Brandi

I sobbed. You will sob. You will not regret it.

I honestly will not shut up about this book and how amazing it is. 

Eowyn Ivey evokes raw emotion from the reader so well that from page one you are hooked on this bittersweet tale. 

If you like a good tale about relationships and how they evolve and what love really means, then this is the book for you.

If you like the magic of a good fairy tale woven through the rough shod atmosphere of 1920 Alaska, then this is the book for you.

If you're just not sure what to read next, this is the book for you!

Best book I've read in years. Honest.

As a huge Harry Potter fan let me just say how proud I am of J.K. Rowling for proving that she is such a talented and versatile author with this book.

While the story and intended audience are about as far from the world of Potter as you can get, J.K.'s voice is so present here. Yes, it's a big book, but it reads just as quickly and easily as the largest Potter works did.

This must be my year for books about relationships, because this is another work that, through brutal honesty (or is that cynicism?), addresses the multi-tiered and overlapped relationships and politics in a small British town.  A lot of the ugliness of life is addressed and it is done with a dash of wit that keeps the book from being outright depressing a times.

This really is a great book and I would invite everyone to drop any assumptions or preconceptions they may have about it and give it a try. You'll end up liking the change, I promise.

Cute book. Cute for kids.

Honestly, it was very reminiscent of the Wimpy Kid series; right down to the illustration style. It’s the tale of Timmy Failure, his pet polar bear and their detective agency. Told from the slightly delusional point of view that is Timmy’s view of the world, there were times I had to keep reminding myself to read this through an eight-year-old’s eyes.

This is a great. clean book perfect for early readers. It reads quickly and does have a good moral lesson when you really get down to it. Definitely going to be recommending this to parents once it hits our shelves this spring.

I just really want to know whether the polar bear is real or imaginary. Could someone contact Mr. Pastis and find out for me? Thanks.