O Lord and Master of my life! Take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King! Grant me to see my own errors and not to judge my brother; For Thou art blessed unto ages of ages.



Amen



Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Book Review ~ part II

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

Oh Mr. Trenton Lee Stewart did it again!

I was glued once more to the pages of this book. 
Dishes were left to build a small hill, lunch resembled PB & J, "what math" I mumbled inbetween a line or two....

Just kidding!

But, I did search for any time available and did carve out  time to sit and read.
Book 2 (the first beingThe Mysterious Benedict Society)
dives us right into the lives of the amazing four; Kate, Reynie, Sticky and Constance.  This time though their friendship takes on a different task.  What is to be an exciting reunion with Mr. Benedict becomes an adventurous journey to save Mr. Benedict.

The schemes, excitement, and clue finding continue with the Perilous Journey and I found myself more intrigued with these four kids jetting off on their own to save the adults...yet again!  Their skills have blossomed as their trust and loyalty to one another has.

Mr. Curtain is back, of course.  But the added wickedness of his plot to control is...

Aaahhh sorry can't go on.  Really the book is great and should be read.
The age group is still around 9-12...but I haven't been 9 or 12 in, well, in a VERY long time.  So I'd say it's a fun read for most ages.

Up next, and already read, is the review for

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