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Book Review: Seven Wild Sisters
Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale by Charles De Lint is actually a companion novel to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest (which I never realized until after I read this one) and Seven Wild Sisters can easily stand on its own. Reminiscent of a classic fairy tale story, Sarah…
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The Iron Trial
I’m still battling a wicked cold/flu thing that forced me to spend time relaxing this weekend, which allowed me to get a lot of reading done! And boy, did it feel great! I finished The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare and read all of I am Malala:…
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Shiver Me Timbers…
It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day! And with that being said, here’s my (condensed) list of must-read pirate books! I could have gone on forever, but I’ll hold back and list only ten. Dirty Joe the Pirate: A Tue Story by Bill Harley You can’t go wrong when it…
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Book Review: Loot: How to Steal a Fortune
Loot is exactly what Jude Watson does best – action-packed, fast-paced and adventure wrapped up in a story you can’t put down. When March’s father, a notorious cat burglar dies on the job, March must finish one last job. His father’s dying words to March, “Find jewels,” and it’s only…
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Review: Boys of Blur
I heard about Boys of Blur on the Fuse #8 blog from School Library Journal about some books that the author (Elizabeth Bird) thought might be strong contenders for the Newbery Award for 2015. A slight novel, with less than 200 pages, Boys of Blur, packed a punch. With strong parallel…
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Turn Left at the Cow
What do you get when you combine a runaway teen to Grandma’s, a football star, a love interest, and the missing cash from a bank bugulary from many years ago? Turn Left at the Cow. When Travis leaves his in-love mom and new stepdad in California for his grandma’s house…
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The Shadow Throne
It’s been awhile since I posted a book review, but I finally got a chance to finish this trilogy! I absolutely loved The False Prince and plan on using it as a suggestion all summer long for summer reading. But, I personally, don’t find trilogies to be very strong. I…
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Almost Super
Almost Super was such a fun read! Marion Jensen did a great job of creating the very realistic Bailey family – with some amazing super powers, that is, except for Rafter and his brother Benny. The Bailey family has been saving the world from the super villains, The Johnsons (you always…
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The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone
This was definitley one of those books that I wanted to read as soon as I saw the cover! I’ve read a number of quotes comparing it to a mixture of Rick Riordan and Dan Brown, which I could definitely see, but it is also reminiscent of The 39 Clues series…
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Rooftoppers
Have you ever read a book that makes you pause because the writing is so beautiful? That’s how I felt reading Rooftoppers, I only got about 30 pages into the book before I had to post a quote to Twitter because it was so beautiful- “Books crowbar the world open…