by Laura Snider | Jul 20, 2017 | Books I love (by other people)
Can bunnies be warriors? Why yes, yes, they can. This book proves it. It is a fun and creative novel told from the perspective of rabbits searching for a safe place to live. The rabbits come to many different communities that, in many ways, parallel those of...
by Laura Snider | Jul 20, 2017 | Books I love (by other people)
If you are looking for a quick, slightly geeky (okay more than slightly) book to read, give this one a try. It’s on the same wavelength as Ready Player one – as the protagonist is a coding nerd that finds a job working in an odd bookstore. That protagonist...
by Laura Snider | Jul 20, 2017 | Books I love (by other people)
I don’t know why I ultimately picked this novel up to read. The movie came out when I was only eight years old, and it scared the bejesus out of me. Why my parents thought I wouldn’t have nightmares after a movie with giant, carnivorous beasts that rip...
by Laura Snider | Jul 20, 2017 | Books I love (by other people)
For all my fellow Harry Potter fans, Erin Morgenstern’s Night Circus should be your next read (if you haven’t already read it & in that case you should read it again). It is chalk full of magic, competition, and even a love story. The characters are...
by Laura Snider | Jul 20, 2017 | Books I love (by other people)
A spin off of Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha series, this book is a completely different set of characters set in the Kirch town of Ketterdam after the Ravkan civil war. Some of the characters are Grisha refugees from the Ravka, while others are common street rats,...
by Laura Snider | Jul 18, 2017 | Books I love (by other people)
I wouldn’t categorize myself as someone with a particular interest in Mafia history so I’m not sure why I decided to crack this oldie open, but I’ll say this, once I did, I didn’t spend a moment regretting. I don’t know how historically accurate it is, but it’s...