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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
Tilly is such a delightful character to read about, she’s the perfect child heroin! She is adventurous and fun and she doesn’t always follow the rules, which is excellent because some very exciting things can happen when you don’t follow the rules.
This book takes off from where we left off in the first book as the mess that Chalk created is attempting to be cleaned up. Tilly has her mum back and has also made some interesting discoveries about her own heritage. This book follows fairytales and the dangers that are unfolding within them, but no one knows why or the full effect of this. Queue Tilly jumping into some of our most-loved fairytales and meeting characters like Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, which was all great fun to read about!
When Anna James plays with such familiar stories it’s interesting to see what she does with the characters, because obviously, they’re stepping out from their usual narrative arcs. With there being so many different versions of fairytales too, I enjoyed reading Anna James’ interpretations of them. She writes in such a lovely way when discovering these stories all over again in a different form.
I wish I had these books around me as a child because I would have adored them even more. Tilly is the kind of character I would have adored and looked up to and I love her friendship with Oskar. I think every book needs a dynamic duo like these too, they balance each other out well. I want to know so much more about the other characters in this book, like her Grandad and his time as a head librarian or her Grandma and her experience investigating fairytales.
Overall, this book was as ever a magical delight and I adored it. If you’re in the market for a Middle Grade adventure through books, this is the one for you!
This book takes off from where we left off in the first book as the mess that Chalk created is attempting to be cleaned up. Tilly has her mum back and has also made some interesting discoveries about her own heritage. This book follows fairytales and the dangers that are unfolding within them, but no one knows why or the full effect of this. Queue Tilly jumping into some of our most-loved fairytales and meeting characters like Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, which was all great fun to read about!
When Anna James plays with such familiar stories it’s interesting to see what she does with the characters, because obviously, they’re stepping out from their usual narrative arcs. With there being so many different versions of fairytales too, I enjoyed reading Anna James’ interpretations of them. She writes in such a lovely way when discovering these stories all over again in a different form.
I wish I had these books around me as a child because I would have adored them even more. Tilly is the kind of character I would have adored and looked up to and I love her friendship with Oskar. I think every book needs a dynamic duo like these too, they balance each other out well. I want to know so much more about the other characters in this book, like her Grandad and his time as a head librarian or her Grandma and her experience investigating fairytales.
Overall, this book was as ever a magical delight and I adored it. If you’re in the market for a Middle Grade adventure through books, this is the one for you!
I am absolutely LOVING and LIVING for these books. They may be geared towards the younger generation, but I however, absolutely adore them.
This world is amazingly creative, unique and full of fun and adventure. I borrowed this one from the library but I will be definitely buying myself a copy, or requesting a copy for Christmas.
The detail is amazing and I can clearly see so many metaphors hidden within this idea that we can wander into new worlds and old ones, that there are plot holes and characters from dual worlds and experiences.
Anna James is a new and upcoming author and she is definitely one to look out for. I can’t wait for her next one!
This world is amazingly creative, unique and full of fun and adventure. I borrowed this one from the library but I will be definitely buying myself a copy, or requesting a copy for Christmas.
The detail is amazing and I can clearly see so many metaphors hidden within this idea that we can wander into new worlds and old ones, that there are plot holes and characters from dual worlds and experiences.
Anna James is a new and upcoming author and she is definitely one to look out for. I can’t wait for her next one!
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed this second book in the series!
I feel like these books are on the older side of middle grade with all of the world building and betrayal from the different characters that takes place in this book. We get to see the darker side of book wandering and there are a lot of politics from the underlibrary.
Tilly is also standing up to the adults in her life a lot more in this book and she also makes a couple questionable decisions.
The fairy Tale jumping reminded me of the show Once Upon a Time where everyday people traveled to fairy tales and had to save the real world multiple times. In this book Fairy Tales are very dangerous to bookwander too and Tilly and Osker are warned many times not to travel into them but of course they don't listen. There are a lot of crazy things happening when they visit these stories and there is a new villain who is working with Chalk. They are all responsible for what is happening to the Fairy Tales.
It is up to Tilly and her friends and family to figure out a way to stop what is happening but the new head Librarian is trying to put a stop to it and change book wandering as we know it!
I feel like these books are on the older side of middle grade with all of the world building and betrayal from the different characters that takes place in this book. We get to see the darker side of book wandering and there are a lot of politics from the underlibrary.
Tilly is also standing up to the adults in her life a lot more in this book and she also makes a couple questionable decisions.
The fairy Tale jumping reminded me of the show Once Upon a Time where everyday people traveled to fairy tales and had to save the real world multiple times. In this book Fairy Tales are very dangerous to bookwander too and Tilly and Osker are warned many times not to travel into them but of course they don't listen. There are a lot of crazy things happening when they visit these stories and there is a new villain who is working with Chalk. They are all responsible for what is happening to the Fairy Tales.
It is up to Tilly and her friends and family to figure out a way to stop what is happening but the new head Librarian is trying to put a stop to it and change book wandering as we know it!
I have fallen in love with thid series, can’t wait to get my hands on nr 3
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A cute follow up to The Bookwanders I thought this one was much more intriguing from the story perspective though (and please take this with a glacier of salt) I got really annoyed by some of the choices Tilly made in this book. I got annoyed because they were childish decisions however considering Tilly is a child and this is a book written for middle grade aged persons I cannot really fault it for that. I do also have to give kudos to the fact that I’m invested enough in these characters to have actually gotten annoyed about it in the first place. The maybe only drawback is that if you haven’t read the first in the series I don’t think this one will make much sense. There is a tacit understanding that you’ve read and remember most of the first book which I think is why the intrigue is better there not much exposition to get the uninitiated up to speed. On one hand I completely appreciate that from a narrative standpoint and on the other it means if I were to have picked this up first I wouldn’t have enjoyed it nearly as much. That being said I’m still looking forward to the next installment of Tilly and Oskar’s adventures.
The narrator for the audiobook is delightful and just as last time really gave a bit of extra flare to an already wonderful story. I would highly recommend the audiobook.
The narrator for the audiobook is delightful and just as last time really gave a bit of extra flare to an already wonderful story. I would highly recommend the audiobook.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
What a magical trip down to wonderful fairy tales.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No