Brooks has also written Year of Wonders, which is a fabulous book about the bubonic plague.
If you can write a fabulous book about the plague, writing about Mr. March from Little Women is no trouble at all.
Would I recommend it? Yes, I didn’t love Mr. March, but it didn’t matter.
Now I must go, I have to re-read Little Women.
I almost liked it, but then half of the story lines ended in adultery and that irritates me.
Can’t you come up with some other drama to make your story interesting?
Seriously.
Would I recommend it? No
I’ve got a little back log of books I’ve read so here are some extra mini reviews:
A book that looks chocked full of promise, but then you read it and it’s just not there.
Would I recommend it? No, if you live in Wisconsin and are reading a book set in Wisconsin you shouldn’t keep thinking it’s set in the South.
We are once a week library regulars, we know the librarians, they know us and 95 percent of all children’s books are returned the next week. Even good books are hard to read every day multiple times for more than a week, but Duck Soup was an exception. 
It’s a funny book, best read with a bit of flair (we did lots of yelling) and guaranteed to be kept from the library longer than usual without being lost under the couch!
Would I recommend it? Yes, we’ve also had Duck at the Door and enjoyed that one as well, but this one is better!
These three books ( Shaman’s Crossing, Forest Mage and Renegade’s Magic)would be a clear example of when my stubborn persistent reading does not pay off. The books did not get better as I went, the end was not worth it.
Would I recommend it? No, they don’t even warrant a picture.
Writing something new for a sequel of a book is always hard, when it comes down to it you’ve got to start at the beginning.
In this case the beginning is The Name of the Wind you can go back and look at my review, but basically it says you should read it and now I think you should read this one too.
Reasons to continue reading the Kingkiller Chronicles:
Secondarily: Seriously, why wouldn’t you? There are so many unanswered questions, don’t you need to find out what happens next???
Sixth and lastly: There is no coddling of the reader. I hate books that spend the first 30 pages bringing you “up to date” with information from previous books. This effectively treats readers like idiots who can’t be bothered to remember what already happened. Not to worry, you’ll be treated like the brilliant reader you are when you open this book up!
Thirdly: He’s gets people. I don’t know how better to say it without being cheesy and corny. The characters make the books, the characters make the story, Rothfuss has got dang good characters.
And to conclude: Then you can go to a reading/signing it will be fun, and your book could also look something like this:
Would I recommend it? Yes!
This isn’t really my kind of book but I read it because the Maladjusted Book Club was reading it and I wanted to check them out.
Then I lurked in an interesting conversation about blancing motherhood with work.
Would I recommend it? No, I didn’t like it much and I didn’t think it was a very novel, novel – if you get my drift.
I did have multiple interesting discussions with John and friends on the topic but I bet you could find a better book with the same idea.
Here is where you can find the Maladjusted Book Club and their discussion: http://anattitudeadjustment.com/category/maladjusted-book-club
One of my favorite parts of reading to the girls is being able to share books I remember loving with them. So every Easter we’ve dug out The Country Bunny, and I’m happy to see that Ivy seems to enjoy it just as much as I did.
It’s also possible that I might like this book more now that I’m a mother myself. There are somethings in it that I find to be funny that I never would have as a kid. “Now we are going to have some fun” as a precursor to teaching all her children their chores makes me smile. And of course the appeal of Mother Cottontail realizing her life dream after she has 21 children, is undeniable!
Would I recommend it? Yes. It was first published in 1939 and Ivy still loves it now, it’s certainly got something going for it!
What’s your favorite Easter/Spring children’s book?
Scieszka and Smith have written many other classic children’s books( maybe not, but they should be) such as The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man.
I also hear that these two have a fairly well known book called Math Curse. But because the word “math” is in the title I have never touched it.
Science Verse now that’s a whole different ball game.
A funny ball game.
Here is a little excerpt:
Mary Had A…
Mary had a little worm.
She thought it was a chigger.
But everything that Mary ate,
only made it bigger.
It came with her to school one day,
And gave the kids a fright,
Especially when the teacher said,
“Now that’s a parasite.”
Would I recommend it? Of course! It has parasites, water cycles, states of matter and black holes all set to vaguely familiar rhymes and poems.
The most wonderfully written car crash of a book I’ve ever read. I couldn’t look away and I couldn’t stop reading even when I wanted to.
Would I recommend it? No. It’s well done, but I just can’t recommend a book full of incest, I can’t do it.
One of those books where you know the end. Right from the beginning you know the chances of a happily ever after are slim, very, very, slim. Then it gets worse, and you see the character falling into trap after trap and then end is coming and all of a sudden it’s back to the car crash that you just can’t look away from.
Would I recommend it? No. See recommendation above and add in verbal and physical abuse and a barn owl that says “whoo, whoo”
Wow.
Would I recommend it? Well, you can’t just go read the last book of a trilogy, it’d make no sense whatsoever. This one almost made the rest worth it.
The end result:
While this won’t be a trio of books I’ll be highly recommending, my lack of recommendation is only due to the content. While they are clearly not for everyone I believe that they are remarkably well written, go read something else of Gregory’s I doubt you’ll be disappointed!
Behind the Willows 