I hate to admit this, but A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier has made me regret those days where I wished for the flu so I could be out of work for a couple of days without touching my vacation time — I always have this cushion of sick time. Lucier’s debut has made me realize […]
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier | Book Review
March 23, 2014
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Boys Of Blur by ND Wilson | Book Review
March 22, 2014
It’s really hard for me to turn down a book that’s got comparisons to Holes and Maniac Magee, those were kind of the books that defined middle school for me. Boys Of Blur by ND Wilson was not quite the page turner I was expecting but it was one of those books that as I was reading it, […]
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Under The Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Giveaway
March 16, 2014
Thanks to Penguin, I have the privilege of being able to give one of you a hardcover of Under The Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald, a new middle grade book that’s getting some pretty good reviews. Here’s the rules: Use the rafflecopter. You must be 13 years of age or older. This is restricted to those […]
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Stay Where You Are And Then Leave by John Boyne | Book Review
March 16, 2014
John Boyne’s Stay Where You Are And Then Leave is a quiet gem of a book. To me, it does not shout with action or over the top prose, instead it whispers a subtle story of family and love where you lean in to hear and listen just a little bit harder than you normally would. […]
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The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston | Book Review
March 15, 2014
There are some books where mileage may vary depending on the reader, where it’s kind of hard to universally recommend or not to everyone. The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston is a middle grade fantasy book where I’m on the fence about it. See, I typically love middle grade books that are fantasies and have […]
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Noggin by John Corey Whaley | Book Review
March 14, 2014
By all accounts and purposes, I probably shouldn’t like Noggin by John Corey Whaley. I am one of those people that occasionally has a hard time with weird concepts. The premise of Noggin is that Travis Coates has his head cryogenically frozen and wakes up five years later attached to the body of Jeremy Pratt and has […]
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