Leslie
Yet another delightful mystery with the Monsieur! Not my favorite of the four currently released but the story is as fun as ever and the wrap-up satisfying. I still question the author's apparent disdain for fountain pens and those as use them (joke).
Yet another delightful mystery with the Monsieur! Not my favorite of the four currently released but the story is as fun as ever and the wrap-up satisfying. I still question the author's apparent disdain for fountain pens and those as use them (joke).
There is no unbiased review for this from me. I have read this book at least once a year for what may be about 3 decades. The story of the unpleasant little girl making herself strong by skipping rope and fighting against the wind, couched in descriptions of green and growing things lives with me and reminds me that we can grow, change, and become stronger, better people.
There is no unbiased review for this from me. I have read this book at least once a year for what may be about 3 decades. The story of the unpleasant little girl making herself strong by skipping rope and fighting against the wind, couched in descriptions of green and growing things lives with me and reminds me that we can grow, change, and become stronger, better people.
There is no unbiased review for this from me. I have read this book at least once a year for what may be about 3 decades. The story of the unpleasant little girl making herself strong by skipping rope and fighting against the wind, couched in descriptions of green and growing things lives with me and reminds me that we can grow, change, and become stronger, better people.
There is no unbiased review for this from me. I have read this book at least once a year for what may be about 3 decades. The story of the unpleasant little girl making herself strong by skipping rope and fighting against the wind, couched in descriptions of green and growing things lives with me and reminds me that we can grow, change, and become stronger, better people.
It's nice. I guess it's cozy? I don't know - I guess I just wanted the story beyond the snuggle. Nothing really wrong with it but not my jam, I don't think.
It's nice. I guess it's cozy? I don't know - I guess I just wanted the story beyond the snuggle. Nothing really wrong with it but not my jam, I don't think.
There is no unbiased review for this from me. I have read this book at least once a year for what may be about 3 decades. The story of the unpleasant little girl making herself strong by skipping rope and fighting against the wind, couched in descriptions of green and growing things lives with me and reminds me that we can grow, change, and become stronger, better people.
There is no unbiased review for this from me. I have read this book at least once a year for what may be about 3 decades. The story of the unpleasant little girl making herself strong by skipping rope and fighting against the wind, couched in descriptions of green and growing things lives with me and reminds me that we can grow, change, and become stronger, better people.
A story of a pair of children swept up into a fantastical tale of sleeping knights, biding darkness, and limited hope. Very familiar but sure how, like an echo of a memory of nostalgia of the best kind.
A story of a pair of children swept up into a fantastical tale of sleeping knights, biding darkness, and limited hope. Very familiar but sure how, like an echo of a memory of nostalgia of the best kind.
An odd duck of a book following a father and son duo stuck in the middle of a fantasy world being manipulated and exploited in what seems quite like a contemporary "real" world. Solid world building, interesting characters, surprisingly dark things handled with DWJ's deft whimsy. I forgot how much I enjoy it.
An odd duck of a book following a father and son duo stuck in the middle of a fantasy world being manipulated and exploited in what seems quite like a contemporary "real" world. Solid world building, interesting characters, surprisingly dark things handled with DWJ's deft whimsy. I forgot how much I enjoy it.
Thoroughly cinematic fantasy-mystery-action story gussied up in a duster. Fun listen.
Thoroughly cinematic fantasy-mystery-action story gussied up in a duster. Fun listen.
Inadvertently picked up a supernatural teen drama echo of The Westing Game. Different setting, era, players, but still a will-based game surrounding a murder mystery. Quite entertaining, not too teen drama-y.
Inadvertently picked up a supernatural teen drama echo of The Westing Game. Different setting, era, players, but still a will-based game surrounding a murder mystery. Quite entertaining, not too teen drama-y.
Inadvertently picked up a supernatural teen drama echo of The Westing Game. Different setting, era, players, but still a will-based game surrounding a murder mystery. Quite entertaining, not too teen drama-y.
Inadvertently picked up a supernatural teen drama echo of The Westing Game. Different setting, era, players, but still a will-based game surrounding a murder mystery. Quite entertaining, not too teen drama-y.
A middle grade high seas adventure that becomes a 90s-style Angel Unaware trope mystery featuring a good-natured and apparently immortal pair of best friends helping folk. Features the banter, mysteries, and riddles familiar from Jacques' better-known Redwall series, but it does not quite reach the same heights of the best thereof. Still thoroughly enjoyable.
A middle grade high seas adventure that becomes a 90s-style Angel Unaware trope mystery featuring a good-natured and apparently immortal pair of best friends helping folk. Features the banter, mysteries, and riddles familiar from Jacques' better-known Redwall series, but it does not quite reach the same heights of the best thereof. Still thoroughly enjoyable.
Delightfully absurd and slightly infuriating. Kind if what you want in a Star Trek Adventure Choice book.
Delightfully absurd and slightly infuriating. Kind if what you want in a Star Trek Adventure Choice book.
A perfectly fine Roald Dahl book. Weird. Weirdly bloodthirsty. Fine.
A perfectly fine Roald Dahl book. Weird. Weirdly bloodthirsty. Fine.
Solid collection of spooky stories.
Solid collection of spooky stories.