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Review: Night

Night by Elie WieselMy rating: 5 of 5 stars A short read…. but who ever said short couldn’t be powerful?My God…. this was on the summer reading list for my senior year of high school and I see why now. Looking back on it, I probably would have related to this more than the book […]

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Review: The Crossover

The Crossover by Kwame AlexanderMy rating: 3 of 5 stars So…. I will admit that I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I’ve never been into sports, mainly because most of them I’m not able to play, and I never got into watching them or reading about them. I just couldn’t relate. That said, […]

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Review: Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska by John GreenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I woke up sick, so I apologize if this review is a little disorganized…. Well, this book was not what I expected. I expected a romance story with both Alaska and the main character Pudge. The first half of the story was long and, […]

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Review: The Devil’s Arithmetic

The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I was fourteen years old, I was nominated by my school district to receive an award known as the Raoul Wallenberg award. This honor was given to one kid from each school district in the state, and less than twenty kids per […]

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Review: Hoot

Hoot by Carl HiaasenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is listed under Project: Yearning for YA. To learn more about this project, click here.I’ve had a love/hate relationship with YA literature in recent years. Depending on the hand writing the story, YA can be good, great, just okay, bad, or absolutely atrocious. I […]

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My Review of Journal 3 Special Edition

“Against all odds,” “I’m Back….” So it took me some time, but I can finally say that I received my copy of the Gravity Falls Journal 3 Special Edition and read it in full. And all I can say is, “Wow!” It was so much fun to read, even more fun than the regular edition. The […]

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Review of "The Final Problem"

Wow…. wow. Before I get too carried away, the drill is the same: this review will contain spoilers for the season 4 finale of Sherlock. Spoilers below!Jeez. I didn’t realize that Sherlock’s secret sister could be so psychotic, so evil, so scary. Let’s start from the beginning again.Mycroft is watching a tape in this old building […]

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Review of "The Lying Detective"

I figured I’d review the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective. Because why not? I reviewed the first episode and I feel like I have a lot to say about this more recent one. And that’s a good thing.As usual, spoilers from here on in!Okay. This may have just replaced The Great Game as my […]

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Review: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMy rating: 3 of 5 stars Oh, if only I had been able to fly through this one in time to finish off the 2016 reading challenge…. You just can’t win them all, can you?I hate to say this, but I really prefer Arthur Conan Doyle novels […]

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"The Six Thatchers" Review

So I’m going to take a minute and stray from the norm again. This time, I’m going to be reviewing season 4 episode 01 of Sherlock. Just a quick warning to those who haven’t seen the episode yet that this review will contain spoilers, so I recommend you watch the episode if you haven’t seen […]