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A few months before I graduated from college, I met Holley Gerth. Not in person. Through her book, You’re Already Amazing, but it was like we sat down day after day and talked about my dilemma. You know, what’s going to happen when I finish college. Will I continue working as an educational assistant and …
Magical realms call to me. You know it. You’ve seen what I like to read – and write. It’s no surprise that Becky Wallace’s The Storyspinner has been on my Goodreads to be read list for many months. In fact, each time I see the cover and read the blurb, I want to open the …
I am not a huge fan of vampire or werewolf stories. I loved the first book in this series and decided to invest in the whole thing. I will post my own complete review on this blog next week. My Amazon and Goodreads reviews are already live. Without further ado, I give you Book 4 …
I “met” author Clare Davidson at WANATribe in 2012. At that time, I read her first book Trinity and gave her my honest feedback. I picked up her second book, Reaper’s Rhythm, at the recommendation of another young adult author. It sat on my Kindle for several months before I finally read it. Not because …
Like several other fantasy series, I found this book because the author offered the first installment for free on Kindle. A book for free? I’m there. Two reasons I pushed this book to the top of my “to be read” list and the plethora of other books previously waiting on my Kindle: It is from …
Sometimes friends urge you to read a book, extolling it as classic or calling it riveting. When you open the cover, your expectations soar. A few pages in, you begin to wonder if you have the right book. By the end of chapter three, you can barely keep your eyes open. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak …
Coming to the end of a series always provokes mixed feelings. If we love the characters, we’re sad to see them go. Exciting plots make us anticipate the final climactic resolution. Or it might be anti-climactic. I read the first two books in Veronica Roth’s Divergent series in the Summer of 2012. At that time, …
After completing Michael Grant’s Gone series, I began wondering why I’m drawn to dystopian novels over vampire stories or other types of science- fictional fantasy. I happily read Divergent and Insurgent during the summer of 2012 and will most likely buy a copy of the third book, releasing in August. Since it is sitting in …
Since I reviewed Moira Young’s first novel here, I thought I’d check in with readers about the sequel. The series is called Dust Lands and it looks like it will be a trilogy. The book starts from Jack’s point of view, which is a good choice on Young’s part. He’s said to “betray” Saba in …
Apparently, the sequel is out (and the teacher I work with has it), so I felt this might be the perfect time to review Moira Young’s debut young adult novel, Blood Red Road. Since it’s a dystopian novel, I volunteered to add it to my reading list – even though I didn’t really have extra …