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Missing May
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Missing May

April 15, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 In my opinion, there is only so far a short story can really go. But Cynthia Rylant’s Missing May crosses that line. A

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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)

April 14, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 3/5 Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and

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Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)
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Dicey’s Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)

April 7, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 3/5 Dicey knew that she was sitting very still on a train, moving across the night. She knew her hands were wrapped around the

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The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)

April 5, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 1/5 This book had a confusing plot that made no sense and was written in a very dry and boring way. I didn’t like

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The Fault in Our Stars
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The Fault in Our Stars

April 4, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 2/5 ** spoiler alert ** Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters are two teenagers with terminal cancer. They fall in love at a Cancer Support

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Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
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Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)

April 2, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 5/5 The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion. In one terrifying moment of lucidity, I thought of

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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (A Series of Unfortunate Events companion)
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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (A Series of Unfortunate Events companion)

March 31, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 When I first saw that Lemony Snicket had an autobiography, I was intrigued. In fact, I was more than intrigued. His writing style

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Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)
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Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)

March 31, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 You seem to have the strength and resilience to go on. Isn’t that what sanity is? Nothing mattered out here. Nobody talked and

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

March 21, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 This book follows the life of an adolescent suffering from Asperger syndrome. He is the narrator and his name is Christopher John Francis

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Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of
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Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of

March 6, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

Rating: 4/5 Lemony Snicket is one of the best authors of all time. His philosophies from various books are collected here in this short book

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