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I really liked how evocative of NYC this felt, particularly for a children's book. It was well-targeted at Adam's reading level without feeling too simplistic. Admittedly the story was a little dull for me, relatively speaking, but I am not the target audience. | 7 |
Puo un libro racchiudere, in poco piu che 200 pagine, tutta la cattiveria che gli adolescenti sviluppano durante il liceo?!
Credo proprio di si.
Jennifer Mathieu racconta, in maniera semplice e cruda, l'universo adolescenziale e le sue dinamiche all'interno della ristretta cerchia scolastica.
Pochi fatti reali mi... | 3 |
one-shot comics, many of which seem infantile or random. really, really funny. | 5 |
This is one of my favorite trilogies of all time and it ignited a life long interest in Arthurian and medieval fiction. | 2 |
4.5 stars for this sweet, funny, tender M/M hockey romance.
Lane is a young closeted gay man who's on his own for the first time in his live. He's moved from Canada to Jacksonville, Florida to play for the Sea Storm, a minor league hockey team in a place where people hardly understand the concept of ice. It's a total... | 1 |
Karena tokoh-tokoh di cerita ini merupakan orang-orang dewasa, saya berharap mereka bisa bersikap dewasa dan berhenti untuk sedikit-sedikit drama. Tapi yang ada, nggg... Too much dramas. | 1 |
Such a sweet book. Any dog lover will understand and appreciate the sentiment of this easy-to-read book. The illustrations are beautiful and match the story perfectly. | 7 |
** 3-book review to come ** | 1 |
Reasons you should read Salem's Daughter instead of The Crucible:
1. The Crucible is a literary masterpiece. Salem's Daughter is a potboiler historical romance.
3. Salem's Daughter is rich with accurate historical detail. The Crucible is thin gruel.
3. A lusty bodice ripper is woven into Salem's Daughter.
4. Ma... | 0 |
SO MANY MIXED FEELINGS
This book in two words:
I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. What I do know is that there were parts I loved and parts I didn't. But mostly, I loved it. Weirdly enough, I'm in the minority here. I'm never the one that enjoys a book that everyone else hated/didn't like. It's usually... | 3 |
I'm beginning to think that Neil Gaiman's strength is in prose writing (with the exception of Sandman). However, maybe he's like Grant Morrison, and just can't write for the mainstream. | 5 |
2.5 Stars
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So this book had soooooooo much potential to be amazing but unfortunately it fell flat.
I felt at times it went way to fast and other times I lost interest.
With Kendall and Cruise their connection came in ebbs and flows.
The actual story was cute but I w... | 1 |
Simone's writing here is the strongest that it's been in this new Batgirl series. She does a great job of telling the story of a dark time in Babs' life, while also nicely tying together many plot strings from her entire run. It's a beautifully cohesive whole that leaves you wanting to know what comes next.
Unfortuna... | 5 |
Hace muchos anos que lei El Padrino y es de esas obras maestras que tienes en tu estanteria de Favoritos, pendiente de volver a leer cualquier tarde de verano, a la hora de la siesta, sabiendo que te proporcionara unas horas estupendas de lectura.
100% recomendable | 6 |
While it isn't easy being the daughter of a station commander, Hanna's life is going pretty well. All of that changes when a strike team invades and she has to step up to save as many lives as she can.
I'm not going to lie, I have been waiting to read this book since I finished Illuminae, even though I was a little a... | 3 |
I really enjoyed the continuation of this series, while some of it was a bit predictable, it was very enjoyable and I liked the new characters.
I look forward to seeing how the princess and her motley crew fair in the next installment. | 3 |
This is a super cute story about friendship, doing the right thing, and environmental sustainability -- with an added bonus of quick introductions to unique plants and animals. Adorable. :) | 5 |
The Adventures of Annie Mouse: Annie Mouse Meets a New Friend
Author: Anne M. Slanina
Since this is a special book that teaches friendship I decided to create a unique and special review just for young readers and Annie:
Dear Annie:
Being a true friend requires work. Understanding that not everyone is the same ... | 7 |
Absolutely beautiful!
"Do not let their doubting drown out the sound of your own heartbeat." | 4 |
Moonburner by Claire Luana
Moonburner starts when Kai is born--and her birth must be kept a secret because she's a special sorceress. Moonburners and Sunburners are at war, and Quitsu finds herself trapped in the middle of it. There's a fire nation/water nation element to the Moonburner/Sunburner war, and I liked tha... | 2 |
It's nice to see how Claremont would end the mutants. A little too mystical at the very end, but otherwise fun. | 5 |
Perfect.
