This second installment in the Maggie Stiefvater’s series, The Raven Cycle, feels more diffused between all the characters searching for magic and the Welsh king, Glendower. We get some of the story from Blue Sargent’s point of view (the main character from The Raven Boys) but the boys get more say here—starting with Ronan Lynch, the angry tattooed friend of Gansey, who just happens to be able to pull objects from his dreams. Really, this is mostly Ronan’s story—as we learn more about what happened […]
Q: What’s the Matter with Kids Today?
A: Nothing, really. I picked up this book on Netgalley because, as a former Kindergarten teacher, I’m well aware of Alfie Kohn and his research into areas of child development, and I’m also incredibly interested in the topic, in this whole idea that children can be ‘spoiled’. The book was fascinating and had some great in-depth analysis of lots of studies surrounding how children grow, different styles of parenting, how those styles are perceived, and how they impact children over the long-term. Really, there was […]
Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey…Stuff.
Last March, I read ElCicco’s review of A Tale for the Time Being and thought to myself, that sounds interesting! A few weeks later I happened to be in my favorite local indie bookstore and saw it sitting on the shelf. It was spring break, I had some time off work and school, why not enjoy a good book? Well, the fact that I just finished it about two weeks ago probably tells you what I thought about the book. I wanted to like it. I […]
Curly-haired Rescue
I’m one of those girls who beauty stuff just doesn’t come naturally to: I’m pretty sure there was some class the rest of you went to on a day I was absent that explained things like how to get your eyeliner to do that wing thing or exactly what you’re supposed to do when faced with both a hairdryer and a round brush. It’s the kind of knowledge my sisters – and I have four of them – seemed to glean through some sort of […]
An Inspirational Message that Just Wasn’t for Me
Okay, this is a tough one for me. Quite simply, I know the author and I’m not sure I can give this book a rave review. Despite this, the book is intriguing and evoked strong emotions in me. I’m just not sure they’re the emotions the author was hoping to elicit. Smile is the autobiography of Jenny Matula, who was raised in the Philippines. Because English is not her first language, the book is rife with grammatical errors. For me, it was endearing, because it […]
The story of Sensei and his love
I feel like most of this book went over my head. Wikipedia tells me that it has themes of changing time eras and the development of women’s roles in society, but I thought the story simple to the point of distraction. The narrator meets a man whom he only refers to as Sensei. Though the man is older and married they strike up a friendship. The narrator admires Sensei greatly often visiting him for advice on life. He gets to know both Sensei and his […]
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