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Making modern teenage dialogue the focus is hampering a novel that would be atmospheric and suspenseful. There are too many screenplay-style scenes emphasizing physical actions as I worried there might be, given the author is involved with the film, trying to bring those scenes on paper. She constantly describes shaking heads, already a pet peeve and the girl tripping often. Klutzes are not cute; quit doing that.

This belongs to my youngest brother, also saved by Mom. His baby boy turns two years-old today! My baby nephew, who shares my birth month, is going to have this as a present as well.

This brand new copy was published in 1978 and my middle brother must have won it several years later at school. We attended French immersion, so this version is: “Donald Et La Boîte Magique”. He must have only done his French reading once and just savoured winning this prize. Mom saved it in crisp condition. A blue ribbon (and a cupcake), taped inside with his name, indicate that he won an athletic competition.

I am giving this to my nephew for his second birthday. It is today!

A hesitancy about books derived from films or programs, here a successful You Tube show slated for television, is the author knowing not to jot it down in screenplay style. Breathing literature into life has to be about narrative via emotions, not physical actions or how things look. You can describe action of course but it needs to be from the point of view of emotions. This one highlights snappy dialogue so far.

This is soothing and should be better known. Pamela discovered she has a beloved cat just like she adored a dog in her past. That Siamese is her photographer's model: household poses like high heels and sun rays on a carpet. We see two others, one with a face like our missing Conan! Chapters of facts comprise the rest, well-known but timely. How reassuring to confirm how naturally and well cats evade preditors!

This is so peaceful, uplifting, and bright for me while i am focusing on the positive of life that i am absorbing it at leisure. We enjoy the quotas we set for ourselves around here, making a game of a formerly solitary activity. However, I am savouring the artwork and these Nova Scotia communal and wild places, drawing these pages in properly.

Close to finishing, I fell asleep. However I am enjoying the final short story about a shy, honest, new witch-in-training. The penultimate short story was about a long-rumoured neighbourhood witch, whom trick-or-treating children find out about for sure. She was kind, to ensure they didn't try eating candy until they were off her property and could see what it was. LOL Edith Wharton preceded this. I am her fan!

Expectedly, Ray Bradbury is not to my taste. His depressing, unclarified portrayal is what many said was "the only story they liked". I sense pandering to a famous name, believing they ought to like it. Most were okay. The one I considered a standout, a think by a first-time author, is "Hallowe'en Girl".... until I read the words of Edith Wharton for the first time. I have indeed heard of her. I see why! Wow!

I don't read by day but since I want this finished today, with time to decorate a bit for Hallowe'en, I'll make a go at it. It's snowing early and our flowerbeds and remaining garden plant we want covered (beans!) are hunkered down and protected. There's no work outside. Once "The Voice" and "The Big Bang Theory" are on, it'll be a while to retire to bed to read. Let's get these 1983 short stories out of the way!

Come home sooh, Conan! We all love you and need you, as we're sure you know and we're waiting for you!

A very beautiful book and not solely a suite of quotations. There are a few sprinkled in it but this starts out as the story of a fellow-Canadian woman falling in love with a cat she took care of, needing her own. She grew up with a cherished dog, thinking she only loved that kind. Realized a cat could be the precious pet by her side through strife and joy too. She appears to have 3, whose portraits are featured.

Everyone who has paid attention since July 13 knows why I am reading this. May our precious Conan come home safely, now that we have some snow. His vacation should be concluded and like many pets our community is reassuring us about, he should be on his way home now. We have watched for him daily these three months, never giving up and are sure he will be home any day. WE KNOW your prayers are keeping Conan safe!

I love Nova Scotia and can't wait to show Ron why! He would fall into its magic too. I always believe it reminds me of Manitoba, if the ocean were close-by. It's in-land terrain resembles my province's trees and landscapes. It too is a blend of the Celtic, French, German... The fun aspects are those we don't have, Nova Scotia's own wonders. Tanya's book is an educational, beautiful, and fantastic balanced tour.

I am enjoying this art tour immensely and gaining education. I am pleased I recognize many of the oeuvres and names but not the names of the masterpieces, the full names of the artists, nor their countries and dates. The information about the work highlighted is invaluable too. How many of us who aren't painters, know what to look for? Now I know the supersalient, interesting attributes about 35 major paintings..

I am enjoying this art tour immensely and gaining education. I am pleased I recognize many of the oeuvres and names but not the names of the masterpieces, the full names of the artists, nor their countries and dates. The information about the work highlighted is invaluable too. How many of us who aren't painters, know what to look for? Now I know the supersalient, interesting attributes about 35 major paintings..

These quotates and pictures - sometimes photos, sometimes drawings, - are very nice. Some are meant to be funny observations about felines, others are stereotyped. Oftentimes I am pleased that the authors this compilation quotes, GET who cats actually are. Ours are not the stereotype, ignoring or not caring. They LOVE being part of everything. The most enchanting aspect is the cover kitten, resembling our Petal!

This is spinning into a complex, excting number of astounding revelations. They might seem far-fetched but Sarah Rayne is making them feasible. That's why the synopsis remarks that what the author discovers is recent political history. She does not seem to be writing the paranormal!
Disappointing because that's why I sought the novel out. Very long stories about why characters are damaged. Alive: no spirits.

The beautiful orange tabby kitten on this bookcover makes us smile, by looking a lot like our dear Petal when she was a baby. I have had a similar photograph of her, climbing rather than swinging, framed on the wall of this room for seven years. Three of our precious children are orange, including Petal's brother Conan, who should be home as our weather slowly cools and their Mom, Marigold. Angel & Love are white.

This is much more mystery than horror, someone who finished it said. A rare time I'm glad I browsed a review with my excursion in progress, whether or not I too would have pinpointed that observation. I would have called it "standard adult mystery" with paranormal possibilities, because the protagonist is working to solve profound family puzzles. However one part got very gruesome! Sarah keeps this a mild horror.

We have cases I'll be unable to discuss in a review, that construe unlikely, unreasonable, unbelieveable reactions to situations. For instance, of all the outlandish ways we've heard in life or stories, of people reacting to a pregnancy; in this thread, it was the most prepostrous. Howeever Sarah's non-series novels are minor horrors, less so this one, thus I like it much more. She wanted to fabricate an extreme.

Jumping a book right into action or intrigue is one technique for interesting readers. The trick is writing enough first, so that readers like the protagonist, or know just enough to be interested in the book. I didn't know anything about the premise or character to have any feelings about the first chapter. That is bland, no matter how suspenseful. Avoid blind description. However we become up to speed quickly.

I wanted to approach the end of a novel at which I have churned away but got very interested in this instead. Then I was ready to sleep but this talented, symbolic, and inspiring history from around the world was a nice note to relax upon. I see this receiving five stars and art education is something I could use. Like I said last night, I wish I could paint the gloriously large, pink sunset that graced our home.

I am finally diving into this and I love it. There is a gorgeous, unusually gorgeous, pink sunset right now filling our whole sky, as only Manitoba can. I wish I were a drawer or painter so that I could capture an exquisite experience like this. I take no beauty, glory, or joy for granted. I consider all of it a gift. Learning about art, something that is not my milieu, will help me appreciate those who make it.

This is turning out to be a more layered and complexly-constructed mystery than the romance atmosphere makes it seem. Especially a silly thief alliance and oh-so-overdone "We should have nothing to do with each other but are attracted to each other like magnets". However if the criminal behind things is an ex-pupil, a kid; it is too much of a reach to see him having the international connections he'd have to have.