pickMy 2 year old son has recently become obsessed with Star Wars. He hasn't seen the the movies, he's too young, but he recognizes Darth Vader (whom he calls "Dada" -- insert funny "I am your father" joke here) and Stormtroopers. He is obsessed with the Dark Side. My son asks us to read this book "again" a lot. Cute explanations about the "history" and different types of Stormtroopers, and the illustrations are WONDERFUL!
5 Death Stars
so-soThe story is okay but by the end I got sick of the protagonist's hang-ups about her family and the distance between her and her brother. I understand that people grow apart, even in families, it happened to my brother and I, incidentally my parents passed away prematurely too, though not at the same time. I don't dwell on it and my husband has met my brother, I don't hide my family away because of guilt or any other foolish reason.
bailedI couldn't finish this book. I am all for humour but this book totally misses the mark. I don't know how to describe it? It falls flat? Moore tries too hard? I don't know, I just didn't like it, and I did not find it funny or charming. The thing I liked is that the cover glows in the dark. That's pretty rad...
Guys! My book glows in the dark! I love glow in the dark stuff!!! Whaaaat?! So excited about this (I am such a child)!! 😂The pic is so dark, I hope you can see the eerie green glow! I got this book for $2.00 at my local library. All proceeds go to the library, which is rad. 👍🏻 #GlowInTheDark
When I think of the Grim Reaper, I always think Monty Python. It had to be mentioned! ☠️⚰️#MontyPython #TheMeaningOfLife #TheSalmonMousse #October #GrimReaper #Death
so-soGood thriller. I couldn't put it down! That being said, the last few chapters really ruined it, it's just not believable and the story became really convoluted...
⭐️⭐️.5 stars
I found this book at Value Village for $4.99! I've never found any worthwhile books there until now! Glad I stopped in...I have been wanting to read this for a while...
pickMy son adores this book! He's nearly 2 years old and loves everything repeated like a broken record. I don't mind reading this book to him every single time he asks (which is often!). It is really a cute, semi-autobiographical kid's book about when Chris Hadfield was a lad, watching the Moon landing in '69. It's a wonderful book. The story is inspiring and the illustrations are great!
🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 (5 Full Moons)
panThe book was fairly decent and then it quickly went downhill. The ending, ugh, the ending. It is almost like the author lost interest in writing her own novel and just wanted to finish it as quickly as possible! It left me thinking......."That's it? Where's the rest of the story?"
⭐️.5 (One and a half stars)
bailedI had such high hopes for this book. It is so dry and factual, like a textbook...Well researched but the manner in which it is presented can put a reader to sleep! 💤Just read the Wikipedia page on the Salem Witch Trials for an abridged version!
Someone recommended this book to me after I mentioned that one of my ancestors was a "fille du roi". Essentially, it was a state funded "program" that gave poor French girls a dowry and a trousseau to settle in New France and marry a man who was already living there. The goal was for them to have children and colonize the territory. It worked really well and French is one of the official languages of Canada!
The novel is pretty decent so far!
so-soSuch a good book but the ending totally ruined it!
Mattie's young son dies by the fault of her husband, and having a young son of my own, it literally brought me to tears. I don't know how parents were able to cope with such high mortality rates in children long ago. Her husband loves another woman and he risks his baby's life for this other woman and Mattie forgives him!! She had a way out and she stayed! So disappointed. 😢
(3.5 stars)
so-soSuch a good book but the ending totally ruined it!
Mattie's young son dies by the fault of her husband, and having a young son of my own, it literally brought me to tears. I don't know how parents were able to cope with such high mortality rates in children long ago. Her husband loves another woman and he risks his baby's life for this other woman and Mattie forgives him!! She had a way out and she stayed! So disappointed. 😢
(3.5 stars)
so-soSuch a good book but the ending totally ruined it!
Mattie's young son dies by the fault of her husband, and having a young son of my own, it literally brought me to tears. I don't know how parents were able to cope with such high mortality rates in children long ago. Her husband loves another woman and he risks his baby's life for this other woman and Mattie forgives him!! She had a way out and she stayed! So disappointed. 😢
(3.5 stars)
so-soI won this novel via a Simon & Schuster giveaway on Goodreads.
The story is good and I think it's well executed. A few sentences really make you think about life, death, and the people you know and love. A few parts nearly brought tears to my eyes. Overall, it's a good story, it could do without all the needless descriptions though, I found myself skimming over a lot of parts.
3 stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada for this book! I won it during a Goodreads giveaway earlier this year. Only getting to it now...So far, I love it! 👍🏻
so-soHonestly, I didn't like this book. Many people were raving about it, even Ken Burns, and I watched his whole Civil War docu-miniseries. I knew about the battle of Gettysburg going in. I wanted a novel that gives the perspective of the common soldier (a low ranking soldier), I guess I will have to find a non-fic book for that. I don't need a fictitious account of what Lee, Longstreet, or Chamberlain did. History already knows what happened there.
