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author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Britta
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 08/14/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, graphic-novel, library, young-adult
review:

]]> 30161927 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:49:33 -0700
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Britta
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 08/14/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, graphic-novel, library, young-adult
review:

]]> 20016749 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:45:03 -0700
author: Amanda Davis
name: Britta
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/14/08
shelves: adult, fiction, library
review:

]]> 29067351 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:44:53 -0700
author: Douglas Preston
name: Britta
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/14/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, library, non-fiction
review:

]]> 29067283 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:51:20 -0700
author: Stephanie Klein
name: Britta
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/06/08
shelves: 2008, adult, library, non-fiction
review:

]]> 20683500 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:26:57 -0700
author: Nick Trout
name: Britta
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/02/08
shelves: 2008, adult, library, non-fiction
review:

]]> 27698671 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:26:45 -0700
author: Jasper Fforde
name: Britta
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/02/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, fiction, library
review:

]]> 25021108 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:07:04 -0700
author: Ian McEwan
name: Britta
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/19/08
shelves: 2008, adult, fiction, library
review:

]]> 15327414 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:52:27 -0700
author: Stephen King
name: Britta
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/10/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, fiction, library
review:

]]> 25021160 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:33:22 -0700
The one I covet the most is the Carmel Beach Stone Cottage. It's my dream house. My other favorites include the Mitchell Cottage on Spring Island, the Brunswick Cottage, the Fair Harbor in Carmel, the Dexioma Cottage, and the last entry, the Private Island Cottage. The Bainbridge Island Cottage includes a precious children's playhouse made from an old water tower.

This is a great volume to thumb through and daydream about spending evenings on a porch swing, wrapped up in a blanket, looking out on the ocean.]]>
author: Linda Leigh Paul
name: Britta
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/27/08
shelves: 2008, adult, library, non-fiction
review:
Self-disclosure: Sometimes I like to imagine myself as a Jessica Fletcher-esque writer, holed up in a small, quaint cottage on the Maine coast. This book let me indulge that fantasy a bit.

The one I covet the most is the Carmel Beach Stone Cottage. It's my dream house. My other favorites include the Mitchell Cottage on Spring Island, the Brunswick Cottage, the Fair Harbor in Carmel, the Dexioma Cottage, and the last entry, the Private Island Cottage. The Bainbridge Island Cottage includes a precious children's playhouse made from an old water tower.

This is a great volume to thumb through and daydream about spending evenings on a porch swing, wrapped up in a blanket, looking out on the ocean.
]]> 24107962 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:11:57 -0700
author: Alice Hoffman
name: Britta
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/11/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, fiction, library
review:

]]> 11743304 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:11:52 -0700
author: Dean Koontz
name: Britta
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/11/08
shelves: 2008, adult, fiction, juvenile-chapter, purchased
review:
I'll probably give it 5 stars once I listen to it on audio. The Odd Thomas books are great, but the audiobooks are stellar.
]]> 22542915 Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:42 -0700
author: Angie Sage
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/29/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:

]]> 21310781 Tue, 27 May 2008 18:12:58 -0700
author: Dean Koontz
name: Britta
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/27/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, fiction, library
review:

]]> 22542836 Mon, 19 May 2008 07:26:19 -0700
author: Melvin Burgess
name: Britta
average rating: 2.97
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 05/19/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, library, young-adult
review:

]]> 21870770 Mon, 12 May 2008 19:44:44 -0700
author: Jerry Spinelli
name: Britta
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:

]]> 21871052 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:51:10 -0700
author: Mara Bergman
name: Britta
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/08/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 21870997 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:25 -0700
author: Amanda Leslie
name: Britta
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/08/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 21870933 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:42 -0700
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Britta
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/08/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 21725809 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:44:40 -0700
author: Joan Lowery Nixon
name: Britta
average rating: 2.00
book published: 2000
rating: 2
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/08/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:

]]> 21725529 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:26:14 -0700
author: Gennifer Choldenko
name: Britta
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/06/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:

]]> 21331704 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:25:26 -0700
author: Ed Emberley
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 21331505 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:17:57 -0700
author: Kevin Henkes
name: Britta
average rating: 3.25
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 21331449 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:16:20 -0700
author: Martine Oborne
name: Britta
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20450851 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:54:55 -0700
Oscar is an ominiously overweight science fiction obsessive who gets no love from the ladies. This might not be such a big deal if Oscar was not Dominican, and expected to have women hanging from his every extremity. He has no social skills whatsoever. At 23, he's never been kissed, let alone lost his virginity. He's constantly depressed and drowns his sorrows in J.R.R. Tolkien and food.

Although Oscar is our main character, this is also a story about his mother, Bela, his sister, Lola, his friend, Yunior (who is also our narrator), and the transformation (and stagnation) of the Dominican Republic from the 1950s to today.

