fiction
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santa and his friends: stories from the vault of friendship
Here is a growing list of the Santa stories we have enjoyed. In some of these stories, Santa’s helpers might appear instead of him from time to time. But his magic is sprinkled throughout these stories! ●The Most Wonderful Gift in the World by Mark Sperring (friendship, animals and people, Santa) ●Bear Noel by Olivier… Continue reading
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elevation by Stephen King
As a child I watched my mother as she devoured book after book written by Stephen King. Eyes alight and pages rapidly turning, I remember the massive books coming home with her and be replaced by the following book almost as quickly. Ravenous! She loved King’s works and, well, as a child? I was terrified… Continue reading
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spells for forgetting by Adrienne Young (3.5 stars)
This book was meant to be read during the crisp Autumn months, when leaves are reddening and skies are darkening and a chill starts to settle in your bones. When witches seem a bit more real and you can feel the magic in the air as death knocks on mother nature’s door and colours of… Continue reading
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the summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han (2.5 stars)
I’m reviewing the first 2 books in this trilogy, which are: The Summer I Turned Pretty, and It’s Not Summer Without You. I will review the third book when I’ve read it (soon)! Have you read any of these books or watched the show? I was looking forward to season 2 of the show but… Continue reading
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things you save in a fire by Katherine Center
“For the first time, I understood. In all the times I’d remembered that story, I’d experienced every single part of it from my own perspective, standing in my own sixteen-year-old shoes. Now, for the first time, I saw it unfold from a new angle. Hers. And it changed the story.” I have read a few… Continue reading
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radio silence by Alice Oseman
I’ll be honest I had NO idea what I was getting into when I picked this book. About halfway through I finally read the sleeve summary and then the story felt like it had a heading, but leading up to that I felt so bored. The whole thing was really just this girl studying non-stop.… Continue reading
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mosquitoland by David Arnold
Okay this book was definitely a coming of age story, and while I find that first person narrative is hard to nail, Arnold DID 👏🏻 IT 👏🏻 Mim is our main character. She is a fireball of angsty, angry teenage energy and I’m here for it. She is unapologetically honest and won’t back down. She… Continue reading
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earthlings by Sayaka Murata
How is this the absolute funkiest book I have read in my entire life. This was one of the wildest, most obscure plots I have ever attempted to follow. It is not… for the faint of heart. I don’t know why I do this. You’d think I would have learned by now haha. But no,… Continue reading
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so many beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow
THIS! BOOK!!! I love this book SO MUCH! I want to scream it haha. I loved loved LOVED Bethany C. Morrow’s writing. It was as if I was wrapped up in the moment with the March sisters, living and breathing their own thoughts and feelings. The way Morrow describes the simplest body language, gestures and… Continue reading
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dinosaurs before dark by Mary Pope Osborne
One thing I have been EAGER for since becoming a parent??? Are you ready for this?? Reading stories aloud to my children! I have not been able to wait patiently (really, at all) for the day when I will sit on my child’s bed beside them, their little heads laying down and their little toes… Continue reading
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