tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576025297380857762024-03-13T20:59:19.959-07:00Overly Lita guy's blog from the sugar high, music addicted, book wormKid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-36595528157861390852011-08-28T23:34:00.000-07:002011-08-28T23:34:35.421-07:00Full Tilt - Neal Shusterman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Title:</u></b> Full Tilt</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Arthur:</u> </b>Neal Shusterman</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Paperback:</u> </b>201</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Genre:</u> </b>Horror, fantasy</span><br />
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"It began the night we died on the Kamikaze." Life and death is just a thin line controlling the outcome of any variable. Blake is a normal enough kid, with a scholarship to Columbia University. At the age of sixteen he knows what heʻs doing with his life and where he's heading. His brother Quinn though, is a ticking time bomb set to explode. High on adrenaline, Quinn doesn't take rules or laws into consideration. Just does what he wants to for his own amusement and joy. Quinn loves to ride and is always looking for something new, while Blake, is left standing in lines for different rides holding spots in lines for his friends. So when Blake gets a mysterious invitation to ride at a park that exists at night and is gone by the morning, he simply pushes it to the back of his brain casually. But there are greater forces in play, as there always is. So when he is forced to the park with his friends, Maggie and Russ, he learns that this is no ordinary park. Located at the bottom of the gulch, covered by a veil of fog, a monument to the riders. All looking for more speed, more adrenaline, and more risks. But there are no safety nets on this ride. Hanging on to his life and soul, he must find his brother, and keep his friends close. With a devil on his tail and death looming over him, he has to ride his seven rides and get out of there with his brother, friends, and sanity.<br />
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Neal Shusterman is still one of my all time favorite authors. This is the first book I read by him, and it instantly became one of my favorites. No matter how old I get, this book will never get boring. Shusterman plays with the fabrics of reality in this book, creating a new world for the reader to dive into. A never straight forward path that will take you zig-zagging through excitement, shock, and dismay. With an extravagant plot that lets you get to know the character, down to the deepest flaw and their inner most beauty. A very fast read for those readers who are between books, with characters so in-dept that they will stick with you and make you think of the all throughout the week. Full Tilt is a great book, with an amazing plot, vivid hero's, and a vexing villain that will keep you hooked.<br />
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Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-80627869484289205182011-08-26T01:35:00.000-07:002011-08-26T01:35:04.999-07:00A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bill Bryson decides one day to hike the Appalachian Trail. Not wanting to do it alone he decides to call up his friend Katz, a friend he hasn't spoken to in five years since they had a falling out in Europe. Sounds like a simple enough task. Just two guys hiking in the woods. Simple. That is, until they figure out that the Appalachian Trail is over two thousand miles long. A feat reserved for only the bravest. The Appalachian Trail winds its way from Georgia to Maine, going through a grand total of 13 states all together. But Katz and Bill plan their hike, not all the way but still, it's the thought that counts. They lay out their maps and prepare to set off on a journey of a lifetime, carrying backpacks well over forty pounds with everything they need. Once on the trail though, everything gets more complicated. Bill and Katz aren't in the greatest shapes of their lives and their lives have become dependent on electronics and fast food, not something just around the bend in the trail. Being on the trail weans them of their need for electronics and makes them live with the land and sleep in a tent through animal invasions and pouring sheets of rain. Besides the occasional rest stop with flushing toilets and cheap motel rooms with five channel TVs, they become men of the trail on their journey through the woods and nothing can stop them from achieving their goal. And when they finally do meet their goal they feel fulfilled and they part ways. Both feel that they have accomplished something, that is until Bill figures out that all their tireless work, all those days filled with miles in the double digits, and they're not even half way there.<br />
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Bill Bryson is a genius in explaining in vivid detail his emotions and the adventures of the trail. No one is left without feeling that they are somehow related to Bryson in a way, once they finish this book. Be forewarned, that though this story is an amazing read, the only problems with this story is the information overload and constant moping of Bill when he canʻt understand something immediately. All together this book is still a great side book, one to read when there's nothing else to read, or when you forgot your main book somewhere else.<br />
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Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-88307693111937439482011-08-19T10:13:00.000-07:002011-08-19T10:15:32.641-07:00Paper Towns - By John Green<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Quentin Jacobsen is just a normal kid living in Orlando going through his final year at his high school along with his "not so normal" childhood friend, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Margo appears one night randomly asking him to drive her around town playing along with her revenge schemes. While doing so, he is shown the world in Margo's perception, of paper towns and girls and boys going through the motions. Quentin, confident he now won't have to spend the rest of his senior year completely alone, is sadly disappointed when he learns that Margo has run away from home the day after their night of blackmailing, and vandalizing. This sets up the ill-fated cross country trip to go and find Margo Roth Spiegelman before the end of graduation with Quentin's best friends, Marcus "Radar" Lincoln, and "Bloody Ben" Starling, in tow. John Green wrote this book expertly, capturing the life of a normal high schooler and throwing