tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44626877176614717582024-03-13T01:04:33.649-05:00The Little BookwormAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.comBlogger1056125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-45864833212455878362016-02-04T07:30:00.000-06:002016-02-04T07:30:08.017-06:00The Martian by Andy Weir, read by R.C Bray<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjbXLZY-C1wCr6bkec3BLmyyBVFcv5QVyKaD-cUKi_Cyx5ABILtC-ztAHdxkMsPjyHsGpDDczOkG_hPs9R4LfkVfW1oGeJG-4erblfzXjSL4R9bhNUylVRNlw2qLqLoB2lrAlflwmQoji/s1600/themartianaudio.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjbXLZY-C1wCr6bkec3BLmyyBVFcv5QVyKaD-cUKi_Cyx5ABILtC-ztAHdxkMsPjyHsGpDDczOkG_hPs9R4LfkVfW1oGeJG-4erblfzXjSL4R9bhNUylVRNlw2qLqLoB2lrAlflwmQoji/s200/themartianaudio.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span id="freeText3336652327201067057"><i>Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.<br /><br />Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.<br /><br />After
a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while
thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with
no way to even signal Earth that he's alive and even if he could get
word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.<br /><br />Chances
are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged
machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much
more likely to kill him first.<br /><br />But Mark isn't ready to give up
yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills and a relentless,
dogged refusal to quit he steadfastly confronts one seemingly
insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be
enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?</i></span><br />
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We went on a trip to see my in-laws so my husband and I decided to listen to a book. He likes science fiction and his sister had recommended this book. We both really enjoyed it. There's a lot of cursing which is fine for us but with the kids in the car we both cringe a little. Luckily they were mostly watching their cartoons in the back anyway. <br />
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This book is really funny. The narrator does a great job alternating between Mark Watney and the other POVs in this book. I enjoy science fiction but sometimes the science is too much for me but this book didn't have that problem. The science part was very understandable and interesting. The way the author has Mark explain how he is going to do things and how he survives on Mars seems achievable and clever if not impractical. We still haven't seen the movie but I really want to now. This is definitely a book that I'll read or listen to again. Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-7714760162096060252016-01-11T07:30:00.000-06:002016-01-11T10:55:15.287-06:00Weekly Round-Up 1/6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
Right now I'm reading <i>Unmade</i> by Sarah Rees Brennan.<br />
I started my son on the Harry Potter books when school started last year so we are listening to <i>Order of the Phoenix</i> (performed by Jim Dale). And I'm listening to <i>The Martian</i> by Andy Weir, narrated by R.C. BrayAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-82556781098737015202016-01-08T07:30:00.000-06:002016-01-08T07:30:17.800-06:00Dumplin' by Julie Murphy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fSm-hOAjqBr6RNQcXUWQboHucIFVrUeawJKzudy8Kuo10h0iBPpMb9JJsWBknInVfNK5WCVYIsHV_BlLrTtfuuFvqam-SXxzNKSijcSlswP45oLjJjxiRnwIllNfy452dsdqYF2RzhYB/s1600/dumplin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fSm-hOAjqBr6RNQcXUWQboHucIFVrUeawJKzudy8Kuo10h0iBPpMb9JJsWBknInVfNK5WCVYIsHV_BlLrTtfuuFvqam-SXxzNKSijcSlswP45oLjJjxiRnwIllNfy452dsdqYF2RzhYB/s320/dumplin.jpg" width="211" /></a><i><span id="freeText17049295690237635699">Self-proclaimed fat
girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen
mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the
ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American
beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until
Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets
Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find
herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her
back.<br /><br />Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her
relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to
take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can
imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several
other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up
there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the
hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText17049295690237635699">This book was recommended to me by a coworker with the words "I wish this book had been around when I was a teenager." I can't say it effected me as profoundly but I did really like this book.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText17049295690237635699"><span id="freeText17049295690237635699"> I liked Willowdean.
