Candy Bunny Reader

A cool reimagining of Pinocchio! This is the second book I have read from John Claude Bemis ! The first one was The Prince Who Fell from the Sky , which I read and reviewed last year. You can read that review here .  The Wooden Prince is set in a world like ours, but where magic, magical creatures, and alchemy exists. The story is about a mysterious automa (basically a humanoid robot, but powered by alchemy) named Pinocchio. He was serving the doge (the leader) of Venetian Empire, but is one day locked in a trunk and sent away to a new master: a wanted alchemist named Geppetto. Pinocchio, unlike most automa, seems to be experiencing more human-like thoughts and emotions, and slowly over time is turning into a human boy. Geppetto wonders if his long-time friend, Prester John (and the king of a rival kingdom named Abaton) has something to do with it.  But as they are trying to figure out what's up with Pinocchio and find and rescue Prester John, they get separated, and Pinocchi...

  5 stars! I wanna watch the anime now! This final volume has Akko finding out something about Jasminka and her love of food, Constanze and her tricks to get her inventions to work, a favorite book author making a visit, and broom race that almost goes wrong but ends with a cool twist. 

  I do this tag every year! My answers to the previous 4 years can be found on the Navigation page.   

  Yes, it gets 5 stars . I think this one is my new favorite, actually. Honestly, of what I read so far, it's hard to choose a favorite because they are all so well written! 

  Y'know what time it is! I didn't read a lot this month but that's okay--quality over quantity y'all.   It's actually kind of hard to explain why I didn't like the original book version of Juliet Takes a Breath . 

  Yup, this is an ongoing series. Volume 16 gets 5 stars from me.  Yotsuba spends most of this volume on a hike with her dad and one of his friends. We also see her next door neighbor Ena's teacher for the first time, who is none other than Osaka from Azumanga Daioh (both series are written by the same author).