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Book Review: Inland by Kat Rosenfield

December 25, 2014

If I was impressed with Kat Rosenfield’s debut, that’s nothing compared to how I feel about Inland. This book is gorgeous and haunting and elegant: a wonderful, spellbinding story about a young woman who fights against her destiny only to learn ...

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Book Review: The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

December 25, 2014

Though I didn’t unreservedly love this book, I still liked it immensely. Jandy Nelson’s talent is evident, and I think this story needed very little, if any, improvement. The Sky Is Everywhere is one of the best YA books dealing with grief and ...

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Book review: Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard

December 23, 2014

I’ve had some issues with this series over the course of its three books, but I think it was still a worthwhile reading experience. Susan Dennard crafts imaginative, engrossing stories that I have no trouble following along with. Strange and ...

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Book Review: A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard

December 22, 2014

Susan Dennard shows marked improvement in her sophomore novel. Eleanor Fitt’s adventures in this book are far more readable and interesting than they were before, and the result is a very good novel. A Darkness Strange and Lovely really worked ...

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Book Review: Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

December 21, 2014

Some books are just fun, even if they’re not of the greatest quality. Something Strange and Deadly is one of those books. Dennard’s debut is not exceptionally written and has about zero percent historical accuracy and it tends to be fairly ...

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Book Review: Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal

December 21, 2014

Dollbaby is very optimistic; it’s clean and safe. Laura Lane McNeal stays far away from the more unsavory aspects of being African American in the 1960’s, and in doing so she really compromised her story. I didn’t buy into this book at all. It ...

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