The Meditations | Marcus Aurelius Awards : None Meditations is a nonfiction collection of the personal thoughts of stoic philosopher and Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Written to himself, Marcus Aurelius address the Nature of life, the Self Directing Mind, reason, how he ought to engage with mankind, what it means to live properly in the… Continue reading The Meditations | Book Review
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A Time To Rise | Book Review
A Time to Rise | Nadine Brandes | Out of Time Book 3 Awards : None She was ready to die. She was supposed to die. But Parvin Blackwater is very much alive. In the final installment of the Out of Time Series, Parvin won't let anything—including death— stop her from tearing down the Wall… Continue reading A Time To Rise | Book Review
A Time to Speak | Book Review
A Time to Speak | Nadine Brandes | Out of Time Book 2 Awards : None Parvin's Clock foretelling her death has zeroed out—and she's still alive. She's returned back across the Wall to her village in the USE only to find herself an outcast. Living as a Radical, free from her Clock and USE control, Parvin… Continue reading A Time to Speak | Book Review
A Time to Die | Book Review
A Time to Die | Nadine Brandes Awards : None Parvin Blackwater lives every moment knowing exactly when she's going to die. Everyone does. Everyone except Radicals without a Clock, that is. Parvin's Clock has one year left, but there's a problem. She's been illegally sharing her Clock with her twin brother, Reid. They don't know… Continue reading A Time to Die | Book Review
The Lightning Thief | Book Review
The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan Awards: None Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson thought getting kicked out of school was bad luck, and he's used to bad luck. But when his math teacher turns into a monster, and his Latin teacher helps save his life, things start to change. Percy discovers he is a half-blood—the son of… Continue reading The Lightning Thief | Book Review
Romanov | Book Review
Romanov | Nadine Brandes Awards : None After Tsar Nikolas Romanov abdicates his throne, the Romanov family is under house arrest, uncertain of their fate as the Bolsheviks turn the country upside down searching for, and killing, spell masters. Anastasia Romanov knows magic is dangerous in this new Russia, but she also knows it could… Continue reading Romanov | Book Review
The Grey King | Book Review
In a fight of Good against Evil, Will Stanton must bring to life the legends of the greatest king that ever lived; King Arthur.
Number the Stars | Book Review
Number the Stars | Lois Lowry Awards: Newbery Medal Three years ago, the Nazi's invaded the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, but Annemarie Johansen can still remember a time before their suspicious questioning, a time before their guns and shiny boots on every street corners, a time when cupcakes with pink frosting could still be eaten,… Continue reading Number the Stars | Book Review
Gathering Blue | Book Review
Gathering Blue | Lois Lowry Awards: None Kira was never supposed to survive. In her village, deformities and weakness mean certain death, and such people are cast out, abandoned to the Field where the beasts come. But Kira is strong. This is what her mother tells her and it is true. Kira, with her twisted… Continue reading Gathering Blue | Book Review
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Book Review
When the Pott family buy a rusty old motor car, their life goes from interesting to magical. But you have to discover the adventure of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for yourself.
R. J. Sheffler 