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Last Active: Nov 16, 2018 Rickstrong23 (216 KP) rated Sixteen Candles (1984) in Movies
Jan 5, 2018
The Initiation (Nightmare Hall #14)
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High on the hillside overlooking Salem University dit’s Nightingale Hall. Nightmare Hall, the kids...
All That is Hidden
Book
"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the...
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Movie Watch
Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday ... if...
The Breakfast Club (1985)
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Five high school students—a pampered girl, an athlete, a geek, an introverted outcast, and a...
Coming-of-age Teen High school Clique Coming of age Brat Pack
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated A Dastardly Plot in Books
Oct 16, 2018
Plenty of Peril to Keep the Pages Turning
New York City is gearing up for the 1883 World's Fair, and Molly Pepper is hoping her mother, Cassandra, will be able to snag a spot in the inventor's hall to show case some of her amazing inventions. However, when the spot is given to a man - again - Molly and Cassandra devise a plan to break into the Inventory's Guild. That's where Molly stumbles upon the plans to sabotage the opening ceremonies. Who is the villain? Can Molly stop them?
The book starts out a little slowly, some of which is introducing us to the new characters and new series. Once the plot got going, the pacing certainly improved, and we got some fun twists that kept the pages turning. The climax introduced some new threads, and I can't wait to find out what happens next as the series continues. The characters are strong, and the real and fictional rubbed shoulders with ease. I did feel the book stopped at times to lecture us on equality - an important topic to be sure - but it felt like it slowed things down briefly when it came up. This new series has a slight Steampunk element to it, and I really enjoyed that aspect of it. I also enjoyed the pages at the end that told us about some of the same real people and events that underpinned this fictional world.
The book starts out a little slowly, some of which is introducing us to the new characters and new series. Once the plot got going, the pacing certainly improved, and we got some fun twists that kept the pages turning. The climax introduced some new threads, and I can't wait to find out what happens next as the series continues. The characters are strong, and the real and fictional rubbed shoulders with ease. I did feel the book stopped at times to lecture us on equality - an important topic to be sure - but it felt like it slowed things down briefly when it came up. This new series has a slight Steampunk element to it, and I really enjoyed that aspect of it. I also enjoyed the pages at the end that told us about some of the same real people and events that underpinned this fictional world.