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Have you ever had a week where you look at the planner and there is nothing penciled in and you think, great! What a relaxing week this will be! Then within a day it seems to get all full? That is what my week has turned into. Sunday I looked at the calendar and nothing was written in. Then by Monday morning I had some pretty jammed packed days!
Now, I like having things to do and things to get done. It is good to have a purpose for your day. It is just crazy how quickly you can fill your days when you have "nothing" to do. Appointments that spring up, service to do, meetings to attend. No rest for the wicked I guess. And that is okay by me.
Synopsis
Jack is a trouble maker. He always seems to be getting into mischief. When he sees a pair of giants destroying fields and stealing people, including his father, his neighbours don't believe him. He realizes it is up to him to to save them.
My Thoughts
Well, to be honest, I was kind of disappointed. I loved Shurtliff's first book Rump. It was so inventive and clever. Jack on the other hand seemed to be just another retelling of the story without anything really new or inventive. Because of this... well I found it kind of boring.
I did like how she was able to join the story of Rump and the story of Jack together. You do not need to read Rump. But if you do, you get a sort of insiders view to a few things.
All in all it was a nice retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk. Just don't expect great ingenuity. Hopefully her rendition of Red Riding Hood, which comes out this year, will be back to the same awesomeness level as Rump.
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