Icarus by K. Ancrum
CBR Bingo square- Dun Dun I got Icarus by K. Ancrum from a list of retellings of Greek mythology, and it made me do something I never do anymore, I skipped ahead a few chapters to make sure nothing happened to Icarus, who is a child. Yes, he’s a kid in high school, but I needed to make sure he was okay. He is almost a legal adult, but it still freaked me out that he was in the situation he found himself in. Icarus […]
Jaclyn Hyde by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White
I am not sure I liked the book Jaclyn Hyde by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White. I know I enjoyed it, but liked it? I am still on the fence about it. There is a lot of good, but I am assuming that I am not really the audience for it, and therefore, not picking up what Bondor-Stone and White were putting down. And this story is obvious: Jaclyn Hyde is perfect. Perfect grades, organizes her school books alphabetically by authors’ hometowns, never really gotten […]
A Home in the Sky (Twicetold Tales) by Olivia Snowe
Few story spoilers below: While the retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk has been done before, A Home in the Sky (Twicetold Tales) is a slightly older version and has a few modern touches. Olivia Snowe has a series of different fairy tales/legends and made them for a today’s audience, but also kept the original feeling (or at least with this one, which I believe is Snowe’s first). I have read reviews that said Jack was 11-years-old. I either missed that or people are assuming […]
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel: V08 Karen's Sleepover by Ann M. Martin
The Wings of Fire V06 Moon Rising by Tui T. Sutherland
Series are pluses and minuses in my book. You can continue with characters you like, you can grow and change with them; you can learn from their mistakes and they can become like friends. But if you end on a cliffhanger, you have to wait. And sometimes wait and wait! And sometimes the series is a take off from another series and you need to do a little catch up. But the nice thing about the Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel is that you do […]
Safer Places by Kit Anderson
My usual library run was happening (I was picking up a couple of interlibrary loans), when I turned and there was this book, on a display behind me, called Safer Places (by Kit Anderson). At first, it wasn’t anything special, its cover was dark and the rest of the books blended in and it was “too close” to the checkout counter. The second time I went in (more interlibrary) I turned and almost ran into that display (I said it’s close) and I heard the […]
The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 1 by Omiya
The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 2 by Omiya
The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 3 by Omiya
The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 4 by Omiya
The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 5 by Omiya
Tsukina wasn’t really interested in being transported to another world as one of its’ saviors, but when told she doesn’t have a choice, she drives a hard bargain to get what she needs to set up her ideal life: running a book café on the outskirts near the capital city of Othel. Her first customer, Il Soeil, turns out to be the captain of the knights of the kingdom. Il happens to be just as big a bookworm as Tsukina is, and soon the two […]
