Tag: David Ives

Book Review 7: Voss: How I Come to America and am Hero, Mostly by David Ives

This book was one I actually am not a huge fan of. The story was only a little okay. It was told with bad spelling, to make you “hear” the main characters Slobovian accent. Voss came to America smuggled in with Cheese Puffs. He gets there, looks for a job, which first he finds, then […]

Posted September 4, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments

Book Review 6: The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman

I’m not quite sure about this one. It was an interesting read at least. I tend to enjoy books that are set in the “near” future supposedly and have political or social commentary. Reminds me of the Giver. In this, I take it to mean that Global Warming has occurred and all the polar ice […]

Posted September 2, 2009 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 0 Comments