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Tom Felton: Beyond the Wand (2022, Grand Central Publishing) 4 stars

From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton's adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to …

“Shooting a Quidditch match…was a slow, painstaking, bum-numbing process.”

4 stars

Reading this book was not! It’s even more HP-centric than the title implies, and that was just fine with me. (I’m glad to find it can still be enjoyable when not a certain someone is not involved!) Loved hearing Tom’s thoughts on Draco and his cast mates (especially his fellow duck Emma Watson), and his wise words regarding mental health. Draco really did turn out good in the end. 💚

Mariah Carey: The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Hardcover, 2020, Andy cohen books) 4 stars

All over my elegant fresh linguine. Nooooooo!

5 stars

You know what, Bookwyrm might be better than Goodreads simply based on half stars and not dictating what each one represents.

Anyway, super impressed with the audiobook. There’s moments where Mariah’s as campy as can be, and others where you hear her voice break as she bares her soul. Oh, and she sings! Songs from her albums that this casual radio listener wasn’t familiar with, but it’s fascinating to hear them as she tells the stories that inspired her lyrics. Highly, highly recommend.

Dodie Smith: The Starlight Barking (Egmont Classics) (Paperback, 2003, Egmont Books Ltd) 2 stars

When they awake to find that every living creature in England, except the dogs, is …

Review of 'The Starlight Barking (Egmont Classics)' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I read the first one last year just to get to the sequel, which I’d heard was totally bonkers. Let me tell you, the 102 Dalmatians film where Cruella is literally baked into a cake is not even half as bonkers as this.