Tuesday, April 3, 2018

I Spy Book Challenge

I haven’t done a book tag in a while and I won’t be doing my normal reading tonight (left my read at the office), so I thought I’d take part in this tag. I saw it first at Jessie’s Dwell in Possibility, though rumor has it it started with Lala at BooksandLala. 

Pretty simple, find a book on your bookshelves that contains, either imagery or words, portraying each subject. A separate book for all 20 please. I assume there are severe penalties if you reuse a book. There is also a suggestion it should be done in 5 minutes, but I’m thinking…not so much.

From my shelves: I was trying for imagery in most cases (cuz I wanted to). A few require explanation.


1. Food




















2. Transportation
 


















3. Weapon
The ONE RING is the weapon of the enemy…see what I did there?
 


















4. Animal
 


















5. Number
 


















6. Something you read
Needs a little explanation. In this novel, there is a fictional poet, who writes a fiction poem title Pale Fire. The actual author of the novel, named the novel Pale Fire as well…but still, Pale Fire is the title of a poem, something you read.
 



















7. Body of water
 


















8. Product of fire
I may be cheating just a little, but I’m OK with it. This is more of a producer of fire.
 


















9. Royalty
 


















10. Architecture
The book is about architecture, but the cover also depicts it.
 


















11. Item of clothing
I just like the cloaked outfit on the cover.
 


















12. Family member
 


















13. Time of Day
 


















14. Music
A Dance to the Music of Time
 


















15. Paranormal Being



















16. Occupation
 


















17. Season
It might seem like I’m cheating, but I’m not. The rather stunning cover, depicts light in August, and August is late summer, so the cover depicts summer. BOOM! Stop challenging me.
 


















18. Color
Cuz, ya know…orange is a color.
 


















19. Celestial Body
 


















20. Something that grows
The cover is full of rich verdure



















And yeah, if you read this consider yourself tagged. The original challenge was a couple years ago...so take your time.
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Sunday, April 1, 2018

Pet Cemetery by Steven King (children's version) - Guest Review by my Grandchildren

The last time I read to Alathea, her older brother Andrew joined in mid-book, and expressed some disdain for the childish prattle of The Very Bad Bunny.

So, to satisfy his appetite for more mature subject matter, I recently read to both of them from Steven King’s Pet Cemetery. This started out well, to everyone’s satisfaction, as Alathea liked Church, the kitty, while Andrew felt it was a scholarly work, a campus novel perhaps, with Dr. Creed’s employment at an institution of higher learning.

However, unlike the unabridged adult version, wherein King takes many pages to benignly develop characters before things start getting scary, the children’s version turns ominous rather quickly. Like the children in the story, Andrew and Alathea were unnerved by the visit to the pet cemetery (their growing trepidation apparent in the picture) and outright traumatized by the macabre narrative, and gruesome illustrations that follow.

And that dear readers, is about as far as I’m willing to take the joke. 

APRIL FOOLS!

You may now express a sigh of relief. There is no children’s version of King’s horror classic, and I certainly wouldn’t read it to children if there was. (the misspelling of the title and King’s first name were intentional to avoid litigation.)

Feel free to gush about my adorable grandchildren.

Actual reviews by my Grandchildren:
The Very Bad Bunny reviewed by Alathea
He Bear, She Bear reviewed by Judah and Luke
Mr. Bliss reviewed by Andrew 
Sam and the Firefly reviewed by Judah
Are You My Mother reviewed by Andrew
And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street reviewed by Luke
Bears on Wheels reviewed by Andrew 
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo reviewed by Andrew