Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy | Book Review
“Ophelia didn’t consider herself brave, but she was very curious.”
Took: A Ghost Story | Book Review
“Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty years—then lets her go and takes another one.”
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer | Book Review
“You are no healer. You are a sprite, p’shóg, fairy, ka-dalun. Whichever language you prefer to use. And I want your Book.”— Artemis Fowl
Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce | Book Review
“I want to put distance between the city and myself—to be in a place where I can look without being seen.”
Monstrous Devices by Damien Love | Book Review
I wasn’t certain what to expect when I first started reading Monstrous Devices by Damien Love but the cover of the book was not only eye-catching but that one line ‘Beware of things that go click in the night’ is what ultimately sealed the deal for me.
The Alchemist
“It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.’”
Mermaids: The Myths, Legends & Lore ( Book Review )
“You’ll know that a person has been drowned by a nix if you see blue spots speckling the victim’s recovered body.” Rating: Mixed Feelings Synopsis Mysterious, magical, and mesmerizingly beautiful, mermaids have enchanted humanity for thousands of years. No matter where you go on Planet Earth you’ll hear stories of the elusive and evocative sea […]
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Book Review 2018)
Author: J.K. Rowling / Genre: Fiction Synopsis/Blurb Based on the universe of Harry Potter, The Tales of the Beedle the Bard are a collection of fairytales for wizard children. Adapted for muggle (non-magical) children, the stories contained within are full of annotations made by Professor Albus Dumbledore.
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (Book Review) 2018
“We wear our own pair of colored lenses, and they tint the world we see. Sometimes that causes us to dismiss things we should give more attention to.”
A Wrinkle in Time (Book Review) 2018
A Wrinkle in Time will receive a complete review as book and film will be dissected. Book rating: Positive Movie rating: Negative Synopsis/Blurb It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by […]