Diaries of a Bibliophile

It all started one night when I decided to go to a Harry Potter event... at a bar. In all fairness, I didn’t know it was a bar, and there was enough cosplayers that it took me awhile to notice it was.  It was a good night. Geeky music, friends, and Sprite. A few hours go by and the place is packed with glazed gryffindors, hyper hufflepuffs, sozzled slytherins, and rambunctious ravenclaws.

Enters Colin Creevey. He had a perfect 10/10 cosplay. Camera, school robes, and over-eagerness down to a T. Swerving past a couple grinding in the corner, he makes a beeline for Dumbledore. Slipping under the dark lords gaze he is halfway there.  Too bad for him he underestimated the dancing radius of a  Patronus and dobby dancing and almost lost an eye on her antlers.

Just a fun break from all the murdery books that I have been posting as of late.

Henry is a kid who will do anything for chocolate. He eats it morning noon and night. Even in his mashed potatoes! But when he suddenly breaks out in strange brown spots, chocolate is the last thing on his mind. A trucker named Mac, a crazy doctor, and a heist.  Come join Henry as he runs through town trying to cure his chocolate fever. 

Have you ever wondered how G. William Tanner, the sheriff of a sleepy podunk town caught the most notorious serial killer in living memory? It all started the year a girl went missing. Nothing much of note. Most had though she had run away to the city to make a name for herself. But when a body of another girl turns up everyone starts pointing the finger at G William. With losing his wife to cancer and a election coming up. There isn’t much holding G William up, but you can bet that he won’t let go of this till he finds their killer and put them to rest. 

The third book in series of Jasper Dent. Jazz must run to survive. When bodies are dropping all around you, who’s left to be a suspect. The police are on his trail, everyone is looking at him as if he is a killer And jazz has to decide if it’s time to live up to his father’s expectations. Will he become a killer to stop the most notorious killers in living memories? While all this is happening can Jazz find out the truth even if it means questioning everything he’s ever known.

Maya is in a strange new world. She’s only thirteen and yet she is expected to decide the fate of so many. Transported to Paris after her father receives a fellowship, Maya must navigate the ancient city in order to find out the truth behind the facade.  With the help of her new friend Valko, Maya sets out down through the maze that is Paris. Amongst devious immortals, mysterious cabinets, and the promise of saving her mother what will become of Maya?

The sequel to “I Hunt Killers”. Jazz is back in the game. At the end of the last novel Billy Dent the most notorious killer in the world has escaped from prison. If that weren’t enough to handle, new troubles are popping up one after another. Detective Hughes has come running from New York to convince Jazz to help catch the Hat-Dog killer. Add in all the fact that Billy thinks it’s time that Connie met the parents. It’s one chilling surprise after another.

Jazz is the son of the most infamous serial killer in history William “Billy” Dent. Jazz is trying hard not to become just like his father, which is hard when everything around you makes a perfect serial killer and the only thing keeping you sane is a handful of people.  When a body pops up in a field just outside his hometown, Jazz know it is a serial killer. He couldn’t stop his father but Jazz will do everything to catch the killer terrorizing his town. Now if only anyone will believe him.

If you didn’t know that Howl’s moving castle was a book, ho ho ho, get ready to hold onto your socks, because they are about to get knocked off. 

It is considered to be a misfortune to be born the eldest of three sisters. Sophie is resigned to live out a boring life as a hat shop apprentice. That is until one day a witch curses her to appear as an old woman. Setting out on journey to figure out how to undo it she ends up in the castle of the great and terrible wizard howl. Some details are the same as the movie but this book is much more then just an origin tale of a Miyazaki film.  

Okay so I love anything to do with sherlock, and when a book comes up that not only involves secret societies, time travel, and kickass female protagonists, how can I say no?

I read this book for the first time when I was a little kid. It’s an amazing book about four sisters and a bit about their misadventures. The Penderwicks are on vacation. Out to a cottage next to a giant mysterious mansion where their imaginations can soar. Add in the boy in the window, a bull in a field, and an attic filled with treasures. These girls create memories to last a lifetime and bonds that can’t be broken.

The first time I read this book I left a bit of my heart with each of the characters I met in this book. It’s one that I come back to every couple of years. No matter how childish it may seem I love this book

Summary: Ollie is the cheeriest hermit you’ll ever meet. His two passions are: meeting new friends and anything with a charge. The only thing stopping him from going out into the world is his allergy to  electricity. 

Moritz is Ollie's opposite. He is a boy born without eyes. Though that doesn't mean he is blind. He is cynical about everything, including himself. This leaves him alone in the sea of people. 

These two become unlikely pen pals and even unlikelier best friends as they share advice and their pasts from opposite sides of the world. Watch as they decide what shape their future will take.

Let it never be said that I avoid heartbreak! I am a mess after reading this book. It tore my heart out and stepped on it and all I wanted to do was keep reading more.