Ree A A itibaren Piasco, Province of Cuneo, İtalya
Great character. I love the mom & son relationship.
I really, truly enjoyed this book. It had me wishing I had her job (minus the bitch of a boss of course).
Though I reviewed this book, Where is God, Grandfather?, about two weeks ago, the publisher requested that I hold the review for the first week of release. Since that time, my daughter has read the book no less than three times, which speaks volumes. Candy O'Donnell did an awesome job with the symbolism in nature to show the characteristics and loving nature of God. As the grandfather takes up special time with his grand-daughter, he teaches her the most important lesson - God is everywhere. As His children, we don't have to search for Him because He's is everywhere we are. Great job on a vital topic.
Predictable.
There is Dominion who invites guests to an Imperial banquet - housed in a rome cloaked with black drapes, serving black food, black table-cloths, etc... - then he tals of nothing but death - his guests leave thinking thier to be killed... its all a joke... thus sums up that Emperor. Or Tiberius who lives in his own dr evil stule lair... on capua... ruling with an iron fist. Or the son of a country goat herder who smashes the Jewish revolt of 70Ad and marches back to snatch the Imperial Crown. Or Nero... an his palace... murder of mother, etc Claudius Caligua and his horse - the consul and that mission to collect sea shells Or the revered Augustus - politican and first Imperator... who destroys his co-ruler Marcius Antonius and hunts down Julius Caesars son and has him killed. Suetonius has proved extremely infulentual. His 12 Caesar have become the percieved rulers of Rome. Beyond these mainly mediorce individuals, we tend to forget the GREAT Roman rulers. Such as Nerva who healed the civial war after Dominions death, adopted Trajan, who conqoured modern day Romania and Iraq, who in turn adopted Hadrian, who toured the Empire and refused to conqour any more land, giving back iraq. Then the two an Antonies... Pius Antonius and Marcus Antonius... all in all equalling a hundred years of peace. Or Diocletian who turned the political office of Caesar into a dynastic one - creating the Imperial Monarcy - splitting the Empire into four and retiring to Ravenna. Or Julian the Apostage who tried to turn the clocks back on Christainity and died in modern day Iraq.
Omigoodness, they made more of these books. I mean after this one. I knew about this one. I read it as soon as I found out about it. I enjoyed it similarly as much as I enjoyed the first one. Oh, Mr. Putter and Tabby, you're a couple of pranksters. Adorable, old, well-illustrated, charming little pranksters. It kind of ruined these books for me when I discovered that there was another series that's essentially the same story, but with a dog. It's called "Margie and Mudge" or something*. I didn't pay much attention, actually. I was trying not to pay too much attention, to be honest. Because I didn't want Mr. Putter and Tabby to be ruined. Oh, but nothing could ruin them. Who am I kidding? Mr. Putter and Tabby can never be ruined. They are too perfect. Oh, I must go find my copies and re-read them. *Henry and Mudge. I checked. Nowhere near as cool-sounding as Mr. Putter and Tabby, though. Nothing ever is.