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Book Report: Timeless by Alexandra Monir
Timeless by Alexandra Monir Released: January 2011 Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion…
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Book Report: The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima (Seven Realms #1) Released: November 2009 Publisher: Hyperion Books Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: When 16-year-old Han Alister and his Clan friend Dancer encounter three underage wizards setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea, he has no idea that this event will precipitate a cascade of disasters…
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Teaview: What do you mean you’re not black tea?
Every so often I’ll dive into a cuppa tea without reading into what I’m drinking, and I’ll make some pretty rash assumptions. This happened recently when I was brewing myself a cup of Adagio’s Ooooh Darjeeling. (Did I type all the “O”s?) During my first few brews of Ooooh Darjeeling, I thought to myself “Wow,…
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Book Report: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Released: March 2010 Publisher: Harper Collins Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend.…
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Book Report: Matched by Ally Condie
Matched by Ally Condie Released: November 2010 Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander’s face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is…
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Book Report: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Last Survivors #1) Released: October 2006 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis:Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out…
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Book Report: Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
Shakespeare: the World as Stage by Bill Bryson Released: November 2007 Publisher: Harper Collins Add to Goodreads ★★★★☆ Synopsis: At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series. The author of ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid’ isn’t, after all, a Shakespeare scholar, a…
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Book Report: Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes by P.H.C. Marchesi
Shelby and Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes Released: March 2011 Publisher: Createspace Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: Shelby Kitt never gets lost. Shauna, his sister, never gets sick. As far as most people are concerned, the inseparable Kitt twins are odd 13-year-olds. No one, however – not even Shelby and Shauna – can guess…
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Teaview: This Tea Actually Made Me Wish for Snow
I received a bunch of different types of tea for Christmas, yet the lonely, sample tea bag of Adagio’s Chestnut Tea was the one that piqued my interest the most. I should preface this by saying I’ve never had a chestnut, so I can’t say “OMG, this totally tastes like chestnuts” or “Wow, Adagio. This…
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Book Report: 13 Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman
13 Days to Midnight Released: April 2010 Publisher: Little, Brown Books Add to Goodreads ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: You are indestructible. Three whispered words transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding that changes everything. At first, Jacob is hesitant to use the power, unsure of its implications. But there’s something addictive about testing the limits of fear.…
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By Golly, Ollie! 