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Here you will find my own personal reviews of purchased books, gifted books, and advanced reader copies. I cover all genres of fiction books, plus non-fiction, classics and poetry.
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Dreams in Which I’m Almost Human – Hannah Soyer
Published By: Red Hen PressPages: 232Released On: 02/06/2026 At eight years old, Hannah Soyer had no choice but to undergo an intensive spinal fusion surgery, in order to keep her lungs from eventually collapsing. Fourteen years later, she chose another treatment for her neuromuscular condition: regular drug injections into her spinal fluid. But what does…
Maisie vs the Pyramids – Jack Jackman
Published By: Nosy CrowPages: 256Released On: 04/06/2026Reading Age: 9-12 When Maisie travels with her dad to the Pyramids to research his book, How to Break Codes, she thought they’d mainly be looking at hieroglyphs. But after being drawn into a race to discover a secret tomb, Maisie finds herself having to survive a scorpion attack,…
The Anatomy of a Perfect First Chapter
“Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like it’s going nowhere. I always have to write at least a hundred pages that go into the trash before it finally begins to work. It’s discouraging but necessary.” – Arthur C. Blake It won’t surprise anyone to hear that the first chapter of a book carries…
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