Category: Opinion
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*Book Review* Attack of the Black Rectangles- A.S. King
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Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write. Everyone in town knows and fears Ms. Laura Samuel Sett. She is the town watchdog, always on the lookout for unsavory words and the unsavory people who use them. She is also Mac’s sixth-grade teacher. Mac and…
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It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 9/19/22
Good morning and happy Monday. Happy banned books week! I hope you all are reading and suggesting some banned books to readers. I’m wearing my Read Banned Books shirt at the library hoping to get some readers to read something that makes others uncomfortable. This week I plan on reading a book that won a…
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*Review* The Depths- Nicole Lesperance
A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next. Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it’s more like a prison. Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother’s honeymoon, Addie isn’t thrilled about being trapped there…
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*Release Day Book Review* Woman, Eating- Claire Kohda
A young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch. Lydia is hungry. She’s always wanted to try Japanese food. Sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside – the food her Japanese father liked to…
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*Book Review* Beware & Behold (Casting Shadows #2)- Dziyana Taylor
Beneath the roots of weeping willows, The dead lie shackled in their graves, Above the tombstones their voices bellow, Shattered glass of long forgotten days. When the Gate closes and Derek vanishes into the Portal instead of a demon, the doctors are desperately trying to save Rebecca’s life behind hospital doors. It’s a miracle that…
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It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 2/21/22
Good morning and happy Monday. I took last week off from blogging because I’ve been busy working 12 hour days. I did still read last week and I so highly suggest Anatomy by Dana Schwartz. I instantly loved that book and it was so worth the read. This week I plan on reading a book…