Category: Book/Author Highlight
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Book Highlight: Ayesha Dean Mysteries
It took me awhile to get my hands on this Australian series, but I’m very glad I did. Ayesha Dean is vibrant new heroine in the teen sleuth genre, following in the vein of Nancy Drew. That is if Nancy Drew knew taekwondo and found mysteries at every vacation spot. Obviously, she’s not an exact…
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Book of the Month: Outlander
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and…
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Book of the Month: The Lost Bookshop
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found… For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the…
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Girls Survive P4
I finished! I finished the series, and thus finished my historical read-through of the year. Wahoo! This was an excellent series for historical fiction lovers, getting into the underrated parts of history as well as several well-known events. Even more groundbreaking were not only the diverse set of protagonists, but that they went beyond the…
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Dear Canada
Much like it’s US counterpart, Dear Canada features the fictional diaries of pre-teens, and some teens during important moments in Canadian history. Since we have no education about events happening north of our borders, this was an educational primer for me. It was super interesting what events were the same, and what were unique to…
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Book Highlight: For the Rest of Us
From Lunar New Year to Solstice, Día de Los Muertos to Juneteenth, and all the incredible days in between, it’s clear that Americans don’t just have one holiday. Edited by the esteemed Dahlia Adler and authored by creators who have lived these festive experiences firsthand, this joyful collection of stories shows that there isn’t one…
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#a.r.capetta, #abdinazemian, #aditikhorana, #anathology, #anewday, #candacebuford, #corymccarthy, #dahliaadler, #diadelosmuertos, #diverse, #diversereads, #diverseromance, #diwali, #eid, #eidwithoutaplan, #elijah’scomingtodinner, #habarigani, #hillcountryheartbeat, #hinduholidays, #holi, #holihail, #honorthedeadtohonortheliving, #islamicholidays, #jewishholidays, #juneteenth, #karunariazi, #katherinelocke, #kellyloygilbert, #kosokojackson, #kwanzaa, #laurapohl, #lunarnewyear, #makingupishardtodo, #merrychrismukkahloser, #natashadiaz, #nowruz, #p.s.Idon’tloveyou, #preetichhibbier, #quilltreebooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #ramadan, #sonorareyes, #thereturn, #thisishowit’salwaysbeen, #tisthedamnseason, #valentine’sday, #wintersolstice, #worldholidays, #YA -
Bedeviled
“Mom always said my dad is the devil. I never knew she meant it literally!” All Angel’s father (a.k.a. the Devil) wants is to be a part of her life. And in return he has the power to give her anything she wants—including popularity and a date with her long-time crush, Cole Daniels. But Angel…
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Girls Survive P2
Thanks to the wonder of Hoopla (available to anyone who has a library card so hop on it), I’ve been given the chance to finish the rest of the Girls Survive series so let’s get to it. This batch of books are historical events I already know of thanks to class/Dear America so I didn’t…
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#1600s, #annfightsforfreedom, #capstonepublishing, #constanceandthedangerouscrossing, #girlssurvive, #goldrush, #historicalfiction, #juliegilbert, #lenaandtheburningofgreenwood, #lowergrade, #lucyfightstheflames, #lusitania, #mayflower, #nikkishannonsmith, #pennyandthetragicvoyage, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarah’sjourneywest, #trianglefactoryfire, #tulsaracemassacre, #undergroundrailroad, #ww1 -
Whatever After
As I may have mentioned, besides being a year of historical fiction, I’ve also decided to dive into some nostalgia. Whatever After came out back in 2012, and I only got through the first seven books before dropping it. So it was interesting to see how the story evolved since I last picked it up.…
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Family Tree
It’s no surprise that Ann M. Martin writes well. Who else could write a pop culture phenomena as the BSC? But while the BSC may be the most popular of her works, I want to highlight this series, combining warm, small town insight and historical fiction. Main Street is my favorite out of Martin’s works,…
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