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Book Review: Ikenga

Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy Publishing Info: August 2020 by Penguin Random House, 240 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Nnamdi’s father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had. He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town. But then he was murdered, and most people believed the Chief… Continue reading Book Review: Ikenga

Book Review: Whispering Pines

Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Horrory Publishing Info: Published Sept, 2020 Margaret K. McElderberry Books, 320 pages Blurb: Rae’s father vanished without a trace—and Rae knows what happened to him. But no one believes her when she says that her father didn’t run off, that he was actually taken. Now, a year of therapy later, Rae’s mother… Continue reading Book Review: Whispering Pines

Book Review: Roaring

Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publication Info: August 2020 by Entangled Publishing, 422 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Colt Clemmons is an agent in a specialized division within the Bureau of Investigation—one that hunts down not just mobsters, but also monsters. For reasons that are kept top secret, Colt is the only person who can resist… Continue reading Book Review: Roaring

Book Review: Legendborn

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publishing Information: September 15, 2020 by Margaret K McElderry Books Blurb (Goodreads): After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a… Continue reading Book Review: Legendborn

Book Review: To Sleep In A Sea of Stars

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera Publication Information: September 15, 2020 by Tor books, 880 pages Blurb (Goodreads): During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she’s delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is… Continue reading Book Review: To Sleep In A Sea of Stars

Book Review: Underprivileged Overachiever

Genre: Memoir, Young Adult Publishing information: August 31, 2020 by Telemachus Press, 250 pages Blurb (Amazon): My name is Yohancé.It rhymes with Beyoncé, starts with a Y.YOH-HON-SAY. Like too many young people, I grew up amid poverty, homelessness, gang violence and drugs. But unlike many others, I found success. I reached for the skies –… Continue reading Book Review: Underprivileged Overachiever

Cover Reveal: Cracked Coffins

Publisher: Immortal Woods Books Pub Date: Oct 24, 2020 Pg Count: 468 Genre: Upper Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Thriller Format: Paperback, Ebook Preorder Link:books2read.com/CrackedCoffins

Book Review: Ignite the Sun

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publication Information: August 18, 2020 by Blink, 352 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Sixteen year-old Siria Nightingale has never seen the sun. The light is dangerous, according to Queen Iyzabel, an evil witch who has shrouded the kingdom in shadow. Siria has always hated the darkness and revels in the stories of the… Continue reading Book Review: Ignite the Sun

Book Review: The Lost Wonderland Diaries

Genre: Children, Adventure, Fantasy Publication Information: September 8, 2020 by Shadow Mountain, 352 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Lewis Carroll, author of the classic book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, secretly recorded the true story of his actual travels to Wonderland in four journals which have been lost to the world . . . until now. Celia and Tyrus… Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Wonderland Diaries

Book Review: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Genre: Women’s Fiction Publication Information: Sept 8, 2020 by William Morrow, 384 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Eudora Honeysett is done with this noisy, moronic world—all of it. She has witnessed the indignities and suffering of old age and has lived a full life. At eighty-five, she isn’t going to leave things to chance. Her end will… Continue reading Book Review: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett