Wide-Eyed Reader

This was the first book I read for  The Reading Frenzy's  "Run Away With the Circus" July challenge, fulfilling the "Menagerie" prompt. You can read about the challenge in my last post! I really loved this book - it was an absolute delight to read, and I find myself already craving more! I have plans to order the next book in the series very soon. CHARACTERS Each of the characters in this novel gets their chance to shine and share their perspective, but the main character is Vasilisa - Vasya for short - the youngest child of her parents and a rather odd girl, who is referred to as anything from a witch to a wood spirit. She is a bit of a wild girl in her connection to the nature surrounding her home, but it is quite clear that she loves her family and the villagers, and wants to protect them in any way she can - that just happens to be by talking to the house spirits and those of the woods. I love her so much, and would gladly read much more about her. ...

So, as anther introduction to my blog as well as my reading habits, I thought I'd do a little top ten of some of my favorite books. Now, I have a lot more books I consider my favorites besides these ten, and you can check some of them out here . Now, let's get into the books! # 10: Jane Eyre This is one I've loved ever since I read it for school back in my senior year. Classics are iffy for me, as most of them I find overlong and boring, but I did not think so with Jane Eyre.  I found Jane interesting and a lot of fun to read about (not to mention relateable), and the book held me interested long past the point when I would have given up with other books. There were twists I didn't see coming, and some I did, and beautifully depicted characters and settings. All in all, I love Jane Eyre. # 9: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Yes, I know, everyone loves this book. Well, so do I! I read this one in high school too on a recommendation fr...