First, this book was great, and I’m reminded of my oft-forgotten intention to find more Sleator. If you like Stine, but want a slightly older and more sci-fi bent, then you’ll love his books. I read Singularity years ago and kept an eye out for my own copy to buy ever since, which I picked up just recently. I found THE BOXES in a Shoprite used book sale-I think the money goes towards food kitchens-and immediately grabbed it. Second, I should mention that, for those […]
Childhood favorite
I’m not sure how old I was when I first read this book, but I do remember that it was a favorite. Some parts of this have stuck with me for over twenty years, influencing how I think ghost stories should work. Having been born in 1986, I still definitely feel like we 90s kids got the best ghost stories. We had a lot of authors that we still pass on to younger generations today. I’m honestly horrified when I meet a young reader-especially of […]
No, really, it’s a comedy
This one is a reread for me, but it’s been about a decade, so there were a few things I’d forgotten. Not a lot, though. I don’t know how many of you are Dean Koontz fans, but this is another one of his that is basically a normal good guy versus a supernatural evil creature. Of course, there’s the requisite side characters and side-kicks, and, in this case, a decent portrayal of first generation American angst. One thing I definitely have to say about him […]
Imagine a Studio Ghibli film as an 80s novel
The Nargun and the Stars won a Hans Christian Andersen medal, I’m assuming sometime in the seventies when it first came out. My copy is the 1988 reprint and you can really tell based on the cover. I can’t remember at all why and where I picked this up, but I’d bet it was because of the title, not the cover art. Post-reading, I am, as usual, mostly bugged by the inaccuracies. Oh well. So, based on the title, I’d have guessed this book would […]