Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

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Summary: Suprised by Homework
Review: Have you ever heard of summer homework? If you are in a sane school, probably not; I however, go to an INsane school, where they don't seem to understand the term SUMMER VACATION. This was the first book I was assigned. I wasn't even in summer school, and did not look forward to reading it. I thought it would be a waste of my time, especially because I thought the title stupid (*and I still do*). However, I was suprised.

I was promptly sucked into the wild and tragic world of Daisy Fay Harper, who was unfortunately named after a vase of flowers. Her thoughts on the world are often hysterical, and unusual, and the pase moves so fast that you end up reading a hundred pages without having time to blink. Yet if this story was not written in Daisy Fay's tumbling style, this would actually be a very sad book. What is incredibal is that the author has taken a character, who practically leaps out of the page; by the first chapter you really know her, and that's hard to do.

The book is written in diary form, and spans from 1952 to 1959, with two years missing. The first half you witness Daisy Fay as an eleven year old girl, the next you leap to her as a fifteen year old "young lady." What really struck me in this transition was the way she believably grew older; she was still the same, and yet you could see the changes in her.

This is a good summer book. Despite it's three hundred pages, I read it in about a day or two, and thouroughly enjoyed it. It was quick, very funny, yet sad at times, with a very likable character, and I certainly don't regret reading it.

Although I resent having to do a project on it.



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Summary: What a flaming piece of junk
Review: I was desparate for something to listen to this week so grabbed this at the local library. Read the Amazon reviews and they seemed great. This book is totally worthless. Somebody had the audacity to say it was the funniest book ever? What do you normally read - physics textbooks? A total and absolute waste of my time. Had maybe 3 funny parts in the entire thing. The only reason I finished it was because it is so short and I figured with so many good reviews SOMETHING must happen SOMEWHERE. I was wrong. I don't think I've ever regretted a book before. Well, there's a first time for everything.