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Kasey has been reviewing young adult and middle-grade books since 2013 and has posted over 2,000 book reviews. When not reading, she might be fly fishing, playing video games, writing, or spending time with her people. She lives in Central Florida with her family and two rather opinionated cats.

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March 2026 Reading Recap

Trigger warning: pet illness and death of a parent.

Well, March started out peacefully, but it really went out with a bang for my family. On March 21, we spent the day at the emergency vet with a very sick cat, who we learned has cancer. We brought him home with the intention of trying to keep him comfortable for a few days while we said goodbye. Within a couple of days, he

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A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

tags: authors, books, literature, reading, writing

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“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
― Henry Ward Beecherr

tags: books, humor

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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Young Adult Historical Fiction — 280 members — last activity Aug 27, 2025 11:08AM
A group for all fans of Young Adult Historical Fiction who would love to meet other fans, read and discuss historical books. We will also have optiona ...more

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Willing To Review Christian Group — 711 members — last activity Mar 30, 2026 01:58AM
This is a group of Christians or people who are willing to review books from authors or writers from many different genres of Christian literature (MA This is a group of Christians or people who are willing to review books from authors or writers from many different genres of Christian literature (MAINLY, NEW AUTHORS AND STRUGGLING AUTHORS WHO NEED EXPOSURE ) If you are willing to review a book for a struggling or up and coming author please join the group. “AUTHORS” post your work on the book shelf, (Please don’t post any books, unless you are the author of that book) and want a review done of your work “AND” you are willing to send the willing reviewer a free copy of your book to be reviewed. After you post your book, leave a comment in the discussion board with info about yourself, so that the willing reviewer who has interest in reviewing your book can contact you, letting you know that they are interested and willing to review your book……. "WILLING" reviewers, please place your review here on Goodreads . “AUTHORS” Don’t worry if you get more than one person willing to review your work; that's a plus! The more exposure you get the better for your book, especially if you get good reviews. This will be up to you “the author” about how many reviewers you decide to send your book to. This is good for reviewers too; they can get overloaded with books and the work becomes tedious, so this way even a reviewer can limit how many books they are willing to review. I encourage authors and reviewers to join this group, because there are authors who also review. “AUTHORS” UNFORTUNATELY, even though you place your book on the bookshelf and post info about your book in the discussion board, does not guarantee you will get someone to review your work; all you can do is display your works here, and ask if anyone is willing to review your book. Every so often, I will send out a message to all the members, informing them of authors who are interested in a book review, so potential reviewers can look on the bookshelf and in the discussion board, to see if there are any books that they are willing to review. Let’s have fun! Thank You and God Bless. ...more

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This is the official hang out of Playlist Young Adult Fiction! Playlist Young Adult Fiction provides your YA fiction fix. With new ebooks and offers a ...more

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Do you find yourself spending more time in the library than at the bookstore? But do you also have a deep-seated desire to help promote new authors an ...more

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