The second book in the “Love Takes Root” series is The Other Harlow Girl. It’s about Lavinia (Vinnie, natch), the Harlow Hoyden‘s sister. You remember her from the first book, the one that was engaged to the [spoiler], and then [spoiler spoilered] him because he was about to [spoiler] her sister, who is now the Duchess of Trent (she married the guy that she tried to get to seduce Vinnie in the first book). Whew! Anyway, the Hoyden and the Duke are married, and Vinnie […]
Can a book be lighthearted if people get eaten in it?
Yet another book I’ve read with my kid. I promise you that I’m also reading grown-up books, but I just haven’t reviewed most of them yet (I’m over 30 reviews behind – I am not proud of that). And this is one I can wholly endorse. We picked it up because the whole family wants to see the movie. Now that I’ve read it (not sure how I missed it when I was a kid), I want to see it even more. But I would […]
Yes, there’s also Chewbacca origami
Ah, yes, the further adventures of the kids at McQuarrie Middle School. My son loves these books (there are 6 in total, so you’ll be hearing about all of them). So Dwight, the creator of Origami Yoda, has been kicked out of school, and his mom put him in the local private school, at least for the rest of the semester. But he has sent something along to help his friends while he’s gone: the Fortune Wookie. A Chewbacca fortune teller thing. Remember those? They’re […]
Further adventures in Star Wars origami
Ah, yes, the saga continues. I’m slightly concerned that the fact that the kids in these books are in junior high, and my kid is only going into 3rd grade, but most of the concepts aren’t too far beyond him. Although he scrunches his nose at the chapters where the boys and girls talk about liking each other. Thank goodness! Anyway, we rejoin the kids of McQuarrie Middle School and their troubles. Dwight is still weird, Harvey is still a jerk, and Tommy and Kellen […]