Tag: 5 star
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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (one of my fav MG books ever!)
Hi everyone, From the moment I read the blurb for this book, I knew I would love it. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise soon became one of my favourite MG novels ever and one of my fav novels I’ve read this year. Five years. That’s how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived…
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Mini-Review // The Ten Thousand Doors of January
This book. Was. Phenomenal. I’m always a bit nervous reading books I’ve heard a lot about but all the hype did nothing to dampen my enthusiasm about this one. I loved the writing, the characters, and just everything about this book. Everything. And I feel intimidated writing a review because anything I write pales in…
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Mini-Review // The Wig in the Window
Hi everyone! Today I have a mini-review for an older middle-grade book that I really enjoyed. This is one of my favourite MG mysteries, so I am excited to tell you guys all about this book! Best friends and seventh graders Sophie Young and Grace Yang have made a game out of spying on their…
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Mini-Review // The Mysterious Benedict Society
ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD Looking for special opportunities? When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enrol to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear listener, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go…
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Mini-Review // Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
Morrigan Crow may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And she is fast learning that not all magic is used for good. Morrigan Crow has been invited to join the prestigious Wundrous Society,…
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Mini-Review // The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1)
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks–and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange…
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Mini-Review // The Memory Keeper
All Lulu Carter wants is to be seen. But her parents are lost in their own worlds, and Lulu has learned the hard way that having something as rare as HSAM—the ability to remember almost every single moment in her life—won’t make you popular in school. At least Lulu has Gram, who knows the truth…
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan…
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo // An extraordinary must-read
Hey everyone! To be honest I was excited but also a bit nervous to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I’ve heard SO many AMAZING things about this book, and I was worried that I got caught up in the hype and…. well, get disappointed. But once I started reading this book, I could…
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Crooked Kingdom // A breath-taking finale
Hello everyone! How are you guys doing? For those of you in Canada, happy Thanksgiving! On Saturday, my fiance and I cooked a 5-course meal (minestrone soup, pineapple fried rice, green onion pancakes, stuffed turkey with cranberry sauce, and matcha crepe cake)… and we kind of just ate it ourselves because I was sick and…
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