alyshadeshae's reviews
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Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary

5.0

"Blunderful" trip down memory lane!

The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark by Deborah Diesen

3.0

The illustrations are great, but the story would likely bore my niece in a heartbeat. :-/

When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic

5.0

I picked this up because of the author. Who knew Weird Al had written a kids' books?! And it's awesome! I always hated the "what do you want to be when you grow up" questions and this handles that question wonderfully. I can't wait to read it to my niece and nephew. :-D

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen

5.0

It's about a cat (lions are just really big cats, after all) and a library. What's not to love? It's an adorable story with lovely illustrations and the main character is a lion in a library. :-D

Puff, the Magic Dragon [With CD] by Lenny Lipton, Peter Yarrow

3.0

Beautiful illustrations, but I guess I need to have already liked the song or maybe have seen all of the animated movie that I vaguely remember seeing bits and pieces of for it to mean anything to me. It appears that it's just the lyrics to the song, but either they left some out or the melody is just really really good when it's sung. The book does come with a music CD, but I'm not willing to load it up at the moment.

The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole

2.0

There was a whole lot of sex... And a whole lot of almost but not quite sex... And a whole lot of graphic descriptions of the male parts used for sex...

I think there was too much sex...

But it's the first story of the series that I'm committed to reading. Everyone needs cotton candy, Alysha, everyone needs cotton candy. Even you, occasionally.

Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories by Zack Whedon

5.0

This was highly enjoyable. :-D I haven't watched the "Sing-Along Blog" yet, but this graphic novel just pushed it to the top of my list. :-D

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman

5.0

Laughed all through this book! It's fantastic and I need my own copy!!

The Grey King by Susan Cooper

5.0

So I learned about Welsh pronunciation and that King Arthur had an albino son... I was not ready at all for this book to end.

Mr. President Goes to School by Rick Walton

5.0

Many current politicians should go back to kindergarten and refresh those simple lessons. :-)