The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

 

Title: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Author: Jonas Jonasson

Publisher: Harper Collins

 
ISBN: 9781443419109

 

Thoughts: One of the funniest books that I had never heard of, but it goes a tad too far in parts.

Rating: 4/5

Angelmaker

 

Title: Angelmaker

Author: Nick Harkaway

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

 
ISBN: 9780307595959

 

Thoughts: A very interesting modern steampunk with some great highs, but also some confusing lows.

Rating: 3/5

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom

 

Title: Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, & Family

Author: Rabia Chaudry

Publisher: Algonquin Books

 
ISBN: 9781643750385

 

Thoughts: The beginning was hard for me, but Chaudry's voice really shines through, which is what makes this a good read.

Rating: 4/5

Parachutes

 

Title: Parachutes

Author: Kelly Yang

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Yang presents many complex issues in this tale of two teens from wildly different backgrounds yet with a lot in common.

 

Rating: 4/5

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

 

Title: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

Author: Elle Cosimano

Publisher: Minotaur

 
ISBN: 9781250241702

 

Thoughts: It took me a while to warm up to Finlay, but even from the start, this is one of the most fun and clever mysteries I have read in a long time.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities

 

Title: The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities

Author: Rick Riordan, ed

Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents

 
ISBN: 9781368070836

 

Thoughts: This collection of short middle grade fantasy stories is rather uneven in that some stories you need to have read the series to understand (and maybe not even then) while others stand very well on their own.

 

Rating: 3/5

Our Woman in Moscow

 

Title: Our Woman in Moscow

Author: Beatriz Williams

Publisher: Audible

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: This took a while to really get into the meat of the story, but then it became predictable yet convoluted when chapters started focusing on other character.

 

Rating: 2/5

And Yet

 

Title: And Yet

Author: Kate Baer

Publisher: Harper Perennial

 
ISBN: 9780063115552

 

Thoughts: The themes and styles of these poems have all been done before many times.

 

Rating: 2/5

Stacking the Shelves: 12/25-1/14

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Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

 

Title: I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

Author: Baek Sehee

Publisher: Bloomsbury

 
ISBN: 9781635579383

 

Thoughts: A quick read, and while I understand the author's intent, it seemed too simple and almost meaningless.

 

Rating: 2/5

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

 

Title: All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

Author: Mildren D. Taylor

Publisher: Listening Library

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: A fitting end to the Logan saga, and a bit deeper and darker than some previous entries.

 

Rating: 4/5