Livy Two continues to follow her dream of song writing and through out the book makes-up absolutely beautiful songs! I enjoyed imagining what they "really" sounded like in my head.
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Livy Two is happy that Daddy is finally out of his coma, but the befuddled man who comes home is not the daddy the Weems family once knew. He forgets their names, he wanders offhe won’t even touch his beloved banjo. Set in Appalachia in 1963, this ...read more
Puberty meets midlife crisis in this poignant, hilarious coming-of-age story. It's 1990 and just another typical summer day in Mapletown, Indiana, until Uncle Phat, aka The Reptile (or Uncle Mike, as he used to be called), who seems to have been ...read more
I thought that this book had some very entertaining scenes. It was a little slow in the beginning, but it definately picked up as the story went on. By the end, I couldn't put the book down. The characters were very interesting and I loved that ...read more
Charlie Blondell, a recent college graduate with a capacity for deep concentration, discovers while playing video poker on his father’s Las Vegas-style game that he possesses a hitherto unknown ability. After drawing a hand and holding the ...read more
For the most part, I enjoyed the book. It was full of unexpected twists and turns and made me laugh. There were parts of the book though that made me very mad. Especially when Don's mother forgot his birthday - twice, and when she wouldn't ...read more
I delved into this book thinking it would be terrible because I don't really like archaeology or pirates. But, as with the other LitPick books I have reviewed, I was greatly surprised. This book is probably the absolute opposite of what I thought ...read more
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something that is funny and light to read. I did find the book confusing in the beginning and wonder if it would have been easier to understand if I had read the first book. Bobbie Faye is a ...read more
This is certainly one of the better books I've read. The mood changes constantly throughout the book ranging from joyful to sad to frightful. It is a very powerful and quite moving book that filled me with many emotions, and the way the author ...read more
It is clear from Donna Jo Napoli's prose and style in Alligator Bayou that she intended to compose a counterpart or sibling to To Kill a Mockingbird, or even Uncle Tom's Cabin, in terms of illuminating racial conflicts typically ignored in ...read more