This book was realistic enough that I imagined I was friends with these kids (back in the day, of course...) and that I was right along with them on the bus, on the sailboat, in the library. It was also just spooky enough that I was glad to really just be reading about it and not actually on the quest, too. ... | 2 |
I first read this book as a young teenager in an old issue of Good Housekeeping, where it had appeared in condensed form. To say I was taken with it would be an understatement. Not only did it inspire my first attempt at fan fiction, but I also tore the full-page picture of the main couple out of the magazine, framed i... | 1 |
Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
Millions of people suffer from anxiety disorder (panic attacks) on a daily basis. Most suffer needlessly, either due to lack of medical treatment, misdiagnosis, or ignorance of the condition. I DON'T WANT TO BE CRAZY is one woman's brave confession of ... | 4 |
Oh, how I LOVED this book as a child. I had the record too, and somewhere, deep down in my memory, I know that I still keep the words in my heart and could joyfully sing along once again. This is the 35th Anniversary Edition, with some new contributors like Drew Barrymore adn Peter Sis.
Jackie | 7 |
I seriously cant put this series down. My heart yearns for it as Evie yearns for Reeds, my soul yearns for it as Evie yearns for Russell's. this is one of the most addicting book series. | 1 |
This was everything I was hoping for from the series. It's such a great distraction from the frenetic everyday! I've read them all and still enjoy them all, so I hope McCall Smith keeps cranking them out! | 6 |
DNF
I got about halfway through this one and couldn't stomach it any more. The characters were unlikable. The secret was let out very early on in the book. I wasn't expecting the incest, child grooming and rape story-line. The parts about how the girls had to choose it made me ill. This is abuse that NO ONE tells the... | 6 |
Interesting that many examples used to argue his thesis and the language used to articulate those examples are extremely similar to what's in Bill Bryson's 1990 _The Mother Tongue_. There's no originality here. | 0 |
Without doubt a good book. Not earth shattering as such. More like a documentation of violence from either side. Nuanced argument is so thinly spread and when it does offer some it is slightly more critical of Hindu side(before partition), Indian side(after partition), Nehru and even Gandhi(That scornful remark on Gand... | 0 |
This should be another quick read. Harry is in pursuit of/hiding from his bizarre and dangerous godfather, all while dealing with the horrors of being 13. I think this one is one of my favorites in the series, and I also think it was the one that was most-trashed by the movie. (Which means, if you've only seen the movi... | 7 |
This was a case of wrong author for this series. I am not sure if Baldacci had even read one book in the 39 Clues series. The characters were all horrible and came across as if he were handed a list of characteristics and important points and that is all he did with them.
The conversations between the characters was ... | 6 |
good book, a bit long winded | 0 |
I love that this comic has no bullshit buildup to the death of Captain America. That build-up was the entirety of the Civil War storyline, so when The Death of Captain America kicks off Tony Stark is now the head of SHIELD (mostly successful in imposing the Superpower Registration Act), Captain America has surrendered ... | 5 |
Huge, with an extra story in the middle. Must pick up later. | 3 |
Did not like. I finally skipped to the last few chapters just to find out Suzanne's (boring) secret. Just went on and on. | 1 |
Marvelous continuacion!! | 7 |
My favorite book by McCammon. Many compare it to Th Stand which is not a bad thing what so ever. Well worth the read. | 2 |
4.5 stars! | 2 |
This is a review of the paperback edition, NOT the audio-book version.
A fairly good mystery with a protagonist whose faults are as obvious to himself as to others, which add to the hurdles he must overcome to solve the mystery of the series of behind-the-scenes deaths of members of the cast and crew of a new Televis... | 6 |
I just love this. I love the idea that a prince isn't always what you think he should be and that life is what you choose. So sweet! | 7 |
What a trip.......the ups and downs through a troubled mind...... | 3 |
Fun read. Lots of potential for this series. | 6 |
Another book that is totally different from his usual genre. I read this in 3 days it was exciting and I couldn't wait to see where it was going. If you like the off-brand Patterson, this book will not disappoint. | 6 |
So...after barely getting through the first two chapters, I found myself really liking the book after all. Not as fabulous as the Josephine B series, but then again, what is. Worth checking out at the library. | 0 |
Ahhh evil circus of doooooom! CREEPY | 2 |
A book to revisit time and time again. | 4 |
The series gets better with every volume. As someone who was introduced via the show I am very pleased that the character lines have clearly departed at this point. Now it's both intriguing in juxtaposition to the show as well as a story in its own right, so I just feel like I am getting more content.
More Walking De... | 5 |
The more I read it the more I appreciate how well crafted his poems are. Warning: they are very abstract and intangible but they are amazingly tightly written. It is proudly "academic" poetry and may be inaccessible. | 4 |
Let me share with you some excerpts of what I enjoyed out of this great work of inspiration "Fruit Gathering":
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefiel... | 4 |
Mouse and Elephant go to the playground for some fun. Everything seems to go wrong for them. They can't seesaw together. The swing breaks for Elephant and goes too fast for Mouse. Mouse wants to give up, but then Elephant makes a special slide for him using his trunk.
