Thursday, March 14, 2019

A bookish adventure...

It's 1814. Napolean has just been exiled to Elba and 16-year-old Georgiana Fitzwilliam is facing her own exile to Stranje House. Which really isn't fair. She didn't mean to burn down her father's stables; she was only trying to formulate some invisible ink when things got a little bit out of hand. And now, for her crime of having a scientific and curious mind, she's being sent away to Emma Stranje's School for Unusual Girls. But Stranje House is much more than a reform/finishing school for unmarriageable young ladies. And Georgie is about to embark on her most exciting adventure yet.

"One thing I knew for certain. My life would never be the same. Maybe that wasn't such a bad thing. I glimpsed something, something shimmering with possibilities. Maybe, just maybe, Stranje House would be a way out of the tight-lidded box into which I'd been born."
There's A LOT to like about Kathleen Baldwin's A School for Unusual Girls. It's entertaining, and unexpected, and full of humor and romance. All the girls at Stranje House are exceptional in very unconventional ways:  from picking locks, to training rats, to making Holmesian deductions, to dissembling with a curtsy and a smile. I liked all five girls, especially Georgie and Tess. And I enjoyed all the secrets and spies, too. Stranje House is the place to be if you're looking for some fun and adventure. I can't wait to read the next installment in this YA series.

Happy Reading!

  

(P.S. Happy PI Day!) 


22 comments:

  1. This one sounds like a fun read! I love books which have a school setting. :)

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    1. I do too! It's one setting that I always find myself drawn to. :D

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  2. I never thought about it but I guess there must have been reform schools for girls in the early 19th century. I am afraid to find out what they were like but fortunately we have books like A School for Unusual Girls which agree sounds like a fun read. Love that pie!

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    1. It's a fun combination of historical fiction and spy adventure.

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  3. I'm intrigued--love the idea of a school for unusual girls and all of the things they learn! Picking locks would be such a fun course, but training rats might be a challenge. :)

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    1. The girls in this book are so much fun. I would totally want to be friends with all of them. :)

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  4. Training rats - how interesting. I've always been curious about this book. Great review.

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  5. This sounds like such a fun one! I've had my eye on it for awhile and your review makes me want to read it even more. :)

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    1. Hi, Ashley! I think you'd really like this one. :)

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  6. Secrets and spies and training rats? Sounds like a fun read :)

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  7. Stranje House sounds like a place I want to visit. At least via the book. This sounds like a lot of fun.

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    1. It would be a fun place to visit. And the characters in it are a lot of fun, too. :)

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  8. This has been on my TBR list since it came out! I need to bump it back up the to-read list, so I see it when I'm thinking about what to read next.

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    1. :D I sometimes feel like I spend half my life bumping books higher up on my To Read list.

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  9. This book sounds amazing! How have I had never heard of it before? Thank you for sharing about it :) Now, I have to get my hands on a copy ASAP!!

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    1. I think you'll really like it. It definitely made me smile.

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  10. I hadn't heard of this one before, but it sounds really good. I'm definitely going to check it out. Thanks for the rec!

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  11. It sounds really entertaining. I love this time period and it might be a book to my taste))

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