Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout: Book Review

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Book Cover

4 Stars. Olive is obviously at the heart of this collection of stories. It’s very easy for fictional characters to be all good or all bad. I had moments where I hated Olive, cheered her on, admired her, pitied her, and even loathed her. But if you look deeply inside all of us, isn’t that the way we would really feel about […]

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Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder: Book Review

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder Book Cover

5 Stars. I just loved Yelena. She is so smart, sarcastic, ever-hopeful, and talented in ways that even she doesn’t realize. She’s the biggest reason I rated this book five stars. So my question is, with all the kick-ass female characters out there for teen girls to read, why is whiny Bella the one that most seem to have latched […]

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The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson: Book Review

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson Book Cover

4 Stars. I enjoyed this one so much more than the first one that I was left wondering if I just read that one at the wrong time or if Larsson really improved that much between one book and the next. Whatever it was, this was way, way better than I expected, and I’m glad it was chosen as one of my groups’ monthly reads. In all […]

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