The Tales of Olga da Polga by Michael Bond

Olga da Polga was a guinea pig. It was funny when Olga thought Noel was the panther. That was the best part of the book. Another good part was when Olga da Polga got better. The end.

--Zoe

Daddy Needs a Drink

"Daddy Needs a Drink" by Robert Wilder

No worries, it's just to the right, right now.

Gen X guy pulls at my heartstrings. The brilliant parts are about the younger child who is a little wild (and sucks his middle fingers) (bold statement? I will not judge).

I, as a stay-at-home dad enjoyed this read. Funny, poignant, relevant (to me). More relevant than "Alternadad".

Happy Trails...

Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson

#1 I would like to report that I read 46 books last year, the most since I have started keeping a book journal (if you are not keeping a book journal, I urge you to start now).

A recent book that I finished (not the most recent, that is another (again) Arryhay Otterpay (it is just nice to be in that world for awhile)) (and now I would like to report that the cat was unsuccessful at deleting this post...and now he his trying (and failing) again) was "Conversations With Hunter S. Thompson" edited by Beef Torrey and Kevin Simonson.

Is this Hunter's best work laid out for all to see? No. Is it sometimes repetitive and derivative? Well, yes. Are the interviewers always on top of it? Are they trying to hard to be "Gonzo" sometimes? Is it a good read for fans of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "The Curse of Lono"? Yes. (It also helps a great deal to have read "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" and "Hell's Angels").

I read it through, mostly laying on the couch. New information? Not so much. Inhabiting Hunter's world? Sometimes. Does it make me want to be a Gonzo journalist? Not like Fear and Loathing (then I faint away from imaging too many drugs and alcohol (what a pansy)).

Happy Trails...

Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

There is a slowpoke. The showoff cure. There was the crybaby cure. And the bully cure. The whisperer cure.

The whisperer cure was the best because it was so funny. Because two little girls kept whispering and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle gave them Whisper Sticks. The Whisper Sticks took their voices away.

The end.

By Zoe

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary

I liked Ralph S. Mouse. It was a good book. I liked it. Ralph rode a motorcycle. He liked his motorcycle, but his little relatives couldn't ride it, so Ralph got a new car. The End. I liked when Ralph rode his motorcycle.

-- Zoe

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

Four kids lived in England. Their names were Lucy, Susan, Peter, and Edmund. They went into Narnia. Lucy went in first. Lucy met a faun. The faun's name was Mr. Tumnus. Lucy went to Mr. Tumnus's cave. The witch was magic. She turned animals and people into statues.

They all fought the witch. Aslan helped them. The magic worked backwards.

I liked this book. It was a good book.

--Zoe

Tehanu

Tehanu by Ursula K. LeGuin. A great end to a great series. I read them, four in all, over the course of a couple of years. I highly recommend her. The first book is, A Wizard of Earthsea. Another great book by LeGuin is The Lathe of Heaven, voted one of The 100 Oregon Books from the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission (check this out if you like books from Oregon authors).


-Jeff