I liked The Pirate's Wish better than the first book. The main reason for my love was the manticore. It's deadly and eats humans, but respects human women. It values honor and promises and now I want a pet manticore. Ananna (the main character) helps the manticore and in return the manticore promises not to eat ... Read More »
Book Review: The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
A unique setting and a fun plot with humor that reminded me of Princess Bride (sarcastic and a little blunt). We read this for book club and the more we discussed it, the more plot elements we found from things like The Croods (the characters), Aladdin (setting and magic), Bourne Identity (an assassin who can't ... Read More »
Book Review: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell
The first 82 pages of A Whole New World are extremely similar to the Disney movie, Aladdin. Even for a novelization of a movie, that's pretty unusual. We get a tiny bit more of Aladdin's backstory but almost all of the dialogue stays the same. On page 82 Jasmine actually goes looking for Aladdin after ... Read More »
Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
Sarcasm + Education = The Martian. Examples of education: I learned that human waste can be used as fertilizer but it spreads disease so other than that it's great fertilizer. Burning hydrogen and oxygen makes water. I always think of water as being recycled but yeah, duh, it can be made too. The sarcasm comes across as his ... Read More »
Book Review: The Chronicles of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes
I should have read The Chronicles of Downton Abbey when it was published after season 2. It was jarring to read about characters that weren't there anymore. Still, I liked the focus on characters and more information about their backgrounds that we haven't seen on the show. It goes beyond character biographies and talks about what everyone's ... Read More »
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My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.