By Nova Weetman Paperback: 262 pagesMi Rating: ★★★ (3) Jake and Alex aged 15 are best mates, but come from very different demographics. Jake comes from a single-parent home. Living in a small unit with his mum, who works long hours as a nurse. He loves science and is looking at further study into this
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By M.L Steadman Ebook: 362 PagesMi Rating: ★★★★ (4.5) Tom is a WW1 veteran. He is quite an introvert and is obviously affected by what he has seen during his time in the War. (We now know this as PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder). One hundred and sixty kilometers away off the southwest coast of Western
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By V.E Schwab Paperback: 560Mi Rating: ★★★★★ (5) It’s 1714, and Addie out of pure desperation prays to the gods so she doesn’t have to marry the man that has been arranged for her. She makes the mistake of praying to the gods of the dark, and one grants her wish. But her freedom comes
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by Angie Thomas Paperback: 488pagesMi Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4) Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds. The poor (black) neighborhood where she was born and raised, and then her posh (and very white) high school in the suburbs. Starr’s world is turned upside down one fateful evening when she is the only witness to a
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By Dani Atkins Ebook: 512 pagesMi Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5) Our Song tells the story of two couples. Ally & Joe and Charlotte & David. Fate and circumstances find the two couples in the same hospital intensive care unit one night. One selfless act has Joe lying in ICU. While for David, a
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By BN Toler Ebook: 308 pagesSelf PublishedMi Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5) Due to the mature content of this book, I would recommend it for ages 17+ Neena is 12, and she is dying. Having never known her father, she puts an ad out on craigslist, in the hopes that she will be able
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By Matt Haig Hardcover: 304 pagesOriginal Title: The Midnight LibrarySetting: Bedford, Bedfordshire, EnglandLiterary Awards Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2020)Mi Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4.25) What if. Two such powerful words. We have all wondered about our lives would be if based on those two words. What if. I know I have. What if we
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My objective for 2020 was to read as many books that I have had on my TBR (to be read) pile as possible. You can find my original list here: What to read for 2020 Reading List of 2020 In Chronically order A = Audiobook Essential I read 18 books off my list. Two of
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At the start of the year, I wrote a list of the books I had planned to read for the year. I figured it would take the guesswork out of what I wanted to read. For 2021 I have decided I want to go back to something I did way back in in 2015, and
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With 1/4 of the year already behind us, it’s time to check in with my reading goal. Earlier this year, I created a list of all the books I had planned to read for the year. You can find that list here: What to read for 2020. How is my reading going? It’s going better
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