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kerry rated The Great Gatsby: 3 stars
kerry reviewed Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (The Modern Library classics)
Review of 'Crossing to Safety' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
kerry reviewed Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
This novel is perfect for anyone who’s been in a long-term relationship, or realized that …
Review of 'Crossing to Safety' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Lovely writing about realistic people and their realistic lives.
kerry rated From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: 5 stars
kerry rated From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E.Frankweiler: 5 stars
kerry rated The Pharaoh and the priest: 3 stars
kerry reviewed Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hines
What if animals could talk? Would some of them form a militant group in reaction …
Review of 'Duncan the Wonder Dog' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I haven't read a graphic novel before and this one was impressive. In this world, animals and humans can talk with one another. There's a main storyline about a group of animal rights activists that are animals; there are also side stories that don't appear to relate at all to anything else.
Terrific, detailed illustrations reminded me of a storyboard for a film, with zoom-ins and fade-outs; impressive night scenes; creative page layouts.
I haven't read a graphic novel before and this one was impressive. In this world, animals and humans can talk with one another. There's a main storyline about a group of animal rights activists that are animals; there are also side stories that don't appear to relate at all to anything else.
Terrific, detailed illustrations reminded me of a storyboard for a film, with zoom-ins and fade-outs; impressive night scenes; creative page layouts.
kerry reviewed Spell by William Dana Orcutt
Review of 'Spell' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I'm going to give myself credit for having read this book even though the reading was proofreading. For Project Gutenberg, I read an early release e-text version of The Spell, which was originally published in 1909; now that it's out of copyright, it has been converted to e-text format.
I chose this novel to read because it takes place in and around Florence, Italy. I found the tone and morality to be a little preachy (probably typical of the time?); there were some funny bits and interesting supporting characters.
And, for the record, I did find one typo in the e-text version that was not in the original book.
I'm going to give myself credit for having read this book even though the reading was proofreading. For Project Gutenberg, I read an early release e-text version of The Spell, which was originally published in 1909; now that it's out of copyright, it has been converted to e-text format.
I chose this novel to read because it takes place in and around Florence, Italy. I found the tone and morality to be a little preachy (probably typical of the time?); there were some funny bits and interesting supporting characters.
And, for the record, I did find one typo in the e-text version that was not in the original book.
kerry reviewed Bad Marie A Novel by Marcy Dermansky
Review of 'Bad Marie A Novel' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Funny book! So this is what it's like to be inside a mind that's ... missing ... something. Marie's "good sense" switch is permanently set to "off." I think she sees when she's about to go off the rails, and is utterly incapable of taking any different action. I'll say this for her, though. She's an optimist.
In Marie's defense, most of the other characters are deeply flawed as well. Oh. Wait. Does that mean that we're all deeply flawed?
Funny book! So this is what it's like to be inside a mind that's ... missing ... something. Marie's "good sense" switch is permanently set to "off." I think she sees when she's about to go off the rails, and is utterly incapable of taking any different action. I'll say this for her, though. She's an optimist.
In Marie's defense, most of the other characters are deeply flawed as well. Oh. Wait. Does that mean that we're all deeply flawed?
kerry reviewed Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky
Review of 'Bad Marie' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Funny book! So this is what it's like to be inside a mind that's ... missing ... something. Marie's "good sense" switch is permanently set to "off." I think she sees when she's about to go off the rails, and is utterly incapable of taking any different action. I'll say this for her, though. She's an optimist.
In Marie's defense, most of the other characters are deeply flawed as well. Oh. Wait. Does that mean that we're all deeply flawed?
Funny book! So this is what it's like to be inside a mind that's ... missing ... something. Marie's "good sense" switch is permanently set to "off." I think she sees when she's about to go off the rails, and is utterly incapable of taking any different action. I'll say this for her, though. She's an optimist.
In Marie's defense, most of the other characters are deeply flawed as well. Oh. Wait. Does that mean that we're all deeply flawed?
kerry reviewed True Grit by Charles Portis
Review of 'True Grit' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This was an entertaining, easy read. The Coen brothers did a great job with their recent film - they stuck very closely to the book. (I never saw the 1969 version with John Wayne.)
I loved Mattie's voice! She comes across as extremely self-confident and so utterly convinced that she is in the right, all the time.
This was an entertaining, easy read. The Coen brothers did a great job with their recent film - they stuck very closely to the book. (I never saw the 1969 version with John Wayne.)
I loved Mattie's voice! She comes across as extremely self-confident and so utterly convinced that she is in the right, all the time.
kerry reviewed Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas is the third novel by British author David Mitchell. It was published in …
Review of 'Cloud Atlas' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
First of all, this book is a terrific technical achievement - stories within stories that refer back to themselves.
Each story is so different that I needed a few pages of each to get traction. But wow, I did get sucked in.
There are several persistent themes (slavery; the evils of corporate greed) that overall paint a bleak portrait of our world--past, present, and future. There is humor; there is mystery; there is postapocalypse...the protagonists of these stories persevere, although I can't quite say that I felt uplifted by the book's end.
First of all, this book is a terrific technical achievement - stories within stories that refer back to themselves.
Each story is so different that I needed a few pages of each to get traction. But wow, I did get sucked in.
There are several persistent themes (slavery; the evils of corporate greed) that overall paint a bleak portrait of our world--past, present, and future. There is humor; there is mystery; there is postapocalypse...the protagonists of these stories persevere, although I can't quite say that I felt uplifted by the book's end.
kerry reviewed Noah's compass by Anne Tyler
From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply compassionate novel about a …
Review of "Noah's compass" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
The "hook" was interesting - Liam Pennywell suffers from a head injury and cannot remember the incident, although he does recall everything up to and just afterward.
Got about halfway through, to the point where he begins a romance with a "rememberer," a woman who...oh, never mind. It wasn't worth my time to finish the book, and it's not worth any more effort for me to continue this review.
Started: February 6, 2012
Gave up: February 9, 2012
The "hook" was interesting - Liam Pennywell suffers from a head injury and cannot remember the incident, although he does recall everything up to and just afterward.
Got about halfway through, to the point where he begins a romance with a "rememberer," a woman who...oh, never mind. It wasn't worth my time to finish the book, and it's not worth any more effort for me to continue this review.
Started: February 6, 2012
Gave up: February 9, 2012
kerry reviewed Noah's compass by Anne Tyler
Review of "Noah's compass" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
The "hook" was interesting - Liam Pennywell suffers from a head injury and cannot remember the incident, although he does recall everything up to and just afterward.
Got about halfway through, to the point where he begins a romance with a "rememberer," a woman who...oh, never mind. It wasn't worth my time to finish the book, and it's not worth any more effort for me to continue this review.
Started: February 6, 2012
Gave up: February 9, 2012
The "hook" was interesting - Liam Pennywell suffers from a head injury and cannot remember the incident, although he does recall everything up to and just afterward.
Got about halfway through, to the point where he begins a romance with a "rememberer," a woman who...oh, never mind. It wasn't worth my time to finish the book, and it's not worth any more effort for me to continue this review.
Started: February 6, 2012
Gave up: February 9, 2012