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Audiobook Review: A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern
What a rewarding listen! Told from the perspectives of Emily and Belinda, listeners get a well-rounded experience of how both sides of this situation have fared. Most importantly, however, is how both girls, despite their differences, have far more similarities … Continue reading
Posted in Review, YA
Tagged developmental disabilities, high school, Pride and Prejudice, sexual assault
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Review: The Past by Tessa Hadley
It was slightly challenging to get into this read. First, there is a huge cast of characters. Four siblings, plus their families? So many names and relationships to keep track of. And then there is the formatting of novel: no … Continue reading
Review: Asylum #3: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
Let me start off by saying I adore everything about this trilogy of books (starting with Asylum and Sanctum). It has become tradition for me to read them during the October read-a-thon and feature them as part of Murder, Monsters & Mayhem. … Continue reading
Review: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
This is one of those books that should be handed out in middle school and high school. It is a book that every young person, female and male alike, should read. We all go through our battles with insecurity and self-identity. … Continue reading
Review at a Glance: Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash
Ron Rash is one of those authors whose work is known, yet not appreciated as it should be. He excels at exposing the dark and gritty parts of small town Appalachian life, yet infusing it with the genuine natural … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Fiction
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Audiobook Review: None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
When this audio was recommended to me, I was anxious and also exhilarated. I’m thrilled that this subject matter is making an appearance in young adult fiction. My concern was with the technical/medical aspect. Would the author get it right, … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Harper Collins Publishers, Harper Teen, Review, YA
Tagged intersex
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Review: The Wrong Man by Kate White
This is, without a doubt, one of those books that you pick up and read in one sitting. From the very beginning, White transfixes readers, captivating them with a demanding intensity from the start. Predictability is not a term you … Continue reading
Review: Love May Fail by Matthew Quick
What a motley slate of characters Quick creates! Both humorous and also heartbreaking, Quick uses these extremely flawed and damaged characters, all connected by one high school teacher, to provide a wholly rewarding and meaningful novel about love, loss, and … Continue reading
Posted in General Fiction, Review
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Graphic Novel Review: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Works cannot begin to relay just how much I adored this graphic novel. Where do I even begin? Nimona is a young, energetic, creative and spunky teenage girl. She’d like to think she’s there to save Blackheart, but it’s really … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novel
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