Cul de Sac deserves a place alongside Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County as one of THE great comic strips of the modern age. That Richard Thompson was fCul de Sac deserves a place alongside Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County as one of THE great comic strips of the modern age. That Richard Thompson was forced to stop his strip due to Parkinson's Disease (which finally claimed him in July 2016) is one of those great crimes of nature.
If you have not read Cul de Sac, by all means, DO SO!...more
A well-written fairy tale of a small mouse who falls in love with a human princess and must rescue her against all odds.
DiCamillo's gift is her abiliA well-written fairy tale of a small mouse who falls in love with a human princess and must rescue her against all odds.
DiCamillo's gift is her ability to weave an engaging story with prose that, at its finest, is like poetry. She creates memorable characters and tells their story with grace and light....more
What an incredible book. Kate DiCamillo is an exceptional author. In "Because of Winn-Dixie", she offers the reader a young girl with a distinct voiceWhat an incredible book. Kate DiCamillo is an exceptional author. In "Because of Winn-Dixie", she offers the reader a young girl with a distinct voice and vision of her world. The story is deceptively simple but so wonderfully layered and deep that it can take you by surprise.
Like the Littmus Lozenge in the story, this is a combination of sweet and sorrow and of coming to terms with both of those parts of life....more
An entertaining and insightful book on a wide variety of inventions, social advances and other things that we take for granted today but were all brouAn entertaining and insightful book on a wide variety of inventions, social advances and other things that we take for granted today but were all brought into being by the Victorians.
This book is the companion piece to the BBC TV series by the same name. (The author is the presenter of the show as well) Of course, the book is able to go into greater detail and more depth than the series, as well as additional topics not covered in the series. The series, however, is well worth watching as it illustrates quite nicely numerous aspects of the book that I had problems envisioning. (The series is segmented on YouTube)
I've read this book twice now, and found it even more enjoyable the second time -- with the addition of the BBC TV programmes to accompany it....more
The first time I read Artemis Fowl I was annoyed I was too tired at 2:30am to keep reading it. It was one of the few books I've read in recent years tThe first time I read Artemis Fowl I was annoyed I was too tired at 2:30am to keep reading it. It was one of the few books I've read in recent years that I genuinely did not want to put down.
Having just re-read (or, rather, listened to the audio version) I'm still impressed with Eoin Colfer's abundant imagination. His writing, on the other hand, seemed careless, overly explaining (i.e. telling instead of showing or, worse, telling -and- showing the same action in the same sentence) and not trusting his readers to get what he was trying to convey.
Still, this is an amazing, imaginative world that Colfer has created....more
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