In the sixth and final chapter of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How Lovely Are Thy Branches,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S TIME TO FIGHT ABOUT CEREAL. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Young Wizards<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Of these two short stories, I think I enjoyed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153How Lovely Are Thy Branches\u00e2\u20ac\u009d more. I am certain now that I mentioned this before, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really<\/i> into these sort of low-impact, low-stress stories. However, I usually have to turn to fanfiction for this, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pleased that Duane has given us a chance to get to know these characters and this world in greater depth. Nearly every scene in this story took place in the Rodriguez household; we saw characters we hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seen in a while; we got a chance to observe how the Rodriguez family was adapting to the weirdness of Kit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and Carmela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lives; THERE WAS A CHRISTMAS-THEMED SLUMBER PARTY, COMPLETE WITH A LITTLE CHRISTMAS RETRIBUTION.<\/p>\n
And this is life in this suburb of Long Island, in a home with a wizard son and his brilliant sister. This glimpse of what the wizards do outside<\/i> of their newest errantry is valuable to me because readers so rarely get to see this sort of stuff. There might be short sequences at the beginning of a book or scattered throughout, but I definitely appreciate a whole story like this. And Filif! Lovely Filif, who really was the star of this whole thing, who taught us of the Outlier holiday, who stood up for himself, who reminded others of the power that there is in numbers, and also BY YOURSELF. There is power in being the only one willing to take a risk and do what you feel is right!<\/p>\n
How lovely are Filif\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s branches, indeed.<\/p>\n
But I want to end this review with some fun: THE GREAT CEREAL DISCOURSE OF 2017. There are true facts about cereal, sorry, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make the rules.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fight over cereal.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/youtu.be\/UHuqEtCZzdo?a<\/p>\n
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