Atemis Fowl

I do not understand why these books are SO popular. What the hell!? I dis-liked this book very much and its probably my least favourite childrens book. :(

Ocean Within

So...at this point of my life I was working at B. Dalton. I had been working there for 6 or 7 months when I took over the childrens department. Not something I wanted to do. The assistant manager was leaving and she was in charge of it. No one else came forward. And I remember thinking "If no one wants to do it, that means no one likes it because its hard.." so I offered to do it because I wanted a challenge. And sure enough, I took care of our childrens department for the next 5 years. I read a lot of childrens books. :) I still read kids books, but not nearly as much as I did when I worked at B. Dalton.

This one was really sad. I have a niece who reminded me of the girl in the book. Only the girl is not adopted as the child is in the book. My niece is just really lonely and lives out in NC so I wanted to try and connect with her or something. I have to start over every single time i see her but she warms up to me in the end. The best time we had was making smores without a fire and telling ghost stories. :) Then we started to make up ghost stories. Good times. Also-kids have a bizarre imagination.

Faith of the Fallen

This is the 2nd to last book I've read of the Sword of Truth series and I really loved it. The statue on the front actually looks a lot more like how I first imagined the main character to look..so he's evolved from the previous book illustrations (thank god!) I hate fantasy book art. This one is ok, though. :)
Oh, writing about these books makes me want to re-read them again. This book mirrored our world a lot more than the others did. I remember thinking that. It was good!

Born to be Wild

Um..I don't know why I went for this one right after Corelli's Mandolin, but I did. Hahaha, this book was pretty bad. Pretty pretty bad. :)

Corelli's Mandolin

The best book I have read by this point. Even now, I inhale ever so softly as I think about the world inside this book. The beautiful Greek spoken in this book. The beautiful names. Psipsina, Pelagia, Lemoni, and of course-Mandras. Oh Mandras.
I love the fact that Captain Corelli was obsessed with his mandolin and with singing operas. I love the way Pelagia embroidered an extraordinary crooked jacket for Mandras while he was away at war. This book is amazing. Full of history and rich in culture...my two favourite themes in books.
My favourite thing about this book is meeting someone else who has read and loved it...and the bond that is shared through that knowledge.

Last Time They Met

I don't remember too much about this book except liking it for it's cover. I know that you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but seriously..the cover is supposed to tell you what the book is about. How else is one to judge a book not yet read?

Wicked

One of the most dissapointing books Ive ever read. I really love the Wizard of Oz. A lot. A lot a lot a lot. And I thought that this one was going to have that same magical charm. Instead, it was very political and about animal rights. Which is fine..a great topic...but just not what I was expecting. There was no magical charm. No enchanting tale. It was more of a realistic look into the life of Elphaba and why she became the wicked witch. She actually was pretty cool..but like I said, not what I expected.