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The writing style reminded me of The Girl Who Drank the Moon. I liked the main character, but almost everyone else fell flat for me. I couldn‘t bring myself to care about the Smallcove villagers, and their audio narrations were annoying. I really didn‘t appreciate how the other apprentice‘s storylines were handled either. Overall a good winter read, but a little bit of a letdown.

I'm currently in the middle of .. many new books, but since my brain is all tired and worn, all I wanna read are old favorites. So here we are. Again.

I found this lil gem by accident 2016 and have reread it every year. I love the bookshop, the animals, the weird undercurrents. 👾📚

This book was well written, well paced, and had just the right amount of humor and action. (Plus the main character‘s best friend is a magical bookstore.) I cannot wait to give it to the kids to read.

I bought this on a whim at my youngest‘s school book fair and started reading it this morning... my expectations weren‘t high... but man... so far at about 1/3 in it is really quite excellent. It is well paced, interesting, funny and even believable. I can‘t wait to hand it over to the kids, they are going to love it!

Cute middle grade read with a wizard's duel obviously inspired by T.H. White.

Synopsis: All Nick wants is a place to shelter from the blizzard that he gets caught in. He ends up at Evil Wizard Books run my the 300 year old wizard Smallbone.. who won‘t let him leave
Review: I really enjoyed this book! The characters were very well written and I loved how the bookshop itself was a character (a very bossy one) Overall this book had an interesting plot and it had amazing characters (including a very angry cat named Hell Cat)

This was unexpectedly lovely, it never moves at a great pace but I found the pay off worth while. It reminds me somewhat of the magic that Diana Wynne Jones books weaves over me. Really excellent ending and ridiculously photogenic cover 😍

I've been reading when I should have been packing...

Starting to feel slightly nervous about tomorrow 😅✈️

Nick didn't believe in wizards, evil or otherwise.
Not in the real world and certainly not in Maine.

Starting this one on the drive up to cottage country with my niece #longweekend

How amazing is this cover!!!

Do I have to go to work today?

While I was waiting for the Ariana Grande presale to start (needlessly as it turns out as little sister was so excited that she beat me to it 🙄) a box from the book depository arrived (so being at home and swapping onto the late shift has still been beneficial for me)

Hey Littens! Does this get better? We are in chapter 2 and just not feeling it.

Got a boatload of new books! It's hard to decide which one to start first. My expectations were completely met including a B&N gift card.

I finished this book this morning. I can't even remember where I heard of it, but it basically is just a fun fantasy that plays with magic and classic fantasy novels. The blurb mentions T.H. Whyte. I actually was thinking it reminded me of The Sword in the Stone. (That's the name of the Disney movie, right?) I had a lot of fun with it. I really should read more from the author in general because always like her stuff. #dogsoflitsy #catsoflitsy

Reading in bed #photoadaynov16 #catsoflitsy

A good book to set the mood during a raging snow storm. Elegantly written and with a solid plot and characters. Major criticism lays in general lack of diversity, even in gender. Female characters are present but aren't given an equal footing, and the term "Evil Wizard" is bandied about without real explanation, which makes it a little void of meaning. Still a very recommendable book.

It's early yet, but really enjoying this fantasy for kids thus far.