Two Years In A Row Means It's A Tradition...

Or "Again With the Rapid-Fire Review Round-Up!"

I fell super behind on my posts, just like the end of last year. So here we have 'em, Julie's Quick 'N Easy Haiku Reviews. (Haikiew Reviews? Haiku Revus?)

Tao Te Ching ~ Lao Tsu

I am well aware

That it was quite ironic

To speed through this one.

The Tale of Despereaux ~ Kate diCamillo

Tender and lovely

Even though it lost sight of

Itself at the end.

Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse ~ James L. Swanson

It was no Manhunt.

(That would be a lot to ask!)

A joy nonetheless.

The Tiger Rising ~ Kate diCamillo

Tiger, a leg rash.

Suitcases full of not-thoughts.

Oh, the metaphors!

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle ~ Betty MacDonald

Tongue firmly in cheek!

Has there ever been a more

Delightful series??

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker ~ Lydia Jones

Watered-down and dull.

Easily my least favorite

Book of the whole year.

The Last Lecture ~ Randy Pausch

There's nothing in here

That you don't already know,

But still worth reading.

Backwards & Forwards ~ David Ball

What a great tool kit

For all makers of theatre!

Dominoes and stamps...

The Elegance of the Hedgehog ~ Muriel Barbery

Hated it at first.

But the middle - enchanting.

Glad I stuck with it.

Hector and the Search for Happiness ~ Francois LeLord

Like The Little Prince

If the Rose were a hooker

And the Prince, a shrink.

The Trouble with Poetry ~ Billy Collins

Oh Billy Collins!

How I love all your poems!

Makes me want to write.

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil ~ George Saunders

Weird, hilarious

And strangely uplifting too.

George does it again!