Category: Books
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Banned Books Week 2013: Strange Challenges
There’s nothing quite as exciting to a librarian as Banned Books Week. As sad as I am that books are still being challenged having a week dedicated to banned books allows us to have a dialogue. Most people don’t realize that last month someone tried to get The Handmaid’s Tale removed from schools, or that…
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Book Tour & Review: Visiting Tom by Michael Perry
Visiting Tom: A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace by Michael Perry Rating: 3/5 Today I have the great privilege to be part of the TLC Book Tour for Visiting Tom. Be sure to check out the rest of the tour stops to see what others think of the book! Mixing down-home…
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Blog Tour + Giveaway: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
You know how I gushed a few weeks ago about this book? One part Harry Potter, two parts Hunger Games with just a dash of Lirael, The Bone Season just might make you forget that you wanted another Rowling novel. Well, today I’m at it again for the official blog tour! Since reading the galley I’ve started listening to the audiobook…
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Book Review: Anomaly by Krista McGee
Anomaly by Krista McGee Rating: 3/5 Working within the confines of traditional post-apocalyptic YA fiction, McGee manages to find God. Anomaly tells the story of Thalli a member of Pod C. Most of her pod follows orders and does their assigned jobs without questions but Thalli is different. She questions pod life and its usefulness.…
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Book Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Rating: 4/5 Though this book has been around since 1985, its movie adaptation comes out later this year. Since I usually want to read the book before seeing the movie, I thought this was the perfect time to pick up a copy of the Hugo Award title. In many…
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