All right, let's get back on track here. I have resettled from my vacation euphoria to one of the best countries on the globe, completed my interview for the book tour of two amazing authors, and settled in my inherited chickens. Yes, you read me correctly. I am now the proud owner of seven chickens of varying breeds. My neighbors are moving and did not plan on relocating the chickens with them, so I am now the proud mama hen. As my title states I'm such a Mopsies junkie. And, I also now have time to give you this wonderful review. A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina This go around we get to delve into the back story for the other half of the Mopsies, Maggie de Maupassant... or is it? You will have to read to find out. While we once again get a delicate braid of Lizzie's (and possibly Tigg's) and the Lady's story within Maggie's , each novel is completely unique to fit the very unique identity of the girls. While they may have grown up attached at the hi...
I haven't figured out how I end up in a reading slump yet. Am I reading too many books too quickly, or am I reading too many mediocre books? What I have realized is to get out of the slump I need to read something drastically off the wall. This could be a cozy mystery, non-fiction, or as the case this time, classic literature. Formal English will knock some sense back into you. While I enjoy modern fiction, I am saddened by the degradation into casual English. We have slowly massaged meanings until a word is no longer used by its definition. And don't even get me started on the mashing of two words into one. I find it ironic that Tarzan of the Apes is more intellectual than modern fiction. The Tarzan series is a pulp adventure classic from the turn of the 20th century about a man raised by apes. And absolutely not remotely related to the Disney adaptation. I'm sure you find that to be a surprise. What did surprise me was my enjoyment of the novel. By the end, I was ama...
Not what I had hoped from the series. There were some redeeming qualities to the book, but mostly I was just disappointed. After so much trauma to Thomas and the Gladers, we just end staring into the fading sunset. Just close the book and know nothing of what happens to these people who we have read about nothing but atrocity and extreme mental anguish pour upon them. It was not cathartic in the least. There is a genocide virus on the loose. Scientists have spent years of investment into trial subjects to study their brain patterns in extreme scenarios. The subjects figure out that they are lab rats and rebel. They make a break for it. A wise leader realized the correct way to solve the continuation of the human race and built a fail safe into the program. The end. You have now read the Maze Runner series without all the accompanying frustration and fatigue. You're welcome. A more in-depth review for those wondering why I was so disappointed will now follow. Thomas has survived the...
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