I’m sad to say that You’ll Be the Death of Me is the first Karen McManus book I didn’t like. I read and loved two of her other books on […]
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Abuela Don’t Forget Me : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Free Lunch. Punching Bag. Abuela Don’t Forget Me. This YA memoir trilogy by Rex Ogle is both engrossing and absolutely tragic. I can’t fathom the courage it must have taken […]
You’d Be Home Now: A Librarian’s Perspective Review
You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow is my first book review in nearly a year! Since the Pandemic began almost two years ago, I’ve been in a serious reading […]
The New David Espinoza: A Librarian’s Perspective Review
With its focus on high school steroid use, The New David Espinoza reminds me of Gym Candy by Carl Deuker, which I read several years ago. A book with a […]
Patron Saints of Nothing: A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Two Christmases ago, my family and I hopped a plane to The Philippines for the holidays. Manila is only a three-hour flight from Shanghai, and Boracay only one hour from […]
Twelve Steps to Normal : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Goodreads reviews have a lot of love for Twelve Steps to Normal by Farrah Penn, but it was just average for me. I appreciate the author’s purpose for writing it […]
Mr. 60% : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
What teens can learn from reading Mr. 60%: Cancer is horrible, messy, and painful. If you are poor and get sick, no one in the medical community wants to help […]
Enter Title Here : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Enter Title Here is one odd book. Well-written with interesting characters, Enter Title Here was interesting enough that I read it in one sitting. A couple of parts made me […]
Defending Taylor : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Having read all the previous six books in Miranda Kenneally’s Hundred Oaks series, I was excited to be able to read an advance copy of Defending Taylor. I’m feeling a […]
Finding Hope : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
Finding Hope by Colleen Nelson will be popular with mature readers who loved Beatrice Sparks’s Go Ask Alice and Ellen Hopkins’s Crank series. Hope and Eric’s alternating chapters are believable […]
The Storyteller : A Librarian’s Perspective Review
The Storyteller isn’t an easy read. Bad things happen. Sad things happen. But wow, the writing is beautiful, and the story will stick with you long after you close the […]