Candy Bunny Reader

  Aka books I want to give a second chance to read. These are books I either DNF'd, read but didn't like, or that I know I read but can't remember anything about.  Most of these I read or attempted to read before I started my blog.   Hopefully I end up liking or even loving these the second time around! 1. A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey 2. Again but Better by Christine Riccio  3. Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger  (first of a series) 4. Old School by Tobias Wolff 5. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 6. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 7. Chrissa by Mary Cassanova (an American Girl book, also a duology) 8. Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Z Brewer  (first of a series) 9. Love at First by Kate Clayborn 10. The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells 11. Mistress Pat by LM Montgomery  (sequel to Pat of Silver Bush , which I read last year) 12. To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers 13. Summer of Salt by K...

    The thing is, I tried watching the anime for this series several years ago, but I couldn't get into it. But now I am reading another one of the author's manga Sakura Saku , and I really like it so far! I thought it was about time I go back and give Io Sakisaka's most popular manga another chance.  Ao Haru Ride (or Blue Spring Ride in English) is about Futaba, who is actively trying to change her image ever since she entered high school. In middle school, she was unpopular with the girls because she was too popular with the boys. There was only one boy she actually really liked, and his name is Kou. But Kou moved away before she could tell him how she felt. He does come back to her high school, but he's changed a lot, and he thinks he can't rekindle the friendship he had with Futaba back in middle school.    At the same time, another girl in Futaba's class named Yuri seems to be getting the same treatment Futaba did back in middle school. Tired of seeing he...

  Have you ever had expectations for a book that were... just a little too high? Fun fact: I originally DNF'd (did not finish) this book a few years ago, but I decided to give it a second chance. Was it good the second time around? Well... The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall is a middle-grade novel about four sisters (oldest to youngest): Rosaline, Jane, Skye, and Batty, and their father, spending the summer in a cottage that is part of the grounds of a huge mansion. They become friends with the landlord's son, named Jeffery. They love each other's company, but Jeffery's mom thinks that the Penderwick sisters are a bad influence on him, and she has other plans for her son that he doesn't like. Along with their adventures with playing in nature, and playing with the pet rabbits of the groundskeeper named Cagney, the Penderwicks try to help Jeffery deal with his overbearing mother. This sounded like something right up my alley, and I enjoyed it for the most part, but ...