Very effective twist on the usual plot line. Outide it is "gray and cold and miserable" but Grandad has to go out. Adventure ensues.
"W B B & S" LibraryVery effective twist on the usual plot line. Outide it is "gray and cold and miserable" but Grandad has to go out. Adventure ensues.
I like these stories a great deal: they tend toward the whimsical and a cheerful tone. Much less dark and angst than the novels. Well, given the naturI like these stories a great deal: they tend toward the whimsical and a cheerful tone. Much less dark and angst than the novels. Well, given the nature of the brief for most of them, they tend more towards a warm and family-friendly Christmas episode.
Norton is such a hipster dog in his skinny pants and suspenders. Plus I dig that all the critters are bipedal and sporting fun sweaters. Well, except Norton is such a hipster dog in his skinny pants and suspenders. Plus I dig that all the critters are bipedal and sporting fun sweaters. Well, except for the ones in suits.
Free public libraries are one of the best things in modern life and dogs appearing publicly as therapy animals isAwwwwwww! I want to be a library dog!
Free public libraries are one of the best things in modern life and dogs appearing publicly as therapy animals is the best thing about Fridays at the hospital. One just can't help feeling better about everything when you see everyone being so pleased to see them.
So of course I teared up, just a little. Happy tears.
The joy of reading YA is that stories about young adults, written for young adults, often veer off in unexpected directions. This is a s6 January 2023
The joy of reading YA is that stories about young adults, written for young adults, often veer off in unexpected directions. This is a story about five teens and a dog living in yet another small town hollowed out by catastrophe and no future. Two have just graduated, but this summer will be spent with time carved out from between their jobs at Walmart and the YMCA shooting video of themselves ghost hunting. And then one night something amazing falls from the sky...
You can shoot your own trailer from that. There's danger and excitement and mystery in the best Scooby-Doo tradition, although these kids can't afford a van. There is ever increasing creepiness and un-put-downable suspense. And then there's more.
The beginning, the grim reality of their lives, drags on the reader as much as on Franny. But Henry knows how to raise the stakes. So worth it.
A great mood-lifter, on par with a ballpark full of puppies. Hunger does a great job of explaining her work, her experiment, further research that is A great mood-lifter, on par with a ballpark full of puppies. Hunger does a great job of explaining her work, her experiment, further research that is needed, etc. In a way that is scientific and accessible. Quality communication, this hits criteria I could not have guessed would develop around the idea "perfect work of nonfiction."
Kowal makes some bold choices and I loved them all. Tell The Thin Man with Nora as the primary character? Send the leads on a honeymoon trip to Mars? Kowal makes some bold choices and I loved them all. Tell The Thin Man with Nora as the primary character? Send the leads on a honeymoon trip to Mars? I mean, most cruises seem like hell to me, but a space cruise is cool, and succeeds at recapturing the glamour of Murder on the Orient Express, or cean crossings via first class. The most amazing feat is to make the leads just as rich and privileged as Nick and Nora but not the kind of egomaniacal super-rich assholes we've come to accept they mostly are. Of course, the cute dog helps. Literally. Gimlet is a service-animal, and everybody loves a good dog. The only disappointment I have is that reading a novel I was deprived of what would surely be fabulous costumes in the film. Well, that's something to look forward to, right?
This isn't a comic I remember seeing in any of the papers I read regularly over the years. Fun to see how the style changes: Roscoe got cuter, Opal anThis isn't a comic I remember seeing in any of the papers I read regularly over the years. Fun to see how the style changes: Roscoe got cuter, Opal and Earl got younger, and also more current in clothes, Sylvia stops wearing glasses and gets a prettier hairstyle (less of an 80s business woman vibe) and Muffin's outline is smoother.
I like this way more than I ever liked the work of Richard Scarry. To my amusement, a computer is shown in the house spread, but no where else: none oI like this way more than I ever liked the work of Richard Scarry. To my amusement, a computer is shown in the house spread, but no where else: none of the jobs shown involve computers, for example. And the scale works better with just dogs. Something missing entirely: no phone.
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