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When I finished this book, it was my fourth five-star read in a row! That’s never happened before. The Language of Seabirds, Robin Hood Book 10, The Last Ronin, and now The Silence That Binds Us. Of all those books, this is by far the longest, and I was sad when it had to end.... Continue Reading →
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge Ninja Turtle fan. I don’t collect the comic books, I don’t like every adaptation that has been brought forth, and there are way too many said adaptations of them at this point. But they have had such an enormous impact on my life. They helped get me... Continue Reading →
The Language of Seabirds has a cover that’s pretty typical for the now-established LGBTQ genre in young adult fiction. There have been ones with similar covers (The Gravity of Us, Darkhearts) that have disappointed me in the past, and I'd just finished another two-male relationship book that was just okay, so I at first wasn’t... Continue Reading →
DNF @ 42%, and I’m as surprised as you are about that. Fair warning: I might come across as a sourpuss in this review, and I hate having to DNF a book before finishing. This review is based on all I managed to get through. When I heard Sabaa Tahir had a new fantasy series... Continue Reading →
This is my third read of the Avatar book series, and honestly? I’m glad these books exist. The world that Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Koneitzko made gets more and more beautiful with every new part of it we learn, from Aang to Korra to Kyoshi and now Yangchen. Avatar: The Last Airbender is my... Continue Reading →
I was hooked from the get-go on Defy The Night, the first book in a trilogy and the first I’ve read from Brigid Kemmerer. If books like these were assigned to high schools instead of the usual dinosaurs like The Great Gatsby or Wuthering Heights, more kids would definitely love to read. Imagine Robin Hood... Continue Reading →
While reading The Rebel’s Guide To Pride, I thought about the thousands of Palestine Action hostages in the UK, imprisoned just for speaking out against the biggest war crime in generations, and how they’ve been keeping up the fight and risking their entire lives. It’s just like here, down to the corrupt leaders bad-mouthing the... Continue Reading →
I’ve been a fan of Cale Dietrich ever since his Love Interest days. Can’t believe that was almost ten years ago! Four books in, I’ve noticed a pattern he has, of his protagonists being, well, probably a fair bit like him? I see a bit of myself in a lot of his heroes. They tend... Continue Reading →
I read this book knowing I would love it. And I waited ages for it to arrive, like my dad when he was a little kid waiting for Episodes 5 and 6 of Star Wars. Books like these will get children to actually like reading, because it does something that so many authors forget to... Continue Reading →
After the longest book I’d ever read and finishing a four-year project…I wasn’t in the mood to get into anything big. I figured, let’s pick something for my next read that was not gonna be a burden to get through. I found Instructions for Dancing at my library, and figured, I’ve never read a Nicola... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 