The Used-to-Be Best Friend

 

Title: The Used-t0-Be Best Friend

Author: Dan Quigley

Publisher: Heartdrum

 
ISBN: 9780063015371

 

Thoughts: Cute chapter book with a fun protagonist whom many kids will love getting to know and learning some of her Ojibwe language.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Exiles

 

Title: The Exiles

Author: Christina Baker Kline

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: A very unput-downable historical fiction that brings light to transportation of prisoners and the colonization of Australia.

 

Rating: 5/5

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey

 

Title: Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey

Author: Erin Entrada Kelly

Publisher: Greenwillow

 
ISBN: 9780062970428

 

Thoughts: Kelly tries to round this out, but it still feels pretty simple, even for an early chapter book.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Female Persuasion

 

Title: The Female Persuasion

Author: Meg Wolitzer

Publisher: Riverhead

 
ISBN: 9781594488405

 

Thoughts: Well-written and realistic, but left me wanting just a little more...something.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Step Back

 

Title: The Step Back

Author: J.T. Bushnell

Publisher: Self

 
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts: Very realistic coming of age story set in the late 90s.

Rating: 4/5

The Three-Body Problem

 

Title: The Three-Body Problem

Author: Cixin Liu

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Well-written, but some of the time jumps in the storyline were confusing when listening, and the science was pretty hardcore at parts.

 

Rating: 3/5

It Ends with Her

 

Title: It Ends with Her

Author: Brianna Labuskes

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Good suspense with decent twists but sometimes Clarke's flashbacks threw me out of the story.

 

Rating: 3/5