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Finished reading:
The mysterious Benedict society by Trenton Lee Stewart. Lemony Snicket with more pages and much, much less grim. This was so sweet and ridiculous and pleasant to read. I would have liked a touch more plausibility in "my child geniuses save the world from some very vague subliminal messaging that's apparently a threat?" story (I know, I know…) But I still read all the way to the end, and faced with nothing to read or the next one in the series, I tried to get the next one.
Currently reading:
The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart. I couldn't get book two, but could get the '5th-published prequel, that only contains only spoilers for book one,' so, sold! This is much better, or at least just as well written and much more grounded: this is the elderly Benedict of the first book as a 9 year old genius trying to dodge and outsmart the bullies at the orphanage, make friends, and solve a hidden treasure mystery, and I am HERE for it. At about half way through, It's a very, very cosy read so far.
Up next:
The house in the cerulean sea isn't available for many more weeks, sadness, but I have a witchy fiction book and a witchy non-fiction book incoming, I hope. Also the actual-second book in the Benedict series, maybe, if it comes back.
The mysterious Benedict society by Trenton Lee Stewart. Lemony Snicket with more pages and much, much less grim. This was so sweet and ridiculous and pleasant to read. I would have liked a touch more plausibility in "my child geniuses save the world from some very vague subliminal messaging that's apparently a threat?" story (I know, I know…) But I still read all the way to the end, and faced with nothing to read or the next one in the series, I tried to get the next one.
Currently reading:
The extraordinary education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart. I couldn't get book two, but could get the '5th-published prequel, that only contains only spoilers for book one,' so, sold! This is much better, or at least just as well written and much more grounded: this is the elderly Benedict of the first book as a 9 year old genius trying to dodge and outsmart the bullies at the orphanage, make friends, and solve a hidden treasure mystery, and I am HERE for it. At about half way through, It's a very, very cosy read so far.
Up next:
The house in the cerulean sea isn't available for many more weeks, sadness, but I have a witchy fiction book and a witchy non-fiction book incoming, I hope. Also the actual-second book in the Benedict series, maybe, if it comes back.