I'm not a huge fan of time travel stories, they get too "Wibbly Wobbly". This one stayed fairly direct, but there was still a lot of struggle with characters & timelines. I still don't feel like Artemis is as fun of a character as he was when he was younger.

This story felt a little disjointed, I didn't feel like having both a renegade fairy and a mental condition were necessary for the plot. I guess we'll see how it follows through in the next book.

This was a really cute little book. There are no words, only pictures, but Mr. Buttonman goes on an incredible journey that is really easy to enjoy and follow. The artwork is amazing and all done by embroidery, it's a really unique and impressive style.

This was an interesting twist on the Fowl series, I like the twins and their dynamic but the plot felt a big forced and convenient.

This book was a nice change of pace, and very different than everything else I've been reading lately. It was a very light mystery that kept you guessing without being too intense. I haven't read anything else in the series, but the characters were interesting and easy to keep track of without any backstory.

I read this for the "An Award Winning Novel" part of my 2020 reading challenge. I wasn't overly impressed with the ending of this series, I enjoyed books 1-4 a lot more than books 5-8. It wrapped up decently and the plot was different than the others, it was just lacking the genius and magic of the first ones for me.

This book was really well done. It had a dual timeline, spanning from 1939 Paris to 1983 Montana, and I felt it was pretty easy to keep track of the plot. Both stories held up well on their own. I’ve never visited Paris and I had never heard of the American Library there, but I’m proud of the efforts everyone put in to promote reading and sending books to all the troops. Not a lot of focus was put on how the rest of the city or the Jews were faring during the occupation, but it was interesting to learn how the librarians struggled and adapted.

“After the darkness of war, the light of books.” (ALP’s motto)

I devoured this book, read it in under a day. I found the language the characters used to be a bit immature and stilted at times, but overall it was well done and fast paced. Most of it felt like a typical family drama, but there were a few surprises thrown in that I really enjoyed. The characters were all very unique and I wouldn’t say this book was predictable at all.

I read this for the "An Author You Previously Disliked" part of my 2020 reading challenge. It was better than the last book I read, it displayed the information better and had a nicer layout. It was informative, but not overly gripping.

I loved this book. We don't get too deep into the characters, but it's a very "Hunger Games" type of story and I loved their revolution and the world building.