She is sassy and confident but also insecure and slightly petty. She
wants to be "good" and to do right but sometimes cannot reconcile with
her own insecurities. </span>Because she is judged only on how she looks by so many people, she can't understand people who see her for herself. </span><span id="freeText17049295690237635699">I like that most of
this book was about Willowdean and her coming to terms with herself and
with her body. It's a hard thing that most struggle with well into
adulthood and for a teenager is extremely</span><span id="freeText17049295690237635699"> difficult.</span><br />
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<br /><span id="freeText17049295690237635699">I'm glad it wasn't just a
fat girl in a beauty pageant book. This was an outsider type book. Or
someone who cannot get past their own self to see what others see type
book. It was about a girl who wants to be loved but doesn't know she
deserves it type book</span>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-14398492999185980322016-01-05T07:30:00.000-06:002016-01-06T13:28:26.970-06:00Carry On by Rainbow Rowell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText6139412513756213134">Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.<br /><br />That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.<br /><br />Half
the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he
sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke
up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing
Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were
here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s
infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.<br /><br /><i>Carry On</i>
is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just
as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell
story—but far, far more monsters.</span></i></blockquote>
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<span id="freeText6139412513756213134">As much as I love Rainbow Rowell and her books, I wasn't sure if I was going to read this one. I loved <i>Fangirl</i> but was less interested in the fanfic that Cath writes than in the story itself. But since I've loved every other Rowell book I thought, why not? It's a fairly meta book. Meta meta even. Because it's a fanfic of a fanfic of fictional book in another story entirely. But you don't need to have read <i>Fangirl </i>to love this book. It probably helps but it stands on its own too. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText6139412513756213134">I loved this book. I loved Simon and Baz and Penelope and even Agatha. I think most of the backstory was there. You really don't need to have read the "Simon Snow" books to know what is going on. Because in the end this is a love story. It's not actually about the villain and the hero. It's about two boys who fall in love despite having not having reason to. It's about destiny and how it is not always what you think is. It's about friendship and loyalty. It's about love. </span>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-34953771974062675112016-01-04T10:55:00.001-06:002016-01-04T10:55:13.458-06:00And I'm back...Yes, yes. I know I announced I was closing shop but I missed it too much. I hate when bloggers do this but here I am under a different name. New year, new things, right?<br />
So I'm going to try this again. I really liked book blogging but I didn't like feeling pressure. It was pressure I put on myself to review constantly and I know that won't happen again. This is a hobby, not a profession so I'm going to review as I read and maybe even read and not review. But still I'm happy to be back, no matter how it goes. It's good to have an outlet.Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-66820151555513101802016-01-01T01:00:00.000-06:002016-01-09T08:46:18.050-06:002016 Reviews by TitleA<br />
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But this is just a note to say that I appreciate it all. It's been a good time.<br />
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<br />Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-80990610037287247562015-05-20T07:30:00.000-05:002015-05-20T07:30:00.142-05:00Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber by L.A. Meyer (Bloody Jack #12) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText13580479519066877797">Just when it looks like
Jacky Faber and her beloved Jaimy will finally find their romance,
Jacky is accused of treason and must flee Boston while her friends
attempt to clear her name. Of course that means wild adventures for our
fun-loving heroine, who manages to secure a job as a governess…and run
away with the circus. The highly anticipated grand finale of the Bloody
Jack Adventures</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText13580479519066877797">The saddest thing is that this is only the last book because L.A. Meyer died last year. It's a small blessing to those who loved this series that he wrote the conclusion for Jacky. It also makes the ending sadder than you'd think.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText13580479519066877797">Jacky is almost reunited with Jaimy when she is set up for charges of treason by an old enemy. So instead she is on the run first as a governess and then to the circus. Jacky, of course, is excellent at both as she always seems to be. I did enjoy the part where she was the governess and had to deal with a very spoiled little boy. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText13580479519066877797">I like the ending that Jacky got. It seemed right though I would have liked to see more of her and Jaimy together but then I think this series was about Jacky, growing and seeing the world. It had less to do with Jaimy, really in the end than I think Jacky would think. I do hope she continues to see the world and have many (tamer) adventures.</span>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-89742342099693306362015-05-18T07:30:00.000-05:002015-05-18T07:55:55.272-05:00Weekly Round-Up 5/18<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm reading <i>The Shadow Cabinet </i>by Maureen Johnson. I'm listening to <i>The Interrupted Tale</i> by Maryrose Wood, read by Katharine Kellgren and, with my son, <i>Peter and Secret of Rundoon</i> by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, read by Jim Dale. <br />
