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A review by kristenremenar
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
3.0
I'm embarrassed that, as a children's librarian, it took me this long to finally read a Bellairs mystery. It wasn't the story that pulled me along so much as Bellairs descriptions full of yummy sensory detail:
"Lewis opened the book and flipped through the slick glossy pages. He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read. He threw the book onto his bed and went to his suitcase. After rummaging about for a while, he came up with a long, narrow box of chocolate-covered mints. He loved to eat candy while he read, and lots of his favorite books at home had brown smudges on the corners of the pages. A few minutes later Lewis was sitting up in bed with his pillows propped behind him."
Nice to use as examples for writing class to include five senses to draw the reader in.
"Lewis opened the book and flipped through the slick glossy pages. He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read. He threw the book onto his bed and went to his suitcase. After rummaging about for a while, he came up with a long, narrow box of chocolate-covered mints. He loved to eat candy while he read, and lots of his favorite books at home had brown smudges on the corners of the pages. A few minutes later Lewis was sitting up in bed with his pillows propped behind him."
Nice to use as examples for writing class to include five senses to draw the reader in.