Lauren

It kind of was a disappointment. A some of it is somewhat outdated, though still, I guess, relevant. But the best part of it is the title, and you can read that part in the bookstore.

I don't read many webcomics, but this is one of my favorites. While none of the comics are original content, I'm still happy to have a hard bound copy of them. This is from someone who prints the better comic strips out and frames them. So. Yeah.

This book has gotten a bad rap from Steampunk fans, but I feel like they went into reading this book with the wrong idea.
Don't take it so seriously.
At all.
This novel is pure fluff. It's actually kind of refreshing to find a trashy romance novel that isn't so smarmy as most are and has an entirely different kind of audience in mind. Ok, so this book isn't wonderful, but it's like reading junk food if that makes any sense. It isn't good for me, it won't make me smarter, some people will even look down their noses at me for reading it. But if you don't take it seriously, I swear you could have picked up something worse to read.

I'm amazed that some people Don't consider this a classic. Some people have actually laughed when I told them I was reading it. Ok, so the movie may have had a dated soundtrack, and not everyone liked it. But the story is sometimes fun but always beautiful, and it should be shared with your daughters, nieces, sisters, grand-daughters, and friends. It's a perfect fantasy novel for girls.

I read this book in high school, and so this book an I have A History. The book its self is probably more palatable to me now as an adult than it was when I was 17.

Ok, so here it goes. In my Biology class, which I remembered being one of my favorites - I had no ambitions to work in a STEM field, but I really enjoyed my teacher and her hands-on-approach to learning and research. It was one of the few classes we all took seriously. One assignment was to do a book report on a book from the school library, that HAD to be Nonfiction, Science, and Biology related. At the time, I'd never really read much nonfiction for fun, but I had a reputation as being one of the biggest readers in school. So there was some pressure to go outside of my comfort zone and do well on this book report. As it turns out, this book was kind of the perfect choice: today I love conservation, history, and birds. However, at the time I picked it because the book was in good condition and I'd recently been to Avery Island in New Iberia, LA on a weekend excursion.
I only had a month to read this book before the book review was due, and to say I struggled with it is putting it lightly. I guess I over-estimated my love of reading and went into the project really cocky. My tune changed after my 3rd week and numerous hours with it - but I pressed on. My friends goading me on, having finished their books the first weekend. My pride was hurt, but I wasn't going to give up.
I finally finished the book a few days before the book report, nervous that I hadn't retained all the information I needed, but fully prepared to write a C-worthy, at best a B-worthy essay.
The teacher didn't ask us to write essays, though. Instead, she handed out a questionnaire. A Questionnaire with 3 questions: What was the book's title, who was the author, and in one paragraph or less, describe the book.


I almost stormed out of the class.

How I feel knowing this series exists (haven't read it yet):

This was one of my favorite books of the series. For years I'd return to the library to read it over and over again.