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The Lost Story By: Meg Shaffer
Inspired by C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, two boys who society would never expect to be friends get ‘lost’ in the woods together. After being miraculously found, no one knows how they survived, why they came back or where they were while they were missing. I was excited to read another Meg Shaffer book after…
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Ninth House By: Leigh Bardugo
Welcome to New Haven – a place riddled with grays (ghosts) and magic galore. Instead of frat houses, we have magic houses. Instead of basements filled with beer pong, we have tombs and rituals. (Just kidding, beer pong is there too.) Alex is scooped out of her dejecting life and given the oppurtunity to join…
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The Violence By: Delilah Dawson
Following three abused women in unprecedented times as they attempt to escape their abusers and survive. Let’s start off with, I was not expecting that. I again, didn’t read anything about this book in advance before picking it up and was pleasantly surprised. The author’s note in the beginning felt odd. I can see it…
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THE WHISPER MAN BY: ALEX NORTH
A reluctant 3 stars.This one was a hard one for me to review. The writing really bothered me for some reason. The writing felt very fluffed. There was a lot of internal thinking that didn’t add anything to the story. The sentences didn’t seem to flow well. I just felt that while I was reading my…
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TELL ME EVERYTHING: THE STORY OF A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION BY ERIKA KROUSE
When I started reading this book I didn’t realize it was non-fiction. As you know, I normally ‘wing it’ with books and try not to research or look too far into to them before starting. I’d rather just dive in. Which is what I did with this book. I DOVE RIGHT IN. It started out…
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THE CHANGE BY KIRSTEN MILLER
For me, this book didn’t do it for me. Honestly when I picked this book up to read I had no idea there was such a strong ‘feminism’ angle. I mean, the men are bad and women are badass thoughts are literally jammed down the reader’s throats. It’s aggressive and off putting. Sadly, that’s…
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HAWK MOUNTAIN BY CONNER HABIB
A great opening scene that sucked me in right away. I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this book but when I finished it, I wasn’t sure if I was really expecting … that. This is gory. VERY gory. Like stomach turning gory. It was hard to read after awhile and when…
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