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Rose Rossner

Autore di I Love You Like No Otter

49 opere 430 membri 14 recensioni

Opere di Rose Rossner

I Love You Like No Otter (2020) 189 copie
The ABCs of Love (2020) 18 copie
Grandma's Sugar Cookie (2020) 9 copie
You Are My Rainbow (2021) 3 copie

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First sentence: You're my favorite gobble gobble, the tur-key to my heart. I only have eyes for you, so mumderful and smart. I'm always on your cider, here to help in any way. Nuthin's better than being together. I love you more each day. You really autumn know that I've fallen for you, it's true.

Premise/plot: This board book is full of puns.

My thoughts: The illustrations are precious in both senses of the word. Yes, this one is cutesy precious and a bit over-the-top. But it's also sweet and fun. The illustrations are colorful and fun--adorable. Will the sentimental cheese work for every reader? Maybe not.… (altro)
 
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blbooks | Feb 15, 2024 |
Independent Reading Level: Grades K5 - 1
 
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LisaCook14 | 2 altre recensioni | Dec 7, 2023 |
First sentence: Let's deck the halls with holly and cheer. The jolliest season is finally here!
Follow along in merry measure, Christmas has so much to treasure!
Hark! The celebration is about to begin. Glory to Christmas, that feeling within.

My thoughts (preview): My first thought when seeing this one in person on the library was OH NO, what have I done?!?!?! The amount of glitter on the cover was alarming. Part of me was like can I leave it on the hold shelf and just back away slowly?!?! There were also holly-jolly bears on the cover so I decided to check it out despite my initial misgivings.

Premise/plot: The animal creatures in this holiday picture book LOVE to sing. (Too bad they don't know any of the right words. Oops, that's my personal thoughts creeping up.)

It is written in rhyme. It stars animals--mainly woodland animals. These animals are singing, singing, singing. Each stanza is very loosely inspired by a single line of familiar Christmas carols.

For example, "O come all together, standing hand in hand, rejoicing as one in a winter wonderland."
or
"Joy to the World! The time has come to celebrate each other, no matter where you're from."

My thoughts: Would I feel better about this one if it didn't have glitter? A little perhaps.
Would I feel better about this one if it wasn't so forced into rhyming? Definitely.
Do I want anyone messing around with lyrics? No, not really.

The truth is this one is "not regular." I am almost okay with fooling around with secular Christmas songs like "Jingle Bells" or "Up On the Housetop" or "Deck the Halls" or "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." But I am absolutely NOT okay with fooling around with religious Christmas songs like "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," "Joy to the World," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Silent Night."

The author's "inspired" stanza borrowed from "Joy to the World," for example, is so tasteless IF you are a believer who actually, you know, believes. I'll clarify. I am NOT speaking for any other believer other than myself. I am one person. One person does not make decisions for the whole body of Christ. I personally found it distasteful. "The time has come to celebrate each other, no matter where you're from." If you look at it from any other standpoint than looking for rhymes--come and from, then it falls short. Lyrics mean something or should mean something. And the religious Christmas carols are actually truly meaningful and worshipful. The lyrics mean EVERYTHING.

The book, without a doubt, is not meant to be overthought, scrutinized. Who could possibly be offended by the harmless stanzas and verses? (Possibly me.) Do I want to overthink picture books? No. Not really. Did I overthink this one? Absolutely.
… (altro)
 
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blbooks | Dec 6, 2023 |
“It’s not what you know you don’t know that kills you, it’s what you don’t know that you don’t know.”

Seventy-five-year-old Ethel Fiona Crestwater runs a boarding house for government agents. When one of her boarders, Jonathan Finch, a Secret Service agent, is murdered right outside her home, she is not one to wait for the authorities to reach the scene and she initiates her very own investigation. Ethel's ”double-first-cousin-twice-removed”, Jesse, who is a university student and also one of her current boarders, assists Ethel in her efforts. As local law enforcement, the FBI and Secret Service enter the fold, it appears that the victim's murder case is somehow linked to past and present cases that fall within the jurisdiction of more than one branch of law enforcement. While the bigwigs resolve their conflicts of jurisdiction and set the rules for collaboration, Ethel and Jesse are out to solve the murder. In the course of their investigation, Ethel and Jesse discover more than they bargained for but Ethel isn't one to back down and what follows is a complicated web of corruption, lies, counterfeiting, cybercrime, digital currency fraud and murder.

The Head of Secret Service, the Director of the FBI and the Homicide Detective in charge of the case are well aware of Ethel’s skills and experience and correctly assume that she would not sit quietly while the events around the murder unfold. They realize that keeping track of Ethel’s activities could be to their advantage and each of them plans accordingly. Ethel, for her part, is not oblivious to the situation and knows how to get her work done. Some of her actions could be interpreted as obstruction of justice (as Jesse points out) but as Ethel explains, “To make an omelet, Jesse, you have to break a few eggs.”

Ethel might be seventy-five years old, but she is sharp as a tack, diligent with her RBG workouts, with an enviable network of contacts spanning every branch of law enforcement and a heart of gold. I loved how she and Jesse bonded with Davie, Jonathon’s son who suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic bone condition. I enjoyed the limited glimpse into Ethel’s backstory and how she managed to make a mark in her chosen profession in an era that did not encourage women to take active roles in said profession. Overall, Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique is an intricately plotted, fast-paced murder mystery with an engaging cast of characters, a good dose of humor and enough twists and turns to keep you hooked and guessing till the very end. This was my first Mark de Castrique novel and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I hope that this novel is the first in a new series.

Who knew UFOs (United Flying Octogenarians) were for real? I certainly didn't!

Many thanks to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for the digital review copy of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.
… (altro)
 
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srms.reads | Sep 4, 2023 |

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