So glad it’s Friday! Let’s start the long weekend with some fifteen-word (or less!) book reviews.
1. Beauty by Robin McKinley
My favorite Beauty and the Beast novel. Love that Beauty is close to her sisters.
2. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Excellent look at society terrorized by hate, hysteria. Would ove to see a good production.
3. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Burton’s illustrations are fantastic, and I love a good inanimate object story.
4. Dawn’s Wicked Stepsister (The Baby-Sitters Club #31) by Ann M. Martin
Not everything’s ideal when your mom marries your BFF’s dad? Who could have foreseen this?
5. Poems on the Underground ed. by Gerard Benson, Judith Chernaik, Cicecy Herbert
Collection of classic and contemporary poetry featured on the Tube. Such a cool project!
I totally remember Dawn’s Wicked Stepsister. I felt so bad for Dawn lol. But now I don’t because Dawn was pretty, skinny and got to move to Cali.
And she was always so self-righteous about her food choices. Give me Claudia any day–even if she was the WORST speller ever.
You’re right! Dawn was pretty stuck up. I loved Claudia because she was Asian (like me) but secretly loved Dawn because she was blonde. Go figure. Thanks for reminding me of my childhood 🙂
Delayed reaction ahoy: “Beauty” was one of my favorite books of all time. So lovely.