Category Archives: YA

Review: To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

The spook factor is high with this one! Abandoned town, deadly mines, mysterious happenings.  All of these have my spooky senses tingling! Ames has crafted a truly terrifying setting.  Haunted mines that have defied the investigations of numerous paranormal investigators.  … Continue reading

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Review: Mary, Will I Die? by Shawn Sarles

I’m a sucker for urban legends. I recall playing this very game at slumber parties when I was younger, and scaring myself so much I was afraid to look in that mirror even during the day! While Sarles’ take on … Continue reading

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Review: The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of the summer-camp/sleepover camp trope! Johnson quickly overcomes any of the negative aspects in using such a popular setting for a mystery novel, however. She’s crafted characters for which readers … Continue reading

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How ‘They Both Die at the End’ by Adam Silvera Helped Me Deal with Loss

There’s a story about the the timing of my reading this title. I purchased this book during Small Business Saturday and it’s been in a pile of unread books since then.  I recently lost a dear friend to cancer. Terry … Continue reading

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Review: The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas

Cajoleas has created quite the sympathetic character in Clare.  Lonely in a small Southern town, with alcoholics as parents, her possession forged the only true “friendship” Clare had ever experienced.  Clare’s character is genuine and believable, a typical teen girl … Continue reading

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Review: If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Why yes, that summary was completely and totally vague.  I did it intentionally, for it is truly part of the experience of reading this book that the reader uncover that bit thing, that one moment, that changes Lena’s life forever. … Continue reading

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Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

I knew I had to own this book the moment I read about it.  Though this is a young adult novel, this is a book that MUST be read by people of all ages.  Starr’s experience mirrors much of what … Continue reading

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Review: The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak

I adored this book! A tribute to the 80s and the infancy of the computer age, this book had me reminiscing about my own youth.  This read was a breath of fresh air, so full of hope and innocence, the … Continue reading

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Audio book Review: Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan

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Review: Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Since November, I have been in the biggest of book slumps.  I have no problem losing myself in an audio book on my commute to work but when it comes to sitting down and reading a book, I’m hopeless. I … Continue reading

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