<br />Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-14744163547792358882015-05-04T07:30:00.000-05:002015-05-04T07:30:00.655-05:00Weekly Round-Up 5/4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm reading <i>The Bride Wore Size 12</i> by Meg Cabot, the last book, I think, in the Heather Wells series. I'm listening to <i>The Interrupted Tale</i> by Maryrose Wood, read by Katharine Kellgren and, with my son, <i>Peter and the Shadow Thieves</i> by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.<br />
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Last week I reviewed <a href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com/2015/04/being-account-of-further-adventures-of.html">Boston Jacky</a> by L.A. Meyer, read by Katherine Kellgren.Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-77649150074114663602015-04-28T07:00:00.000-05:002015-05-01T15:16:40.137-05:00Boston Jacky: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Taking Care of Business by L.A. Meyer (Bloody Jack #11) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span id="freeText6077616693186252234">Jacky Faber has a habit
of making waves--even when docked in her adopted city of Boston, where
she is attending to the business of Faber Shipping Worldwide. With big
dreams and perhaps a bit too much exuberance for the very Puritan
populace, she purchases the Pig and Whistle Inn, determined to revive
her old stomping grounds and establish a musical theater.<br />But Jacky
quickly finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and a
town roiling with tension over the arrival of hundreds of Irish
laborers--brought in by her very own <i>Lorelei Lee</i>. As things
heat up, both literally and figuratively, she's soon back in Judge
Thwackham's courtroom facing the dozen lashes promised the last time she
stood before the judge. Thwarted at every turn by her enemies, Jacky is
finally forced to confront her shortcomings--and possibly lose her
beloved Jaimy Fletcher in the process.</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText6077616693186252234">It doesn't seem right to not finish out my reviews on the Jacky Faber series. The penultimate book finds Jacky in Boston supposedly just trying to live her life right and carry out her business while waiting for Jaimy to arrive back from Rangoon. Of course Jacky being Jacky, she manages to make new enemies in a local temperance group and, through an unfortunate event, also loses Jaimy in a manner of speaking. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText6077616693186252234">I enjoy Jacky and love her adventures and as usual her past has a way of making her careless and she is careless because she doesn't seem to learn from her past. I think she has definitely grown though as a person since the first book, but she is so impetuous that it makes it difficult for her to stay out of trouble. It's funny because though I don't want anything awful to happen to her, I also like the moments when her clever schemes did not work to her advantage for a chance. I think it's a good learning opportunity for her.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText6077616693186252234">I was significantly less fond of Jaimy Fletcher though. I wish he would quit being an idiot. Like a lot of conflict in books, much of the drama could have been avoided if he had just asked Jacky instead of assuming and I was disappointed with him in the end.</span><br />
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<span id="freeText6077616693186252234">All in all, I am looking forward to the last book though I am sad that it is the last.</span>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-11102830298903697292015-04-27T07:30:00.000-05:002015-04-27T07:30:00.939-05:00Weekly Round-Up 4/27<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm not sure what I'm reading because I keep switching between <i>Blue Lily, Lily Blue</i> by Maggie Steifvator and <i>The Shadow Cabinet </i>by Maureen Johnson. So it's one of those at any given time. Maybe one day I'll finish one of them. I'm still in a reading slump though my own weirdness and not because I can't find a good book. It's all me. Anyway. I'm listening to <i>Wild Rover No More</i> by L.A. Meyer, the last Jacky Faber book and, with my son, <i>Peter and the Shadow Thieves</i>. He immensely enjoyed <i>Peter and the Starcatchers</i> so we are following along with that series. Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-85832664677817354542015-02-04T07:30:00.000-06:002015-02-04T07:30:03.639-06:00Floors and 3 Below by Patrick Carman (Floors series)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Floors<br />
<i><span id="freeText3668999463747464662">The Whippet Hotel is a
strange place full of strange and mysterious people. Each floor has its
own quirks and secrets. Leo should know most of them - he is the
maintenance man's son, after all. But a whole lot more mystery gets
thrown his way when a series of cryptic boxes are left for him . . .
