Books 6-8
Hello again! Yes, I'm terrible at remembering to post here. It's sad! I read far more than it seems I do, really. Anyway . . .
6) PS: I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Grade: B
I read this book because (everyone else was doing it) my mom kept pestering me about the movie, and if I'd seen that first, I probably wouldn't have bothered reading it - it was a pleasant surprise. I was moved to tears (and that's difficult to do) in a couple of spots, and I enjoyed it thought the writing was a bit stilted through the majority of it; it was full of short, subject/verb sentences which always makes things feel choppy to me, even though I know I have to concentrate on not doing the same thing in my own writing. Alas! Anyway, yes, I would recommend it - not with the glowing praise I've given my previous reads, but still. For light reading on the beach (or the boat, which will be in the water in twelve more days!), this is certainly a go.
7) The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Grade: B+
This grade would be higher, I think, if I weren't averaging the grades of three different books all combined in one volume; the first book is very definitely the best, as my friend tithenai assured me when I told her I was reading it. Still, all of it is worth reading.
8) Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Grade: B
I'm a mom; I read to my children. A lot. This book was actually pretty good in the way that it introduced concepts that a child wouldn't necessarily understand without experiencing them - a friend's mother's boyfriend, etc. - in a way that was neither pedantic nor overly mature. My kindergartener, who reads at the vocabulary and interest level of a fifth grader (at least) but sometimes has trouble with the more advanced ideas got this in a way she wouldn't have gotten one aimed for her actual reading level, which made me happy as I find it difficult to explain that sort of thing on my own.
This is, of course, cross posted to courtcat79.
8 / 50
(16.0%)
6) PS: I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
Grade: B
I read this book because (everyone else was doing it) my mom kept pestering me about the movie, and if I'd seen that first, I probably wouldn't have bothered reading it - it was a pleasant surprise. I was moved to tears (and that's difficult to do) in a couple of spots, and I enjoyed it thought the writing was a bit stilted through the majority of it; it was full of short, subject/verb sentences which always makes things feel choppy to me, even though I know I have to concentrate on not doing the same thing in my own writing. Alas! Anyway, yes, I would recommend it - not with the glowing praise I've given my previous reads, but still. For light reading on the beach (or the boat, which will be in the water in twelve more days!), this is certainly a go.
7) The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Grade: B+
This grade would be higher, I think, if I weren't averaging the grades of three different books all combined in one volume; the first book is very definitely the best, as my friend tithenai assured me when I told her I was reading it. Still, all of it is worth reading.
8) Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Grade: B
I'm a mom; I read to my children. A lot. This book was actually pretty good in the way that it introduced concepts that a child wouldn't necessarily understand without experiencing them - a friend's mother's boyfriend, etc. - in a way that was neither pedantic nor overly mature. My kindergartener, who reads at the vocabulary and interest level of a fifth grader (at least) but sometimes has trouble with the more advanced ideas got this in a way she wouldn't have gotten one aimed for her actual reading level, which made me happy as I find it difficult to explain that sort of thing on my own.
This is, of course, cross posted to courtcat79.
8 / 50
(16.0%)