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Childhood favorite revisited, more than holds up.

September 22, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

I must have read this book dozens of times when I was a kid (I think I had an illustrated version as well, but I can’t find it, nor any record of it online, so far all I know I may have made it up?), but I haven’t read it, oh I don’t know, at least since middle school? I also never read any of L.M. Montgomery’s other books. No idea why I did this. Even as a kid, I was all over sequels, a little […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: anne of green gables, Canadian Lit, children's fiction, classics, coming-of-age, Fiction, narfna, rachel mcadams

narfna's CBR9 Review No:85 · Genres: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: anne of green gables, Canadian Lit, children's fiction, classics, coming-of-age, Fiction, narfna, rachel mcadams ·
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A bear mops a carpeted floor.

September 5, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

I actually didn’t remember this one going into it, so my hopes weren’t high, but it turned out to be one of the best installments of these first sixteen books, even if it’s a little dated (okay, I’ll be honest, part of the reason I liked it so much is BECAUSE it was dated–all the adorable little references to 14k bps internet speed and modems and THE INTERNET and chat rooms and their idea of “security” and such, not to mention the thinly veiled AOL […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: Aliens, animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the warning

narfna's CBR9 Review No:71 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: Aliens, animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the warning ·
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I’m behind on this Animorphs re-read, and all my reviews, and my entire life.

August 1, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

The Unknown, #14 Ugh, this one was a dud. Just, a silly, silly premise. And worse, a silly premise that isn’t backed up by anything substantial at all. Just empty jokes and no stakes. I mean, literally it starts with a joke (horses that are acting weird, and that are secretly Controllers, and why???) and ends with a joke (all of this over an SPOILERS Andalite toilet!) It’s all harmless enough, but compared with the best books in this series, it’s just not satisfying at […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the escape, the unknown

narfna's CBR9 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the escape, the unknown ·
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Tobias and a couple of game-changers.

June 7, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

I actually thought this was a different Tobias book when I started reading it, but it’s okay because I still really like this one. Just have to wait a bit longer for the one I thought this was. Which is apparently #23. Dammit, Ashley’s brain! It doesn’t actually change too much of what I wanted to say about it, though. And this book has confirmed something for me. As a kid, Marco was my favorite. I thought he was hilarious. But as an adult, it’s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the change, tobias

narfna's CBR9 Review No:40 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the change, tobias ·
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The one with the skunks.

December 21, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

So Cassie is the killjoy Animorph, apparently? I wasn’t a part of the fandom back in the day, and I’m still not, so I really have zero idea what other Animorphs fans think of plots and characters. I just know what I think, and I always liked her when I was a kid, perhaps because I have a permanent streak of killjoy in me myself. I was always the first kid asleep at slumber parties by several hours (if I didn’t call my mom to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the secret

narfna's CBR8 Review No:148 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the secret ·
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A book so sweet you’ll get cavities

December 13, 2016 by crystalclear 9 Comments

This is a very sweet book about acceptance and friendship.  Twig Fowler is a 12-year-old girl living in Sidwell, Massachusetts who doesn’t have any friends.  That is not by choice, but her mother insists that they not visit other people, because then a reciprocal visit would be expected, and no one is to come to their house. Because they have a secret.  The secret is Twig’s brother, James, who no one else knows exists.  He is a secret because he has been hit with the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Children's, children's fiction, fantasy, Fiction, magic, Making Friends

crystalclear's CBR8 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Children's, children's fiction, fantasy, Fiction, magic, Making Friends ·
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