This was a surprisingly deep read. I borrowed this book thinking that it was going to be about murders and haunted dollhouses (which it is), but I didn’t expect the touching depiction of life with a mentally challenged sister that was also inside. In The Dollhouse Murders, Amy temporarily moves to her Aunt Clare’s home… Read More The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
After reading The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, I was pretty excited to continue the rest of the series. The only thing was that I read the first book – The Mysterious Benedict Society – six years ago and only remembered that I really enjoyed the book (present me tsks at past me). So it… Read More The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
I know this is far below the age-range of books I normally read, but I have a huge soft spot for Enid Blyton (given that she’s one of the main reasons I love reading so much) and when I saw this collection of three books with stories I haven’t read, I just couldn’t resist. These… Read More The Secret of the Lost Necklace by Enid Blyton
When talking about children’s accounts of Nazi Germany, Anne Frank’s story is the one that’s most familiar to me. I have, however, belatedly found another story: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. The author, Judith Kerr, based this on her own childhood: her famous anti-Nazi father, their sudden flight from Germany, and their life moving from… Read More When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
I was at a secondhand book fair when I saw this and despite the fact that it’s been six years since I read The Mysterious Benedict Society, I remembered enjoying the first book enough to pick up the prequel. Plus, there’s something fitting about the fact that I found both books at second hand stores… Read More The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
I heard about this book from Krysta at Pages Unbound and it sounded really interesting so I hunted down the nearest library copy. As expected, I was not disappointed. The Letter Tor The King starts with Tiuri keeping vigil. This is the last task that he has to do before he becomes a knight. But… Read More The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
For a post that’s going to be mainly pictures, this took a long time to be posted. I first saw this book at the Popular Book Fair last year and knew I had to buy it immediately. The premise of the book is simple: quotes from Roald Dahl. Given that Roald Dahl was a huge… Read More How Not to Be a Twit and Other Wisdom from Roald Dahl
I’ve always said that the reason of the SEA Reading Challenge was to find more mystery, fantasy, and other genre books set in SEA and by SEA authors. So when I heard about Dangerous Island, I knew that it fit the bill, even if I was a bit older than the target audience. Dangerous Island… Read More Dangerous Island by Maranna Chan
This was one of the books that I temporarily forgot the title of. However, a visit to the school library helped me to find the book (I actually found it by going to the shelf where I thought it was from and looking through all the titles). While I didn’t have the time to read… Read More The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill