★★★★ ½ "The Most Amazing Harvest" was a bit of a phenomenon for a while...It was spread across the world. The news of the Most Amazing Harvest spread across the nation - of how a community rallied behind one of their own and took care of the sick farmer in his time of need. This little book… Continue reading The Most Amazing Harvest – Pam Bates, Paula Patty
The Golden Son – Pierce Brown
I don't know what's wrong with me but this one is so gory-damn boring that I could scream. Am I the only one? Does it get better??? - An Eternity Later - It didn't get better, but on the plus side, this book is over! I can FINALLY read something else! The Review Okay. So. A lot happens… Continue reading The Golden Son – Pierce Brown
Trip the Runner – Andrew Rolston
★★★★ He won it twelve years ago. Track. He could still remember that glorious week... Trip Harrington was a hometown hero - winning Gold in the Olympics roughly a decade ago. And since then...he actually didn't do that much. But he didn't need to. Everyone loved him and were beyond overjoyed to have him in their lives. The… Continue reading Trip the Runner – Andrew Rolston
The Best Man – Richard Peck
★★★★ We thought he was weird. He thought we were weird. It was great. It was what multiculturalism ought to be. This book centers around Archer, as he grows from a young boy into a middle school student. We catch snippets - the best part of each year - as Archer navigates through life. From making… Continue reading The Best Man – Richard Peck
Kingdom of Ash and Briars – Hannah West
★★ ½ History might be whittled down until all that remains are shining fables of fairy magic and curse-defying kisses. This is the story of a kitchen maid, Bristal, and how she became the most important woman in all the kingdom. Bristal finds out that she is an elicromancer - and that with that magic comes the… Continue reading Kingdom of Ash and Briars – Hannah West
The God of Small Things -Arundhati Roy
★ That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. Honestly, I wanted to like this one SO much but it was terrible. The novel follows a multi-generational Indian family in 1969. The matriarch, Mammachi, is their abused and blind grandmother. Ammu is the weary mother of fraternal twins, Esthappen and Rahel. The twins' favorite… Continue reading The God of Small Things -Arundhati Roy
Written in the Stars – Alexandria Bellefleur
★★★★ ½ Astrology and magic and soul mates. Darcy has had to deal with her overprotective younger brother for all her life...and recently, he's become more meddlesome than she can handle. "Quit trying to marry me off like I'm some Regency spinster in one of your favorite Austen novels." "Your name is Darcy." "And I… Continue reading Written in the Stars – Alexandria Bellefleur
Wilder Girls – Rory Power
★★★★ We don't get to choose what hurts us. The Raxter School for Girls is on an island and for the past few months, they've been put on the strictest of quarantines. There's something - a disease? creature? magic? - that's been infecting the girls and surrounding wildlife. It’s like that, with all of us here. Sick, strange,… Continue reading Wilder Girls – Rory Power
Affinity’s Window – Douglas L. Wilson
★★★★ Affinity’s gaze fell upon the hideous red eyes of the others. Affinity may just be a little girl but she's already had to deal with so much more than anyone would have expected. Bell Manor, her home, is lonesomely empty...and yet full of the Others. The glowing, spinning crimson light held her eyes. “We are otherworldly.” The… Continue reading Affinity’s Window – Douglas L. Wilson
Natural Causes – Barbara Ehrenreich
★★★ Once I realized I was old enough to die, I decided that I was also old enough not to incur any more suffering, annoyance, or boredom in the pursuit of a longer life. So, this one goes into understanding what exactly is behind a "natural cause" death and just about everything between life and the great… Continue reading Natural Causes – Barbara Ehrenreich
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