This is an excellent book.

Second time through: It's hard, because I still love this book, but Alexie, why do you have to be such a jerk?

I think this book is like 20 years old, but it's still enjoyable. Made me sad for the parts of Australia I won't get to visit on my upcoming trip.

Love this folktale. It's pretty cute. The audiobook is excellent, with three ways of hearing the story.

Read this before seeing the movie. I liked it. It was hard in some ways because no character is perfect and there were times where I was skimming, but I would give the next one a shot.

A great introduction to gender neutral pronouns.

Still an excellent series.

I think this is the strongest of the three in the series. I loved it. I am lucky enough to know the author in real life, and I'm always struck by how well she conveyed her own voice on the page in this series. I know it started as an oral story, but I can really, really hear Jones' voice in this series. It sounds like she talks, in the best way. I also love SalGoud, and he is pretty prominent in this one. Honestly, though, the grogans stole my heart. Adorable little dudes and dudettes. I also want a protection gnome now.

This book does have some scary parts and goes a little dark. Just a warning.

I don't understand why everyone is so down on this book. I enjoyed it a lot. I got the same nostalgic feeling I got from the other books in the series, and I was happy with how everyone's storylines ended up. Just because something might happen doesn't mean it will.

I recently learned about Nadia Bolz-Weber through some Facebook videos and have been devouring her stuff ever since. We definitely don't agree on everything theologically, but she inspires me to rethink my relationship with my faith and that's enough for me.

I liked this one, but I didn't love it as much as Curtis' other books. I do want to know more about the community of Buxton. I just didn't love Eliza the way I love the mighty Miss Malone.