BOOK REVIEWS

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I review only books I select on my own for this blog. I am not currently accepting any books for review. I receive no payment for the reviews I do post on my blog.

BOOKS I'VE REVIEWED (Alphabetized by Title)

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3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

A

A Clockwork Universe by Edward Dolnick
A Girl Called Fearless by Catherine Linka
A Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman 
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Absolutely Everything by Christopher Lloyd
After the Ashes by Sarah K. Joiner 
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Allegient by Veronica Roth
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 
And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Asylum by Madeleine Roux
Asylum: The Novellas by Madeleine Roux
Audition and Subtraction by Amy Fellner Dominy 
Awakening of the Desert by Julius C. Birge

B

Bad Kitty Gets A Bath by Nick Bruel
Beautiful Moon: A Child's Prayer by Tonya Bolden 
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 
Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Bloodline by Joe Jimenez
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Butter by Erin Jade Lange

C

Caleb and Kit by Beth Vrabel
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 
Catacomb by Madeliene Roux
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman 
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson 
Chengli by Hildi Kang
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Citadel by Kate Mosse
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Club Deception by Sarah Skilton
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 
Cowards by Glenn Beck
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Croak by Gina Damico 

D

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Lainie Taylor 
Dead Wake by Erik Larson 
Deception Point by Dan Brown
Diamond Looking Glass, The by Dorine White
Divergent by Veronica Roth


E-F

Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card
Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card
Echoes of Edisto by C. Hope Clark
Edisto Jinx by C. Hope Clark
Endurance by Alfred Lansing 
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Fast into the Night by Debbie Moderow
Fighting for Dontae by Mike Castan
Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Fracture by Megan Miranda
From the Magical Mind of Mindy Munson by Nikki Bennett
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar

G-H

Galaxy Games by Greg Fishbone
Good Little Book, The by Kyo Maclear 
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Greenhorn by Anna Olswanger
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith
Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire by Francesca Simon
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eager 
Hysteria by Megan Miranda
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I-L

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
I Am Smart! I Am Strong! by Fay Klinger
Icefall by Mathew J. Kirby
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michell McNamara
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett
Inferno by Dan Brown
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Journey of Wonders Anthology, Vol I
Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly
Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

M

Manjhi Moves a Mountain by Nancy Churnin
March by John Lewis (Book I)
Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans
Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans
Micro by Michael Crichton
Misery by Stephen King
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine 
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Money, Master the Game by Tony Robbins
Mr. Monster by Dan Wells
Murder in Edisto by C. Hope Clark
My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall

N-P

Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight by Jay Barbee
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Night School by Lee Child
Origin by Dan Brown
Painting the Rainbow by Amy Gordon
Paper Towns by John Green 
Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone
Possess by Gretchen McNeil
Promise by Judy Young


Q-R

Qiuet by Susan Cain
Ranger's Apprentice Book I by John Flanagan 
Remember Dippy by Shirley Vernick
Room by Emma Donahue 
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein 
Running Out of Night by Sharon Lovejoy 

S

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys 
Sanctuary by Jennifer McKissack
Sanctum by Madeliene Roux
Sand by Hugh Howey
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Shadows In Flight by Orson Scott Card
Shift by Hugh Howey
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Slade House by David Mitchell
Slide by Jill Hathaway 
Son by Lois Lowry
Starters by Lissa Price
Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
Summer of the Mariposas by Guadelupe Garcia McCall
Sunrise by Mike Mullin 
Surface Tension by Mike Mullin

T

Teresa and the New World by Sharman Apt Russell
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell 
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet 
The Call by Peader O'Guilin
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Debt Collector, Series I by Susan Kaye QuinnThe Debt Collector, Wraith by Susan Kaye Quinn
The Devil's Pocket by John Dixon
The Dining Car by Eric Peterson
The Dogs by Alan Stratton

The Emerald Ring by Dorine White
The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen 
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson 
The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Greatest Prospector in the World by Ken Dunn
The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Last Wild by Piers Torday
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo 
The List by Patricia Forde 
The Marbury Lense by Andrew Smith
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Memory Book by Laura Avery
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo
The Monstromologist by Rick Yancey 
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Nightmare Affair by Mindy Arnett
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright
The Other Side of Free by Krista Russell 
The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein 
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Real Wizard of Oz by Rebecca Longcraine
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
The Ruby Pendant by Dorine White 
The Sandman, Vol. 3 by Neil Gaiman
The Scariest Thing in the Jungle by David Derrick
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Story of Seeds by Nancy Castaldo 
The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Holczer
The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory Johns  
The Troop by Nick Cutter 
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (audio book) 
The World's Greatest Book by Lawrence Schiffman
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Tomorrow Wendell by R.M. Ridley 

U-V

Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Unwholly by Neal Shusterman
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Up in the Air by Anne Marie Meyers
Vengeance by Megan Miranda 
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich

W-Z

Waiting for a Sign by Esty Schaeffer
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee
Wendy Darling: Stars by Colleen Oakes
White Space by Ilsa J. Bick 
Wind Dancer by Chris Platt 
Winter by Marissa Meyer 
With Love and Laughter, John Ritter by Amy Yasbeck
Wonder by R.J. Palacio 
Wool by Hugh Howey
Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes
X-Isle by Steve Augard
You by Charles Benoit
Zom-B by Darren Shan