January 2019 Book Reports

Coraline by Neil Gaiman - This twisted fairy tale was wonderful and disconcertingly creepy. Coraline goes through a door in her house into a copycat world. She escapes only to find her parents are trapped there. She emulates her father's courage and follows her mother's love to try to save them. Pre-read if you have sensitive children. My twelve-year-old read it and thought it was pretty good. It may be the kind of book that speaks to parents in a way children miss. (library copy)

The Glorious Adventure by Richard Halliburton - link to my post. (purchased used)

Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski - the newest Witcher book, though it goes back in time a bit. I've been reading some of the King Arthur myths (part of our ninth grade curriculum) and it struck me how much the Witcher is like a roaming knight. (library copy)

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman - link to my post. (purchased Audible book)

Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green - link to my post. (purchased new)

Red Hugh Prince of Donegal by Robert T. Reilly - This is another great book from Bethlehem Books, recommended by RC History for Connecting with History volume 3. I read it aloud to the children and they were very interested (even when I was a little tired of poor Hugh being stuck in a tower). It's kind of fun to read a book in which the English are the "bad guys" and I was able to torture my own children with my not even passable Irish accent. (purchased new)

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman - I picked this up at a library sale. Some of the stories were interesting. Many were a bit disturbing. I think if you're a Gaiman fan, you'd enjoy it, but it's probably not the first Gaiman book I'd recommend. (purchased used)


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