In The Window Room
The Author: Steven J. Carroll
Published: August 19th 2011
Pages: 111
Synopsis: There are many... very secret, mysterious places in our world. Yet some of which, that hold no other foreseeable worth except that they are hidden, and those, by my judgement, should remain as such. However, there are certain other places, which if one can find them, that are both mysterious and immeasurably valuable. And it is of this latter kind that our story is concerned. More specifically, the room that Delany Calbefur found, hidden away in the undiscovered corner of an old house, one Fall while she attended the Mayfield School for Girls, and the story of her adventures there is a tale that well deserves retelling. And so, within the pages of this book, I shall try my best at it. -Steven J. Carroll
What i thought of the cover: It’s quite a nice simple cover that has a kind of old fashion appeal to it. The drawing is a great illustration which ties in very nicely to the story though I’m sad to say the only illustration. The overall impression given is that of an old story book which is actually quite the theme in the story as it is narrated as if being told to a child back in the times.
I give this cover a 4 our of 5 stars
What i thought of the story: First impressions are always important and so the first thing that caught my attention was the fact that the way it was written reminded me much of the way Winnie the Pooh was told which I thought was a good aspect throughout the book. I always love books which have a good mystery so I was quite excited to read this and who doesn’t love adventures. This book though quite short and not really as in depth as I would of liked I would say it does make to be a good children’s book and is told and even ended like something of a myth. Del was an interesting character that’s had it pretty tough and i feel sorry for her though it’s interesting to see a friendship form with her enemy Mattie whom ends up being the very person she can rely on most. The character in which makes the adventure all possible for Del and Mattie is Merris who is some sort of made up rodent creature which I’m still not exactly sure what he looks like but perhaps something between a gopher and a beaver maybe. The window room is magical but other than that it’s mostly adventures, daring rescues and evil kings. While I loved how things turned out I found the ending to be surprisingly quite sad and I have to wonder what Del did next after her decision to do what she does.
Over all i give the story also a 4 out of 5 stars
Well since the wardrobe didn’t work perhaps this is worth a try
Synopsis: There are many... very secret, mysterious places in our world. Yet some of which, that hold no other foreseeable worth except that they are hidden, and those, by my judgement, should remain as such. However, there are certain other places, which if one can find them, that are both mysterious and immeasurably valuable. And it is of this latter kind that our story is concerned. More specifically, the room that Delany Calbefur found, hidden away in the undiscovered corner of an old house, one Fall while she attended the Mayfield School for Girls, and the story of her adventures there is a tale that well deserves retelling. And so, within the pages of this book, I shall try my best at it. -Steven J. Carroll
What i thought of the cover: It’s quite a nice simple cover that has a kind of old fashion appeal to it. The drawing is a great illustration which ties in very nicely to the story though I’m sad to say the only illustration. The overall impression given is that of an old story book which is actually quite the theme in the story as it is narrated as if being told to a child back in the times.
I give this cover a 4 our of 5 stars
What i thought of the story: First impressions are always important and so the first thing that caught my attention was the fact that the way it was written reminded me much of the way Winnie the Pooh was told which I thought was a good aspect throughout the book. I always love books which have a good mystery so I was quite excited to read this and who doesn’t love adventures. This book though quite short and not really as in depth as I would of liked I would say it does make to be a good children’s book and is told and even ended like something of a myth. Del was an interesting character that’s had it pretty tough and i feel sorry for her though it’s interesting to see a friendship form with her enemy Mattie whom ends up being the very person she can rely on most. The character in which makes the adventure all possible for Del and Mattie is Merris who is some sort of made up rodent creature which I’m still not exactly sure what he looks like but perhaps something between a gopher and a beaver maybe. The window room is magical but other than that it’s mostly adventures, daring rescues and evil kings. While I loved how things turned out I found the ending to be surprisingly quite sad and I have to wonder what Del did next after her decision to do what she does.
Over all i give the story also a 4 out of 5 stars
Well since the wardrobe didn’t work perhaps this is worth a try
