Chris

I've been watching the show and decided to reread this one. Much better than I remembered and I've now added it to my favorites. Short fast and fun read!

Alllllmost gave up on this one. Story picks up when the road trip begins.

Boarding school romance. Fluffy and fun.

This one was a delight. Sorry I didn't read it sooner - and will probably put it in the read again pile. It's a kids book, but once it gets rolling, it's got plenty of sly adult humor.

Fun, if a little overly long, melodrama. Surprisingly dark for a kid book.

This is a story of human trafficking with a time travel angle - the pandemic aspect is a backdrop or a catalyst, and not the star attraction. I enjoyed it, although it was a different story than the one I was anticipating.

If you liked ‘A Little Princess's or other orphan & villain gothic YA books, you're gonna love this one. Well executed gothic tale of an orphan who gets pulled into a con artist scheme. Really enjoyed it.

The lack of quotation marks and dialogue indicators was jarring and a distraction at first (so much re-reading) and something I learned to work around (less rereading...but I was still re-reading). It was distracting enough that if this had been a longer story I would have bailed within the first 75 pages, and that would have been unfortunate - because ultimately I really liked the story. I did not find the shifting points of view too distracting. And...I really shouldn't have to be discussing the structure of the story telling this much...

So - short book...long read, but ultimately I liked it. I enjoyed the dry humor and descriptions.

Enjoyed this one...not quite as much as Code Name Verity, but I liked it. Really liked the feisty character of Jane.

Perfectly captures the misery and drama of high school.

I found some of this is amusing...but I quickly grew weary of reading about Ryan Dean's obsession with his nether regions and the rest of toxic masculinity at Pine Whatzit boarding school. Female characters are either ‘hot' or ‘not hot' and offer little more in regards to character development. I did a fair amount of eye rolling after the initial charm started to wear thin. And the penultimate crisis is yet another tired bury-your-gay trope.

Delightful. Really enjoyed this.

I'd forgotten what a happy happy world Riverdale was. This was a definitely mood lifter. And I love Kevin and his supportive family and all of his supportive Riverdale friends.

Read this for my Gender Construction in YA literature class. I really liked it - and paired with the readings from class, found the story quite interesting

Cute book about sexist assumptions.

Ok - For a second, I wasn't sure WTH happened with Prince Swashbuckle...but it works out.

ok...this one was a little horrifying...the room with the feathers...

Nice intro to the legend of Okiku. Found myself googling for more info as I read. Not sure I'll continue the series, but my interest has been piqued regarding this area of folklore.

I liked some of the stories quite a bit...others were meh...some felt unfinished.

Long short stories. Liked coming back to the Holly character for another story. Set the book down for awhile unfinished as I thought I wouldn't enjoy The Rat. I picked it up again and realized it went another direction than I anticipated and ended up enjoying it.

Loved the 1st book and really enjoyed this one.

Wanted to like this one. Tried my best. It just didn't click with me.

Heavy wading.

Loved the first book. This one not so much.

Very dated. There are Open Access out there that are better.