★★★ 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
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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
The Golden Son – Pierce Brown
I don't know what's wrong with me but this one is so gory-damn boring that I could scream. Am I the only one? Does it get better??? - An Eternity Later - It didn't get better, but on the plus side, this book is over! I can FINALLY read something else! The Review Okay. So. A lot happens… Continue reading The Golden Son – Pierce Brown
The Best Man – Richard Peck
★★★★ We thought he was weird. He thought we were weird. It was great. It was what multiculturalism ought to be. This book centers around Archer, as he grows from a young boy into a middle school student. We catch snippets - the best part of each year - as Archer navigates through life. From making… Continue reading The Best Man – Richard Peck
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