All the Books.

"Essentially, the war between Good and Evil is constant and its up to our intrepid heroes to once again, fight Fallen Angels to try and save the life of the ailing, Charles Wallace. This book was WAY out there and honestly, once the jaded and bitter principal of the grade school, Mr. Jenkins showed up in multiple forms, I just kind of gave up and finished it to see if it would make any more sense but it never really did."  1 Star.  Pros:  Proginoskes was a fun bit of snark at times. Cons:  L’Engles literalness, nothing was imaginary but at the same time it was hard to remember what was real and what wasn’t cause you have Proginoskes always transporting Meg five ways from Sunday to different places/I was so overwhelmed by everything going on that whole characters names were lost on me, like the teacher, Blajeny/Meg's CONSTANT questions and the lack of actual action/More than once I wanted to scream at the book that I didn't care if they were on a different plane of d...

"The tried and true story of "good versus evil", L'Engle's approach was a unique, peppering inter-dimensional travel into the mix. But in the end, the characters Meg and Charles Wallace were a bit much and the lack of explanation, especially about Mr. Murry and how he just happened to land on Camazotz and become a prisoner of IT, left me wanting more information and not getting it." 2 Stars Pros:  The idea of a Tesseract is an interesting one, though very complex based on the fact this is a young readers book.  Cons:  Meg was very shrill and also very opposite. When speaking with IT, she argued saying that the least he could do was give them some food and then when he gives them food she refuses to eat it, she was really kind of obnoxious/Also, the end, what saves everyone made sense but, it was a bit of a letdown.  Full Review It's a dark and stormy night and Meg can't sleep, so she goes downstairs to the kitchen to find her youngest brother, Charle...

"As Europe falls to the Nazis. Josef Kavalier is the only one of his family to manage to escape to New York City, where he stays with his cousin, Sammy Klay. An instant friendship is formed and soon that friendship is a team. Together they create one of the best selling comics of all time, The Escapist. This had so many different amazing moments and others that were just, soul crushing. It was a heavy, heavy book but a beautiful one as well. "  4 Stars Pros:  Sammy and Josef, you can just picture them, one short, the other tall, eager Sammy and quiet, contemplative Josef. They were a pair that just worked/The ending 💯. Cons:  The over and over heart break of Josef , like, dear Lord, Chabon, give the kid a break/It was sometimes so emotionally heavy that I'd have to put it down and take breaks.  Full Review: Josef manages to escape German occupied Prague with the help of his former teacher, Kornblum, who taught him the arts of sleight of hand, escapism and lock picki...