him into situations needing immense dedication and a mini-van. The plot will build you up and drop you down in the most unexpected ways possible, leaving you high and dry for pages or more as the book slowly builds you up again drawing you more and more into the book. A twisting plot that will surprise you and disappoint you in the best definition of the word possible. Green writes in such a way that leaves the reader trying to figure everything out making for a dramatic realization at the very end of the book. Margo Roth Spiegelman will confuse and tantalize you, while "Q" tags along for the ride, hanging on through waves of confusion and vagueness in trying to catch the ever so mysterious Margo. As the story develops, so do the characters. As Quentin finds his own way in the world, he starts to realize Margo's darker side, the side that makes her so mysterious and unpredictable, bottled up from view ever since her childhood. This is a great boy meet girl and girl ends up running away from home story that captures the reader and doesn't let them go until the story is finally over. This is one of the books I will read over and over again in the future.</span></div>
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Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-56801566655972815892010-05-13T00:11:00.000-07:002010-05-13T00:24:01.889-07:00The Schwa was here - By Neal Shusterman<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#white;"></span><br /><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S-ucu3fbUUI/AAAAAAAAADI/phCgmXOeHoo/s1600/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S-ucu3fbUUI/AAAAAAAAADI/phCgmXOeHoo/s1600/Picture+1.png" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Title: </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Schwa Was Here</span></i></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Author: </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Neal Shusterman</span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Paperback: </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">228</span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Publisher: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Puffin; Second Edition edition (March 2, 2006)</span></span></span></span></b></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Genre: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Humor</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Source</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">: purchased</span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><blockquote>Synopsis: (From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Schwa-was-Here-Neal-Shusterman/dp/0142405779/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273732139&sr=8-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;">Amazon</span></span></a>)</blockquote><blockquote><br /></blockquote><blockquote>When Anthony "Antsy" Bonano and his friends meet Calvin Schwa, they are impressed and puzzled by his ability to appear and disappear before their very eyes. Antsy concocts a moneymaking scheme based on the Schwa's invisibility that seems promising until he and his friends overreach and are caught by the town's legendary mean millionaire, Mr. Crawley. Their resulting community service project--walking the 7 virtues and 7 vices (Crawley's 14 afghan hounds) and going out with Crawley's granddaughter Lexie--cements and ultimately challenges friendships. The humor is just right for boys, but the complexity of plot, the depth and richness of the characters, and the underlying seriousness of the issues belies the easy-to-read comedy. Schwa is an average kid who hangs on the periphery of the crowd and longs to be noticed and included, not simply ignored. His character is extreme, but far too many adolescents--and the adults who work with them--will sadly and guiltily recognize him.</blockquote><div face="inherit" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">My Thoughts:</span></b></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This is possibly the greatest, most confusing book ever. Schwa is a "Functionally Invisible" child ignored by everyone, even his dad. I really love this story because it goes through all the problems of being a teen like girls, parents, and who is and who isn't your friend. But I sometimes feel sad for the Schwa because no one listens to him, no one sees him, and in the story he talks about his paper clip collection using those paper clips as a metaphor for himself. He says that, like the paperclip, his life is about holding everything together and never being noticed for it. </span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I also like Mr.Crawley, the crazy old man that just happens to own everything. He's absolutely insane, but he can be insane with the amount of money and power he has. Antsy tells a story about one year a group of kids egged Mr. Crawley's house, and for the next month, no one could find eggs anywhere within their neighborhood. </span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">If you like this book, look for </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Antsy Does Time.</span></i></span></span></div><div style=" font-style: inherit; 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font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> Yes</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><br />Would I read more from this author? Yes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><br />Who should read this? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">This book is for tweens or teens and sometimes older. You should read this book if you like weird random events and humor.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><br />Next on the </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">TBR</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> pile: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Paper Towns</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> by John Green</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></span></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-70148389142345905762010-04-01T21:07:00.000-07:002010-04-24T21:27:03.406-07:00Fool - By Christopher Moore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S9O0BOfKUMI/AAAAAAAAACg/NnifnjX9ys4/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S9O0BOfKUMI/AAAAAAAAACg/NnifnjX9ys4/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463908706092208322" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Title: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fool</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Author: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Christopher Moore</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Paperback: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">352</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Publisher: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harper Paperbacks; 1 Repritn Edition (February 23, 2010)</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Genre: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Satire</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:medium;">Synopsis: (from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3684856.Fool">Goodreads</a>)</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">"This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as nontraditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank . . . If that's the sort of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened upon the perfect story!"