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Liberty Boston (93 KP) rated Clawdeen Wolf and the Freaky-Fabulous Fashion Show (Monster High Diaries, #4) in Books

Mar 15, 2021  
Clawdeen Wolf and the Freaky-Fabulous Fashion Show (Monster High Diaries, #4)
Clawdeen Wolf and the Freaky-Fabulous Fashion Show (Monster High Diaries, #4)
Nessi Monstrata | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Clawdeen And The Freaky Fabulous Fashion Show review.

My goodness, I forgot to review the rest of these!

Anyway, I liked the book. I loved reading about Clawdeen.

Like the other books before it, this takes place after Frights Camera Action (Brownie points)

The Wolf Family having a reunion which puts a lot of pressure on Clawdeen who's trying to balance family with her friends and hobbies. She admits in an entry early on that her family doesn't quite understand her commitment to her hobby & her friends and boy, oh boy did I feel that.

I literally have zero complaints about this book.

I do, however, wish these were longer. The story itself is 110 pages long. The rest of the pages are blank journal pages you can write in and a preview of Draculaura's diary but I understand why these are so short so it's okay.

Overall, I loved reading about Clawdeen and her life!
  
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Philip Seymour Hoffman recommended The Sportswriter in Books (curated)

 
The Sportswriter
The Sportswriter
Richard Ford | 2006 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
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"These two novels are about Frank Bascombe, a middle-aged man living in New Jersey. The Sportswriter begins a few years after the death of one of his children, and by the end of Independence Day, you’ve followed him for the next eight or so years. These are two of the greatest books about grief. Bascombe doesn’t sit in a corner and weep, but you know that his life has been affected by that loss. He used to be married; he used to have a family. It’s also incredibly accurate and illuminating about how men think. At the end of the first book, Bascombe wonders if one effect of life is to cover you in a residue “of all the things you’ve done and been and said and erred at.” In that instant, the veil lifts, and he feels a sense of being free again. But he also realizes that this lightness won’t last. And, worse, that it might not come again."

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Emma (519 KP) rated The Last Fighting Tommy in Books

Sep 1, 2019  
The Last Fighting Tommy
The Last Fighting Tommy
Harry Patch | 2018 | History & Politics
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The subject this month that was picked for my book club was world war one, I was struggling to find a book to read, and so was lent two books. This one by my mother and war horse by my friend. I chose to read this one, and was honestly a bit dubious about reading it. I have always been more interested in ancient history than modern history and didn't think it would agree with me. However I couldn't put this book down, the way it is written makes you feel like you are sat with Harry, listening to him tell his stories, and for me it us unusual to read about someone that didn't want to go to war. Also reading about his life, and the things he did before the war and after it....well what and interesting man and definitely full of character. I hope his story lives on for a long time to come.
  
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories, #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2018  
Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories, #1)
Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories, #1)
Lauren Tarshis | 2014 | History & Politics, Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
So anyone who knows me(or looks at my reading list) can see I love disasters. The [I Survived] series by [Lauren Tarchis] is a reading teacher's friend since it gets kids who don't read to pickup a book. I was really excited about [True Stories] because two of the events were little known (Children's Blizzard and The Great Molasses Flood) and two others were more contemporary. I liked the information given although I would love to see these written on a slightly higher level since I teach middle school.

I found it interesting that most of the sources that the author used were books I have read and have in my classroom. Hopefully I can use this book as a springboard to get kids to read something challenging just to learn more about it.
  
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graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Abducted (Lizzy Gardner, #1) in Books

Feb 15, 2019  
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Abducted (Lizzy Gardner, #1)
T.R. Ragan | 2012
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<i>4.25 stars</i>
I was super impressed with this book: the construction, the fleshed out characters, the plotting, just about everything. Lizzy is a great protagonist who is strong, but has her weaknesses, she's disturbed but trying to be normal, she all around feels like a real human being. And she's not the only one, all the secondary characters are done just has well and serve a purpose. The only thing I didn't like was that the cat was a victim. I didn't really feel it was necessary, and I have cats, so I don't want to read about animals being hurt or killed in books. Most especially if it doesn't add anything. Otherwise I would totally recommend the book to those who enjoy mysteries and thrillers with realistic characters.