Month: October 2009

Book Review 26: The Seer of Shadows by Avi

So, I’m now officially immersed in the Mark Twain possible nominees for 2010-2011 as I’ve finished my first book. The Seer of Shadows sounded like a really good book, it’s about ghosts, and picking them up with photography. The book was okay, not as good as I was hoping, but still pretty good. The main […]

Posted October 5, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Book Review 25: On Beale Street by Ronald Kidd

I wasn’t too sure about this book, but once again I was pleasantly surprised. This is a fictional tale about the time when Elvis was first starting out. It is told by a fictional narrator named Johnny Ross. We get to see the racial tension of the time, as well as learn about how the […]

Posted October 3, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments

Book Review 24: Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman

I just have to say, wow, I was wrong about this. This was a really good book. So cute, and made me laugh out loud many, many times throughout the book. Antsy, nickname for Anthony, has a friend named Gunnar who he finds out is dying from Pulmonary Monoxic Systemia. Antsy doesn’t know what he […]

Posted October 2, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in / 0 Comments