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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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Category Archives: Young Adult
Out of the Easy, by Ruta Sepetys
Spoilers. New Orleans, French Quarter, 1950s. Josie is the daughter of a neglectful prostitute, and is being raised mostly by the house Madam (named Willie) and a quarter-black taxi driver named Cokie. Josie is smart and dreams of escaping New … Continue reading
Meant to Be, by Lauren Morrill
Spoilers. Julia is a quiet, uptight swimmer/bookworm with few friends and a lot of idiosyncrasies. Jason is a popular, loud, obnoxious lacrosse player whom Julia despises. Unfortunately, the two of them are paired up for the duration of their 10-day … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged comfort, favorite, memorable, multi-read, reread
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Protected: Beautiful Darkness, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
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The Shadow Society, by Marie Rutkoski
Darcy Jones doesn’t have any memory from before she was abandoned at a Chicago firehouse when she was five years old. Since then, she’s lived in a string of foster homes, and has only recently stayed in one long enough … Continue reading
Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Ethan is having dreams about a girl he cannot see, a girl sinking into mud, that he can’t rescue. He doesn’t understand, and he doesn’t expect anything to change in his backwoods small-town Gatlin, South Carolina. But then Lena arrives, … Continue reading
Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer
Minor spoilers. In complete contrast to what I normally think about second books in a series, I not only enjoyed Scarlet as much as Cinder, but I think it improved Cinder in my mind. Scarlet is a retelling of Little … Continue reading
Protected: The Madness Underneath, by Maureen Johnson
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Posted in 2013, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged POC, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Girl of Nightmares, by Kendare Blake
This is the follow-up to Anna Dressed in Blood, which I enjoyed immensely last week. The second book was good, but I have to admit, not as good as the first. Some of the plot was very flimsy, as well … Continue reading
Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake
I went into this book expecting it to be nothing more than a fun, silly teen horror/thriller novel. That’s exactly what it ended up being, and I read it all in a single afternoon. The plotting was perfect, and the narrator … Continue reading
Level 2, by Lenore Appelhans
Necessary disclaimer: Lenore and I have met and hung out at several book functions, and know each other on Twitter, Facebook, through blogging, etc. Now that that’s out of the way, let me explain why knowing Lenore doesn’t at all … Continue reading
