by Maureen Johnson
I love it when an author takes a well-known story and makes it their own. I think it is so cool. But this one just could not keep me interested. When I read, I love to have a book that it practically kills me to put it down. I will sit there and keep waiting for a chance to pick it up again. I have ...
tl;dr I generally enjoyed this story. There were so many things about it that I loved, and yet combing all of them didn't make for a book I was ecstatic about. It was good, and interesting, but I didn't fall in love with it. Description Rory is a Louisiana Southern girl who moves to London when her ...
For more information, visit my blog, Such A Novel Idea.http://suchanovelidea.wordpress.comWhy You Should Buy ItJack the Ripper returns! The most famous unsolved mystery is at the heart of this book. But there is also an American teenager trying to assimilate into the boarding school system of Lond...
Maureen Johnson has been on my radar for a couple of years now, ever since I read this manifesto post that she wrote about NOT BEING A BRAND. I read it and thought, yeah, this chick is awesome. I should read her books. Cut to: three years later. Better late than never, yes? Unfortunately, I don't ...
The Name of the Star is the final book I had to read for this year's Bood Magic Challenge. That means I read, or at least attempted, 12 books that you all voted for me to read last year. Woot. I have not read Maureen Johnson before this, though I have shelved her books for many years. To be honest ...
My Rating: 2.5 No no no no. Just no. The Name of the Star was advertised as a thriller. Did I get a thriller? No. In fact, I've never met any book with Jack the Ripper in it that bored me to death and had me skimming most of the book. Until now. I've always had a love-hate relationship with Maureen ...
I won this in a First Reads Giveaway.I fucking loved this book so much. I liked the characters. They were normal people with their own personality. They weren't made up to be larger than life or totally out there. I wanted to know what went on in their day to day lives and liked them. I liked the bu...
Keep calm and carry on. Also, stay in and hide because the Ripper is coming. Luckily, we all had his schedule. Like an evil Santa, there was no doubt when he did his work.When Rory leaves her home in Louisiana to study abroad at a boarding school in London, she imagines it being a year of sightse...
This is more 3.5 than 4, but the ending made me want to round up rather than down. But it was a great read. http://youtu.be/kgLuWXDmPZ8
Quite surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
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