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Reggie
The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister | Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Emma Trevayne, Claire Legrand
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I loved this so much,Litsy! 36 six tales of terror written by the same 4 authors pertaining to certain subjects like Cake, Love, Luck, Flowers, Song. Sounds like a charm bracelet right? But no, these are scary, disturbing, well written. I was surprised by how many of them had strong voice, or to encounter a paragraph describing the nature of something and nodding along to it. There was the one about the whalers finding the live boy in the 👇🏼

Reggie the belly of a whale. The one told from the pov of a dog named Rabbit who is worried about the child eating garden of flowers next door. The one that terrified me the most was the one about the girl with her evil, bff ventriloquist doll. All were great. 1h
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Kiwidragonnerd
The Tyrant's Tomb | Rick Riordan
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I made my own version of the #bookspinbingo board I‘ve been seeing. This one is overall for the entire year, since I‘m a slow reader. If you can‘t see it, the books I‘ve finished are in pen while the unfinished ones are in pencil. When I get a bingo I‘ll color in the squares. 😊 The ‘Free‘ spaces are really just where I can put a book that wasn‘t originally on the list. This is not actually part of bookspin, just my own bingo.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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The Animorphs just keep finding themselves in situations! This time it‘s because Marco wants to sneak into an outdoor concert in dog morph and spots an old school friend who curiously doesn‘t smell human… which COULD MEAN NOTHING but obviously doesn‘t because this is an Animorphs book!

Love all the ethical dilemmas that are getting woven in to these stories - I just know that there is going to be a ripple effect of consequences down the line.

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booklover3258
Hilda and the Hidden People | Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies
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Awesome story and wonderful illustrations throughout the book.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/uGQjlR-ArNU?feature=share

Enjoy!

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TheAromaofBooks
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Okay, I'll admit that this one was a VERY soft pick for me, but hey, nostalgia FTW as this is also one that I have definite memories of reading back in the day 😂 But Trixie really got on my nerves in this one! She was so whiny and impatient and OBSESSED with the ghost fish. Like - maybe other people had other things they want to do?? Also you're on vacation, so you could just let go of the whole “we HAVE to earn money for charity!!!“ thing for ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) like three days?! On the other hand, I really enjoyed the rest of the Bob-Whites, especially when Trixie tried to say that her first impressions of people are always right and Honey called her out on it 😂

Side note, where do you think Uncle Andrew gets all his money?? Because I don't feel like sheepherding in Iowa is THAT profitable!

I had mixed feelings about the whole ghost/amnesia/back from the dead aspect of this story. What did ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) you all think? And was Trixie actually annoying, or was I just in A Mood when I was reading this one? Any other thoughts?

I am still really enjoying these, and looking forward to The Blinking Eye this month - although apparently that one didn't have anything as memorable as eyeless fish, as I don't remember it at all! 😆
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lauraisntwilder Trixie was annoying! 😆 I thought the ones right before this one were two of the better ones, so this one was almost jarring. 11h
DebinHawaii Trixie was pretty bad in this one. I just remember being fascinated by the ghost fish growing up & how scary the caves were (I‘ve always been claustrophobic) 😱 Funny about the next one. I remember Trixie gets a fortune & although I haven‘t picked it up in decades, I think it starts “Great headed man with blinking eye, a shaded road, a horse‘s cry…” I need to pull it off my shelf & check to be sure. Don‘t ask me how I can remember that! 🤣🤣🤣 10h
BookmarkTavern She was very focused! 😂😂 I think if there had been a more urgent need for the money, I wouldn‘t have found her attitude to be too much. And I feel like every long running mystery series needs at least one amnesia storyline. 😂 So at least we‘ve got that out of the way! 9h
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Imagen_leigh
The Stars Beneath Our Feet | David Barclay Moore
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Been awhile so I can‘t remember much about this one, but I remember it was pretty good.

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Imagen_leigh
As Brave As You | Jason Reynolds
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Loved this one!

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lil1inblue
House of Many Ways | Diana Wynne Jones
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Eggs Perfection 👏🏻 2d
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DGRachel
Sisterhood of Sleuths | Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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Friendships can be complicated when you‘re 12 and school projects can be, too. Maizy learns both of these lessons as she discovers Nancy Drew and solves her own mystery with the help of old and new friends. This was cute and fun and I enjoyed watching Maizy work through some very 6th grade problems. It‘s a great homage to Nancy Drew. Also, Maizy‘s mom is a Toad the Wet Sprocket fan, so the book is a winner for that alone!

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DGRachel
Sisterhood of Sleuths | Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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In today‘s episode of “bands I loved in high school that I NEVER expected to see referenced in a MG book published in 2022”, may I present Toad the Wet Sprocket? 😱😱😱😱 …and now I must go search for them on Tidal. 🎶

AlaMich 🙋‍♀️ I loved them too, although I was a bit older than high school age. 😬 2d
BarbaraJean 😂😂 Love this (I loved Toad in high school, too)! And it‘s such a great band to reference because the band name sounds completely unhinged if you‘ve never heard of them… 2d
DGRachel @BarbaraJean That‘s actually why I picked up their CD! I just loved the band name. 1d
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