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Review: This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

January 8, 2016

Title: This Is Where It Ends Author: Marieke Nijkamp Series: None Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: January 5, 2016 Pages: 282 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary, Mass Shooting 10:00 a.m. The principal of Opportunity, Alabama’s high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire ...

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Short and Tweet Review: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

December 31, 2015

Title: A Wrinkle in Time Author: Madeleine L’Engle Series: Time Quintet #1 Publisher: Square Fish, an imprint of Macmillan Publication Date: 1962 Pages: 202 Format/Source: Paperback/Gifted Age Group/Genre: Children, Middle Grade/Science Fiction It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother ...

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Review: Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

December 25, 2015

Title: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person Author: Shonda Rhimes Series: None Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 2015 Pages: 314 Format/Source: Hardback/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Adult/Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Memoir The mega-talented creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and ...

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Kiddo’s Corner Reviews: Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

December 17, 2015

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews is my new feature here at The Overstuffed Bookcase, where my 6-year-old son reviews children’s books! Want to know more about Kiddo’s Corner Reviews? Go here to find out more! Are You My Mother? By: P.D. Eastman Published by: Random House Published: 1960 Where we got it: Purchased years ago A ...

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Mini Review: Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer

December 11, 2015

Title: Winter Author: Marissa Meyer Series: The Lunar Chronicles #4 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publication Date: November 10, 2015 Pages: 823 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction, Retelling Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and ...

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Review: Wonder by R.J. Palacio

December 3, 2015

Title: Wonder Author: R.J. Palacio Series: Wonder #1 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books Publication Date: 2012 Pages: 310 Format/Source: Hardback/Purchased Age Group/Genre: Middle Grade/Contemporary You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. My name is August. I won’t describe ...

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Blind Reads Review: The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis

November 27, 2015

Title: The Map to Everywhere Author: Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis Series: The Map to Everywhere #1 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 2014 Pages: 423 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher via BEA Age Group/Genre: Middle Grade/Fantasy Wherever you need to go–the Map to Everywhere can take you there. To ...

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Kiddo’s Corner Reviews: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

November 19, 2015

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews is my new feature here at The Overstuffed Bookcase, where my 6-year-old son reviews children’s books! Want to know more about Kiddo’s Corner Reviews? Go here to find out more! Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? By: Dr. Seuss Published by: Random House Published: 1970 Where we got it: Purchased it from a ...

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Review: Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler

November 13, 2015

Title: Just Visiting Author: Dahlia Adler Series: None Publisher: Spencer Hill Contemporary Publication Date: November 17, 2015 Pages: 348 Format/Source: eARC/From the author Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary Reagan Forrester wants out—out of her trailer park, out of reach of her freeloading mother, and out of the shadow of the ...

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Book & Movie Review: The Martian by Andy Weir

November 5, 2015

Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir, Audiobook narrated by R.C. Bray Series: None Publisher: Broadway Books, an imprint of Crown Publishing/Penguin Random House, Audiobook published by Podium Publishing, Movie produced by Twentieth Century Fox Publication Date: 2014 Pages: 369 Format/Source: Ebook and Audiobook and Movie/Purchased Age ...