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The Scar Boys by Vlahos, Len

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As a kid, Harry was tied to a tree by bullies and abandoned there when a storm came in. When the storm was over, the tree was halved and incinerated by a lightening bolt and Harry was left alive but irrevocably scarred both outside and in. Most of his life, it was hard to maintain friendships, but when enigmatic and handsome Johnny takes a shine to him and suggests they start a band, things begin to turn around. The Scar Boys start out small, but […]

Childhood favorite

Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad

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I’m not sure how old I was when I first read this book, but I do remember that it was a favorite.  Some parts of this have stuck with me for over twenty years, influencing how I think ghost stories should work.  Having been born in 1986, I still definitely feel like we 90s kids got the best ghost stories.  We had a lot of authors that we still pass on to younger generations today.  I’m honestly horrified when I meet a young reader-especially of […]

Guess the inspiration!

Shivers: The Locked Room by M. D. Spenser

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I think I read this one before THE ANIMAL REBELLION, but that one was so irritating, the review was much easier.  THE LOCKED ROOM wasn’t half as bad, so this may actually take some thought. I don’t remember the main character’s name at all, but she, her younger brother, and her mother have just moved across the country to live with her mother’s new husband after a whirlwind romance.  The protagonist misses her father and home, but they’re actually back in her mother’s hometown, so […]

Not Animal Farm

Shivers: The Animal Rebellion by M. D. Spenser

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I found a small pile of miscellaneous SHIVERS books at that Shoprite book sale, so, since I loved any horror as a kid and vaguely remembered a couple of these, I picked them up.  They’re short books; this one had about 115 pages.  The funny part is that after reading a couple of them, I can see where the ideas came from.  The sources include fairy tales, but also, in the case of THE ANIMAL REBELLION, I can definitely see at least a couple scenes […]

And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did.

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

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CBR10Bingo: Home Sweet Home Growing up in Nebraska, Willa Cather was required reading. I loved loved loved My Ántonia in junior high, but I soured on her after reading O Pioneers! and hating the bummer of a preachy ending. When I first saw the Home Sweet Home square, I thought I might have to give one of her other books a try until I remembered I have a new favorite Nebraska author, thanks to CBR: Rainbow Rowell!  Eleanor & Park went right to my wishlist […]



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