Thanks for stopping by! I'm Cori and I'm happy you've found your way here. If you're wondering why my blog is called "Let's Eat Grandpa," it's an old grammar joke: Let's eat, grandpa! Let's eat grandpa! (Punctuation saves lives.) 
So there are usually a couple books every month for which I just don’t feel like writing a whole review. So, I’m introducing Snippet Reviews! Enjoy these tasty little bites. They’re like Girl Scout cookies. You can eat eight of them at a time without know what you’ve done. Heck, have a whole silver sleeve of Thin Mints for dinner. You know you want to.
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Book Review #15)
Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre (lovely narration)
Source: Sacramento Library
Finished: 2/16/11
Rating: 9 out of 10
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Pages: 384 (paper version)
Originally Read: 2003
Originally Published: 2001
A Short Synopsis: Thursday Next works for the Literatechs — the division of the police who are in charge of literary crimes. It turns out Jane Eyre has gone missing, and it’s up to Thursday to figure out whodunit.
Quick Impression: This was a re-read for me, and if it’s possible, I liked it even more than I did when I originally read it. Madcap! Literary! Toast! Dodos! Like I’ve said before. Jasper Fforde’s brain is made of cookies — it’s the only logical reason he could write like he does. Read this whole series (book #6 comes out soon)! Exclamation points!
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The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis (Book Review #17)
Narrator: Alex Jennings (decent narration)
Source: Sacramento Library
Finished: 2/20/11
Rating: 8 out of 10
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Pages: 199 (paper version)
Originally Published: 1954
A Short Synopsis: This Narnian tale follows runaway Shasta and his new friend Aravis, as well as their talking horses Bree and Hwin as they set out for Narnia and a new life.
Quick Impression: This book moved a little slower and thought a little more deeply than the others in the series. Absolutely loved the different appearances of Aslan during their journey — makes me think of how God is there in different ways in my own life, even when I can’t recognize him. A beautiful little tale (as all the Narnia books are). Once again, read this whole series!
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Jeeves in the Offing by PG Wodehouse (Book Review #19)
Narrator: Ian Carmichael (he’s no Jonathan Cecil)
Source: Sacramento Library
Finished: 2/24/11
Rating: 7 out of 10
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
Pages: 200 (paper version)
Originally Published: 1960
A Short Synopsis: Bertie Wooster, with the assistance of his man Jeeves, takes on a New York playboy, the playboy’s intrusive mother, a simpering girl, a red-headed firecracker, an old grammar school teacher, a friend named after a fish, and a meddlesome dauschund. Most of them end up in a lake.
Quick Impression: While it was still a bunch of fun and hilarity, this one didn’t quite rise to the high standard of British perfection Wodehouse has been known to reach. But I did like it — Bertie ends up in the most hilarious of scrapes. While I’m at it…read this whole series. Um, do I sound like a broken record or what?
