Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

Again, this was written back on December 2nd, but scheduled for today because of reasons stated before.

I didn't mean to read this book. Honestly, I didn't. I had heard good things about it, sure, and I knew I wanted to read it at some point in the future, but I didn't think that would be today. Or yesterday, really, because I started and finished it on December 1st. But I was at the library to do something on the computers, and I can't go into a library without checking out the shelves, whether I plan on getting something or not. And then I saw Miss Peregrine sitting on the shelf.

It was like trying to resist a siren's song. So even though my current To-Read list is long and I have a little bit of order in what I plan on reading, I grabbed Miss Peregrine and checked it out. Again, I wasn't planning on reading it right away. I had two books on my urgent read list, and I wanted to finish those first before reading anything else. And on top of that I still had to finish my novel and start planning my novels for next year, so needless to say I was going to let it sit on my library shelf until I had a little more time.

And it didn't happen like that. After finishing City of Ashes, I was a little reluctant to jump right into City of Glass, which was at the top of my urgent read list. I needed a breather from all the bad similes and from Jace's jerk-ness. So I decided to start reading Miss Peregrine. I thought I could just read a handful of pages to get started. I didn't really know what to expect, because the blurb on the inside cover is VERY misleading.

So instead of just reading a little bit, I found myself devouring the book. I couldn't put it down. There was just something about the way it was written, something about the tone of the book that dragged me under like a riptide and refused to let me go. I was so enthralled by the book that -- even though I had a very important test in the morning that I needed to be well rested for -- I stayed up late reading until I finished it.

Part of it was the language. It was like a breath of fresh air after reading City of Bones and City of Ashes back to back. The language flowed so smoothly I never had to stop to wonder what I was reading or what the author was trying to describe.

The characters were believable as well. I felt like I could connect with the main character, Jacob, because he is an ordinary person -- to some extent -- and he had the reactions of a normal person.

The only real problem I had with Miss Peregrine was it was over too soon. Thankfully, book two -- Hollow City -- comes out in January.

Rating: Re-Readable. This is definitely a book I will be purchasing -- since I read it as a library book -- and I will probably read it again and again and again.

Have you read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? If you have, I want to hear what you thought about it! Tell me in the comments.

Thanks for reading!