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Spells for Forgetting By: Adrienne Young
Emery’s life is turned upside down when her best friend is murdered, her boyfriend is blamed for it and suddenly disappears from this tight night, small community on an island called Saiorse. She thought she left the past in the past but then August, her ex-boyfriend, comes back to the island. Forced to face the…
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Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard By: Tom Felton
Unless you were living under a rock for the last 10… 20 years … you’ll know the name Harry Potter. Draco, excuse me, Tom, gives the fans a little more insight of what it was like in this whirlwind Harry Potter tornado in his ‘first chapter’ of his life story. Who can judge a book…
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The Bad Beginning By: Lemony Snicket
I tried to summarize this book, but felt the it was best to let the most clever, most truthful, most important author I have ever come across give you, reader, the summery. From the author: Dear Reader, I’m sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells…
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The River We Remember By: William Kent Krueger
In small town Minnesota, in 1958, Jimmy Quinn is found murdered. Obviously murder is always a big deal, but it becomes a bigger deal when the person suspected is Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As tensions rise, Sheriff Dern feels the pressure to…
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Heir of Fire By: Sarah J. Maas
Celaena has found her place in the corrupt castle, but is this forever? Where does she go from here? How much should she give up? Choal, fearing for her safety, sends her off to a distant land. A place she knows from her past. A place where she will have to face her truth. Her…
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Midnight in the Orchard by the Lake By: Matthew J. Sullivan
Soap Lake, famous for the largest lava lamp in the world. Or is it? Things aren’t what they seem in Soap Lake. Is TreeTop just a bedtime story to keep children in line? Or is it something more? Why do people keep dying? Why do locals not want people looking into their precious lake? These…
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Tress of the Emerald Sea
Tress, a self proclaimed unremarkable girl, sets off on an adventure to save her new love, who also happens to be the DUke’s son. Only one problem, you aren’t allowed to leave The Rock, where Tress grew up To put simply, I strongly disliked this book. It felt like a bad Disney show. I grappled…