The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a very good middle-grade book. My family’s pretty deeply rooted in the Classics, so I can see why my younger brother — who virtually almost never reads — became so enthralled with this series as a child. However, it’s not just […]

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Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin My rating: 4 of 5 stars *4.5/5 **Thank you to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for providing me a digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley for the purpose of review** Ryan Graudin is swiftly becoming an author with whom I’m highly intrigued. After reading her phenomenally dark […]

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The Martian by Andy Weir My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was on my radar long before my book club decided to pick it as our September read. Having worked at a Barnes & Noble, I remember The Martian for its bright orange cover, and the fact that it continually sold out of […]

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Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas My rating: 5 of 5 stars I will go down with my ship… Honestly that’s the only thing that truly bothered me in this book. I thought the finale was fairly spectacular and gaining Aedion as a larger player and perspective was really nice. I even liked Manon’s […]

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