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Wednesday, October 19, 2016 1:13:03 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: Gasp, Unidentified Suburban Object, The Lost Twin:
Maureen said, "Title: Gasp Author: Lisa McMannPublished: 2014Source: Local LibrarySummary: In the third book of the series, the visions have hopped to a whole new person. Unfortunately, Jules and Sawyer don't know who that person is, and they have to find out..." more
Saturday, October 15, 2016 2:22:01 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Break Me Like a Promise by Tiffany Schmidt:
Maureen said, "Title: Break Me Like a PromiseAuthor: Tiffany SchmidtPublished: 2016Source: NetGalleySummary: Maggie is the spoilt princess of an organ-transplant mafia family, but her life is not completely sunshine and roses. She's still struggling with her grief..." more
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 2:43:25 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Once Was a Time by Leila Sales:
Maureen said, "Title: Once Was a TimeAuthor: Leila Sales Published: 2016 Source: EdelweissSummary: In 1940's Britain, Charlotte struggles to keep a stiff upper lip in the face of wartime privations. At the same time, she doesn't have it so bad - she has her best..." more
Saturday, October 8, 2016 5:31:05 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian:
Maureen said, "Title: The Last Boy and Girl in the World Author: Siobhan Vivian Published: 2016 Source: Edelweiss Summary: With her hometown threatened by torrential rains and a failing dam, Keeley is determined to keep everybody's spirits up, to save her town,..." more
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7:01:10 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: Save Me a Seat, Just Like Me, Handbook for Dragon Slayers:
Maureen said, "Title: Save Me a SeatAuthor: Sarah Weeks and Gita VaradarajanPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: Ravi is looking forward to his first week in an American school after moving from India. But his accent gets mocked, his habits are too formal,..." more
Sunday, October 2, 2016 5:42:24 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Have You Nominated for the Cybils?:
Maureen said, "Nominations for the Cybils opened yesterday, so get crackin'! You can nominate for any and all categories, but check what's been nominated already because a book can only be nominated once. So have a few backups ready.I'll be participating in Round..." more
Saturday, September 24, 2016 1:45:10 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: George by Alex Gino:
Maureen said, "Title: GeorgeAuthor: Alex GinoPublished: 2015Source: Local LibraryA note: While she's called George through most of the book, Melissa is the name she's chosen for herself, so that's what I'll use in this review. Please see: How to Talk About George..." more
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:42:27 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: The Taming of the Drew by Stephanie Kate Strohm:
Maureen said, "Title: The Taming of the DrewAuthor: Stephanie Kate StrohmPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: Headed out to play Kate in a summer stock theatre's production of The Taming of the Shrew, Cass runs afoul of her very own Petruchio . . . who of..." more
Saturday, September 17, 2016 1:02:00 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: Where You'll Find Me, March Book 1, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl:
Maureen said, "Title: Where You'll Find MeAuthor: Natasha FriendPublished: 2016Source: NetGalleySummary: After her mother's suicide attempt, Anna winds up living with her father and her brand-new stepmother. She's determined to hate it (among other things, her..." more
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:35:47 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Two Summers by Aimee Friedman:
Maureen said, "Title: Two SummersAuthor: Aimee FriedmanPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: It all comes down to a phone call at the airport gate. In one universe, Summer answers it, and discovers that her unreliable father has putzed out once again, and she..." more
Saturday, September 10, 2016 12:39:16 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: The Star Touched Queen:
Maureen said, "Title: The Star-Touched QueenAuthor: Roshani ChokshiPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: Scorned and overlooked in her father's court because of her inauspicious horoscope at birth, Maya is set to be married off for political gain. Then Amar..." more
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 9:04:26 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn:
Maureen said, "Title: Down With the Shine Author: Kate Karyus Quinn Published: 2016 Source: Edelweiss Summary: Lennie's uncles are moonshiners. Scandalous, but in an everyday way. That's what she thinks anyway. But when she steals a case of the family product for..." more
Saturday, September 3, 2016 1:14:30 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Nightstruck by Jenna Black:
