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The One Memory of Flora Banks

May 2, 2017 | Sarah
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr |

This book reminded me of what I loved best about first person narration – that it allows you a glance into the mind and the reality of someone else. And Flora Banks is such an interesting individual that her narrative point of view is just fascinating! The story itself is also a beautiful, at times funny and at times sad, portrayal of a journey of self-discovery; full of twists, turns, and upheavals. Would recommend this book to everyone!

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This book reminded me of what I loved best about first person narration – that it allows you a glance into the mind and the reality of someone else. And Flora Banks is such an interesting individual that her narrative point of view is just fascinating! The story itself is also a beautiful, at times funny and at times sad, portrayal of a journey of self-discovery; full of twists, turns, and upheavals. Would recommend this book to everyone!

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Review

Royal Bastards

Apr 25, 2017 | Sarah
Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts |

Full of sequences of surprising moments based in a well-crafted plot, Royal Bastards is a must-read for fans of action/light fantasy YA novels who are looking to be impressed. With a solid group of protagonists, a well-developed storyline, and some interesting moral dilemmas, this book was hella hard to put down!

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Full of sequences of surprising moments based in a well-crafted plot, Royal Bastards is a must-read for fans of action/light fantasy YA novels who are looking to be impressed. With a solid group of protagonists, a well-developed storyline, and some interesting moral dilemmas, this book was hella hard to put down!

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Flash Reviews

Flash Reviews: Labyrinth Lost, The Bone Witch

Apr 18, 2017 | Olivia
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova | The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Anyone else have this problem? You read some really great stories, don’t have time to write up the reviews, so you add them to the “list of books to review”. But life continues to be busy and before you know it, that list is quite long and you don’t see how you’re ever going to get through it all. This is the dilemma that I recently found myself in. After some thinking, I decided that maybe it was time to enact something that I am going to call Flash Reviews! Basically Flash reviews are going to be a be a segment where I do shorter reviews for multiple books. Today we’re starting off with two Fantasy books: Labyrinth Lost and The Bone Witch

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Anyone else have this problem? You read some really great stories, don’t have time to write up the reviews, so you add them to the “list of books to review”. But life continues to be busy and before you know it, that list is quite long and you don’t see how you’re ever going to get through it all. This is the dilemma that I recently found myself in. After some thinking, I decided that maybe it was time to enact something that I am going to call Flash Reviews! Basically Flash reviews are going to be a be a segment where I do shorter reviews for multiple books. Today we’re starting off with two Fantasy books: Labyrinth Lost and The Bone Witch

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Review

Run

Apr 12, 2017 | Sarah
Run by Kody Keplinger |

This is a beautiful story about friendship. About how the little adventures, rebellious acts, quiet conversations, karaoke sessions, all the minutes spent together add up to form a meaningful relationship. Kody Keplinger delivers a dual-perspective narrative with voices as fresh as her story.

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This is a beautiful story about friendship. About how the little adventures, rebellious acts, quiet conversations, karaoke sessions, all the minutes spent together add up to form a meaningful relationship. Kody Keplinger delivers a dual-perspective narrative with voices as fresh as her story.

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Review

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

Apr 7, 2017 | Olivia
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston |

I first heard of Exit, Pursued by a Bear from a fellow Toronto Blogger, Amanda (aka Mother of Penguins aka Brains, Books and Brawn). She was very passionate about how much of a must-read this book was (as well as everything else by E.K. Johnston), and I was intrigued. Good recommendations, plus Johnston is a Canadian author, so on my last Chapters visit, I decided to pick it up. I knew going into it that the content was intense (the story after all is about a rape survivor’s life after the fact), but I don’t think I was prepared for how deeply this book would shake me.

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I first heard of Exit, Pursued by a Bear from a fellow Toronto Blogger, Amanda (aka Mother of Penguins aka Brains, Books and Brawn). She was very passionate about how much of a must-read this book was (as well as everything else by E.K. Johnston), and I was intrigued. Good recommendations, plus Johnston is a Canadian author, so on my last Chapters visit, I decided to pick it up. I knew going into it that the content was intense (the story after all is about a rape survivor’s life after the fact), but I don’t think I was prepared for how deeply this book would shake me.

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