★★★★★ The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows. Long ago, there lived a swashbuckling swordsman under the name of Nicholas St. North - North to his friends - who would one day be known to the world as Santa. North in his youth ran with the… Continue reading Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King – William Joyce & Laura Geringer Bass
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An Unexpected Cookbook – Chris-Rachael Oseland
★★★★★ Second breakfast is the perfect time for adventuring. If you are anything like me, you are wholly and completely in love with the Shire. The happy hobbits, the comfortable lives and the general feeling of well-being radiating from Hobbiton will always bring back my childhood. I loved the little details that Tolkien included about… Continue reading An Unexpected Cookbook – Chris-Rachael Oseland
Kenny & the Dragon – Tony DiTerlizzi
★★★ A full stomach allows the brain to be hungry for common sense. Kenny is a rabbit and just loves learning. And when there's someone new who settles nearby, he's ecstatic (at first)...but it turns out that the new person is actually a DRAGON. Oh no. And the local community decides that the dragon has to go.… Continue reading Kenny & the Dragon – Tony DiTerlizzi
Wildwood – Colin Meloy
★★★★★ Prue felt like someone had bored a hole in her stomach the size of a basketball. Prue has always lived in Portland, on the edges of a great and wondrous forest. She never gave it much thought...that is until her one-year-old brother (Mac) was carried off by a flock of crows to the heart of the forest.… Continue reading Wildwood – Colin Meloy
The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines
★★★★ Don’t quit, and don’t give up. The reward is just around the corner. There's something just so satisfying about watching Fixer Upper - the selection of the houses, the making of the plans and then seeing the end result. Ahh. Perfection. But what we see on TV isn't nearly the whole story. There was a… Continue reading The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines
Capital Gaines – Chip Gaines
★★★ ½ If there’s something stirring in you now, and you know what it is, do that. There’s no need to overthink it. Before the fame and fortune, there was Chip Gaines seeking out one thrilling entrepreneurial adventure after another. Whether it be a neighborhood laundromat or starting a landscaping business, he was ready for everything.… Continue reading Capital Gaines – Chip Gaines
Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
I won't let your ignorance silence my pain *cue me tearing my hair out* Okay, so I saw a lot (and I mean a LOT) of positive reviews for this one on Goodreads, so I absolutely could not wait to pick it up. The reviewers were raving, the cover was gorgeous, the blurb promised the… Continue reading Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
The Queen’s Rising – Rebecca Ross
★ "There's a man on Maevana's throne where there should be a queen." I'm not a DNF-er, but by-gosh...sometimes I wish I was. It literally took me over a year to read this book. And it's honestly been so long since I have read the beginning that most of the book has faded from my memory (which… Continue reading The Queen’s Rising – Rebecca Ross
The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher
Do not let what you think they think of you make you stop and question everything you are. Carrie Fisher has found the notebooks - the diaries she kept when she played Princess Leia during the first Star Wars - and has decided to write a book about it. It’s not nice being inside my… Continue reading The Princess Diarist – Carrie Fisher
Rich People Problems – Kevin Kwan
★★★★ Dear Lord, thank you for getting me the fuck out of here. Amen Nicholas Young narrowly escaped his family last round - and now he's happily married and settled - but all that's about to change. His grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed and he has no choice but rush to her side...along with… Continue reading Rich People Problems – Kevin Kwan
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