Category Archives: 2010

Ink Exchange, by Melissa Marr

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Thistle

This is the second book in the Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr. I will try not to give away any spoilers for the previous book in this review. Ink Exchange continues where Wicked Lovely ended, only it primarily focuses … Continue reading →

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Puppet Master, by Joanne Owen

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Thistle

I hardly know how to describe this book. It takes place in late 1890s Prague. Milena is a little girl who lost both her parents three years earlier. Her father died; her mother disappeared. Milena now lives with her grandmother … Continue reading →

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Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Thistle

Will Grayson #1 (WG1) is a temperamental teenager from Chicago who tries to live life without caring about anything in order not to get hurt. His best friend – more of a friend by proximity than anything else – is … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Fade, by Lisa McMann

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Note: I can’t talk about this book without spoiling the first in the series, Wake, so please skip this if you plan to read Wake. There will be no spoilers for Fade in this review. Quick summary: Fade continues where … Continue reading →

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Readathon: French Milk, by Lucy Knisley

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Quick Summary: This is a memoir/diary/travelogue of the month Lucy Knisley and her mother spent in Paris. They rented an apartment and spent a month seeing the sights, eating French food, and generally getting to know themselves better. It’s also … Continue reading →

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Readathon: I Kill Giants, by Joe Kelly

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Quick summary: Barbara is a troubled kid who seems to live in a fantasy world where she is very powerful and kills giants. Really, she is fighting against a metaphorical giant at home… My thoughts: I struggled with this one … Continue reading →

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Readathon: Looking for Bapu, by Anjali Banerjee

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Quick summary: Eight-year-old Anu is very close to his grandfather (Bapu) and doesn’t know how to cope when Bapu has a massive stroke and dies. He thinks if only he can do something – say the right words, perform the … Continue reading →

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Readathon: The Magician’s Elephant, by Kate DiCamillo

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Thistle

Quick summary: A young boy seeks answers when a fortune teller comes to town. She tells him he must follow the elephant to find his sister. The boy thinks she can’t be right – there are no elephants in his … Continue reading →

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The Book of Flying, by Keith Miller

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Thistle

Pico lives in a city by the sea, an orphan, the wingless son of two winged parents. He makes a home in the unused library and falls in love with a winged girl. In order to make himself fit to … Continue reading →

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Selected Poems, by Marina Tsvetaeva

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Thistle

This book is a selection of Marina Tsvetaeva’s poems translated from the Russian. The poems cross a 25-year period, from about 1915 to about 1940. As I’ve said before, I am not a very good judge of poetry. I dislike … Continue reading →

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