This book is absolutely lovely. Because there is a decent summary above, I won't bore you with another. :)

I finally requested this book because more than 7 people recommended it to me - I figured it was worth the read, and it was. I fell in love with the Kvothe's world, and his adventures were exciting. I normally like fantasy, but I haven’t read anything good in a while – this book reminded me how much fun a new magical world can be. Unlike a Harry Potter book, there wasn’t a clear plot with a super-planned build up, but I sort of liked the casual, stroll-like way that the story was told.

Anyway, I can’t wait to read the sequel, and I highly recommend this book.

Miss Mary Quinn is a 20-year-old female undercover agent living and working in London during the Victorian Era. Saved from the gallows by a school teacher, she was taught and later trained as a spy. This book documents a third adventure.

Miss Quinn, disguised as a chambermaid, goes undercover in Buckingham Palace to find who is stealing trinkets from one of the parlors. Little does she know that there are more troubles that she'll have to deal with, including the troublesome journalist Mr. Jones and a man who could just be her father. Mr. James Easton is back in the picture again, and he and the pipes he's working on won't make things any easier.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series - at least enough to request and read the second and the third. However, this one wasn't uber entrancing. I set it down and read a few books before I finished this one, and skipped around before I finished it. This book is good - entertaining, surprising, ect. - but not super special.

Kate Winters, a high school student, moves to Eden, Michigan so that her sick mother can die in her hometown. Through a complex series of mishaps, she meets Henry and agrees to go through a series of tests to try and save her mother’s life and the fate of the underworld. If she passes, Kate’ll become Henry’s wife. Kate agrees to do her best, but there are two catches – every other girl who has taken the test died and Henry’s still in love with his last wife.

While I finished this book, the plot was extremely weak. Mostly the book is about Kate angsting... for more than 100 pages. The characters were really flat, and there were too many happenstances for anything to really be explained. I would not recommend this book, but somehow it hooked me enough to read the sequel.

In Shannon Hale’s The Actor and the Housewife, Becky Jack, a Mormon housewife from Utah, meats Felix Callahan, a chick flick heart throb, and the two become best friends. They stay friends through mutual misunderstandings and snuffs, and both help each other through life’s struggles.

I enjoyed this book. It was sweet and funny. I read it because it was by Shannon Hale, and I definitely wasn't disappointed, but I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had kids. Or was married. Or in any way related to the heroine. It didn't have the ending that I wanted or was expecting, but it was probably more realistic for all of that. It was sad and adorable, but not my favorite of Hale’s books. IT ISN’T A FAIRY TALE STORY, so be aware of that. Um, I’m trying not to spoil, so I'll be done now...

I totally forgot that I watched this movie, but it was sweet again the second time I watched it. I found myself fast forwarding through some awkward parts (break ups, etc.), but the ending was sweet. It's a nice rom com, but it's definitely not my favorite. It's bittersweet take on love is a bit like (500) Days of Summer, but this one isn't quite as quirky and adorable. I really only kept watching it for Gigi and Alex's storyline, probably because I couldn't really relate to the others. Anyway, I gave it 3.5 stars. Enjoy!