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The Bestest and Rubbishest Reads 2024: How Does "A Court of Thorns and Roses" Rank?
A ranking of the best and worst reads in 2024. Including "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" and "A Court of Thorns and Roses."
Dec 30, 20244 min read
Review of "Kololo Hill"
4 / 5 Stars. Ugandan expulsion of Asian immigrants in 1972. Dramatic, personal, complex, and nostalgic.
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Review of "We Are Not Free"
5/5 Stars.This was a novel I didn't want to put down. The narrative has an easy, vintage vibe with spunky, noble, honest, passionate voices.
Jan 23, 20212 min read
Review of "Chase: The Boy Who Hid"
2.5 / 5 Stars. YA sci-fi novel boasts an appropriate tone and humorous moments, but fails to sensitively depict its diverse characters.
Oct 21, 20202 min read
Review of "A Song of Wraiths and Ruin"
Brown’s commitment to give young adults a story with real meaning is exactly the lofty height to which all YA authors should aspire.
Jul 19, 20203 min read
Review of "Ambushing the Void"
This collection is an honest, gritty representation of the light vs. dark, love vs. fear dualities of life, told in sharp, unflinching style
May 22, 20202 min read
Review of "The Gatekeeper's Notebook"
Book review of the newly released drama/suspense novel by author Sahar Abdulaziz, "The Gatekeeper's Notebook."
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Review of "The Sacred Art of Trespassing Barefoot"
In early 2000s Hawai’i, getting by is a way of life. The islands mirror the Hawaiians’ isolation; but there's beauty and grace among the ash
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Steaming Down the Track: "An Engineered Injustice"
You don’t take your time reading this series. You speed through it, eyes inadvertently skipping ahead, curiosity uncontained.
Jul 1, 20192 min read
"Songbirds and Stray Dogs": Advance Review
Jolene is the very incarnation of the Southern idiom "bless your heart." Meanwhile back at a different ranch, Chuck has problems of his own.
Jun 2, 20192 min read
Why I Love/Hate "The Golden Compass"
And I loved these books. But I hate these books. But I love them. But I hate 'em.
May 13, 20194 min read
Review of "A Criminal Defense" by William L. Myers, Jr.
4 / 5 Stars; Legal Thriller This book's got me rockin'. It may take longer than the duration of this review to get my thoughts straight...
Mar 25, 20193 min read
Review of "The Golden Compass"
5 / 5 Stars; Middle-Grade Fantasy I've had a special place in my heart for this story since I first saw the movie several years ago....
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Things I Learned Not to Do from "Black Duck"
Recently I've plunged myself into reading a certain genre of novel--young-adult historical fiction--for research purposi. I'm writing a...
Feb 4, 20192 min read
Review of "Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart: Teen Edition" by J.D. Greear
4 / 5 Stars; Christian Nonfiction This is not my best trait, but I tend to be snarky and critical of many things in Christian culture. I...
Jan 20, 20193 min read
Review of "Facing the Sun" by Carol Beth Anderson
4/5 Stars Not to insult the authors of other books I've read lately, but those novels were SO LAME compared to this debut novel by...
Nov 25, 20182 min read
Review of "Lethal White" by Robert Galbraith
3 / 5 Stars Context first: I am an unashamed superfan of Harry Potter (who knew?). Therefore, Robert Galbraith being a pseudonym for J.K....
Oct 14, 20182 min read
Review of "The Midnight Charter" by David Whitley
4/5 Stars I first experienced this book in audio while driving. The day after I finished the audiobook, I borrowed it from the library to...
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Review of "Written in Red" by Anne Bishop
4/5 STARS Interspecies relationships have been rocky from the start, especially because the Others consider humans their prey. When a...
Sep 28, 20182 min read
Review of "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
2/5 STARS Things I Learned While Reading "The Lightning Thief": -If your best friend eats tin cans, he's probably a goat -All it takes to...
Sep 27, 20182 min read
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