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Book Review: This World We Live In
Book Review: This World We Live In Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars It wasn’t what I expected. The book starts off echoing the vibe of the first novel, but it slowly cranks up the intensity. As the characters run out of food, you start to genuinely worry about them, watching them scramble for ways to…
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Book Review: Life As We Knew it.
Book Review: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. “I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it’s the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.” I actually bought the third book in this series first and realized quickly it wasn’t book…
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Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher: A Review
Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher is a witchy, magical retelling of Jane Eyre. It features a gifted healer named Jane Aire who takes a position at Thornfield Hall, a cursed estate with a mysterious and reclusive master, Edward Rochester. Full disclosure: I had no idea this was a retelling of Jane Eyre. I’ve…
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What Chrysanthemum Taught Me About Being Different
Chrysanthemum I was only a couple of months old when Chrysanthemum came out. Just a bald, cranky baby who didn’t even know she existed. As I grew and learned my name, I realized it was different. So different that sometimes I wondered whether my parents even liked me when they chose it. As a kid,…
Coushatta LaRue 