I bought this book two years ago. I started reading it and bailed because I thought it was too boring! I only cared about Holmes' story. It's been sitting on my self, collecting dust, until yesterday. I am giving it another shot. I love it so far! Even the bits about Burnham and the Fair! 🔪💉🎡🏢
I am having a difficult time getting into this one. I started reading it on June 12th and I am only half-way through. It isn't as good as the others...I read Mr. Mercedes twice and could not put down Finders Keepers...Pretty disappointed. 😒
panHoo boy, this is a terrible book. The writing is pure nonsense and to think she had a writer to help her with this drivel. I was not expecting Shakespeare but this was painful to read. If you've seen the shows then you already know what happens to Amber and how she got to where she is.
Seriously, though...Why does every single woman out there have a crush on JFK? I'd take FDR over JFK any day.....That man was a fox!
Also, don't judge me. I love smutty reality shows like 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom. 😂
Knew it. Pancreatic cancer...Still, this is sad and I am only 100 pages in. 😢 Hodges has had some shitty years recently! I like him as a character and I hope King doesn't kill him off. Also, when is he going to hook up with Holly? I want him to have SOME happiness!
pickWow! This was even better than Mr. Mercedes! Elements of Misery for sure. Could not put it down! What a great series this has been so far! On to "End of Watch"!!!
pickLoved Sharp Objects! Flynn's best novel in my opinion...
Finally got my hands on a copy, I couldn't make it to a store on Tuesday when it was released. 40% off at Chapters/Indigo in Canada! Great deal on a newly released hardcover! 👌🏻
I cannot wait to read it! Half-way through Finders Keepers...
panDid not enjoy this book, like, at all. I got it the day it was released and tore through it...All I felt was hollow. Really?! This is how the story ends?! ... Bye, Felicia. 👋🏻
pickThis is my favourite Potter book. It was such a great novel!
pickI found this book while doing genealogy research. My ancestor, Sarah Allen, was taken captive with others, including the author of this book, during the 1704 raid on Deerfield, MA. She was a young girl and was forced to march to Montreal in the dead of winter. What a strong woman she must have been.
pickI don't care if this book is a work of fiction or non-fiction. It rocks! When I read it, I could not put it down!
so-soWas on my TBR list for a long time! Bought a 5 dollar copy in the bargain bin at Chapters. Glad I didn't pay full price. It was an okay book. Love the 1920s setting, the atmosphere, and most of the story...It really lost me near the end.
pickI loved this book so much that I did nail art inspired by the cover. This was several years ago...
Who knew that Bob Hope was such a penny-pinching womanizer? It just goes to show you that "back in the old days" not everyone was a prude or thought that their marriage vows were sacred...
panI failed to feel anything for the protagonist, which says something as she was kidnapped, raped, and kept as a kiddie sex slave. If this book had been longer, I would've bailed. Boring to the Nth degree. If I want to read this subject matter I will read the real deal, like Hope by Amanda Berry.
My son loves this book! He always grabs it so we can read it before bedtime. It is very worn now. He broke the spine long ago, a board page is kind of torn out, and even used it when he was teething. It is a really cute little book!
I found my old BookRug bookmark hiding in Finders Keepers! The design is based off of Freud's Qashqa'i carpet that he used to cover his psychoanalytic couch. I love this bookmark! I've tried to read Finders Keepers once before, but stopped when I had a newborn baby in 2014 (no time to read)!
End of Watch is released today (June 7, 2016)! Reading Finders Keepers after re-reading Mr. Mercedes...
pickDisturbing. I don't care how many people "Mr. Mercedes" has killed, the part I find gross is that he has a sexual relationship with his mother. King is disgustingly graphic about this incestuous relationship. It makes my skin crawl. It isn't the 1st time he touches on this. Remember Sleepwalkers?
Still trucking away! It is difficult to find time to read with a toddler. 📖
bailedUgh, I really, really wanted to like this book. So many of my friends were raving about it and telling me I HAD to read it. I tried, really I did. Any book that requires an appendix of more than 20 pages for characters is just too much for me. I had to say "Okay, bye" to this one.
pickI loved the movie so much! The book is so much more! Such a great story of friendship (and possibly a little more?) between two women in the South. Could not put it down!
pickGood for Jodie for overcoming her substance abuse. She's great in Fuller House. What I want to know is, why do so many child stars go down this path?
pickI will never, ever forget The Boogeyman short from this book. The only time I have ever felt scared or disturbed while reading...
pickJohn Banks is so knowledgeable about the Civil War! His passion for this terrible time in American history is transmitted to the reader through careful research, heart wrenching stories, and pictures. John Banks posts a lot of updates on his FB page and website interacts with fans! Loved this book!
pickOne of the best historical fiction novels that I have ever read! Scarlett is a character that I love to hate. A must read if you like historical fiction.
so-soI wanted to like this book. I liked some parts...Otherwise, the story seems convoluted to me. It's about time travel but it's messy.
pickGreat book! It was the first King novel that I read without getting bored. 😂 The movie wasn't terrible either...
bailedGot about 800 pages in and said f**k this. I kept thinking "Get to the POINT!". Didn't bother watching the show. Maybe one day I will finish the book, maybe not...The story is great but in true King fashion, sometimes he is too long winded. Does he get paid by the # of words in his books?! ?
pickThis book is so, so, SO good! It is probably my 2nd favourite King novel. That being said, ugh, the ending. What a let down. King builds this masterful novel and it seems like he was rushed or just didn't know how to end it? It's still an amazing read though, breezed through it in a couple of days.
