lollapalooza |ˌläləpəˈlo͞ozə| (also lalapalooza or lollapaloosa) nounN. Amer. informal a person or thing that is particularly impressive or attractive: it's a lollapalooza, just like your other books.ORIGIN late 19th cent.: of fanciful formation.For Example: Her act was a lollapalooza of a show!! And it is a real word!! This is not a joke!!
Annabelle J.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Quote, Unquote
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
~ Victor Hugo
~ Victor Hugo
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
Historical/Political/Inspirational Fiction
9.9/10
Les Misérables is a beautiful and gritty testament to life in poverty in 19th century France. It follows the story of the convict Jean Valjean, who after being released from prison endeavours to make for himself a new life - a life without hatred, sin, or wrong - and follows God with all he has in him.
This book gives us in modern times a glimpse past the historical and political bias of the 1800s. It shows us that not all revolutionaries are murderers, that thieves can change, and that compassion is paramount for living life as God wanted it.
I took off .1 of a point for this book because of unneeded descriptions. However, that is barely a problem if you can sit through them. Negative elements: prostitution, suicide, drinking and drunkenness (two fairly mild instances with the latter), social injustice, child slavery, a few very lovable young men die violent deaths (including stabbed in the chest with a bayonet, shot eight times, and a bullet through the head.), a child is shot, a fifteen-year-old girl is shot, and there is one very gross sewer scene, but these elements should not surprise a reader that is coming into a book that is named "The Miserable Ones."
I think that a reader of at least 13 years old should be able to handle this book, even with the negative elements, as they are not described graphically. The only problem would be the immense length of the story and the type of verbiage with which it is written.
Foul language includes h--l, d--n, and a couple instances of ba----d and wh--e. These are mainly used by the criminal classes and are not used by any of the characters that one would point to as good role models.
Positive elements: loyalty in the face of death, mercy, drunkenness is highly scorned by more than one character, and all of the other negative elements are vilified as well. One main character does not succumb to pressure on the subject of his chastity.
So, yeah. I probably went too in-depth on that, but I wanted to include everything.
I absolutely adore this book, by the way, and you've probably already picked up on that. :D
Vive l'France, sweeties!
~ Amber Shipp
Victor Hugo
Historical/Political/Inspirational Fiction
9.9/10
Les Misérables is a beautiful and gritty testament to life in poverty in 19th century France. It follows the story of the convict Jean Valjean, who after being released from prison endeavours to make for himself a new life - a life without hatred, sin, or wrong - and follows God with all he has in him.
This book gives us in modern times a glimpse past the historical and political bias of the 1800s. It shows us that not all revolutionaries are murderers, that thieves can change, and that compassion is paramount for living life as God wanted it.
I took off .1 of a point for this book because of unneeded descriptions. However, that is barely a problem if you can sit through them. Negative elements: prostitution, suicide, drinking and drunkenness (two fairly mild instances with the latter), social injustice, child slavery, a few very lovable young men die violent deaths (including stabbed in the chest with a bayonet, shot eight times, and a bullet through the head.), a child is shot, a fifteen-year-old girl is shot, and there is one very gross sewer scene, but these elements should not surprise a reader that is coming into a book that is named "The Miserable Ones."
I think that a reader of at least 13 years old should be able to handle this book, even with the negative elements, as they are not described graphically. The only problem would be the immense length of the story and the type of verbiage with which it is written.
Foul language includes h--l, d--n, and a couple instances of ba----d and wh--e. These are mainly used by the criminal classes and are not used by any of the characters that one would point to as good role models.
Positive elements: loyalty in the face of death, mercy, drunkenness is highly scorned by more than one character, and all of the other negative elements are vilified as well. One main character does not succumb to pressure on the subject of his chastity.
So, yeah. I probably went too in-depth on that, but I wanted to include everything.
I absolutely adore this book, by the way, and you've probably already picked up on that. :D
Vive l'France, sweeties!
~ Amber Shipp
Friday, January 16, 2015
The Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mysteries by Sarah Woodbury
*Note* There is a prequel to the series, The Bard's Daughter.
This is THE BEST SERIES EVER!!!!! Amber will attest to the fact that I read it all the time, and that I am the first to preorder the new books when they come out. Whether you like Romance, Historical Fiction or Mystery, these books are the books to read.
Knights, Princesses, Kings, Lords and Ladies, Princes and Queens, not to mention more than a little Royal Intrigue, pepper this book with a colorful plot line and some good humor. You're not going to find any weird futuristic technology or anything, but these books don't need that element at all.
Gareth, a knight, and Gwen, daughter of a bard, met and fell in love five years ago, in the castle Aberystwyth, the seat of Prince Cadwaladr. But when Gareth was sent away for refusing to cut off the hand of a boy who stole a piglet, they don't see each other until they meet on the road from Dolwyddelan, at the ambush where King Anarawd is killed. Though they want to spend their first days together in five years getting reacquainted, duty calls. They must find out who killed King Anarawd, before the wrong person gets hanged for the crime.
I have all of this series (that's been published), and I would suggest it to readers 11 and up. There are two english swear words, d--n and ba----d, and all the other words are in Welsh. There is no inappropriate behavior, though it is discussed in the most obscure ways possible. Other note: I definitely want you to read the prequel first. It's only about a hundred pages, but it is worth it.
***** <-- That is supposed to be my five stars, but it doesn't look quite like stars as I would have hoped.
Enjoy this series!! I sure do!!
Annabelle J.
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