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cheshirelibrary · 2 years

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Teens: did you know that you can earn community service credit for writing a book review and submitting it to us? Today, we’ll hear from two teens who did just that. Find out more about how to earn community service hours from home at cheshirelibrary.org/teens/.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. Reviewed by Lily S.

Overall, the story was very beautiful. Reading about Anna and St.Clair’s friendship and how it escalates made for such a great read. Anna and The French Kiss is definitely one of the best contemporary romance books I read. It had such a beautiful setting, excellent storyline, and simply had everything and more of what the perfect romance book should have. 5 stars.

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Twelve Steps to Normal by Farrah Penn. Reviewed by Sarah F.

The main character Kira, had her whole life ripped away because of her dad's alcoholism. She had to move away from her boyfriend, friends, her home, and basically everything she knew. After almost a year of being away, her father is sober and she's moving back home. Kira is determined to fix her lost friendships and forgive her father or in her case, go back to her "normal life". The story was pretty good however the ending felt extremely rushed. Everything happened too quickly, there were like 5 things happening at once. 4 stars.

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Read the full reviews on The Cheshire Library Blog.

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jasminewalkerauthor · 6 months

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crow-caller · 2 years

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Tiktok sensation LightLark is the final boss of bad fantasy YA— a failure built on aesthetic boards and tropes, unable to pretend it has a heart

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A full summary with spoilers, analysis, quotes- and so much more on the subject of a book you should never read. This is a long piece. Like ‘Youtube Video Essay’ long.

Lightlark is joyless, a husk beyond parody, a checklist of every Island of Blood and Bone and Glass and Hearts that has come out in the last five years, built and sold on tropes and aesthetic boards. This is a book written by an author who is not a writer. It would fit in on the dregs of an amateur writing site with eerie perfection.

But Lightlark is more than that. You see, Lightlark is… a TikTok book.

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Thanks :')

There's now a video version. I heard Tumblr likes video essay long watches on obscure very specific content... may I introduce you to:

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I'm not making a dime on this, I have no horses, only like 70 hours of work looking at this mess of a book and I just want to make sure everyone knows how bad it is. Let's be bitter at this multimillionaires flop together.

#Alex aster #Book drama #Book Review #booktok #fantasy #fiction #Lightlark #Review #romance #writing #YA #YA books #YA fiction #young adult #Youtube

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abalonetea · 1 year

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Seeing this a lot in the indie book market with other authors works (I browse regularly as research for work) so here’s a hot tip for everyone out there. If you pick up a book that is clearly labeled YA/NA as the genre. And you give it a 2/5 star review, and your only critique is “I couldn’t connect to it because it’s a YA book”, then you’re being an asshole. You just plummeted that author’s overall ratings, and the books overall ratings, and affected their sales... Because you knowingly bought a YA book and then didn’t like that it was a YA book.

I’m all for leaving poor reviews if the writing is bad, the plot isn’t great, or whatever other reason you’ve got. But please, don’t buy a book that’s directed at a certain age range or a certain genre, and then leave a bad review BECAUSE IT’S WRITTEN FOR THE AGE RANGE THAT IT’S BEING MARKETED AT!

#writeblr #i am seeing this all over the place the last few months #in large part related to those 'read from this genre' bingo challenges that have been showing up #if you buy a book that is clearly marked as being written for a YA audience and you knock it for being written for a YA audience #you're not being a good reviewer! and you're being a bad reader too #for not taking into account the context that the book is written in #!

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oracleofmadness · 6 months

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This was such a delight! Gwen is a princess at Camelot, years after Arthur Pendragon has turned to myth. Arthur is her betrothed. However, neither is looking forward to their future together because both are queer.

Gwen has spent years falling for the one and only female knight that takes part in the tournament every summer while Art is falling for Gwen's brother. This story is not only romantic but is full of meaningful moments. The dialogues, the banter, is so funny and enjoyable.

The ending completely surprised me. I thought this would never get too serious, but the ending is intense!

Out November 28, 2023!

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!

#book #bookish #books #bookworm #book review #currently reading #read #bookblogger #reading #ya romance #ya romcom #ya books #romcom #historical romance #lgbtq+#lgbtq books #lgbtqia #gwen and art are not in love #lex croucher

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bookcred · 2 months

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emily wilde's encyclopaedia of fairies; heather fawcett

#review #reviews #book #books #booktok #booklr #books & libraries #books and reading #aesthetic #emily wilde #emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries #emily wilde's map of the otherlands #emily wilde series #heather fawcett #wendell bambleby #ya books #pretty books #favorite books

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cheshirelibrary · 2 years

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Teens: did you know that you can earn community service credit for writing a book review and submitting it to us? Today, we’ll hear from two teens who did just that.

Warcross by Marie Lu. Reviewed by Ella K.

Warcross is a book perfect for teens and young adults who enjoy science fiction and future societies. The story is set in a world where a young fourteen-year-old boy, Hideo Tanaka invents a pair of highly sophisticated virtual reality glasses called the NeuroLink. The glasses work by tricking the brain into thinking what it is seeing is real. In order to market the product, Tanaka also creates a video game (called Warcorss) that can be played within the virtual reality construct.

