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BOOK REVIEW: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

August 28, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (Mortal Instruments Series #2) Genre: YA, Fantasy City of Ashes is the second book in Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series.  You can read my review of the first book, City of Bones, here. Since the disappearance of her mother, and her own…

BOOK REVIEW: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

August 24, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (#1 in the Mortal Instruments series) Genre: YA, Fantasy The last thing Clary Fray expects to see when she heads out to the Pandemonium Club is somebody getting stabbed, but when the body vanishes into thin air and no trace of blood…

BOOK REVIEW: Thy Kingdom Come by Daniel Adorno

August 21, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Thy Kingdom Come by Daniel Adorno Genre: YA, Post-apocalyptic Dex Finnegan is one of a few survivors left on earth after a biotech virus (Navitas) laid waste to most of the human race and some of the animals, turning them into electricity-starved, feral versions of humans and dogs.…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #19

August 19, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Hi everybody! Welcome to our Kids Book Review Library Haul post! This is where I give you quick and snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library, so I don’t bother reviewing all the ones that were just…

BOOK REVIEW: Breaking Point by Kristin Simmons

August 17, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Breaking Point by Kristin Simmons (#2 in the ‘Article 5’ trilogy) Genre: YA, Dystopian Breaking Point continues the story begun in Article 5. You can read my review of Article 5 here. If you haven’t already read Article 5, consider yourself forewarned that parts of this review or…

BOOK REVIEW: Bittersweet by Colleen McCollough

August 14, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: Bittersweet by Colleen McCollough Genre: Literature, Historical Fiction In early 1920s Australia, two sets of twins undertake a studying program at the local hospital to become the area’s first registered nurses for varying reasons, but mostly to escape from the domineering thumb of their stepmother.  For Edda, the…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #18

August 12, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments
Hi everybody! Welcome to our Kids Book Review Library Haul post! This is where I give you quick and snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library, so I don’t bother reviewing all the ones that were just mediocre. I like to…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #17

August 5, 2015 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments
Hi everybody! Welcome to our Kids Book Review Library Haul post! This is where I give you quick and snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library, so I don’t bother reviewing all the ones that were just mediocre. I like to…

BOOK REVIEW: Fever by Lauren DeStefano

August 3, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Fever by Lauren DeStefano (#2 in the Chemical Garden series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Fever is the second book in the Chemical Garden series by Lauren DeStefano. You can read my review of the first book in the series, Wither, here. Since it is the follow-up book, I can’t…