The three Bone cousins Fone Bone (renamed Hero Bone in my head), Smiley Bone (Comic Relief Bone) and Phoney Bone (Greedy, or frequently Insufferable, Bone) have been driven out of their home town of Boneville because Phoney Bone had some sort of get rich quick scheme and scammed the entire town, and now an angry mob has driven them off. They are wandering in the wilderness when they are attacked by a huge swarm of locusts and end up in a mysterious forest in a […]
I Was a Countess and Now I Have to Pretend to be a Commoner
Rating: 3.5/5 Summary: Lady Whitmore is a Countess without any money. When her Grandmother arranges a pathetic match for her, she decides to take fate into her own hands. Assuming the alias of her recently fired maid, Adelaide, she joins the Glittering Court. As Adelaide trains with other common ladies, she must kept her identity and knowledge a secret. A growing connection to Cedric Thorn complicates things when she learns a deadly secret about him. Now she’s determined to save him, but can she save […]
Eighties Nostalgia Overload
“Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.” Ready Player One has been on my TBR list for a while now but the upcoming Spielberg movie adaptation raced it to the top of the pile- I could see my husband wanting to see the movie and I wanted to read it first. This is pretty heavily reviewed already on CBR so most people probably know the gist but here goes..: In the not to distant future, year 2044, […]
I Am a Weapon of my Master’s Molding, But I Shall Do What I Please
The Assassin’s Blade Rating: 4.0/5 Summary: Prequel to the Throne of Glass Series. See how Celaena trains and runs missions for the King of Assassins, Arobynn Hamel. In the first novella, Celaena is sent to Skull’s Bay, with Sam Cortland as her backup, to seal a deal between the Pirate Lord & Arobynn. After finding out what Arobynn truly wants with the Pirate Lord, Celaena defies her master, ruins the port and their distasteful deal. Upon arriving home she is beaten and sent to find […]
Can a book be lighthearted if people get eaten in it?
Yet another book I’ve read with my kid. I promise you that I’m also reading grown-up books, but I just haven’t reviewed most of them yet (I’m over 30 reviews behind – I am not proud of that). And this is one I can wholly endorse. We picked it up because the whole family wants to see the movie. Now that I’ve read it (not sure how I missed it when I was a kid), I want to see it even more. But I would […]
I Promise I Tried With This One
Sometimes, a book shows up and you read it knowing full well it isn’t for you. This, friends, is one of those books. I’m participating in Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge again this year since I’m usually looking for an excuse to read something different and I have been trying to expand my tastes. One of the challenges, number one in fact, is to read a horror book. Fear was struck into my heart because I don’t even watch horror movies, let alone read horror […]