Friday, May 6, 2011 “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck George and Lenny are not much alike. While George is quick and intelligent, Lenny is large, with the mind of a small child. Yet they travel together, working as laborers in California vegetable fields, George protecting Lenny, and Lenny following George like a faithful […]
Sunday, February 13, 2011 “Cloaked in Red” by Vivian Vande Velde “Cloaked in Red” is a collection of small stories, re-telling -with different elements, characters, and details- the story of “Little Red Riding Hood”. The book opens with the author jestingly pointing out all of the problems with the original “Little Red Riding Hood” stories; […]
Saturday, December 18, 2010 “The Lost Hero” (the Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan (Cat actually wrote this review a month or two ago and forgot to post it) “The Heroes of Olympus” is a new series of books about Camp Half-Blood, like in the Percy Jackson series (which, by the way you […]
Monday, December 21, 2009 Backwater by Joan Bauer She peered at me some more. I wasn’t used to such scrutiny. “I suppose at this moment you think I’m the craziest woman you’ve ever met,” she said quietly. I looked at her standing there with birds on her arms and head. “Fiona’s crazier,’ I assured her. […]
Monday, November 23, 2009 The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler “When something creepy like that happens, it’s better to try to make it fit into the normal scheme of things. I think that’s why funerals were invented, to make death seem normal, even though it’s totally not, you know?” You know you’re a little different […]