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And now it's ruined because she explained the supernatural joke I liked. Sigh...explaining things detracts from the humor. Either the reader gets it or not.

"The road so far" recaps. So she's a Supernatural fan as well as a Whovian. I like this Rysa Walker. She's my people.

I'm sensing a gun control analogy here. Subtle, but definitely there.

"It looked like at least some of the people in the crowd were singing along. As if they already knew the words somehow. That was more than passing strange." Self-aware book is self-aware, lol.

"Whoever has the gold makes the rules!" Trying to figure out if this just the use of an old adage or a Starkid Twisted reference. Also, this book is just Aladdin so far...

"Whoever has the gold makes the rules!" Trying to figure out if this just the use of an old adage or a Starkid Twisted reference. Also, this book is just Aladdin so far...

All of chapters 23 and 24 were stupid. Hatch is too cartoonish and the UN would never allow the crap he pulls in that section. And God, does Hatch like the sound of his own voice! Very poorly handled.

All of chapters 23 and 24 were stupid. Hatch is too cartoonish and the UN would never allow the crap he pulls in that section. And God, does Hatch like the sound of his own voice! Very poorly handled.

Oh my god. I'd forgotten how laughably and cartoonishly evil Hatch is. Lmao.

Oh thank god, with Ostin's random trivia and all the travel accommodations, I didn't think there'd be time for a geography lecture. Fortunately, that piece of exposition was left in tact.

More thrilling road trip/hotel stay/restaurant/tourism action! What a great way to liven up after all that boring action and plot development. *eye roll*

I always have to remind myself that these books are written for middle school/Jr high. The topic is pretty serious and well-written, but the humor is aimed at children (understandably).

"He (the doctor) must have known she (Abigail) was taking away his (the sick Guy's) pain". Yes. Every doctor's first assumption when a teen girl won't let go of a guy's hand is "she must have magic analgesic powers." Bit of a stretch, there...

Clever little Frozen reference. Disney commodities, combine!

Last book! Let's do this! Woo!

Last book! Let's do this! Woo!

I don't remember his wife being quite this bitchy in the book. She was more depressed and jaded. She's hateful in this. Weird character change to make...

The ability to memorize a 15 minute conversation in a foreign language your first time hearing it? Yeah, that skill doesn't exist. I don't buy it.

Oh my god, this family is insufferably modern. No one in proper regency society would have behaved like this in the home of a stranger! So ridiculous.

I'm concerned as I own these books and I had high hopes but the tone and attitudes are just so not regency. Please don't tell me my books will be sold unread...

Ok, this would be 20 times better if she'd stop breast feeding a 5 year old. Grosses me out.

This book is a real test of patience for a person who doesn't like children. And then he IDs one of the many reasons I don't: "when I like something, I want it always." In response to Ma saying she's read a book too many times. I HATE that. Get bored!

Open up! Here's comes the moral lesson! *moves the spoon like an airplane* vroom! Coming in for a landing! Moths! Cult members! Prisoners! Life is wrapped in neat little bows...gobble it down.

"How interesting! This is so much better than science! Evolution is wrong! Praise the Lord!" That sentence, while hilarious, is totally out-of-character for Minnow. She was a cult member. Her views on science and religion are skewed, to say the least.

Awesome representation of a librarian, for the win!

Rashida's reason for faith matches mine (although I'm more agnostic). Faith as a common sense CYA thing. What does it hurt to believe?

I'm really hoping that I can't predict the ending now. I want them to throw me for a loop and completely surprise me, but I'm not holding out hope.

Well. this is a refreshingly new approach to a main character. I like it. :) handless prisoner trumps giddy teen love interest any day.

The blasé attitude of the media is chilling but so so accurate. "Can we get in touch? Give us info! We feed on tragedy! Wait, disregard the last part..."

Oh no. This is going to be one of those forcibly diverse books, isn't it? One where you wonder if they had a checklist of every major race/religion/clique/difference and just went through them one by one. That somehow always feels inorganic to me.