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  The Tall Pine Polka

  by Lorna Landvik

  • Rated 5 stars

  purplepeace wrote:
  Lorna Landvik does it again! She creates such vivid full characters, even the minor ones! Tall Pine, Minnesota sure has it's share of ups and downs! I loved how real the characters' responses were, especially Fenny's. Miss Penk and Frau Katte were a hoot, as were Pete and Mary Gore. It's amazing how people, totally unrelated, can come together and create a tight knit family. I'd like to spend some time in the Cup O'Delight Cafe!
  
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  The Inheritors

  by William Golding

  • Rated 4 stars

  tapbirds wrote:
  Neanderthals meet Homo sapiens. That is the gist of this story by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding (Lord of the Flies). The story is told from the point of view of the Neanderthals, at least until the last chapter, which is perhaps fitting. Neanderthals find direction both by "pictures" (oracles) and by a keen sense of smell. Homo sapiens on the other hand are more hunter-like, and live with fears of being hunted. The two groups encounter each other as the Neanderthals seek to...
  
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  Mansfield Park

  by Jane Austen

  • Rated 4 stars

  Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) wrote:
  Mansfield Park is probably my fourth most favorite Austen novel, following Emma, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility. This is not the gay frivolity and biting wit of Pride and Prejudice, but it is rich and complex in characters, plotting, and loads of moral dilemmas. While Fanny Price may not be the heroine of the stature of an Anne Elliot, Elizabeth Bennet, Elinor Dashwood, or Emma Woodhouse, she is a fiercely loyal and compassionate person with...
  
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  Steel

  by Carrie Vaughn

  • Rated 3 stars

  Kitty wrote:
  It was ok. I am a big fan of Carrie Vaughn's Kitty series and decided to give this book a try. It well written and the topic was clearly researched well, but I wasn't crazy about the main character. I also felt it moved a little to slow in the beginning. That said, I would still recommend it to anyone interested in pirates.
  
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  Splendors and Glooms

  by Laura Amy Schlitz

  • Rated 1 stars

  Mrs. Kellie Saunders wrote:
  I know this book has won awards, but.... it was a painful read for me. Also, I can't see any upper elementary or middle school student staying with it. It was long, dull, and boring.
  
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