This story is so bizarre but I loved it so much. I can’t even go about beginning to explain it and even if I could I wouldn’t want to because it is best when you find out for yourself. Nutting has done a great job of creating incredibly realistic and relatable characters who find themselves …
I was too old (and not cool enough to realize that middle grade books are awesome at any age) to read the How to Train Your Dragon books when they came out but I am glad that I have finally gotten to experience Cressida Cowell’s wonderful writing. The Wizards of Once is both beautifully written and filled with …
This story was FASCINATING and I haven’t stopped talking about it to people today. The parallels between Charlie and his father made for an interesting manner of storytelling and Matt’s story was so interesting. I knew very little about Leopold and Loeb before this book and now I want to learn everything I can about …
My feelings about this book fluctuated a lot. I had not read any Mary Kubica books before (but boy is she a doll in real life) and so I read this before I hosted her event. Kubica is a skilled storyteller and this book definitely took me for a ride. Flipping between the husband’s past …
I’m not usually a short-story reader but I have been trying to read more lately. As I have found with most collections I have read in the past, I really enjoyed some of the stories in this book and just didn’t care about others, which made it a weird reading experience. There are stories in …
I have to admit, this is a book I judged by its cover and I said, “No thank you!” But I had heard such good things about it so when the audiobook was an ALC on Libro.FM, I decided to give it a chance. This book was great. Lu has created a fascinating world that …
Why did I wait so long to read this book? It was one of the first things I picked up when I started working at the bookstore I work at and I just never got around to it. I kept it on my shelf through many clean-outs and a move because it kept appearing on …
Thank you, Katie, for making me read this incredibly silly book. A short and goofy tale for children, The Giggler Treatment is filled with as many smart jokes as well as many many poop jokes. The narrator is great and takes the silly story to a much higher level. I don’t know what else to say. It’s …
Furthermore was one of my favorite books of last year and so I shook with joy when this was handed to me. While still a great book, it didn’t live up to Furthermore for me. And, as a bookseller, I am incredibly confused by this book because I am not sure how to sell it. It is incredibly …
The Secret of Nightingale Wood is beautiful book that reminded me of classic children’s books. In a world of extreme fantasy and adventure, this historical fiction was a breath of fresh air. Strange beautifully discusses many difficult topics while creating an engaging mystery that kept me guessing until the end. She deals with war and loss …
This was my first foray into the world of audiobooks. I will add my review of the audiobook to the bottom of this review. This is a gorgeous book about very not beautiful things. When it started popping up on lost of “best of” and award lists, I knew that I needed to check it …
As a fan of Scooby-Doo, this book was a blast to read. Cantero does a great job of sprinkling references to Scooby-Doo and the gang throughout the text while still keeping the story completely his own. His gang is different and their dog doesn’t talk. (In fact, it reminds me a lot of what Rainbow …
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