“The Penderwicks”

Hello, all!

It has been a long time since I last posted. Life has been busy and hard, and I haven’t been particularly wanting to blog or write lately. But I finally began writing again, luckily. It came back in a flood when life became a little more normal. I am done with chemo, and now the next step is to get radiation behind me.

 The idea of blogging popped up today, because I decided I want to start doing . . . . . . . . . .

BOOK REVIEWS!

*applauds* *sheepishly looks around me to make sure no one is looking as I applaud my computer just sitting here - on my desk*

So here I am, back to the blogging world! HOWDY, Y’ALL! *winks*

Today I am doing a book review on one of my very favorites, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy. 

The back synopsis of the book: 
“When the four Penderwick sisters find themselves staying on a beautiful estate called Arundel for their summer holidays, they can’t wait to explore the wonderful, sprawling grounds. And even more wonderful is Jeffrey, son of Arundel’s owner - the perfect companion for their summer adventures. But Jeffery’s mother is less than thrilled with the Penderwick sisters and warns the new friends to stay out of trouble. Which, of course, they will. Won’t they?”

The author, Jeanne Birdsall, is an amazing author. More than amazing. Incredible. More than incredible. She’s absolutely FABULOUS to read. Her writing is matter-of-fact, humorous, descriptive, and abundantly clever. She spins some of the best tales with her creative writing.

The Penderwicks? The best group of girls you can come across, aside from Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy from Little Women. They are wild, smart, clever, adorable, and hilariously funny. Their antics and shenanigans put me in giggles throughout the whole book.

Except there are the moments where tears well up in my throat. I’m not kidding. Jeanne Birdsall can spin a tale that makes your sides ache with laughter, or she can wrench the tears from your eyes. In this book, my heart wasn’t wrenched from my ribs, but in the beginning of the second book, my mom and I bawled our eyes out (for another time *smile*).

The Penderwicks spirits you down a road of clever wits, and four girls and one boy who get into trouble after hilarious trouble. The way Jeanne Birdsall writes is to die for, and it feels as if you are right there, running with Batty Penderwick away from the charging bull or kicking a soccer ball and then charging wildly into a European garden competition with Skye, Jane, and Jeffery. I seriously laughed so hard in this book, and I was smiling outside or inside when I wasn’t enveloped in mirth.

My rating? Five complete stars.

Snippet:
“There was a loud oomph in the backseat. Rosalind glanced around to make sure violence hadn’t broken out, but it was only Batty struggling with her car seat - she was trying to twist herself backward to see Hound. Jane was jotting in her favorite blue notebook. So they were both all right. But Skye was blowing out her cheeks and imitating a fish, which meant she was even more bored than Rosalind feared. They’d better find this cottage soon.” Chapter one, page five.

I hope you enjoyed this review! I'll see y’all when I can post again.

~Izzy~