The Wonderful World of Books
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. -Walt Disney
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Summer at Squee
Monday, June 30, 2025
Scattergood
This was a really good read. I was super engaged in the story (enough that I had to return it to the library when it was overdue, so I went through the effort to put it on hold again and find my spot and continue reading). The book was heavy at times and had so many bad/sad/hard things happening that it was almost too much to bear. But things came around enough that I still loved the book. The characters were really real and complex, and I really loved Peggy. The book had me crying in the end (but I was sitting in public while my son had a class, so I had to keep it together) and just had some beautiful parts at the end. I really liked the part with Peggy and her mom where the mom said, "I think--I think it's okay to be mad at God....I think God can take our anger." Peggy responded, "I'm not mad at God....Not anymore....I don't believe in God." And her mom replied, "Well, I think God can take that, too."
Rating: * * * (3/3 = Loved it)
Friday, June 27, 2025
The Maid's Secret
Monday, June 23, 2025
The Mistletoe Mystery
This was a pretty quick read and enjoyable again to be with Molly since she's such a likable character and these are such light, clean, fun books. This book was a little silly to me since it really had no mystery since the reader knew what was going on the entire time and just Molly was clueless. I wish there was a little more depth to the book, but it's ok because I'm reading book 3 now and it's got a lot more going on. This was just a novella so I shouldn't expect too much. I'm rating it as "it was okay," but I'm still glad I read it.
Rating: * (1/3 = It was okay)