City of Masks
Facts:Date finished: 9-28-08Author: Daniel HechtCategory: ThrillerPublished: 2003Pages: 438Rating: 4.5/5 Basic Plot:There’s worse than creepy things going on down New Orleans way, causing a leading family to seek Cree Black’s help in freeing the spirits or at least humoring the sister they’re pretty sure has just gone plum crazy. Cree’s special…
Leon and the Spitting Image
nds Facts:Date finished: 9-22-08Author: Allen KurzweilCategory: Children’sPublished: 2005Pages: 320Rating: 4/5 Basic Plot:This is a story about a boy in fourth grade. And an ice maker that makes strange noises. And a teacher with a strange fetish for sewing. And a hotel full of animals. And … spit? Leon’s life is…
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
Facts:Date finished: 9-21-08Author: Eoin ColferCategory: Children’s fantasyPublished: 2006Pages: 400Rating: 4/5 Basic Plot:Artemis Fowl is at it again, plotting, calculating. Only this time, he’s up to no bad. Seems thousands of years ago, rather than take on the humans face to face, the fairy worlds decided to make themselves scarce. Artemis…
What-The-Dickens
Facts:Date finished: 9-9-08Author: Gregory MaguireCategory: Children’s fantasyPublished: 2007Pages: 295Rating: 4/5 Basic Plot:Things aren’t looking so great for the Ormsby family. What’s left of them at their house that is. Parents are gone and only less-than-useful cousin Gage is left to take care of Dinah, Zeke and baby Rebecca Ruth. The…
The Dip
Facts:Date finished: 9-2-08Author: Seth GodinCategory: Non-fictionPublished: 2007Pages: 80Rating: 5/5 Basic plot:Brief discourse on the importance of quitting and knowing when to quit and when to push through “the dip” to reach greatness. My assessment:Note that I believe Seth is god, so I love anything he’s written. This one is no…