by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 29, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy
Summary: One last full moon — then it will all be over.Jacob Marlowe has lost the will to live. For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime. Now, the last of his...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy
Summary: As a child, Rose Franklin made an astonishing discovery: a giant metallic hand, buried deep within the earth. As an adult, she’s dedicated her brilliant scientific career to solving the mystery that began that fateful day: Why was a titanic robot of unknown...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review
Summary: (abridged from The Bulls and the Bees)Twelve stories humorously recounted by a precocious child of the 1930’s who take a slightly skewed and often comedic view of the doings of those enigmatic adults around him. My take: 5 looks Originally reviewed...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Historical Fiction
Summary: Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in...
by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review
Summary: Go the Fuck to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book...