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Reread Review: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

4 October 2015 / review / 1 Comment
Reread Review: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Author: Cornelia FunkeTitle: InkheartSeries: Inkheart #1 Format/Source: eBook/Library (oh how I missed my hardcover!)Published: 2003Publisher: Chicken HouseLength: 534 pagesGenre: Fantasy Read If You: Love reading, like the premise/don’t mind reading to get to the next two booksRating:  ★★★★½ Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | AmazonSixth book for the Reread Challenge WHEN I First Read – I remember being in grade five…I must have read it not long after it was released, in […]

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Review: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente

27 September 2015 / review / 0 Comments
Review: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente

Author: Catherynne M. ValenteTitle: The Boy Who Lost FairylandSeries: Fairyland #4Format/Source: Hardcover/LibraryPublished: March 2015Publisher: Feiwel & FriendsLength: 235 pagesGenre: Middle grade fantasy/fairy taleWhy I Read: Love the seriesRead If You’re: Liked book #1 or #2 but weren’t so enchanted by book #3Rating:  ★★★★½ [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon Fairyland Book #3 disappointed me. I can’t recall exactly why (I didn’t review it, I didn’t remember the cliffhanger), […]

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Review: Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

6 July 2015 / review / 6 Comments
Review: Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Author: Robert BeattyTitle: Serafina and the Black CloakFormat/Source: eBook/NetgalleyPublished: 14 July 2015Publisher: Disney-HyperionLength: 304 pagesGenre: Middle grade historical fantasyWhy I Read: Browsing NetGalley, caught my attentionRead If You: Like stories set on sprawling historical estates, maybe?Rating:  ★★½ Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon I received a complimentary copy from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. “Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are […]

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Review: Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell

24 June 2015 / review / 1 Comment
Review: Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell

Author: Maggie MitchellTitle: Pretty IsFormat/Source: eBook/NetGalley Published: 7 July 2015Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.Length: 320 pagesGenre: Literary fiction + dash of thrillerWhy I Read: Pretty cover, gripping premiseRead If You’re: Intrigued by the copy descriptionRating:  ★★★★ [ratings guide] Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | Amazon I received a complimentary copy from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. The summer precocious Lois and pretty Carly May were twelve […]

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Re-read Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

22 June 2015 / review / 1 Comment
Re-read Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Author: Haruki MurakamiTitle: Kafka on the ShoreFormat/Source: Paperback/my copyPublished: 2005Publisher: Vintage InternationalLength: 467 pagesGenre: Magical realismWhy I Read: Love this book, wanted to reread it while I’m living in Shikoku (where most of the story takes place)Read If You: Love a strange taleRating:  ★★★★★ Links: GoodReads | IndieBound | Chapters | AmazonFifth book for the Reread Challenge. Read my original review. WHEN I First Read – January 2011 WHAT I Remember –Being […]

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