★★★★★ In short? It is exhausting being me. Jenny Lawson (the Bloggess) has lit up the literary scene with her debut novel - Let's Pretend This Never Happened. Jenny lives the sort of life where... well... hmm... maybe you will just have to read this book yourself. I really don't think I have anything that can adequately sum… Continue reading Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir – Jenny Lawson
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Caddie Woodlawn – Carol Ryrie Brink
★★ ½ Disappointing and yet marginally charming. How far I've come! I'm the same girl and yet not the same. I wonder if it's always like that? Caddie Woodlawn, a fiery redhead growing up in Wisconsin in the 1800s, has always been a tom boy. Her mother is at her wits end but her father enjoys his daughter's plucky… Continue reading Caddie Woodlawn – Carol Ryrie Brink
Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain and Ireland – Kevin Crossley
★★★ ½ The Dark Horseman "And who shall we put in the coffin?" "No need to draw lots" said the leader. "Lay Jemmy Nowlan in the coffin." Poor Jemmy Nowlan is whisked away on an unbelievable adventure...one that take his life at any moment. This one was interesting but a bit abrupt with the plot -… Continue reading Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain and Ireland – Kevin Crossley
Book – David W. Miles & Natalie Hoopes
★★★★★ Black words. On white paper. No buttons. No bonus levels. Not a single sound, in fact. A little boy takes a closer look at a book. At first...there's nothing really that appealing. There's words. And pages. But what else? They aren't as flashy or as bright as computer games...but then he looks closer and closer...and discovers… Continue reading Book – David W. Miles & Natalie Hoopes
The Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard
★ You know that feeling when you read a particularly bad YA and you just have to set down the book and ask, why? Why in the world did someone give the ok to publish this mess? Why are the characters so effing dumb? Why did I even pick this book up? This happens… Continue reading The Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard
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