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Book Review: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar
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Book Review: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar

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Title: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake Author: Louis Sachar Series: Holes, Book 1.5 Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperback: 96 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository Imagine your misfortune if, like Stanley Yelnats, you found yourself the victim of a miscarriage of justice and interned in Camp… Continue reading Book Review: Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake by Louis Sachar

Book Review: Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop
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Book Review: Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop

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Title: Dear Justice League Author: Michael Northrop Illustrator: Gustavo Duarte Publisher: DC Zoom Paperback: 176 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository The greatest heroes in the DC Comics universe, the Justice League, answer mail from their biggest fans–kids!–courtesy of Michael Northrop, New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, and artist… Continue reading Book Review: Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop

Book Review: Don’t Wait Up by Liz Astrof
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Book Review: Don’t Wait Up by Liz Astrof

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Title: Don’t Wait Up Author: Liz Astrof Publisher: Gallery Books Hardcover: 320 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository For fans of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and I Heart My Little A-Holes comes a candid and hilarious collection of essays on motherhood from the award-winning television comedy writer and producer of… Continue reading Book Review: Don’t Wait Up by Liz Astrof

Book Review: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco
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Book Review: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco

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Title: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House Author: Alyssa Mastromonaco Publisher: Twelve Hardcover: 244 pages Source: Own Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her… Continue reading Book Review: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco

Wishlist Wednesday #43: How to Invent Everything by Ryan North
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Wishlist Wednesday #43: How to Invent Everything by Ryan North

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This meme was created by Pen to Paper. Each week we will share a book that has been recently added to our wishlist or has been on it for ages. I was lucky enough to win the Goodreads giveaway for this, and I can’t wait to get started! First, I think all this would be… Continue reading Wishlist Wednesday #43: How to Invent Everything by Ryan North

Book Review: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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Book Review: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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Title: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge Authors: MT Anderson and Eugene Yelchin Publisher: Candlewick Press Hardcover: 544 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms. Uptight elfin historian Brangwain… Continue reading Book Review: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Book Review: 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too by Marina Shifrin
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Book Review: 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too by Marina Shifrin

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Title: 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too Author: Marina Shifrin Publisher: Wednesday Books Paperback: 336 pages Source: Goodreads Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Something was nagging Marina. As a freshly minted adult with student loan payments, a barely hospitable New York apartment, a “real” job she hated that paid her enough… Continue reading Book Review: 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s and You Can Too by Marina Shifrin

Book Review: The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond
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Book Review: The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond

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Title: The Tale of Angelino Brown Author: David Almond Illustrator: Alex T. Smith Publisher: Candlewick Press Hardcover: 272 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) In this hilarious yet touching story from the masterful David Almond, life takes a surprising turn after a bus driver finds a tiny boy angel in his pocket. Do you believe in angels? Bert and… Continue reading Book Review: The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond

Book Review: The Importance of Being Funny by Al Gini
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Book Review: The Importance of Being Funny by Al Gini

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Title: The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives Author: Al Gini Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Hardcover: 168 pages Source: ALA Annual 2017 Summary: (taken from Goodreads) When E. B. White said “analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies,” he hadn’t seen Al Gini’s hilarious, incisive,… Continue reading Book Review: The Importance of Being Funny by Al Gini

Book Review: Wherever You Go, There They Are by Annabelle Gurwitch
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Book Review: Wherever You Go, There They Are by Annabelle Gurwitch

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Title: Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories about My Family You Might Relate To Author: Annabelle Gurwitch Publisher: Blue Rider Press Hardcover: 304 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) A hysterically funny and slyly insightful new collection of essays from New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch, about her own family of scam artists and hucksters, as well… Continue reading Book Review: Wherever You Go, There They Are by Annabelle Gurwitch