3 stars This book was so close to being really, really good. But that ending… I’ll start off by saying I haven’t read the first three books in the series. I didn’t realize it was a series meant to be read chronologically (figured they were standalone stories within a larger series) when I requested the…

4 stars I recently read about Lela Lee in Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger and was intrigued by the Angry Little Girls series. Sadly, this was the only book my library had by her. But I did really enjoy this one.  Hilarious, adorable, and creative, this book retells a few well-known fairy tales staring sarcastic, funny,…

4 stars This is a gorgeous book, physically and in terms of its teachings. This book is best read slowly. It’s not something to rush through. I found it best to read a few pages at a time. Despite how short it is, it took me almost a month to finish because of this. I…

4 stars One of the things I love most about my local library is that they are always up-to-date on important occurrences. The passing of the beloved Grumpy Cat was no exception. I, myself, was pretty bummed to hear the news. There’s a special place in my heart for the grumpy little snuggle ball, Tartar…

1 star Yeah, yeah, yeah, I messed up and read these out of order. To be fair, the library only had books 4 and 5 on audiobook and I thought they were each their own individual stories. So yes, I missed out on some of the background stuff which made reading this one a little…

4 stars It took me a little bit to get into this one, but on the whole it was a fantastic read. There were some parts that were a bit choppy or vague, which made it a little difficult to get my barrings at the start. As the story went on though, I really got…

4 stars In all honesty, I didn’t like this book when I first started it. I’m kind of picky about comics with black-and-white artwork. They have to be interesting enough to not make me feel like I’m just looking at a coloring book, but also clear enough that I can tell what’s going on. It…

2 stars I watched the movie adaptation a while ago and enjoyed it well enough so I figured the audiobook would be worth a read.  The book started out well enough. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the food. Everything sounds so tantalizingly delicious. However, for me, I think those heavy descriptions got in the…

5 stars This is one of those books that I had been meaning to get around to reading. Multiple people had told me I would like it, but I always got distracted by other books. When I finally started it, I did not want to put it down.  I absolutely loved this book. Clever, magical,…