Four and Twenty Blackbirds–Book Review

Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Eden Moore, #1)Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a terrible choice to read right when I’m starting a three-week intensive grad school class and really don’t have time to stay up late reading and sit on the couch reading instead of doing homework. But I did it anyway, and I’m not sorry! This was so good. It kept giving me more questions to try to figure out so I had to keep reading to see if my suspicions were right. And sometimes they were, but sometimes they weren’t, and that made it even better, because it was not predictable. This was definitely worth losing sleep over.

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The Spookshow–Book Review

The SpookshowThe Spookshow by Tim McGregor
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I like the idea of this story. The actual story suffered from a lot of descriptions that were trying to hard to be unique. Twice someone “hushed” a sentence. I think he meant “whispered.” Someone was described as “plate eyed.” I think that was supposed to mean their eyes were wide with surprise. There were so many instances of this kind of language throughout the book. I also didn’t find the characters very sympathetic at all. I didn’t connect with any of them. On top of that, the book ended in the middle of the story. This is not a complete story.

In reading other reviews, I see that this book is part of the third book in the series which might have the complete story. So in case you decide you want to read it, you might want to start there.

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The Left-handed Booksellers of London–Book Review

The Left-Handed Booksellers of LondonThe Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was really fun! I gave it four stars rather than five although I was in between the two just because I felt it ran too long in some spots. But the characters were wonderful and engaging and the story had lots of twists and turns and thrills. I will definitely read a sequel if there is one.

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The Postscript Murders–Book Review

The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2)The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

As always I am completely charmed by Elly Griffiths’ settings and characters. This story had the added bonus of being about writers! It was a little slow moving but in an enjoyable way, a good story spinning out longer. And the tying up loose ends at the end was a lot of fun. But now I feel like these characters are my friends, and I am going to be wondering what they’re doing all the time. I love coming away from a story feeling like I’ve met new, real people.

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Tunnel of Bones–Book Review

Tunnel of Bones (City of Ghosts #2)Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really like the way Cassidy is learning more about what she can do and stretching into her role. I do wish her parents didn’t seem so oblivious to what’s going on, though. But maybe people really wouldn’t see what was happening because they just can’t believe that sort of thing is real. Anyhow, it was a fun read, and I loved the glimpses of Paris throughout.

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In An Absent Dream–Book Review

In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I don’t even know what to write about this one. There was so much magic inside my head is still full of it, and I have questions that were never meant to be answered. It was beautiful. I love these worlds of this series so much! And it really did have to go the way it went, but I really wish I could change it. That’s the beauty of this story.

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Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses–Book Review

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic IllnessesLycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was charming and weird and so much fun. It moved very slowly in a lot of places, but that was perfect. The whole thing was like developing a relationship with these people while also watching them develop a relationship. I really enjoyed the parts that were written as online chats and texts, too. It added weight to the illusion of living alongside of these characters as their relationships grew.

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