This book is adorable. I am going to come right out and say that this is probably the gooiest, cutest, girliest book I have ever read. It is sort of cheesy. It doesn't have a believable plot-line, and I don't care. I like it anyways. No one ever made the rule that something has to be anywhere close to reality to be enjoyable. Normally I don't read this kind of book, but I am so glad that I made an exception! I picked it up because of the title and the cover... it's just... it looks... so... happy!
I'm going to let you in on a secret. I didn't just read this book this week. This is a first for me. I usually review books that I actually read within the week, but I didn't read anything worth reviewing... so I'm going to review this. On top of a review, you are going to get to meet Junior, and I am going to reveal my (sorta) top-secret process for picking a good free ebook on Kobobooks (almost) every time! Yay!
This book is adorable. I am going to come right out and say that this is probably the gooiest, cutest, girliest book I have ever read. It is sort of cheesy. It doesn't have a believable plot-line, and I don't care. I like it anyways. No one ever made the rule that something has to be anywhere close to reality to be enjoyable. Normally I don't read this kind of book, but I am so glad that I made an exception! I picked it up because of the title and the cover... it's just... it looks... so... happy!
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This book is like a bite of a history book that actually turned out to be interesting... and in this case, tasty, too. I never doubted that this book would be interesting, that is not what I mean. I just mean that this sends you straight back in history - and it's much better than a history book. This book is 'based on a true story' and so I'll admit that the prospect of reading it slightly worried and scared me. After all, doesn't it always seem that the book or movie that is based on a true story is horrifying, or extremely sad? And the thought that something even remotely similar had happened to someone is even worse. But I assure you - it is not horrifying, and I quite enjoyed it. Quite. Is it possible to say that you liked a book that made you cry? I don't know. It's a weird feeling, that I just read the best book I have in a long time, and yet some of it was so sad. I practically devoured this book, and it is something that I definitely want to read again. I first picked it up because it had this vibrant red spine, which stood out on the bookshelf I was looking at. Then I noticed the title, which intrigued me. Finally, I read the back, and I knew that I had to read it. It was so well written, and the voice was just the way it needed to be to make everyone feel for her. But I guess I should back up and tell you what the book is actually about, right? Yes, I'm sure you're all wondering about my mysteriously sad new book. Even if you're not, you still need to click 'read more'. It's a fact. Not really, but you should. You know that summer is near when you are sore from a sunburn, almost don't post on time, and are beginning to try and create a stock pile of books for the summer when you have no access to a library. Yes, after the relentless winter, I am proud to say that warmth has finally arrived in my area (with it being Canada I probably just invited a snowstorm - fellow Canadians, don't get mad at me if so)! Kenneth Oppel is a good writer - I have read his 'This Dark Endeavor' series (a prequel series to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley), which I really liked. His writing style is just as great as I've ever read it in this book, a book about Ben, who is a boy who has lived as an only child for the first 13 years of his life - until one day when his scientist parents uproot and replant their family from Toronto, Ontario, to Victoria, British Columbia. Working for a new University, Ben's parents introduce a new little brother to the family who is not quite human. Hi everyone! So, lately I've been going and reading a bunch of Ancient Greek/Ancient Roman/Ancient Egyptian stuff (this prompted the failed attempt at reading Homer's Iliad. I got about a third of the way through before all of the spelling mistakes and editing errors really got to me. I still plan on finishing it someday. Just not with the copy I've been reading.). I used to go through these phases where I read everything I could get my hands on about a certain Ancient civilization. The Maya, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans... if you wanted a random fact that probably wasn't useful about one of them, I was your girl. Although I usually don't obsess over singular civilizations anymore, it's still fun to read representations of how people lived. I got this book a while ago, and I thought that you guys should be given the opportunity to like it as much as I do! |
AuthorsJason and Elizabeth are brother and sister book addicts who somehow manage to get along (most of the time). They reside in Canada with their dog Becky, and one (slightly insane) fly-hunting cat named Fish. Oh. And their parents. They're important too. Archives
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