tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85838701187361379142024-03-19T14:02:03.932-07:00The Liberry Lady"I loved middle school so much that I decided to stay there forever!" said no person EVER! However, here I am, twenty years later, spending my days in a middle school library; and honestly enjoying every minute of it!
Between reading YA Lit, binge watching Doctor Who, and playing Guitar Hero Live; I am also a wife, mother, and full time middle school librarian.
"I love to read. And the only thing, perhaps, that I love more than reading is telling other people what they should read."Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-86159927554462722402018-06-21T15:10:00.000-07:002018-06-21T15:10:03.950-07:00The Star-Touched Queen<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781250085474?width=250" width="210" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>The Star-Touched Queen</i></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">FAVORITE QUOTE: </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">"Why do they always start with history? Show me a dream unrealized. Don't show me unchangeable paths." (Chokshi, )</span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-86752733907160934372018-06-21T15:07:00.001-07:002018-06-21T15:07:38.926-07:00Flawed<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781250074119?width=250" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>Flawed</i></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-67902175962331576692017-02-05T15:24:00.000-08:002017-03-30T11:36:30.449-07:00The Crown's Game<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9780062422583?width=250" width="211" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>The Crown's Game</i></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-8487115970070726912017-01-30T11:13:00.002-08:002017-01-30T11:13:34.575-08:00When<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781484700082?width=250" width="215" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: <i>When</i></b></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-62438652618341577232017-01-25T12:59:00.000-08:002017-01-25T13:28:33.123-08:00Sweet<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for sweet emmy laybourne" height="320" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54a6f0dee4b0ac4256e06a4f/t/5671a15b2399a35fe45e412d/1450287454152/" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>Sweet</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>SERIES UPDATE:</b> Book 2: <i>The Shadow Hour</i>, Book 3: <i>The Savage Dawn</i> will release July 11, 2017</span></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-51261877400558934922016-12-02T12:35:00.000-08:002016-12-02T12:35:01.819-08:00Ink and Ashes<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781620142110?width=250" width="223" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>Ink and Ashes</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>READALIKES:</b> <i>Graceling</i> by Kirsten Cashore</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.shannaswendson.com/">Shanna Swendson</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>READALIKES: </b><i>A Court of Thorn and Roses</i> by Sarah J Maas, <i>Red Queen</i> by Victoria Aveyard</span></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-72114738296127028672016-10-05T11:24:00.000-07:002016-11-29T12:13:01.539-08:00A Court of Thorns and Roses<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781619634442?width=250" width="210" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>A Court of Thorns and Roses</i></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://jandynelson.com/">Jandy Nelson</a></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">FAVORITE QUOTE: </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">"When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics." (Betts, )</span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891629761609005351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-19232952021573018262016-09-13T12:49:00.003-07:002017-01-25T13:33:35.596-08:00The Glittering Court<a href="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover_image" border="0" height="320" src="https://images.follett.com/imagesystem/rest/cache/cover/isbn/9781595148414?width=250" width="212" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>TITLE: </b><i>The Glittering Court</i></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.richellemead.com/"><span style="color: #4d469c;">R</span>ichelle Mead</a></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">FAVORITE QUOTE: </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">"We are all in charge of our own lives - and we have to live with the consequences that we make." (Mead, )</span><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><br /></b><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">WHAT I LIKED: </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">I liked that this book had a historic feel to it. The women all wore big dresses and had to make sure that they talked proper. But it all took place in town and a world that does not exist. Overall, it was a great book that I ended up finishing in just a day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>SERIES UPDATE: </b>Book 2: <i>Midnight Jewel</i> released April 25, 2017</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.calexanderlondon.com/" target="_blank">Alex London</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 15px;">GENRE: </b><span style="font-size: 15px;">Science Fiction</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">FAVORITE QUOTE: </b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">"He laughed at himself for thinking about Mr. Baram's weird saying and picked up an ancient plastic pen that had rolled out of one of the bins. He mindlessly clicked the back of it to make the little tip go in and out with a satisfying sound. Why did they even have this antique? Who knew how to write by hand anymore?" (London, 43)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>READALIKES: </b><i>Red Rising</i> by Pierce Brown, <i>The Eye of Minds </i>by James Dashner</span></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-61293861998862000552016-05-20T12:57:00.002-07:002016-05-20T13:04:06.081-07:00Lost in the Sun<div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.lisagraff.