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So this is, of course, the reading update.
The Name of This Book Is Secret - It tends to overdo the cuteness. The author taking to the reader is a little overdone. It uses synesthesia as plot device. (Here in Neuroscience for Kids - Neuroscience for Kids - need to bookmark that one.) Benjamin is a kid who doesn't just see pictures, but experiences them in a combination of sound, color, smell and taste. Some want to use his powers for evil. Cass and Max-Ernest to the rescue. While it wasn't totally involving, it is something that would go on my "could recommend to anyone" list for 4th - 6th.
Deadline - Crutcher-lite is the best way to describe it. Even considering the topic, it wasn't as emotional/dramatic/Crutcherish as his others. Liked it but, like the next book, would say it just lacks the spark that would put it into any award contention. Great story about brothers. Football is the sport.
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World - maybe tried too hard. It's plays out much like Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler but without the charm. She takes on interesting topics - the art thefts of the Nazis, their campaign against degenerate modern art and their persecution of homosexuals. So who do you recommend this to? Older elementary or middle school, must like history more than a good read? Hmmmmm
In the middle of Boy Toy. Sad. Troubling. Descriptive more than graphic. One of those wonder-how-any-kid-makes-it-through-high-school books.
Listening to The Sweet Far Thing - love it.
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland is my book clubs book for this month. Really enjoyed it. The story of a painting, a Vermeer, as it passes from owner to owner. Or I should say, short stories, or even pictures of the owners lives, right before the painting changes hands.
The Name of This Book Is Secret - It tends to overdo the cuteness. The author taking to the reader is a little overdone. It uses synesthesia as plot device. (Here in Neuroscience for Kids - Neuroscience for Kids - need to bookmark that one.) Benjamin is a kid who doesn't just see pictures, but experiences them in a combination of sound, color, smell and taste. Some want to use his powers for evil. Cass and Max-Ernest to the rescue. While it wasn't totally involving, it is something that would go on my "could recommend to anyone" list for 4th - 6th.
Deadline - Crutcher-lite is the best way to describe it. Even considering the topic, it wasn't as emotional/dramatic/Crutcherish as his others. Liked it but, like the next book, would say it just lacks the spark that would put it into any award contention. Great story about brothers. Football is the sport.
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World - maybe tried too hard. It's plays out much like Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler but without the charm. She takes on interesting topics - the art thefts of the Nazis, their campaign against degenerate modern art and their persecution of homosexuals. So who do you recommend this to? Older elementary or middle school, must like history more than a good read? Hmmmmm
In the middle of Boy Toy. Sad. Troubling. Descriptive more than graphic. One of those wonder-how-any-kid-makes-it-through-high-school books.
Listening to The Sweet Far Thing - love it.
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland is my book clubs book for this month. Really enjoyed it. The story of a painting, a Vermeer, as it passes from owner to owner. Or I should say, short stories, or even pictures of the owners lives, right before the painting changes hands.
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