Books I've Read

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.

A year of Englishwoman's diary. Pretty good in parts, can't imagine a movie of it, though.

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.

A park ranger recounts his experiences in the Auburn State Recreational Area.

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!

Ranger's Apprentice book ten. Will and the gang end up in a place not un-like feudal Japan helping out Horace. Romance rears its head!

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.

Ranger's Apprentice, book three. Will and what's-her-name are slaves in Skandia. Still holding my interest!

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.

Several short stories from the Ranger's Apprentice series fill in some background and tie-up some loose ends. Very nice!

Book 1 of the Brotherband Chronicles. Teen Hal goes through Skandian "boot camp" to become a warrior.

Book twelve in the Ranger's Apprentice series. Cassandra and Horace have difficulties with their teenage daughter, and Will Treaty gets an apprentice. I enjoyed it very much.

Ranger's Apprentice, book one. Will, an orphan, is unexpectedly selected to be the new apprentice to the mysterious Ranger, Halt.

Pretty good story.

Ranger's Apprentice, book six. Will is on secret assignment to find out what is going on at the castle of Macindaw.