a map of days – Cannonball Read 17

DNF at 25 Percent- A Map of Days is Mind-Numbing

A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs

January 25, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

Sigh. I just DNFed this at 25 percent. I wasn’t enjoying the children in this one and following Jacob as he is crowned “The One” through a fourth book didn’t sound like a good time to me. I think that the last book ended perfectly and had the right message that life isn’t fair. I thought it had a good logic behind Jacob following in his grandfather’s steps with him not being able to say with the people he loved. I thought it was up […]

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A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #4) by Ransom Riggs

December 30, 2018 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

No exaggeration- it took me an entire month to finish Ransom Rigg’s Map of Days. I could say that the lure of television, the Internet and an endless calendar of holiday activities that impeded my ability to complete the fourth installment of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children but that wouldn’t be the truth. The truth is this was an awful book but the completionist in me felt determined to ride it out. I had actually planned this to be my ‘This is the End’ bingo square […]

Episode 1-41: Old Timey Fisticuffs

November 4, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/11/04/episode-1-41-old-timey-fisticuffs/ Wherein I review: 150. The Lost Plot (Invisible Library #4) by Genevieve Cogman 151. A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine #4) by Ransom Riggs 152. Desperate Measures (Stone Barrington #47) by Stuart Woods 153. The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin #4) by Patrick O’Brian It’s all on the fours. Fourth swashbuckler, fourth Miss Peregrine’s Steampunk X-Men, fourth Invisible Library. It’s all very old school, and enjoyable. Fourthbook is a big deal, because it’s either revamping or saying, “We’re in this for the long haul, […]

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