4 stars One of the things I love most about my local library is that they are always up-to-date on important occurrences. The passing of the beloved Grumpy Cat was no exception. I, myself, was pretty bummed to hear the news. There’s a special place in my heart for the grumpy little snuggle ball, Tartar…

1 star Yeah, yeah, yeah, I messed up and read these out of order. To be fair, the library only had books 4 and 5 on audiobook and I thought they were each their own individual stories. So yes, I missed out on some of the background stuff which made reading this one a little…

4 stars It took me a little bit to get into this one, but on the whole it was a fantastic read. There were some parts that were a bit choppy or vague, which made it a little difficult to get my barrings at the start. As the story went on though, I really got…

4 stars In all honesty, I didn’t like this book when I first started it. I’m kind of picky about comics with black-and-white artwork. They have to be interesting enough to not make me feel like I’m just looking at a coloring book, but also clear enough that I can tell what’s going on. It…

2 stars I watched the movie adaptation a while ago and enjoyed it well enough so I figured the audiobook would be worth a read.  The book started out well enough. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the food. Everything sounds so tantalizingly delicious. However, for me, I think those heavy descriptions got in the…

5 stars This is one of those books that I had been meaning to get around to reading. Multiple people had told me I would like it, but I always got distracted by other books. When I finally started it, I did not want to put it down.  I absolutely loved this book. Clever, magical,…

5 stars A highly entertaining, educational, and fun book. This is such a fantastic series. Great for fans of the first book as well as the picture book series.  Personally, I like the chapter books more than the picture books. It’s just easier to really get to know the characters in chapter book form.  There…

As a contributor to this anthology, I’m not going to give it a star rating, but I wanted to share some of my thoughts. The theme for this anthology is medial horror. It contains stories with blood, gore, suspense, malicious doctors, and crazed experiments. Everything you need to convince you to go to your next…

4 stars This is one of those books I’ve been meaning to read for a while. When I finally got a copy it sat on my shelf for months and months and months. Yesterday, I was looking for a quick read and picked this one off the shelf. Fantastic. This is such an amazingly well-told…