Elizabeth Dean

Sweet and fun but I was ultimately disappointed that there was not more of an adventure.

This was suspenseful! But I dunno, not anything special.

This was fascinating if a bit disjointed. Well worth the read.

I want to save the memory of these words especially, and the gut punch plus tears plus pride I felt when I read them: “They made us into a race. We made ourselves into a people.”

I am mostly convinced. Carbs are gross!

Disappointed. Not interested in reading fan-ish fiction about characters I have no relationship with.

3.5 stars. Sweet and easily lovable.

Hopelessly uncritical, I love these characters and Rowling so much.

Promising start to a series! Mystery was mediocre but characters were fun and interesting. Love the eastern NC (Johnston county, renamed Colleton county) setting!

This is my favorite book I've read in several years.

Didn't finish. Was so intrigued by the premise but could not get past the clunky storytelling. Applied the 50 page rule.

Intrigued, but not super compelled, well to be honest, too scared to finish, and I have to return it from the person I borrowed it from. I'll definitely read more by Darnielle.

Nice end to the Rachel series. Sniff, sniff. I will miss the demons most of all.

Sure was a lot of fun hanging out with Amy for a bit.

Was not quite sure where it was going, but loved where it went. Can't wait to read more by Netzer.

Not my favorite of the series. Harrison is best at introducing characters and worlds. Less good at driving plot. I really missed the demons in this one.

Like the previous in the series, it's beautifully evocative of the forests of 11th century Wales. Lawhead places the Robin Hood legend in this place and period because apparently the Welsh were the experts with the longbow. They basically used the longbow to engage in guerilla warfare against the French army.

The characters aren't super strongly drawn, by far the strongest is still Will Scatlocke/Scarlet from book 2. Book 2 was the only book narrated in the first person by its main character, and Scarlet had a strong voice.

I was suprised to read that this whole series was Christian fiction! Especially in this book, about a friar, there is a lot of prayer and reference to Christian teachings, but I would never thought anything of it if I hadn't read that it was published by a Christian imprint of HarperCollins. It seemed appropriate for a medieval setting to have explicit references to Christianity.

Overall I enjoyed the series but I think you have to be pretty interested in either Robin Hood or medieval British history to be motivated to read all 3.

A must read.

I really like Gretchen Rubin and her quest for self perfection. I vacillate between being inspired by her detailed, mindful thoughts of how to make tiny behavior changes to make life better (an approach that suits me as well) and being totally stressed by all the things she discovers she should be doing (and apparently successfully adopts as new habits!) that I am not doing. I really identified her quest to engage with her personal space (like home decoration stuff) rather than to follow her instinct of just not bothering. But then I get stressed out thinking about how I can improve my own space/life. Self help lit is like this as a rule I think, kind of enlightening but kind of stressful. So maybe I'll just shift back to mystery and fantasy.

The library's kindle version of this book was corrupted and was ruining my kindle reading experience (super slow) so I actually gave up about 40% through the book. But I think I got enough from it.

What a great read! An immersive, dreamlike experience, like the circus it describes. I loved it and can't wait to read more from Erin Morgenstern.

I'm so glad I stuck with this series and read the second novel about Will Scarlet. This is a meditative but still lighthearted adventure tale. Lawhead's description of 11th century Wales, especially the great forest in which Robin and his band live is evocative and beautiful. I am looking forward to closing out the trilogy with Tuck.

Perfect little fantasy/fairy tale. It left me wanting more. Oh, and parts were terrifying!

With the exception of my constant dread of what happens at the end, I enjoyed reading this. It was funny and sweet. Not exactly laugh-out-loud funny, but funny. Probably funnier if the reader knows more of the details on the Gospels than I do. But it seemed a reasonable telling of the missing years of Christ's story.

I really enjoyed reading this. There is nothing surprising here but it is a well written and compassionate domestic drama. If it weren't written by a man and featuring a primary male character I'd call it women's fiction. I like that about it immensely.

I am so impressed with this novel! I loved the quasi-realistic island fantasy setting. I grew up sailing along the coast of NC and this took me back to what it felt like to be on camping on an island or anchored in a creek and cut off from the rest of the world. That's a gift in this interconnected, always on digital age! Spirit and those close to her - Sky, her dad, and the wonderfully named Nector Hatterask are a joy to spend time with. Any kid who loves fantasy, mystery or animals will love this book (as I did!).