A Great and Terrible Beauty The Gemma Doyle Trilogy By Libba Bray I’ve had this book on my shelf for over a decade, and I am so sad I didn’t pick it up until now. A Great and Terrible Beauty is many of my favorite things in one pretty package: historical fiction, fantasy, and young…
Ella Minnow Pea By Mark Dunn The last book I read that made me keep a dictionary app handy was The Frog King by Adam Davies. But Ella Minnow Pea takes language to a whole new level, and it’s so much fun! To put it simply, I adore this book. In a fictional country called…
Twin of Ice & Twin of Fire By Jude Deveraux A two-for-one! Since these companion books take place at the same time, I decided to do the blog post for both books at once. Strap in for a couple of romances. No, I don’t always have great things to say about the romance books I’ve…
Eternity By Jude Deveraux {Warnings for Eternity: sexual content} I’m not an avid romance reader. Honestly, I tend to avoid the genre because of the high rates of sexism, thinly veiled misogyny, and abuse in romance novels. Six of the 200+ books in my home are categorized as romance. All of them came from 50…
Shadow Spinner By Susan Fletcher I don’t recall when I first read this book, but it was probably in 2002 or 2003. I loved it as a kid, and I love it still! I’ve always been intrigued with the story of Shahrazad and 1001 Nights and every other iteration of this tale. This particular version…
Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge By Kathryn Reiss I had so much fun reading Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge again! When I was thirteen, I had an elective class in middle school as a Library Aid. One day, I was putting away some books for the librarian when this little gem caught my eye on the cart.…
The Frog King By Adam Davies Full Disclaimer! This author was my professor in college and there are no frogs. I’ve read this one before! However, it fits my parameters—to read/reread every book currently on my bookshelf! (So far, 4 down and 174 to go! I was given a few more books just days ago. Yay!)…