Ancillary Sword
Ann Leckie
ISBN: 9780316246651
Sequel to Ancillary Justice, followed (please hurry) by Ancillary Mercy.
Read March 31, 2015
Basically just read my gushy review for the first book in the series, and you'll have it. I can't really talk about anything without spoiling the story, and a good part of the fun of the story is watching everything unfold. It's amazing, Leckie is amazing, and I can't believe that the sequel is just as good (but not even remotely the same story) as the original.
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JuvFiction: A Different Twist, Elizabeth Levy
A Different Twist
Elizabeth Levy
ISBN: 0590332295
(Published originally by Apple/Scholastic in 1984, based on a teleplay by Dianne Dixon as an ABC weekend special by Scholastic Productions)
Found this via someone searching for an old book remembered from childhood. I didn't read it myself back then, but it seems like it would have been right up my alley.
Basic bones: Christi is an aspiring actress/singer, and she's delighted when her actor crush Phil Grey comes to her hometown to direct a staging of Oliver! - until she learns that he's only casting local boys in the "urchin chorus." She and her best friend Lizbeth hatch a plot for Christi to become Chris - which works perfectly well until Christi's scruples, as well as the more technical difficulties of playing a boy in a theatre environment (dressing rooms, close quarters) force her to reveal herself the night of the dress rehearsal.
Overall, pretty good, if really stereotypical and quickly paced. I can tell that it was originally a tv performance, because of the very visual and action-oriented scenes that weren't really necessary - the wheelie and the constant prat-falling being the main tells. I enjoyed the contrast in relations between Christi and Lizbeth, and between Chris and her new stage friends, and with her parents.
It even managed to not date itself horribly - there are no mentions of anything technological in any detail that would date horribly, and even the attitude towards ear-piercing is looked at as a personal view, not as a society or cultural thing.
A cute, light-hearted read.
Elizabeth Levy
ISBN: 0590332295
(Published originally by Apple/Scholastic in 1984, based on a teleplay by Dianne Dixon as an ABC weekend special by Scholastic Productions)
Found this via someone searching for an old book remembered from childhood. I didn't read it myself back then, but it seems like it would have been right up my alley.
Basic bones: Christi is an aspiring actress/singer, and she's delighted when her actor crush Phil Grey comes to her hometown to direct a staging of Oliver! - until she learns that he's only casting local boys in the "urchin chorus." She and her best friend Lizbeth hatch a plot for Christi to become Chris - which works perfectly well until Christi's scruples, as well as the more technical difficulties of playing a boy in a theatre environment (dressing rooms, close quarters) force her to reveal herself the night of the dress rehearsal.
Overall, pretty good, if really stereotypical and quickly paced. I can tell that it was originally a tv performance, because of the very visual and action-oriented scenes that weren't really necessary - the wheelie and the constant prat-falling being the main tells. I enjoyed the contrast in relations between Christi and Lizbeth, and between Chris and her new stage friends, and with her parents.
It even managed to not date itself horribly - there are no mentions of anything technological in any detail that would date horribly, and even the attitude towards ear-piercing is looked at as a personal view, not as a society or cultural thing.
A cute, light-hearted read.
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