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Fer Y fermin_arguiz — When the bus driver is away pigeon will try everything in his power to get the reader (and listeners) to let him drive the bus. Kids will have fun telling the pigeon NO! over and over again and they may even start to laugh along the way because some of his bribes and antics are just too funny not to.

The Pledge aaronlarnavarro — I really hate to give less than three stars but sometimes, I really have no choice. This is daaammmnnn booorrriing. I can't understand why so many liked this story. For me, it was bleh. Anyway, I'm only into half of the book so maybe, I'll change my rating after I finish it. I keep expecting the book to get better, but its still the same so far. I don't really buy the whole feeding-bad-angel thing. If those are angels, then, where is God? Why isn't he doing anything? The guy started out as an eleven year old angel killer? really?? That's so far fetched. Another issue is that angels can be killed by bullets through their haloes?Really?????? Willow is a half angel? Apparently, angels have sperms?geez. Anyway, I'll read the rest of the books to find out what happened. Maybe I'll change my mind if it gets better. Maybe, the two stars will turn into a four. Maybe. I originally gave this 2 stars when I was half-way through the book. I'm upgrading this to three stars. It's better than most YA books and worse than others. Just an okay book, I guess.

Katie Lopez _atoe_esigns — It's tough to review a favorite book, especially when it's a book that almost completely changed the way you view literature. But I suppose it's worth a shot. Dhalgren is a glorious mess, but that's not to say that it lacks structure. In fact, I wrote my senior thesis in undergrad on the narrative structure of the novel, and upon close examination it's stunning just how carefully put together the whole thing is. Everyone knows that it's an imperfectly closed loop, but few really understand how Delany makes that loop work. Kid (the kid, Kidd, etc etc) is a brilliant character, though on the surface it's pretty easy for the casual reader to lose interest in his wanderings, vague philosophical thoughts, and random sexual interactions. The way Delany uses shifts in narrative perspective to indicate shifts in Kid's perceptions is stunning. Bellona is also an incredible accomplishment of imagination. In many ways, in the minutiae of the description, it's not that far off from any crumbling contemporary inner city (and indeed Delany was writing in large part about the social and economic deterioration he saw going on in NYC at the time he was writing), but the combined effect of all of Delany's prose is the creation of a completely different world enveloped within our own. This is obviously not traditional science fiction, though there are enough weird happenings and unconventional characters to keep open-minded SF fans interested. It's very long, very abstract/obtuse, and at times very dry. There are long stretches where you keep reading for the beauty of the language rather than interest in the storyline, but it all comes together in the end. In closing, I'd also like to note that Delany's memoir The Motion of Light in Water provides great insight into the inner workings of Dhalgren. After reading the two, it becomes clear that many of the Kid's experiences are direct mirrors of Delany's own. On top of that, it's a flat out great read.

Diego Molas _iego_olas — ** spoiler alert ** Great Read!