I’m hoping to do book reviews every week. May be children’s. May be adult. May be whatever I am reading at the time!
Old book reviews will be archived here.
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500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan
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Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Conner
All The Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryan Greenwood
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
And I Darken by Kiersten White
Arcade and the Triple T Token by Rashad Jennings
Archenemies by Marissa Meyer
The Archive of the Forgotten by A.J. Hackwith
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine
Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
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Baby-Led Feeding: A Natural Way to Raise Happy, Independent Eaters by Jenna Helwig
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
Before The Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
The Black Witch by Laurie Forest
Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard
Bloom by Kevin Oppel
The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins
Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
Boy Bites Bug by Rebecca Petruck
Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab
Bright We Burn by Kiersten White
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld
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The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
Chasing Helicity by Ginger Zee
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee
Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
COG by Greg Van Eekhout
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Coop Knows the Scoop by Taryn Souders
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas
The Crimson Skew by S.E. Grove
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Ghokshi
The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye
The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
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The Damned by Renee Adhieh
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Dark and Deepest Red is Anna-Marie McLemore
The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kirsten White
Dark Dreams and Dead Things by Martina McAtee
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The Dawn Chorus by Samantha Shannon
Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi
Deranged Angels and Cannibal Hearts by Martina McAtee
Disappearing Earth by Julie Phillips
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Dream Within a Dream by Patricia MacLachlan
Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells
The Earth Keeper’s Challenge by Maria Langella Sorgie and Tara Langella
The Earth Keeper’s Gift by Tara Langella & Maria Langella Sorgie
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
The Eighth Day by Dianne K. Salerni
The Electric War by Mike Winchell
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty
Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
Empire of Storm by Sarah J. Maas
The End of the Wild by Nicole Helget
Endless Beach by Jenny Colgan
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Eternal Life by Dara Horn
The Ever Cruel Kingdom by Run Chupeco
Ever the Brave by Erin Summerill
Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit
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The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen.
The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Finale by Stephanie Garber
Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
The Flame Never Dies by Rachel Vincent
Flip the Sliver Switch by Jackie Yeager
Flunked by Jen Calonita
Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Fury by Rachel Vincent
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A Game of Fox and Squirrel by Jenn Reese
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Choksh
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees
The Girl and the Mountain by Mark Lawrence
The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence
The Girl In The Tower by Katherine Arden
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove
The Golden Specific by S.E. Grove
The Grace Yearby Kim Liggett
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
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The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Hero At The Fall by Alwyn Hamilton
The Hippo at the End of the Hallby Helen Cooper
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
Hopatcong Vision Quest by Steve Lindahl
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
House of Earth and Blood, Crescent City, by Sarah J Maas
The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
The Huntress by Kate Quinn
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I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
The Immortalist by Chloe Benjamin
The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day by Christopher Edge
The Institute by Stephen King
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Gogman
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest
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Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye The Science Guy & Gregory Mone
The Jamie Drake Equation by Christopher Edge
Journey of the Pale Bear by Susan Fletcher
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To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
The King of Crows by Libba Bray
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
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La Belle Sauvage (The Book Of Dust 1) by Philip Pullman
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs
The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Lightfall by M.A. Phipps and Rebecca Joycox
The Light in the Lake by Sarah R. Baughman
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O’Neill
The Lost Girls by Heather Young
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
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Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
Masterminds by Gordon Korman
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron
The Memory Collectors by Kim Neville
The Memory Wall by Lev AC Rosen
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
A Million Worlds With You by Claudia Gray
Mirage by Somaiya Daud
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue
The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
Mr. Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco
Neverwhere: The Author’s Preferred Text by Neil Gaiman
Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab by “Science Bob” Pflugfelder”
The Night Country by Melissa Albert
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
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Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield
One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
Origin by Dan Brown
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Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess
Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
The Queen of Tearling by Erika Johansen
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Rage by Cora Carmack
Ravage the Dark by Tara Sims
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
Rebel Born by Amy A. Bartol
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Roar by Cora Carmack
Robots Rule!: The Junkyard Bot by C.J. Richards
The Rose & The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
The Roses of May by Dot Hutchison
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
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Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carols Hernandez
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
School for Sidekicks by Kelly McCullough
The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
Scouts by Shannon Greenland
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
The Searcher by Tana French
Secondborn by Amy A. Bartol
The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman
The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Meghan Shepherd
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
See You In The Cosmos by Jack Cheng
A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess
The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
The Shadow Wand by Laurie Forest
Shine! by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
Skyhunter by Marie Lu
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
Small Space by Katherine Arden
The Smartest Kid in the Universe by Chris Grabenstein
Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh
Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Spin the Golden Light Bulb by Jackie Yeager
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King
The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems & Tony DiTerlizzi
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Supernova by Marissa Meyer
Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
The Test by Sylvain Neuvel
The Testaments by Margret Atwood
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
TombQuest: Book of the Dead by Michael Northrop
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Traitor Born by Amy A. Bartol
Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake
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Ultraxenopia by M.A. Phipps -Cover Reveal
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
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The Van Gogh Deception by Deron Hicks
The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison
Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
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War Storm by Victoria Aveyard
Warcross by Marie Lu
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
What If a Fish by Anika Fajardo
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
The Whispers by Greg Howard
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
Wildcard by Marie Lu
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
Winter Glass by Lexa Hillyer
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Womb: a novel in utero by Eric D. GoodNan
Word of Mouse by James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
The Wrath & The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
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