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Jan. 31st, 2013
Jamie and Isabella start signing up for all the extracurricular activities. Also Jamie keeps asking why they serve meatloaf in the cafeteria when everyone hates it.
This series is finally starting to not be funny anymore. I guess I will keep reading it for a while, but my heart is no longer in the stories. This IS like the fifteenth book, though, so Jamie's had a good run.
This series is finally starting to not be funny anymore. I guess I will keep reading it for a while, but my heart is no longer in the stories. This IS like the fifteenth book, though, so Jamie's had a good run.
One Dog and His Boy, Eva Ibbotson
Jan. 31st, 2013 09:54 pmHal is a little boy with really rich parents who buy him everything but what he really wants: a dog.
Hal's dad gets the brilliant idea to rent a dog for his son's birthday. But nobody tells Hal his new friend is going to be temporary, and boy and dog are devastated.
How the boy and his dog get back together and have a happy ending is pure Ibbotson, and you don't have to love dogs to enjoy it.
This is not my favorite book by this author, which is sad because apparently she died. My favorite authors need to stop being all mortal and shit, it's depressing.
Hal's dad gets the brilliant idea to rent a dog for his son's birthday. But nobody tells Hal his new friend is going to be temporary, and boy and dog are devastated.
How the boy and his dog get back together and have a happy ending is pure Ibbotson, and you don't have to love dogs to enjoy it.
This is not my favorite book by this author, which is sad because apparently she died. My favorite authors need to stop being all mortal and shit, it's depressing.
This is a murder mystery starring a drag queen, which explains why the woman on the cover looks like a dude. It does not explain why the novel is called The Kiss Murder when the murder has nothing to do with kissing.
As always, there is a problem with knowing what problems have to do with translating and what have to do with writing. Also I've never read anything Turkish before and there was a bit of culture shock going on.
The narrator always seems distant from what's going on, so it's hard to get worked up over anything that happens--murders, fights, sex--it's all the same to our nameless protagonist.
I can see why gay people would love this series, but our drag queen/computer programmer/martial artist is so bitchy about EVERYONE it was hard for me to like her/him.
I think there is a lower standard for gay literature in that some people think that if the hero is gay you have to like the book even if it sucks. It would be nice if we could get some sort of change in that going.
In conclusion, I did not like this novel very much.
As always, there is a problem with knowing what problems have to do with translating and what have to do with writing. Also I've never read anything Turkish before and there was a bit of culture shock going on.
The narrator always seems distant from what's going on, so it's hard to get worked up over anything that happens--murders, fights, sex--it's all the same to our nameless protagonist.
I can see why gay people would love this series, but our drag queen/computer programmer/martial artist is so bitchy about EVERYONE it was hard for me to like her/him.
I think there is a lower standard for gay literature in that some people think that if the hero is gay you have to like the book even if it sucks. It would be nice if we could get some sort of change in that going.
In conclusion, I did not like this novel very much.
Horns & Wrinkles, Joseph Helgerson
Jan. 31st, 2013 10:17 pmWhen Claire's cousin Duke dangles her off a bridge over the Mississippi river, not only does she almost fall in, Duke does fall in, and winds up with a horn where his nose used to be.
A passing fairy tells Claire that the only way for Duke to get rid of the horn is to perform a spontaneous act of kindness. But Duke decides he'd rather hang out with river trolls, who turn his family to stone and take off on some mysterious magical quest.
Fun read.
A passing fairy tells Claire that the only way for Duke to get rid of the horn is to perform a spontaneous act of kindness. But Duke decides he'd rather hang out with river trolls, who turn his family to stone and take off on some mysterious magical quest.
Fun read.
The Prince in Waiting, John Christopher
Jan. 31st, 2013 10:22 pmHere's a weird one: a tale of post-apocalyptic medieval Britain.
Luke is the son of a former commoner. His dad is a warrior for the prince of their city, who is selected by the Seers--religious figures who talk to "spirits" and declare what must be done.
This is an odd but strangely compelling novel.
Post-apocalyptic futures with hardly any women in them seem to be Christopher's favorite subject.
Luke is the son of a former commoner. His dad is a warrior for the prince of their city, who is selected by the Seers--religious figures who talk to "spirits" and declare what must be done.
This is an odd but strangely compelling novel.
Post-apocalyptic futures with hardly any women in them seem to be Christopher's favorite subject.
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Jan. 31st, 2013 10:36 pmAlso! I forgot to tell you that Bad Book Covers is back! http://morebadbookcovers.tumblr.com/
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