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.

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury [book review]

Delicious Monsters

Book: Delicious Monsters

By: Liselle Sambury

Published: February 28, 2023

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Genre: YA Horror

Setting: Ontario, Canada

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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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The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich [book review]

The Dead House

Book: The Dead House

By: Dawn Kurtagich

Published: August 6, 2015

Publisher: Orion Children’s books

Setting: England

Genre: YA Horror

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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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August 2024 book releases

Hey everyone and welcome to Owl Book World! Today I want to talk about August 2024 book releases that you should add to your TBR!

Can you guys believe that it’s almost August already? I know I can’t. I feel like 2024 has gone by fast. Almost in the blink of an eye. With that being said, there have been a lot of book releases this year and I’m sure there have been many books that have been released this year that you want to check out.

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Camp Horror Books to read in 2024

Hey everyone and welcome to Owl Book World. This is where I typically write about anything and everything horror! With summer right around the corner, it’s time to find some great reads that are summer themed! Today, I’m here to share some camp horror books to read this summer.

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