National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
3 stars
read for Guys Read
Copy received for review... I think... forever ago.
1) I love Michael Buckley's Sisters Grimm series
2) This looked hilarious
3) Nerds save the world? What more could you want??
4).... meh.
Sigh, I wanted to like this SO MUCH MORE than I did. Not really sure why it fell flat, but it did.
But, I'm not the target audience, so what do I know? lol
Mister really enjoyed it and had a blast at the Guys Read program for the book. (I think they made robots if I remember right....)
Probably a really good fit for mid to late elementary or middle school boys, especially ones that are a little nerdy. :)
Showing posts with label Michael Buckley. Show all posts
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Friday, June 22, 2012
The Council of Mirrors by Michael Buckley
5 stars
JF
The Sisters Grimm book 9
So now friends, we have come to the end.
A highly satisfactory conclusion, I must say.
Not only is the conflict with the Scarlet Hand finished up, we get a couple of fun glimpses of the future.
You MUST read the other books first. Nothing will make sense otherwise.
Definitely recommended. Boo read the first one and then decided they were too scary, so depending on the child, they might want to wait until age 9 or 10.
ALSO- A Very Grimm Guide is an AWESOME companion book. However, if read before the first 8 books there are some serious spoilers, so consider it book 8.5. :)
JF
The Sisters Grimm book 9
So now friends, we have come to the end.
A highly satisfactory conclusion, I must say.
Not only is the conflict with the Scarlet Hand finished up, we get a couple of fun glimpses of the future.
You MUST read the other books first. Nothing will make sense otherwise.
Definitely recommended. Boo read the first one and then decided they were too scary, so depending on the child, they might want to wait until age 9 or 10.
ALSO- A Very Grimm Guide is an AWESOME companion book. However, if read before the first 8 books there are some serious spoilers, so consider it book 8.5. :)
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Inside Story by Michael Buckley
5 stars
JF
The Sisters Grimm Book 8
The library has a Mystery sticker on this. Weird.
Anyway.
No doubt about it, I think these books rock! And I'm excited that Boo's getting to be old enough that we could read them together.
This, of course, picks up right where book 7 left off, with Sabrina and Daphne jumping into the Book of Everafter.... where Daphne suddenly is dressed like Dorothy. I'll let you guess who Sabrina gets to be.
As they wander from story to story, searching for the Master and the "friend" who betrayed them and the person the Master kidnapped.... (I'm NOT giving any of it away!)... they are forced to contend with the Editor, who maintains the Book, his revisers which eat the stories when things go awry, and crazy characters bent on escaping their own stories. Not to mention the characters desperate to stick to the story to avoid the wrath of the Editor.
Once again, a great installment. I'm looking forward to Book 9... and it looks like that may be the last one, given that this one ends with the words "to be concluded" rather than "to be continued". And as much as I love them, that's okay. You have to come to the end of the story eventually. :)
Definitely recommended. Excellent choice for kids, especially girls, but Puck will definitely keep boys entertained.
JF
The Sisters Grimm Book 8
The library has a Mystery sticker on this. Weird.
Anyway.
No doubt about it, I think these books rock! And I'm excited that Boo's getting to be old enough that we could read them together.
This, of course, picks up right where book 7 left off, with Sabrina and Daphne jumping into the Book of Everafter.... where Daphne suddenly is dressed like Dorothy. I'll let you guess who Sabrina gets to be.
As they wander from story to story, searching for the Master and the "friend" who betrayed them and the person the Master kidnapped.... (I'm NOT giving any of it away!)... they are forced to contend with the Editor, who maintains the Book, his revisers which eat the stories when things go awry, and crazy characters bent on escaping their own stories. Not to mention the characters desperate to stick to the story to avoid the wrath of the Editor.
Once again, a great installment. I'm looking forward to Book 9... and it looks like that may be the last one, given that this one ends with the words "to be concluded" rather than "to be continued". And as much as I love them, that's okay. You have to come to the end of the story eventually. :)
Definitely recommended. Excellent choice for kids, especially girls, but Puck will definitely keep boys entertained.
