Elizabeth's review of Savvy

Savvy Savvy
by Ingrid Law (Goodreads author!)
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Elizabeth's review
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bookshelves: reviewed-professionally
status: Read in February, 2008

Whoops! Can't review this one here. Have to do it professionally (consarn it). In any case, I think the first chapter is a strong strong piece of work. The rest of the book never quite reaches its full potential, but that isn't to say that it isn't a great great read. I'm looking forward to Law's other books.
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message 1: by Carter
02/25/2008 09:27AM

573509 I'm looking forward to your review on this one. I like the story's premise, and the cover is mostly good. It's that font for the title that drives me nuts. Oh, and all the purple. The cover and the book's premise confused me with the book's audience-- not sure who it's for.


message 2: by Elizabeth
02/25/2008 09:44AM

221050 I'm a fan, though I've definitely heard mixed things from the other people who have read the book. I think it has a definite audience amongst the 8-12 year olds, but I'll try to form my thoughts into a review relatively soon.


message 3: by Felicity
02/25/2008 03:36PM

733675 Yay! I'm very excited to hear what you think of it. I read it... but something still sort of makes me cautious about Savvy. Oh, the premise of the book confused me at first too- I think it is the word savvy. I got this with a box of other books, so I just glanced at the back. I'm also dubious about it being a book bought for the film rights as well.


message 4: by Felicity
03/03/2008 02:21AM

733675 Is there somewhere that we can read your professional review of it?


message 5: by Elizabeth
03/03/2008 04:30AM

221050 The print edition of School Library Journal. Give it a month or two though. This is the first time I've read a book and then was sent it for review. I review for Kirkus too, but in those cases I never know if I can confess to authoring one review or another.


message 6: by Felicity
03/03/2008 01:27PM

733675 Thanks! I can't wait.


message 7: by BabyHippoFace
08/01/2008 09:25AM

282057 Did you review of Savvy ever appear in print? I'd really like to read it.


message 8: by Elizabeth
08/01/2008 09:31AM

221050 Yep. It was the School Library Journal review. There's a small snippet of it up on Savvy's Amazon.com page available for viewing.


message 9: by BabyHippoFace
08/01/2008 11:57AM

282057 Was it on your Fuse#8 SLJ blog and I just missed it?


message 10: by BabyHippoFace
08/01/2008 12:06PM

282057 Hmmm. I went to amazon.com and there were only 10 reviews, none of them with your name attached. I think I missed something....


message 11: by Elizabeth
08/01/2008 05:05PM

221050 The SLJ review on Amazon is just a blurb. You'd have to go to SLJ's website to read the full text of the review. Sometimes the Barnes and Nobles website has full professional reviews as well. It wouldn't have been on Fuse #8 since I'm not allowed to review in two places at once.


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