Lovely Darla at Books and Other Thoughts reviewed this book a while ago, and I was thrilled to find Eva Ibbotson had written a new book – I love her, and actually, I like her non-fantasy books best. Still I didn’t read it for ages, and then at Charing Cross Road the other day, I [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult
Posted in 2 Stars, Picked up randomly, tagged family, graphic novels, incest and rape, issues, Jodi Picoult, The Tenth Circle on May 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I know, I know. I know I said I was done with Jodi Picoult. But I was at my aunt and uncle’s last night, and I had The Charioteer but I am in London, I don’t have loads of books with me, and I didn’t want to use up The Charioteer because I love it [...]
Thames, Peter Ackroyd
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from a person, tagged nonfiction, Peter Ackroyd, pretty pictures, Thames on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have to say, this was the perfect airplane book. I know because I spent eighteen hours traveling to London last week (I know, right? Long flight with several layovers), and Thames was my primary reading material. My grandmother sent it to me for my birthday, and originally I wasn’t going to bring it along [...]
Life As We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged dystopia, for young people, hurricanes, Life as We Knew It, Louisiana, Susan Beth Pfeffer on May 22, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Fifteen-year-old Miranda has a pretty normal life, until a meteor hits the moon. It shoves the moon closer to the earth (eek!), which as you might expect does not do good things for the earth. Tsunamis take out New York and Florida and California; volcanoes begin erupting all over the place, filling the air with [...]
The Death Collector, Justin Richards
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged for young people, intrigue and deception, Justin Richards, orphans, The Death Collector, Victorians on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Recommended by Darla D from Books and Other Thoughts – I knew I had to read this when she said “dinosaurs” and “Victorian”, and then she carried right on and said “street urchin” and “vicar’s daughter” and “clock-maker”, which is not totally unlike Ella saying “Warning, it’s very Gothic” about Blackbriar. I am leaving for [...]
Remember your first time…
Posted in Misc., tagged jane eyre on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Love this Booking Through Thursday question:
What book would you love to be able to read again for the first time?
Oh ever so many books. Mainly maybe The Chosen? And The Color Purple, and, oh, The Charioteer, and Watership Down. I can’t choose one. There are dozens of books that were such the most amazing experience [...]
