Book Reviews

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS

Some Books I've Reviewed

updated through 5-11-19
My Goodreads shelf: a complete list of books I've read

BY AUTHOR

A

Anderson, Laurie Halse. WINTERGIRLS

Anderson, M.T. THE AMAZING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN NOTHING, TRAITOR TO THE NATION: THE POX PARTY

B

Beckett, Galen. THE MAGICIANS AND MRS. QUENT

Bertagna, Julie. EXODUS

Black, Holly. IRONSIDE

Black, Holly. TITHE

Brodey, Denise. THE ELEPHANT IN THE PLAYROOM

Brooks, Geraldine. PEOPLE OF THE BOOK

Bunce, Elizabeth C. A CURSE DARK AS GOLD

Burnett, Allison. UNDISCOVERED GYRL

C

Coady, Roxanne J. THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

Collins, Suzanne. THE HUNGER GAMES

D

Dahme, Joanne. THE PLAGUE

Dain, Claudia. THE COURTESAN'S DAUGHTER

Davidson, Jenny. THE EXPLOSIONIST

Duey, Kathleen. SKIN HUNGER

Dunmore, Helen. INGO

E

F

Ferris, Joshua. THEN WE CAME TO THE END

Forman, Gayle. IF I STAY

Fox, Angie. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR DEMON SLAYERS

French, Tana. IN THE WOODS

Funke, Cornelia. INKHEART

G

George, Jessica Day. PRINCESS OF THE MIDNIGHT BALL

Gerber, Linda. DEATH BY LATTE

Green, John. AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES

Grodin, Charles. HOW I GOT TO BE WHOEVER IT IS I AM

H

Hale, Shannon. THE ACTOR AND THE HOUSEWIFE

Hale, Shannon. AUSTENLAND

Hale, Shannon. BOOK OF A THOUSAND DAYS

Hale, Shannon. RIVER SECRETS

Harrison, Mette Ivie. MIRA, MIRROR

Hawes, Louise. BLACK PEARLS: A FAERIE STRAND

Hawes, Louise. ROSEY IN THE PRESENT TENSE.

Hest, Amy. JAMAICA LOUISE JAMES

Howe, Katherine. THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE

Hurley, Tonya. GHOSTGIRL

Hurley, Tonya. GHOSTGIRL:HOMECOMING

I

J

Jones, Frewin. THE FAERIE PATH

Jurgensen, Dalia. SPICED

K

Kennedy-Shaffer, Alan. THE OBAMA REVOLUTION

L

M

Mackler, Carolyn. THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS

Maine, David. THE PRESERVATIONIST

Marco, John. STARFINDER.

Marillier, Juliet. WILDWOOD DANCING

Marriott, Zoë. DAUGHTER OF THE FLAMES

Marriott, Zoë. THE SWAN KINGDOM

Marsh, Katherine. THE NIGHT TOURIST

Mayer, Mercer. PROFESSOR WORMBOG IN SEARCH FOR THE ZIPPERUMP-A-ZOO

McCarthy, Cormac. THE ROAD

McKinley, Robin. CHALICE

Meadows, Daisy. KATIE THE KITTEN FAIRY

Mitchell, Saundra. SHADOWED SUMMER

Mosse, Kate. LABYRINTH

N

Notaro, Laurie. THE IDIOT GIRLS' ACTION-ADVENTURE CLUB

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P

Paolini, Christopher. ELDEST

Pattou, Edith. EAST

Perez, Marlene. DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK

Pierce, Tamora and Josepha Sherman, eds. Young Warriors: Stories of Strength.

