As a sucker for fairy tales, this book satisfied just about everything I’ve ever wanted in a book. A reimagining of the Twelve Dancing Princesses and set in the 1920’s, we follow the Hamilton girls who have been cruelly imprisoned by their father in their home. Disappointed that he has no male heirs, he neither has affection nor time for most of his daughters. He speaks to his eldest Jo (Josephine) imparting his wishes and edicts but other than that, he has no relationship with […]
Oh no! Not the Bees!!
The Bees follows a bee named Flora 717. Flora is in the lowest caste of the hive being one of the sanitation workers. She immediately finds out she’s different from the other bees, in that she can produce food and feed the babies with “flow” (something that most other bees can’t do). Curiosity typically is punished in the hive but Flora’s courage and loyalty to the hive is rewarded. She experiences things that most bees never get to do–move fluidly between the different castes of […]
Two great graphic novels reviewed in one hurried post. Typed on my phone, no less!
Here’s the deal. I’m apologizing up front for these two reviews. I’m currently sitting in an elementary school gym, typing away on my phone’s wordpress app, waiting for the chorus to come out and perform their spring concert. Selections include “Payphone” by Maroon 5 and “Treasure” by Bruno Mars. Things have really changed since I was a kid and the craziest we ever got was singing a song from Pippen or a medley of commercial jingles. But I digress. I read two great graphic novels, […]
By Your Command: Creative on Command
I read a fair amount of so called “self-help” books; some because the subject interests me, some because they’ve been recommended to me, and some even though I know I may roll my eyes through 90% of the book and get something of worth from the other 10%. So this book was kind of a good news/bad news situation for me: the good news was that I found useful information in about half the book. The bad news is that the first half of the […]