Title: Sleight of Paw
Author: Sofie Kellie
Rating: Four and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Everyone's prepping for Winterfest in Mayville Heights. This includes the librarian Kathleen. But things start getting bad when Agatha Shepherd, an old woman that have seemed to affected everyone that Kathleen knows, is discovered dead. And it seems to be no accident.
When a dear friend is affected, Kathleen is going to have to call on the help of her two magical cats, Owen and Hercules, to solve the mystery and save her friend...
Rockin' Review:
This was a great book. It wasn't as good or gripping as the first one, but still a work of art. Mrs. Kellie has great potential. The story was well-done, with only a minor flaw or two. The small town was cool, and we meet some new friends, as well get to know the old friends better.
This is a rockin' book! Worth getting!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sprinkle With Murder
Title: Sprinkle With Murder
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Rating: Four Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Melanie Cooper is finally living out her dream as a cupcake baker with her friend Angie DeLaura. Their big order finally comes in: to cook a big batch of cupcakes for their friend Tate's wedding. Too bad that the bride-to-be, Christie, is a total meanie (and it's not just because she's getting married)!
But when Mel goes to talk to the bride about the cupcake flavors for the wedding, she discovers Christie dead! Mel becomes the prime suspect. She has to find out who really did it, before she ends up in jail, and/or her business goes out business...
Rockin' Review:
Technically, this is supposed to be a cozy mystery. But I'm not sure it's really worth the cozy part... but I'm new to the whole cozy theme, so don't depend on me there.
This book didn't get into the mystery part right away, but when it did, it did! The book was more heavy on the mystery, though it could do with a little work. We didn't really get to the clues until the end. But the main plot was stuck heavily with solving the mystery before everything crashed for Melanie.
It was well-written, and I highly enjoyed it. It didn't do as good a job as the Cats, but this first installment of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series was still very good. I enjoyed it. It's a book worth getting, especially if you want something more dependent on the mystery!
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Rating: Four Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Melanie Cooper is finally living out her dream as a cupcake baker with her friend Angie DeLaura. Their big order finally comes in: to cook a big batch of cupcakes for their friend Tate's wedding. Too bad that the bride-to-be, Christie, is a total meanie (and it's not just because she's getting married)!
But when Mel goes to talk to the bride about the cupcake flavors for the wedding, she discovers Christie dead! Mel becomes the prime suspect. She has to find out who really did it, before she ends up in jail, and/or her business goes out business...
Rockin' Review:
Technically, this is supposed to be a cozy mystery. But I'm not sure it's really worth the cozy part... but I'm new to the whole cozy theme, so don't depend on me there.
This book didn't get into the mystery part right away, but when it did, it did! The book was more heavy on the mystery, though it could do with a little work. We didn't really get to the clues until the end. But the main plot was stuck heavily with solving the mystery before everything crashed for Melanie.
It was well-written, and I highly enjoyed it. It didn't do as good a job as the Cats, but this first installment of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series was still very good. I enjoyed it. It's a book worth getting, especially if you want something more dependent on the mystery!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Curiosity Thrilled The Cat
Title: Curiosity Thrilled The Cat
Author: Sofie Kelly
Rating: Five Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Kathleen is a librarian of Mayville Heights, Minnesota. She moved in only a couple of months ago. She is working on restoring the old library there.
But when she discovers a dead body, she becomes a major suspect in the murder. And to add to this stress, her two adopted cats, Owen and Hercules, are displaying unusual powers. They'll have to help her solve this mystery...
Before things get truly hairy for Kathleen!
Rockin' Review:
AWESOME! This was a totally terrific book! This first book of the Magical Cat Mysteries is definitely a keeper!
This was my first cozy mystery. And it was a wonderful choice! The only true trouble I had was keeping track of who was who (cozies tend to have big crowds all at once), but that was me. I don't do terrific with those (even for my favorite TV series The Transformers gave me trouble keeping track who's who!). But even I started learning who's who.
But the story was extremely well-written, and great! It had the mark of a wonderful book: it made you come back for even more! It wouldn't let you go. You hated it when life forced you to put this book down, and you would find yourself wanting to come back to it only a little bit later. It's like the magnet, and you're the metal.
And it didn't have the Of Blood And Honor problem, where the ending stunk. In fact, the ending had a fun little twist!
DEFINITELY get this book! It's totally rockin'!
Author: Sofie Kelly
Rating: Five Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Kathleen is a librarian of Mayville Heights, Minnesota. She moved in only a couple of months ago. She is working on restoring the old library there.
