Showing posts with label five stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label five stars. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2026

Says Us! Scripts and Quips from Says You! Vol. 2: The Words Spread by Richard Sher

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Such a fun way to consume one of my favorite radio shows. It's even better to listen to them but this wasn't bad. Twenty games of si...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

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I love Tommy and Tuppence. I think that's actually how I started my review for "The Secret Adversary." But they are just so mu...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

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 Love, love, love Tommy and Tuppence. This is the first of their adventures together, starting just after WWI, both Tommy and Tuppence are a...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

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Rarely am I sad that a novella ends. Especially one that is creating a world. I really do wish that this had been a full-length novel though...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot

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I love this book. A lot. It is a great thing to pick up and read when I need to go to sleep 'cause I know it so well that it doesn't...
Friday, May 3, 2024

Unicorn Crush by Dana Simpson

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Dakota is feeling the brunt of not being popular so she turns to Phoebe for help. Of course, it doesn't last long. Though they are movin...
Monday, November 20, 2023

Thanksgiving by Sam Sifton

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This is a delightful book which, written by the one man turkey helpline for the New York Times, simplifies Thanksgiving for everyone. Whethe...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Unicorn for a Day by Dana Simpson

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Once again, there are many delights from Phoebe and Marigold as they continue their adventures. We learn about unicorn omens and why booping...
Saturday, April 1, 2023

Punk Rock Unicorn by Dana Simpson

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Marigold has given up her crush on Lord Splendid Humility. Instead, she is going to rebound crush on his opposite. And opposite Prince Aspir...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Matilda by Roald Dahl, Sarah Greene

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I think that coming to this book later in life may make it difficult to overlook the nastiness of the adults but Roald Dahl generally has hi...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie

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Probably Crusie's best story. Or at least my favorite. Agnes Crandall's life seems like it should be perfect, she's got the hous...
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Narwhalicorn and Jelly by Ben Clanton

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Narwhals have been called the unicorn of the sea but, according to one of our favorite main characters, unicorns are the narwhals of the lan...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster,Rainn Wilson

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This book is a favorite of many people's childhood and with good reason. Milo is a normal boy who one day discovers a box in his bedroom...
Friday, June 3, 2022

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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This book has gotten some delightful reviews and there is a good reason why. Henry has created a book that I think regular romance readers a...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria

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I started this book thinking I'd read a chapter and then get on with the chores I needed to do today. Hours later, I am left with a happ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Narwhal's School of Awesomeness by Ben Clanton

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This book is amazing, awesome, entertaining, and educational. Narwhal and Jelly come upon a school of fish who are on their way to school. U...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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An absolutely fabulous book with deep character development and a beautifully realized world built carefully by Diana Wynne Jones (DWJ). Sop...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

The Villa by Nora Roberts

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This book is one that I do re-read quite a bit, just because it's pretty fluffy but does include some great motifs like blended families...
Friday, December 25, 2020

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

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 TW: Sibling death Twice this week, I've started reading a book only to be unexpectedly hit with a sibling dying. Brosh handles it so mu...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Camping with Unicorns by Dana Simpson

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Phoebe and Marigold are back and at their best. For most of the book, the timing is summer vacation. Phoebe re-learns how to manage her own ...