I didn't tell Captain Fearnly that I was joining the garda as part of a plot to exonerate my parents and find a four-thousand-year-old mummy -- and there is no place to enter this type of thing in the online application, so I just kept it to myself. Last year, when Thomas Lennon was a guest on Kevi...
I could never do the narrator justice in an attempt to imitate his biting wit and droll humor in writing this review--he said so himself. So I'll simply say this book is SO. MUCH. FUN. The humor and one-liners and fantastical details of Neverland are just as good (dare I say, better?) as in HOOK'S R...
3.5 - 4 stars
Why were all the people drawn in amusement park caricature style? This felt inconsistent with both the backgrounds (very good depictions of 19th c. London) and the story. Also disappointing was how the story suddenly shifted from childhood to 'and then he was 40'. But it was a fun story including ba...
2.5 starsFun, short tale for kids (aged 5/6 +) that mixes up various fairytales with mice as the protagonists. The illustrations were very bland. But the family tree in the beginning was cute.A mouse tells two cats his family history in an attempt to avoid being eaten.
Sweet enough, and fun... but I didn't much like the illustrations. That seems to be my picture book review theme lately- but I just don't like illustrations that are cartoony. And though the buildings here are quite atmospheric and interesting, the people are cartoony and goofy and silly and don't a...
Originally posted at Nose in a BookI know non-fiction is not the norm here; however, when I picked up my holds recently at the library this had my name on it. I have been in the mood to purge all my stuff shit so I figured lets tackle this book and tackle my shit. Along with tackling my shit I will ...
A spirited fictional account of the writer's childhood.
Handsomely illustrated and designed biography of a fascinating, colorful character.
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