Maureen said, "Title: NightstruckAuthor: Jenna BlackPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: When Becket follows a baby's cry into a dark alley, she unwittingly looses demons on Philadelphia. Things get grimmer and grimmer for her and for her city until finally..." more
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:27:31 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: A Tangle of Gold, A Darker Shade of Magic, A Hundred Hours of Night:
Maureen said, "Title: A Tangle of GoldAuthor: Jaclyn Moriarty Published: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: People from the parallel worlds of Earth and Cello scramble to find Cello's royal family on Earth, but anarchists stand in their way - including, maybe, one of..." more
Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:40:45 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina:
Maureen said, "Title: Burn Baby BurnAuthor: Meg MedinaPublished: 2016Source: NetGalleySummary: In the muggy summer of 1977, 17-year-old Nora struggles with family drama and her own choices about what to do with the rest of her life. Meanwhile, New York City is..." more
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 12:26:43 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski:
Maureen said, "Title: The Winner's KissAuthor: Marie RutkoskiPublished: 2016Source: ARC from a friendSummary: Kestrel has been banished to a frigid northern work camp. Drugged and beaten, she struggles to remain defiant, but finally succumbs. When she is rescued,..." more
Saturday, August 20, 2016 12:17:46 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: My Life with the Liars by Caela Carter:
Maureen said, "Title: My Life with the LiarsAuthor: Caela CarterPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: Zylynn has been taken by the liars, away from the loving compound where she grew up knowing that she was going to heaven and sure of all the rules. If she..." more
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:19:16 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: Boxers/Saints, The Raven King, The Great American Whatever:
Maureen said, " Title: Boxers / SaintsAuthor: Gene Luen YangPublished: 2013Source: Local LibrarySummary: In 1898, it is a time of unrest in China. As Western missionaries invade, bringing discord with them, Little Bao decides it's time to fight back and..." more
Saturday, August 13, 2016 2:38:31 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys:
Maureen said, "Title: Salt to the SeaAuthor: Ruta SepetysPublished: 2016Source: Local LibrarySummary: As Germany is losing WWII, four fates converge on the road to one of the greatest maritime disasters you've never heard of. First Impressions: Wow, this was..." more
Saturday, July 30, 2016 1:43:31 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell:
Maureen said, "Title: FangirlAuthor: Rainbow RowellPublished: 2013Source: Local LibrarySummary: Cath is bewildered and intimidated by her first year of college. She's not rooming with her twin sister, as she'd assumed she would. Her classes are harder than she..." more
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:20:54 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: The Last Best Kiss, Catching Jordan, Six of Crows:
Maureen said, "Title: The Last Best KissAuthor: Claire LaZebnikPublished: 2014Source: Local LibrarySummary: Try as she might, Anna's never been able to forget dorky, sweet Finn, her freshman-year boyfriend that she drove away by not admitting they were dating...." more
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 12:51:46 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: The Abyss Surrounds Us, Of Better Blood, Allie First at Last:
Maureen said, "Title: The Abyss Surrounds UsAuthor: Emily SkrutskiePublished: 2016Source: NetGalleySummary: In a future where the seas have risen, Cassandra has been training to control Reckoners, genetically engineered sea monsters that keep the pirates at bay..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:19:53 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: Doll Bones, Promise of Shadows, and The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic:
Maureen said, "I have a backlog of books that I want to say something about, but I'm not sure I have all that much to say about, beyond the initial notes that I made for myself. It doesn't help that I read some of them months ago, and I'm starting to forget the..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:01:24 AM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled Book Review: The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters:
Maureen said, "Title: The Steep and Thorny WayAuthor: Cat WintersPublished: 2016Source: NetGalleySummary: Biracial sixteen-year-old Hanalee seeks the truth about her murdered father and the dark secrets beneath the idyllic surface of Elston, where she feels..." more
Saturday, October 22, 2016 1:25:38 PM
Maureen K wrote a blog post titled First Impressions: Grayling's Song, Booked, Unplugged:
Maureen said, " Title: Grayling's SongAuthor: Karen CushmanPublished: 2016Source: EdelweissSummary: When her hedgewitch mother is attacked and turned into a tree, shy Grayling must venture out of her hometown for the first time and journey to find the person..." more