Jackaby by William Ritter Rating: 5 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary–including the ability to see … More Jackaby
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Themis Files #1 Rating: 3 1/2 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with … More Sleeping Giants
The Body At The Tower by Y.S. Lee The Agency Book #2 Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: Now nearly a full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit operating out of Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn is back for another action-packed adventure. Disguised … More The Body At The Tower
A Spy In The House by Y.S. Lee The Agency Book #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners — and an unusual … More A Spy In The House
My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul Rating: 4 out of 5 magical coffee cups From Goodreads: Despite the best of intentions, seventeen-year old, wisecracking Hank Kirby can’t quite seem to catch a break. It’s not that he means to screw things up all the time, it just happens. A … More My Kind of Crazy
The Revenant by Michael Punke Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is among the company’s finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when … More The Revenant
The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher Rating: 3 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also an era of fevered yearning for communion with the spirit world, after the loss of tens of … More The Witch of Lime Street
Ms. Marvel #2 Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona (artist), Jacob Wyatt (artist) Rating: 4 out of 5 magical coffee cups From Goodreads: Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! If Kamala can stop … More Ms. Marvel #2
Question for you. Do you write in your books? I came across this article and started thinking about my own habits with my own books. The Art of Marginalia How do you feel about this? I love finding old books with writing in them. I do write in my own books as well, but this makes … More Marginalia
The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From goodreads.com Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He’s being hunted by Fisheye … More The Great Trouble
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