Book Review Time!

As I am now calling myself a book nerd, I will need to do these when ever I read something.

The Inkheart Series:
Including Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath
Written by: Cornelia Funke

Review:
Meggie has lived with her father, Mortimer(nicknamed Mo by Meggie), just the two of them. Mo worked as a bookbinder, binding books that were often broken or harmed in any way. The two loved books, but Mo would never read aloud stories. Meggie didn’t really care about it, and it didn’t matter. But one night a stranger visits Mo. This stranger, who calls himself Dustfinger, calls Mo Silvertongue, and Mo answers to it as if it were his real name. Soon, Meggie learns the real reason of why Mo wouldn’t read aloud,
and where her mother really has gone to. The two go off on a wild adventure and meet many new people… And new places.

Comments:
This was a very enjoyable series. Though it was greatly sad, it makes you wonder about if you could you go into a book. Beautifully written. Will be greatly loved by book lovers.
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Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out Of A Tree
Written by: Lauren Tarshis

Review:
Emma-Jean was like the outsider in school. She was incredibly smart, but to smart to understand her classmates. And they don’t understand her. Then one day, Emma-Jean sees one of her fellow seventh graders crying at the sink. Soon, Emma-Jean tries to solve her problem. The journey is sure to send one of the girls falling out of the tree.

Comments:
This was a really cute book. Sure to be loved!
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Each Little Bird That Sings
Written by: Deborah Wiles

Review:
Comfort Snowberger’s family runs the funeral home in her town. She has been to 247 funerals. Then, Great-great-aunt Florentine is dead and she has to watch Peach, her cousin who she would prefer to live without. To add to that, Comforts best friend Declaration is down-right mean. Now, Comfort has to learn to handle her problems.

Comments:
This was a wonderful book. It really touched my heart. A must read.
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The Tales Of Beedle The Bard
A Wizarding Classic From The World Of Harry Potter
Written by: J.K. Rowling

Review:
The book of fairy tales from the 7th Harry Potter book, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Includes The Wizard And The Hopping Pot, The Fountain Of Fair Fortune, The Warlocks Hairy Heart, Babbitty Rabbitty And Her Cackling Stump, The Tale Of The Three Brothers, and even commentaries from Dumbledore. Addition of footnotes to his notes for clarification for Muggles. A brand new translation of the tales by Hermione Granger.

Comments:
This was a lovely book. Full of good fairy tales, though I could do without The Warlocks Hairy Heart which should be read by parents to see if children under the age of around 10 or 8 should be allowed to hear or read it, mainly around bedtime.
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Shakespeare’s Secret
Written by: Elise Broach

Review:
Hero is starting sixth grade in a new school. She has the same name of a girl in a play written by Shakespeare. Hero is aware of the teasing she has to suffer because of it. She becomes friendless. Later, she finds out that a million-dollar diamond is hidden in her new house. In the process of discovering it, finds a new friend, Danny Cordova(who sadly is older than her and doesn’t help with her “problem”), and her new next-door neighbor. They uncover the secret if Shakespeare really did write the plays, or if it was Edward de Vere, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford.

Comments:
This is one of the best books ever written! A great mystery, but some of the evidence collected in this story is made up, making this book fiction. An excellent read!!!!!!

01/01/2009 | jen |

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