This book is about pictsies. Pictsies drink and fight and steal. They help Tiffani. They fill buckets up with milk and they help her fight the Queen. The Queen likes stealing children. She stole Wentworth, Tiffani's brother.
The best part about the book was when everyone was OK. And that's all I can remember. It was a good book.
-Zoe
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Rock On! by Dan Kennedy
This is a non-fiction memoir of Kennedy's stint in the record business. It's from the perspective of someone who loves music, but then gets a job in the music industry which has very little to do with "music" and a lot to do with "industry." Moderately amusing.
-Amy
-Amy
A Long List from a Lazy Blogger
February 9: Horseradish by Lemony Snicket. A book of anti-inspirational sayings.
February 25: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. A YA book with all the themes Alexie loves to throw in - poverty, racism, alcoholism, basketball, and finding your identity. A good read.
March 1: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I reread this because my 8th grade class was studying it. It's a lovely, rich book.
March 2: Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters. A YA book about finding your identity (hey, is that a theme of teen-lit?) and not judging people until you get to know them.
March 4: Castle Waiting by Linda Medley. A graphic novel loosely based on some fairy tales.
March 6: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. Written from the point of view of an autistic boy who is trying to solve the mystery of who killed his neighbor's dog, and in the process discovers some things that his parents thought should be hidden. Very interesting because of the point of view.
March 8: Down the Street by Lynda Barry. A collection of cartoons. She rocks.
March 12, 22, and 27: Harry Potter books 1, 2, and 3; sometimes it's really nice to reread some escapist fiction.
March 26: The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland. A YA novel about a boy in medieval England who has a connection with the legendary King Arthur. Well written.
Whew! I'm glad I haven't been reading that much, or this laziness in blogging would have taken a lot longer to fix.
-Amy
February 25: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. A YA book with all the themes Alexie loves to throw in - poverty, racism, alcoholism, basketball, and finding your identity. A good read.
March 1: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I reread this because my 8th grade class was studying it. It's a lovely, rich book.
March 2: Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters. A YA book about finding your identity (hey, is that a theme of teen-lit?) and not judging people until you get to know them.
March 4: Castle Waiting by Linda Medley. A graphic novel loosely based on some fairy tales.
March 6: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. Written from the point of view of an autistic boy who is trying to solve the mystery of who killed his neighbor's dog, and in the process discovers some things that his parents thought should be hidden. Very interesting because of the point of view.
March 8: Down the Street by Lynda Barry. A collection of cartoons. She rocks.
March 12, 22, and 27: Harry Potter books 1, 2, and 3; sometimes it's really nice to reread some escapist fiction.
March 26: The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland. A YA novel about a boy in medieval England who has a connection with the legendary King Arthur. Well written.
Whew! I'm glad I haven't been reading that much, or this laziness in blogging would have taken a lot longer to fix.
-Amy
Friday, March 7, 2008
Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry
Euh [shoulder shrug]. Nothing special thriller. He does mention Medford, however.
-Jeff
-Jeff
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman
Okay, okay. Tony Hillerman is my guilty pleasure. I have read all of his mysteries at least once: this is the second or third time for The Dark Wind. If you like the southwest and you like mysteries, you will probably like Tony Hillerman. Pick one up (they don't take long to read).
-Jeff
-Jeff
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Farm by Betty MacDonald
It was funny when the little girl, Phoebe, is afraid of everything. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle does everything that a farm needs to do. She helped the people by curing them: The Can't Finder's Cure; the Fraidy Cat Cure; the Forget Her Pets Cure. All of them were my favorite ones. It was a good book. And that's all.
-Zoe
-Zoe
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