Category: Book/Author Highlight
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Book of the Month: Little Women
Little Women is close to a global phenomena. From Japan to Ecuador to the U.S. where the author originates, people around the world know about the March sisters and their highs and lows as they grow up in the 1860s. Except my friend who somehow lived under a rock. She never seen any of the…
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Book fo the Month: 23rd Midnight
So the latest book club pick is another thriller by the prolific James Patterson. In this case, Cindy, our intrepid journalist has hit the big seller list with a biography of serial killer, Evan Burke whom readers will remember from previous novels. Cindy has worked closely with the psychopath in hopes that getting an insight…
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Warriors: The Broken Code
After a long break where the library constantly had one or all the books loaned out, I finally got to reading the last complete arc of the series, The Broken Code. Of course, after a months long break, getting back into Warriors can get confusing but the character list reacquainted me with the clan heirarchies.…
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Fullmetal Alchemist
Remember last year when I said I almost finished Fullmetal Alchemist if only my library picked up the missing volume 9. Well, four months later, I finally got to read volume 9. That plus my friend gifted me the 20th anniversary edition so I have all the Fullmetal content I could want. So let’s get…
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Magic Tree House
Sp as this year’s theme is childhood nostalgia I decided to read the Magic Tree House series for the first time in. . . two decades maybe? And since I had stopped reading them, Osborne had returned to her breakout series with all new stories but I’ll get to that in a bit.
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Book of the Month: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
A classic mystery by Agatha Christie, how can you not pick it for a book club. Pick one up, and you’re sure to be in for a twisty turn of murder and mystery. Hercules Poirot’s dentist has committed a suicide. Yes, it’s an irritation to Poirot’s own meticulously planned life that he has to find…
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Classics Remixed
If you’re ever in the mood for a classic but aren’t in the mindset to translate the sometimes archaic eighteenth/nineteenth century language and lengthy descriptors, or just plain want classic characters that look like you and apply to your experiences, try Feiwel & Friends’ latest line, Classics Remixed. I briefly highlighted the premiere book in…
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We Should All Be Feminists
Ah yes, the iconic Tedtalk that made waves everywhere when Aidichi talked about the dangers of a single story and why feminism isn’t a scary word that others make it out to be. In honor of women’s history month this had to be the first thing I read. I also read her A Feminist Manifesto…
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Book fo the Month: Mansfield Park
Since we swiftly finished Shutter Island, the book club decided to go straight on to the next book, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Since Austenites the world over know the plot, I won’t repeat it but these are just general thoughts I have after reading it for the first time in years. I’ll admit I’m…
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Author Highlight: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Our next author highlight is Rachel Lynn Solomon whose books tackle complex emotions with emphasis on personal development entwined with spiritual faith in some cases. Which sounds really sophiscated but I love how she is able to blend heavy topics into typical YA rom-coms. My library only had three of her books, and one which…
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