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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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Michael Rowley
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Christine Boyer's review
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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage:
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Cute, fun, colorful illustrations. Dull and predictable story that's not true to the way kids talk and act. Fonts, graphic design, and page composition are lacking. ...more |
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"Nice message about overcoming fears, colorful pictures, but nothing new or distinctive in this book, even the text font is blah.
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The title of Princess isn't really a title girls should aspire to. You are either born a princess or you marry a prince. I know girls like princesses. I get what the author was aiming for. It's a message that misses. ...more |
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The author, Jane Yolen, died last week (11 June 2026). She is known as the America's Hans Christian Anderson. Owl Moon is perhaps her most famous book. I can see why. It's a gentle tale with a touch of adventure, with a connection between a child, her f ...more |
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Dizzy carries the meanings of silly and foolish. The illustrated character is cross-eyed and looks confused. If you're dizzy, don't drive. Not a good message for kids. The writing is lazy. ...more |
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Dizzy Izzy: Ready-to-Read Level 1 (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown):
"Dizzy drawings. But plot kind of falls flat for me. I like some sense in my silly."
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The illustrations by Sarah Gonzales are beautiful and well-suited to the subject. The text reads like a Wikipedia article. Sadly, Deanne had to file discrimination complaints TWICE in her career as a firefighter. Note that recent reports by the New Yo ...more |
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| ~Readers Sharing ...: Debbie'Z Reviews | 1190 | 98 | Dec 22, 2025 07:45AM |
“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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History is Not Boring
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Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more
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Michael, I just took a quick look at papernapkin.com and think it is marvelous. Fifty States of Mind is the most exciting approach to U.S. geography I've ever seen. Congratulations!
