January 21, 2011 – 9:39 pm
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
The title of this book refers to a persistent little tree that is growing through the concrete in the Brooklyn neighborhood that Francie is growing up in. The tree comes around time and time again as an analogy to Francie’s life. What is great about Francie is that [...]
January 19, 2011 – 6:45 pm
So I have a review I plan on writing later if I have time, but I just wanted to share this with you. Laughing until there were tears in my eyes. So. Funny.
The Baby-Sitter’s Club: Where Are They Now?
Ha.
Ann M. Martin (or someone!) needs to write this book. Seriously.
Enjoy.
January 18, 2011 – 8:02 pm
So, I realize that I put off reading this for over a month. It’s funny because on my first time through the series a couple of years ago, this was my absolute favorite… this time I was reluctant to read it though because I knew just how sad it is. I went in (somehow) totally [...]
January 7, 2011 – 5:18 pm
The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margory Williams Bianco
The original Toy Story, right? I remember my mom reading this to me and me beeing just totally into the idea that maybe my stuffed animals (of which I had about 45 million) came to life when I wasn’t around. The idea didn’t really freak me out but it [...]
December 31, 2010 – 11:20 am
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
To say I loved Encyclopedia Brown would be quite the understatement. I was a little bit obsessed. What I loved about these books was that they weren’t really set up like a story, they were more like a collection of “cases” so I didn’t have to read the whole book every time [...]
December 3, 2010 – 6:46 am
Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
Really, though, who didn’t love Anne? Everyone has a soft spot for an orphan, of course, but Anne wasn’t just any orphan. She was sweet and quirky and funny and… a redhead! You guys know I have a soft spot in my heart for redheads (have you seen my [...]
November 17, 2010 – 8:01 am
I feel like this book is kind of a great bridge between the first three books, which kind of seem silly and childish at times, and the last three books, which I think are incredibly dark. Goblet of Fire captures that playfulness and youth as well as starts getting into the “real” issues that come [...]
November 4, 2010 – 10:24 am
When I read through the series the first time, the third one is the one that hooked me. Re-reading it was just as fun. I think what really takes this book up a notch is the whole previous-generation backstory.
Here’s what else I loved:
The suspense at the beginning with Sirius being on the loose and on [...]
October 29, 2010 – 6:13 am
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
When I was really young, probably 3 or 4 years old, I got totally obsessed with the movie The Wizard of Oz. I would watch the whole thing, rewind it and watch it again. I remember laying on my grandparents’ floor and watching it on their console [...]
October 19, 2010 – 10:22 am
So I’m loving this. Like I said before, there is so so much going on in these books that I either glazed over or just have forgotten about. I think it’s safe to say that I’m enjoying re-reading the series more than I enjoyed them the first time through.
Here’s what I loved in this one:
I [...]