Reviews

Mini Reviews

February 15, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is round two. Check out round one, if you like. Though they all deserve their own posts, this will have to do. Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson Rating: My third encounter with Laurie Halse [...]

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Paranormalcy, by Kiersten White

February 13, 2012

Oh. I wanted to like this one more than I did. But I still liked this debut from Kiersten White. Evie, child-now-teenaged wonder, can see through the glamours that paranormals put on to appear normal. She is the star of an international treaty and the International Paranormal Containment Agency, which is charged with monitoring and [...]

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One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

February 9, 2012

This highly honored book, including a Newbery Medal honor, by Rita Williams-Garcia kind of blew me away. Delphine, eleven, is and has almost always been in charge of looking after her two younger sisters, Vonetta, nine, and Fern, seven. While they live a nice life with Papa and Big Ma in Brooklyn, this summer they [...]

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Why We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler

February 6, 2012

Daniel Handler, of Lemony Snicket fame, wrote this book. And wrote it well. So well that it just won a 2012 Printz Award honor. Min and Ed broke up. Now Min is delivering to him a box full of the paraphernalia of their relationship. Mementos, ticket stubs, etc. All of the things that we keep [...]

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TOON Books

February 2, 2012

TOON Books is a delightful line of comics for children. I’m an admitted fan, and I’ve read and reviewed several TOON Books here on The Bluestocking Society, including Jack and the Box, Stinky, Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever, Luke on the Loose, Benny and Penny in The Big No-No, Benny and Penny in The [...]

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Mini Reviews

February 1, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. Though they all deserve their own posts, this will have to do. This, in particular, is an excellent crop of books. Enjoy. Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson Rating: I really enjoyed this book, but as [...]

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Emotional Geology, by Linda Gillard

January 28, 2012

I read this tale by Linda Gillard thanks to some impressive bibliovangelizing by Angie at Angieville. I downloaded it onto my Kindle ($.99!) and started reading away. Rose had a passionate love affair with Gavin that ended badly five years ago. Very badly. And it caused a serious rift with her now-grown daughter, Megan, too. [...]

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The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

January 26, 2012

I have been simmering my thoughts about this book for a couple of weeks now. And I still don’t know where to start. Maybe with the fact that I have loved every book I have read by John Green: Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and even Let It Snow. So, I [...]

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