Showing posts with label ghost story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ghost story. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Summer read #15 My Plain Jane

By Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Hardback
447 pages
Owlcrate exclusive

A humorous, funny, paranormal take on Jane Eyre.
The protagonist, Jane, who sees ghosts, leaves the terrible orphanage to become governess for Mr. Rochester's little girl. Her best friend, a ghost, goes with her. Her other best friend, Charlotte Bronte, follows soon after.
Jane Eyre's experiences fuel Bronte's writing.
Also, there is some romance. And a bunch of fun allusions. And ghosts.
It was amusing, and a good read.

It switches point of view for different chapters, which is sometimes really annoying to me, but I didn't find troublesome or distracting here.

I'm looking forward to the author event this evening! Finished reading just in time!

Monday, June 25, 2018

Summer read #1 Rebel Spirits

By Lois Ruby

Middle grade
Scholastic Build a Box purchase
Paperback
292 pages

Some location inaccuracies.
A good ending to the love story.
Never going to read it again, but not bad.