch books. I share a deep kinship with Tiffany Aching, you see. She is so much like me when I was a child, and plenty like me now, too. A bit in love with words […]