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The cover of this book is absolutely stunning. The illustration is what originally grabbed my...
The opening pages of We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire starts with a very moving poem followed by...
Sometimes I’m weary of young adult novels... they can be really good or they can be really bad....
Unfortunately, as much as I would love to read high fantasy I have to admit that it just doesn’t...
Who doesn’t love a good murder mystery? A compelling whodunit? Judas Horse by Lynda LaPlante...
At first I thought The Genome Odyssey would be a dry scientific read. But, I was pleasantly...
From the first look of When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson I realized just how beautifully...
I wanted to love this book... I really did. I love true crime... and honestly – the more bizarre...
Although this is far from my typical read, I did find the premise cute and fun. The writing is...
The Arsonists' City starts off with a whirlwind of poetic writing and vivid descriptions. The the...
I absolutely love the illustration on the cover of A Spy in the Struggle – very creative,...
First of all... that cover! What a wonderful, eye-catching design! Don't judge a book by it's...
Ok... this is one to add to my TBR pile. The writing was well-paced right from the beginning, the...
You had me at Station Eleven... well, you really had me at any type of post-apocalyptic,...
Wow! Such a gripping prologue... I was completely drawn in and wanted to keep reading well after...
Riveting and totally gripping from the very first word. For me, true crime is a fascinating...
What an interesting concept! What I liked best about this first look was how the author draws the...
At first I wasn't interested in David Yoon's first book Frankly in Love. See... I'm more in to...
So I went into this thinking "Ok, this is high fantasy and I don't love reading high fantasy, but...
Judge's Girls by Sharina Harris is just not quite my cup of tea. I had a class years ago where...
I just couldn't get into Corrupted Humours by Donald Friedman... first off, the cover didn't...
I've tried reading other First Looks from books by Lynda LaPlante but I just can't seem to really...
"We tend to think of mastery as something magical or the consequence of raw 'talent,' but it...
I really didn’t expect this book to appeal to me so quickly and so strongly! The story starts off...
What first drew me to reading the first look of Watch Over Me was the cover – hands down... it’s...
Dang... I really wish I would have grabbed this book with points! I was totally sucked in right...
It took me a while to get into the first look of The Friday Cage by Andrew Diamond. I didn't find...
Don't judge a book by it's cover... really? What really drew me to The Sushi Prophecies by August...
The first look of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Gets five stars in my book! Both the characters and...
After reading the first look, I’m totally hooked on The Patient by Jasper DeWitt! I was sucked...
It's not often that i can get sucked right into a book in just a few pages while shivers race up...
Nnedi Okorafor's style of writing makes the story of Ikenga come alive with emotion, brilliance...
The first look of RomeAntically Challenged by Marina Adair is fun and witty. Although this is not...
I really want to love reading high fantasy but, unfortunately, i just don't. I very much enjoy...
At first read The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan presents itself as a thrilling fantasy...
I have to admit that They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman sure starts off with a bang! I...
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