29.09.2013

This is such a lovely novella. It's told from the perspective of young Barney, for whom his family is the center of his world. Barney adores his step-mother and is a bit in awe of both his older sisters, loud future novelist Tabitha and silent bookish Troy. Barney's real issue is that he is being haunted by a recently rediscovered grand ( Read more... )

Underrunners follows Tris(tram) Catt growing up in an odd house in the coast of New Zealand with his father after his mom abandoned them for Australia and who-knows-what-else. Tris spends his days playing with his imaginary friend, the good but tough alien, Selsey Firebone, and fighting evil aliens, while he avoids everybody real as much as ( Read more... )

14.01.2012

Gracioso, extraño. Una banda de bandidos raptan a la bibliotecaria para pedir recompensa al govierno, porque obvio que sin ella la biblioteca no puede funcionar XD. Es cortito y todo es sorprendente y genial así que no digo más, me alegro de haber encontrado el ebook y a Margaret Mahy en general.

El secuestro de la bibliotecaria, publicado ( Read more... )

13.01.2012 (witches book finished on a 13, oh dear!)

Sarah Rees Brennan (sarahtales) has been going on about this book in her blog for ages but although I normally adore her writing, her taste in books does not correspond with mine often (there are exceptions, Black Cats, P&P, Hana Yori Dango but it’s hit or miss). Well, I admit I was wrong. I should have ( Read more... )