The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year – Book 246

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Goodreads Blurb: Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.

There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: This book was an experience – but I can’t really tell you about it, without taking that experience away from you. So go out and buy this book now, and don’t look to the end, just enjoy the journey getting there😁

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Encanto by Angela Cervantes (Adapter)

Goodreads Blurb: Disney Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal–every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I’m going to do what I don’t usually do with my Goodreads reviews … I’m going to spoilerize. Because my God that ending … that ending … Mirabel gets her own door!!! Sort of.

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The Art of Encanto by Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones

Goodreads Blurb: MEET THE MADRIGALS: A magically gifted family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a miraculous house, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. This vibrant behind-the-scenes book explores Walt Disney Animations Studio’s latest big-screen adventure, Encanto, featuring colorful concept art, storyboards, character designs, and insights from the creative minds behind this beautiful film.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: I love concept art – it’s so beautiful but somehow this book takes the cake.

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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Goodreads Blurb: From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—”Scout”—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can be guided only by one’s conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context and new meaning to an American classic.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: You know what’s strange, for something that was written first this book only really works as an addendum to ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’. No, it’s not as good but I knew that going in so that wasn’t a shock. What was was the character that was killed off. I won’t say which one but if you read the book you’ll know and if you haven’t I wouldn’t want to rob you of that innocence.

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The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Goodreads Blurb: Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their baby daughter, Rose, is born, and the young family must face the hardships and triumphs encountered by so many American pioneers.

And so Laura Ingalls Wilder’s adventure as a little pioneer girl ends, and her new life as a pioneer wife and mother begins. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Don’t let the colourful, pleasant cover fool you – this is a miserable book. Someone tries to buy her first baby, her second baby dies, their house burns down, and her husband doesn’t keep the promise he makes to her at the beginning of the book. Which somehow I found the most galling thing out of all of it. Having said that, I did throughly enjoy this book, so there’s that.

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Troy by Stephen Fry

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Dam it Heracles! And other stories from mismanagement of Troy.

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A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

Goodreads Blurb: In the remote Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now, in 1137, the ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the sacred remains for his Benedictine order. Native Welshman Brother Cadfael is sent on the expedition to translate and finds the rustic villagers of Gwytherin passionately divided by the Benedictine’s offer for the saint’s relics. Canny, wise, and all too wordly, he isn’t surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder.

The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow, and some say Winifred herself held the bow. Brother Cadfael knows a carnal hand did the killing. But he doesn’t know that his plan to unearth a murderer may dig up a case of love and justice…where the wages of sin may be scandal or Cadfael’s own ruin.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Yes, I did like the book better than the show but that should probably go without saying. I think there’s something we loose in adaptions when we take out the possibility of the supernatural from them.

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This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

Goodreads Blurb: ‘Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married’.

But for four women in particular, the big news about the charismatic politician is especially momentous…

Stylist Lola has every reason to be interested in who Paddy’s marrying – because she’s his girlfriend, yet she definitely isn’t the bride-to-be … Journalist Grace wants the inside story on the de Courcy engagement and thinks Lola holds the key … while Grace’s sister, Marnie, still can’t forget her first love: a certain Paddy de Courcy. And what of the soon-to-be Mrs de Courcy? Alicia will do anything for her fiancé and is determined to be the perfect wife. But does she know the real Paddy?

Four very different women.

One awfully charming man.

And the dark secret that binds them all…

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: Just a fantastic book – but I’ll be honest I really hope this isn’t representative of real Irish politicians behaviour 😁

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Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves

Goodreads Blurb: When the Flemings–designer Helena and architect Daniel–move into a remote community in the north of Shetland, they think it’s a fresh start for themselves and their children.

But their arrival triggers resentment, and Helena begins to receive small drawings of a gallows and a hanged man. Gossip spreads like wildfire.

A story of dysfunctional families and fractured relationships, Inspector Jimmy Perez’s eighth case will intrigue series fans and Shetland Island newcomers alike.

(Goodreads Pages)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: The perfect ending to a series I never saw coming.

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Inside Out: The Junior Novelization by Suzanne Francis

Goodreads Blurb: Disney•Pixar’s Inside Out will take you to a place that everyone knows but no one has ever seen: inside the mind of an eleven-year-old! Once there, you’ll meet the five Emotions that know Riley best: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust! Also features eight pages of full-color scenes from the movie.

(Goodreads Page)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Goodreads Review: A fantastic retelling of Pixar’s Inside Out – doesn’t really add anything extra but when the story’s this good would you really want it to?

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