</span></blockquote></span></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:medium;"><b>My thoughts: </b>Fool. My favorite book spit forth from the hands of the brilliant Christopher Moore. All of his books are amazingly funny and written well and this twist on the classic tale, King Lear, shows all his talent as a writer in one 352 page book. Fool is a somewhat older genre than my usual books, but I saw it, picked it up and it was awesome. I love this book with parts of the book going everywhere from kings to witches to the lovely fool. . .ghosts, witches, jesters and a rhyming head floating above a pot. I think Moore's imagination is pure genius, and for satire, he exceeds every expectation I ever had for a book.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:medium;">--------------------------------------------------------------------- </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF99FF;">This book is for adult males. There is some swearing and sexual content, but it's an enjoyable book.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF99FF;"><br /><br />Next on the </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF99FF;">TBR</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF99FF;"> pile: The Schwa was here</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></span></span>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-91887041953942921472010-03-15T13:54:00.000-07:002010-03-15T15:09:48.047-07:00My distress books ☕<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img4.immage.de/3009f90b61.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 357px;" src="http://img4.immage.de/3009f90b61.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The Nightside novels. My great salvation. My stress relief. These books are amazing. A story about the Nightside. A city in the heart of London. A square mile of Hell where it's always 3:00 am and the sun don't shine. Where myths and legends walk side by side where anything is on sale and usually for a price, most times your soul, but most time, someone else's. In this hell hole a P.I. named John Taylor strives in this world of damnation. He has a gift. A gift for finding things, a view of all 10 plaines of the world. He can see the world stretched farther than the 3 dimensions of comfort. These books are my stress relief. I read these books over and over again, just because I enjoy the story that's never perfect and always has millions of flaws, being able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. This is the Nightside, where reality is nothing but a fly to be squashed. Where angels fight over it and an old testament creation holds rule over the city she built. Nothing is ever sane and time is running out. The Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat hold nothing on this book.Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-56106887097786431962010-02-24T19:51:00.000-08:002010-02-25T19:30:15.831-08:00Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4X0KZMiydI/AAAAAAAAACY/BK3tBQABPfc/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><blockquote></blockquote><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4X0KZMiydI/AAAAAAAAACY/BK3tBQABPfc/s320/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442024184146479570" border="0" /></a><b>Title: </b>Practical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Demonkeeping</span><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Author: </b>Christopher Moore</div><div><b>Paperback: </b>243</div><div><b>Publisher: </b>Harper Paperbacks (May 25, 2004)</div><div><b>Genre: </b>Fantasy</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b></b></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Synopsis from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Demonkeeping-Christopher-Moore/dp/0060735422/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267069938&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>:</b></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;" >Good-natured, often funny, but excessively complicated tale that matches a people-eating demon against his reluctant master and the citizens of a small California town. First-novelist Moore throws in more plot twists than the Pacific Coast highway has curves. He obviously knows and is amused by the flawed but feisty denizens with which he inhabits Pine Grove, south of the Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sur</span> wilderness area. To this tourist town comes Travis <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">O'Hearn</span>, a 20-year-old who, 70 years before, got saddled with a demon, Catch, who gave him eternal youth plus problems. Catch is sometimes under Travis's control but often not, particularly when he's hungry. Travis wants out, namely by finding an incantation that will return the demon to Hell. On Travis's side are the King of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Djinns</span> and August Brine, Pine Grove's purveyor of bait, tackle, and fine wines. Others who swell the cast past overflowing include waitress Jenny and her estranged, alcoholic husband Robert; tough old Mavis, who owns the Head of the Slug bar (it had been Head of the Wolf until animal-rights activists leaned on her); retired woodcarving codger <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Effrom</span> and his wife Amanda; hotel night auditor Billy Winston, who flirts with other males by computer modem while wearing red silk panties; once-battered Rachael, who runs a coven to empower women through worship of the Goddess; and Detective Sergeant Alfonse Rivera, who fears he will end up bagging microwave burritos at a 7-Eleven unless he nails down a case.