I feel super bad about this review. Kate Beaton deserves my best words, because she is a wonderful, smart, creative genius who produces such sassy and perfect art. But I super read this in the middle of the night during a Read-a-thon, and other than remembering that I laughed frequently, loudly, and obnoxiously, I remember NOTHING about this book. I mean, the entirety of my oh so helpful Goodreads review after reading was, “This book wasn’t long enough.” THANKS A BUNCH, ASHLEY. If you aren’t familiar […]
Miss Marple Solves Another One
Miss Marple has gone to visit a friend of hers from her school days, Ruth. Ruth is worried about her sister Carrie, who lives in the countryside in a mansion that has been partly converted into a home for juvenile delinquents (the bad kids don’t live with the family, there’s a separate building for them). Ruth knows Jane has experience with the dark side of life, and suggests that Jane pay a visit to Carrie. So off she goes. Carrie’s third husband is the one […]
“Oh for the love of God and sprinkled donuts…”
There’s this virtual reality game environment called MEEP (I have no idea what that stands for, and I think I forgot halfway through the book). People become absorbed in the game, so absorbed that they don’t want to come out again. It’s up to Levellers like Nixy to drag them back to reality. In her newest challenge, Nixy has to enter MEEP to find the son of the game’s inventor. He is lost in the game, and to make the situation more urgent, he left […]
A teenage boy moves back to his father’s hometown. You won’t believe what happens next…
But I can tell you that it involves scary monsters with wings, superstition, and peer pressure. You can read my full review here.