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October 1, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

JennieA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsboarding school / British Indian main character / class differences / competition / diversity / Fantasy / friendship / high school sweethearts / joint review / magical powers / magical school / Naomi-Novik / POC / prickly heroine / prophecy / Scholomance series / students / survival / YA / YA fantasy34 Comments

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Jennie: Janine, Sirius, and I reviewed the first book in the Scholomance series (originally slated as two books; now a trilogy). Sirius gave it a C- and said she wouldn’t be reading this sequel, but Janine and I, though we had some reservations, ended up liking A Deadly Education quite ... more >

February 27, 2021

REVIEW: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews#ownvoices / aliens / bigotry / environmentalism / far future / LGBTQIAP+ / POC / Science Fiction / SF / Smugglers / students5 Comments

Dear Charlie Jane Anders, This book takes place on a January, a tidally locked planet, meaning that one side of the planet always faces the sun and on the other side it’s always dark. In the small temperate zone where night and day meet lies Xiosphant, a city of people ... more >

November 3, 2020

REVIEW: The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / activist / black MC / cat / election / grief / high-school / one day courtship / POC / POC author / romantic-elements / students / voting / YA10 Comments

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Dear Brandy Colbert, I’ve been meaning to read one of your books for a long time and when The Voting Booth was published I was struck by the cleverness of the concept. This romantic YA novel takes place over the course of one day—Election Day—with Marva Sheridan, an activist eighteen-year-old ... more >

October 21, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviewsboarding school / British Indian main character / class differences / competition / diversity / Fantasy / friendship / joint review / magical powers / magical school / Naomi-Novik / prickly heroine / prophecy / Scholomance series / students / survival / YA / YA fantasy13 Comments

Jennie, Sirius and I (along with Jayne), reviewed Naomi Novik’s last book, Spinning Silver, together. Our roundtable discussion was a lot of fun and the three of us decided to reunite for Novik’s recent release, the first book in her Scholomance series, A Deadly Education. –Janine. Janine: A Deadly Education ... more >

August 5, 2019

News Bits: Reading aloud, the power of reading, inspiring students, helping neighbors

JayneMisceffects of reading / friendship / news / pilot / students15 Comments

Lately the world seems to suck more each day. Here are a few nice things I’ve found from last week. Crossing Divides: Why I read aloud to strangers -Janine and her husband read aloud to each other but here’s a group of people who read to each other but who ... more >

July 23, 2013

REVIEW: His Roommate’s Pleasure by Lana McGregor

JohnC ReviewsBDSM / college/university / Contemporary romance / m/m / New Adult / students1 Comments

Dear Ms. McGregor, His Roommate’s Pleasure caught me with the blurb. The college setting is something that I’ve been wanting to read more of in romance because of the New Adult label; it’s something that I get particularly excited about with non-heterosexual romance because of the lack of popular LGBTQ ... more >

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