{"id":1868,"date":"2011-11-23T21:08:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T03:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2011-11-23T21:08:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T03:08:33","slug":"i-am-half-sick-of-shadows-by-alan-bradley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=1868","title":{"rendered":"I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>67 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?page_id=1287\">my 2011 book blogging challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Am-Half-Sick-Shadows-Flavia-Novel\/dp\/0385344015\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1322103229&#038;sr=8-1\">I Am Half Sick of Shadows<\/a> is just and cute and endearing as all of Alan Bradley&#8217;s other books in the Flavia  de Luce series.  I like this kid sleuth.  <\/p>\n<p>This is a Christmas themed book.  This time Flavia&#8217;s perpetually struggling father has leased their ancestral home to a film crew, and everyone gets trapped in the mansion for Christmas.  Of course there&#8217;s on Agatha Christie style murder, and of course young Flavia is the one to figure it out first.  It doesn&#8217;t hurt that she&#8217;s simultaneously constructing traps for Father Christmas to prove to her older sisters that he is real. Her traps come in handy.  <\/p>\n<p>I think these books are really intended for adults who just want something safe to read, a good old-style murder mystery without the relentless violence of so many of today&#8217;s thrillers. They are absolutely kid-friendly, though.  They are also educational, considering that Flavia has a fascination for chemistry, and her sister has a fascination for literature.  I&#8217;d give them to teenage girls to read, and I&#8217;d consider that a far cry above Twilight and the like.  <\/p>\n<p>Overall, though, these are just light reading, purely simply indulgence. But go ahead. It&#8217;s okay.  Indulge.  You&#8217;ll be glad you did.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>67 in my 2011 book blogging challenge. I Am Half<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}