The Novel World

Cowboy & Wills – Review

rantsandreads — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:46 +0000

Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway Age level: 9th – Adult Wills Holloway was only three years old when he was first diagnosed with Severe High Autism. Mother Monica, did her best to help her son navigate his way through the intricacies of autism and the real world. Before turning to doctors, psychologists and other specialists to [...]

Teaser Tuesday (11/3)

rantsandreads — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:12:48 +0000

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: # Grab your current read. # Let the book fall open to a random page. # Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page somewhere between lines 7 and 12. # You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can [...]

My Name is Aram – Review

rantsandreads — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:38 +0000

My Name is Aram by William Saroyan Age: 8th – Adult My Name is Aram is an account of William Saroyan’s life from 1915 to 1925 in Fresno, California, told in fourteen short chapters, each discussing a different event or experience. Aram Garoghlanian is a curious young boy, and his curiosity often leads him straight to trouble. [...]

In the Wake of the Boatman – Review

rantsandreads — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:54:55 +0000

In the Wake of the Boatman by Jonathon Scott Fuqua Age: Adult The first scene of the book opens up to a young man turned away from military service because of a bum knee, filled with a strange desire to crack his newborn son’s neck, as if to blame him for all the wrongs in life. This is [...]

The Mysterious Benedict Society – Review

rantsandreads — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart Age Group: 4th-9th grade Reny, Sticky, Kate and Constance are four highly intelligent children that who have been selected to be a part of the Mysterious Benedict Society after taking a series of cryptic tests. The challenge for the group is to infiltrate the Learning Institute for the Very [...]

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind – Review

rantsandreads — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:12 +0000

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kambwamba and Bryan Mealer Age Group: 9th grade – adult After three weeks of reading about monsters, zombies and the supernatural, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind was a welcome change of pace to my reading repertoire. The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind is an autobiographical account of William Kamkwamba’s [...]

The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch – Review

rantsandreads — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:22 +0000

The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch is a stand alone Neil Gaiman comic about a man remembering a childhood summer with his grandparents in England. Sent away for the summer because his mother was about to give birth, the narrator spent a majority of his summer engulfed in the violent tale of malicious Punch and [...]

The Resurrectionist – Review

rantsandreads — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:00:06 +0000

Sweeney is a father looking for a miracle for his comatose son Danny. This leads him to depart his hometown hospital in Cleveland for a dark and fortress like Peck Clinic away from everything that he knows on promises of his son’s revival at the hands of the famous Dr. Peck. Once at the Peck [...]

HFS – a cover story

rantsandreads — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:00:53 +0000

The various shades of Her Fearful Symmetry. Through a series of events, I somehow ended up with 3 versions of the newest Audrey Niffenegger book, Her Fearful Symmetry. One copy is an ARC that I found at the library. The second copy is one that I had pre-ordered from Amazon.com and lastly, the third copy is [...]

Teaser Tuesday (10/20/2009)

rantsandreads — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:23 +0000