2nd Annual Read-a-Thon
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Alassiel – 1 day ago » Although, Owan, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” is a Bible verse. Acts 16:31 to be exact. Though I do agree with you.
I was thinking it was a Bible verse…
The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries by Isaac Asimov 50 pages
Definitely interesting, though not amazing.
The Key Word and Other Mysteries by Isaac Asimov 48 pages
Again. Interesting but I didn’t get hyped over it.
A Round Dozen by Louisa May Alcott 244 pages
I haven’t been impressed by Alcott for several years now, nor was I impressed with this book. I had, interestingly enough, read all the stories in this collection previously in a different collection of short stories. Interesting, though not impressive.
The Clockwork Twin by Walter R. Brooks 240 pages
This would be the first time I’ve read his particular book in the series, and it turns out to be –well– not exactly my favorite. I guess it wasn’t as fun as the others…or something.
The Drum Goes Dead by Bess Streeter Aldrich 39 pages
Like A Christmas Carol only here it’s not encouraging you to celebrate Christmas and be charitable it’s more to the effect of enjoying Christmas even when you haven’t got enough money to celebrate it properly. There are no ghosts. It wasn’t all that interesting, rather dull infact.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 230 pages
*is hard to please* Well…this book is definitely better then Fairest…I’ll give it that. The plot was unpredictable, atleast, I was surprised more then once. The characters where annoying and unnatural. I really disliked the ending. Why didn’t Levine name the prince Charlemagne? (Doesn’t sound enough like Charming I suppose.) I’m glad there where three balls, that’s the correct way to do it. Etc. Etc. Etc. It was okay, it could have been better (like giving a pronunciation guide for the languages).
Coraline by Neil Gaiman 160 pages
I read the dust jacket’s synopsis and flipped through this in the library. There was a G. K. Chesterton quote in it, near the beginning, the one about dragons that can be beaten. So, I borrowed it. Flipped through it last night and read just a little bit of it, the writing was pretty bad so I felt trepidation.
This morning I read Coraline. The writing was atrocious or atleast it was at the beginning. (Or else I just got used to it near the end, not sure which.) It went something like this, “For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea. The limeade was very interesting. It didn’t taste anything like limes. It tasted bright green and vaguely chemical. Coraline liked it enormously. She wished they had it at home. ‘How are your dear mother and father?’ asked Miss Spink. ‘Missing,’ said Coraline. ‘I haven’t seen either of them since yesterday. I’m on my own. I think I’ve probably become a single child family.'” It’s terribly unpleasant, to hack through a 160 page book of that, trust me. The ending was a little unsatisfactory, and the further into it I got the more it was like Alice in Wonderland, insane like that. Weird and idiotic things happening. My favorite part was when Coraline was telling the story of her dad and the hornets to (the) Cat (a black cat not a Cheshire one).Running Total: 10,505 Woot! Ten thousand!
Freddy the Politician by Walter R. Brooks 251 pages
There ain’t much to the plot but it’s still quite interesting.
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine 239 pages
I still haven’t got much respect for Levine (lovely last name though) but this one was pretty good. I did enjoy it quite a bit.
The sorcerer what’s-his-name was awesome. My favorite character.The Bookstore Mouse by Peggy Christian 134
Delightful book. Full of knights, dragons, stories, and no shining armor or princesses.
I think what made this book delightful is that it’s all about words and stories. She used the word “sesquipedalian” twice (have you seen my new shirt?) once in the introduction/prologue/what’s-it-called and once on pg. 80. Also words like floccinaucinihilipification, filibustering, weald, squamous, and cataplexy. Delightful.Mr. Popper’s Pinquins by Somebody and Somebody Atwater 137 pages
I adored this book when I was little. Still like it even if it is so ridiculiously unrealistic.
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