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Friday, July 15, 2016 12:19:31 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon commented on Susan Patron's Profile:
Linda Rae said, "Dear Susan,
I just finished reading the last Lucky book. [sigh] I like the way Lucky and the characters around her constantly change a little, just like in real life. I also admire your writing style: simple yet makes you feel something.
Very b"
Friday, July 8, 2016 4:11:01 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added Lucky for Good to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "This is the third and final book about Lucky. I'm still reading it. I like the writing style--sentences are simple, but they say a lot. It's rare to find a person or writer who says exactly what she means and then stops talking."
Friday, July 8, 2016 4:04:58 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added Lucky Breaks to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "This is a sequel to The Higher Power of Lucky, and just as skillfully written. Lucky is one year older and so a little more grown up. The characters are further developed. My favorite part is the ending, where Lucky and her two friends are lying on the gr"
Friday, July 8, 2016 3:58:49 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added The Higher Power of Lucky to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "Lucky made me remember how I felt as a kid. The setting is an outlandishly small town in the middle of the desert full of colorful characters. After reading Lucky's thoughts and actions, all other books paled into adults remembering childhood--Lucky is RE"
Monday, May 31, 2010 12:11:50 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Newbery Honor Book) to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "Every young girl should read this book--especially polite, timid girls. I enjoyed the whole book, but the ending was especially surprising and satisfying."
Monday, May 31, 2010 12:09:20 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "I have this book on tape and have listened to it countless times. The writing is so tight I don't think you could cut a single word. The descriptions of the horrible Herdman kids are perfect, the narrator's way of talking very natural, and her friend Al"
Friday, April 16, 2010 7:25:36 AM
Linda Rae Apolzon commented on Susan Patron's Profile:
Linda Rae said, "Lucky is just as charming in LUCKY BREAKS as she was in the first book! I especially liked hearing more about Lincoln, the giggling fits with Paloma, and the wonderful, warm ending with the kids looking up at the stars and talking a little ways away from"
Friday, April 16, 2010 7:07:56 AM
Linda Rae Apolzon added Coraline to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "This book's plot deals with a universal fear--someone else in your mother's body--as in alien movies, the Stepford wives, etc. Coraline is a great character, and the book hits the perfect balance of very creepy but not too much for a kid to handle. The p"
Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:10:51 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "This book cracks me up because it feels so realistic: the silly little plastic thing that's a big deal to a little kid. (I had this china fawn that I bought for 89 cents in a souvenir shop in Niagra Falls......I insisted on holding it during the family p"
Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:45:51 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon added Skippyjon Jones to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "I love Skippyjon's imagination! Every time I read about him, I laugh. The illustrations are priceless."
Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:46:34 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon commented on Judy Schachner's Profile:
Linda Rae said, "I love your Skippyjon Jones character and the idea of him/a child pretending to be someone else. No matter how many times I read the book, I smile. I read the mummy story, and it cracked me up, too--especially the picture of the little girls in the bathr"
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 6:45:33 PM
Linda Rae Apolzon commented on Susan Patron's Profile:
Linda Rae said, "I love Lucky! I found her especially endearing when she sat on her guardian's lap at bedtime, but faced forward because she thought she was too old to be sitting on someone's lap. I liked the way she thought her bug collection would be famous--I remembe"
Friday, September 23, 2016 11:58:48 AM
Linda Rae Apolzon added Waiting for Augusta to her Bookshelf
Linda Rae said, "This is a fascinating book--once you start reading it, you just have to keep on to see how it all turns out. This is the only book I know of where the hero--Ben, almost 12 years old-- talks with his dead father's ashes. I won't spoil it for you with any d"