MIss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

why: Ms. Maytum (my student teacher) suggested this one

when: 12/2/13-12/4/13

how: I read the hard copy that Ms. Maytum let me borrow.

thoughts: I just discovered this will be a 2015 film directed by Tim Burton. Fun! One review I saw said that this was the next Harry Potter type adventure. I don't agree so much. This book can stand all by itself in its own class. What was cool is that it seemed everything was normal in the world of this book until it just wasn't normal anymore. Surprising. Mind bending in some ways. There is a sequel in the works but I'm not sure I'll read it. And I was somewhat surprised that yet again another book comes to me carrying with it WWII and the holocaust AND carnies. These topics keep coming up in books I pick up. Not sure what that's all about.

Click on the book image to learn more about the book.

review haiku:
peculiar children:
see the levitating girl
she's real I kid you not

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

Why: This is the second in a series by Laini Taylor. I loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone and had to read this when it came out.

When: Start 1/2/03; End 1/9/03

Thoughts: Whoa. This world is really very cool. There were some intense scenes here that went way beyond what I read in Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I kept having to go back to the first book to remind myself of all the plot twists. There will be a third book by the way.

Oh, and I discovered this author because she came to speak to FHS last year. She had bright pink hair that day.

How: ebook on my ipad, purchased through The Boulder Bookstore (must support the local bookstore, people!)

(click on the book image to read the author's blog)

review haiku:

a parallel world
chimera and bad angels
and an epic war