boxes that lead him to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected
alliances. Leo had better be quick on his feet, because the fate of the
building he loves is at stake . . . and so is Leo's own future!</span></i><br />
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<span id="freeText3668999463747464662"></span>3 Below (Floors #2) <br />
<i><span id="freeText7142757286114623453">Now that Leo has uncovered a few secrets behind the wacky Whippet Hotel, he'll have to save it!<br /><br />Leo
has explored the zany, wonderful Whippet Hotel from basement to top
floor, with trains, flying goats, and mazes (among other things) in
between. But even Leo doesn't know every secret of the Whippet - and
when he discovers that there's more beneath the hotel than he'd thought,
it doesn't take long for more adventures to unfold!</span></i><br />
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So I've managed to get my 8 year old hooked on audio books. Not a bad thing in my opinion. We started with <i>Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes</i>, then <i>Peter and the Starcatchers</i>, and then <i>Floors </i>followed by <i>3 Below</i>. He likes the wacky adventures in the hotel and requested the second book when we finished Floors. I think they are cute books. I also like the wacky adventures and the humor, though it verges a lot into burp jokes in <i>3 Below</i>, is still funny. The narrator, Jesse Bernstein, does a great job with the stories. I'm sure my son likes these books since the idea of a 10 year old working and running a hotel appeals to him in the same way running away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art did for me.Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-50338014035660416562015-02-02T07:30:00.000-06:002015-02-02T07:30:03.381-06:00Weekly Round-Up 2/2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
Hey y'all!<br />
Right now I'm listening (again for the 4th or 5th time) <i><a href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com/2011/11/to-say-nothing-of-dog-or-how-we-found.html">To Say Nothing of the Dog, Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump At Last</a> </i>by Connie Willis.<i> </i>Some books are just worth reading over and over again. I plan on getting to <i>The Blood of Olympus</i> after. My son and I are getting ready to start <span class="st"><em>Escape from Mr</em>. <em>Lemoncello's Library</em> by Chris Grabenstien, a recommendation by a co-worker. </span><br />
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<span class="st">As for reading, it's hit or miss with me right now. I started <i>Blue Lily, Lily Blue</i> but didn't get very far. I'm trying, but reading is just not happening for me right now. So reviews are going to continue to be scattered and may become more like "micro-reviews" than anything I've written thus far. </span> Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-43537889709773760682015-01-01T23:57:00.001-06:002015-01-08T09:23:38.589-06:00Happy 2015!<div dir="ltr">
Happy New Year! I'm day late but I spent most of yesterday in the ER with my youngest (she's fine) and that was exhausting. </div>
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I have been getting a little reading done lately. And I've been thinking about picking up reviews again. I've been reading Mary Kay Andrews and enjoying her fun, quirky characters. I'm about to start Blue Lily, Lily Blue. I've also got my son interested in audio books and he's become a fan of the Peter and the Starcatchers series. So that's been fun!</div>
Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-88456325694086957592014-11-24T08:08:00.001-06:002014-11-24T08:08:26.847-06:00In which I write about my unintended hiatusI realized the other night that I hadn't blogged in a while. I didn't realize it had been September! I haven't really been reading but I have been listening to audiobooks and I keep meaning to review them but time has not been my friend for a long while now. I was wondering if I wanted to keep this blog going. Yes, I do. I really do. But, as I've said in the past, I don't want to feel obligated. So hopefully I'll get back to it soon. As I type this I'm thinking about writing up the Enola Holmes series. So clearly the spark to review is not gone. I'm going to get back to it. Bear with me. Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-63340210923637926182014-09-22T07:30:00.000-05:002014-09-22T08:31:34.526-05:00Weekly Round-Up 9/22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm reading <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Landline</i> by Rainbow Rowll.</span></span></span> I'm listening to <i>The Case of the Left-Handed Lady </i>by Nancy Springer, read by Katharine Kellgren.<br />
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Last week I reviewed <a href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-case-of-cryptic-crinoline-by-nancy.html"><i>The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline</i></a> by Nancy Springer, read by Katharine Kellgren.Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-65288559836423957192014-09-19T09:34:00.002-05:002014-09-19T09:34:52.293-05:00The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes #4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Enola Homes, younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft, is living on her own and evading her brothers in an attempt to stay out of boarding school and keep her independence. When her landlady is mysterious kidnapped and her house ransacked, Enola sets out to find her and figure who and why someone would want her sweet old landlady.<br />
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This was a very fun mystery. I enjoyed the character of Enola and how clever she is. Her brothers very much underestimate her but I think Sherlock is beginning to see the truth of his little sister. Enola is a very independent and she knows more about the ways of the world especially a lady's world than her brothers can understand. She is also very good at riddles and coded messages and those skills certainly come in handy for this case. I also like the history of this era like Florence Nightingale and how London was at this time. That was very interesting. <br />
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Katharine Kellgren, one of my favorite narrators, is the reader of this book and I can't say enough good things about her. She really is one of the best narrators I've come across and does a great job on every book and this one is no exception.<br />