Good for preschool or toddler storytimes. | 7 |
Some of these are dumb but mostly, they are laugh out loud, read out loud, fun! | 4 |
** spoiler alert **
The spoilers, should you care, are right up at the top here...
...Because this is the one in which Wonder Woman puts out her own eyes in order to win a fight with Medusa. (Or Medousa, as it's transliterated here.) Medousa's ripped off her blindfold and is compelling Wonder Woman to look at her (... | 5 |
I loved this book, don't let the four stars fool you. I loved it so much that I wrote a poem for it:
Paranormalcy
How do I love thee? Paranormalcy
From the depth and breadth and height of Lish's tank
To the soul of a Faerie that Evie will not thank
For the love of Lend who would not harm a flea
Unless there... | 2 |
I love nonfiction books that read like fiction! This book is hilariously good for any elementary school kid looking for a laugh and a bit of comedic history. | 0 |
If you've ever lost your glasses on your own head or your keys in your own pocket, the duck in this book is the pal for you. | 7 |
People who say the Odyssey is better are wrong. | 4 |
I liked Before Watchmen: Ozymandias more than the first time I have read this six-part series.
The final issue treads on familiar Watchmen grounds, but unlike the issue five, this one is done with class. It sticks faithfully to the original material but thankfully, the combined smoothness of Wein's writing and Lee's ... | 5 |
2.5 * | 6 |
This book is silly and fun and would be appropriate for both preschool - 3rd grade or so. It may be a little long for some preschoolers, but ymmv. I hesitate to use it for story time because of the lack of pictures - most kids need that visual stimulation to stay involved in a group setting. | 7 |
I got the chance to finish Matilda by Roald Dahl on a busy Sunday since all the Filipinos, including my family, were preparing for the New Year's Eve. I was just curling up with it at a bamboo chair in our living room, catatonic to the people bustling around. My absorption and enthrallment in it may have been so deafen... | 7 |
Toujours aussi bon ! | 5 |
Twins DON'T have identical fingerprints. Fingerprints are a result of genetics.
"What showed up in twins' fingerprints, the basic skin patterns of loops and whorls and ridges, was identical, the product of shared genes." p.142
I'm surprised the author could get that by his agent and editors. The whole premise of no... | 6 |
this was such a good sequel!! i liked it just as much, if not more than, the first one. it was so wild and dark and it was interesting to see adelina's reverse character development, and also to see her fighting the daggers who we know & like, and almost rooting for the character who's perspective i'm reading to lose. ... | 3 |
Ocekivala sam vise od ovog stripa, ali svejedno mi je na kraju ispao dobar. | 5 |
This series is getting crazier. I love the different fantasy characters and creatures. Sometimes they are rather disgusting, but it's still pretty cool! My thoughts on the characters are still pretty much the same as book 1, Marko and Alana are pretty dumb while the supporting characters are much better. Marko is growi... | 5 |
This was a disappointing way to end the series that had a lot of potental. I felt as though my questions that I had from the first couple of books weren't really answered in this book. There were times when I felt that there were chapters that were in there just to make the book longer. I at time even found myself forc... | 2 |
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This book had such a comprehensive and visual description of the Celtic people in the light of history, especially in their campaigns in Italy and Europe. I learned aspects of their conquests I never could have imagined. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in learning more about this forgott... | 0 |
4.5 stars. I am really getting into this! Instead of answering questions, more and more are popping up. Is it the bees? The water? Who knows! | 5 |
I'll never listen to the Beatles White Album the same anymore. This book was an incredible look at the Manson murders. I still don't quite understand what made all those women fall under the spell of Charlie. | 6 |
Keywords: siblings, new baby, gender | 7 |
I really enjoyed the continuation of this story. I liked that it has a lot of YA plot lines but that it makes things a bit more fun and fresh. The heroine in the story in not stupidly boy crazy and when there are fights between main characters they react the way real people would instead of the overly dramatized fictio... | 3 |
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3.5 Looking Forward to this Series- Stars
"The steps I'm sitting on are beginning to crumble, steep stones the color of blood. The house is getting old. The first step in matching the family that calls it home."
I can honestly say I'm looking very much forward to read this new vampire series! Twelve vampire houses ... | 2 |
Beautiful! Hawaii's creation myth -- magical, vivid, incatatory. | 4 |
** spoiler alert **
7th&up.
WARNING- Spoilers abound!!
As much as I love Katniss, Peeta, Gale & the world Collins created (hence the 4 stars), for many reasons I found this book a little infuriating.
Example: I realize that it was a necessary plot point, but I still couldn't get over how long it took for Katnis... | 3 |
A great book!