</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" ><blockquote></blockquote>My Thoughts: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This is another one of Christopher Moore's completely improbable stories. He uses the demon from Lamb and spins him into the tale of Practical <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Demonkeeping</span>. The books magical creatures, like the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">djinn</span> and demon, makes the story more fantastical than other books that take place in our own time. The way Christopher Moore writes this book it feels like he was having a great time while writing it. I remember a part of the book where the main <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">character</span> has thought of what would happen if someone figured out about the demon. He thinks about the demon eating a man then an officer comes behind him and simply asks, "Umm what is he doing?" then he explains about the eating habits of the demon, and the officers nods like he's saying "been there, done that" "well that's our mayor he's eating so I would like to see your license to be eating a county official" and then he gets back to the moment like the worst thing could be waiting in line to get a license to eat county officials.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode';font-size:13;" ><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%;">---------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">SNAPS<br /></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭</span></span></span></span></span></div><div face="inherit" size="3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> Yes</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br />Would I read more from this author? have been</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br />Who should read this? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">This book is for adult males. There is some swearing and sexual content, but it's an enjoyable book, to say the least</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /><br />Next on the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">TBR</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> pile: Fool by Christopher Moore</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></span></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-82541071759958416512010-02-24T19:11:00.000-08:002010-02-24T19:46:43.058-08:00Lamb by Christopher Moore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4XsTOly27I/AAAAAAAAACQ/xpKNGSvQRE0/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4XsTOly27I/AAAAAAAAACQ/xpKNGSvQRE0/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442015539825400754" /></a><b>Title: </b>Lamb<div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Author: </b>Christopher Moore</div><div><b>Paperback: </b>444</div><div><b>Publisher: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Harper Paperbacks; First Perennial edition (February 4, 2003)</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Genre: </b>Satire</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Audiobook</span>: </b>Read by Fisher Stevens</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b></b></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Synopsis from </b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lamb-Gospel-According-Christs-Childhood/dp/0380813815/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267067901&sr=1-1"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Amazon</span></b></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John leave a gaping hole in the story of Jesus. They tell of the shepherds, the angel, the virgin, the manger, and the wise men, then jump to Jesus as a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">thirty-something</span> rabbi. What did Jesus do during his formative years? Christopher Moore has an answer in his latest novel <i>Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal</i>. Biff is Levi bar Alphaeus, son of a stonemason and childhood friend of Joshua bar Jehovah, son of God. The first section of the novel tells of the adventures of Biff, Joshua, and Maggie in and around Nazareth. The next three sections take Biff and Joshua to visit and learn from each of the three magi. The last section puts a Christopher Moore spin on the story told in the New Testament. We can read the good news according to Biff because the angel Raziel has resurrected Biff [and one other person] to write their versions of the Gospel. Biff's interactions with Raziel are interspersed with the main story, usually at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">beginnings</span> of chapters, and [inconsistently] set apart as long block quotes. This is a humorous book from a master of humor.</span></span></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>My thoughts: </b>This book was hilarious. I know it's made up, but it simply fills in a blank space for the Bible. With no way to prove the story is false it just makes everything so much more thrilling. Although it's a complete blasphemy, I liked the part where Joshua and Biff were stuck in China at one of the Magi's palaces. Biff was asking questions that he wasn't supposed to ask, so he got poisoned and temporarily paralyzed. While he was paralyzed, the people at the palace painted Biff blue. Though this book is not well suited for children I enjoyed it and learned some things about the Tora and about the Jewish law back then.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">---------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">This book is for adult males. There is some swearing, but if you like satire, you'll enjoy it</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />Next on the </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">TBR</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> pile: Practical Demonkeeper</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"></span></span></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-85753708297628246112010-02-24T07:12:00.000-08:002010-02-24T19:25:50.481-08:00Audiobook-Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4S0sGmKiqI/AAAAAAAAACA/HWb_DRO1zvc/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4S0sGmKiqI/AAAAAAAAACA/HWb_DRO1zvc/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441672919548332706" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><b>Title: </b><i>Bloody Jack</i></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-size:13px;"><b>Author:</b> L.A. Meyers</span></i></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><b>Paperback: </b>320 