My son and I read this together in the evenings, enjoying the Navel twins unwelcome visit to Tibet. The situations were wacky, the characters mores so. The tale is written tongue-in-cheek so you are enjoying yourself while wondering what rabbit will the author pull out of his hat next. We will...
I like this book because it was talking about the military and it was talking about dogs. I love dogs and I like the military or talking about how man's best friend goes to war. Corporal Dempsey and Gus the military dog are working together in Afghanistan .Loki was sniffing out traps and booby ...
Basil hissed at her. The Blacktail brothers had Kit pressed up against the wall at the point of a fork, and two more Rabid Rascals, strays from the Scavengers’ Market, held Martyn at bay with teeth bared. “You shouldn’t have welshed on our bet,” Sha...
“It’s too much of a coincidence,” he said, gazing across the top of his big brandy snifter at Janice the grave robber, Ernest the celebrity impersonator, and a rough-looking woman in brightly colored pants with too many pockets who said her name was Bonnie. “They are plucked from the sea and take...
Powdery snow fell from the upper walls and sparkled down through the rainbows above and covered them with a fine, wet dust. They followed the rainbows all the way back to the great glimmering tree. Oliver stopped dead in his tracks. Celia bumped into him from behind. “Oof,...
Piles of paper sat next to the sofa and the top of the fridge was stacked with old leather books. It was hard to find a place to put all of his maps and charts, because their apartment was filled with knickknacks and bric-a-brac and tchotchkes, which is just another way of saying a lot of stuff f...
His mind was far from peaceful, and the words he muttered scared the birds from their perches. He was angry at the glowing device in his hand, and he whacked it with his palm. “Come on, you lousy phone!” he cursed. “Get some reception already! What good is a smartphone without any stinking recept...
