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Disease — fictitious and otherwise

Pandemic (The Extinction Files, #1) by A.G. Riddle

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life by Mallory Smith

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee

August 28, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

All right, we’re going to start with the cheesy fiction and move on to very serious non-fiction. (4 stars) Pandemic (The Extinction Files #1) by A.G. Riddle Holy exposition, Batman. I have NEVER read a book that did so much telling instead of showing. I swear, a good 50% of this novel is composed of flashbacks, recovered memories or letters discovered in secret hideouts. That being said, I found it wildly entertaining and now feel very nostalgic for the medical thriller books my best friend […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: A.G. Riddle, badkittyuno, Mallory Smith, Rachael Lippincott, Steffanie Strathdee

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:148 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: A.G. Riddle, badkittyuno, Mallory Smith, Rachael Lippincott, Steffanie Strathdee ·
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“If I’m going to die, I’d like to actually live first.”

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis

June 24, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

My review of Five Feet Apart:  Oh you want more? Sorry, I am a bit rusty on my review writing. Five Feet Apart is written by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis which means it took three people to write this The Fault in our Stars rip-off. Stella has cystic fibrosis; she has a popular vlog, is developing an app for monitoring her drug regime and is well-liked at the hospital she has been treated at her entire life. Her healthy older sister died in a freak accident and now Stella […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Five Feet Apart, Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, Tobias Iaconis

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:61 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Five Feet Apart, Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, Tobias Iaconis ·
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