Rachel
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recomendation
I don't understand why there are so many negative reviews. I thought this book was adorable and very realistic. It's a parallel of two single parents and the blending of families. In this case, a fox and a badger family. I thought the silly fights between the kids was accurate to figuring out how to all live together.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recomendation
What a fantastic little book!
First of all, this is NOT a book to binge in one sitting. This is a book you pick up when the world is overwhelming or when you need help to ground yourself. Flip to a random page, read that little comic. Take a deep breath and recenter yourself.
This is the perfect little book for your coffee table. Something to grab at a moments notice. Full of fantastic little images and small pieces of text like “the crunch of leaves on the sidewalk”.
Bummer. This one was not quite up to par with Books 1&2.
First of all, the Dragon sidekick was adorable. That was about it for this book.
Unfortunately there was some unfortunate cliches in this book
(Spoilers beyond this point)
Axel suddenly breaking up with Pepper? It was just such a convenient and poorly contrived plotpoint. Also reitterates the fact that they are so bad at communication. Just be adults about it. “Hey Pepper, my brother is coming into town, for your safety we need to maintain our distance.” See ADULT. The breakup was unecessary drama.
THEN the really bad cliche.... Axel is a TWIN! OMG..... eyeroll I really really really hate this trope! WHY is it always good twin versus bad twin! Such a poorly contrived twist.
Then we get to the end and all is well and perfect? Nah, idc how sexy Mr Sexy is, his poor communication skills and need to hide things is emotionally immature. You wanna be together? Then be up front and communicate. This book had me really disliking Axel.
Also, Pepper's constant change of attitudes towards the baby dragon AND her need to sell him right away? She acts like she is enjoying her job at the familiar shop but still hating animals. Then you get the ultra rare baby dragon and you hate it too? Despite it calling you mama? How heartless.
Hoping book 4 improves.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recommendation.
DNF at 45% (Audiobook)
I started this book a few weeks ago while I was looking for a cozy mystery from my book pile. Unfortunately this one was pretty misleading. It says it is the first in a series, but it is the first in a NEW series featuring old characters from another series. Much of this book is spent recapping the complex relationships from the previous series. So much so that it's exhausting to follow and becomes a turn off. Eventually I switched over to a new book and realized I had no desire to go back and finish this one. I think I might have enjoyed it a little more if I had read the other series first, but I doubt it. It just didn't have that spark. More like a bonus episode that does ok but is a filler.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recommendation
DNF. This was a pretty cute graphic novel with great drawings and a fun journal like format. Unfortunately the formatting made it was too chaotic to follow. It felt like a job to try to move from piece to piece and I couldn't enjoy the actual story. I feel bad rating it so low, but the formatting just made it difficult to enjoy.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recommendation
Aside from a few episodes of the 1980's cartoon and the old movie, idk much about My Little Pony. Especially not the modern MLP fanbase. Since this was a free borrow from Hoopla, I decided to give it a shot.
Overall this was really cute. It was easy to identify the different pony types, the hierarchy, who was who and what the overall themes were. For such a small short story this was packed with fun! There was adventure, friendship, and great pacing.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recomendation
WHAT what this author thinking?!?!?! This is a cute little children's book. You spend the pages following cute little creatures as they ask about joining a picnic and telling you what they'd like to eat. Then at the end they meet a tiger who decides to eat them all!! All those CUTE little creatures you meant? Yup, they're dinner for the tiger.
This should absolutely NOT be read to a child unless you want to traumatize them.
What a pity that the last page undermines what was a cute book with cute images.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows recommendation
Not sure why there are so many negative reviews. I thought this was a good little informative book for young kids, maybe 6 or 7 year olds. It is not very in depth but does a great job as an overview of lighthouses that is easy to follow and understand. There is a good collection of images to support and help with basic understanding.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recomendation
I did not find this funny or silly at all. A trex lost his glasses and make a bunch of errors in his day. TBH, even if you did lose your glasses you'd still be able to tell that is a toilet or that it was a fellow dinosaur instead of a kite. It wasn't cute. wasn't funny.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recomendation
Some very interesting facts I have never heard (or thought about asking). Facts about pooping, burping, and eating. TBH it's things that I didn't really want to know. Especially the fact about poop being left on the moon and scientists wondering if anything is growing on the poo. It's gross, but a young kid may love it. They are just random enough to catch their interest. Just watch out parents because they will bring up these facts at the worst possible moment.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recommendation
What a weird mashup. I know Hasbro owned both of these franchises but never expected to see a mashup of the two.
They keep do well to keep the integrity of both franchieses. tbh I expected robotic ponies. Overall it was ok. I find mashups sort of fun but always like something is missing.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recommendation
I know the big thing now is regency errands dramas and reinterpretations. I. This instance, society is plagued by the undead, created by a powder which afflicted high society.
The premise is ridiculous, but somehow the author makes it work. They seamlessly hit the target markets of regency Era, and murder mystery.
For someone looking for traditional zombie attacks. They'll be disappointed. These zombies act more like vampires, where they are still functioning members of society, even attending high society balls.
I'm glad to hear what all the fuss was about. It answered my curiosity but I won't be continuing with the series. It was an interesting premise but historical murder mystery and regency Era retelling aren't my thing.
Meh. It's a product of it's time. Would the audiences in the 1700s enjoy and likely devour this? Yes. Especially the people who have never traveled and wonder how one could possibly survive.
From a modern perspective? Yikes. This is long, drawn out, and with a very unlikeable MC.
Good to read once, but never again.
August 2022 Hoopla Bonus Borrows Recommendation
What an odd little book. Focused on an author trying to promote his books, he is down on his luck while murders sprang up across the city.
The ending is ambiguous, meant to encourage you to re-read the book and put the clues together. Instead it has me irked that I wasted my time on something that was rather pointless.
