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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    6th July 2018
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    Little House on the Prairie (Little House #3), by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    • Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004
    • Genre: Children’s Literature
    • Format: Paperback
    • Page Count: 335 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

    Recommended for kids aged 8-12 on the back cover, this book was easy to read, and the words were in those of the little girl Laura’s, giving everything an innocent and lively touch.

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  • Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

    3rd July 2018
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    Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1), by Jen Campbell

    • Publisher: Constable & Robinson, 2012
    • Genre: Humor
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 268 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

    CUSTOMER: I’ve been looking through your geography section – I can’t find any books on Atlantis.
    BOOKSELLER: You know, I think we managed to lose those.

    This book is ridiculously entertaining. Years ago, I picked it up from the shelf of a local bookshop, read parts of it, and remembered to be very funny. This time, I really read and finished the book.

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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

    29th June 2018
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    The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus #5) by Rick Riordan

    • Publisher: Puffin Books, 2014
    • Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 516 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    It has been four years since I read book 4, back when The Blood of Olympus wasn’t even released.

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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling

    26th June 2018
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    Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, performed by L.A. Theatre Works

    • Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works, 2016
    • Genre: Play
    • Format: Audiobook
    • Length: 1h 51m
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

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    How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

    22nd June 2018
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    How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

    • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017
    • Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ+
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 336 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    In short, this book is about wounded characters doing their best to heal each other with love. Ashley captures every possible emotion for the readers to experience: we get annoyed at how incompetent Maggie is, astonished by Grace’s unrequited love for her mother, compassionate towards the recovering Eva, warmed by Luca’s forever-loving family, etc.

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Lí-hó!! I am Hsinju (they/she), a Taiwanese book blogger, writer, and full-time grad student in engineering. Here, I mainly review books featuring authentically represented LGBTQ+ characters and/or written by LGBTQ+ authors. You’d usually find me going about life with my heart stuck in the last book I finished.

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