pages</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><b>Publisher:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Harcourt Paperbacks (June 1, 2004)</span></span></i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><b>Genre:</b> Historical Fiction</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Audiobook: </b>narrated by Katherine Kellgren</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Synopsis from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Jack-Account-Curious-Adventures/dp/015205085X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266988137&sr=1-3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Amazon</span></a>:</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Jacky of the title was born Mary Faber, whose life turned upside down when a pestilence in 1797 left her orphaned and homeless. She turned to the streets, surviving for a few years by begging, brawling and occasionally stealing on the dirty streets of London. But she lost her taste for that life when her best mate was "done for" by a vile city <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">grave robber</span>, and with few options remaining she hacked away her hair, changed her name, lied about her age and secured a post as a ship's boy on HMS Dolphin. </span></span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>My thoughts: </b>this is a very interesting story that takes a lot of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">unexpected</span> turns. L.A. Meyers is a good writer that likes to lead you one way then pull you into a completely different direction. Jacky knows that if her ship mates find out that she's not a boy, they will leave her at the nearest port, but Meyers is good at putting Jacky at the brink of danger, and then pulling her back. Jacky always seems to get into trouble, even when she tries not to, so that's what makes this book so exciting. </span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I actually listened to this and what I like about the narrator is that Katherine Kellgren does so many voices that it sounds like more than one person is telling the story.</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">SNAPS<br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; 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font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">✭</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"> Yes</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><br />Would I read more from this author? </span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">YES!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><br />Who should read this?: anyone interested in a historical fiction that tells about pirates and life on the sea</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><b>Next on TBR list: Lamb by Christopher Moore</b></span></div></span>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-63728030559491222532010-02-23T19:27:00.000-08:002010-02-24T09:01:45.665-08:00Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4Seno82yjI/AAAAAAAAAB4/TdMyNvXYLHI/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S4Seno82yjI/AAAAAAAAAB4/TdMyNvXYLHI/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441648653615155762" /></a><b>Title: </b><i>Twisted</i><div><b>Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Laurie Halse Anderson</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Hard cover: </b> 272 pages</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Publisher: </b>Viking Juvenile (March 15, 2007)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Genre:</b> Contemporary realism<br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><blockquote></blockquote>From </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/B000W90B1C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266986664&sr=8-1">Amazon</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Tyler Miller, former nerd, returns for his senior year with a new buff bod, courtesy of the manual community service he was forced to perform for graffitting the school. To his surprise, school Queen Bee Bethany Milsbury starts paying attention to him. This causes conflict with his nemesis, Bethany's twin brother Chip, and is complicated by the fact that Bethany's dad is his father's boss. When he rejects her (drunken) advances at a party, things become complicated when anonymous nude camera photos of Bethany wind up on the Internet. Suddenly, the police are paying attention to the former school defacer and he faces hostility from the other students. Like Melinda in "Speak," he has a dysfunctional family and minimal support from peers and adults. As he begins to implode from the pressure, finding a way to clear his name and stand up to the bullies in his life looks more and more difficult.<br /><b><br /></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My thoughts:</b> This book was an amazing tale spun by Laurie Halse Anderson. The way she writes, I feel like all this could be happening to the author herself, even if it's fiction. Ms. Anderson knows how to create realistic characters. Every detail is included. For example, she goes into detail about the amount of cracks in the wall, or how many lockers are in the school. It creates a picture in my mind and I feel like I'm in the story. I really enjoyed this book, though the language seems a bit mature.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">---------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">SNAPS<br /></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"> Yes</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><br />Would I read more from this author? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">yes</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><br />Who should read this? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">This book is for high school students. There is some swearing, but if you like contemporary realism, this one's for you.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><br /><br />Next on the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">TBR</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"> pile:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div></span></span></div></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-11277196104436970022010-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:002010-02-03T21:08:42.697-08:00Putting a book on the side<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2pWRthMi0I/AAAAAAAAABw/-DSwf6tBVp0/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 210px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2pWRthMi0I/AAAAAAAAABw/-DSwf6tBVp0/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434250762652519234" /></a><br />✍ I'm putting<i> the Book Thief </i>on the side, stopping at page 46, and going back to it after. I just had a sudden urge to re-read the book <i>Catching Fire </i>by Suzanne Collins. I read <i>Hunger Games</i> a while back and read <i>Catching Fire,</i> but I don't think I really understood the book. I had completely forgotten the book right after I read it because I just tried to get to the end, so now I really want to read it again. ✎✏✐<div><br /></div><div>What are books that you've read more than once?