4 stars I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. Is it realistic? Not in the least. Is it an interesting look at creativity, maturity, and growing up? Undoubtedly. I will admit that the book didn’t start off so well. It set itself up to be a cliche and was fairly predictable….
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2 stars I won this book in a giveaway. Overall, not really my kind of book. I really enjoy wine and have liked other vineyard-based novels, but this one was not my glass of wine, so to speak. I was really intrigued by the opening quote, “You have to grow about eight hundred grapes to…
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4 stars This was a very cute mystery for young readers. This is the first book I have read in the series, but it is still easy to understand without having any background knowledge on the characters or past events.I enjoyed the silly mystery story and especially liked how nicely everything tied together at the end.A…
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3 stars This was a nice, easy read. The style is similar to the Ramona Quimby books; each chapter has its own little adventure (rescuing dogs, putting on a circus) to fill up one school year. Betsy is definitely much better behaved than Ramona, but still has interesting adventures. This is an easy book to…
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4 stars I received an ARC of this book through Library Thing in exchange for an honest review. This is a fun and wacky book. It is a tale of the beginning of a friendship between two unlikely protagonists: a bird and a worm. The two have a chance meeting, which leads to an unexpected…
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3 stars Growing up, I loved reading Nancy Drew books, so when I saw this one in the Lending Library, I had to give it a read. The Nancy Drew Notebooks series is geared toward a younger audience than the original series. It is written in a much simpler way. Overall, I enjoyed the mystery…
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4 stars I wasn’t sure how I’d like this book going into it. I’ve watched the TV adaptation and liked it well enough. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was entertaining. I’m glad I ended up reading the book, because I did enjoy it. It’s not the world’s best literature or anything, but it is…
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2 stars I received an ARC of this book through The Reading Room/Bookstr. Definitely a disturbing and macabre collection of stories, but that wasn’t what I disliked about it. What I really didn’t like was that most of the stories didn’t really have a plot or resolution. They were more just a collection of creepy…
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3 stars I read Judy Blume’s book Blubber right before this one, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. This was a nice, lighthearted read after such a heavy text. A very silly book. I have not read any of the other Fudge books, but this one can still be read as a standalone….
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3 stars A very funny retelling of “The Princess and the Pea” with a much more satisfying ending. I love the use of many “p” words in the text and pictures. A great way for young readers to work on initial sounds and vocabulary words. This is a very silly book, but I really liked…
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