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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 UnitCategories:
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Category Archives: Young Adult
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
Cytonic, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)
In this third volume of the Skyward series, Spensa and M-Bot are stuck in the Nowhere, off on an adventure to learn more about 1) the creatures that want to destroy them, and 2) the nature of their selves. I’ve … Continue reading
The Cousins, by Karen McManus
Twenty-five years ago, the Story children were suddenly cut from the family with a cryptic note from their mother: You know what you did. Except they don’t, or at least they claim that they don’t. Now, another inexplicable letter from … Continue reading
Any Sign of Life, by Rae Carson
Paige is one of the first to succumb to a deadly wave of flu. She falls into an addled sleep, only to wake up six days later to an entirely different world. She’s malnourished and dehydrated, none of the utilities … Continue reading
One Great Lie, by Deb Caletti
Charlotte has won the scholarship of her dreams, to spend her summer in Venice with a writer’s group under the tutelage of one of her favorite authors, Luca Bruni. Things are more complicated than they first appear when she arrives, … Continue reading