I was drawn to this because of the cover. We have a little demon dude and some very disgruntled chickens. This little demon friend only has two limbs, and they appear to be sometimes legs and sometimes arms. Wait, they mention toes, so I guess they’re legs. We have some fun little hamster and bunny and butterfly friends by the text, so that’s fun. They’re just chillin’ out. He also talks to himself, kind of like Gollum in Lord of the Rings. It’s a bit […]
Roald Dahl wrote some weird stuff
James and the Giant Peach I think I forgot how nasty Roald Dahl could be to his characters. Poor James is orphaned at the age of four because his parents are killed and eaten by an angry rhinoceros, which is especially tragic considering rhinos are herbivores. James is sent to live with his horrible aunts, because we need horrible abusive adults in our story. Then there is a crazy old man, who is completely off his rocker. The old man gives James a bag of […]
This book is delightful, and now I want a tea dragon
I don’t remember where I first heard about The Tea Dragon Society but I was instantly hooked by the name, as it contains two of my favorite things, tea and dragons. While taking my ten year old gift book shopping (we always give books as birthday presents), I pointed out The Tea Dragon Society and said that I really wanted it. She remembered and gave it to me for my birthday this past weekend! Katie O’Neill wrote an endearing story with charming, beautiful illustrations and wonderful characters. The story […]
The trippiest trip you’ll ever take
Oh dear. So that happened. I’m From the Sun: The Gustafer Yellowgold Story was a free Audible Original that I thought looked interesting. And it certainly was that. This whole thing is a giant acid trip, complete with music. I actually originally thought this was a story based on a song from some artist I’d never heard of. But no. No, this was definitely not what I was expecting. So, as the title suggests, our tale takes place on the Sun. There is a […]