Category: Book Review
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Focus On: Maggie Stiefvater
Ordinarily my “Focus On:” series centers around genres or key elements within books, but I’ve been loving one author so much this month that I thought she deserved a whole post. Firstly, you’ve heard me talk about The Scorpio Races before. It is one of the most masterfully done YA novels that I have…
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Review: The Penguin Book of Witches
It’s no secret that I love reading books about witches and I’ve reviewed a fair few of them here on the blog (A Discovery of Witches, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, and others). When Penguin offered me a copy of the new Penguin Book of Witches edited by Katherine Howe, I jumped at…
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Book Review: Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer Rating: 2/5* *(first third 3/5, final third, 1/5) In what might be the first time ever, I did a 360 in my feelings for this book AFTER I started writing my review. I sat down to read Belzhar and had to stop two chapters in to write up my (gushingly…
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Book Review: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld Rating: 4/5 Scott Westerfeld is my go-to choice for teens who are reluctant to read. He writes books that appeal to fantasy fans, girls, boys, straight and gay. His Uglies series has been a favorite of mine since high school and since discovering Leviathan I have recommended it to everyone I…
The Library of Alexandra 