Miao Dao

 

Title: Miao Dao

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Oates can write, but horror, especially YA horror, ESPECIALLY modern YA horror, is definitely not her forte.

Rating: 2/5

The Bird King

 

Title: The Bird King

Author: G. Willow Wilson

Publisher: Grove Press

 
ISBN: 9780802129031

 

Thoughts: I really loved the fantasy elements in this, but towards the end, things became confusing and not fully explained.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/19-3/25

Got at a yard sale:

 

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

The Talk

 

Title: The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love, & Truth

Author: Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson, eds

Publisher: Listening Library

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: This collection of essays and other writings will really make you think.

Rating: 4/5

Pineapple Street

 

Title: Pineapple

Author: Jenny Jackson

Publisher: Penguin Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Character-driven story of an old-money family living in Brooklyn.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/12-3/18

 

Bought at Comic Relief:

 

Just Pretend by Tori Sharp

Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong

Bought at Scholastic Book Fair:

 

Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson

Took by Mary Downing Hahn

Received in Wicked Reads Book Box:

 

I Like You Like That by Kayla Grosse

Sorcery of Thorns

 

Title: Sorcery of Thorns

Author: Margaret Rogerson

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

 
ISBN: 9781481497619

 

Thoughts: Very unique and very engaging, just had a few spots where it felt like something was not fully explained for the reader.

Rating: 4/5