Before starting to read this book, I had a much different idea of what the book contained. I thought that it formed a much more traditional memoir. However, this book actually is a collection of pieces written by or transcriptions of speeches given by Ruth Bader Ginsburg – and a couple by her husband – with some audio taken directly
from wherever the speech was given. (I read this as an audiobook.) Sometimes that authenticity with the audio did take away a little bit because of Ginsburg’s very pronounced diction which she is known for. However, I did still find it fascinating to get a glimpse into her thought process behind a variety of topics. I look forward to reading more from and about her.
Although this book is the third book in an interconnected series, you can definitely read at least this book separately. I do not know about the other books in the series because I have not read those. This book, and the whole series I believe, takes two fairytales which do not typically share a connection and brings them together in a middle grade version of the TV show Once Upon A Time. Since I enjoy
that show, and that concept so much, I definitely appreciated what the author did. I also liked how she brought in a couple other fairytales that are not mentioned in the title. I’ve had all of those tied together. I will definitely look into reading some of the other books in this series.
This graphic novel is absolutely adorable and hilarious. In this book, Eugenia, the main character, has a reoccurring nightmare that takes place on her birthday, which is the fourth, and according to Chinese lore is an omen of bad luck due to the fact that the English word four sounds like the Chinese word for death. Eugenia wants to celebrate her birthday on her actual birthday, but her parents never have, because of that
superstition. As the book goes on, and Eugenia keeps having this dream while also trying to pursue her goal of becoming an artist to the opposition of her mother the nightmare gets increasingly worse until it may or may not come to pass. I definitely recommend this graphic novel.
I loved this YA graphic novel so much. This book is one of the on the SCASL YA list for this upcoming school year and I can definitely see why. In this slightly historical graphic novel set in the early 1990s, the main character goes to spend the summer with her Guatemalan father, a man that she has spent very little of any time with, so that her mother can perform overseas. She does not speak much if any Spanish and her father does not speak
much of any English. This, along with the brownstone that her father is attempting to renovate, proves quite a challenge and a growth experience for her. I loved this book.
Percy Jackson and crew are back once again in this senior year continuation of his adventures. I really appreciate the lower stakes that these three books seem to have – at least the first two so far since the third one hasn’t been published. In these books Riordan really gets to explore Percy as a character and how all the various experiences and attributes of his life are affecting various things like his relationship with the impending birth of his
baby sister, his platonic relationship with Grover and his romantic relationship with Annabeth. While not my favorite in the series, I definitely always enjoy Percy Jackson books.
I probably should have DNF this series after the first book, but I continued because they did nothing egregiously wrong. I also like the whole game aspect, the national treasure aspect, even though it stretches the suspension of disbelief quite a lot. I also wanted to finally get some resolution on the
whole selection of Avery as the Hawthorne heir. I think that Barnes could have end of the series a lot more succinctly, though even though I see how she set it up for the now known subsequent sequel series. I will not be reading that.
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