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K R _ellet — I got into Kafka backwards, as this was the first thing I ever read by him. It was, however, brilliantly bizare, like reading a nightmare. I dare say it was Kafkaesque.

Victoria Verner vernervictorija — I received an ARC of this book at ALA and wasn't sure I would enjoy it. Even though I'm a history major, I tend to shy away from most historical YA--that historical setting often takes away from the reasons I read YA in the first place (fast pace, immediacy, voice, etc). And while I did end up liking this book more than I expected, I will say I'm not entirely convinced it fits in the YA category. The main character, Kit, is living on her own (well, sort of), out of school, and working as a dancer. And while she's only 17, it's clear that her 17 in the 50's is equivalent to an older age nowadays. The voice wasn't especially YA for me, either--nor should it have been, under the circumstances. That said, I enjoyed the writing and the story. There were plenty of twists and turns to keep me interested throughout, and the author does a fabulous job of painting life in a grittier version of the 50's than most movies or sitcoms show us. I could visualize the setting perfectly. I actually liked the framing of the book, which wandered back and forth in time, but it did require the reader to pay close attention to avoid confusion. Would be curious to know if, overall, this book ends up appealing more to teens or adults?

Joanna Lisiecka _isiecka — Ok, first off - I LOVED Sweet Valley books as a kid! Hey, I even had the board game! So, I had to read this to see what was up with Elizabeth and Jessica and all of their Sweet Valley friends 10 years after graduation. Well, I should have just skipped this book, and kept the fond memories. What I need to remember is that the writing in these books were never fabulous...normal to these huge series geared towards kids. That was hard for me to get back into. Personally, I thought the writing was atrocious!! It's always nice to close a chapter, so to speak, on beloved characters' lives. But, I think I would've rather not in this case.

Yifat Ziv yifatza493 — Eldest loved this.

Arnim Pommeranz arnimpomme475c — Best Kristin Hannah book I've read!

Anastasia Anastasia _uznetsova_anna — "Thuvia, Maid of Mars" is the 4th of 11 John Carter novels from the pen of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It first appeared in April 1916, as a three-part serial in the magazine "All Story Weekly." This is the first Carter novel that does not feature John Carter himself as the central character; he only makes a brief cameo appearance early on. Instead, the action mantle is taken up by Carthoris, Carter's son, but fortunately, Carter Junior turns out to be just as good a swashbuckler as the old man. In this installment, Princess Thuvia of Ptarth has been kidnapped by the spineless Prince Astok of Dusar, which abduction almost causes a world war on Barsoom (Mars). Young Carthoris, in his quest to free his beloved princess, runs across deserted cities, a forgotten kingdom, banths (10-legged Barsoomian lions), ethereal warriors, mucho swordplay, giant white apes, and on and on. As is usual for these books, the amount of action that Burroughs packs into a small compass is quite surprising. Whereas previous Carter books seem to read more like fantasy/fairy tales than science fiction, this installment veers even more to the fantastic, mainly in the use of those phantom warriors just mentioned. These bowmen are called up from the minds of the remaining members of the lost city of Lothar, and have no "real" concrete existence. However, their arrows can still kill. In this book we also get, for the first time, a nice, detailed look at life in Helium; what the people do, how they live and the like. We also receive a biological explanation of how Carthoris, who was 10 years old but a seeming adult in the previous books, got to be that way. The worldwide peace that apparently prevails at the end of book 3, "The Warlord of Mars," is shown in this volume to be not as widespread as was inferred, which makes for some nice tense situations. So this is a good, fast-moving, detailed entry in the series. There are some minor problems of inconsistency and fuzzy writing, however, although not as prevalent as in previous entries. For example, in one scene, Carthoris is said to be fighting a force of a dozen Dusarians; three of these are killed, and so three are left. Huh? Carthoris seems to know exactly where to find water in the dead city of Aaanthor, despite the fact that he has never been there before. Wha? Vas Kor, one of Carthoris' chief enemies, fails to recognize him merely because Carthoris is dirty, tired and covered with blood; this is just a bit hard to swallow. Perhaps worst of all, the book ends extremely abruptly, just as all of Barsoom is about to be plunged into that world war. We never learn the fate of several of the main villains, nor do we see the end of hostilities as the realization of the true facts becomes known. This is a short book, and would not have suffered by the addition of such scenes to make it more satisfying. Still, this is a fun entry in the John Carter series, one that all lovers of fast-moving fantasy should enjoy.