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Kim Reads Books About Things
I like most books, particularly children's and YA. The fact that I am 21 does not and will never hinder this, and it shouldn't. A good book is a good book is a good book.
Anyway.
I'll read anything I can get my hands on if the mood suits me.
The Secret River
3.5 stars.Read the original edition from the 1950s. I'd love to see the new art in the one by the Dillons.
I could probably only really describe this book's story as "quaint" and "cute," but boy is the writing top-notch. It really elevated the story from "twee fairytale defying all logic" to "enjoyable story of minor adventure and childhood wonder." I fully believed in Calpurnia as a character, though no reveal of her age made it hard to decide whether I bought her precocity. All in all I think it's a nice little Newbery Honor book unjustly overlooked.
(Time to go read The Yearling and be sad Rawlings never wrote anything for kids besides The Secret River, I guess.)
