http://aydee.wordpress.com everybody's a critic Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:19:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://aydee.wordpress.com http://aydee.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/back-to-books-2010-summary/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/back-to-books-2010-summary/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:29:13 +0000 AyDee https://aydee.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/back-to-books-2010-summary/ Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness, Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beagle, and Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/back-to-books-2010-summary/feed/ 0 AyDee knife_ness_thumb shades_fforde_thumb brother_beagle_thumb behemoth_westerfeld http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/book-review-the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/book-review-the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 04:58:24 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=942 The Forest of Hands and Teeth is more formidable than we’d be led to believe, but falls into a stupor that it never manages to break free from.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/book-review-the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth/feed/ 2 AyDee Banner_fohat fohat_thumb http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/book-review-let-me-in/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/book-review-let-me-in/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:50:44 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/book-review-let-me-in/ Let Me In is the terrifying, heart-wrenching, wholly competent vampire tale that puts everything else in the genre to shame.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/book-review-let-me-in/feed/ 1 AyDee br_banner letmein_bookthumb http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/book-review-elsewhere/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/book-review-elsewhere/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:58:21 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=881 Elsewhere is charming, uncomplicated, and imaginative in a way that should prove embarrassing for readers who arrived with low expectations.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/book-review-elsewhere/feed/ 1 AyDee br_banner elsewhere_shadow2 http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/book-review-the-graveyard-book/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/book-review-the-graveyard-book/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:12:28 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=259 The Graveyard Book can't match the thoroughness of Gaiman's Anansi Boys or Neverwhere, but it should still find a ready audience among the younger set.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/book-review-the-graveyard-book/feed/ 7 AyDee gbbook1 http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/book-review-ink-exchange/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/book-review-ink-exchange/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:32:32 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/book-review-ink-exchange/ Ink Exchange is all sensation and no substance. Rather than using the book to improve upon the world of fey, Marr lets her impatience with topics already covered in Wicked Lovely rob Ink Exchange of any sort of depth, and the story becomes a flashily sensuous joyride that never dips beneath the surface.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/book-review-ink-exchange/feed/ 8 AyDee iebook http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/mgs-novel/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/mgs-novel/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:00:20 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=274 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/mgs-novel/feed/ 16 AyDee wtf wtf http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/book-review-wicked-lovely/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/book-review-wicked-lovely/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:24:32 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=224 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/book-review-wicked-lovely/feed/ 2 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/book-review-fly-by-night/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/book-review-fly-by-night/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:49:42 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=194 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/book-review-fly-by-night/feed/ 0 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/a-nasty-little-note/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/a-nasty-little-note/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:50:00 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=198 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/a-nasty-little-note/feed/ 2 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/book-review-reading-like-a-writer/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/book-review-reading-like-a-writer/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 04:25:39 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=172 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/book-review-reading-like-a-writer/feed/ 0 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/book-review-maximum-ride/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/book-review-maximum-ride/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 03:24:51 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=164 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/book-review-maximum-ride/feed/ 7 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/book-review-powers/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/book-review-powers/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:52:16 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=152 ]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/book-review-powers/feed/ 0 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/book-review-my-swordhand-is-singing/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/book-review-my-swordhand-is-singing/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:00:10 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=156 My Swordhand Is Singing is inoffensive, but for all its exciting subject matter, it fails to elicit more than a yawn or two. It's hard to imagine how Sedgwick made 17th-century vampires dull, but he has.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/book-review-my-swordhand-is-singing/feed/ 11 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/book-review-the-last-unicorn/ http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/book-review-the-last-unicorn/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:59:38 +0000 AyDee http://aydee.wordpress.com/?p=155 The Last Unicorn is one of the best fantasy books of all time is only a slight exaggeration -- and one only mildly perpetrated by my inner 5-year-old.]]> http://aydee.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/book-review-the-last-unicorn/feed/ 4 AyDee