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Well, long time no see.I hit a bit of a reading slump this past month, plus got busier than ever with my work, so finishing this novel took probably three times longer than I had hoped. Nevertheless, I finished it at last! Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi is a novel set in Iraq in 2005.…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Elizabeth Lim’s debut novel Spin the Dawn, a young woman named Maia disguises herself as a man to enter a…
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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Elizabeth Lim’s debut novel Spin the Dawn, a young woman named Maia disguises herself as a man to enter a competition…
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Fans of The Hate U Give, I have one for you! SLAY by Brittney Morris features Kiera Johnson, a senior in high school, who leads a double life. No one—her parents, sister, best friend, even her boyfriend—knows that for the past three years, she’s been the developer of an online VR video game. SLAY is a…
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Thank goodness for getting into a series late, because I didn’t have to wait at all between books! There won’t be spoilers for this second book here, but there might be some for its predecessor Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, so if you haven’t read that, proceed with caution (unless you don’t care, then proceed…
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In Pride by Ibi Zoboi, when a rich family renovates the home across the street, Bushwick native Zuri Benitez along with her sisters are desperate to who their new neighbors will be. As luck would have it, the sons happen to be not only rich, but also handsome. Zuri’s sister Janae immediately starts to fall for Ainsley,…
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My reread of Heroes of Olympus is done! There will be no spoilers for this book here, but there will be some minor spoilers for the previous ones, by nature of this being a review of the final installment. In Rick Riordan’s The Blood of Olympus, the crew of the Argo II is back together, but the reunion…
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In an unexpected turn of events, the book I remembered least might be one of my favorite installments in the series! (By the way, there will be spoilers for the previous books of the series, but not for this book.) At the beginning of The House of Hades—Rick Riordan’s fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus…
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In The Lost Hero, the first installment in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series, Jason wakes up with no memory of who he is. Then, when a strange creature attacks, he along with friends Leo and Piper discover they are much more than just troubled kids—they are demigods. Jason’s amnesia is tied inextricably to this fact,…
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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon follows four characters: In the east, Tané hopes to become a dragon rider, but worries that a choice on the eve of a critical day in her career could ruin her chances; meanwhile, Niclays grapples with his past when asked to harbor a foreign fugitive. In the…