Piercy, Marge and Ira Wood. SO YOU WANT TO WRITE

Pike, Aprilynne. WINGS

Powers, Richard. THE ECHO-MAKER

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R

Read, Cornelia. THE CRAZY SCHOOL

Rimmer, Christine. VALENTINE'S SECRET CHILD

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. THE OK BOOK

Rosoff, Meg. HOW I LIVE NOW

Russell, Karen. ST. LUCY'S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES

Ryan, Brittney. THE LEGEND OF HOLLY CLAUS

Ryan, Carrie. THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH

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Schmidt, Gary D. LIZZIE BRIGHT AND THE BUCKMINSTER BOY

Schlitz, Laura Amy. A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR

Schuster, Julia. FLOWERS FOR ELVIS

Shields, Carol Diggory. WOMBAT WALKABOUT

Steptoe, John. MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS

T

Thornton, Rosy. Crossed Wires

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V

van Fleet, Matthew. ALPHABET

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Waldman, Ayelet. BAD MOTHER

Waters, Daniel. GENERATION DEAD

Wilson, N.D. 100 CUPBOARDS

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BY TITLE

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100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson

A

An Abundance of Katherines/ John Green

The Actor and the Housewife/ Shannon Hale

Alphabet/ Matthew van Fleet

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: The Pox Party/ M.T. Anderson

Austenland/ Shannon Hale

B

Bad Mother/ Ayelet Waldman

Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand/ Louise Hawes

Book of a Thousand Days/ Shannon Hale

The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them /ed. Roxanne J. Coady

C

Chalice/ Robin McKinley

The Courtesan's Daughter/ Claudia Dain

The Crazy School/ Cornelia Read

Crossed Wires/ Rosy Thornton

A Curse Dark As Gold/ Elizabeth C. Bunce

D

The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers/ Angie Fox

Daughter of the Flames/ Zoë Marriott

Dead is the New Black/ Marlene Perez

Death by Latte/ Linda Gerber

A Drowned Maiden's Hair/ Laura Amy Schlitz

E

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things/ Carolyn Mackler

East/ Edith Pattou

The Echo-Maker/ Richard Powers

Eldest/ Christopher Paolini

The Elephant in the Playroom/ Denise Brodey

Exodus/ Julie Bertagna

The Explosionist/ Jenny Davidson

F

The Faerie Path/ Frewin Jones

Flowers for Elvis/ Julia Schuster

The Forest of Hands and Teeth/ Carrie Ryan

G

Generation Dead/ Daniel Waters

Ghostgirl/ Tonya Hurley

Ghostgirl: Homecoming/ Tonya Hurley

H

How I Got To Be However It Is I Am/ Charles Grodin

How I Live Now/ Meg Rosoff

The Hunger Games/ Suzanne Collins

I

The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club/ Laurie Notaro

If I Stay/ Gayle Forman

In the Woods/ Tana French

Ingo/ Helen Dunmore

Inkheart/ Cornelia Funke

Ironside/ Holly Black

J

Jamaica Louise James/ Amy Hest

K

Katie the Kitten Fairy/ Daisy Meadows.

L

Labyrinth/ Kate Mosse

The Legend of Holly Claus/ Brittney Ryan

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy/ Gary D. Schmidt

M

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent/ Galen Beckett

Mira, Mirror/ Mette Ivie Harrison

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters/ John Steptoe

N

The Night Tourist/ Katherine Marsh

O

The Obama Revolution/ Alan Kennedy-Shaffer

The OK Book/ Amy Krouse Rosenthal

P

People of the Book/ Geraldine Brooks

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane/ Katherine Howe.

The Plague/ Joanne Dahme

The Preservationist/ David Maine

Princess of the Midnight Ball/ Jessica Day George

Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo/ Mercer Mayer

Q

R

River Secrets/ Shannon Hale

The Road/ Cormac McCarthy

Rosey in the Present Tense/ Louise Hawes

S

Shadowed Summer/ Saundra Mitchell

Skin Hunger/ Kathleen Duey

So You Want to Write/ Marge Piercy and Ira Wood

Spiced/ Dalia Jurgensen

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves/ Karen Russell

Starfinder/ John Marco

The Swan Kingdom/ Zoë Marriott

T

Then We Came to the End/ Joshua Ferris

Tithe/ Holly Black

U

Undiscovered Gyrl/ Allison Burnett

V

Valentine's Secret Child/ Christine Rimmer

W

Wildwood Dancing/ Juliet Marillier

Wings/ Aprilynne Pike

Wintergirls/ Laurie Halse Anderson

Wombat Walkabout/ Carol Diggory Shields

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Young Warriors: Stories of Strength/ ed. Tamora Pierce and Josepha Sherman.

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