Beth's review
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo
Beth's review
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
Beth's review
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Confession: I finished this book in one day. Why could I read so quickly? Definitely not because of my speed-reading capabilities! It’s because, despite being nearly 300 pages, it is short. :-)
I wouldn’t say it’s a truly compelling read (though it did win the Newbery Award), but it held my attention even if it truly was a book written for children. I read a lot of children’s and young adult books, but plenty of them are meaty enough that I don’t feel sheepish saying I've read them. This one … well. It’s got that Lemony Snicketness about it, where the author is talking to you and addressing you as “Reader” and encouraging you to look up words (I did look up “perfidy” and learned the meaning of it), and consequently I fly through the fourteen-point font and double-spaced, illustrated pages and then chalk it up to another book read.
Hey, at least I’ve stopped reading Baby-Sitters Club. (Also: Ann M. Martin stopped writing them. Ha!)
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I wouldn’t say it’s a truly compelling read (though it did win the Newbery Award), but it held my attention even if it truly was a book written for children. I read a lot of children’s and young adult books, but plenty of them are meaty enough that I don’t feel sheepish saying I've read them. This one … well. It’s got that Lemony Snicketness about it, where the author is talking to you and addressing you as “Reader” and encouraging you to look up words (I did look up “perfidy” and learned the meaning of it), and consequently I fly through the fourteen-point font and double-spaced, illustrated pages and then chalk it up to another book read.
Hey, at least I’ve stopped reading Baby-Sitters Club. (Also: Ann M. Martin stopped writing them. Ha!)
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