For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleDespite the fact that I was nearly halfway through the book before I realized someone had ripped out two pages from my secondhand copy (thankfully I was able to read them online), I enjoyed this book. It is a fun and twisted story about a dark wizard l...
A COUNTESS BELOW STAIRS by Eva Ibbotson If you are enamored with the Russian Revolution and the Tsar’s family or you are a fan of British TV you will like this sweet story of a Russian Countess reduced to serving as a housemaid in England. Anna is almost too sweet and industrious to believe, but...
For the last couple of days, I've been in a bit of a slump so I wanted to mix things up by reading a classic children's story. For years now, I've heard about The Secret of Platform 13 being a great children's classic so I went to my library and checked it out. This book is a great, fun read and I e...
Oh my! I loved this just as much as I did the last time I read it! Such a sweet story and just the ending you are hoping for. Also, this book has the Spanish Riding School and the Lippizaner stallions in it. What more could a girl ask for. I hope my nieces like it as much as me.
Spoiler Rating: Low Dear Lizzy, I experienced an interesting combination of enjoyment, boredom, and fury while reading The Reluctant Heiress (also published as Magic Flutes). Let me tell you about it. Being an heiress in 1920s Austria with nothing but a broken-down castle to your name and na...
Nothing is more depressing then the dreaded "Reader Slump" that not even your favorite authors can pull you out of. That was me, just floating along after reading back to back amazing books, everything just sorta fell flat for me. That is by chance I stumbled on A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbots...
Some short stories are meant to connect by a thread or another. With A Glove Shop in Vienna the only thing that links them is the author from her great loves you seen in her other books from ballet, Russia, family, love affairs,governess and hope. All with her added style and humor. Each is it's own...
A good book for some of my students who have a high AR level, but are still working on inferences and higher level thinking - this book is a great story, told in a fairly straightforward, but beautifully written, manner. It will certainly be loved by the dog lovers in the class. Grades 3+ Listened...
Another pretty fabulous read for children who have a taste for ghoulish and frightening things. Much like The Witches, this is essentially a very happy story, but with plenty of darkness and chills mixed in. I would say the premise (women competing over a chance to marry) seems a bit dated, but, s...
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