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I can definitely identify with the main character!

The narrator notices a boy who is inherently unnoticeable. Some funny antics, but also a lot of lame one-liners.

So much to think about. Mostly I am wondering if the boy I attended school with named M’butu was in fact related to the dictator of Zaire. Pretty likely…

Library hold came in and I’m racing to finish in 2 weeks while also reading two other books for book club deadlines. Can she do it? Hope so! Interesting to read parallel with “Poisonwood Bible.” Both have events in 1961. I’m keeping starving Africans in mind while reading about a TV cooking show hostess here.

Seamless transition further into the quest by Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Jason, Piper, Frank and Hazel to stop Gaea from rising up and killing everyone. In this one, the Romans and Greeks are still fighting but the big, stolen Athena statue has been recovered and the demigods are trying to shut the Doors of Death. Percy and Annabeth from the Tartarus side!

The first chapter (and some other parts narrated by the mom) are frustratingly mysterious—who is she addressing? Did she really lose a daughter and if so, which one? But overall, the book is a page turner. I like the 5 different voices.

It’s really funny but also I sense it’s going to get creepy, too.

Snarky! I love it!

It’s good!

Just found out there is a glossary and character list AT THE BACK!

Hated the first 25-30% but am getting into it now. Good story but there are too many made-up technical terms and character names to remember.

This is such an exciting middle-grade fantasy! Really pulled in by the mystery of these talking books and mom’s secretive background and the winking white mongoose.

Not the best one for Paper Kindlewhite. A) I bet the pictures are colorful and b) it’s scanned in like every page is a photo. It has some aesthetic benefit, but kind of a pain to have to keep moving the image around to read the text.

Totally over-hyped.

Oh no, what have I gotten into? A 1000-page fanfic with way too much new vocabulary and backstory at the beginning. And when she is recognized by her interrogator, they lead with “you were the student who lived with x family, weren’t you?” instead of “your boyfriend was the leader of the resistance, wasn’t he?”

Already upsetting me. This climate disaster is mostly the fault of living assholes.

Interesting mix of Greek and Roman mythologies with a little Chinese thrown in plus an autistic harpy with a mnemonic memory.

I really like it, but Carl seems to be smarter than Princess Donut despite her much higher intelligence points. And if her claws are that sharp, how is she hanging on his back with them and not causing damage?

I like it. Can see why the series has a devoted fan base!

Ooh! Lost Lands! And the cat named Butter should meet the cat Pancake from Dungeon Crawler Carl.

Loving it so far. It’s like Pillars of the Earth but with a really clever young dutchess with a plan up her sleeve. So glad to read more from this author!

Do not read this to the halfway point and then send your daughter to summer camp. Especially if she is not vaccinated against meningitis. Especially if the pediatrician just told you it’s now a suggested vaccine where you live but she is in between the ages where the health insurance pays for them because they weren’t on the schedule when she was little.

My 10-year-old and I have been looking forward to a few chapter of this every night. It’s funny and exciting.

I think the type reminds me of Gary Shteyngart. Lots of hilarious observations.

My daughter (10) and I love it so far. It’s funny and exciting.

This book is hilarious and insightful. “Everything is wrestling!”

Years ago, I decided not to read any more WWII books. But today, I made an exceotipn because it Alice Hoffman. It‘s good but also making me feel terrible!

Not as good as Project Hail Mary. Nearly the same narrator, but it’s 90% walking through the science to solve astronaut problems.

Racing against library due date!