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Graff</a></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-34533552252959861232016-05-17T14:16:00.000-07:002016-05-17T14:16:05.811-07:00Pennyroyal Academy<div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www%2Cmalarson.com/" target="_blank">M.A. Larson</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>SERIES:</b> The Pennyroyal Academy series</span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">SUMMARY</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">: A girl without a name is rescued from a witch in the dark forest by a handsome knight named Remington. He brings her to the Pennyroyal Academy, where she enlists as a Third Year Cadet in the hopes of one day becoming a princess. But she soon realizes that there is more to becoming a princess than ball gowns and tiaras. These princesses are trained to defeat the evil witches of the world. Can a girl with no name, no family, and a big secret really become a princess?</span></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-31425094526607620402016-05-17T08:32:00.002-07:002016-05-17T08:32:27.199-07:00The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B<div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.teresatoten.com/" target="_blank">Teresa Toten</a></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">PAGES: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">289 pages</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 15px;">GENRE: </b><span style="font-size: 15px;">Realistic Fiction</span></span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">OVERALL RATING</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">: 3/5</span></span><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">APPROPRIATE AGE:</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> grades 8-12 (language)</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">SUMMARY</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">: A therapy group of teens with OCD try to cope with their complicated lives by taking on the personalities of superheroes. Adam Spencer Harris immediately falls for the newest member of their group, Robyn, as soon as she walks in the door. When she chooses the superhero Robin, who else can Adam be, but Batman? But while Batman is busying saving everyone around him, from his group, to his mother, and little brother; who will help save him? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>FAVORITE QUOTE:</b> "This was love? It was like being held hostage by a terrorist. The feelings from hope to horror were crazy intense and changed on a dime. If only he knew what she thought. Why couldn't girls tell you exactly what they were thinking the moment they were thinking it? The world would be a better place, yes, sir." (Toten, 131)</span></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-32722897355076074782016-05-06T10:58:00.001-07:002016-05-09T13:16:53.982-07:00The Crown<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.kieracass.com/" target="_blank">Kiera Cass</a></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">PUBLISHER:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> HarperTeen</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">PAGES: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">279 pages</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 15px;">GENRE: </b><span style="font-size: 15px;">ChickLit</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>SERIES:</b> <i>The Selection</i> series</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>FAVORITE QUOTE: </b>"Maybe it's not the first kisses that are supposed to be special. Maybe it's the last one."</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><br /></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: </b>I can honestly say that Eadlyn did not choose the suitor that I wanted for her. I liked that throughout the book you really had no idea who she was going to choose. As she says multiple times, the top five are all front runners. I knew who I wanted her to pick (which I won't say to avoid spoilers) but I was very happy with who she did choose in the end. Honestly, I really wish <i>The Crown</i> wasn't the end. I would like to see what Eadlyn and her fiance do with their kingdom.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.joeschreiber.com/" target="_blank">Joe Schreiber</a></span><br />
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-40122906929084620642016-04-29T09:40:00.001-07:002016-05-04T09:09:55.642-07:00Lady Midnight<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.cassandraclare.com/" target="_blank">Cassandra Clare</a></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://victoriaaveyard.com/" target="_blank">Victoria Aveyard</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 15px;">GENRE: </b><span style="font-size: 15px;">Fantasy</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">OVERALL RATING</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">: 3/5</span></span><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">APPROPRIATE AGE:</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> grades 9-12 </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>FAVORITE QUOTE: </b>"I cling to Cal, Kilorn, Shade, to saving all the newbloods I can, because I am afraid of waking up to emptiness, to a place where my friends and family are gone and I am nothing but a single bolt of lightning in the blackness of a storm." (Aveyard, 250)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>FAVORITE QUOTE: </b>"...I am a devil... of a butler." </span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">WHAT I LIKED:</b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"> My favorite part was when Sebastian has gone to save Ciel and all the servants are sitting around useless because they don't know what to do without Sebastian. When Finn goes to the drawer to retrieve the silverware for dinner and notices everything is gone, except the spoons. Then the next panel shows Sebastian throwing knives and forks like daggers, killing all of the people shooting at him. </span></div>
