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…
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…
Twilight – The Twilight Saga Book One
Facts:Date finished: 9-2-08Author: Stephenie MeyerCategory: Teen fantasyPublished: 2005Pages: 498Rating: 4.8/5 Basic Plot:Bella is moving to Forks, Washington, from Phoenix by choice, but that doesn’t mean she’s all happy and sunshine about it. Too bad, since Forks is in short supply of the latter. She’s just getting settled in to her…