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Title: Mindfulness for Students Author: Natasha Kaufman Genre: Nonfiction, Self Help Publisher: Leaping Hare Press Date published: July 2nd 2019 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 144 Rating: 5/5 Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to… Continue reading Review: Mindfulness for Students by Natasha Kaufman
Title: Born a Crime Author: Trevor Noah Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Date published: Format: Page Count: 462 Rating: 5/5 The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime New York Times bestseller about one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk… Continue reading Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Title: Six of Crows Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Date published: September 29th 2015 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 462 Rating: 5/5 Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered… Continue reading Review: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Title: Interpreter of Maladies Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Genre: Fiction, Short Stories Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Date published:May 22, 2000 Format: Paperback Page Count: 198 Rating: 5/5 Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations.… Continue reading Review: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Title: A Man Called Ove Author: Fredrik Backman Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Publisher: Atria Books Date published: July 15th 2014 Format: Paperback Page Count: 337 Rating: 5/5 A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon, the kind of man… Continue reading Review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Title: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Author: Marie Kondo Type: Self Help Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Ten Speed Press Date published: October 14th 2014 Format: Audiobook Time: 5hr Rating: 5/5 Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant… Continue reading Review: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Title: Educated Author: Tara Westover Type: Memoir, Autobiography Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Random House Date published: February 20th 2018 Format: Paperback Page Count: 352 Rating: 5/5 Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches… Continue reading Review: Educated by Tara Westover
Title: Literary Places Author: Sarah Baxter Type: Art, Literature Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: White Lion Publishing Date published: March 5th, 2019 Format: digital Page Count: 144Rating: 5/5Bringing together engaging text and stunning hand-drawn illustrations, Inspired Traveller’s Guide: Literary Placestakes readers on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literature’s best and brightest authors, movements and moments. Explore the plains of La Mancha with… Continue reading Review: Literary Places by Sarah Baxter
Title: 365 Ways to Beat Stress Author: Adam Gordon Type: Personal Development Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Watkins Publishing Date published: February 19th 2019 Format: digital Page Count: 224 Rating: 5/5 With a different technique or tip for each day of the year, no other book offers such a wide range of ways to release stress and anxiety,… Continue reading Review: 365 Ways to Beat Stress by Adam Gordon
Natalie Driscoll is dead. Much like how she flung herself out a window, Natalie also flung Jane into the middle of Cullfield's mysteries. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students and all of them seem to have something to hide, something that might have to be unraveled through the course of following Natalie's diary.
