March

Frey, James - My Friend Leonard, 2005 - B-. I read A Million Little Pieces soon after it came out (ordered it for the library because it got a great review in Booklist) and found it completely compelling. I was surprised to be won over despite the annoying Capitalization and other Freyisms. I had already started MFL when the whole brouhaha blew up. But even aside from that, it just doesn't have the same kick the first book did.

Gethers, Peter - The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Final Adventures of NORTON, the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Human, 2001 - B-. Large print read over time on the elliptical trainer. Tolerable in small doses.

A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents - ed. Pamela Kruger and Jill Smolowe, 2005 - A-

Raskin, Ellen - The Westing Game, 1978 - B. For the Parent-Child Book Club. We have our work cut out for us!

Varley, John - Mammoth, 2005 - B. A pretty good big-budget time travel novel interspered with sections from an awful children's book. Why would a talented writer like Varley think rules like "show, don't tell" don't apply in children's literature? They apply more.

Young, Dean & Rick Marschall - Blondie & Dagwood's America, 1981 - B+