Category: Book review

Review: An Enchantment of Ra..

First, a note: if you know me at all, you know that putting the word “Ravens” on anything is going to get my attention. Ravens are beautiful, intelligent, and they remind me of Edgar Allan Poe. I’m going to the Pickerington Public Library Young Adult Book Festival in October, and I realized that I hadn’t […]

September 14, 2018
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Waistcoats and Weaponry by G..

Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carriger

4 Nuts Once more, unto the dirigible! Though, oddly most of this book takes place on a train of all things! While not my favorite book in the series, WAISTCOATS AND WEAPONRY is one hell of a wild ride. If you want drama, this is your book. W&W has more twists and turns than a […]

September 14, 2018
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Curtsies and Conspiracies by..

Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger

5 Nuts So here we are again, back in the Parasol-verse. Since I marathoned the audios I figured I should do the same with the reviews! Book 2 in the Finishing School Series picks up a year or so after the first and is perhaps even better. This may have a bit to do with […]

September 13, 2018
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Etiquette and Espionage by G..

Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

4.5 Nuts Other than the short THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WEREWOLF THAT WASN’T… this first book in the Finishing School series is also the first book in the entire Parasol-verse by Gail Carriger (chronologically). While each of the series can be read separately, they are each part of a larger universe spanning decades in […]

September 12, 2018
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#Fashionvictim by Amina Akht..

#Fashionvictim by Amina Akhtar

TENS ACROSS THE BOARD. Holy SHIT. this is THE year for awesomely psychotic (and fashionable) serial killer books. first #Murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil (which i loved, see review ), and now September’s #fashionvictim. Anya St Clair would do ANYTHING to be best friends with Sarah Taft — even if it means killing anyone who gets […]

September 11, 2018
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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

3.5 Nuts If I had to identify the book or series that was my gateway into dystopia it would have to be this book and this series. One summer back in high school, I think I was a Freshman, I spent and entire summer reading an average of 3 YA books a day (having nothing […]

September 10, 2018
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Bunnicula and Friends Series..

Bunnicula and Friends Series by James Howe and Jeff Mack

If you know anything about me and the books from my childhood I still love to this day, you know that anything Bunnicula related tops that list. Sadly when I was a kid I had no idea these existed, except that I had a few of them in the form of a book of plays. […]

September 7, 2018
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Mistborn: The Final Empire b..

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson- Audio

4.5 Nuts If I had to describe MISTBORN in one sentence it would be this: SIX OF CROWS for adults. Darker, grittier, and much slower pace-wise, MISTBORN certainly can be read by a YA audience but only those who are up for a lengthy journey. There’s no explicit sex for parents to be worried about, […]

September 6, 2018
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Hocus Pocus and the All-New ..

Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel by AW Jantha

4 Nuts Note: I debated for a long time when to post this. Right after release (I got the book a few days before, no time to finish it right away)? In October for a Halloween thing? I decided on early September, partially because it took so long to get through part one (I’ll explain) […]

September 5, 2018
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The IF YOU GIVE…. Seri..

The IF YOU GIVE…. Series by Laura Joffe Numeroff- Past Picture Books

Most people born after 1985, the year IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE came out, remember this series fondly. Whether you only read the first book, the first 3, or had them all as a child, these books are still around and in popular memory today. As it stands today, there are somewhere around […]

September 4, 2018
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