Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running

These two installments continue Zita’s mad cap adventures int his fantastical space world building and ever growing found family of humans (whose backstory and adventures would make for an excellent spin off series), robots, and aliens. Hatke wraps up the main macro-plot of this trilogy by the end of The Return but also left the…

I really appreciate how Roumani crafted this story set around the time of the Arab Spring. The narrative has two points of view starting with a young middle school age boy living in Syria who has gotten swept up, along with several of his friends in the protests against the unjust establishment through street art.…

I continue to enjoy these adaptations and will definitely seek out – whether in the book room at school or a book store of some sort – the other adaptations thus far int he series. See my reviews for books 1 + 3 for more thoughts on the series. After reading the first book, I…

Of course I have decided (a couple months ago) to participate in another ridiculous challenge. QWordy’s website has all the details. This installment worked much better than the second book and me extremely interested in the fourth book which I have an eARC of. I also really appreciated how Ortega used the reveals of this…

When I saw the description of this book being Addie LaRue but darker, I lowered my expectations. I read Addie long before I read other works from Schwab and found myself simply whelmed, not over or underwhelmed. Unfortunately, I have to agree that the comparison is accurate. Schwab has a magnificent writing style, one that adapts so well to…

Compared to June, I definitely slowed down. Compared to most people? Well, we know the answer to that.

Rather than stick to a strict weekly schedule, I’ve decided to produce a post every time I reach six more books read which will make scheduling and prep a lot easier. Even a few days after reading, I struggle to remember a lot of the details of this book. In this narrative, the main character…

This book concludes the duology as well as my time with reading Hope Larson graphic novels. I likely will not pick up more for the reasons I have expressed in previous recent reviews. This book concludes the mystery/adventure started and alluded to briefly in the first book. However, even though Larson lays the groundwork for…

Shortly into the month my free time will decrease significantly – alas! summer vacation has to end some time. I did also push back the longest book on my July TBR, The Dragonbone Chair, simply because I felt like I kept slogging through long books once I returned from my trip so … maybe I’ll…

I grew up as a staunch believer in the death penalty, nurtured by a highly legalistic environment. My views began to change as soon as I gradually emerged from that tightly controlled bubble, learning more about my faith and about the huge world that existed right outside. This book helped me put voice to yet…