Rating: 2.5/5 Stars Genre: Magical Realism Release Date: 3/4/2010 Add to Goodreads About the Book: Polly Peabody lives on a magical farm. They grow chocolate rhubarb, it rains every Monday at exactly 1:00, and her best friend is a plant named Harry. When the rain stops, Polly's brother falls ill, and her aunt wants to sell the farm, Polly must figure out a way to save her beloved home. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: Drizzle is on our state book list and one of our Chat & Chew book club picks. The kids reviews were mixed on this one and sadly, it was my least favorite of all the books we read for Chat & Chew. The kids that liked it said it had action, but for me the plot was slow and dragged too much. The book could have been edited down and I lost interest in the story. I liked the magical farm that Polly lived on, but the magic wasn't enough to hold my interest. I felt like the plot went around in circles too much and never got going. The ending was also a bit
I've been wanting to read Stealing Heaven (along with several other books)! I've heard good things about Elizabeth Scott :)
ReplyDeleteSorcerors & Secretaries sounds like an interesting combination. I'm assuming that it's a pretty cute and romance-y manga?
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Stealing Heaven looks really good! I love the title of it.
ReplyDeleteI love Elizabeth Scott, great addition!
ReplyDeleteCecilia-It's a cute short two volume manga that's full of romance!:)
ReplyDeleteAnn-Stealing Heaven was a great read!
Erika-Thanks-I really enjoy her books too.
-Sarah
I haven't heard of either of these, I'll have to go check them out.
ReplyDeleteI love Stealing Heaven. Been wanting to read it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAlyce-They're both really good reads.
ReplyDeleteThao-I loved Stealing Heaven too. It's one of those books I could read again and again.
-Sarah
Sorcerors & Secretaries is by one of my favorite webcomic artists!
ReplyDeleteYou must look at her Reman Mythology (even though she stopped work on it to work on Sorcerors & Secretaries): http://remanmythology.felaxx.com/
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Nice! I've been looking forward to reading Stealing Heaven. :)
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