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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

    20th July 2018
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    Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

    • Publisher: Razorbill, 2007
    • Genre: Young Adult
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 288 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

    The moral lesson here is to treat everyone kindly. You never know if any of your actions would create a deep gash in another person’s heart. Also, do what you must. Time never waits.

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    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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    Puddin’ by Julie Murphy

    19th June 2018
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    Puddin’ (Dumplin’ #2) by Julie Murphy

    • Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2018
    • Genre: Young Adult
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 448 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

    I sort of feel like doorbells are as useless as landline telephones. I mean, if you’re going to come over, wouldn’t you just text me? And if you don’t have my number to text me, do I even want you coming over?

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    Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

    15th June 2018
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    Dumplin’ (Dumplin’ #1) by Julie Murphy

    • Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2015
    • Genre: Young Adult
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 384 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)

    If you go in there and you decide that this isn’t for you, then you never have to go back. But you owe yourself the chance, you hear me?

    The message this book tried to convey is clear enough, but the details of the plot are not. Some of the conversations were slightly unnatural and the sense of time was a bit weird. The characters would change subjects without proper pauses and a several-minute drive would be over in a 10-sentence talk. I was left in confusion.

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    The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

    1st June 2018
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    The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse #2) by Becky Albertalli

    • Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2017
    • Genre: Young Adult
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 336 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)

    It was an okay yet sweet YA book. I enjoyed some of the scenes but not really the whole plot.

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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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