Princess is beset by unwanted suitors her rather evil mother is foisting on her. Poor boy from across the river is besotted with her, though. Guess what happens?
SpecOp agent Thursday Next saves the world from pink goo. Interesting story, and a book with a character named Brik Schitt-Hawse can't be Too bad! Good think I read "Great Expectations" in Junior High.
Jack Spratt investigates the death of Humpty Dumpty. Very humourous. Read the Thorndike Press Large Print edition.
Words I Had To Look Up:
brazen (pg. 293) -- definition #3. Made of brass. runcible (pg. 519) -- a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge. molto prestissimo (pg. 520) -- very as fast as possible.
Quote:
The last two paragraphs of chapter 36, page 465 in the Thorndike Press Large Print edition. Plus the preceding page of build-up.
Michael is condemned to be burned for sorcery, but the boy is rescued from the pyre by the mysterious abbot Francis of Sainte Felice. Good story, interesting combination of sorcery and Christianity.
I only read this because of a referential quote in Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker. I missed have missed the quote when I read it, though. The story is ok, but I keep picturing Robert Redford speaking as Gatsby. I found The Text Of The Great Gatsby section, by Matthew J. Bruccoli, very informative about textual errors and the editing and un-editing of them.
I'm sure I read Harriet the Spy, but it is not listed here. Perhaps it was before 1998. This was rather long and boring (to me), a "people" book rather than an action story (with spaceships!). Secrets are discovered, realizations are realized. Harriet is oblivious. I wanted to use "rather" in there, but I already used in once. That would be repetitive.
Ranger's Apprentice, book seven. Takes place between books four and five. Will and the gang head to a distant land of desert to deliver a ransom for the captured Erak.
Ranger's Apprentice, book nine. I didn't read book eight yet, so this was a bit of a spoiler. Will and Halt and Horace are chasing after the cult guy that apparently caused all the furor in the previous volume in the series, which I may have mentioned I haven't read yet.
Ranger's Apprentice, book four. Will and what's 'er name escape slavery, but now the Temujais are invading Skandia. Yet another book in a very enjoyable series.
Ranger's Apprentice, book two. And just who do you supposed set that bridge on fire? Well, I know, you will have to read the book! Another entry in this addictive series!
Brotherband Chronicles book three. Hal and the crew continue chasing that pirate who's last name starts with a "Z" up, or maybe down, some river that I can't really visualize. SPOILER: Everyone gets a hat.
Sounds like a sci-fi TV show! Book three of the Brotherband Chronicles. Hal and the Heron chase the pirate Zavac. Hal, or maybe Stig, may have a romance blossoming in a future book.