This book reminded me in a lot of ways of A Series of Unfortunate Events, though much less dark and without the intrusive narrator. There were a ton of mental puzzles that the reader could work to solve along with the characters. It was quite funny at moments, with a handful of 'surprises' - though one ... | 7 |
I got this at a used book store along with all the other Ian Fleming 007 stories. It was without doubt the best literary "bang" for the buck I ever spent, since not only are they all terrific adventure yarns with exotic travelog locales, but i only paid half the 60-cent cover price for those early Fawcett Crest edition... | 6 |
While a little uneven, the collection features several poems that are as good as any by masters like Edson. | 4 |
"We have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero's shoulders and a gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it. The lawn drowned, the sky on fire,
the gold light falling backward through the glass
of every room. I'll give you ... | 4 |
Joe Casey really should be bigger than what he is in the medium of comic books. Works like his run on WILDcats, and this original graphic novel, Rock Bottom, go largely unnoticed, as fanboys go after whatever crossover mega-events are being orchestrated by DC and Marvel. It's not really anything you haven't read before... | 5 |
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What a delightful book. The illustrations are great and children will love them. It is `History' who tells the story and discusses 150 years of American History. This particular book is about Mount Rushmore and Chief Crazy Horse. It raises questions about who that geographical area belongs too and whether everyone shou... | 7 |
I really enjoyed this book! The writing is vivid and amazing and the characters are raw! This book was more tame than Undeniable but I enjoyed both the same! This series is awesome, I can't get enough! Gotta love the M.C. alpha males!!! I need more! | 1 |
The Pullman Porter by Vanita Oelschlager. Vanita Books. Illustrated by Mike Blanc. Children's Nonfiction, History. 5+++ Stars. First of all, gorgeous art; this book is full of handsome people, the insides of the sleeper cars and lush scenery illustrated with vibrant colors. George Pullman and his creation of comfortabl... | 7 |
Remender continues to make great use of a variety of SF tropes, but presented in innovative ways. At the same time, he builds the whole comic on a foundation of great characters. | 5 |
Orion is a disgraced hero. Previously first lieutenant to General Ares, his illicit affair with fellow soldier Meme has landed him in prison to be sold as a sex slave. Now his beloved General Ares has decided to purchase Orion--for his own personal use.
In sorrow over the uncertainty of Meme's future, Orion begs Ares... | 2 |
Quick read, entertaining story, but nothing particularly new or earth-shattering. The art is great. | 5 |
3,5 | 5 |
Another entertaining book in the series. I think I've enjoyed Zsadist's story the most so far. I think what bothers me most about this series is that Wrath is the "Blind" King, yet he sees everything. He's clearly not blind at all! Can't wait to read the next installment! | 2 |
Read with play group. I read Dromio of Syracuse. It brought back to mind having seen it on stage - I think twice in the past. | 4 |
True crime and inside sleaze about the LDS church - how could it not be fascinating? I'll never forget the flight cross county in the early 90s where I had loaned a co-worker "Secret Ceremonies" and she was about 3 rows behind me, and every once in a while I (and pretty much the entire coach section) would hear "OH MY ... | 6 |
I need to go back and read this down the road. There was so much jumping around that I kept getting lost and had a hard time keeping up with it. | 0 |
Mi sono imbattuta in questo libro per puro caso, girovagando sul web. Prima di incontrare questa magnifica biografia, non conoscevo Daphne du Maurier, per cui si e rivelata una grande scoperta sotto molti punti di vista. Come accade per tutti quei libri destinati a lasciare il segno, Daphne e venuto da me nel momento g... | 0 |
Yikes, me need to go back and re-read this. I don't think I found the ending ambiguous, but truth be told, I don't REMEMBER the ending. What I DO remember is how well written it was, and how it transported me to a different time and place...hooray for that! I will be happy to read her next book!! | 0 |
While this is the third book in a series, it's easily enjoyed on its own.
Chad is the bad boy younger brother of Marley (MC from a previous book) and shows up at her house on the promise of 1. free food 2. free drink. That's where he "meets" "Bow Tie," a svelte geeky member of Marley's staff at GAMERS magazine. Bow T... | 1 |
Wait, what just happened?
Review coming soon | 2 |
Unusually when reading a series of books I started, aged 8, with the first one (borrowed from my sister) and devoured the other 23 over the next 2 years or so. Along with the Five Find-Outers and Secret Seven, oh, and the "Secret ..." series and "The ... Mystery" series, these books were the basis of most of my primary... | 7 |
I'm devouring this book while I'm supposed to be parenting/painting my house/sleeping/working
I love every detail so far. I'm experiencing it like I experience horror movies, caught up in the action and urging the characters not to go to the basement alone. "Fire Woodring!" I yell helplessly at the page.
Really, ev... | 0 |
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