Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate - Jackson is about to go into fourth grade when suddenly his imaginary friend appears. Who happens to be a giant cat that can talk. Crenshaw first appeared when Jackson and his family were homeless and living in their minivan. It looks like that might happen again but Jackson doesn't need Crenshaw's help this time. Or so he thinks. This is a middle school/grade school book.
3 stars
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Dance of the Bones by J.A. Jance - a mishmash of a story that's billed as a J.P. Beaumont novel but he doesn't appear very much. And when he does, it's suddenly in the middle of a chapter in first person. Very jarring. A man serving 30 years for a murder he may not have committed, an unsolved murder in Seattle, blood diamonds, and Indian lore all mixed together very badly. Another of my favorite authors has lost her way.
2 stars
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