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Saturday, June 1, 2019
There's No Place like Hell by Janis Hill
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I read an earlier novel by this author and liked i...
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Scavenger Scout: Rock Hound by Shelby Wilde, Yana Popova
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Rating: WARTY! This was a children's book that was available for free in ebook format, so I got hold of it because it had a similar...
The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
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Rating: WORTHY! Written in 2013 by an author who died almost exactly a year ago, this was a fun little audiobook which frankly dragged ...
Yay! You're Gay! Now What? by Riyadh Khalaf
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Errata: “...you’re going more than you’re sexuali...
Friday, May 3, 2019
Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima
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Rating: WARTY! This was the second of two manga I looked at recently which featured a person with some sort of disability. In the othe...
Real by Takehiko Inoue
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Rating: WARTY! I've not had a lot of success with Manga. Reading a book 'backwards' doesn't come naturally to me(!), b...
Cinderella Screwed Me Over by Cindi Madsen
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Rating: WARTY! I'm not opposed to chick lit and I've read a bit of it myself although it's not my first choice of genre, bu...
Who Laid the Egg? By Audrey Sauble
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Rating: WORTHY! This was a colorful little book for young children about eggs and the creatures that lay them. It poses a question at ...
The Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynn Rae Perkins
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Rating: WORTHY! Read by Brittany Presley, this audiobook was entertaining. I came to it after having really enjoyed the author's N...
I am Amelia Earhart by Brad Metzler
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Rating: WORTHY! This was a very short book for young children which skipped a huge part of Earhart's life and harped a bit overmuch...
A Dark Inheritance by Chris D'Lacey
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Rating: WARTY! Read rather oddly by Raphael Corkhill, this was another audiobook which started out really well and then Le Stupide se...
Zachary and the Great Potato Catastrophe by Junia Wonders, Giulia Lombardo
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Rating: WORTHY! Junia Wonders sounds like a made-up name for a children's book writer, but apparently it isn't! So we have Jun...
The Grown-Up's Guide to Making Art with Kids by Lee Foster-Wilson
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Subtitled "25+ fun and easy projects to inspi...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas
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Rating: WORTHY! And for my 3,000th review on this website in less than six years, I can't think of anything (my own novels and chil...
Ella the Slayer by AW Exley
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Rating: WARTY! "Let me give you a leg up then" says the young Duke to Ella at one point after they have just met at the begin...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec by Jacques Tardi
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Rating: WORTHY! I came to this via the Luc Besson movie. This first volume includes two stories: "Pterror over Paris," from ...
Nifty Thrifty Music Crafts for Kids by Felicia Lowenstein Niven
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Rating: WORTHY! This was a great crafts book for kids because it allows them to make musical instruments (near enough!) out of househol...
Criss Cross by Lynn Rae Perkins
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Rating: WARTY! Having had success with two previous LRP novels, I ventured into this audiobook (read adequately by Danielle Ferland) wi...
Hinges Book 1: Clockwork City by Meredith Mclaren
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Rating: WARTY! This graphic novel was a fail for me because it was unintelligible. I had no idea, for the most part, what the hell was...
Goslings by JD Beresford
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Rating: WARTY! Read rather awkwardly by Matthew Brenher, this audiobook was a quick fail. I am not one for these end-of-the-world surv...
51 Things to Make With Egg Cartons by Fiona Hayes
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Rating: WORTHY! When I was a young kid, my younger brother and I used to use the cut-off bottoms of egg cartons as hoards of Daleks (th...
Fast Forward by Adam Skinner
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a fun book, especially for me who isn...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
David Bowie by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Ana Albero
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Erratum: “This made his eyes look like were diffe...
Mahatma Gandhi by Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Albert Arrayas
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Another in a children's 'Little People, Bi...
1, 2, 3, Who's Cleaning the Sea? by Janina Rossiter
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I don't personally know Janina Rossiter, but w...
How to Be a Butterfly by Laura Knowles, Catell Ronca
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a gorgeously illustrated little book for ...
Boy oh Boy by Cliff Leek, Bene Rohlmann
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This colorful book, illustrated nicely by Rohlmann...
Supersize Cross Sections: Inside Engines by Pascale Hedelin, Lou Rihn
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Erratum: There is a spelling error on the Hindenb...
The Dictionary of Difficult Words by Jane Solomon, Louise Lockhart
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I'm quite erudite and familiar with a lot of s...
Planet Fashion by Natasha Slee, Cynthia Kittler
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Illustrated in style(!) by Cynthia Kittler, this b...
D-Day by Michael Noble
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a nice overview of what was involved for ...
Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle, Isaac Goodhart
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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Illustrated beautifully by Isaac Goodhart, and wri...
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite
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Rating: WARTY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I had looked forward to reading this, but in the en...
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