5 stars
R-2
This is one of those that I keep checking out, keep renewing, etc.... but somehow it never quite makes it to the top of the pile.
Until the other day.
When I DEVOURED it whole almost in one sitting.
I really really enjoyed this one.
I can't even describe it, just go read it.
Showing posts with label Sarah Addison Allen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarah Addison Allen. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
5 stars
R-3
I love Sarah Addison Allen. I really do.
Once again, she's given us a fascinating tale of broken people and families... and healing. With a bit of magic sprinkled in. :D
This book is two stories... maybe even 3... told in tandem.
Emily is a teenager entering a new phase of life-- living with the grandfather she didn't know she had. As she learns more about her mother's past, Emily can't decide which is harder-- living up to her mother's memory or living it down.
Dulcie is not actually present in the book, but permeates it. Emily's mother left everything behind and never looked back... and never told Emily anything. Slowly we learn the whole story along with Emily.
Julia is getting ready to hit the road. She thinks. Heading for home... maybe. But where is home really? This town she grew up in or her new life in Baltimore? Wherever she is, she continues to bake her cakes with the windows open....
This book counts for the Support Your Local Library Challenge and is our book club's pick for this month.
Which leads me to my question for you-- I was talking to my cousin who's in the book club with me and she said "So it's a fantasy?"
I said not really.
But that got me thinking. What is it? Where do Allen's books fall? They don't seem to quite fall into the category of paranormal. They're not really fantasy. I wouldn't call them urban fantasy....
WHAT ARE THEY????
Seriously, now that the question is in my head, my OCD tendencies have taken over and it's driving me nuts. Help me out-- where would YOU put these???
R-3
I love Sarah Addison Allen. I really do.
Once again, she's given us a fascinating tale of broken people and families... and healing. With a bit of magic sprinkled in. :D
This book is two stories... maybe even 3... told in tandem.
Emily is a teenager entering a new phase of life-- living with the grandfather she didn't know she had. As she learns more about her mother's past, Emily can't decide which is harder-- living up to her mother's memory or living it down.
Dulcie is not actually present in the book, but permeates it. Emily's mother left everything behind and never looked back... and never told Emily anything. Slowly we learn the whole story along with Emily.
Julia is getting ready to hit the road. She thinks. Heading for home... maybe. But where is home really? This town she grew up in or her new life in Baltimore? Wherever she is, she continues to bake her cakes with the windows open....
This book counts for the Support Your Local Library Challenge and is our book club's pick for this month.
Which leads me to my question for you-- I was talking to my cousin who's in the book club with me and she said "So it's a fantasy?"
I said not really.
But that got me thinking. What is it? Where do Allen's books fall? They don't seem to quite fall into the category of paranormal. They're not really fantasy. I wouldn't call them urban fantasy....
WHAT ARE THEY????
Seriously, now that the question is in my head, my OCD tendencies have taken over and it's driving me nuts. Help me out-- where would YOU put these???
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Back to Reader's Choice...
End of the Alphabet by C S Richardson
4 Stars
R- 2(?)
Sad
This is kind of sad. It's poignant. It tells the story of a husband and wife trying desperately to complete an alphabet of travels in the month he has left.
It's short and sweet. I enjoyed it.
(I did read it in July, though, which is why the risquety has a ? by it. I know it wasn't worse than a 2.)
The next book on the Reader's Choice list is Escape by Carolyn Jessop. It's about polygamy in the FLDS community. I'm not really planning to read it.
After that though, is--
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
5 Stars
R-2-3 I think
This is a wonderful story about a quiet woman whose quiet life tending her magical garden is completely disrupted when the prodigal sister returns. Very disrupted! But in all the best ways. I loved it! It was just so much fun!
I really recommend it; it's a fun quick read.
Equally fun is Sugar Queen, also by Sarah Addison Allen. Written in a similar style, it's a great story about a girl who, at 27 or so, finally becomes her own person.
4 Stars
R- 2(?)
Sad
This is kind of sad. It's poignant. It tells the story of a husband and wife trying desperately to complete an alphabet of travels in the month he has left.
It's short and sweet. I enjoyed it.
(I did read it in July, though, which is why the risquety has a ? by it. I know it wasn't worse than a 2.)
The next book on the Reader's Choice list is Escape by Carolyn Jessop. It's about polygamy in the FLDS community. I'm not really planning to read it.
After that though, is--
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
5 Stars
R-2-3 I think
This is a wonderful story about a quiet woman whose quiet life tending her magical garden is completely disrupted when the prodigal sister returns. Very disrupted! But in all the best ways. I loved it! It was just so much fun!
I really recommend it; it's a fun quick read.
Equally fun is Sugar Queen, also by Sarah Addison Allen. Written in a similar style, it's a great story about a girl who, at 27 or so, finally becomes her own person.
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