Just because you’re not in middle school doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a middle grade book! Ok, I’ll be honest, I really loved this book. I love all of Brandon Mull’s books. I judged the first Fablehaven book by it’s cover many years ago and the rest is history. I was nervous yet excited to start reading Dragonwatch. It picks up not long after the final Fablehaven book, Keys to the Demon Prison, ended, with the demons having been defeated…
Here are 11 of my favorite books I read last year and the tiniest of blurbs to go along with the titles.1. The Red NotebookAmelie in book form. Whimsical and romantic, set in Paris. My review here. 2. The French Don’t Diet PlanThis book helped me get my snacking under control and lost 10 lbs without trying very hard. I need to give it a re-read… My review here. 3. Written in RedThe first book in the Others series by…
For those unfamiliar with the series:I listened to the audiobook for Written in Red, the first book in this series, a year ago last month. I had purchased a second hand copy of of the actual book months prior but after it being recommended to me so many times I decided to get the audiobook so I could get to it sooner. I instantly fell in love with it and the unique world Anne Bishop has created for us. The…
I think I have been the most impressed with this series over any other I have read (thats more than five books) – I am pleasantly surprised that this is the 10th book in the Mercy Thompson series and Patricia Briggs can still make it an exciting vs stale read. In Silence Fallen, Mercy is abducted and taken to Italy. She escapes and spend most of the book on the run from her abductors. The other half of the book,…
A Perilous Undertaking is a fantastic follow-up to the first Veronica Speedwell book, A Curious Beginning. I got the first during an Audible sale in the fall (my review here)- I was amazed at how good it is and surprised that it hadn’t come up in a recommendation for me somewhere online. This series features Veronica, a spinster lepidopterist in her mid-twenties, and Stoker, the black sheep in a noble family. Literally. In this book they are approached by a…
This book follows Lara, the owner of Blossom & Grow, a small flower shop in Dublin. We start out with Lara’s story and come back to it many times throughout the book, but sprinkled throughout the rest of it we get a glimpse at the stories of other people entwined in Lara’s life. Her brother, husband, people from her past and her future, and little backgrounds of people who are regulars in her shop. This book very much feels like…
What a cover! *dreamy eyes* Caitriona Wallace, or Cait, is a chaperone for Jamie and Alice Arrol on their “Grand Tour” of mainland Europe from Scotland. Their final stop is Paris, where they meet Émile Nougier, one of the engineers who designed the Eiffel Tower for Gustav Eiffel. Chapters alternate between Cait and Émile; the transition is smooth, not confusing, and done very well. Cait and Émile are attracted to each other but haven’t spent enough time together to pursue…
In the second book of the Soulwood series we see Nell in her first PSYLED investigation after a group of deer and geese are found behaving oddly, then all die. Throughout the book there was a minor storyline about Nell’s land; I was glad to finally see her get somewhere with that at the end of the book and stop casually wondering what was wrong with it and saying she’d deal with it later. Overall, I really liked this book….
I would like to start this review off by saying that this was written by one of my most favorite authors and despite the following review, I still feel that way. This book was written well. It has a good general story going on and a great description/feel of the book. 99% of the characters and interesting and complex. My mind is completely, 100% in 1800’s Texas when reading and I love it. But I strongly dislike the main character. There may…
After reading The Red Notebook and The President’s Hat I was so, so excited to find out that Antoine Laurain had another book coming out. French Rhapsody is about a letter inviting a band to come in for a meeting with a record later… arriving 30 years after it was sent. We are given insight to the lives of the members of the band, along with some of their spouses or significant others. I think the bones of the story are good…