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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I enjoyed both the sort of magical realism (tied to the classic A Wrinkle in Time) and the realism of what it might be like to be a sixth-grader in the city and...

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I enjoyed both the sort of magical realism (tied to the classic A Wrinkle in Time) and the realism of what it might be like to be a sixth-grader in the city and...

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Empire of Bones (Ashtown Burials #3) by N.D. Wilson

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I love Wilson's imagination and his ability to mix classical myth and archetype, biblical language and symbolism, and his own creative ideas. This makes up for ...

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Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson Book Trailer

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I am behind on my N.D. Wilson.I’m actually two and a half books behind. I have been reading Death By Living on and off but haven’t finished. I want ...

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The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

I found it to be a lyrical and imaginative story. Granted it requires the "suspension of disbelief" but if you can just let the story flow the mix of fantasy an...

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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, Lauren Fortgang (Narrator)

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

An enjoyable listen with some creative world building and interesting characters even if the story had a tad too much romance and was a smidgen too melodramatic...

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