I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Wildoak by C. C. Harrington. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Wildoak, Maggie’s stutter makes her reluctant to talk in school, or at all. Her father is nearly at the …
Book Review | Big Tree (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Big Tree by Brian Selznick. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Big Tree, we follow the lives of two sycamore seeds, Louise and Merwin. A forest fire leads to them …
Book Review | Legends & Lattes (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Legends & Lattes, Viv the orc is tired of being a sword for hire—the violence and pillaging …
Book Review | Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One, Hazel doesn’t have many friends in middle …
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Book Review | The Final Gambit
I jotted down this note while reading: "No one overthinks as much as Tobias Hawthorne." And I stand by it. I would definitely lose a chess game to that man, because I can’t think thirty-seven steps ahead or whatever. What an exhausting way to live that would be. In The Final Gambit, the conclusion to …
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