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Mini Review: Geek Parenting by Stephen H. Segal and Valya Dudycz Lupescu

January 16, 2017

As with all my mini reviews, I’m just going to share some of my notes that I took while reading Geek Parenting. Funny book! There are great parenting lessons in this book BUT I don’t feel like I’m learning much. It’s more like telling us “you can learn this parenting lesson from this movie/TV show/comic/video ...

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Video Review: Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

October 27, 2016

FTC Disclaimer: I received an advanced reader’s copy of Spare and Found Parts from a friend, who got it from BookExpo America. I was in no way compensated for this review. I really enjoyed Spare and Found Parts, you guys! It was a very cool science fiction, post-apocalyptic story about a girl who feels like an outcast and decides to ...

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Review: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee

August 29, 2016

The Elephant in the Room… Okay, so first things first, let’s get this out in the open: there is incest in The Thousandth Floor. Not incest with a blood sibling, but with a girl and her adopted brother. So not so bad, right? Well, they grew up basically their entire lives as siblings, so that’s still crossing into incest ...

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Review: Consider (Holo #1) by Kristy Acevedo

April 15, 2016

Title: Consider Author: Kristy Acevedo Series: Holo #1 Publisher: Jolly Fish Press Publication Date: April 19, 2016 Pages: 288 Format/Source: ARC/From author & publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction, Apocalyptic As if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, ...

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Review: We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

February 11, 2016

Title: We Are the Ants Author: Shaun David Hutchinson Series: None Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: January 2016 Pages: 451 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary, Science Fiction, LGBTQIA There are a few things Henry Denton knows, and a few things he doesn’t. Henry knows that his mom is struggling ...

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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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Review: Hit by Delilah S. Dawson

April 23, 2015

Title: Hit Author: Delilah S. Dawson Series: Hit #1 Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: April 14, 2015 Pages: 324 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction, Dystopian NO ONE READS THE FINE PRINT. The good news is that the USA is finally out of debt. The bad news is that we were bought out by Valor ...

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Review: Alistair Grim’s Odditorium (Odditorium #1) by Gregory Funaro

January 15, 2015

Title: Alistair Grim’s Odditorium Author: Gregory Funaro Series: Odditorium #1 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Pages: 412 Format/Source: ARC/From publisher, via BEA Age Group/Genre: Middle Grade/Fantasy, Paranormal Grubb, age twelve (or thereabouts), has never known anything beyond his miserable ...

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Review: Zodiac (Zodiac #1) by Romina Russell

January 9, 2015

Title: Zodiac Author: Romina Russell Series: Zodiac #1 Publisher: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Publication Date: December 9, 2014 Pages: 319 Format/Source: ARC/From publisher, via BEA Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction, Fantasy At the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. Now only 12 remain…. Rhoma ...

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DNF: Compulsion by Martina Boone

December 12, 2014

Title: Compulsion Author: Martina Boone Series: The Heirs of Watson Island #1 Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: October 28, 2014 Pages: 433 Format/Source: ARC/From Publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy, Paranormal Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse. All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner ...

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