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36/50 The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
Basically the story of the frog prince with a slight twist. Maybe I've been spoiled by other children's books that can appeal to all ages, but The Frog Princess felt shallow. The author has a pair of pet frogs named Emma and Eadric (which double as the names of the protagonists) so I can see how she might have thought, one day, that it would be cute to write this story for her children or something. I don't think I'm interested enough to read the sequels.
37/50 The Looking Glass Wars: Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
Second book of The Looking Glass Wars, based roughly on Alice in Wonderland and The Looking Glass except more fantasy epic, I guess. After defeating her Aunt Redd in the last book, Queen Alyss has to deal with her misogynistic neighbor King Arch and the return of her aunt. The entire trilogy isn't very substantive, but I think it's pretty. It's like a meaningless action movie, where the characters fall in love and die, but the audience doesn't care. I'm wondering why this is a book in the first place (a movie is supposedly in the works).
Next: Kabul Beauty School, Peter and the Starcatchers
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Basically the story of the frog prince with a slight twist. Maybe I've been spoiled by other children's books that can appeal to all ages, but The Frog Princess felt shallow. The author has a pair of pet frogs named Emma and Eadric (which double as the names of the protagonists) so I can see how she might have thought, one day, that it would be cute to write this story for her children or something. I don't think I'm interested enough to read the sequels.
37/50 The Looking Glass Wars: Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
Second book of The Looking Glass Wars, based roughly on Alice in Wonderland and The Looking Glass except more fantasy epic, I guess. After defeating her Aunt Redd in the last book, Queen Alyss has to deal with her misogynistic neighbor King Arch and the return of her aunt. The entire trilogy isn't very substantive, but I think it's pretty. It's like a meaningless action movie, where the characters fall in love and die, but the audience doesn't care. I'm wondering why this is a book in the first place (a movie is supposedly in the works).
Next: Kabul Beauty School, Peter and the Starcatchers
Rest of My Reading List