Category: Books
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Story in Review: The Charismatics by Ashley Carlson
After I read Merry’s story in It Begins Here, I had to read more about the world of Shinery. The Charismatics by Ashley Carlson is a whirlwind of a first novel, introducing characters, places, and plot lines that I’ve not found elsewhere. It’s a steampunk fantasy with dystopian flair, but filled less with extensive descriptions of the surroundings,…
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Story in Review: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald is a love story, a story about finding your community, and a story about the ways we fall in love with reading. Sara arrives in Iowa from Switzerland to visit a friend, but discovers that her visit is going to be a much different one than…
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Story in Review: The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares
The Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares is one of my favorite books. I first read it when I was about the same age as the main characters, which I think always makes a book feel more immediate to a reader, more pertinent to where they are in their life right then. Yes,…