Long ago and far away, I remember reading this, from the excellent title. What Charlotte learns about the soldiers affected, is a spoiler. She works oLong ago and far away, I remember reading this, from the excellent title. What Charlotte learns about the soldiers affected, is a spoiler. She works out, I believe, with some humor and possible romance. These guys are tough, and all hers. On my reread list to check memories
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Long ago and far away, I remember reading this, from the excellent title. What Charlotte learns about the soldiers affected, is a spoiler. She works out, I believe, with some humor and possible romance. These guys are tough, and all hers. On my reread list to check memories...more
Sara tells of when Mrs Winters sends her as cousin Cassandra to School. Books, boys, pitfalls, enemies, pals. Did I say boys?
Surprises, small to worldSara tells of when Mrs Winters sends her as cousin Cassandra to School. Books, boys, pitfalls, enemies, pals. Did I say boys?
Surprises, small to world-ending. Some easy to see coming, some not. Snickers, snorts, smiles, make all worthwhile.
Typos 1 title CHANGLING CHANGELING discretely discreetly Callista's wardrobe / her wardrobe suits suites borders boarders ...more 52-2022 #6 chair, book on cover #mini Feb ch 12 title MIRROR, MIRROR
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Sara tells of when Mrs Winters sends her as cousin Cassandra to School. Books, boys, pitfalls, enemies, pals. Did I say boys?
Surprises, small to world-ending. Some easy to see coming, some not. Snickers, snorts, smiles, make all worthwhile.
Typos 1 title CHANGLING CHANGELING discretely discreetly Callista's wardrobe / her wardrobe suits suites borders boarders ...more 52-2022 #6 chair, book on cover #mini Feb ch 12 title MIRROR, MIRROR...more
1 Stand by for Mars! 1952 2 Danger in Deep Space 1953 3 On the Trail of the Space Pirates 1953 4 The Space Pioneers 1953 5 The Revolt on Venus 1953 6 Trea1 Stand by for Mars! 1952 2 Danger in Deep Space 1953 3 On the Trail of the Space Pirates 1953 4 The Space Pioneers 1953 5 The Revolt on Venus 1953 6 Treachery in Outer Space 1954 7 Sabotage in Space 1955
Only students aged 18, Corbett at control deck, navigator Manning, big engineer Astro have action-packed missions #1-7 by Joseph Greene aka Carey Rockwell. Thrills. Battles explode. Flash. Boom. Crash.
2353 is the year for SpaceMen, only one pretty senior scientist Dale. Manning flirts wih "space dolls", blushes when put down. Tricky to find some hidden prejudices. Just the way things were in 1950s when written.
Skip no-fun Savage, Norton, Wollheim tales used from era, in place of 1956 still copyrighted "The Robot Rocket".
Typos V 1.0.4 p 73, 245 breath breathe 301 breech breach 439 well we'll 669 earner speech IS earlier speech 693 breath as slowly IS breathe as slowly 891 woman and IS women and 1008, 1122, 1582 insigne insignia
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1 Stand by for Mars! 1952 2 Danger in Deep Space 1953 3 On the Trail of the Space Pirates 1953 4 The Space Pioneers 1953 5 The Revolt on Venus 1953 6 Treachery in Outer Space 1954 7 Sabotage in Space 1955
Only students aged 18, Corbett at control deck, navigator Manning, big engineer Astro have action-packed missions #1-7 by Joseph Greene aka Carey Rockwell. Thrills. Battles explode. Flash. Boom. Crash.
2353 is the year for SpaceMen, only one pretty senior scientist Dale. Manning flirts wih "space dolls", blushes when put down. Tricky to find some hidden prejudices. Just the way things were in 1950s when written.
Skip no-fun Savage, Norton, Wollheim tales used from era, in place of 1956 still copyrighted "The Robot Rocket".
Typos V 1.0.4 p 73, 245 breath breathe 301 breech breach 439 well we'll 669 earner speech IS earlier speech 693 breath as slowly IS breathe as slowly 891 woman and IS women and 1008, 1122, 1582 insigne insignia...more
Adorable style of b&w drawings.Too cheery Tanna 13 in color, red braid would be even better. Grouchy Gal's caterpillar eyebrows are severe downward blAdorable style of b&w drawings.Too cheery Tanna 13 in color, red braid would be even better. Grouchy Gal's caterpillar eyebrows are severe downward black slashes.
Story is net, catches reader. Turn pages fast. Stop for naught. Hooray! Oh. Need next adventure....more
This is Juan's John's interior thoughts, wanting to be a hero. He signed up just to show off for Carmencita, a brainy girl meant for pilot. He is stilThis is Juan's John's interior thoughts, wanting to be a hero. He signed up just to show off for Carmencita, a brainy girl meant for pilot. He is still loyal to ideals, like first to Vietnam. Like Card's "Ender's Game", enemies are Bugs, aliens we know nothing about. I compared with Bowe as below. War is hell for all sides. Canada still loses humans.
Cussler expertly tightens the noose around the villain and tension on readers. He encloses the main 1906 plot in 1950 haul out the locomotive sunk in Cussler expertly tightens the noose around the villain and tension on readers. He encloses the main 1906 plot in 1950 haul out the locomotive sunk in the final record-setting race. Isaac Bell, best detective for Van Dorn Agency lags one step behind Jakob Cromwell, "Butcher Bandit" who shoots every witness to his bank robberies or disguises, until the nail-biting finale with his beautiful yet equally evil sister Margaret. Even the writing is like Pinkerton's "We Never Sleep" cases. Chugga=chugga tooot tooot.
Surprise ending, back in the real world, I never saw coming. Happy bouncy art. Cheery twin brothers tag along. Bent over, spindly legs support their aSurprise ending, back in the real world, I never saw coming. Happy bouncy art. Cheery twin brothers tag along. Bent over, spindly legs support their aged gran. Everyone looks just right. Just as they should. Colors wash around and tumble just right.
Maya's angry hair frizzes over both page sides. Her stuffed toy reflects her changing expressions on his small face. Sometimes we just wake up grumbly. Only Gramma knows what to do.
Elephants spray water fountains. Swing by hands with monkeys. Slide down giraffe necks. What a fun morning a gran can invent....more
"Best to let those in charge believe in their supremacy" "Rules for critter wranglers, number two: When scary things run away, something scarier is com"Best to let those in charge believe in their supremacy" "Rules for critter wranglers, number two: When scary things run away, something scarier is coming." "That’s what bravery is—being scared but doing the right thing anyway." Tears. Death. Betrayal. Dragons eat magic by gulping artifacts. Villains step over decency line, gut beasts for gold. Ick.
Author traps me into caring for people. She has a way with words, interleaving humor and shaping individual language style. I smile and laugh more than cry. Envision "the road contorts like a Mobius strip" .. or trip over.
“When life gives you lemonade, make whiskey sours,” Angus said. "Don’t go throwing caution out with the bathwater." "The captain will get here by hook or by ladder."
Non-humans are better than humans: mad, crazy, vicious. Poachers direct thunder, herd of dragons, led by red Queen Ruby to scrabble old graves for treasure.
Pest Controller Kyra Greene(wood) fills her need for family. flat with cages. She tries to trap, not kill, even people. "Life was precious no matter what, and I tried to live by that rule."
One special gargoyle frustrates her. "I wanted to kiss him and hit him. Not necessarily in that order." Sprinkle of romance. "Mason, the man I’d dreamed about, cursed, and tried to forget for nearly a year. .. I wanted to climb inside that gaze and curl up with hot cocoa and a good book."
Comedy with a pinch of horror. Especially the end. Oh those witches! She knows how to wield a knife. Ouch.
The hero may seem meek mild and caring for iComedy with a pinch of horror. Especially the end. Oh those witches! She knows how to wield a knife. Ouch.
The hero may seem meek mild and caring for innocent smelly goblins "people too". But past horror, young and foolish days, catch up to him. Especially when a local Witch and a Master know your story....more
"It was much more fun to get into trouble with someone else" 7.42
"Lockie" (Wolflock) 15 somehow lets down his dad. I really was not sure how. Lockie h"It was much more fun to get into trouble with someone else" 7.42
"Lockie" (Wolflock) 15 somehow lets down his dad. I really was not sure how. Lockie has wanted school away for years, but now his teased, loved sis Myna 13 smooths his way past (consistent typo for passed) their stern dad, the cost by her "investments". Author Elton cleverly makes silvery ship's captain the first case.
Elton has a knack for entertaining repartée, endearing characters, breathtaking vistas, believable settings. The lonely teen gets his first friend, cheery Mothy. But despite laughing admiration for "my prince", Sherlockian arrogance alienates passengers. Sherlock is our original expert to observe and deduct. Hooray for boy version in Elton's steampunk world.
