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The Girl Who Loved Tom GordonI have been reading a lot of YA right now. Yes it is really just two series so all of the characters are the same. Between The Last Apprentice and the Percy Jackson series I have been getting the two confused at times so I needed to return to the... Continue Reading →
Grimalkin the Witch Assassin"Her trade is death and torture". What a quote, I wasn't sure how I felt about this book not being a Tom and Spook story until I read this line. Yes you read this right, this book isn't necessarily the next chapter in Tom's story, but it does answer come questions. When... Continue Reading →
WonderstruckI have sat here at my computer looking at the blinking cursor trying to figure out what to say about this book and I am just at a loss. There are some books that you don't expect to take your literary breath away and this childrens' book did that to me. My wife and I... Continue Reading →
The Battle of the LabyrinthThis book is a great example of how a great ending can make up for a slow story. I've read a bunch of reviews on this book, mainly because I was looking for inspiration, and so many people loved the whole thing. I found most of this kind of slow, not... Continue Reading →
I'm 1, well my blog is and sometimes my wife might suggest my maturity is about that age. I can't believe it has been a year already. I've been through a lot in my life this past year. Some good and some not so good. My blog has been a great outlet for my reviews,... Continue Reading →
Life Among ThemThings are looking bleak for our band of heroes. Living in the church has been hard, food is running low and there is nothing in the near by neighborhoods left to scavenge. Just as things are looking like the end for the group a stranger happens by with an unbelievable offer. This book brought... Continue Reading →
Rage of the FallenThere is a lot that happens in this book. The most important is that some of the plot gets wrapped up a bit. Tom, the Spook, and Alice are once again looking for a place to stay while the war continues at home. They find there way to Ireland where they encounter... Continue Reading →
The Composer is DeadI'm a fan of Lemony Snicket. I really liked the Series of Unfortunate Events books and had no idea that he did a children's picture book. A good Blogging friend of mine, Angie at Angela's Anxious Life, did a post called the Top Ten Most Unique Books and this was on it. I just got this... Continue Reading →
Void MoonYay, I found another Connelly book I hadn’t read! Now I must wait until The Burning Room comes out in November. I have really liked his other one shot novel Chasing the Dime so I had high hopes for this one. If you read the summary of this it sounds like it would be... Continue Reading →
Rise of the Huntress Just when you thought there might be some peace in the lives of Tom, Alice, and the Spook everything goes horribly wrong. After the events of the last book the trio returns home to find a war has moved in and claimed the Spook’s home. They arrive just in time to see... Continue Reading →
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