BOOK REVIEW: The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

This book was recommended to me by more than one person in the church.  They said it was fabulous.  So I bought the book before I read it.  Big mistake.  The whole idea of the book was really cool.  Being able to time travel and interact with your past and future self   But it had horrible language and some very inappropriate behavior.  I quit reading it after the first chapter because I couldn't take anymore.  So this is definitely a book to avoid.  Sorry Audrey.

AUTHOR REVIEW: Shannon Hale

I love Shannon Hale books.  They are awesome.  The first one I read was Princess Academy.  It was so cute.  I then read the 4-book Goose Girl Series, I have read Book of a Thousand Days, Austenland, and The Actor and the Housewife.  I really liked them all.  I have most of them. :)  They are fun books about princesses or people with magical powers.  Austenland and The Actor and the Housewife are geared more towards the older crowd.  They were a little more mature but still good.  I remember there was kissing in Austenland, but nothing raunchy.  The Actor and the Housewife also has had mixed reviews.  It's all about a Mormon housewife who runs into her celebrity crush and they become best friends.  You either love it or you hate it.   All in all, they are very fun books.  I am excited to read her new ones that have come out.  Here is her website.

http://www.squeetus.com/stage/books.html

You can get online and read the first chapter in each of her books.  She also has other fun tidbits about each book.  Anyway, you can't go wrong with a Shannon Hale book for a good, fun, quick read.

BOOK REVIEW: Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

This book has interesting facets. I didn't LOVE it. There wasn't anything objectionable in it. It is set up for a sequel, and when I got to the end and realized that I was disappointed--I would have been happy with it just being wrapped up. Not a bad read, but there are definitely better reads out there.