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Home Archive by category "Review" (Page 3)

Category: Review

New Release Friday – Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

LOVEBOAT, TAIPEI by ABIGAIL HING WEN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Loveboat, Taipei is a sparkling debut novel by Abigail Hing Wen,  a YA contemporary story set at a language school in Taipei, Taiwan, following the journey of our main character, Everett Wong. Ever for short. All Ever has wanted…

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January 24, 2020 - 2:35 pm January 23, 2020

In Case You Missed It – Frankly in Love by David Yoon

FRANKLY IN LOVE by DAVID YOON A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN Hello, readers! After a long period of nothing from me, I’m finally back and ready to start reviewing books again! This week’s book is Frankly In Love by David Yoon, husband of acclaimed YA author, Nicola Yoon (of The Sun is Also…

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January 10, 2020 - 5:08 pm January 8, 2020

New Release Friday – SLAY by Brittney Morris

SLAY by BRITTNEY MORRIS REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Slay by Brittney Morris is one of the year’s most anticipated YA releases. As an #OwnVoices story about a Black game developer, there’s an authenticity to this story that cannot be denied. We follow the journey of seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson as she…

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November 15, 2019 - 10:33 am November 15, 2019

New Release Friday – House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS by ERIN A. CRAIG A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome to Spooky Season, everyone! The most wonderful time of year. The air is finally getting colder, the leaves are finally starting to change, and Hocus Pocus is on a different TV channel every single night…

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October 18, 2019 - 1:49 pm October 17, 2019

In Case You Missed It – A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

  A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by BRIGID KEMMERER A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN I’m going to be honest with you all for a second: I only wanted to read A Curse So Dark and Lonely because the main character has cerebral palsy. You know who else has cerebral palsy?…

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October 4, 2019 - 11:10 am October 3, 2019

New Release Friday – Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

PERMANENT RECORD by MARY HK CHOI A REVIEW BY ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome back to another New Release Friday, everyone. This week, I’m going to be reviewing Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi. You may recall that, in the past, I reviewed Choi’s debut novel, Emergency Contact. I liked that book well…

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September 19, 2019 - 6:22 pm September 19, 2019

In Case You Missed It – Fruits Basket 1 by Natsuki Takaya

FRUITS BASKET 1 by NATSUKI TAKAYA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Fruits Basket is a series that is very near and dear to my heart. Teenage Alexa loved the manga and the anime adaptation that followed, but I haven’t kept up with the series since then. Until now. The original Fruits Basket…

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September 6, 2019 - 11:05 am September 3, 2019

In Case You Missed It – Furyborn by Claire Legrand

FURYBORN by CLAIRE LEGRAND A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Furyborn by Claire Legrand is the much-hyped first book in the Empirium Trilogy, a series of high fantasy novels set in the fictional world of Avitas. When Furyborn was first announced in 2018, I saw it everywhere. Everyone on Booktube was talking…

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August 8, 2019 - 2:36 pm August 8, 2019

New Release Friday – Again, but Better by Christine Riccio

AGAIN BUT BETTER by CHRISTINE RICCIO A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN If you’re not familiar with Booktube, let me take a moment to remedy that. You may or may not know that there are communities for almost everything on YouTube. There are YouTubers who talk about makeup, fashion, video games,…

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July 25, 2019 - 5:16 pm July 25, 2019

New Release Friday – The Beholder by Anna Bright

THE BEHOLDER by ANNA BRIGHT A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Let me preface this review by saying I haven’t picked up a YA fantasy in a long time. We’re talking months here. I think I’m finally getting to the point in my reading career where fantasy is completely oversaturating the…

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June 28, 2019 - 11:24 am June 28, 2019
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