I was ahead on blog content, and then I didn't have much reading and reviewing time, and now we're like sixteen hours out from a flight to Costa Rica, and I want to make sure there's something in the bank in case I end up getting so caught up in ziplining and white water rafting and such that I don't write anything while I'm there. So, I bring you....speed reviews. Like speed dating. But for books. Hopefully I don't accidentally speed review something I reviewed for real and don't remember.
1. Escape from Atlantis by Kate O'Hearn - Interesting. Kind of long. Thought it would be a standalone. Kind of seems like it isn't.
2. The School for Whatnots by Margaret Peterson Haddix - Weird, but in a good way. Fun twists. Quick read.
3. This is My America by Kim Johnson - So heavy, so real. Such a damning indictment of our justice system here in the US.
4. Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino - Loved this so much, it's cute and also gets very real, and I just think it was fantastic.
5. Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool - Hooked me faster than I thought it would! Interesting world, and I really enjoyed it (although the second book in the duology has been less riveting so far, unfortunately).
6. Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh - God, this book got so real. I should have known because it's heavy pretty much from the jump, but it got into so many things, and I learned a lot about the Korean War. Very good, very emotional.
7. Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus - KAREN DOES IT AGAIN. Love it. So many twists.
8. The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna - Final book in the Gilded Ones trilogy, not as good as the first two though. Seemed like not enough content trying to be stretched for a third book - I would have taken a couple longer books and rocked a duology, I think that would have been great.
9. The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi - Look, this book is an adventure story, but also such a unique take on one? Like not a lot happened, but also so much happened at the same time. And it made me cry. It's good.
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