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I loved this novel with dual timelines merging together to reveal family secrets. Louisa as the main character is forging her own path away from her mother‘s influence & is forming a relationship with her grandfather who is living back at Larkswood after fleeing his demons years before.
Full review can be found on my blog: bit.ly/2SgGVKe
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‘This particular route is dark, overgrown with tangled knots of lies and secrets, and full of hidden potholes. And along the way, there are chalk men.‘

Ed and his friends devise a code using chalk men figures. Which is all fun until the chalk men begin appearing on their own. Where the chalk men lead will have lasting effects into the present day.

5 stars.

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Jules knows her father is getting sick and she is desperate enough to do anything to save him. Even if it means going against her father‘s wishes and volunteering to work as maid at the Everless estate. An estate that Jules grew up on, an estate that belongs to her old playmate, an estate that has secrets her father doesn't want her to find out.

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I really enjoyed this superhero novel about what it means to be good or evil and it just may depend on what perspective you have.
4 Stars.
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This is one of those books that just stays with you for a long time after reading it.

Focuses on Dana, a black educated woman who gets send back time and again to the past, a past where slavery is very much a thing. She has to survive and keep her ancestors alive, not knowing if one single act will mess up the future.

Review is up on my blog if you want to check out my thoughts: http://bit.ly/2Hsri0t

5 Stars.

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I am in the middle of Time Quintet and I am loving them!
This is Book #2, taking a place a year or so after the events in A Wrinkle in Time. You could read it as a stand-alone if you wanted to. I loved the science & magic coexisting and the intelligent way the author addresses the audience reading this book.
All my thoughts are in my review here: bit.ly/2ul2b9X
5 stars
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I express myself a lot better without character restrictions Full review: http://bit.ly/2tVtiYJ

Focuses on a day in the life of three different women in three different time periods. All three women are trapped, by their sexuality, by their inner conflict, mental illness, societal expectations, their past.
Linked together by the actual book Mrs Dalloway as well as themes and characters from the original.
5 stars
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Full review for Monstress Vol. 1: Awakening is up on my blog: bit.ly/2tUCFrS
I loved this, stunning artwork, angry female character, complex storylines, friendship, betrayal, monsters, gods, talking cats
5 stars
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Genderfluid main character enters an assassin tournament to seek revenge on the genocide of their people. Chaos ensues. See the full review on my blog (link in bio).
5 Stars.
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I have a full review up on the blog if you want more thoughts, link in bio.
This is a super tough book to review because it‘s not plot driven and the characters aren‘t really developing, they have developed and you get pieces of their past and the day in a life of. Beautiful writing that sticks with you.
4 stars. #jades2018reads #bindrosbookshelf