This is an exquisitly crafted story that totally deserves it status as a Pulitzer Prize Winner. I'd expected something dry and intellectual, but instead found a heartwarming, engaging, smart story with sprinklings of Dominican Spanish and odes to classic science fiction and gaming. (Every time someone is physically hurt, he or she is down a certain amount of "hit points" to describe the severity of the injury.)

While I loved this book and would recommend it to everyone (especially in audio format), it was so dark that I had to take a break from audiobooks afterward.]]>
author: Junot Díaz
name: Britta
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, fiction, library
review:
2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner - Fiction

Oscar is an ominiously overweight science fiction obsessive who gets no love from the ladies. This might not be such a big deal if Oscar was not Dominican, and expected to have women hanging from his every extremity. He has no social skills whatsoever. At 23, he's never been kissed, let alone lost his virginity. He's constantly depressed and drowns his sorrows in J.R.R. Tolkien and food.

Although Oscar is our main character, this is also a story about his mother, Bela, his sister, Lola, his friend, Yunior (who is also our narrator), and the transformation (and stagnation) of the Dominican Republic from the 1950s to today.

This is an exquisitly crafted story that totally deserves it status as a Pulitzer Prize Winner. I'd expected something dry and intellectual, but instead found a heartwarming, engaging, smart story with sprinklings of Dominican Spanish and odes to classic science fiction and gaming. (Every time someone is physically hurt, he or she is down a certain amount of "hit points" to describe the severity of the injury.)

While I loved this book and would recommend it to everyone (especially in audio format), it was so dark that I had to take a break from audiobooks afterward.
]]> 13167417 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:19:10 -0700
author: Jennifer Weiner
name: Britta
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/27/08
shelves: 2008, adult, fiction, library
review:

]]> 20683247 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:18:06 -0700
author: Weight Watchers
name: Britta
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/27/08
shelves: 2008, adult, library, non-fiction
review:

]]> 20799726 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:04:38 -0700
author: Molly Bang
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20799652 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:03:55 -0700
author: Katie Davis
name: Britta
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20799569 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:02:56 -0700
author: Greg Foley
name: Britta
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20790767 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:03:24 -0700
author: Karen Gray Ruelle
name: Britta
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20790724 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:02:48 -0700
author: Antoinette Portis
name: Britta
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20790680 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:02:18 -0700
author: Lauren Thompson
name: Britta
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/23/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20395564 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:25:43 -0700
author: Wendy Mass
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/22/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, library, young-adult
review:

]]> 18284705 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:47:13 -0700
author: Editors of McSweeney's
name: Britta
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/21/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:

]]> 18759464 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:46:54 -0700
author: Laurie Notaro
name: Britta
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/21/08
shelves: 2008, adult, library, non-fiction
review:

]]> 20251076 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:11 -0700
When Coraline gets on her mother's last nerve, she's sent to explore the house. A locked door in the seldom-used living room catches her attention, and she learns that it was bricked up when the house was turned into flats, so the door leads nowhere. At least, it does until Coraline decides to go back to open it on her own. What's through that door starts as a fantasy, and slowly turns into a nightmare. Coraline has to be brave to reclaim everything she loves, and stop the horror from gaining control.

I tried. I really, really did. Everyone loves Neil Gaiman, but I just can't get into his stuff. I don't blame him. I blame myself. (The exception to this are the Sandman graphic novels. I LOVED them.)

I really enjoyed the imagery. His description and ability to make words as creepy and cringe-worthy as any picture or video is amazing. But I wasn't able to see Coraline as a real girl. She didn't think or behave little girl...even one who is overly quirky. The characters didn't ring true.]]>
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Britta
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/17/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:
Coraline is on a break from school and is trying to keep herelf amused, but there is nothing to do. Her parents (both of whom Coraline loves, but annoy the dickens out of her) both work from home and have no time for her. She's an only child, and the only other people around are the other tenants of her building: two elderly ladies who are former actresses, and an strange gentleman who claims that he spends his days teaching mice to do circus tricks. They're not the best company (they can't even get her name right...they keep calling her Caroline!) The only thing even remotely interesting to do is explore outside, but when the days turn rainy and foggy, that's not a possibility.

When Coraline gets on her mother's last nerve, she's sent to explore the house. A locked door in the seldom-used living room catches her attention, and she learns that it was bricked up when the house was turned into flats, so the door leads nowhere. At least, it does until Coraline decides to go back to open it on her own. What's through that door starts as a fantasy, and slowly turns into a nightmare. Coraline has to be brave to reclaim everything she loves, and stop the horror from gaining control.

I tried. I really, really did. Everyone loves Neil Gaiman, but I just can't get into his stuff. I don't blame him. I blame myself. (The exception to this are the Sandman graphic novels. I LOVED them.)

