The Double Jinx Mystery – birds, birds, and more birds. I never did like this one, lol.
Mystery of the Glowing Eye – awesome. I love the robot helicopter and the glowing eyes and the magnet problem.
The Secret of the Forgotten City – oy. What are the odds? Really? Full skeleton. Gold nuggets. Gold plates. Nancy is sometimes a little too hard to believe, ya know?
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After reading that book about Jackie Kennedy Onassis and her time as an editor at Doubleday, I reserved a bunch of the Tiffany books she worked on with John Loring (and a few others that were published after she died) but the only one I’ve had a chance to read was A Tiffany Christmas – which I read on Christmas Eve. It inspired me to wander through the Tiffany website looking for… baby gifts. I know, crazy, right? Tiffany has some weird power over people – it causes them to consider spending $125 on a silver apple feeding spoon for a grandchild.
Gah. I’m afraid to look at the Tiffany Pearls book…
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Thank you @sassymonkey for sending me The Virgin Cure since it isn’t available in the US for months and months. After waiting YEARS for this book, it was totally sucking to have to wait any longer – not that it wasn’t worth waiting for, I’d just prefer we not have to wait YEARS for Ami McKay’s next book.
I loved Moth. I loved Dr. Sadie. I loved Mr. Dink. I even loved the characters we maybe weren’t supposed to love. Mrs. Wentworth was super creepy and I could have nightmares about a woman like that. Poor Mae. Poor Alice. Poor Pear Tree, (OK maybe that’s going a little far – but seriously, great characters and setting. If I felt badly for a doggone Pear Tree, that’s got to tell you something about the book, right?)
I’d love to hear more about Moth – her days with the traveling show. I’d like to hear more about her taking in of girls and encouraging them to do great things. That was awesome. Go Moth! Heck, I’d even like to know what happened to Mae. And Cadet. And Rose. (We know what happens to Poor Alice.) I even wonder what happened with Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth – after Moth told Mr. Wentworth what she told him… was that enough to set some evil things to happening at home? I sure hope Nestor is ok…
Oops. I am rambling, aren’t I?
Good books cause me to do that.
And with Night Owls, I’ve finished the Cybils Shortlist for 2011. Yay me!
I had to buy Night Owls for Elly for Christmas in order to finish the challenge because my library didn’t have it. Which is a shame, for library patrons – it’s a great graphic novel. Well drawn. Well written. Well worth buying for Elly (and for me.)
The Timony twins are talented. Very talented.
I just don’t like the Kane series as much as either of the two Percy Jackson series. They’re good but not Percy Jackson good – which is why it took me a week to read The Throne of Fire. It must have something to do with the Kane siblings because I really do like Egyptian mythology – more than I like either Greek or Roman mythology.
Next book – I’m not reading it anywhere near reading The Heroes of Olympus series. Maybe that will help?
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Dear Santa,
Please enjoy these cookies and Coke and please bring this bracelet to a child who would enjoy it. Feel free to help yourself to a Jim bar and/or peanut butter blossoms as well.
Please give our regards to Mrs Claus, the reindeer and of course, the elves. Fly safely and take care.
Love,
Rebecca Figlio
On behalf of the Flamingo House residents.
PS. This is written on the back of one of my debate flow sheets. Reusue. J
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