This series just got better and better. Far from a cutsie YA trilogy, the books were filled with real-life meaning. DJ Schwenk is such a unique narrator. I love her voice. I love her take on life and I love the central meaning of the book. Courage doesn't mean doing something and not being afraid...
I decided to pick this book up at my library after having loved Princess Ben (also by the same author). This book follows a nontraditional manner of storytelling. The entire book is told through the use of plays, diary entries, letters, and monologues recounting the past. There are multiple POVs,...
“If this was a movie or something I’d give this awesome speech and everyone would cheer and it would be great. But it wasn’t a movie-it was my life. And I don’t have much to say in the best of situations.”Initial Final Page Thoughts.If you need me, I’m gonna be in Schwenksville. Also… this review...
For reasons I could not begin to fathom, the queen became increasingly preoccupied with what she termed my carriage, and which everyone else delicately referred to as my girth. To be blunt, it was substantial. In the weeks following discovery of the wizard room, I had given little attention to fo...
Big Trip to the Big City SUNDAY MORNING BRIAN SHOWED UP just as we were eating these eggs Benedict things, and Dad made Brian stay and have some, which he did after only being asked once. Brian said he'd had them before but Dad's were better, especially the sauce. Which made Dad's day, I can tell...
This journal is for you—isn’t it glorious? I saw it & thought of you instantly! Now you can record all your thoughts & your genius & your experiences-to-come! (And are you going to have experiences!) Someday, when you’re a creaky sixty-three-year-old granny, you’ll read this & r...