Creepers Stage Fright by Edgar J. Hyde [book review]

Stage Fright

Book: Creepers Stage Fright

Published: Pushing Daisies

Genre: Middle Grade Horror

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School for Spirits by Aron Lewes [book review]

school for spirits

Book: School for Spirits

Published: January 11, 2018

Publisher: Self-Published

Genre: YA Romance

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Independent Study By Joelle Charbonneau [book review]

Independent Study

Book: Independent Study

Published: January 7, 2014

Genre: YA Dystopian

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About Independent Study

Independent Study is the second installment of The Testing. The story follows Cia as she goes to college, but now she’s getting more tests thrown at her. But now some of the government has grown suspicious of her. They are determined to see her fail. Now will she be able to get through even more tests when she’s being watched at every turn?

What I thought

I’m so so so close to finishing the series! I’m glad I wound up giving the story a second chance because I have really enjoyed the series so far.

Yet again, though, my only issue is that Cia is too smart for her own good, unfortunately. This story has absolutely no supernatural elements. At least not really. But it kind of seems like she has a “supernatural” element to her smartness. Also, most classes that most students have are seven, while Cis is stuck with nine. If those with fewer classes are stretched out to their limit then exactly how is Cis even managing? No, she has no room to fail, or she will die, but when does it become too much? If it were me, I probably would have just given up because her life is not a life worth living.

But the story has quite a of twists and turns that I wasn’t quite expecting. For starters, there’s one person I was kind of hoping Cia would wind up being with, but something happened to him at the end of the story that very well pissed me off. I hate that that happened, and that’s partly why I’m so excited to read the next book.

I just hope that Cia fails a little bit and she’s not so “perfect” at figuring things out. Also, I hope she’s able to kick some butt in the next book and that she’s possibly able to see her family again.

I’m really looking forward to getting to the next book and seeing if I like it or not. If you want more dystopian books, you can find those here.

September 2025 book releases perfect for spooky season

September seems to be a great month for new books. There are so many September 2025 book releases that seem like great books.

I know I don’t need any books right now. Who am I kidding? I always need new books. But I know I want to try and read some of these. Maybe once I get some of my TBR knocked out, then I’ll try to get some of these.

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The Debutantes by Olivia Worley [book review

The Debutantes

By: Olivia Worley

Published: October 25, 2005

Publisher: Wednesday Books

Genres: YA Thriller

Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana

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Books you can’t put down (and want to skip class for)

Life is great. You wake up well rested and get to do all of the things that you want to do. That includes reading books that you enjoy. You’re getting unlimited uninterrupted reading time and almost every book you’re reading are books you can’t put down. Sounds amazing, right?

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April 2025 book releases that will captivate readers

I know a lot of you are probably like me and want to know what books are going to be released. I do have to say that there are going to be a lot of great books being released in 2025 alone and looking at the releases for April….We’re in for a treat. There are quite a few April 2025 book releases that I’m pretty excited about.

I can’t wait to get my hands on a few of these!

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September 2024 book releases you HAVE to read

It looks like September is going to be a good month when it comes to new releases. I’m so excited for the ones that I found. These September 2024 book releases are ones you’re going to have to add to your TBR (to be read).

Quite a few of these books seem thrilling and creepy and I know I’m going to enjoy them!

I wish I had known about these sooner so I could have gotten an advanced copy, but maybe I can still get them for Christmas!

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Let me know in the comments which one you are looking forward to!

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June 2024 book releases

Hello everyone! I hope you guys are doing well and reading something good. I’ve did some research on what books are coming out soon and I have found quite a few June 2024 book releases that I’m excited about so I had to share them!

I realize that I don’t keep up with books that are releasing around certain months. I have to be honest, there is a reason for that. It’s hard for me to hold myself back from buying new books. But after doing some research on June 2024 book releases I’m glad that I did because I found some of my favorite authors are releasing new books during this month!

I know you guys probably have a lot of books on your plate if you’re anything like me. But if I fall down the rabbit hole of new books then I’m going to take you guys with me!

June 2024 book releases

Drum roll…. Here are the June 2024 book releases.

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Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda [book review]

Such a Quiet Place book

Book: Such a Quiet Place

By: Megan Miranda

Published: July 13, 2021

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Pages: 337

Genre: Thriller

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