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Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Overall Rating: 9/10 This book is the next in the throne of glass series. It is about Celeana, the new kings Champion and assassin. She...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 7, 20231 min read
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Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Overall Rating: 7/10 Sequel to The Darkest Minds, Never Fade picks up as Ruby begins her work for the Children's League, a black-ops...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy et al.
Overall Rating: 10/10 The Eleventh Hour is the fifth instalment of The Adventure Zone!, a graphic novel based on the acclaimed podcast of...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Overall Rating: 8/10 Bird Box describes a words where "creatures" prey on humans and through connecting with sight can cause humans to go...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Overall Rating: 10/10 The Help is about three strong female characters who come together for a common cause of highlighting the...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Overall Rating: 9/10 This book is about an assassin who has to compete against others to become the king's champion. There is more going...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Assegai by Wilbur Smith
Overall Rating: 10/10 Set in Masai tribal territories in Africa just prior to WW1, ex-soldier turned professional big-game hunter Leon...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20232 min read
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Little Girls Sleeping by Jennifer Chase
Overall Rating: 7/10 This book is about a woman named Katie who just finished her tour in the war. She is back in her hometown and begins...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Overall Rating: 5/10 Anne Frank's Diary is about history and what happened to the Jews in WW2, specifically Anne's family's experience of...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Overall Rating: 8/10 Maddison is practically allergic to the world and cannot leave the house. But her world flips upside down when Olly...
Britt Ratzburg
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Golden Lion by Wilbur Smith
Overall Rating: 7/10 Henry (Hal) Courtney saw his father executed in battle and spent his youth avenging this death. Now he is a man with...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Overall Rating: 8/10 It's WW2, at the height of the Nazi regime, and Lida has been taken from her native Ukraine to be an Ostarbeiter in...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Overall Rating: 8/10 A presumed dead child that was pulled from the river comes back to life. Many lay claim to this unknown little girl...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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The Golden Compass
Overall Rating: 7/10 The Golden Compass is a fantasy adventure about a young orphan girl with abilities she doesn't know she has. Lyra is...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
Overall Rating: 9/10 This book is about a woman who is a photographer in New York. It takes place in the current time of her life now and...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Overall Rating: 8/10 Bridge to Terabithia is a story of fifth grade best friends, Jess and Leslie. Leslie is the new girl in town and...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Overall Rating: 2/10 Love, obsession, lavish parties, and death. It sounds like a romantic love story... Sadly, this story didn't live up...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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Freaking Out: Real-Life Stories About Anxiety ed. by Polly Wells
Overall Rating: 6/10 This nonfiction book is about anxiety, and it gives you ways to deal with anxiety. It has thirteen people that had...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
Overall Rating: 6/10 Three women discover more about themselves after being thrown together in a surprising battle between good and evil....
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Overall Rating: 9/10 This book is about two cancer patients, Hazel Grace Lancaster and the charming Augustus Waters. It's a story of the...
Britt Ratzburg
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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