For six long years Nyssa has been seeking justice for her parents who were murdered when she was 10 years old. She had suspected Elsdon, a youngest son of Lord Haraford, but his parents had Continue reading » The story is told in third person limited point-of-view. We are directly in Imogene’s head the whole time and gooood gracious, did the girl have a some hilarious, snarky monologue. Half of my enjoyment of the book was just being inside her head.

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In Tara's words after the story, I was mesmerized by the story of her family, but couldn't for the life of me understand why she would include a list of restaurants that treated her with dignity. Of course, in her telling the US was at the bottom as if we are the only country who had racism! It's wrong to think so and many will attest to the racial component that runs through most countries of the world. It is fortunately something that we and other nations are trying hard to overcome it's long-ago shadow. Hennessy, Kathryn and Anna Fischel. Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style. Edited by Susan Brown. New York: DK Publishing, 2012. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1041708396. Now the only way for the princess to un-frog herself is to convince someone else to kiss her. But before she can figure out a plan, Imogene gets kidnapped and becomes the unwilling star attraction in a third-rate traveling theater company. Can she find a way to undo the witch’s spell – or will she be frogged forever? While I love the setting of Memphis with the author's beautiful description, I often wondered where this story was headed. It seemed for the bulk of the story to wander about without a true heading, like a boat adrift in the current. The overemphasis on God hate was also one of the themes that seemed overdone. I loved Hazel for finding a love like no other, loved Miriam for finding the strength to leave an abusive situation and redefine herself, loved August for making the choice to be there for a son she could never control rather than follow her own dreams, loved June for ignoring the noise that tried to make her stop drawing and loved Maya for never letting outside voices temper her love for her father and her family. I loved Miss Dawn for investing in Miriam’s daughters as if they were her own and loved the community that surrounded the North girls.Within this framework, Ms Stringfellow unfolds a history of violence, brutality and sporadic justice that runs throughout the North family and American society.The primary storyline takes place between 1995 and 2003 but flashes intermittently through seven decades. I had mentioned previously that the story’s timelines are disjointed.This observation does not imply that the novel’s exposition is incoherent. Instead, the non linear sections are clearly labeled and effectively illustrate how history for a family and nation do not move sequentially to a resolution. Instead, events and defining moments lurch along,groping for clarity and perspective. I enjoyed the quirkiness of the story but I kind of got tired of how things kept going from bad to worst without any break. More than once I felt like going "Oh for goodness sake" because I just couldn't believe what some of the characters were doing or saying. This is a soft coming-of-age story that particularly speaks to the growing pains of young adolescents (and specifically girls). It is also a fun read for entertainment that is written in a style suitable for students grades 4-8. It meets these needs well. Overall, I did enjoy the telling and certainty will be on the lookout for more of Tara Stringfellow's books. The author is a poet and her writing is lovely and worthy of 5 stars. This is a debut book and the story is quite good. Most of the story was a full 4 stars for me but it did dwindle in certain parts to a 3.5.

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However, the main focus isn’t on these tragedies. The heart of the novel is in the relationships between the women and their struggle to survive and triumph over adversity. I particularly loved the dynamic between the two sisters, Miriam and August, although one choice in particular involving Miriam and her daughters was difficult to fathom. August was a delightful character, and my favorite, although I would have preferred the anger and hate directed towards God to be toned down. I loved how The Art of Being a Princess played such a key role in the whole book. Each chapter of Frogged is titled after a chapter in The Art of Being a Princes, with a sarcastic subtitle by Imogene herself. Such as… This novel will make you feel and will make you think. I recommend it for all readers of literary fiction and family drama. I look forward to seeing what’s next for this debut novelist. Very clean! This was clearly geared for a young audience, and everything stays very lighthearted. That’s a teeny tiny bit of kissing, but nothing major.This is a pretty loose retelling of The Frog Prince. There’s really nothing in the way of threads from the original story, other than a person being turned into a frog, and even that is flipped on its head. But I didn’t mind. It was just a fun take on the story and never really took itself seriously. Also, I loved that her prologue basically chastised me for remarking on how I usually skip prologues and author's notes. Ha! Well, I assure you, while I STILL skip most author's prologues (you know, the kind that are ABOUT the book and not actually a PART of the story), I ALWAYS read Vivian Vande Velde's prologues and author's notes (and you should too. They're funny!)

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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store (Hardcover) Come on, then. Follow me. Can’t have no half kin of mine walking ’round looking like Kunta Kente. Let’s at least get you looking like the Ike Turner you is.” So says The Art of Being a Princess, which Princess Imogene is supposed to be reading. But since she is neither particularly good nor all that beautiful, she skips her homework to visit the pond. There she meets a talking frog who claims to be a prince under a witch's spell. Imogene kindly kisses him to remove the spell - and gets turned into a frog instead! The narrative is non-linear, moving randomly between multiple characters and eras. It was an odd choice as it serves to only confuse the reader. The “voices” of the characters are so similar that I found it difficult to remember who was narrating and which era I was in. The things women do for the sake of their daughters. The things women don't. The shame of it all. The shame of her daughter's rape, the shame of her husband's violence, her nephew's psychopathy.

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