Tag: book review
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Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Rating: 5/5 I rarely rate new books a 5/5, but this one more than fit the bill. All of the things that challenged me about Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence and Gone Girl made me love We Were Liars. I loved the unreliable narrator, the sudden twist close to…
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Book Review: The Yard by Alex Grecian
After recommending Dust and Shadow and The Gods of Gotham, you probably thought I had run out of police procedurals set in the Victorian era. But of course where there’s a will, there’s a way and I’ve found a new series to love. The Yard by Alex Grecian is set a few months after…
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(Quick) Book Review: Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead Rating:3/5 Release date: April 8, 2014 I’ve always been a bit of a dance junkie. I started my ill-fated violin career after seeing a young girl perform before the Nutcracker. I’ve purchased countless dance workout DVDs that promise to make me look like a member of the NYC Ballet.…
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(Quick) Book Review: The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Rating: 3/5 Were you a fan of Gone Girl? Or maybe you really liked Devil in the White City ?
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Book Review: The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Rating: 4/5 I could give you some lines about how my “eyes ate up the page” or how it was “a real page-turner” but those don’t really explain how much fun The Scorpio Races was to read. From the moment I downloaded my copy, I was hooked. I read…
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