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Author Review – Dodie Smith

After gleefully finding “I Capture the Castle” last year, equally gleefully blogging about it, and then, with a cackle I can only compare to that of a hen, proclaiming it my favorite read of 2006, I hereby pronounce that it’s time to learn a little more about the woman behind it all. Dodie Smith was born Dorothy Gladys Smith in 1896 in Lancashire, England, and grew up in Manchester. Her main dream as a child was to become an actress, but after spending sometime at the Academy of Dramatic Art, she decided that she was too short and wasn’t attractive … Continue reading →

101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure (2003)

When we last saw Roger and Anita, they had taken in all the kidnapped puppies collected by Cruella DeVil. With Roger’s song about the villainess a top seller, he could finally afford to purchase a home, or, as he called it, “A Dalmatian Plantation.” We begin part two with our loving doggie owners packing up their belongings and getting ready to make the move. With boxes being toted here and there and general chaos everywhere, one little puppy is feeling left out. Patch, son of Pongo and Perdita, doesn’t feel like there’s room for him in the family. With 99 … Continue reading →

101 Dalmatians (1961)

Roger and Anita are living the perfect life. They’re young newlyweds, each the owner of a beautiful Dalmatian dog, and while they’re not very rich in money, they feel they have everything they could possibly want, with the possible exception of a hit song idea for Roger, who is a composer. To make things even better, Perdita, the female Dalmatian, is going to have puppies, and Pongo, the male, couldn’t be more pleased. But there’s a fly in the ointment, or perhaps we should say, a flea. Cruella DeVil, the most evil woman in town, has spotted (ha ha) the … Continue reading →

Tristi’s Picks: Best Novels Read in 2006

Happy New Year! For my first blog of 2007 (this is rather a momentous occasion!) I thought I would answer a question that is regularly posed to me. Because of the large amounts of reading I do, I am asked: “What are the best books you’ve read recently?” And so I give you my top ten list of novels I read in the year 2006. It was hard to rank them; they all deserve the #1 slot, but after careful consideration, this is the order I finally chose. Click on the title to read the full review! 1. “I Capture … Continue reading →