Candy Bunny Reader

Everything I read in September! I read a total of 15 books! As always, I gotta know: how did your reading month go? Got any new all time favorites? As usual, there are links to any full book reviews if applicable. 1. Jane of Lantern Hill by LM Montgomery -4.5 stars 2. Spy X Family 3, 4, and 5 by Tetsuya Endo - all 4.5 stars 3. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa -5 stars 4. My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows - 4 stars 5. This Time it's Real by Ann Liang -3.5 stars 6. Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki - 5 stars 7. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo -5 stars 8. One Piece 5, 6, and 7 by Eichiro Oda -all 5 stars 9. Avatar: The Promise 1, 2, and 3 by Gene Yang - all 5 stars

This is the first book of the Mary series. Written by the same authors who wrote the Lady Janies series.  This is a historical fantasy book inspired the the life of Mary, Queen of Scots (our titular Mary) and Francis II (her husband), and other real life historical figures at the time that they worked with or were related to. Mary and Francis are two of our POV characters, still told in third person. There are also some made-up brand new characters related to real historical figures, and one of them is our third POV, Ari. She is the daughter of the famed psychic and apothecary Nostradamus. Ari is not super good at being a psychic, but she is a good apothecary. It takes place in the same world as My Lady Jane , the first book of the Mary series, where everyone is either and Ethian (someone who can turn into an animal) or a Verity (those who cannot turn into animals). The Ethians and the Verities are always in conflicts with each other. In Scotland where our titular Mary is from, a...