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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
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• The Woods Are Always WatchingCategories:
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- dream-invader
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- Harry Potter
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- Middle East
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Category Archives: Young Adult
Little White Lies, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I don’t usually buy books that I haven’t already read except under very specific circumstances (like knowing the author and their books very well). I’ve made an exception to that rule a few times over the last three years for … Continue reading
City of Nightmares, by Rebecca Schaeffer
From Goodreads, because this is hands down one of the most intriguing descriptions for a book that I’ve ever laid eyes on: Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been … Continue reading
Nine Liars, by Maureen Johnson (audio)
Stevie is struggling with her second year at Ellingham. Now that she’s solved her Big Case (and a few others), she’s not sure what to do next with her life. Most of her friends are applying to college, but Stevie … Continue reading
The Gifts That Bind Us, by Caroline O’Donoghue
After the traumas of spring, life is meant to go on as normal. Except now, Maeve and her friends are filled with burdening magic, stressed by separations and worries of the future, and suspicious of new activity from the extremist … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged divinity, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative, tarot
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Gallant, by VE Schwab
Olivia has no home, not among family, not at the girls’ orphanage/school where she’s begrudgingly given a place. She has no voice, can make no sound, and so the other girls and the matrons turn away from her. Then one … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, historical, portentous, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Horror Hotel, by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren
Elisa Lam meets Scooby Doo meets RL Stine. TBH, I’m not sure how this book got on my TBR, but it someone landed on my library hold list, possibly based purely on the cover. And somehow, I got the impression … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged circus horror, mini-review, revisiting, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Any Way the Wind Blows, by Rainbow Rowell
Book 3 of the Simon Snow trilogy, after Carry On and Wayward Son. I’m not going to say more, as that would give away spoilers from earlier in the series. Quick recap of my experience with the series up until … Continue reading
We Are Okay, by Nina LaCour
It’s Christmas break after Marin’s first semester at college. She’s not going home. She doesn’t have a home to go to. Her grandfather, who raised her, passed away right before she left for school, and nothing she had in her … Continue reading
A Trio of Cytonic Novellas
Over the fall of 2021, three novellas in the Cytoverse were released, co-authored by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson. The stories mostly happen between the second book in the main series, Starsight, and the third book, Cytonic, which also released … Continue reading
Fierce as the Wind, by Tara Wilson Redd
Imagine discovering that your boyfriend of two years has been cheating on you for the entire time, and is now leaving you for the other woman. Even worse, imagine discovering that you are the other woman. This is where Miho … Continue reading