Book Obsessed
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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In My Own Words:
A Bookaholic, Conservative, Catholic, Aspie, who reads whenever she has an extra minute. These are the ramblings about the books she reads and the books she reads aloud to her Autistic 11yo. She loves reading classics, newly published books, thrillers, graphic novels and everything inbetween. Even though she may go through stages of certain "genre love" and often gets caught up in reading ARCs, we… Read moreA Bookaholic, Conservative, Catholic, Aspie, who reads whenever she has an extra minute. These are the ramblings about the books she reads and the books she reads aloud to her Autistic 11yo. She loves reading classics, newly published books, thrillers, graphic novels and everything inbetween. Even though she may go through stages of certain "genre love" and often gets caught up in reading ARCs, we think you'll find she reads a wide variety of different types of books.
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Reason for Reading: I have read a couple of books from this series and was very impressed with them. This series of hi-lo easy readers for reluctant readers or those with LDs is impressive in it's execution. Appealing to young to mid-teens this story centres round two step brothers who do not get along, ages 14 & 15, they play on the same baseball team with the eldest receiving all the glory. The youngest is a good player but he feels as if no one ever pays any attention to him as he's always living in his brother's shadow so he sets out to destroy his brothers lucky charm and prove he can play a good game and get the attention himself. Typical teen situation,… Read more
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Reason for Reading: I'm always willing to give a Stone Arch book a try. I wasn't quite sure what I was in for with this book as I know nothing about skateboarding. The book is most certainly written for a targeted audience of skateboarders and the whole lingo is there, leaving me scratching my head at times but I'm sure those in the know would find the characters authentic. This did take me a while to get into the story but once I got used to both the skateboarding and Southern California slang "gnarly ollie, dude!" I settled into the book and actually enjoyed the story. We have realistic teens, two boys both living with a single parent mother, one whose father just took off… Read more
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Reason for Reading: This is a great hi/lo series for reluctant male readers. You couldn't find a person less interested in sports than me, but I really look forward to reading the books in this series. Once again, "Riptide Pride" matches the quality of the others in the series. Written at a low reading level (1.5) or GRL (J) it will appeal to boys up into their mid-teens. The characters in this book are all 14 yo. The story revolves around a boy known to be a great surfer who is bullied by the school braggart into competing with him to prove who is the best surfer. Things take a turn for the worse when the braggart moves out to the rock infested no surfing zone. An exciting… Read more
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