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    Review: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

    by Becky May 15, 2018
    by Becky May 15, 2018

    Story: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo written by Jill Twiss and illustrated by E.G. Keller is the story of a lonely bunny. Marlon lives with his grandfather, the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence. On this day however, …

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    Review: Lily and the Octopus

    by Janna May 9, 2018
    by Janna May 9, 2018

    A few of us Literary Quicksand writers are members of the Girly Book Club, an international book club that brings together ladies all over the world. If you’re interested in joining a chapter, or starting your own, click here. April’s …

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    The Hate U Give: Book Discussion

    by Rachel May 8, 2018
    by Rachel May 8, 2018

    I’m not part of a book club in real life and sometimes I come across a book I just NEED to discuss with fellow readers! So, I started writing “Book Discussion” posts in hopes of creating a mini virtual book …

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    Review: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

    by Caleigh April 22, 2018
    by Caleigh April 22, 2018

    All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood is the story of a young girl named Wavy, and her life in the very broken part of the Midwest. Born to criminal drug-dealer parents, Wavy is used to fending for …

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    Review: True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness

    by Joli April 17, 2018
    by Joli April 17, 2018

    The subtitle of this book is A Feminist Coming of Age, which is what intrigued me, and I’m glad I ended up picking this one up! To put things in perspective, I had just finished Pachinko, which is a great …

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    Book Review: The Fox Hunt

    by Caleigh April 17, 2018
    by Caleigh April 17, 2018

    First of all, I have to say thank you to Joli for choosing me to review The Fox Hunt, by Mohammed Al Samawi. So many of my passions and “bookish interests” came together and made reading Mohammed’s book a privilege. …

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    Review Roundup

    by Caleigh April 1, 2018
    by Caleigh April 1, 2018

    Review Roundup: My mini book reviews of January & February We girls at LQ read a LOT of books. Sometimes we write full reviews, but sometimes, especially for older novels that were published not very recently, it makes more sense …

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    Review: 1,001 Ways to Be Creative

    by Joli March 28, 2018
    by Joli March 28, 2018

    I had to get this book because I loved Kipfer’s 1,001 Ways to Slow Down (review here). To start, I have to say that a book like this is hard to review! It’s primarily a list of ideas for things …

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    Review: Worth Killing For

    by Amber March 27, 2018
    by Amber March 27, 2018

    First of all, I had no clue Worth Killing For was the 3rd in a series. With that said, I didn’t feel like I missed a beat about the main character, Julia Gooden. She’s a crime reporter for a Detroit …

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    Review: History of Wolves

    by Joli March 25, 2018
    by Joli March 25, 2018

    I bought this book at Barnes & Noble because I had a coupon. I was a kid in a candy store, walking around, picking out a book to buy. I don’t just go out and buy a lot of new …

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