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Oh yes! Carl and Donut are doing a racing floor! This is going to be so awesome!

Like the last book, there are too many POVs in this book and too many plotlines. It makes it a little bit difficult to keep track of everything going on.

I am once again struck by what a jerk Holmes is to Watson. I get that he's supposed to be driven to solve crimes and can't be bothered to be nice to Watson but it is annoying.

It's really strange that Mr. Boast asked Almanzo and Laura for their baby in exchange for a horse. It seems if the Reverend of the town could adopt, the Boasts' could too. It seem like that would ruin the friendship that the Wilders' have with the Boasts' besides just being a strange thing to ask.

Well, I am annoyed that Pa has had two hot meals with the Wilder boys and didn't bother to even think about his family starving down the street. For some reason that makes me pretty mad, Pa was supposed to be a hero, the ultimate father figure and he's just not. A strange realization for me, reading this as an adult.

This book is definite different tone than the previous books. Everyone is older and the world is certainly harsher. Some of the stuff that happens I can't believe is in a children's book, even if it's for older children. There is a lot of shady stuff going on with Pa involved and it's shocking to me.

Well, this one certainly starts out sad. I don't remember much of this one from when I read it as a kid, but maybe it's because it started out really sad and I blocked it out.

I remember really hating that Pa wouldn't let Jack in the wagon for the creek crossing. I thought it was the most awful thing and I think I still do. I found it really cruel of Pa. I understand that was the way things were but I still don't like it.

I haven't read these books since I was a small child and I love remembering the illustrations and the stories. It was a different time and I really enjoy reading about Laura's experience about it.

I was excited that John Carter was back but his story has been hijacked by this loser. He completely derails the mission but at least John Carter was smart enough to leave this guy behind so John could save Dejah.

This one is moving really slow. If nothing happens in the next 10% I am done with it. The main character is annoying and her boyfriend is sleazy.

Well, some of this is really sad. I get there are some depressing aspects to the story but this is worse than the original. Still good but maybe have some tissue when you read it.

Reusing names from previous characters? That's not confusing at all...

A little clever Harry Potter reference slipped in there.

An interesting return to Sherlock Holmes where it seems that Watson's wife has disappeared somehow and Watson is now a full time minion for Holmes. Which I don't have an issue with, although I would have preferred an explanation about the disappearing wife....

Wow, go Abbess Blue. As much as I want to like Fern, it was satisfying to see her put in her place after being pretty rude to some monks about their religion in their own monastery.

I find that I am pretty disappointed in Fern's character in this one. I was so excited to see Fern back from the prequel and this is what we get. She's whiny, ungrateful and kind of a bad friend. I don't like midlife crisis Fern, she's a real drag. I do like Nigel and Astryx though.

FERN!!! I am so glad that this book is about Fern. I really enjoyed the prequel that had her in it and I have been looking forward to a book solely about her.

"Thievery is unheard of on Mars."
But murder, assassination and kidnapping are where it's at apparently for the no good Martian criminal.

I did not read this one as a kid but I am thinking that references to The Scarlet Letter and calling other characters "hussies" maybe isn't the greatest thing for a kids book?

"So long as they are properly weighted, the ocean keeps all secrets thrown to her."

There is way too much foot stomping in this book... And temper tantrums.

Glynis is somewhat unlikable at first. She is snobby, immature and extremely spoiled. She also reads really young for supposedly being 19 years old. At first I thought she was supposed to be much younger than that based off her voice in the first few chapters.

I'm hoping that Frey, the captain of the ship becomes a better character further along in the book. Right now, he's not that likable as a main character.

Starting right out of the gate (page 3) with the main character, Tan, admitting that he was going to abduct a woman just because he wanted her but luckily he found another way. This is our hero in this book. Sometimes I am not too sure about these books...

I don't like that Naomi basically tells Holden that she doesn't trust him before jetting off to take care of a personal problem that she never even told him about. It seems really disrespectful to the person she "loves" that she doesn't even trust him enough to know the truth. I am trying to keep an open mind but as of right now, I don't like Naomi that much.

I feel like the old fairytale is full of too much modern language and it seems to pull me out of the story. The asides and notes from Goldman are also a little bit disrupting. Only a few of them are even funny, so it's a distraction from the story itself that's not worth reading.

YES! I'm so happy to see the walking stick back! I was bummed when it "died" and was hoping it would find a way to come back to life.

I find myself struggling to be interested in the plot for this one. And I am again not a fan of most of the characters. Can we just have Bobbie Draper back please?