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If you like good romance, just get this book already

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

May 26, 2019 by Malin 1 Comment

Disclaimer! I got an ARC from NetGalley. This has in no way influenced my review. I had already pre-ordered my copy of the book months ago, long before the ARCs became available. Also, because I am terribly late in reviewing it, the book is available on sale from the e-book vendor of your choice. It’s excellent, you should totally spend your monies on it! But what is the book about, Malin? You cannot expect people to fork out their hard-earned cash without knowing anything of the […]

Friendship can be found in the strangest of places

Little Robot by Ben Hatke

May 26, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Ben Hatke works his magic again! He creates a beautiful story with only a few words, and most of those are sound effects! A little girl (she doesn’t have a name) finds an abandoned robot, and he becomes her friend. It’s her only friend, as it turns out. I’m pretty sure she’s young, too young to go to school, and spends her days escaping her trailer park home and exploring the local junkyard. (We get all of this in about eight pages and absolutely no […]

Mistakes were made, but that’s totally okay!

The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken

Princesses Are Not Perfect by Kate Lum, Illustrated by Sue Hellard

May 26, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken This consists mostly of brief text and simple drawings. We go on a journey of what happens when someone makes a mistake, this time with art. The artist makes a mistake, and in the process makes another mistake in trying to fix it. But then they try something else that turns out well. Mistakes keep getting made, but the fixing of them sends the project on an entirely new direction. This teaches us that instead of constantly erasing […]

For once, the King actually did know best

The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye

May 25, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

M.M Kaye says in her introduction that she wrote this story because she noticed the trend of blonde haired, blue eyed, slightly vapid princesses in fairy tales. She wondered how a prince would react to a very ordinary girl, and so she set out to write it. (We also have some lovely illustrations by the author included as well!) Princess Amy is the seventh princess, and excitement is high in the kingdom. Great things always come to seventh princesses, as they are said to […]

Not great, but not awful

Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors

May 25, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Mimi is a reluctant actress, forced into the profession by her mother to continue in her family legacy. Mimi would rather go to med school, but her controlling mother will hear none of it. It doesn’t matter that Mimi has stage fright. Her current torture is playing Juliet in her family’s theater. Troy is a self-centered teenage pop star whose agent has decided that taking on the role of Romeo will be good for ratings, despite the fact that he’s not very good at acting. […]

All great journeys start with a single step

Pears and Perils by Drew Hayes

May 25, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

This is one of the first novels that Drew Hayes wrote, and like all of his other work it is completely different from his other stuff. The basic premise is that three people have won a cash prize and an all-expense-paid vacation from a burger joint contest. The catch is that the money and “vacation” is in exchange for the winners to be in a promo commercial for their new “Island Burger.” They are supposed to participate in a local island ritual to release a […]

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