Review of "Kololo Hill"
4 / 5 Stars. Ugandan expulsion of Asian immigrants in 1972. Dramatic, personal, complex, and nostalgic.
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- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
Review of "We Are Not Free"
5/5 Stars.This was a novel I didn't want to put down. The narrative has an easy, vintage vibe with spunky, noble, honest, passionate voices.
- Oct 21, 2020
- 2 min
Review of "Chase: The Boy Who Hid"
2.5 / 5 Stars. YA sci-fi novel boasts an appropriate tone and humorous moments, but fails to sensitively depict its diverse characters.
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
Review of "A Song of Wraiths and Ruin"
Brown’s commitment to give young adults a story with real meaning is exactly the lofty height to which all YA authors should aspire.
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Review of "Ambushing the Void"
This collection is an honest, gritty representation of the light vs. dark, love vs. fear dualities of life, told in sharp, unflinching style
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
Review of "The Gatekeeper's Notebook"
Book review of the newly released drama/suspense novel by author Sahar Abdulaziz, "The Gatekeeper's Notebook."
- Dec 1, 2019
- 2 min
Review of "The Sacred Art of Trespassing Barefoot"
In early 2000s Hawai’i, getting by is a way of life. The islands mirror the Hawaiians’ isolation; but there's beauty and grace among the ash
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
Steaming Down the Track: "An Engineered Injustice"
You don’t take your time reading this series. You speed through it, eyes inadvertently skipping ahead, curiosity uncontained.
- Jun 2, 2019
- 2 min
"Songbirds and Stray Dogs": Advance Review
Jolene is the very incarnation of the Southern idiom "bless your heart." Meanwhile back at a different ranch, Chuck has problems of his own.
- May 13, 2019
- 4 min
Why I Love/Hate "The Golden Compass"
And I loved these books. But I hate these books. But I love them. But I hate 'em.
- Mar 25, 2019
- 3 min
Review of "A Criminal Defense" by William L. Myers, Jr.
4 / 5 Stars; Legal Thriller This book's got me rockin'. It may take longer than the duration of this review to get my thoughts straight...
- Feb 23, 2019
- 2 min
Review of "The Golden Compass"
5 / 5 Stars; Middle-Grade Fantasy I've had a special place in my heart for this story since I first saw the movie several years ago....
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Things I Learned Not to Do from "Black Duck"
Recently I've plunged myself into reading a certain genre of novel--young-adult historical fiction--for research purposi. I'm writing a...
- Jan 20, 2019
- 3 min
Review of "Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart: Teen Edition" by J.D. Greear
4 / 5 Stars; Christian Nonfiction This is not my best trait, but I tend to be snarky and critical of many things in Christian culture. I...
- Nov 25, 2018
- 2 min
Review of "Facing the Sun" by Carol Beth Anderson
4/5 Stars Not to insult the authors of other books I've read lately, but those novels were SO LAME compared to this debut novel by...
- Oct 14, 2018
- 2 min
Review of "Lethal White" by Robert Galbraith
3 / 5 Stars Context first: I am an unashamed superfan of Harry Potter (who knew?). Therefore, Robert Galbraith being a pseudonym for J.K....
- Oct 3, 2018
- 2 min
Review of "The Midnight Charter" by David Whitley
4/5 Stars I first experienced this book in audio while driving. The day after I finished the audiobook, I borrowed it from the library to...
- Sep 28, 2018
- 2 min
Review of "Written in Red" by Anne Bishop
4/5 STARS Interspecies relationships have been rocky from the start, especially because the Others consider humans their prey. When a...
- Sep 27, 2018
- 2 min
Review of "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
2/5 STARS Things I Learned While Reading "The Lightning Thief": -If your best friend eats tin cans, he's probably a goat -All it takes to...
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
Review of "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
4/5 STARS Ursula K. Le Guin is an author who has no need for my review, but whose book rocked so hard I can’t help but give it props. In...
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