Book Notes

This was my first Meg Cabot. I know, I know I’m behind. But I actually really liked it. I didn’t think that I would.

Sam (Samantha) Madison is a high-schooler living in Washington D.C. She has her one best friend, and loves to draw. Life is pretty good.  She starts taking a new art class where a vaguely familiar guy sits next to her. He’s pretty cute and he likes her boots. Later, when she saves the President’s life (yup, that’s right) that she realizes why cute art class guy looks so familiar. It’s not because he’s from her school. He’s the President’s son. And he likes her. A lot.

 This was a fun, quick read. I enjoyed Meg Cabot’s characters, and their true-to-life interactions with each other.

Anastasia has got to be one of my favorite characters. I love her sense of humor, her family, and how she is a list-maker (I am too!)

This is the first Anastasia story and there are lots more. She is 10 years old, in love with Washburn Cummings, not sure if she likes her teacher and is about to become a big sister for the first time. Something that she definitely does not want to be. Her parents tell her that she can name the new baby-a boy. She thinks of the worst name possible, and writes it down in her journal. But a lot of things have yet to happen to Anastasia before the baby is born. As her list of Things I Love and Things I Hate change, so does Anastasia. A sweet, fun book.

This was yet another re-read. I really should start reading new stuff! But this was so good, and each time you read a book you find new things in it, or a new passage catches your eye.

In this story, Nat Field, a Shakespearean actor, is transported back in time to 1599 London. No one knows that he from the future, and he is to perform in A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream at the new Globe theatre with Shakespeare as director and performer. It’s a magical book, and if you like plays, or acting, literature or history you will love this.