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Monday Book Review: The Perfect Blindside by Leslea Wahl

Posted on May 2, 2016 by AJ Cattapan

Leslea Wahl is one of my fellow Catholic Writers Guild members, and I was thrilled when I won a copy of her award-winning YA novel The Perfect Blindside in a recent giveaway. Since the grad school spring semester has now … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Posted on April 4, 2016 by AJ Cattapan

Cinder has been on my TBR pile for a couple of years, at least. Yes, that’s how long my to-be-read list is! I had started reading it last summer, but then my mom fell ill and grad school started up, … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: A Single Bead by Stephanie Engelman

Posted on January 25, 2016 by AJ Cattapan

I met author Stephanie Engelman online through the Catholic Writers Guild and discovered that she writes YA just like I do! So, of course, I jumped at the chance to review her book, A Single Bead, when it released earlier … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: NEED by Joelle Charbonneau

Posted on January 4, 2016 by AJ Cattapan

I squeezed in another YA book over winter break! My doctorate program at Loyola doesn’t restart for another couple weeks, so I’m hoping to squeeze in at least one more book review before the month is out. For right now, … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: The Dance: A Story of Love, Faith, and Survival by Joan Aubele

Posted on July 20, 2015 by AJ Cattapan

Long-time readers of my blog know I usually review middle grade and young adult books on Monday, but every once in a while, I review something for adults, too. Today is one of those days! 🙂 I’ll be very upfront … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

Posted on July 13, 2015 by AJ Cattapan

One of my favorite things to read is a middle grade mystery with puzzles that the reader can play along with, and Chris Grabenstein delivers just such a treat in his Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. (And seeing how I’ve … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: The Thorn Bearer by Pepper Basham

Posted on April 20, 2015 by AJ Cattapan

I’m going to take another brief break from my usual middle grade and YA book reviews to bring you a beautiful inspirational historical fiction book by one of my “publishing sisters” (as I like to call her) Pepper Basham. Pepper … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: The Tomb by Stephanie Landsem

Posted on March 23, 2015 by AJ Cattapan

Normally, I review middle grade and young adult books, but today I am super excited to bring you The Tomb by Stephanie Landsem. This is the the third book in Landsem’s The Living Water series. I enjoyed the first book … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: Saving Kabul Corner by N.H. Senzai

Posted on March 2, 2015 by AJ Cattapan

Here’s the second in my reviews of juvenile mysteries for these year’s Edgar nominees! Title: Saving Kabul Corner Author: N.H. Senzai Genre: mystery Age group: middle grade Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Ariana is a bit perturbed that her perfect cousin Laila, who … Continue reading →

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Monday Book Review: Fake ID by Lamar Giles

Posted on February 16, 2015 by AJ Cattapan

It’s time to review another Edgar nominee, this time for best young adult mystery. Title: Fake ID Author: Lamar Giles Genre: mystery Age group: young adult Synopsis: Teenager Nick Pearson has been living in the Witness Protection Program for years. … Continue reading →

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