But when she discovers a dead body, she becomes a major suspect in the murder. And to add to this stress, her two adopted cats, Owen and Hercules, are displaying unusual powers. They'll have to help her solve this mystery...
Before things get truly hairy for Kathleen!
Rockin' Review:
AWESOME! This was a totally terrific book! This first book of the Magical Cat Mysteries is definitely a keeper!
This was my first cozy mystery. And it was a wonderful choice! The only true trouble I had was keeping track of who was who (cozies tend to have big crowds all at once), but that was me. I don't do terrific with those (even for my favorite TV series The Transformers gave me trouble keeping track who's who!). But even I started learning who's who.
But the story was extremely well-written, and great! It had the mark of a wonderful book: it made you come back for even more! It wouldn't let you go. You hated it when life forced you to put this book down, and you would find yourself wanting to come back to it only a little bit later. It's like the magnet, and you're the metal.
And it didn't have the Of Blood And Honor problem, where the ending stunk. In fact, the ending had a fun little twist!
DEFINITELY get this book! It's totally rockin'!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Iron Sceptre
Title: The Iron Sceptre
Author: John White
Rating: Three and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
When Mary joins her cousins in Winnipeg due to trouble at home, she didn't expect a trip to another world! Mary meets Gaal, and then heads to Anthropos! Shortly afterward, her cousins Wesley, Kurt, and Lisa head to this magical land themselves.
A witch named Mirmah is trying to take over Anthropos, and she needs King Kardia's scepre to do it. Kardia's fighting hard, but it is the four children who have to go and stop her...
But with Mary under the witch's rule, will Anthropos really be saved?
Rockin' Review:
Eh... not bad, but not terrific either. It was well-written, but the story was one of those iffy cases. They also forgot to really explain an important item (SPOILER): why did King Kardia's sceptre try to get away from him in the Enchanted Circles? I presume they thought they had explained it, but it made no sense to me.
And the ending wasn't terrific as well. It seemed a little... stretched. The problem was, the book was well-written, so it didn't really seemed stretched either. That's just confusing, and confusing a reader isn't a splendid idea.
And it was more of an relaxing read. You didn't get gripped all the time. On the positive side, the ending tried to nab you, and the action scenes did the same. But it could have been done better.
So this wasn't a bad book, but, so far, it's not the best of this series either.
Author: John White
Rating: Three and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
When Mary joins her cousins in Winnipeg due to trouble at home, she didn't expect a trip to another world! Mary meets Gaal, and then heads to Anthropos! Shortly afterward, her cousins Wesley, Kurt, and Lisa head to this magical land themselves.
A witch named Mirmah is trying to take over Anthropos, and she needs King Kardia's scepre to do it. Kardia's fighting hard, but it is the four children who have to go and stop her...
But with Mary under the witch's rule, will Anthropos really be saved?
Rockin' Review:
Eh... not bad, but not terrific either. It was well-written, but the story was one of those iffy cases. They also forgot to really explain an important item (SPOILER): why did King Kardia's sceptre try to get away from him in the Enchanted Circles? I presume they thought they had explained it, but it made no sense to me.
And the ending wasn't terrific as well. It seemed a little... stretched. The problem was, the book was well-written, so it didn't really seemed stretched either. That's just confusing, and confusing a reader isn't a splendid idea.
And it was more of an relaxing read. You didn't get gripped all the time. On the positive side, the ending tried to nab you, and the action scenes did the same. But it could have been done better.
So this wasn't a bad book, but, so far, it's not the best of this series either.
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Wishsong of Shannara
Title: The Wishsong of Shannara
Author: Terry Brooks
Rating: Two and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
This time, it's Wil's children who gets hunted down by Allanon! The stakes are as high as ever... but this time, the target is much larger! With the magic of the wishsong, Wil's daughter Brin has to destroy the source of dark magic itself! When the evil Mord Wraiths come about for Allanon afterward, Brin's brother Jair is set off on an adventure of his own...
But there's much more to this adventure. With terrible prophecies, will Brin and Jair make it out at all alive... or as themselves?
Sizzilin' Summary:
I'll go as far to say that this book is worse than Elfstones! The story was well-written, which is why it got the half-guitar, but the story just wasn't enjoyable. Except for a few parts, it didn't catch you and keep you in. Even the ending wasn't great... only a few parts of the ending kept you in. Bad news is, the wishsong is supposed to stay during the most of the Shannara books, so you'll have to read this to keep reading Shannara.
I suggest looking up the wishsong on the Internet, or getting a friend to tell you if you're keeping with the Shannara series, because this is one book that I wouldn't suggest for reading!
