Showing posts with label swamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swamps. Show all posts
Monday, July 13, 2020
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps #14; Classic Goosebumps #11) by R.L. Stine
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps #14; Classic Goosebumps #11) by R.L. Stine-123 pages
In this Goosebumps tale, Grady and his sister, Emily, move to "Fever" Swamp in Florida with their parents. Their parents are scientists who are studying Swamp Deer. Grady soon meets a local boy his age and befriends him. Grady and Emily venture out into the nearby swamp and get lost. They encounter the Swamp Hermit, who then seemingly chases them. Later, Grady meets Cassie, a local girl his age, and she spouts off about a werewolf in the swamp. She thinks it's the Swamp Hermit. Grady hears terrifying howls one night during a full moon and starts to believe that Cassie might be right. Also, during this time Grady has an encounter with a stray dog that he names Wolf because of its close appearance to a wolf. Attacks on local animals begin occurring and everyone (except Grady) blames Wolf. Are the howls and attacks really Wolf? Could it really be a werewolf? If so, who is the werewolf? The ending to this one, as usual, is great and is somewhat of a cliffhanger.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, 368 pages
I had to read this book to see if it was worth all the hype. This book is a Reese Witherspoon book club pick. I believe she is making this into a movie in the near future. Everything Reese touches seems to turn to gold, so rather than wait for the book at the library, I did purchase it off Amazon. I believe it was a good buy. This is a great book! I believe it lived up to the hype. Where the Crawdads Sing is about a young girl named Kya Clark who is abandoned by her family and is left to fend for herself in the marshland of Barkley Cove, North Carolina. During the 1950s and 1960s, young Kya grows into a young women who discovers how to fish and cook and make money by selling fish. She manages to use her father's boat and live in the same family house. The book does have a Girl on The Train feel when the author jumps years to a tragedy that happens in the swamp. This book was slow in the beginning, but then I could not put it down.
I had to read this book to see if it was worth all the hype. This book is a Reese Witherspoon book club pick. I believe she is making this into a movie in the near future. Everything Reese touches seems to turn to gold, so rather than wait for the book at the library, I did purchase it off Amazon. I believe it was a good buy. This is a great book! I believe it lived up to the hype. Where the Crawdads Sing is about a young girl named Kya Clark who is abandoned by her family and is left to fend for herself in the marshland of Barkley Cove, North Carolina. During the 1950s and 1960s, young Kya grows into a young women who discovers how to fish and cook and make money by selling fish. She manages to use her father's boat and live in the same family house. The book does have a Girl on The Train feel when the author jumps years to a tragedy that happens in the swamp. This book was slow in the beginning, but then I could not put it down.
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