Book Reviews and a Little More…
Book #65 was The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, the first book in the Pink Carnation series by Lauren Willig. The back of the book reads: Nothing ever goes right for Eloise. The day she wears her new suede boots, it rains. When the subway stops short, she’s the one thrown into some stranger’s lap. And she’s had her share of misfortune in the
Read moreThis week’s topic: What are your favorite first sentences from books? Is there a book that you liked specially because of its first sentence? Or a book, perhaps that you didn’t like but still remember simply because of the first line? I guess I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to the first sentence of a book. Or at least, I don’t remember them
Read moreBook #64 was A Living Nightmare, the first book in the Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan. The back of the book reads: Darren Shan is just an ordinary schoolboy who enjoys hanging out with his three best friends. Then one day they stumble across as invitation to visit the Cirque du Freak, a mysterious freak show. Only two tickets are available, so they
Read moreI actually had a fairly productive reading week! Or at least, I have since Thursday. Thursday I finished The Plot Against America, partially thanks to alternating between being at a dead stop and crawling on the interstate for about half an hour. That left me with just enough to finish before I went to bed that night. I have some mixed feelings about the book,
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