Wednesday, June 27, 2007
More from May and Early June
Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay. Predictable.
Murkmere by Patricia Elliot - interesting but slow in parts. Aggie is a peasant with a secret, she can read. She is sent as a companion to the Manor House where she meets people with darker and more dangerous secrets. Can she make it through alive? Can she separate the good people from the evil people? Yeah, well, you already know the answer but the story gets you to that answer along a path that seems familiar but twists nicely.
Chicks with Sticks - Knit 2 together by Elizabeth Lenhard - a novel aimed at teenage girls with KNITTING. It could be good but settles for an amble through banality. A 14 year old friend and I laughed at how these teens whipped off lace work in between classes at high school. C;mon people! There are only 5 minutes between classes and 30 minutes for lunch PLUS if you are going to knit after eating you would want to wash your hands carefully and not have the yarn anywhere near grease. There are others in the series;I am not interested.
The children of Men by PD James. I was steered toward this book by previews of the movie. After all, the book is always better than the movie, right? I was intrigued by the movie sysnopsis that I read because they left so much unsaid about motivations and the source of fears but I talked to several people who saw the movie and they couldn't explain those things even after seeing themovie. The book did explain some more about the realitionship between the hero and the villain (and lesser villains) and while I understand some of the late middle age man angst - it didn't ring true to me as a strong enough goose for the character.
Worldweavers: Gift of the unmage by Alma Alexander Very cool. Thea is the 7th child of 2 seventh children and much is expected of her talents which then fail to appear. Her mother falls to hiding the scrapbook that she started with such fanfare. Thea is sent off for a dreamquest which leads her to unexpected moves and then to a school especially for people who have no magic in this magic filled world. When something dark threatens all magical people, Thea must blend together different cultures and magics to find the antidote.
Murkmere by Patricia Elliot - interesting but slow in parts. Aggie is a peasant with a secret, she can read. She is sent as a companion to the Manor House where she meets people with darker and more dangerous secrets. Can she make it through alive? Can she separate the good people from the evil people? Yeah, well, you already know the answer but the story gets you to that answer along a path that seems familiar but twists nicely.
Chicks with Sticks - Knit 2 together by Elizabeth Lenhard - a novel aimed at teenage girls with KNITTING. It could be good but settles for an amble through banality. A 14 year old friend and I laughed at how these teens whipped off lace work in between classes at high school. C;mon people! There are only 5 minutes between classes and 30 minutes for lunch PLUS if you are going to knit after eating you would want to wash your hands carefully and not have the yarn anywhere near grease. There are others in the series;I am not interested.
The children of Men by PD James. I was steered toward this book by previews of the movie. After all, the book is always better than the movie, right? I was intrigued by the movie sysnopsis that I read because they left so much unsaid about motivations and the source of fears but I talked to several people who saw the movie and they couldn't explain those things even after seeing themovie. The book did explain some more about the realitionship between the hero and the villain (and lesser villains) and while I understand some of the late middle age man angst - it didn't ring true to me as a strong enough goose for the character.
Worldweavers: Gift of the unmage by Alma Alexander Very cool. Thea is the 7th child of 2 seventh children and much is expected of her talents which then fail to appear. Her mother falls to hiding the scrapbook that she started with such fanfare. Thea is sent off for a dreamquest which leads her to unexpected moves and then to a school especially for people who have no magic in this magic filled world. When something dark threatens all magical people, Thea must blend together different cultures and magics to find the antidote.
# posted by JJ @ 3:11 PM 
