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Tiana wants to read Across a Star-Swept Sea (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #2) by Diana Peterfreund (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tiana rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1) by Trenton Lee Stewart (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
There were some parts I really liked and others that I thought were merely okay. I really liked the beginning - seeing the test and how the different children completed the various parts. Other portions of the book seemed to drag and I was wanting th...more
May 17, 2013 11:23am · see review
Tiana wants to read United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6) by Ally Carter	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 14, 2013 08:36pm
Tiana rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Crown of Embers (Fire and Thorns, #2) by Rae Carson (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
That feeling where you read a book that is sooooo good but the ending is a total CLIFFHANGER and the next book doesn't come out for months. Curse you Rae Carson! Gah. I just want to read the next one now. I liked this one so much better than the first...more
May 10, 2013 07:36am · see review
Tiana rated a book 3 of 5 stars Sleeping Beauty (Faerie Tale Collection, #2) by Jenni James (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I love Jenni James's Jane Austen diaries, and this was my first foray into her Faerie Tale Collection. I'll admit that I didn't like it as much. Maybe it's because her writing style and voice do really well with contemporary stories, but I just felt...more
May 06, 2013 10:06am · see review
Tiana rated a book 4 of 5 stars Half-Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Cute read. It was fun to see a traditional private eye voice tailored to a middle grade story. I also liked that I could actually solve the mystery - I hate reading mysteries where the key element is withheld until the last minute, or when the detail...more
May 06, 2013 10:02am · see review
Tiana rated a book 4 of 5 stars The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
So heartwarming and yet sad at the same time. Even the happy moments made me a little sad, but in a good way. It was interesting to see the world through a gorilla's eyes - though I think the gorilla became more and more human-like as the book progre...more
Apr 24, 2013 08:01pm · see review
Tiana rated a book 5 of 5 stars Palace of Stone (Princess Academy #2) by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I always love how real Shannon Hale's characters are. No one is completely good or evil, people make mistakes and people do things for their own reasons that they believe to be just. I also like how she builds the conflict so that things seem to be c...more
Apr 23, 2013 06:41pm · see review