Author: Terry Brooks
Rating: Two and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
This time, it's Wil's children who gets hunted down by Allanon! The stakes are as high as ever... but this time, the target is much larger! With the magic of the wishsong, Wil's daughter Brin has to destroy the source of dark magic itself! When the evil Mord Wraiths come about for Allanon afterward, Brin's brother Jair is set off on an adventure of his own...
But there's much more to this adventure. With terrible prophecies, will Brin and Jair make it out at all alive... or as themselves?
Sizzilin' Summary:
I'll go as far to say that this book is worse than Elfstones! The story was well-written, which is why it got the half-guitar, but the story just wasn't enjoyable. Except for a few parts, it didn't catch you and keep you in. Even the ending wasn't great... only a few parts of the ending kept you in. Bad news is, the wishsong is supposed to stay during the most of the Shannara books, so you'll have to read this to keep reading Shannara.
I suggest looking up the wishsong on the Internet, or getting a friend to tell you if you're keeping with the Shannara series, because this is one book that I wouldn't suggest for reading!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Of Blood and Honor
Title: Of Blood and Honor
Author: Chris Metzen
Rating: Four and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
The paladin Tirion Fordring had believed that the Orcs were mindless, cruel savages. But an act of honor and compassion from an old orc changes all that. A series of events then happens that will change Tirion's life forever... will his scared honor survive?
Rockin' Review:
One good book to another! This book was wonderfully written. As I said before, good authors make their audiences feel things. This is what happened to me. But I believe I felt all the right feelings. I felt fear and horror when Tirion's world fell apart. I felt relief when he held his honor and did the right thing. This book kept me stuck, and when life forced me to put the book down, I didn't want to.
Some of you might ask, "Then why isn't this a five-guitar?" The answer, put simply, is that the ending could have been done a lot better. We never truly found out if Tirion had a happy ending. There was a slight hint, but that answer was never truly answered. That ending was what cost this book a half-guitar.
Despite that, this was an extremely good book. True, it was short, but who cares? This book was rockin', even with that ending problem. Get this book, especially when you want that extremely good little book!
Author: Chris Metzen
Rating: Four and a Half Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
The paladin Tirion Fordring had believed that the Orcs were mindless, cruel savages. But an act of honor and compassion from an old orc changes all that. A series of events then happens that will change Tirion's life forever... will his scared honor survive?
Rockin' Review:
One good book to another! This book was wonderfully written. As I said before, good authors make their audiences feel things. This is what happened to me. But I believe I felt all the right feelings. I felt fear and horror when Tirion's world fell apart. I felt relief when he held his honor and did the right thing. This book kept me stuck, and when life forced me to put the book down, I didn't want to.
Some of you might ask, "Then why isn't this a five-guitar?" The answer, put simply, is that the ending could have been done a lot better. We never truly found out if Tirion had a happy ending. There was a slight hint, but that answer was never truly answered. That ending was what cost this book a half-guitar.
Despite that, this was an extremely good book. True, it was short, but who cares? This book was rockin', even with that ending problem. Get this book, especially when you want that extremely good little book!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Alanna: The First Adventure
Title: Alanna: The First Adventure
Author: Tamora Pierce
Rating: Five Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Twins Thom and Alanna of Trebond want to be different things: Thom, a magician, and Alanna, a knight. But their father has different plans. Second "But": Alanna has a plan! Alanna disguises herself as a boy, Alan, and the two twins switch places!
Alanna heads for the palace, but she's to learn that its not easy to become a knight. And she learns also that she must learn to use her magical Gift. And it isn't very easy to hide your gender either!
Very soon, a test is going to come along... will Alanna have what it takes to win and save her friend Prince Jonathan?
Rockin' Review:
This was a very rockin' book! It was well-written, and the story was enjoyable, even if it wasn't action-packed every minute. Get this book if you find it: it's totally rockin'!
Author: Tamora Pierce
Rating: Five Guitars
Sizzilin' Summary:
Twins Thom and Alanna of Trebond want to be different things: Thom, a magician, and Alanna, a knight. But their father has different plans. Second "But": Alanna has a plan! Alanna disguises herself as a boy, Alan, and the two twins switch places!
Alanna heads for the palace, but she's to learn that its not easy to become a knight. And she learns also that she must learn to use her magical Gift. And it isn't very easy to hide your gender either!
Very soon, a test is going to come along... will Alanna have what it takes to win and save her friend Prince Jonathan?
Rockin' Review:
This was a very rockin' book! It was well-written, and the story was enjoyable, even if it wasn't action-packed every minute. Get this book if you find it: it's totally rockin'!
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