The year is 1018. King Cnut of Denmark is ruling England. He’s in Oxford to collect payment and to try to unite the various groups living in England. This means there’s hundreds of people living in tents. People who were recently at war with each other. People not necessarily happy with their new king. And then there’s a murder. The king is accused by the victim’s wife. Winston, an illuminator/painter and his companion former nobleman Halfdan, accidentally find themselves investigating the murder. They need to […]
Is it wrong to dream for a dystopia?
I just found out that Wil Wheaton did the audio version of this book (which I will be getting shortly). That in itself should tell you how awesome it is, but you could still read my review if you want.
Who’s got the power, the power to read (among others)?
Like Matilda, I could read at 4-years-old. Unlike her, my parents encouraged my reading, as I’m doing with my daughter. In case the title didn’t give it away, her favorite show is Super Why.
What is now? What is the story of now/Nao?
For the Time Being has two parallel narratives: Nao is a teenager in Japan, writing a journal that she states is her suicide note; and Ruth, a writer in an island off British Columbia, who has found Nao’s journal, along with some letters and other artifacts, washed ashore. As Ruth reads Nao’s diary, we find out Nao’s story: she lived most of her childhood in Sunnyvale, California while her father worked at a dotcom, and upon returning to Japan, she did not fit in. Her classmates […]
Is this the beginning of the end?
So, I met Bill Willingham at a book signing between this book and the last one, Cubs In Toyland. That book was so freaking sad, and I told him as much and that I hoped that the next one would be lighter. That’s not what happened. Now, I’m not complaining, because as gut wrenching as it was, it was good. He just wants to make us cry,apparently. (Seriously though, he was really nice when I met him.)
Johnny Gone Down by Karan Bajaj – Review #15 for AamilTheCamel
Not bad but not great either.
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