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Everafter War by Michael Buckley
5 stars
R- 0
JF- Book 7 in The Sisters Grimm
Source-- Library
Definitely the darkest book thus far. Go figure, with "war" in the title and all.
Once again, I really enjoyed this latest installment! It is darker, though. The little skirmishes of the previous books have escalated to full-on war... and Sabrina's reunion with her parents isn't exactly all she had hoped for.
Sabrina herself really does quite a bit of growing up in this book, which is good, because the whining starts to get old at some point. I only hope and pray that there's no relapse in the next one.
We also finally learn the identity of The Master-- the nefarious leader of the Scarlet Hand. I wasn't completely 100% suprised, but it's definitely a twist.
Of course, you learn it at the very end, so most of the fallout will be in the next book. In case you were wondering, and I'm sure you were, the next book (according to Amazon, at any rate) will be called The Inside Story
and comes out May 1st. Figures. Yet another book I have to wait at least 6 months for.(I thought about saving this one for Fairy Tale Week, but didn't want to wait that long!)
Friday, December 26, 2008
*GASP*
Lisa Shearin left a comment on my blog!! WOWSERS!
AND the first chapters of her next book are up on her site!! WOOHOO! Now it just needs to come out so I can read the whole thing. (After I finish rereading the others of course.)
So, you can check it all out here: http://www.lisashearin.com/ though I should warn you, chapter 3 ends in a terrible place. I mean really. "We need to talk" is a terrible place to end. Grrr.
On a side note- I looked up Ghostwalk to remind myself what it was, since I can't remember reading it. Yeah, I still really don't. I guess that means I have to read it again. Weird that I don't remember at all. Usually I at least remember that I read something. Reading the summary and part of the first chapter excerpt-- I remember looking at it, but not reading the whole thing. Really weird.
The Sisters Grimm, Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
5 Stars
JF
The first in a great kids series, Fairy Tale Detectives tells the story of sisters who find that after months and months of foster care, their grandmother has been found and they are going to live with her. Which lands them in a crazy town settled forever ago by "everafters"-- fairy tale characters. Because the stories of the brothers Grimm (the girls' ancestors) were really history and the Grimm family has been keeping the characters in line for centuries.
I love these books! Such a fun series. There are.... at least 6 books out. Looks like no 7 yet. I could stalk the site (http://www.sistersgrimm.com/) but it doesn't actually have book 6 on there yet. Which I've read, so I know it exists. Anyway, you can find out all about 1-5 on the site, and 6 is called Tales from the Hood. Really fun, quick reads all.
AND the first chapters of her next book are up on her site!! WOOHOO! Now it just needs to come out so I can read the whole thing. (After I finish rereading the others of course.)
So, you can check it all out here: http://www.lisashearin.com/ though I should warn you, chapter 3 ends in a terrible place. I mean really. "We need to talk" is a terrible place to end. Grrr.
On a side note- I looked up Ghostwalk to remind myself what it was, since I can't remember reading it. Yeah, I still really don't. I guess that means I have to read it again. Weird that I don't remember at all. Usually I at least remember that I read something. Reading the summary and part of the first chapter excerpt-- I remember looking at it, but not reading the whole thing. Really weird.
The Sisters Grimm, Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
5 Stars
JF
The first in a great kids series, Fairy Tale Detectives tells the story of sisters who find that after months and months of foster care, their grandmother has been found and they are going to live with her. Which lands them in a crazy town settled forever ago by "everafters"-- fairy tale characters. Because the stories of the brothers Grimm (the girls' ancestors) were really history and the Grimm family has been keeping the characters in line for centuries.
I love these books! Such a fun series. There are.... at least 6 books out. Looks like no 7 yet. I could stalk the site (http://www.sistersgrimm.com/) but it doesn't actually have book 6 on there yet. Which I've read, so I know it exists. Anyway, you can find out all about 1-5 on the site, and 6 is called Tales from the Hood. Really fun, quick reads all.
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