I really enjoyed the imagery. His description and ability to make words as creepy and cringe-worthy as any picture or video is amazing. But I wasn't able to see Coraline as a real girl. She didn't think or behave little girl...even one who is overly quirky. The characters didn't ring true.
]]> 20300567 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:26:34 -0700
The pop-ups are bright and colorful. I love the book itself. However, much of the vocabulary is far too high-level for a pop-up book audience, and many of the rhymes are uneven. Some don't even make sense.

If you've got the book, use it, but make up your own text.]]>
author: Libby Ellis
name: Britta
average rating: 2.00
book published: 2000
rating: 2
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:
A young zebra with no markings approaches his friends to see if he can borrow their beautiful colors and patterns, only to find that when he grows into his own, he's quite happy.

The pop-ups are bright and colorful. I love the book itself. However, much of the vocabulary is far too high-level for a pop-up book audience, and many of the rhymes are uneven. Some don't even make sense.

If you've got the book, use it, but make up your own text.
]]> 20300230 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:22:46 -0700
author: Mo Willems
name: Britta
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 20300482 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:21:28 -0700
author: Mo Willems
name: Britta
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, storytime-other, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 11696570 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:01:50 -0700
I'm not going to give a synopsis because if you've read the first two in the trilogy, you're going to want to experience The Sweer Far Thing without interference.]]>
author: Libba Bray
name: Britta
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/15/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, library, young-adult
review:
This is a lovely conclusion to the saga of Gemma Doyle and her friends. As with the other two books, it probably could have been a bit shorter, but the description is so rich that I hardly minded.

I'm not going to give a synopsis because if you've read the first two in the trilogy, you're going to want to experience The Sweer Far Thing without interference.
]]> 20173460 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:51:16 -0700
There's no doubt that I will be recommending this to teen patrons needing such a guide.]]>
author: Nancy Amanda Redd
name: Britta
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/14/08
shelves: 2008, library, non-fiction, young-adult
review:
This is the body/wellness guide I wish I'd had as a young adult. The author, a former winner of the Miss America swimsuit competition, does a wonderful job of embracing all body types and jumping right in to the most embarrassing, most important questions that young women have about their bodies.

There's no doubt that I will be recommending this to teen patrons needing such a guide.
]]> 18759409 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:39:14 -0700
author: Laurie Notaro
name: Britta
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/10/08
shelves: 2008, adult, library, non-fiction
review:
I'll be filing my review as soon as I'm able to stop laughing.
]]> 19433489 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:57:23 -0700
Gabe loves his uncle.
He comes home and the fan is
off. Gabe is alone.]]>
author: Audrey Shafer
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 03/08
date added: 04/04/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:
Review Haiku:

Gabe loves his uncle.
He comes home and the fan is
off. Gabe is alone.
]]> 19442837 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:18:07 -0700
Pigeon wants a dog?
He says he'll water it well,
but I'm still concerned.


Pigeon wants a puppy more than anything else in the world, and when he doesn't get one, he throws a pigeon fit. However, when he gets what he wants, he finds that it's not what he expected...

So, so, so cute. I love this book even more than I loved the other pigeon books, which is a considerable amount. The humor appeals to all ages, and the simplistic illustrations help the story to be clear.

I'll be getting my copy signed by Mo at Borders tonight!!!]]>
author: Mo Willems
name: Britta
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/04/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, picture-book, purchased
review:
Review Haiku:

Pigeon wants a dog?
He says he'll water it well,
but I'm still concerned.


Pigeon wants a puppy more than anything else in the world, and when he doesn't get one, he throws a pigeon fit. However, when he gets what he wants, he finds that it's not what he expected...

So, so, so cute. I love this book even more than I loved the other pigeon books, which is a considerable amount. The humor appeals to all ages, and the simplistic illustrations help the story to be clear.

I'll be getting my copy signed by Mo at Borders tonight!!!
]]> 19358190 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:29:27 -0700
author: Jan Pienkowski
name: Britta
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1981
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/03/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 19358245 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:29:01 -0700
author: Vicki Churchill
name: Britta
average rating: 4.70
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/03/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 19358141 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:24:56 -0700
author: John Butler
name: Britta
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/03/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 18755630 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:38:50 -0700
Making friends is hard.
Spontanious combustion
is a bummer too.

SUCH a good book. I guess it's technically chick lit, but I hesitate to label bit because of the negative connotations that go along with that genre. It's not fluffy or trite. There's no romance, and no one has a terminal disease.

Maye and her husband (and their dog, Charlie) are moving to Spalding, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona for the husband to take a job as an English professor at Spalding University. Spalding is a quintessential college hippie town, laid-back and full of quirky characters. Maye, a pudgy woman in her mid-30's, is excited about the move, but not about leaving all of her friends behind. Ever the trooper, Maye puts her best foot forward and looks forward to meeting new people.

