Finishing the Cybils Shortlist Challenge is going to be errr challenging. I’ve got a lot of books to read and some of them have been on my reserve list for a very long time. I’m beginning to think the cuts in library funding are going to prevent me from reading them all. But, I’m still trying. I finished five last night. I only really loved one of them and I couple were just plain bad.
The two that I really did not like were Shampoodle and The Book that Eats People. The Book that Eats People was really disappointing. I had high hopes but it was boring. A book that eats people should not be boring. Shampoodle was just one of those boring rhyming books where dogs have weird grooming things done to them – for nothing. I’m not a fan of those sorts of books.
The Curious Garden was nice. I liked the story. I liked the idea of helping nature grow in the middle of the city and seeing others join in. Very nice. Not great but good enough. Good Dog, Aggie wasn’t bad either but it wasn’t super awesome. Just good enough — though the boxy faces on the animals weren’t my favorite dog illustrations in the world.
The one I loved was Alice’s Shooting Star, though I didn’t love the title. I want a better title for this fun story. Rosie is an awesome kid and Alice is an even more awesome big sister for recognizing her sister’s personality for the great thing that it was. It can be difficult having a kid (or a sibling) like that but it’s who they are and there are lots of things to like about a quirky kid. I almost wish I had a kid in this age group so I could buy the whole series of Alice books.
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