The Princess Bride

Alas, I must confess ... William Goldman "got" me ...

I totally fell for the whole idea that he published an "abridged" story based on a "novel by S. Morgenstern."

If you haven't read the book ... do so ... just be forewarned ... ALL of the book ... ALL OF IT ... is fiction.

The guy is a genius!!!

(and I am not!)

:)

Circle of Magic Quartet

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I'm on the last book - Briar's Book - in the Circle of Magic Quartet

Starting off with Sandry's Book you quickly dive into the magical world of four misfit children who are thrown together through a series of seemingly unrelated coincidences that all work together in the story to place them at the same school.

As they battle through common personality issues of anger and distrust, the reader can experience the transformation that slowly takes place until it is "the four magical musketeers."

I love the idea of magic as a force to expand on natural "art" such as gardening, weaving, smithing, etc.

If you aren't opposed to books of a magical nature, this series comes highly recommended.

Love In The Time Of Cholera

Love In The Time Of Cholera - by Gabriel García Márquez


I absolutely do not understand the hype of this book. So many reviews I've read exclaim the "wonders" of "waiting for love."

I jumped into this book thinking it would be this beloved romance ... a man obsessed with one woman who turned him down ... he lives his life "waiting" for her ...

What I ended up reading was a celebration of the deranged ... a woman who is raped and spends her life looking for the rapist because "it was the best sex she ever had" ... the main character who turns into a dirty old man seducing a young teenager he is guardian of and then "puts it out of his mind" when she commits suicide after he abandons her for the now available widow he's been "waiting" for.

I'm flabbergasted that this is one of Oprah's picks!

My rating = -10