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It's an entertaining read, but falls way short in comparison to "Fairest of them All". I really started to like the back story of Beast and Circe, but I feel like all of the character connections lacked depth to them. And there were large jumps in the story--that a reader can fill in because it follows the disney movie so closely. I would have liked the story to be more in depth to his life before Belle. It seems as if the author wanted to focus more on the three sister, and that might be a more interesting story. It's obvious that her next book will be about Ursula, and I hope it is more like Fairest than Beast.

I do like the tie in of the three sisters and the magic mirror to Fairest.

This book was highly recommended. Well I thoroughly enjoyed some parts, others just fell flat. Dimity and Sarah both shared some great insight into distance running and navigating running with husbands and children. I can't quite put my finger on what I didn't like, but it towards the end, it just dragged on and I skimmed most of the last 4 chapters. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind. I did manage to find a great non-gym strength training workout that I am going to try.

Cute! It was a fun book. And my first graphic novel. And I think it's perfect for the tween/teen group as it easily goes through the topics of braces, crushes and the evolution/ending of bad friendships. I am glad though that my daughter already went through getting her braces before reading this, or she might not have been so eager.

I thought the flow of the "novel" (is that what you would call it--novel, book) was a little disjointed on places, but after reading the authors note on how it was originally a serial publication then it made sense.

Telgemeier's accounts of growing up seem very spot on to what all kids feel. Smile is very relatable. I'm glad she didn't gloss over how "friends" change and can turn mean on one another and she/her character broke free and found new friends who shared her interests and supported her. I'm remember struggling through this at that age and hope it shows the youth of today that they do have to power to change the environment around them for the better.

Oh Mooch. He reminds me so much of my cat. I love the drawing.

Cute little book with lots of little tidbits Especially good if you have a kitten.

I love love love reading this book from my childhood. I was trying to read this with Hannah but that was going to slow, so I said enough of that and read the rest on my own.

Found this on a recommendation of audio books for family car trips. It was a great listen and had us laughing often. I actually only heard the first half, as I ended up taking a nap. Had to relisten to it today. I've not read any other Neil Gaiman, but this was a fun fantastical story that he wrote. Neil is also the narrator of this version--and has a pleasant voice that was easy to listen to.

The crazy story the father makes up to explain to his kids why he was late bringing home the milk is hilarious and kept us laughing. It's just the type of story I could see a parent inventing for their kids.

I did a quick skim through of this book. As I had to return it to the library.

It's not a technique book. The first 15 pages go over some techniques he used.

I like how he showed how and why he modified the photographs in his final watercolor. He starts often with a value sketch--which is what I need to start doing. While he doesn't show step by step techniques, he does show many different techniques as well as some instruction--even if it is barebones. He does show his color scheme. Which is helpful.

This was an incredibly long audio--10 cd's, clocking in at over 11 hours. But Brendan Fraser does a great job with the reading.