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote></blockquote><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-52258829764702893522010-01-30T14:56:00.001-08:002010-01-30T15:34:48.620-08:00East of Eden by John Steinbeck - abandoned<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2TCBKSq0NI/AAAAAAAAABg/Jl6VXRbaS4s/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2TCBKSq0NI/AAAAAAAAABg/Jl6VXRbaS4s/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432680375713976530" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>I have now lost the tolerance for really long books ☹ ... 600 plus pages is now overly crazy for me. Right now I've been reading through amazingly short 200 page books and not my normal 400 plus. Next on my TBR list is a book I wished I had read when I was younger and more tolerant of books. So next I am going to read <i>The</i><i> Book Thief</i>. This is my list of books. ✎✏✐<div><br /></div><div>☑ Water for Elephants</div><div>☑ Crossing the wire</div><div>☑ Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy </div><div>☒ East of Eden</div><div>☐ The Book Thief</div><div>☐ Paper Town </div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-55504276650559891322010-01-28T17:02:00.000-08:002010-02-03T21:10:32.628-08:00Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2D-0Ao_kPI/AAAAAAAAABY/z9bHUjM1sNA/s1600-h/Picture+6.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2D-0Ao_kPI/AAAAAAAAABY/z9bHUjM1sNA/s320/Picture+6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431621320087408882" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Title: <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Author: Douglas Adams</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Paperback: 224 pages</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Publisher: Harmony, 25th anniversary edition (August 3, 2004)</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Genre: Science-fiction<br /></span></i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Synopsis from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-25th-Anniversary/dp/1400052920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264647818&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Join Douglas <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Adams's</span> hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a freeway. You'll never read funnier science fiction; Adams is a master of intelligent satire, barbed wit, and comedic dialogue. <i>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Hitchhiker's</span> Guide</i> is rich in comedic detail and thought-provoking situations and stands up to multiple reads. Required reading for science fiction fans, this book (and its follow-ups) is also sure to please fans of Monty Python, Terry Pratchett's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Discworld</span> series, and British sitcoms.</span></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>My thoughts</b>: This book is so technical because it explains different parts of machines, like nerd things. I finally finished this book after about 3 failed attempts to get through it. Even though I kept quitting, I wanted to finish it just because. Once I got through it, I think this book is kind of funny because of the flashbacks that tell about how things occur. Also, at the weirdest moments things just pop up. The story is made up out of story's made out of made up things like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Vogons</span> and the heart of gold, but the way he writes makes everything he writes so believable. Adams is a writer that likes to explain all the details.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">---------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">SNAPS<br /></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Rating: ✭✭✭✭</span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">✭</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"> Yes</span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br />Would I read more from this author? </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">YES!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br />Who should read this? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">This book is more for adults than YA. Read it if you're interested in adventure and Sci-Fi.</span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: rgb(51, 0, 0); font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">Next on the TBR pile: East of Eden</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-28938772937026542232010-01-27T18:26:00.000-08:002010-02-03T21:11:29.311-08:00Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2D2ssTxmOI/AAAAAAAAABQ/tiIYAt0rNB0/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S2D2ssTxmOI/AAAAAAAAABQ/tiIYAt0rNB0/s320/Picture+5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431612398277597410" /></a>Title: Crossing the Wire<div>Author: Will Hobbs</div><div>Paperback: 224 pages</div><div>Publisher: HarperCollins (April 10, 2007)</div><div>Genre: Adventure</div><div>Synopsis from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060741406/ref=s9_simi_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0P7DP02BM7X7ZS1X875Y&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846">Amazon</a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"></span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Ever since his family moved to the tiny village of Los <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Árboles</span>, Victor has been best friends with Rico. When Rico tells him that he has enough money to pay for a coyote to help him cross into El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Norte</span>, Victor is unable to decide if he, too, should go along and look for work or try to feed his family with the pitiful annual corn harvest. The decision is made for him the next day when he discovers that the corn prices have bottomed out and that there is no point in even planting this year. Readers suffer with the 15-year-old as he makes his painful decision to leave his mother and younger siblings and attempts the dangerous border crossing, jumping trains, fleeing thieves and border officials, and suffering from thirst and hunger. His desperation and fear are completely believable as he faces near-death situations and must decide whom to trust. The author deftly weaves information concerning the local geography and customs into the plot. The story is well paced, sustaining readers' attention throughout.