Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

1) Anticipation: The Christmas excitement is real, what book release(s) are you most anticipating? 2) Christmas Songs & Carols: What book or author can you not help but sing it's praises?  Sarah J. Maas--I know her writing still has it's flaws, but I love the worlds she has created. George RR Martin--Another amazing world builder and once you get into his novels you fly through them. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series--Do I have to explain? Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater-- This series so atmospheric and whimsical, and the writing style is amazing and beautiful. Marissa Meyer--Her worlds are so immersive and so far she has disappointed me. 3) Gingerbread Houses: What book or series has wonderful world building? The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. She takes our world creates an impressive war torn version of our it and you forget it's just a story. 4) A Christmas Carol: Favorite classic or one that you want to read Favorite: The Great Gatsby By: F.

I love stories that place in France whether it is historical or contemporary.  France is so beautiful and full of history.  I went there once when my sister was taking semester in Aix en Provence and spent spring break there.  I have a fantasy of going to France with my sister or one of my close friends, and backpacking across Europe. Books I Have that Take Place in France Les Miserables By: Victor Hugo Sarah's Key By: Tatiana de Rosnay The Paris Letters By: Janice MacLeod All the Light we Cannot See By: Anthony Doerr Revolution By: Jennifer Donnelly A Tale of Two Cities (half of the book is set in France) By: Charles Dickens Scarlet By: Marissa Meyer (second book in The Lunar Chronicles) Dragonfly in Amber By: Diana Gabaldon (second book in the Outlander series) The Paris Wife By: Paula McClain Paris by: Edward Rutherfurd A Good Year By: Peter Mayle Movies I Have Seen that Take Place in France Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables Ratatouille Passport to Pari

NON-Fictions I Want to Read John Adams by: David McCullough Writing is my Drink by: Theo Pauline Nestor Amelia: A Life of the Aviation Legend by: Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon Storm Against the Innocents: Holocaust Memories and Other Stories by Elly Gross, nee Berkovits The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook by: Deborah Bray Haddock, M.Ed., M.A., L.P. Psychoanalysis and Woman a Reader edited by Shelley Saguaro Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life by: Barbara G. Markway, Ph.D., and Gregory P. Parkway, Ph.D. Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost of Kate Morgan and the Hotel Del Coronado A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by: Therese Anne Fowler 1776 by: David McCullough Amelia Earhart: Last Flight  20 Hrs., 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship Schroder by: Amity Gaige Letter from Amelia: An Intimate Portrait of Amelia Earhart By: Jean L. Backus Walt Disney's Snow and the Seven Dwarfs: An Art in the Making Now Showing Unforgettabl

This was a good reading month, but not spectacular.  I actually haven't had spectacular reading months, but I have had a few really great reads.   Title                                                                                              Star Rating Mrs. Houdini   By: Victoria Kelly                                            ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars Above   By: Marissa Meyer                                             ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hauntings of Williamsburg, Yorktown,                             ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and Jamestown  By: Jackie E. Behrend Postern of Fate By: Agatha Christie                                         ⭐⭐⭐ Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger's Syndrome By: Luke               ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jackson Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire By: J.K. Rowling            ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Currently Reading: The Paris Letters by: Janice MacLeod, The Memory Keeper's Daughter by: Kim Edwards, IT by: Stephen King, East of Eden by: Jonathan Steinbeck, Cinder by: Marissa Meyer

Top 5 Nostalgic Book Boyfriends 1.      Jace from The Mortal Instruments by Casandra Clare.   I was totally team Clace when I first got a hold of The Mortal Instruments and I thought Jace was so sexy, but as I have gotten older I have realized Jace has a lot of character flaws I couldn’t deal with.   Simon Lewis is more my type, but I loved the broody guy, still do.   I think, because I have always been a sucker for stories where a girl has influenced a bad boy to change. 2.      I was so team Edward Cullen over Jacob, who in my mind was too immature.   I was like a lot of young readers and went through the Vampire phase.   Again, as I got older I realized Edward isn’t that great, and actually Jake isn’t either.   Both are controlling and possessive of Bella, of course Bella isn’t that great of a heroine either. 3.      Harry Potter from Harry Potter.   When I first read this series, I had a crush on Harry, but it was probably partly, because he was the main character.   I felt

Top 5 Problematic Favorites These are characters I don’t want to love, but can’t help but do.   Top five Wednesday is a Goodreads group that was created by Ginger Reads Lainey and is currently run by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes.   I tried my best on this topic, but I don’t know if I did it right.   Just like the other topic, I wanted to do, so I tried my best.   I will film a video for this tomorrow when I get home from work.   Time got away from me and I was thinking about how my dad was going to take me to BAM, so I could get some X-mas shopping down and buy The Lunar Chronicles.   Here are the links to the Goodreads group for topics if you want to participate and the link to Sam’s account: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpnjp7mgeQGdtesz5v6xY_A 1.      Scarlet O’Hara from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.   Scarlet is a selfish, vain, spoiled brat who has to always get her way, but she is also confident a

~Love 1776, a musical about the decision of independence in America. ~The film version stars William Daniels, from Boy Meets World, as John Adams. ~It is very witty and has catchy songs ~But it has long scenes of dialogue that can dry and boring. ~It's a fun history lesson.

Ratings of October Reads The Dream Thieves by: Maggie Stiefvater  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Dark Half by: Stephen King ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Vanishing Game by: Kate Kae Myers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Upside of Unrequited by: Becky Albertalli ⭐⭐⭐ The Dark Witch by: Nora Roberts ⭐⭐⭐⭐