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Favorite Reviews:
I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Bellweather Rhapsody
• Carry On
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• A Face Like Glass
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• Mockingjay
• The Monk
• Nekropolis
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The UnitCategories:
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Category Archives: Children’s
Tunnel of Bones, by Victoria Schwab
Cass’ family is next set to travel to Paris, where folks seem to be far more skeptical about the supernatural than they were in Edinburgh. If she thinks this means Paris is freer of ghosts, she learns otherwise in the … Continue reading
City of Ghosts, by Victoria Schwab
Ever since her near-drowning, Cass can see ghosts. In fact, her best friend Jacob is a ghost. She doesn’t know why she seems to have one foot on each side of the veil, but it doesn’t trouble her too much … Continue reading
Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor
From Goodreads: Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, twelve-year old Sunny is understandably a little lost. She is albino and thus, incredibly sensitive to the sun. All Sunny wants to do is be able to play football … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Children's, Prose
Tagged Africa, dream-invader, Harry Potter, POC, speculative
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The Empty Grave, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)
As this is the fifth book in the Lockwood & Co series, any description would necessarily give away series spoilers, and I don’t want to do that. Instead I’ll do my best to sing this book’s praises – and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, Children's, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, dream-invader, favorite, multi-read, RIP-worthy, speculative
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The Creeping Shadow, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)
Book 4 in the Lockwood & Co series. This review will have minor spoilers from previous books but no spoilers from this volume. So this book begins a few months after the abrupt end of The Hollow Boy. Lucy is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Children's, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, circus horror, favorite, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, by Jack Thorne
(based on a story by JK Rowling, and in collaboration with John Tiffany) Many years after the end of the Harry Potter series, a new story starts centered on the children of several characters of the original series. In play … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Children's, Drama
Tagged Harry Potter, revisiting, speculative, WTF moments
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Readathon: Folk Tales
During the Readathon, I read two collections of folk tales. The first, Nine Magic Pea-Hens, is a collection of 35 Serbian folk tales collected by Vuk Karadzic. The second, Alexander and the Golden Bird, is a set of 19 Danish … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Children's, Prose
Tagged classics, collection, humor, mini-review, readathon, speculative, translation, WTF moments
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