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Book Review: All the Bright Places

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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Goodreads Summary: The Fault in Our Stars  meets  Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die. Theodore Finch  is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey  lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away ...

Can't Wait Wednesday (10)

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Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by  Wishful Endings  and is based on Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly featured hosted by  Breaking the Spine  where we get a chance to highlight the books we can't wait to get released. This week's Can't Wait Wednesday is Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks Expected Publication: October 16, 2018 Goodreads Summary: Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future. Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. A safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe, Tru hopes to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his mother...

Top Ten Tuesday (4)

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Artsy Reader  and gives people a chance to list out their favorites of the topic of the week!! TODAY'S TOPIC IS: Books to read by the pool/at the beach     1. Save the Date by Morgan Matson This looks like the perfect light read while also being hilarious and totally relatable. It is about a family reuniting for a wedding and all the drama and love that comes with that which sounds perfect considering I'll be surrounded by family when I head to the beach next month. 2. By Your Side by Kasie West Recently I have been all about Kasie West's book, so of course there had to be one on this list. By Your Side is about two teenagers from very different friend groups being stuck in the library for a day together and the spark that may or may not fly. 3. Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett Another YA romance but this one is online, maybe? Bailey meets someone online who shares her love for all things movies (RELAT...

Book Review: The Leaving

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The Leaving by Tara Altebrando Goodreads Summary: Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back --with no idea of where they've been. Eleven years ago, six kindergarteners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max. He doesn't come back. Everyone wants answers. Most of all Max's sister Avery, who needs to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. My Review: 3.9/5 Stars This book was daunting at first, any book over 400 pages I conte...

Can't Wait Wednesday (9)

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Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by  Wishful Endings  and is based on Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly featured hosted by  Breaking the Spine  where we get a chance to highlight the books we can't wait to get released. This week's Can't Wait Wednesday is CopyCat by Hannah Jayne Expected Publication: July 3, 2018 Goodreads Summary: Everyone is dying to read the latest book in the popular Gap Lake mystery series, and Addison is no exception. As the novels biggest fan, Addison is flattered when the infamously reclusive author, R.J. Rosen, contacts her, granting her inside information others would kill for.  But when the most popular girl in Addison's high school is murdered, Addison can't help but think that life may be imitating fiction. And as other terrifying events from the book start happening around her, Addison has to figure out how to write her own ending -and survive the story. What are you Waiting on??

Book Review: Girl Last Seen

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Girl Last Seen by Nina Laurin Goodreads Summary: Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots. I force myself to look at the face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago. If you have any knowledge of Olivia Shaw's whereabouts or any relevant information, please contact... I've spent a long time peering into the faces of girls on missing posters, wondering which one replaced me in that basement. But they were never quite the right age, the right look, the right circumstances. Until Olivia Shaw, missing for one week tomorrow. Whoever stole me was never found. But since I was taken, there hasn't been another girl. And now there is. My Review: 2.7/5 Stars The  synopsis  of th...