Reading Diary
The books I've read recently and my (and Wikipedia's) thoughts about them
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
In the Milne books, Pooh is naive and slow-witted, but he is also friendly, thoughtful and steadfast.
Although
he and his friends agree that he is "a bear of very little brain," Pooh is occasionally acknowledged to
have
a
clever idea, usually driven by common sense.
You can find this book at Toronto Public Library.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
After a staged attack that killed the President of the United States and most of Congress, a radical
political
group called the "Sons of Jacob" used quasi-Christian ideology to launch a revolution. The United States
Constitution was suspended, newspapers were censored, and what was formerly the United States of America
was
changed into a military dictatorship known as the Republic of Gilead.
You can find this book at Toronto Public Library.
Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
Jon's desperate quest to find out why the ghosts are after him leads him to the mystery of a
centuries-old
murder. Meanwhile, he is still pursued by the vengeful ghosts, so with the help of a new friend, Ella,
he
summons a noble ghost – Sir William Longspee, the Ghost Knight of the title – to protect him. They
finally
uncover a complicated truth and right a grievous wrong.
You can find this book at Toronto Public Library.