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Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

India

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, to me was no where near as amazing as Wicked was. This sequel is about a boy who is trying to find himself, and find out what his part in the world is supposed to be. Through out the novel he is constantly told that he has some of the qualities as his supposed mother Elphaba, but he cannot confirm or deny that Elphaba is his mother. For the rest of the novel he flies around the world to all the different parts to try and help whomever he can, while he searches for an old family friend.

I didn’t really enjoy Son of a Witch because it was a constant journey. There was not a destination, and there was not a climax. The very beginning recounting Elphaba’s life and the very end, where there is a surprise was great, but the places in the middle were painful to read. It took me over a year to make it through this novel, and I’m glad that I did, but I did not gain anything from reading this novel as a sequel to Wicked. I’m going to read his other novels, because they’re on different fairy tale characters, and I love his spin on these characters. So let’s see how many books I can finish this summer! Until next time.

Keep Turning the Pages!

90s Born Reader

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Happy Belated Mother’s Day!!

India

I have no idea how I could do a father’s day post, and not pay homage to the woman who gave me the love for reading. My mother is the absolute best mother in the world. Sure we butt heads sometimes, but if we didn’t she wouldn’t be my mother.

In our house we have so many books just flowing out of every room and slowly taking over our house. Luckily for the house we have become part of the Kindle craze and have started buying some of our books on Amazon, so that they are a lot easier to take around.

My mother has always instilled a love of reading into my head that has gotten me very far being an only child. Now with school I have less time to read, but more time to want and my list is forever growing. My mother now doesn’t read as much, but she has found a second love, quilting.

As of now she has made tons of quilts, which are slowly taking over the house as well making the place the most comfortable place to read ever. She gifts, sells, and dreams of having a foundation to share quilts with the world in a museum. Her dream comes from the finding of her grandmother’s quilts, so she calls this dream the Clara Ford Foundation. She has support of many friends and family and one of these days her dream will be realized. I hope when I grow up I get to be close to where my mother is today in her style, manner, and way of life. It is because of her I still like to read and because of her I have someone to aspire to be.

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After the Leaves Fall, Nicole Baart

India

After the Leaves Fall by Nicole Baart looks into the world of a young girl with a twisted family. Julia has had to deal with so many more issues than a normal girl by the age of 9 has had to deal with. When she was younger her mother left her and her father without looking back, and a few years later her father dies unexpectedly. When a girl has grown up in the church and then nothing but bad things happen to her it’s hard to remain close to her faith. Luckily she had her grandmother and a lifelong best friend of Thomas. Through these two she manages to get through middle school and high school without any other disasters. When she gets to college she believes that she has found the perfect guy for her, but he happens to be someone of authority. She is willing to break the rules a little bit, but rules are not always meant to be broken. Soon she notices that her life becomes awfully close to that of her mother’s.

I of course cannot tell a lie, and I do have to say that this book though still very good, is predictable and is like all other teen angst novels, about life, love, and abandonment. It’s a good easy read, but be prepared to know every twist and turn of the story before it happens.

Until next time, keep turning the pages

90s Born Reader

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Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen

India

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is definitely something to be read. In this very compelling novel a young man Jacob Jankowski’s life changes dramatically and in an instant. At the same time his life seems like it is done with and over he minds a way to change it around. Jacob does something that every child has threatened to do and that every parent has suggested at some point. He runs away and joins the circus. The circus is something that every child dreams of being a part of because of the glamor and all of the wild animals that are dreamt to be pets. Soon does he find out that the circus is not everything that he has imagined. On his adventure to find out who he is and what he stands for, he also finds love and a higher sense of purpose and friendship to the ones around him.

I highly recommend this novel because it provides an insight to what it is like to turn your life around. When everything was going for the worst Jacob found a way to make everything better. I recommend this to anyone who is trying to take life as it comes to him or her. I of course recommend it before seeing the movie. Until next time,

Keep turning the pages,

90s Born Reader

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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

India

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons puts a new twist on the idea of disfunctional families. The inhabitants of Cold Comfort Farm, the Starkadders, have always been at Cold Comfort Farm and the matriarch of the family does not plan on changing that any time soon. It is not until Flora Poste from the cities comes and lives with them for awhile after the death of her parents do things begin to change. Flora takes the Starkadders country way of life and changes it to make them become more like the rest of the world.

I recommend this book because it is a good silly read that keeps you wanting to know what is Flora going to do next, or what are the crazy Starkadders going to say next. This is another book I read for school and I really enjoyed it. It was good for the last book of the school year because it was silly and was easy to read, but at the same time there are some very important messages that should be picked up, like is what Flora Poste doing okay? Is it okay for Flora to be changing these people who has had a steady way of life for decades? Overall the book was very interesting and I highly recommend it to any age group.