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Louise (64 KP) rated Bird Box in Books

Jul 2, 2018  
Bird Box
Bird Box
Josh Malerman | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
6
8.3 (23 Ratings)
Book Rating
I wanted to read Bird Box after hearing so many rave reviews from BookTube and the blogosphere. From what everyone was saying, I was going to be scared shitless and that was what I was hoping for but it didn’t happen. This book for me has to be my most disappointing read of 2017 so far! The writing wasn’t bad but I feel like this has been overhyped and my expectations were set pretty high. I suppose the reason I was disappointed with this book was because you never really get any answers and the thing that is killing people you never get to picture what it is or why it’s happening. There was one small part of this book that had me scared and it was a paragraph and that was all. I thought the writing was great and I liked most of the characters but for me I needed more answers. I would also put this book as survival/post apocalyptic book rather than a horror.
  
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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Sep 4, 2020  
Sneak a peek at the children's picture book A VOTE IS A POWERFUL THING by Catherine Stier. This is a fantastic book to help explain to young children about how the voting process works in the U.S. Enter the GIVEAWAY to win copies of each of the three election series books by Catherine Stier, swag which includes patriotic socks, button, and pencils, as well as a $15 gift card to The Twig Book Shop.

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2020/09/book-blitz-and-giveaway-vote-is.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Callie knows there’s a presidential election coming up, and people will soon vote to decide the country’s leader.

Her class is having an election too, about an issue that affects them all–the class field trip. Should they choose the cookie factory or the wilderness park?

Join Callie as she campaigns for the wilderness park she loves and learns how people have organized, marched, and protested for the right to vote. And find out how a vote–even just one vote–can make a difference!
      
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Lindsay (1717 KP) rated Twin Tales: Alike and Different in Books

Oct 24, 2021  
Twin Tales: Alike and Different
Twin Tales: Alike and Different
Brielle Dupervil, Nadia Dupervil | 2021 | Children
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Twin Tales is a book about twins that are alike and different. Children all want to feel special. Even twins have their personalities. Parents sometimes dress their children the same and do not allow their children to be themselves.

This book explains it to show that twins can be alike in many ways but also very different. Each person should get to know each one, and then you will be able to tell a twin apart. I have grown up with twins. I could tell them apart, but my mom could not even remember who was who.

I knew what this book was trying to do. It is trying to explain that all identical twins and fraternal twins will like the same things. That's okay. The pictures are lovely. The author did a fantastic job showing that twins can be alike with some things but can be very different. They still will get along. Twins are just like any other children.

Children will enjoy this book and learn about twins. If you are a twin, then this book is made for you. The picture book is suitable for all children. Parents and children can learn and teach each other while reading this book. Children can learn from each other as well and read this book together as well. It's okay to be different from your twin.
  
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Southern Today (21 KP) rated Fangirl in Books

Nov 7, 2017  
Fangirl
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell | 2014 | Young Adult (YA)
9
8.9 (46 Ratings)
Book Rating
So, I love this book. I have been trying to read it since it came out, and finally got it at a library. Yay!

For some reason, I thought that, in this book, Cath (the main character) would meet her favorite character in real life. She does not. But what Rowell does do is describe a girl who has some very real life social issues. Some of which I can relate to.

I absolutely love Levi. He is wonderful. I still don’t have a very clear picture of him in my head and I think that might be a good thing. This is a book that I don’t think I want to see in theaters. If we did, I would probably have mixed feelings. We could never see into Cath’s life so clearly.

That’s all I have to say here. I loved this book. Look at my portfolio for a review to come!
  
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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Harlem Shuffle in Books

Oct 31, 2021  
Harlem Shuffle
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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DNF @ 47%.

Couldn’t get into this at all, and I really wanted to like it as I’ve heard great things about this author. Unfortunately I found myself finding other things to do rather than read this book, and when I did sit down to read I would only read a few pages before getting bored and doing something else.
As some other reviews have stated, there was a lot of describing the action after the action had happened, making it not so much of a crime thriller but a book that was lacking something. A lot of introducing characters and then them disappearing and never being heard from again and a lot of jumping between time frames.
The descriptions were great and I could picture where was being described so clearly, but this just wasn’t a book for me. A real shame because I really wanted to like this book!