Toni Morrison is an extremely educated author, and weaves a complex story about African-American heritage and its historic plight. Deep and full of dark grooves, Paradise shows us the underbelly of racism in the deep South. Puzzles abound for the reader, and when it starts "They shot the white girl first...", we are taken on a journey to discover who the white girl is amongst all the African-American women.
Lumley presents some of his standard barbarian material is this collection of short stories. The good - it's a continuous saga of Tarra Khash a barbarian from the steppes. The bad - the stories are a bit Conan The Barbarian - ish, so if you don't like Conan you may not like these. I would love to see this collection grown into more detail. The ideas are fantastic, and the writing is pretty good. I'm a huge HP Lovecraft fan, so the references to Cthulhu are outstanding! Nothing compares with his Necroscope books I II and III. Some great easy reading material I'd say.
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Growing up wasn’t easy for any of us, and the young boy David experiences no exceptions. With the death of his mother, David must deal with his life without her presence. Throw in complications such as his father’s remarriage and the birth of a half-brother, David’s young mind reaches its limit of tolerance. Couple these changes with the introduction of the intrusive Crooked Man, David’s challenges have only just begun.
Full of fairy tales run amok, The Book of Lost Things weaves a tale of the childhood transition to maturity, with the dangerous tinkering of a forlorn evil. Once again this is one of my favorite books to read, and I will adventure again with Connolly’s creations in the future.
Caldecott Award winning - The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, is a talented piece of children’s literature caught somewhere between a picture book and a novel. Using his main character of Hugo Cabret, Selznick takes us deep into the sad life of a young man desperate to bring back some memory of his dead father. His quest to rejuvenate the memory of his father by repairing an old automaton touches you deeply, and makes you yearn to reach out and comfort the poor child. The organic feel of the story is constant as the reader changes from written text to drawn storyline and back again to text. Readers of all ages can enjoy and become involved telling the story. I’ve never enjoyed any children’s novel quite like this. I highly recommend this book.
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Paradise by Toni Morrison
Trevor Donaldson, January 1, 2009
Toni Morrison is an extremely educated author, and weaves a complex story about African-American heritage and its historic plight. Deep and full of dark grooves, Paradise shows us the underbelly of racism in the deep South. Puzzles abound for the reader, and when it starts "They shot the white girl first...", we are taken on a journey to discover who the white girl is amongst all the African-American women.Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land by Brian Lumley
Trevor Donaldson, December 24, 2008
Lumley presents some of his standard barbarian material is this collection of short stories. The good - it's a continuous saga of Tarra Khash a barbarian from the steppes. The bad - the stories are a bit Conan The Barbarian - ish, so if you don't like Conan you may not like these. I would love to see this collection grown into more detail. The ideas are fantastic, and the writing is pretty good. I'm a huge HP Lovecraft fan, so the references to Cthulhu are outstanding! Nothing compares with his Necroscope books I II and III. Some great easy reading material I'd say.(0 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Trevor Donaldson, October 27, 2008
Growing up wasn’t easy for any of us, and the young boy David experiences no exceptions. With the death of his mother, David must deal with his life without her presence. Throw in complications such as his father’s remarriage and the birth of a half-brother, David’s young mind reaches its limit of tolerance. Couple these changes with the introduction of the intrusive Crooked Man, David’s challenges have only just begun.Full of fairy tales run amok, The Book of Lost Things weaves a tale of the childhood transition to maturity, with the dangerous tinkering of a forlorn evil. Once again this is one of my favorite books to read, and I will adventure again with Connolly’s creations in the future.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
trevor donaldson, September 29, 2008
Caldecott Award winning - The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, is a talented piece of children’s literature caught somewhere between a picture book and a novel. Using his main character of Hugo Cabret, Selznick takes us deep into the sad life of a young man desperate to bring back some memory of his dead father. His quest to rejuvenate the memory of his father by repairing an old automaton touches you deeply, and makes you yearn to reach out and comfort the poor child. The organic feel of the story is constant as the reader changes from written text to drawn storyline and back again to text. Readers of all ages can enjoy and become involved telling the story. I’ve never enjoyed any children’s novel quite like this. I highly recommend this book.(3 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)