</span><div></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My thoughts:</b> This book was really good because it talks about the lives of people that are trying to immigrate to America. It tells of the cruelty and generosity of people in real life. I liked the way the writer writes uses a lot of similes. I think the author should make a sequel because the book ends in a weird way, and does not really tie up the loose ends.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">---------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">SNAPS<br /></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">Rating: ✭✭✭✭✩</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;"> Yes</span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;"><br />Would I read more from this author? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">No</span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;"><br />Who should read this? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">This book is a book for a young audience for people looking for an adventure</span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;"><br /><br />Next on the </span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">TBR</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;"> pile: </span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">by Douglas Adams</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">\</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Lucida, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;">...<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">edited</span> by Mrs.I<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">keda</span></span></span></div></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-76926850534379236692010-01-24T19:36:00.001-08:002010-01-24T19:49:59.780-08:00In My Mailbox<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote></blockquote><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S10R3ERGVqI/AAAAAAAAAA4/BtlzlZFDuDM/s1600-h/mailbox.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 297px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S10R3ERGVqI/AAAAAAAAAA4/BtlzlZFDuDM/s320/mailbox.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430516363414623906" /></a>In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by the <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/2010/01/in-my-mailbox-64.html">Story Siren</a>. <div><br /></div><div><b>Borrowed:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S10TjPHL8CI/AAAAAAAAABI/EkjdjyA6WyE/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 246px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S10TjPHL8CI/AAAAAAAAABI/EkjdjyA6WyE/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430518221751709730" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; ">From School Library Journal:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; "><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Ever since his family moved to the tiny village of Los Árboles, Victor has been best friends with Rico. When Rico tells him that he has enough money to pay for a coyote to help him cross into El Norte, Victor is unable to decide if he, too, should go along and look for work or try to feed his family with the pitiful annual corn harvest. The decision is made for him the next day when he discovers that the corn prices have bottomed out and that there is no point in even planting this year.</blockquote></span></div>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757602529738085776.post-80539019079506314012010-01-23T23:48:00.000-08:002010-02-03T21:12:46.774-08:00Water for Elephants<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S1v7xut2SfI/AAAAAAAAAAw/IMIPlyTgbcI/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 206px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hWoECiC-hh4/S1v7xut2SfI/AAAAAAAAAAw/IMIPlyTgbcI/s320/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430210607497759218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Water for Elephants</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Sara Gruen</span><b><br />Paperback:</b> 350 pages<b><br />Publisher:</b> Algonquin Books (April 9, 2007)<br />Summary from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43641.Water_for_Elephants">Goodreads</a>:<blockquote>"Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell." Jacob was there because his luck had run out - orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive "ship of fools." It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act - in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">My thoughts:</span> A really amazing book about a traveling circus that fed off the carrion of dead circuses all over the world. It's a good book and I have read it more than 5 times already and it's still good.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sara-Gruen/e/B001ILKC3U/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1264320410&sr=8-2-ent"> Sara Gruen</a> really is a good writer and if I can find any more of her books then I would read more but sadly, I cannot...<br />--------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">SNAPS<br /></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Rating: ✭✭✭✭</span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">✭</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Would I read it again?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;"> Yes</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;"><br />Would I read more from this author? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Maybe</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;"><br />Who should read this? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">This book is more for adults than YA. Read it if you're interested in adventure and romance.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;"><br /><br />Next on the TBR pile: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Crossing the Line</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;"> by Will Hobbs (I have to read a Western for class).</span><br /></span></span></span></span>Kid gone lithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12190185209728585656noreply@blogger.com0