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    Review: She is a Haunting by Trang Tranh Tran

    by Katie February 20, 2023
    by Katie February 20, 2023

    I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Trang Tranh Tran’s YA debut She is a Haunting. Read on for my review! Summary A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect…

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    Book Review: Highly Illogical Behavior

    by Jess October 20, 2022
    by Jess October 20, 2022

    I finished reading Highly Illogical Behavior in a matter of days. This emotion-packed story is sure to keep you engaged and invested in the lie of Solomon Reed. Keep reading for my review of Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey…

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    Book Review: Take Me With You When You Go

    by Jess August 8, 2022
    by Jess August 8, 2022

    Take Me With You When You Go tells the story of Ezra and Bea Ahern, a brother and sister who live a difficult life. When Bea runs away, she leaves an email address for her brother to contact her. The whole novel is told through a series of emails exchanged between the two siblings. Their abusive home situation is why Bea left in the first place, and Ezra is left to deal with their abusive stepfather and neglectful mother.

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    Book Review: Every Last Word

    by Jess July 17, 2022
    by Jess July 17, 2022

    Summary In Every Last Word, Samantha “Sam” McAllister lives her life with a secret. She has Purely-Obsessional OCD, a mental illness that causes her to live a life plagued with dark thoughts and obsessive behaviors. She doesn’t want her “perfect”…

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    Review: Pest by Elizabeth Foscue

    by Joli March 14, 2022
    by Joli March 14, 2022

    When I read a description of Pest by Elizabeth Foscue and saw Veronica Mars mentioned, my attention was immediately piqued. That show is awesome! Read on to find out if it really did have that kind of vibe. The Summary…

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    Review – Life Skills 101: Everything You Need, But Won’t Learn in School

    by Joli February 8, 2022
    by Joli February 8, 2022

    I have a really interesting, beyond-the-usual kind of review today. Check it out! Synopsis Growing up is a painful process for everyone involved. Teens want freedom, while parents want their kids to be responsible. Teens struggle with heartbreak, friendship troubles,…

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    Review: Midnight Sun and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

    by Jessica October 30, 2020
    by Jessica October 30, 2020

    Welcome to my Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!”  Previously,…

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    Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

    by Jessica September 28, 2020
    by Jessica September 28, 2020

    Welcome to the Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!”  I…

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    Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses

    by Brooklyn April 29, 2020
    by Brooklyn April 29, 2020

    This book was recommended to me by a friend and it is this book that pulled me out of my reading slump that I went through during university. I hadn’t had the time to pick up a book like this…

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    5 YA Books Without Romance

    by Liz March 24, 2020
    by Liz March 24, 2020

    They actually exist! When it comes to YA, regardless of the genre, the formula can start to get repetitive: Person A meets person B, they flirt, person A loses person B in some way or another, chaos ensues, person B…

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There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller’s mother, Rain, didn’t live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix’s life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain’s unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation.

Struggling with the loss, Phoenix comes across her mother’s suitcase—a memory box Rain had brought from home. Inside, Phoenix finds two old photographs and a decorative bottle holding a crystallized powder. Her auntie Mei tells her these missing pieces of her mother’s early life can only be explained when they meet, and so, clutching her mother’s ashes, Phoenix boards a plane for China. What at first seems like a daughter’s quest to uncover a mother’s secrets becomes a startling journey of self-discovery.

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      Review: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

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      Review: A Midsummer Night’s Scheme by Harper Kincaid

      March 14, 2023

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      Review: Hospital by Han Song, translated by Michael…

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      Review: She is a Haunting by Trang Tranh…

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      Best Historical Fiction 2023: Epic List of New…

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      Best Books of 2022: Looking Back at Our…

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