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><br /></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: </b>The story was a little cheesy. The spoiled brat, Ciel, and the clueless servants, Baldroy, Mey-Rin, and Finnian, that ruin everything. Sebastian, the butler that does EVERYTHING in the house, then the servants completely screw it up. I'm sure it is at the same standards of other manga-style stories, but it all seemed superficial to me. It seemed to be lacking a storyline, I understand it is only book one in a series with over twenty books. So I'm sure the story plays out over time, but I really don't see myself picking up book two. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>READALIKES: </b>Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>STATUS IN MY LIBRARY</b>: The <i>Black Butler </i>series is one of the most popular series in the Graphic Novel section of my library. When I came in, we had the first five, during my time here I have ordered another ten. They are always checked out. However, due to the extreme violence and offensive language, I question if they are appropriate for my 7-8 grade school. However, I haven't had anyone challenge them yet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>SERIES UPDATE: </b>Book XXII is to be released on May 24, 2016. </span></div>
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Mrs. Lyndsey Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475894050878629325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583870118736137914.post-11300149605368553702016-04-13T13:19:00.002-07:002016-04-14T06:58:03.930-07:00Walk on Earth a Stranger<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">AUTHOR:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> <a href="http://www.raecarson.com/" target="_blank">Rae Carson</a></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">PUBLISHER:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Greenwillow Books</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">PAGES: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">436 pages</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 15px;">GENRE: </b><span style="font-size: 15px;">Historical Fiction, Fantasy</span></span></span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">SERIES: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The Gold Seer Trilogy</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">OVERALL RATING</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">: 3/5</span></span><br /><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">APPROPRIATE AGE:</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> grades 7-12 </span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">SUMMARY</b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.79px;">: Leah Westfall can sense gold, and California is calling to her, but she can't leave her family, her farm, and everything she has worked so hard for. But when her parents are murdered and she is taken into the care of her uncle, Hiriam; she finally sees the chance to leave. Disguising herself as a boy, and enduring hardships such as the Mississippi River, buffalo stampedes, cholera, and the deserts of the west, will Leah even survive long enough to see the gold that sings to her heart?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><b>FAVORITE QUOTE: "</b>Rear trigger, soft breath, hair trigger, <i>crack!</i> Smoke puffs up as the butt kicks my shoulder. Almost two hundred yards away, the poor animal's rear legs fly out sideways, and it goes down in a cloud of dust. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Jefferson whistles as I hand the gun back to him.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">'Not bag for a girl,' says Jonas Waters.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">'It's not bad for <i>anyone</i>,' Jefferson snaps." (Carson, )</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">WHAT I LIKED:</b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"> I absolutely loved the historical fiction aspect of this book. I don't normally read Historical Fiction books, but the magic "gold seer" part of the story intrigued me. I would probably shelve this book in the Fantasy section of my library. But I love how it includes actual dates and includes such details about the hardships of the trip overland America that so many made (and didn't make) during the Gold Rush.</span><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><br /></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: </b>The ending. Completely anticlimactic! Yea, they reached California, oh no, her uncle... and then he walked away. Seriously? Seriously? I feel like there needs to be a sequel, what happens next? Does she get married? Does she find gold and become rich? </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">*EDIT: I found out this series is actually a trilogy, so I take back my "What I Didn't Like Comments</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>SERIES UPDATE: </b>Book Two: <i>Like a River Glorious</i> will be released September 27, 2016</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px;"><b>BOOK TRAILER: </b>Epic Reads Explains<i> Walk on Earth a Stranger</i> by Rae Carson</span></div>
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