This book teaches us about how we should be brave at a certain time. Owly and Wormy are 2 best friends who go on adventures and make new friends. Some of the friends they make are scared o Owly because owls usually eat those animals. But when Owly helps those animals they became his friends.

Easy to read

Good

I wanted to love this one more. There were many spots in the story that I connected with, but on the flip side I was never really grabbed by this book. I think my favorite part of this book was towards the end when the main character starts writing about her family's experiences, particularly with AIDS and the things that were unspoken of at that time. I wish that the writing was more fluid, but I found myself lost sometimes in what was currently happening and what was a flashback.

A really interesting and different world full of mystical magic and loving characters. The plot follows two magicians, working in a mysterious circus, bound to a challenge in which only one can win but as they fall in love everything around them begins to crumble into chaos.

The Throne of Glass series is one that will immediately become one of your favorites. It is a series that everyone recommends. After reading Throne of Glass you will want to read all the other books by Sarah J. Maas because of the creativity, magic, danger, and emotion that she puts into the books.

Good

This was such a page turner of a book. Not based on a true story (as I had originally thought) this book follows a daughter's struggle to turn her father in after he escapes prison. Though the turmoil starts well before when she realizes that her father abducted her mother at 14 and she is a result of his holding her captive. Now married with two children of her own, what decisions will she make to keep her own family safe from her father? Her cunning and wilderness upbringing will be tested in everyway as she tracks her father and ultimately makes a decision on what to do!

The way this book was constructed with the stories of several teens, so I can see how the voices seemed very different. However I still feel like the author could have made them more cohesive (even on their own) to really help us to feel the pain behind each of their accounts. I wish that I had enjoyed this one more, I always wonder about the stories behind those fleeing and seeking asylum.

I wanted to read this book ahead of the movie coming out to streaming platforms. This book was made even better by Mark Bramhall's narration. The story of how these boys, who came from simple working families, pushed through all skepticism and doubts pushing their way to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. At a time when many rowing teams were sons of lawyers, doctors and senators, these boys were not the ones with the training facilities and high caliber schools at their disposal. They rose above and worked extra jobs during summers to afford to enroll in school each year to be able to get another shot at being part of something even bigger than they even realized at the time. Please be sure to read through the epilogue as well. It gives you a deeper understanding of the time period and how poignant this particular Olympics was.