The only thing is some weird lengthy pauses between chapters. A few times I wonder if the book had stopped but it was just the way it was engineered. Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-43693440317172286492014-09-15T07:30:00.000-05:002014-09-15T07:30:04.425-05:00Weekly Round-Up 9/15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm reading <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Silkworm</i> by Robert Galbraith.</span></span></span> I'm listening to <i>The Case of the Missing Marquess </i>by Nancy Springer, read by Katharine Kellgren.<br />
<br />Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-66900869779247260932014-09-11T10:31:00.000-05:002014-09-11T10:31:12.572-05:00HelloI realized the other day that I haven't posted anything, not even a Weekly Round-Up for a while but I was surprised to see that my last post was August 20th. Where did that time go? It's been super busy lately at home and at work so I have been neglecting my hobbies including sadly, reading, and this blog. But it's all cool though. I'll be back soon, I'm sure. I never can stay away for too long. Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-86520554528068797532014-08-20T08:00:00.000-05:002014-08-20T08:00:01.310-05:00A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In <span class="st">Chipping Cleghorn</span> an advertisement is placed in the social pages of the local newspaper announcing the date and time of a murder. When several townsfolk show up thinking it is a game they soon see that it is not. For a murder does take place and the police begin to focus on the suspects. But soon Miss Jane Marple becomes involved and the murderer begins to become more desperate.<br />
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Continuing with my mystery kick, I checked out A Murder is Announced. It seems that there are a quite a few Miss Marple audios but less Poirot or at least at my library anyway. But that's okay. I enjoy Miss Marple and how she is constantly underestimated because she is a little old lady. Underestimated, of course, by those who do not know her because once they do they never make that mistake again. <br />
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This is one of those mysteries, like most of Christie's, that looks one way at the beginning but has a completely different outcome. All the little clues are there but it takes a mind like Jane Marple's to see the big picture. All the characters are wholly believable as residents of a little village and it is a peek at British life after the war.<br />
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8 hours, 42 minutes<br />
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Rosemary Leach is the reader and she does a wonderful job making the various characters stand out. Her narration is very clear and I really enjoyed this audio book. Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-59337838841298499732014-08-18T07:30:00.000-05:002014-08-18T07:30:00.482-05:00Weekly Round-Up 8/18<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm reading <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Cracks in the Kingdom</i> by Jaclyn Moriarty.</span></span></span> I'm listening to <i>4:50 from Paddington </i>by Agatha Christie, read by Joan Hickson.<br />
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Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading
this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of
interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked
out from the library.</blockquote>
I'm reading <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Cracks in the Kingdom</i> by Jaclyn Moriarty </span></span>p</span>lus <i>All Joy and No Fun</i> by Jennifer Senior. I'm listening to <i>A Murder is Announced</i> by Agatha Christie, read by Rosemary Leach.<br />
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Last week I reviewed <span id="freeText11825695802652512647"><span id="freeText11825695802652512647"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com/2014/07/murder-on-orient-express-by-agatha.html">Murder on the Orient Express</a> by Agatha Christie, narrated by David Suchet and <a href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-stones-of-ravenglass-by-jenny-nimmo.html">The Stones of Ravenglass</a> by Jenny Nimmo, read by John Keating.</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thursday the new downloads are </span></span><a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/living-a-life-that-matters/" title="LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS">Living a Life that Matters </a>by Ben Lesser, narrated by Jonathan Silverman and Ben Lesser (Remembrance Publishing) and <a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/the-shawl/" title="THE SHAWL">The Shawl</a> by Cynthia Ozick, narrated by Yelena Shmulenson (HighBridge Audio).Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01299610611688148134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4462687717661471758.post-7540528470954681702014-07-31T07:30:00.000-05:002014-07-31T09:40:42.939-05:00The Stones of Ravenglass by Jenny Nimmo (Chronicles of the Red King #2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The second book of the Chronicles of the Red King finds Timoken still looking a home and then, when he finds it, dealing with his enemies and supernatural forces that wish to stop him.<br />
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If I'm being honest I'm not entirely sure what I want to say about <i>Ravenglass</i>. It was a good book, for sure. Timoken finds a place to call home and tries to build a castle for himself and his friends but meets with supernatural resistant. Also he is hunted by some enemies and in the end defeats them, is found by all of his friends and they make a home together in the castle that he builds. I didn't really connect with Timoken that much so his story didn't grab me like, for example, Charlie Bone's did. But still it was a good story and I am definitely going to get the third one and hear more about Timoken and his children.<br />
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John Keating was once again the narrator and I enjoyed his reading. The audio book was very well done.<br />
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5 hours, 46 minutes.<br />
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Chronicles of the Red King<br />
#1 <a href="http://thelilbookworm.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-secret-kingdom-by-jenny-nimmo.html">The Secret Kingdom </a><br />
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