Stacking the Shelves: 3/24-3/30

LibraryThing Early Review:

F Is for Fairy by Rhonda Parish, ed

Stacking the Shelves: 3/3-3/23

LibraryThing Early Review:

A Penchant for Masquerades by Carolyn Martin

The Discovery of Socket Greeny

Title: The Discovery of Socket Greeny
Author: Tony Bertauski
Publisher: Bertauski
ISBN: 1230000113595

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Slightly futuristic sci-fit with a splash of fantasy, but some parts just did not seem to add up.

Rating: 3/5

Little House in the Big Woods

Title: Little House in the Big Woods
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060754211

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Fun for children who want to know what life was like back then, but no real story.

Rating: 3/5

Peace Like a River

Title: Peace Like a River
Author: Lief Enger
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly
ISBN: 9780802139252

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Unlike anything I have ever read.  Feels like a Western, but more modern, and with a touch of magical realism.

Rating: 4/5

The Pirate

Title: The Pirate
Author: Harold Schechter
Publisher: Amazon Originals
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: I had never heard of Albert Hicks, but this was fascinating.

Rating: 4/5

America's Most Wanted

Title: America's Most Wanted: How Television Catches Crooks
Author: Jack Breslin
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061000256

Why Read?: Fresh Fiction

Thoughts: I think this book was just too dated for me to really enjoy it, although I did learn a lot about the TV industry in the late 80s.

Rating: 2/5

Resist

Title: Resist
Author: Tracy Lawson
Publisher: self
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: Fresh Fiction

Thoughts: Definitely suffers from "middle book in a trilogy" syndrome: not as exciting as the first, just a lead up to the final.

Rating: 2/5

Remember the Night

Title: Remember the Night
Author: Nicole Lieren
Publisher: Gemma Halliday
ISBN: 9781943587452

Why Read?: Fresh Fiction

Thoughts: This started out a little rough, but found its footing halfway through.

Rating: 3/5

How to Train Your Dragon

Title: How to Train Your Dragon
Author: Cressida Cowell
Publisher: Hachette
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: I haven't seen all of the movie, but I can tell the book is different, but not in a bad way.  Very fun read.

Rating: 4/5

Magic Tree House #1-#8 Collection

Title: Magic Tree House #1-#8 Collection
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Listening Library
ISBN: 9780595290574

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: The individual stories themselves are fun for kids, but very formulaic.  I do like how the overarching story progressed through the books.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 2/24-3/2

Received in a swap:

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill