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“Love and Other Words” Review: Not a Book for Teens
Fiction + Romance
“To Kill a Kingdom” Review: Another DNF
Fantasy + Young Adult
“The Great Gatsby” My Review
Classics + Fiction
“Jane Eyre” Review: A Classic That Never Gets Old
Classics + Romance
A Twisty Whodunit That Will Keep You Up All Night
Mystery
“The Hunger Games”: A Series Review
Dystopian + Young Adult

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“Love and Other Words” Review: Not a Book for Teens

Fiction + Romance

I picked this book up on a spontaneous thrifting date. I’d seen it in a few recommendation videos for teens and expected it to be clean — let’s just say it no longer has a home in my library.

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“To Kill a Kingdom” Review: Another DNF

Fantasy + Young Adult

I’ve seen this book everywhere, so when I found it at one of my favourite bookstores I decided to snatch it up.

Long story short, this book caused me to spiral into a full-blown book slump.

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“The Great Gatsby” My Review

Classics + Fiction

It’s no secret that Classic Literature can be hard to digest, but this book was a fresh breath of air in the world of Classics.

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“Jane Eyre” Review: A Classic That Never Gets Old

Classics + Romance

This book is a classic that will never get old.
I read this after it was suggested over and over by my aunt, who has amazing taste when it comes to classic literature, and I couldn’t believe that I put it off for so long.

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A Twisty Whodunit That Will Keep You Up All Night

Mystery

This book is a twisty turning maze and I loved every minute of it. I read it after seeing it suggested everywhere, and I have to say, it did not let me down. I could hardly put this book down, and consider it one of the best mysteries I’ve read so far. So get ready to stay up all night if you read this book.

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“The Hunger Games”: A Series Review

Dystopian + Young Adult

I have always been scared to read the Hunger Games. Let me explain. I watched the Hunger Games movies when I was 12, and being way too young and sensitive for that amount of violence and suspense, I was plagued with nightmares and a paranoia that followed me everywhere for months. I couldn’t go into…

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“Reckless” Review: My Favourite Book of All Time!

Fantasy + Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

Every parent you ask will say they don’t have a favorite child. But every oldest sibling knows that’s not true. The youngest is always the favorite, even if the parents don’t realize it. And honestly, this book is the “youngest child” of my library.

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“Where She Went” Review

Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

I recently read the book ‘If I Stay’, it was full of raw emotion, heartbreaking choices and an ending that left me wanting more. So I was overjoyed when I found out there was a sequel to this book. And I was even happier when I realized that this book was in the love interest POV! I mean, could it get better?

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“If I Stay”: My Honest Take

Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

Okay, before I get started I need to state that I have very mixed feelings about this book, meaning that this review may not be very black and white. It’s full of personal opinions. The context/story line of this book is very…interesting. To be honest it was the first time I had read anything like it.

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“I Hope This Doesn’t Find You” Review

Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

I read a lot of romance books in the month of February (10/13 of them to be exact… and the other three still had romance in it). No, I don’t have a problem, just lots of extra time and a love of romance. One of my favourite and most memorable books I read was this one, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You.

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