I'm pretty sure I tried once before to read the e-book version of this and stopped because I lost interest. This time I listened to the audio version, and it kept my interest the whole way through. The story follows 8-year old Owen, but it's not an early reader book--it reads more like YA, or ...
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Orson Scott Card just became one of my favorite authors, I think. Such an incredibly creative idea! Ezekiel is one of a number of high school kids with a "micro-power," or an unusual and apparently useless gift. In his case, the gift is that he finds lost objects, and inherently "knows" who they ...
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I can't believe that I'd never actually read the original Peter Pan before! Such a delightful story, and a wonderful retelling, with a full cast and sound effects. The British children (Wendy, John and Michael) during the WWII siege of London were reminiscent of the Chronicles of Narnia. That was ...
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2nd Review: Jan 2020 I remember loving this the first time around, but in retrospect I think what I actually loved was probably just the ending (which was still quite satisfying). It took a VERY long time for me to feel like Scarlett was really the same character that she was in GWTW this time ...
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2nd review (read Dec 2019): Wow. This second time through I gritted my teeth from the moment Scarlett tells Rhett that she doesn't want any more children until the end, anticipating all the awful things to come. I would never have suffered through the vicarious misery a second time if not for the ...
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