Leaping Lizards (Nintendo Adventure Books) [Import] [Paperback]

Clyde Bosco (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Mammoth (October 17, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749710012
• ISBN-13: 978-0749710019
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,919,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a small stream would yield a river of thoughts...., May 21, 2001

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Agent00CR (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LEAPING LIZARDS: NINTENDO ADVENTURE BOOK #2 (Paperback)

I bought this book about ten years ago when I was in third grade, and I was immediately and completely enthralled by the very notion of reading about my favorite video game characters in a lush and exciting adventure. I was and supposedly am a Mario fanatic at heart (even now during my James Bond fan years) since I grew up playing the Super Mario Brothers games. To top off the perfection, I was in complete control of the decisions and the items. It was bliss for me as a young gradeschooler! That summer, I set off to work writing my own 120+ page adventure novel closely following the Leaping Lizards Adventure Book format (my story was about Super Mario World, though). My writing skills were youthful, but I decided to redo my novel two summers later. Even after that, I started prewriting for yet a third version as my thoughts and writing skills matured even more. I discovered that I was a great writer in middle school, and reading Leaping Lizards was probably a significant reason- it was an inspiration. I now want to be a storywriter and novelist, and I truly do not know how skilled I would be now (or if I would have even considered serious writing) without reading this book. I probably wouldn't have started writing my first novel until my sophomore year in high school, after I discovered James Bond literature, and critical skill development years would have drowned in the sands of time forever. I am not saying that I owe even a major part of my writing skills or interest in it to this book, since that would be false anyway. (I owe many of my writing skills to a respected English/Creative Writing teacher.) I am saying that this book was the catalyst for a person who has the potential to become a writer great enough to soar with and higher than all the other renowned writers of the world. Can you believe it? I still find it fantastic and incredible. Just one small drop in the stream of time... Just a small stream would yield a river of thoughts...

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Plot, December 31, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: LEAPING LIZARDS: NINTENDO ADVENTURE BOOK #2 (Paperback)

This book was good! I think everyone should buy the whole series.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book keeps you reading!, June 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: LEAPING LIZARDS: NINTENDO ADVENTURE BOOK #2 (Paperback)

This book is pretty good. It is exciting and never boring. There are lots of games in this book. Read it!