While the betrayals and spy work that the reader gets to experience is captivating, the addition of a romance seems a little cliche in the midst of the situation that Emika finds herself in. It is well written, but Emika has been a powerful and independent person for most of her life. Her interest in a powerful man takes away from that aspect of her character in a way.

4 stars.

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater. Reviewed by Mia V.

Call Down The Hawk, the first book in the Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater, is a spin-off from the Raven Cycle series, following Ronan Lynch. The original Raven gang has all been split apart due to college, with Adam studying at Harvard, Gansey and Blue taking a gap year to travel and Ronan going off on his own.

In Call Down The Hawk, Ronan’s power (he can pull objects and creatures out of his dreams) seems to be acting strange. Ronan also finds he is being hunted again, as threats loom from all different directions. I would definitely recommend this book. I would especially recommend it to someone who has read the Raven Cycle and has loved Ronan.

4 stars.

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Read the full reviews at cheshirelibrary.org.

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reedreadsbooks · 24 days

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Book Review: Dreadnought by April Daniels ✨🏙️⚡️

rating: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

(5/5)

After Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero, is killed in combat, closeted trans girl Danny Tozer inherits his powers and is transformed to have the body she’s always wanted to have. Now she has to deal with having superpowers and being an out trans woman, all the while hunting down the supervillain who murdered her predecessor.

This book was phenomenal, and I’m kind of at a loss for words to describe how much I liked it.

To start, I love the world of this book. This is such a classic superhero story. Daniels uses the conventions of the genre without making things feel like a parody and subverts tropes just enough to make the story distinct.

I also really love Dreadnought as a trans narrative. This book doesn’t shy away from transphobia. Between Danny’s parents, kids at her school, and other heroes she meets, we get a pretty broad and realistic representation of the types of abuse a young trans woman might face. There’s also so much trans joy in this book. It was really nice to see Danny come into herself, and it was cathartic to watch her realize that no one could take her transition away from her. This is the type of story that will give trans kids hope for the future.

I would recommend this book to literally everyone. In fact, I plan on recommending this book to literally everyone. But because that’s not helpful, I’ll be more specific and say I highly recommend this book to fans of Andrew Joseph White. Obviously, it’s very different from his work, genre-wise, but I think the themes are really similar. If you like Hell Followed with Us and The Spirit Bares It’s Teeth, I can definitely see you liking Dreadnought.

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jasminewalkerauthor · 5 months

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jesncin · 1 month

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⭐️✨LUNAR BOY RECIEVED ANOTHER STARRED REVIEW FROM KIRKUS REVIEWS!!!✨⭐️

We now have two starred reviews, from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly! Starred Kirkus reviews are extremely rare and difficult to get, we're beyond blown away that Lunar Boy was able to get such a prestigious mark. Reading a review praising the Indonesian and queer representation has me all in my feelings.

#booklr #queer #trans #lgbt books #qpoc #lunar boy #graphic novel #my art #ramblings #i've been holding my breath waiting on the kirkus review for ages now and for LB to get A STARRED REVIEW?? my god #kirkus is the one my peers are like. that's the tough one. u get a star from them that means u made it #look at ya boy now :')

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crow-caller · 4 months

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Lightlark 2: The Worst YA Book Returns With Vengeance

Here we go again.

Lightlark! A viral tiktok book with very little substance. Look, I don’t think I have to give much backstory here, and if you ever need four to seven hours of explanation, I can suggest a few videos. Lightlark is not worth obsessing over, even as a hater.

That is why I really do not obsess over it. Rather, it has emerged in my life like a malevolent spectre, coming back a year later to terrorize me for a fitful week before I can again rest. I did not set out to write a four hour review of a bad book last time, I just had 27,000 words to say about it. Here, a year later, with its fame mostly forgotten, I welcome the ghast of Lightlark 2 back inside my body for the sake of entertainment.

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#Alex aster #aster #Book Review #Books #booktok #Lightlark #nightbane #tiktok #YA #YA fiction

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artemis-dawn8 · 5 months

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We’re so winning my dudes. Six of crows is 4th in the list of most popular books for tumblr year in review and Kanej went up 44 points in the list of most popular ships for tumblr year in review. KEEP THE GRISHAVERSE ALIVE!!!! WOOOOO!!!

#tumblr year in review #year in review #year in review 2023 #tumblr #grishaverse #soc #six of crows #six of crows duology #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kaz x inej #crooked kingdom #trending #trends #books #bookblr #ya fantasy #ya fiction #kanej

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thekeeperofscrolls · 1 year

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Happy Ace Awareness week! 🖤🤍💜

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#book blog #bookworm #currently reading #book review #booklr #books #bookish #book recommendations #booklover #bibliophile #books and libraries #reading #book nerd #ya reads #queer books #asexual #alice oseman #heartstopper #ace

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glorious-destruction · 2 years

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“You cant summarize an entire book in three words”

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