I'm not always the best when it comes to reading books that have been rec'd by friends but I ended up giving this one a go because I've passed by this book many times at the library but never picked up due to it's trashy cover and uninspiring blurb. However! This goes to show you never judge a bo...
Hahaha I absolutly love Poppy. A very interesting Cinderella story. My favarite parts were Poppy going to get a stick to stop the fight Marrianes fathers comment to Dickon and Poppy deciding that she would blasted well dance at her wedding.Still finding the whole its Ionia not europe but yet its ...
After reading the first two books a couple of years ago I was so excited when my library got this last book in the story of Creel a young sewer and her dragon friends. The first two books, Dragon Slippers and Dragon Flight were better. This book I fell was poorly done, not a lot of effort thrown ...
GREAT book! It's few and far between that a book causes me to truly care about the characters, to squeal or shriek in excitement, to eagerly snatch up the next in the series to begin reading right away, but this book did! I LOVED this book. I loved the characters, I loved the descriptions that...
I've enjoyed reading this series and I liked the new spin on some old tales. Some of the characters blurred a little, but sometimes that happens in family members, too, so I didn't dwell on it. I really appreciated the happy ending with a strong sense of finality. The only parting thought I have...
I love the usage of shifting point of view to create dramatic irony and build the tension of the story. I also love that as the princesses are heading to the ball, George cuts the scene. The princesses cannot speak of the Ball, and they cannot show the Ball to the reader either. It is first se...
I have not read the other books of this series, at least not yet, but be that as it may, i thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found the hero a blundering, loveable oaf, and the Heroin admirable. The plot was interesting, and thought i often felt like i was missing some vital piece of information, i ...
Even though it has only been two years since I've read Tuesdays at the Castle, I remembered very little about the characters and the plot. So I was hoping that Wednesdays in the Tower would not prove too tricky or challenging. Within pages, I was hooked. I read this one cover to cover without put...
There is only one appropriate response to this book. And that is...DAMN IT WHY DID I START READING THIS BEFORE THE SERIES WAS FINISHED!!!!Now I have to wait, I can't wait five minutes let alone a couple of months.But honestly I love the castle and as painfully obvious as I found the villain (all ...
I LOVED this book so much! Out of all the books I have read this one is my favorite. I felt as if I was in a movie. I also thought it was creative that all the dragons each have something that they collect. I can really relate to this book because my grandfather used to tell me bedtime stories ab...
This is the third book in a series that I read aloud to my boys and they just keep getting better! We have loved all three, but this one especially was great! I think part of it is that the characters in this series are just so good and so lovable and by now we know them so well. The storyline of...
Blessed—or cursed—with an ability to understand animals, the Lass (as she's known to her family) has always been an oddball. And when an isbjorn (polar bear) seeks her out, and promises that her family will become rich if only the Lass will accompany him to his castle, she doesn't hesitate. But t...
Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in...
He was being held in a tiny attic room at the palace while Karl and the others had been taken to the Bruch jail. King Gregor didn’t believe Oliver was an earl, but apparently being the leader of the bandits, the abductor of Princess Petunia, and the claimant to a divided earldom made him too inte...
I said. Looking over my shoulder Marta tutted at my work. “Yes, something’s wrong. Those were supposed to be pansies, but they look like … Well, nothing.” I looked at the blobby shape I had embroidered into the hem of one of Lady Isla’s gowns. Upsid...
They had dined well, in the traditional manner, which meant several courses of grilled meats, cabbage, potatoes, and more spicy mamaliga. She wished that she hadn’t tied her sash quite so tight, and slipped her fingers under the edge of the thick red cloth to try to loosen it a bit. She was busy ...
I could feel their eyes running over me, over every inch of my gown and every braid of my intricately bound hair. If I had managed to eat anything at all that day, I’m sure I would have thrown it up then and there. But I hadn’t eaten, no matter how Ulfrid pressed me to have a bite of bread or a s...
The iron's temperature remained constant and the wrinkles smoothed down just as they should. There was no scorching of fabric, no burning of fingers. Ellen practically sang as she worked, and the stares of the other maids as she filled a basket with neatly ironed and folded linens couldn't dampen...