★★★★ ½ It concerns me you’re avoiding a promise not to murder me. One Monday afternoon, five teens walk into detention. Only four walk out. You find out who your real friends are when stuff like this happens. Turns out I didn’t have any… Simon, the school outcast, dies from a peanut reaction and considering… Continue reading One of Us Is Lying – Karen M. McManus
Tag: Miranda reads
The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
★★★★★ Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place. Thirteen-year-old Leni is living in a desperate situation. Her father, Ernt Allbright, is back from the war but… Continue reading The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
Santa.com – Russell Hicks
He knew it was time to modernize, so he created...Santa.com. It's a time for change - Santa can no longer make everything by hand and he's updated the North Pole. "Remember, Christmas cannot make itself. We need the work of every elf!" Santa.com allows for Christmas presents to be automatically made, under the careful supervision of… Continue reading Santa.com – Russell Hicks
The Princess Bride -William Goldman, Michael Manomivibul (Illustrator)
★★★★★ “We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.” Buttercup spent her entire life on a farm with her mom, dad and the farm boy who lived outside in the hovel. But then, one day, all that changed. She became beautiful. Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's… Continue reading The Princess Bride -William Goldman, Michael Manomivibul (Illustrator)
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
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
Balance – M.J. Woods
★★★★ ½ I run not to escape, but to chase down demons, using darkness to see myself. Alexis Greene is stunning - brilliant lawyer, firm morals and sassy to a fault. She's spent every waking hour clawing herself to the top of her career and she just spent a year negotiating with her client to close… Continue reading Balance – M.J. Woods
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
Soul Shade – T. L. Branson
★★★★ ½ ...I can't dwell on it right now. I've got an excution to get to. Maya Drygo, daughter of the King and resident evil overlord, is desperate to keep her kingdom together. With the death of her father, she finds herself holding the reigns of a splintering kingdom and no matter what she does, it… Continue reading Soul Shade – T. L. Branson
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
Miranda Reads 