Amy

I wanted a bit more from the ending, but overall very entertaining.

I absolutely HATED this book.

This was fine for a quick (somewhat predictable) thrill, but I much preferred The Winter People.

Rebecca Stead is high on my list of must read writers, and yet this one didn't have the same magic for me as her others. Even though it's been years since I read When You Reach Me, I think about it often as it left me with much to contemplate and a heart full to bursting. It might be the subject matter of this one, which left me a little queasy in parts and rather terrified to have kids of my own (TEENAGERS ARE MEAN), but I just didn't connect with Goodbye Stranger the way I hoped to. I'll still seek out her future books, though, because despite this slight miss she remains a unique and talented voice in the world of Middle Grade fiction.

I enjoyed this book, but man oh man it dragged on and on and on...

Practically perfect in every way.

A fantastic start to the series! There are definitely shades of Lady Julia and Brisbane to these two, but I'm not yet tired of the formula, in fact I am constantly wanting more. I can't wait to see what happens next!

Meh.

I absolutely adored this book. It would have benefitted from a bit more editing, but despite that I enjoyed it immensely. This coming from someone who woke up at 2:30 am to live stream the wedding of Will and Kate though, so take that for what it's worth.

Really, really awful. Offensive, idiotic, unrealistic and boring. The worst book I've read in ages.

Very different than the first, and I still effing loved it.

Meh...do I continue this series or not?

Well hot damn. Raced through this one. I much prefer it over Gone Girl.

Meh.

I love Lee Scorsby. I love Iorek Byrnison. But most of all, I love Hester. I want ten million more stories about the three of them.

Fun! Looking forward to the next one.

A mixed bag. I loved some of these stories and hated some of them too.

Yeah, no. This one really didn't do it for me. I do not understand the hype...I forced myself to finish this, and at times it was in fact rather painful. So boring.

2.5. I was so disappointed with this one. Deanna Raybourn is one of my favorite authors but this fell so short for me. I look forward to the second installment in the Veronica Speedwell series, and hope it brings back some of that magic so prevalent in the Lady Julia series.

Close to a 4 but not quite. It was fun to visit the Waverleys again.

The best of the Julia novellas thus far.

Giving up. Sorry Raija, hating it. Boring, obscene and overly dramatic. On to the next.

Audiobook narrated by the author that took me all across Montana and back. Loved it, laughed a ton.

A game changer- this is the book I have been waiting for! I can't wait to make every single recipe.

Turns out I am not a David Mitchell fan.