52-2024 #2 8.7 "faint oaky smell of a man's perfume"
Typos p 2 from -> for 3 draw -> drawer 5 wasn't -> weren't 10 I'm -> I've Ch 2 p 2 Felen's -> Felens 5 queue -> cue 9 passed -> past and extra -> an extra 33, 34 The Thorn's -> The Thorns 41 were crucial -> was crucial 5.32 smarter than tha, -> smarter than that 6.13 pushed passed -> pushed past 15 gaul -> gall 21 see passed -> see past 7.34 to their -> to there 37 would -> would be 8.17 when lived -> when he lived 18 coat -> coast 9.7 look. before -> looks before 23 blackmailing Slavidus-> blackmails Slavidus Excerpt 1.15 where Seers-> were Seers 27 passed her -> past her 31 probably -> is probably...more
Skim Reread #1-2, ends with deaths of his assassin team and helicopter takeoff. #3 Lazarus has him crash copMitch. You’re a hero, but nobody knows it.
Skim Reread #1-2, ends with deaths of his assassin team and helicopter takeoff. #3 Lazarus has him crash copter, chase The Master last leader survivor of Enclave from hospital, and flee from police. He was wounded after Jessica sacrifices herself over Shade, last other Alpha. I'd add Vincent to thriller authors, but I want stand-alone not cliff-hanger; series I can follow in library or free ebooks. If I had a library of paper books, I'd need another floor for them. I like to read a lot.
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Sooo funny. Simple scrawls, hair hither thither, one line for spud brow. Remember feeling bored? hearing kids complain, nothing to do? She is sooo borSooo funny. Simple scrawls, hair hither thither, one line for spud brow. Remember feeling bored? hearing kids complain, nothing to do? She is sooo bored. Until naked small Potato rolls in, sooo bored. If you saw I'm Worried, I'm Sad thin big books, you'll know who shows last. If not, Surprise!...more
A lullaby that a lowly nursery care worker soothes babes finds another use. Finally Jig gets back at bullies who chase him, and gets an unusual pet. FA lullaby that a lowly nursery care worker soothes babes finds another use. Finally Jig gets back at bullies who chase him, and gets an unusual pet. Funny. Gory from nasties' point of view. Hah. More such tales would be top of the trees....more
Surprises and not. Minx makes friends with Frances, 5 sibs, generous Gran, starts school, rescues kids from mean witch mama. Black line drawings dsrk Surprises and not. Minx makes friends with Frances, 5 sibs, generous Gran, starts school, rescues kids from mean witch mama. Black line drawings dsrk with menace, 1900s styles.
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Surprises and not. Minx makes friends with Frances, 5 sibs, generous Gran, starts school, rescues kids from mean witch mama. Black line drawings dsrk with menace, 1900s styles.
squalor in trenches of "mud, human filth, and moldy rations" Vincent captures the futility of war, where individuals, directed by politicos, sacrifice squalor in trenches of "mud, human filth, and moldy rations" Vincent captures the futility of war, where individuals, directed by politicos, sacrifice for their fellows in deplorable conditions. Sgt Talon Stiler, Terra Union Marines, takes us the bloodbath in Rivet City.
An enemy soldier, a "teenager, bloody, dirty, and hopeless, a haunted look on his face" returns the invader's kindness, offering a lead that could end the conflict, save thousands. Only because Stiler's second, Cpl Gracie Liebowitz, and most Marines fall.
Vincent even records pain of "survivors". Those who return suffer in mind and body. Wives tire waiting. Are family benefits of free education +, worth no husband?
Squad Motto:Do it or die Vincent paces chapters on target: up highs safe, for the time being. Low, bottoms out, betrayed, shocked, his heart shrinks in despair. Methinks my metaphors are mumbo-jumbled. But Vincent is not. Talon is punished hard as fighter. Rewarded. Punished for doing right, or no just reason.
Sent to River City, slog, bomb ticks down. Out. Home. Or is he? Back enlisted. Blows money on fun. Gives the wrong guy his right answer. Held in galaxy's worst jail. Out. Hundreds on suicide mission. Down to one fellow. Remember betrayals.
Whew. Rollercoaster. Reread tied emotions same again. Though plot skeleton easy to remember. Struggle up. Slide down backwards. Repeat. Again. Just, as in justice, for finale ?
Typos 6% likely through IS likely pull through...more
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