Review: Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Loved this take on the story of Cinderella! Haddix definitely puts a different twist on the story, and shows a girl using her brain!!

Review: A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Romances of American Pioneer Christmases

A Log Cabin Christmas: 9 Nine Romances of American Pioneer Christmases by Margaret Brownley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Most of the stories in this collection were good ... some of them simply "wrapped up" way to fast. I find this to be an issue a lot of times with short stories. The author needs to wrap the story up and finish it so it can be a short story, but there really needs to be more in order for things to flow naturally.

Review: The Girl in the Gatehouse by Julie Klassen

The Girl in the Gatehouse by Julie Klassen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was a good book, although not the best by her that I've read. It took me a long time to get into this one, and to figure out why the main character had been "banned" from polite society in the first place (which may have been the author's plan ...)