Ink heart- What I remember, it was exciting, imaginative, lots to do with other classic books.
I enjoyed all of the characters, my favorite character was Dust-finger and I really liked his pet, too.
I can't wait to continue with the two other books that follow.
This is a picture that describes somewhat of what it may have looked like from this view. The stories and adventures and history of the "silk road" are so fascinating.
Travels with a donkey- I love Stevenson's books..Treasure Island and Black Arrow.. my favorites ever..
but, this one, I only could read 2 chapters. It is written so different. It is about his actual travels in Europe. It is written like a journal. I could not turn the pages like I could in his other books. Sorry, Robert.
Surprised by joy- by C S Lewis. This is a true story of his child hood. A very interesting life he had. His life was difficult and sad at times. He was born in Ireland and went to boarding school in England. His mother died while he was young. His father was too occupied to be a good dad to him.His brother was the only one he found comfort with and called "family". When he was really young, he had great imagination. He created a world called "animal land". It was his escape from his loneliness in his life. Which I also think led to his books called "Chronicles of Narnia", later in life.
Beorn the proud- Lately, I have enjoyed stories from the medieval time period. I have watched a couple of great movies that go along with era. One is Dragon Heart, the other is How to train your dragon. And next on the movie list is Dragon hunters.. yes, these are all animated or Hollywood entertaining versions of history. But, still fun! The movie How to train your dragon goes best with this book. Both are about the Vikings and their ancient culture. The Vikings lived in the first few hundred years of the dark ages in Denmark, Norway and other Scandinavian countries.
There is alot to say about this book. First is I really liked it.It's about a boy who is 12 years old. His father makes a raid to Ireland.
They were only going to take the treasures from the raid, but Beorn, who is a selfish, spoiled boy wanted a girl that he saw as well. He wanted her to be his servant.His father agreed so that Beorn could have some company on the ship back to Denmark. The girl's name is Ness. She and Beorn become good friends and she teaches him much about his bad attitude and helps him to become a Christian.The end of the book is good, especially good for Ness.