Unfortunately, making friends in Spaulding is more difficult than she ever imagined it would be. After narrow escapes from a coven of witches, a cult of vegetarians (Maye loves a good steak, but is willing to make sacrifices for friends), and an alcoholic who humiliates her on a friend-date, she decides to enter the town's Sewer Pipe Queen pageant, a long-standing tradition, sure this will help her attract friends.

Poor, poor Maye. She's got luck like mine. I found myself bellylaughing in the car, marvelling at how she can fall on her face repeatedly, but still get up and make the best of it. I empathized with her, and after the first disc, I wanted to call her up for the friend-date she so badly wanted.

I'm also reading one of her memoirs, which is equally hilarious. I can't wait for her new book to be released this summer.]]>
author: Laurie Notaro
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 03/08
date added: 04/02/08
shelves: 2008, adult, audio, fiction, library
review:
Here's my haiku for this book:

Making friends is hard.
Spontanious combustion
is a bummer too.

SUCH a good book. I guess it's technically chick lit, but I hesitate to label bit because of the negative connotations that go along with that genre. It's not fluffy or trite. There's no romance, and no one has a terminal disease.

Maye and her husband (and their dog, Charlie) are moving to Spalding, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona for the husband to take a job as an English professor at Spalding University. Spalding is a quintessential college hippie town, laid-back and full of quirky characters. Maye, a pudgy woman in her mid-30's, is excited about the move, but not about leaving all of her friends behind. Ever the trooper, Maye puts her best foot forward and looks forward to meeting new people.

Unfortunately, making friends in Spaulding is more difficult than she ever imagined it would be. After narrow escapes from a coven of witches, a cult of vegetarians (Maye loves a good steak, but is willing to make sacrifices for friends), and an alcoholic who humiliates her on a friend-date, she decides to enter the town's Sewer Pipe Queen pageant, a long-standing tradition, sure this will help her attract friends.

Poor, poor Maye. She's got luck like mine. I found myself bellylaughing in the car, marvelling at how she can fall on her face repeatedly, but still get up and make the best of it. I empathized with her, and after the first disc, I wanted to call her up for the friend-date she so badly wanted.

I'm also reading one of her memoirs, which is equally hilarious. I can't wait for her new book to be released this summer.
]]> 17965891 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:45:50 -0700
NASA machine. Oops.
Here's 1763.
Peter and Kate blur.

Sure, Peter and Kate have adventures back in 1763 and nearly get killed and have to deal with bugs in their cheese and no idea how to get back to their parents in the present, but that's neither here nor there.

Honestly, the most interesting part of the book for me were the brief interludes when the author cut to the parents andn police in the present, trying to figure out where the hell the children had disappeared to, and if they were still alive.

It's a good book, but not a great book. It's a good story not executed as well as it could have been. Great descriptions, though. The author certainly did her research. However, it really bothered me that the characters didn't take the whole "Back to the Future" space-time continuum thing very seriously. The kids, I understand, but a NASA scientist should be absolutely terrified at a change in the past changing the future.

I'm glad to see that the newer edition has been retitled The Time Travelers, because that's really the focus of the book. Gideon is important, but he's not really a main character.]]>
author: Linda Buckley-Archer
name: Britta
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 03/27/08
shelves: 2008, audio, fiction, juvenile-chapter, library
review:
I choose to summarize this book in the form of a Haiku.

NASA machine. Oops.
Here's 1763.
Peter and Kate blur.

Sure, Peter and Kate have adventures back in 1763 and nearly get killed and have to deal with bugs in their cheese and no idea how to get back to their parents in the present, but that's neither here nor there.

Honestly, the most interesting part of the book for me were the brief interludes when the author cut to the parents andn police in the present, trying to figure out where the hell the children had disappeared to, and if they were still alive.

It's a good book, but not a great book. It's a good story not executed as well as it could have been. Great descriptions, though. The author certainly did her research. However, it really bothered me that the characters didn't take the whole "Back to the Future" space-time continuum thing very seriously. The kids, I understand, but a NASA scientist should be absolutely terrified at a change in the past changing the future.

I'm glad to see that the newer edition has been retitled The Time Travelers, because that's really the focus of the book. Gideon is important, but he's not really a main character.
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author: Janet S. Wong
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/27/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

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author: Keith Faulkner
name: Britta
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/27/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 18755009 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:45:00 -0700
author: Melanie Walsh
name: Britta
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/27/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, library, picture-book, toddler-storytime
review:

]]> 18285411 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:41:34 -0700
I'm not sure what it was, but I had a really hard time getting into this story. It was cute, but neither the text, nor the illustrations drew me in. School Library Journal reviewed it well, so maybe it's just not my cup of tea.]]>