Honeysmoke brings up an interesting question: If you mother and father are two different colors, what is your color? Simone wants her own color. She is not black or white or peanut butter or any other color. Her friends and parents try to help her, but Simone is determined to give a name to what color she is. The how she comes up with her color is pretty special; just like she is. It shows that she is a little bit her mom, dad and […]
I wish I liked the characters more
cbr10bingo… Underrepresented I really wish I liked the main character more. I picked this audiobook (in CD form) up from the library on a whim. The cover looked cool, and the story sounded interesting. I’m always up for a murder mystery with a dash of hidden identities. The main character is Polly / Pauline. She starts out by abandoning her daughter and husband on their beach vacation and driving to Delaware. I don’t know if this was the point, but I didn’t like her right […]
Randal the Elephant
Randal the Elephant is a curious Otter. What? Okay, let me back track. Randal is an otter. An otter that thinks elephants are majestic and amazing and his dream is to become on. Some of his friends encourage his dream. Others think otters are better. Yet, Randal goes off to become an elephant. And even though his letters home seems to say he is having a great time, the pictures show the reader that this might be less than the truth. This is a modern […]
“I am not all human women… you are what all women fear in this world”
In my reading habits, I do not read too much fantasy. I have never been a fan of high fantasy, those works that are set in an alternate world. I struggled with The Hobbit for years before finally managing to get through the audio book last year, for example. I do better with “low” fantasy, stories set in the recognizable world which include magical or mythological elements, which is where books like Daughter of Smoke and Bone work much better for me. The Devourers, our […]