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The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark has been inventive, dreamy, and brilliant—and from their first moments in the world together, they’ve never left each other’s side. Everyone around them realized early on what the two sisters already knew: […]
I finally finished this list! I have been working on it for a couple weeks. I meant to get it out sooner, but ‘life happens’ as they say. I wanted to highlight all the great books I’ve read this year, at a time when many people may be wondering what book to gift this holiday season. Now is the time to get your shopping done early by ordering from your […]
![Ready or Not, Here IT Comes… [MG Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/hide-and-seeker.jpg?fit=1000%2C1500&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Justin knows that something is wrong with his best friend.Zee went missing for a year. And when he came back, he was . . . different. Nobody knows what happened to him. At Zee’s welcome home party, Justin and the neighborhood crew play Hide and Seek. But it goes wrong. Very wrong. One by one, everyone who plays the game disappears, pulled into a world of nightmares come to life. […]
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Results 🐠 = What if a Fish by Anika Fajardo Partially set in Colombia 🏚️ = Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Recommended by Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense 💄 = Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore MC Chicky is Mexican-American and pansexual 💔 = Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisteros Partially set in Mexico Though Efrén is not an immigrant, I consider his story in this book to […]
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Preamble I don’t usually post tiny reviews. However, this year I’ve been making at least a few notes on everything I read. So, here’s a compilation of some of those little notes to make one ‘regular’ length review post. Titles link to Goodreads. MG Reviews The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins I received a free copy from the publisher via Netgalley. Did not work for me at all […]