BOOK REVIEW: Pawn by Aimee Carter

Review of: Pawn by Aimee Carter (#1 in the Blackcoat Rebellion series) Genre: YA, Dystopian Kitty Doe has just taken the test that reveals she will be a III for the rest of her life–Just low enough on the totem pole to have to work the worst jobs with little…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #21

Hi everybody!  We’re officially moved from Washington to Kentucky (!!!), have a house, AND found the library, which means, of course, the return of our Kids Books Library Haul! So welcome to our Kids Book Review Library Haul post! This is my mostly-weekly series where I give you quick and…

BOOK REVIEW: The Sandcastle Girls

Review of: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian Genre: Historical Fiction, Literary When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she is there with one purpose–to use her newly acquired nursing degrees to aid the relief of the Armenian refugees trickling through Syria in the first breakers of the Great War.  She…

BOOK REVIEW: Longbourn by Jo Baker

Review of: Longbourn by Jo Baker Genre: Literary, Historical Fiction Most of us are familiar with the trials and tribulations of the Bennet sisters, from Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice classic, but what about those ghosts belowstairs?  Longbourn is a clever, irresistible imagining of the lives of the Bennet…

BOOK REVIEW: Breaking Point by Kristin Simmons

Review of: Breaking Point by Kristin Simmons (#2 in the ‘Article 5’ trilogy) Genre: YA, Dystopian Breaking Point continues the story begun in Article 5. You can read my review of Article 5 here. If you haven’t already read Article 5, consider yourself forewarned that parts of this review or…