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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
3.0
Anna loved it, and she was the intended audience.
Shockingly, I have never read this in my adult life. I don't even remember the story from when I was a child, although my sister had a copy so I'm sure I heard it more than once... Not a memorable book, in my opinion.
Shockingly, I have never read this in my adult life. I don't even remember the story from when I was a child, although my sister had a copy so I'm sure I heard it more than once... Not a memorable book, in my opinion.
Nameless: [A Novel] by Kyle Chais
1.0
This book was a struggle. It took me over two months to finish because I couldn't force myself to read more than a little bit every so often. This is one of the few books I've considered not finishing because of how frustrating it was to read.
From the beginning it was slow, had absurd leaps, and very stilted, repetitive dialogue. There were some hysterically horrible editing issues - the seven and three year mix-up is the most glaringly obvious of those. The last chunk of the book finally picked up the pace, although it didn't get much better. :-( There is a lot of excess information in this book - normally I'm a fan of that, but only when the information is interesting. There is also a bunch of repetition in the excess information; we understand that you want us to know why this happened, but you don't have to keep telling us over and over!
This was the first book I "won" from dreamonus.com and I really wanted to like it. I am, however, sure that with proper editing and liberal use of the delete button this book could easily live up to it's potential.
Shockingly, considering my less than stellar review of this book, I am looking forward to more books from Kyle Chais, if only because he ended his acknowledgements with "I got one watermelon" and I'm hoping he shares. :-p In all seriousness, I hope he improves as a writer and either gets an editor or gets a better editor, whichever is necessary.
From the beginning it was slow, had absurd leaps, and very stilted, repetitive dialogue. There were some hysterically horrible editing issues - the seven and three year mix-up is the most glaringly obvious of those. The last chunk of the book finally picked up the pace, although it didn't get much better. :-( There is a lot of excess information in this book - normally I'm a fan of that, but only when the information is interesting. There is also a bunch of repetition in the excess information; we understand that you want us to know why this happened, but you don't have to keep telling us over and over!
This was the first book I "won" from dreamonus.com and I really wanted to like it. I am, however, sure that with proper editing and liberal use of the delete button this book could easily live up to it's potential.
Shockingly, considering my less than stellar review of this book, I am looking forward to more books from Kyle Chais, if only because he ended his acknowledgements with "I got one watermelon" and I'm hoping he shares. :-p In all seriousness, I hope he improves as a writer and either gets an editor or gets a better editor, whichever is necessary.
Arthur's Pet Business by Marc Brown
5.0
Read this to my niece a few times in a row. She liked the end when they had a little picture of the puppies.
Arthur's New Puppy: An Arthur Adventure by Marc Brown
5.0
My niece loved this one. She thought it was funny that the puppy kept destroying everything.
The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye by Jane Yolen, Jim LaMarche
5.0
I knew I shouldn't read it. I knew I should have just left it alone. But I can't resist a cat book - even a sad one. *sigh* I don't even have the excuse of having children to read this to or a pet about to pass. I read it because I saw a cute cat and ignored the title and what it meant. Now I'm crying.
I will definitely be saving this book for it's intended use, though, because I'm sure it will be necessary one day - no one lives forever. :-(
I will definitely be saving this book for it's intended use, though, because I'm sure it will be necessary one day - no one lives forever. :-(
Dragon"","" Dragon and Other Tales by John Gardner
4.0
Well, these were silly and cute! My niece would probably love these stories. But I'll definitely be recommending it to my youngest brother, first. :-D