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  • A Discovery of Witches: Ch 01

    This review was originally written and published in December 2012. This book has one of my least favorite tricks for an opening.  In the first paragraph, the narrator talks about how some old book is special, and she knew it was special from the moment she touched it, and everything’s all mysterious and such.  And…

  • Animorphs: The Predator: Part Four

    Well, folks.  This is the end of Animorphs Month (plus two weeks).  Sadly, or maybe not for some of you, it’s time to move on to a new project.  And the winner of the poll turns out to be A Discovery of Witches.  Which, as it turns out, is a ridiculous 43 chapters long, so…

  • Animorphs: The Predator: Part Three

    The kids gather at Chapman’s neighbors’ house, which has conveniently just been vacated.  They all wonder aloud why the neighbors moved, then dismiss it and move on.  But…wait, I’m curious now.  Why did the neighbors move?  I wouldn’t have questioned things if they’d just flatly stated that the house was up for sale; that happens. …

  • Animorphs: The Predator: Part Two

    Ax continues to try and escape the security guards by morphing while running.  Apparently, even though he only started morphing so he could run faster, it doesn’t occur to him that having his body change mid-stride would slow him down more than just running on two legs. And, in fact, he does trip and fall…

  • Animorphs: The Predator: Part One

    I’m not even going to swear to you that Marco is my first name. See, I’m hoping to live awhile longer. Well then you probably shouldn’t reveal in this book that Visser One is your mom.  I’m just saying, that’s a bigger give away than your last name. Today’s totally pointless side-track opener is Marco…