Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman6/30/2023 My face is NOT the book.Įveryone should read this book. Then I labeled it ‘Kindle’ because Mum asked what it was. But I can’t draw good faces so I drew a picture of the Kindle talking. Mum said I could stay on the iPad if I wanted to draw a picture of the writer reading the book. It was an ‘enhanced edition’ which means that the writer reads the book out loud to you while you read it! This writer is a good reader and he didn’t sound at all like the dalek voice that normally comes out of the Kindle. There was something very good about this book. I noticed that it had brilliant pictures in it – even on the Kindle! – and Mum said I could go on the iPad if I wanted to draw a front cover for the book. I was bored, so Mum let me borrow her Kindle to read a book that was making her laugh, called, ‘Fortunately, the Milk…’ by Neil Gaiman with illustrations by Chris Riddell. That is, indeed, what I was planning on doing. ‘BUT,’ she said, ‘Don’t think you’re going to be lazing around watching TV and playing on the computer all day.’ My mum doesn’t always believe me when I say I’m sick, but my sister was sick yesterday so Mum said I could stay off school. A review by my 9 y-o son, described by the utterly lovely Neil Gaiman as the 'best review ever':
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China rich girlfriend by kevin kwan6/30/2023 Occasionally the sendups of squillionaire excess fall a little flat: “Look-it’s a koi pond,” gasps Rachel as she absorbs the décor of her Shanghai host’s private jet. Whenever a character drops a salty Hokkien, Cantonese, or Mandarin phrase or an unfamiliar reference, Kwan translates in a wry footnote (a device he used to great effect in his previous book). Bernard Tai (aka Kitty Pong, former mainland soap-opera star, who must temper her nouveau urges if she hopes to impress members of Hong Kong’s exclusive dining clubs) Astrid Leong (married “beneath” her rank, wears off-the-rack dresses that, on her, pass for designer her jewelry and class are the real deal, however) plus a circle of spoiled-rich 20-somethings who think they’re re-enacting The Fast and Furious. They include: Nick and Rachel (star-crossed Asian-American lovers who are searching for her father while avoiding his meddlesome Singaporean mom) Mrs. Kwan ( Crazy Rich Asians, 2013) returns with an equally good-natured, catty-as-hell sequel to his bestselling roman à clef about China’s new and old money dynasties.įor those not cued in, Kwan’s tone is breakneck and utterly disarming-part Oscar Wilde, part Judith Krantz, part Arthur Frommer-as he reintroduces his jet-setting ensemble of socialites and social climbers. Madame serpent6/30/2023 Ansel eager to prove himself joins them in the catacombs. Before they go in, Coco uses her magic to try to divine the future and sees that a man close to Lou would die. Lou gets a cryptic message from her mother and decides to go into the catacombs after she realizes Célie Tremblay is being kept captive. After arriving at Cesarine again, the group stays at Léviathan. Running away from the church and Morgane le Blanc, Ansel travels with Lou, Reid, Beau, Coco, and Helene. Ansel helps rescue Lou along with Reid, Beauregard Lyon, Coco Monvoisin and Helene Labelle. After Reid finds out Lou is a witch and tells her she was not his wife and Lou gets captured by Morgane le Blanc, Ansel is the one to help Reid see reason. They later become friends.Īt the burning of Estelle Ansel realizes Lou is a witch but as he considers her a friend, he doesn't report her. Ansel had been warned of Lou's ways so at first, he was rather cold and wary of her, and was alarmed at Lou's bawdiness. One day, he was tasked with babysitting Louise le Blanc, Reid's wife. He grew up under the tutelage of Father Thomas.Īnsel is a Chasseur initiate living at the Chasseur tower. He did not remember his parents or their names. Ansel's parent's died in a fire when he was three years old so he was left orphaned. |