The more that you read the more things you will know.

I'm totally smitten by this book. I can read it over and over.

This is a new one to our library. A little long for storytime, but a great one to cuddle together at bedtime. I almost shed a tear at the end.

We just got this book and I can already tell it's going to make me laugh every time we read it.

may the odds...

Once I disengaged my brain from the fact that this was about children killing each other (and sanctioned by adults), and the chilling realities that this could happen, I loved these books. 

overall - 4.5 stars 

define yourself.

we are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

Bel Canto intrigued me. Opera, multinational kidnapping, self righteous guerilla terrorists, South America. And it lived up to my expectations. It was slow to develop, but because of that, it developed more deeply. There was a wide range of characters, but you knew each of them individually. The plot unfolded like a flower, or an aria. I wasn't incredibly happy with the ending, but it was realistic.

overall - 3.5 stars