tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83082000505957827122011-11-27T18:03:59.329-06:00A Mother/Daughter Book Review Project.Steph aka Carpe_Commanoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308200050595782712.post-26125553183195868942010-06-30T14:15:00.000-05:002010-06-30T14:15:42.885-05:00

Hello! It's summer again and that means the two blonds are pretty much reading non-stop. 100+ degree heat is keeping us inside and we're fending off cabin fever with trips to the local library to stock up on escape. So, over the next few entries, we'll try to catch you up on what we've read so far, some things we loved but didn't have time to review over the school year, and our current reading

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The new Muppet Show Comic Book from Boom! Kids is not totally terrific, but it is good. I do want to read more of the issues. What makes it good is how the comic book is set up like a show - there are short stories like Pigs in Space and the Swedish Chef, just like the Muppet Show on DVD.Issue #1 is called "Kermit's Story" and it features Kermit singing his swamp song about how he became a part

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Power Girl #1 (JUL '09, written by Gray & Palmiotti, art by Connor) is a fun restart of the PG franchise. Gray & Palmiotti portray Kara as tough and smart, of course, but her new writers also allow her to have a pretty good sense of humor and be rather refreshingly self-aware. Kara KNOWS she's a superhero, she KNOWS she has the "great power and great responsibility" combo that goes along with

Steph aka Carpe_Commanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308200050595782712.post-33865781882921668192009-05-08T17:22:00.004-05:002009-05-11T17:43:32.285-05:00

Morgan's first review is New York Times Bestseller The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart.This book is about four children who have to go to a school to spy on the owner Mr. Curtain, who is trying to put message into people's minds without them even noticing. The four children have to stop Mr. Curtain and his evil machine called the Whisperer.I thought this book was wonderful.

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Let's start off the process with a book that has generated a ton of buzz - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.The short part: After driving to Little Rock, then driving from one bookstore to another to acquire the last known copy of PPZ, I ate this book up like a zombie eats brains. It was fun. It was Austen, if Austen had been able to watch MMA competitions.

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Hi! We are Stephannie and Morgan - the Two Blonds. We're also mother and daughter and we are both avid readers. So, as a new project, we thought we'd start a new blog where we share what we've read and what we thought of it.A little bit about our reading tastes:Stephannie: will read almost anything. Has a penchant for (and a Master's degree in) 19th century Brit lit, likes re-interpreted fairy

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