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So, I’ve finished the first half of Gene Wolfe’s Shadow and Claw, comprising the first two books of The Book of the New Sun. It took me a while to get through it, and I figured that, before I started on book two, it might be a good idea to shift gears, and read something a bit more mindless, and much, much lighter. I needed to cleanse the palate, I suppose. A book about whales on stilts sounded like just what I needed.
The story is about Lily, a very average girl whose father works in an abandone ...more
The story is about Lily, a very average girl whose father works in an abandone ...more
I listened to this on audio several years ago, but reread the print version after my 10 & up bookgroup chose it for October. I found it a much funnier story in print, where the illustrations help build the world of the book. It's wacky and weird, and now I want to pick up the rest of the series.
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Lily's Dad works as a scientist in a lab at an "abandoned warehouse". Visiting on Take Your Child to Work Day, Lily notices some strange things. Like, her Dad's boss has rubbery blue-gray skin and a bag over his head.
Sure enough, he' an evil mastermind plotting to take over the world. It's up to Lily, with the help of her friends Katie and Jasper, to stop them.
Deadpan spoof of all those "boys' adventure" stories such as Tom Swift, mixed in with a Godzilla-ish plot involving whales fitted with la ...more
Sure enough, he' an evil mastermind plotting to take over the world. It's up to Lily, with the help of her friends Katie and Jasper, to stop them.
Deadpan spoof of all those "boys' adventure" stories such as Tom Swift, mixed in with a Godzilla-ish plot involving whales fitted with la ...more
