Book Notes

Well, I am finally done with all the historical fiction reading that I had. It became really hard to get through some of them at the end. It’s sort of like how you like cake, but if you had to eat nothing but cake for weeks, you’d begin to think it was disgusting.

Despite the fact that this is one of the last historical fiction books that I read, I wanted to post it here because I really enjoyed it. It starts off so quickly, and the action doesn’t slow down until the last page. Astas’s son’s (Crispin’s) mother dies, he sees the Lord of their land meet with someone in the forest at night, is seen by them and pursued. He comes to find that he has a price on his head, his house in torn down, and the one person who knew a little about his past and was willing to help him is murdered. So begins Crispin’s life on the road. He meets Bear. A minstrel and performer who takes Crispin in. But can Bear be trusted? And if he can’t, is there anyone who can?

Always fun to re-read a favorite. I love the Doll People. Annabelle is a spunky doll, who lives with her doll family in Kate Palmer’s bedroom. One day she discovers her Aunt’s journal. Auntie Sarah has been missing for 45 years. Annabelle hopes the journal will provide a clue to where she lives. But finding Auntie Sarah won’t be easy. Dolls can only move around when the people are fast asleep or out of the house. And even then it’s dangerous. There’s Captain, the cat, and if a person thinks they see you move, you will go into Doll State. Even worse, if you do too much in front of people, you will go into Permanent Doll State.

Will Annabelle rescue her Aunt? Will she make a real friend? Can she avoid Permanent Doll State? Read The Doll People and find out!

It took me a little bit to really get into this book–science fiction is not my favorite–but once I did, it was hard to put down.

Tally Youngblood lives in one of the Ugly dorms. But not for long. Her 16th birthday is right around the corner, and on that day she will be changed into a Pretty. Plastic surgery will make her just as beautiful as everyone else in New Pretty Town. And then she can spend her evenings going to fabulous parties.

Before she is changed, she makes a new friend, Shay, who tells her about a secret place called The Smoke. Where you don’t have to change how you look. Shay runs away there, but not before leaving Tally instructions on how to find it. Instructions that only Tally could figure out. Special Circumstances knows that Tally can find her way to the Smoke, information that they desperately want to have. And they will find a way to make Tally go there as a spy regardless of the cost. But once there, Tally begins to doubt which side she is on. Does she betray her friend? Or does she forgo the life she’s always dreamed of, and remain Ugly?

An amazing read, that goes so quickly. Even at 400 and some pages. It’s frustrating that the non-stop action keeps going, even after this book is finished. Pretties is next. We’ll see what happens there.

Yup. Still going strong with the Meg Cabot. This title picks right up where the other left off. The next day, I think. And keeps going strong. The writing is fun and witty, but I’m getting frustrated with Mia. How dense can she be that she doesn’t see that Michael likes her? I’ll have to get the third one now and see where that takes me.