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Title: A Thousand Pieces of You Author: Claudia Gray Pages: 360 Genre: YA, Fiction Source: Owned Print Rating: B+ Review: Overall, pretty good. Not The Selection series good, but good enough that if I’d had the next book on hand, I would have picked it up right away (instead, I ordered it and it will be here Continue reading Review: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Author: Ransom Riggs Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Fiction Source: Owned e-book Rating: B+ Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was not at all what I expected. Somehow, I expected it to be a lot creepier. Something about the image on the cover smacked of similar images I’ve seen Continue reading Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Title: The Wrath and the Dawn Author: Renee Ahdieh Pages: 388 Genre: YA, Fiction, Fantasy, Retellings Source: Owned Print Rating: A Review: It took me a month to finish this book. Not “a little reading every day” for a month, but I read about 30% of it in early April, and then set it aside because Continue reading Review: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Title: The Lie Tree Author: Frances Hardinge Pages: 410 Genre: YA, Fantasy, Mystery Source: Free ARC from ABRAMS Kids via NetGalley Rating: B+ Note: As stated under the Source (above), I received this book for free from ABRAMS Kids via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review (and trust me, honest is always what you’ll get). Review: First, can I just Continue reading Review: The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Title: Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) Author: Marissa Meyer Pages: 390 Genre: YA, Science Fiction Source: Owned Print Rating: A Review: This is one of those books that everyone has been talking about for eons and I LOVE the cover AND it’s YA AND it’s been near the top of my TBR for way too long Continue reading Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Title: The Spectacular Now Author: Tim Tharp Pages: 294 Genre: Young Adult, Fiction Source: Owned Print Rating: C- Review: This book is a wonderful example of how stupid the idea that “They made it into a movie so it must be good” actually is. And also a rare example of the movie being better than the book Continue reading Review: The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp