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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 →
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 →
The Da Vinci Code is one of my favourite books of all time. I read it about three years ago at the recommendation of my dad, and I sped through it so fast, it was like I was right there with Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu on that one long night the book takes place... 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 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 →
Something you should know, that I didn’t before starting this book, was this is the fourth in a big series, but the book itself doesn’t really tell us this. It doesn’t say “Book 4 in the Warwick Series” or anything like that. Once I realized, some of its flaws started to make sense, so maybe... Continue Reading →
Tahereh Mafi is one of the most coin-toss authors I’ve ever read. Whenever she has something new out, I’m sort of interested. She’s published two stand-alones from the point of view of Muslim girls in a world that seems to loathe them (one book I liked, the other I disliked, but I sympathized tremendously with... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I've published any reviews. Looking forward to getting back in the game! Like a warm cup of Mexican hot chocolate with a generous dose of cinnamon and cayenne, Cemetery Boys is a treat for the soul with a love for its culture and subject matter. It’s like Coco crossed with... Continue Reading →
It took me about six weeks to get through this novel, even though it’s a novel I’ve been anticipating for quite a while. At the end of the day, I have to give this a low grade. But at the same time I’m not going to organize a picket line against it, you know? Shift... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 