pickOne thing about me: I love a T. Kingfisher novella—and this delightful, warm-hearted, and downright disgusting romp of a fantasy captured my heart!
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pickOne thing about me: I love a T. Kingfisher novella—and this delightful, warm-hearted, and downright disgusting romp of a fantasy captured my heart!
Another Banned Book, reason- it shows the elf‘s butt. My daughter absolutely loved this book when she was little. She thought it was hilarious & silly that you could see the elf‘s backside. How people get from something like a part of anatomy that we all have to the point that it‘s pornographic is beyond my level of comprehension. It‘s a silly story & when read in silly voices that‘s all it is. I feel bad for kids who are denied the silliness of
pickBit of whiplash from the tone shift, but I did love the story that was told.
Not sure how much of this is really a spoiler, but covering the themes involved does mean talking about the plot.
The nine goblins truly define 'ragtag bunch':
The 'whining Nineteenth' division of the Goblin army consisting of long-suffering leader Nisilka, the female goblin sergeant; 1/?
pickIsabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil, by Oliver Darkshire (2025)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Premise: The fates of a dysfunctional married couple take a turn when they come into possession of a wizard‘s grimoire.
Review: It took me three tries to get into this witty fantasy novel, but once I finally settled in, I was blown away by the incredible attention to detail the author put into it. ⬇️
so-soThis was fine, very pleased with its own cleverness, but fine.
so-soI swung from ☺️ to 🙄, wildly throughout this - I‘m perhaps not cut out for cozy fantasy but I‘m also just not here for stories that are driven by men feeling entitled to women‘s care & labour (in this case, the hapless Mr Nagg & well, the basil plant). Also not quite enough character depth & everyone except Grimalkin the not quite cat was hard to root for. There was some lovely moments & I really did enjoy the authors narration of the audiobook.
pick3/5
Isabella Nagg acquires the local wizard's magic book and begins a journey to change her generally unpleasant life as the wife of an unsuccessful farmer who she doesn't particularly like to something new and magical.
There were many things about the book that I loved: Goblins being a type of fungus, Bottom the talking Donkey, and the grimalkin. There were some pacing issues, but I still thought it was a fun and engaging book.
#netgalley
💙 Indoors - We had elaborate Barbie play. Big family trees, backstories, lots of drama, VERY soap-operatic. Outdoors - CAPTURE THE FLAG! So many great memories of playing this in our neighborhood.
💙Book - Someone got me a copy of Outside Over There when my sister was born. It had quite an impact, but also creeped me out! Movie - The Wizard of Oz. I loved when it was on TV once a year - we always made it a big event.
#wondrouswednesday @eggs
