October 5, 2020 – October 10, 2020 Woo-EEE! That was a rootin-tootin fun time. Still not as good as Lady Jane, but still fun! Liked in the last book my favorite characters were actually the two side characters of Frank and Annie. Their back and forth and how they were so cutely in love with …
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Mark of the Thief, by Jennifer A. Nielsen, Mark of the Thief #1
September 18, 2020 – September 26, 2020 Much. Better. Still not as good as “ False Prince”, but then I was reminded that not all books are meant for all audiences. Nic had the same teenage arrogance as the False Prince guy who’s name I can’t remember, only with a lot more creative similes. And …
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My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton, The Lady Janies #2
October 1, 2020 – October 5, 2020 Woooo! I liked this one! Not as much as Lady Jane, but this turned into all sorts of fun! Because- GHOSTS! I liked how in the intro they apologized to England for what they were about to do to their literature and I thought they were just talking …
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My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows, The Lady Janies #1
September 28, 2020 – September 29, 2020 That was amazing and wonderful and DEFINITELY going on my “read every year” list. I read something once (one of my tumbler turned pins – please don’t hate/sue me for not looking up who said it) that said basically “whenever I tell people that I’m into alternate history …
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
September 19, 2020 – September 24, 2020 Spoiler alert – They all make it. I know I sound awful to give away the ending, but this is a true story and how I sell this book to people always goes something like “it’s about an expedition to Antarctica in the 1910s and they get trapped …
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The Deceiver’s Heart by Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Traitor’s Game #2
September 5, 2020 – September 18, 2020 I tried. I really did. The last book was hard-ish to get through because the writing felt… jarring. I can’t really explain it. Something about how the scenes were set up in the overall plot and how they were written and a bunch of junk I guess. The …
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Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, Susan Ryeland #1
September 5, 2020 – September 14, 2020 What the heck?!? And unlike other times I mean this in a good way. I was enjoying the Pund book without realizing that it was a book within a book. I thought this was the actually story – it had the same name as the book in my …
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The Traitor’s Game by Jennifer A. Nielsen, The Traitor’s Game #1
September 4, 2020 – September 5, 2020 UG! I don’t know what is wrong with me?!?! I LOVED False Prince, and this book’s protagonist has the same “stick it!” energy, but the push and pull of Simon and Kas’s relationship just feels so disjointed – and it’s itching at me. The story and everything is …
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Network Effect by Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries #5
August 23, 2020 – August 30, 2020 My nose hurts and I’m tired. I love Murderbot. Something about her resonates with me. Also, the absolutely craziest thing about these books is how the extremely technical play by play of what she is doing is so not boring! It’s so cool! Funny story. I just had …
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Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson
August 30, 2020 – August 30, 2020 This is another book I’ve read a million times and should just buy. While Edenbrook has a lightness about it where she is surrounded by good people, this one is hard because there is only one good person in Kate’s life. That being said, Henry more then makes …
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