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
It's funny that you should mention this, because I just finished the Trekkies documentary and have had Star Trek on the brain. LOL!
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ReplyDeleteBook Geek-that's awesome! My husband proposed on July 9 (7 of 9) so we'd have a Star Trek date. And in our wedding my dad said "Make it So" when he gave me away and our wedding ended with "Live Long and Prosper" :)
ReplyDeleteOh and Sharon-You changed your name! I'm glad you're back blogging!! :)
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