We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

5 stars This is one of those books I’ve been meaning to read since forever (or at least since I read “The Lottery” in high school) and just hadn’t gotten around to. Finally, I saw that the library had a copy of the audiobook and thought it would be perfect for my commute to work….

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Cypher the Moutain Giant (Beast Quest #3) by Adam Blade

2 stars The more of these books I read, the more I wish they were a little more creative. Each one pretty much follows the same story arch, which is rather predictable. However, I could see them being very popular with young readers, especially those who are a bit reluctant about reading in general. The…

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Sepron the Sea Serpent (Beast Quest #2) by Adam Blade

3 stars I’ll admit, one of the main reasons I bought the first four books in this series from the clearance bin was because they reminded me of theDeltora Quest series. Having now finished the second book, they are suspiciously similar to Emily Rodda‘s books. Not to say that they are a ripoff of the series, but…

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Sorority by Genevieve Sly Crane

1 star I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. It took me only five days to read this book. There are two reasons I generally finish a book so quickly. I either loved it or absolutely hated it and wanted to get it over with. Sadly, in this case,…

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This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps

3 stars Going into this, I didn’t really know much about Busy Philipps. I’m not really a person who avidly follows celebrities’ lives, despite how many memoirs I find myself reading. I’ve seen her in Freaks and Geeksand White Chicks so when I saw the audiobook at the library, I figured it was worth a read. I wasn’t…

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Ralph Wrecks This Book!

2 stars I was initially intrigued by the concept of this book. Paging through it, the illustrations looked fun and interesting. While I enjoyed the pictures, the writing is pretty lackluster. It is mostly dialogue with not much of a plot. The illustrations were very entertaining though. I especially enjoyed when Ralph gets wrapped up…

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

3 stars This is a hard one for me to rate. While this book was powerful at times (that last page though!), at others it fell kind of flat. And while I can appreciate the amount of bravery and self-reflection that went into telling this story, it just wasn’t that interesting to me.  There were…

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