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Michelle Reynoso
Jul 5, 20212 min read
An Insightful Look at Adolescent Behavior and Why this Turbulent Time is Essential to Growth into Ad
Book review by Michelle Reynoso on Welcome to Your Teenager's Brain written by Abigail Baird
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Michelle Reynoso
Jun 15, 20212 min read
A Mix of Memoir and Writing Advice from a Master Storyteller
On Writing by Stephen King book review
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Michelle Reynoso
May 12, 20212 min read
A short book with a powerful punch. This is 96 pages of MASTERY!
Book Review – Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. A short book with a powerful punch. This is 96 pages of MASTERY!
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Michelle Reynoso
Mar 18, 20212 min read
A Gem of a Book; Not Just for Kids but Adults Too!
This book was originally published a year after I was born, so why has it taken over fifty years for me to read it!? It might be easy to...
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Michelle Reynoso
Mar 4, 20211 min read
Book Review – Darius the Great Deserves Better
A poignant read about self-identity, love, family, and sexuality set against a backdrop of cultural coming-of-age. This story follows...
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Michelle Reynoso
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Revisiting A Story 15 Years Later from a New Perspective
What a cool experience to come back to this story of Bella and Edward fifteen years later, and now from Edward’s perspective. I...
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Michelle Reynoso
Oct 25, 20201 min read
John Bolton writes a fly-on-the-wall style memoir
John Bolton writes a fly-on-the-wall style memoir that gives us a peek into a world most of us will never be a part of.
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Michelle Reynoso
Jun 22, 20202 min read
An Ode to 80’s Coming-Of-Age Stories with Great Modern-Day Readability
As a kid from the 80’s I loved all the pop references—not too many to lose current YA readers...
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Michelle Reynoso
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Easy read; Good Clean YA Sci-Fi Adventure for this final book in the series.
In this fourth, and final installment to the series, Stargazer Girl follows Evelyn on her journey across the stars...
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Michelle Reynoso
Apr 10, 20201 min read
A Fast-Paced Modern-Day Adventure with a Kick-Ass Unlikely Female Hero.
The Girl in the Moon is the story of Angela Constantine, who as a girl comes from a rough family life (or lack of it) filled with abuse...
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Michelle Reynoso
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Fast Paced Story Which Needed More Character Development to Get Me Emotionally Invested
...the story was original, solid-paced and full of kick-ass teen girls, and I enjoyed the read…but I didn’t LOVE it ...
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Michelle Reynoso
Feb 11, 20201 min read
A beautiful character-driven tale steeped in tragedy and mystery.
This is a character-driven tale, both haunting and beautiful at the same time and totally hard to put down once your are immersed into Kya's
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Michelle Reynoso
Jan 5, 20202 min read
A Fast-Paced Thrill Ride for Adult Readers
Avoid this read if you don’t like reading explicit, sexual content. If that doesn’t bother you, then I recommend this book for a fast-paced
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Michelle Reynoso
Jan 3, 20201 min read
REVIEW: Circe by Madeline Miller
I liken this to Percy Jackson for adult women in this character-driven mythical story that explores the journey of independence,...
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Michelle Reynoso
Dec 4, 20191 min read
‘A Blast from the Past—With Hopes for the Future’
“I can’t help I was born an artist,” Remmy thinks early in the book, a sentiment that could be a metaphor for current societal situations.
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Michelle Reynoso
Jun 26, 20191 min read
A sweet, light romance with a positive message, perfect for teens.
The romance is sweet and makes you just want to be back as a teen experiencing first love. Swoon.
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Michelle Reynoso
Jun 25, 20192 min read
A witty and clever portrayal of Good and Evil at the End of Days.
... I found was an ingenious story about good and evil and the blurred lines of both, all done in a comedic style...
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Michelle Reynoso
Jun 25, 20191 min read
Book Review – Educated
Tara’s life is intriguing and scary...it follows her life isolated from main stream society in a self-sustaining family of survivalists...
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Michelle Reynoso
Feb 9, 20191 min read
The Man on the MountainTop - A Quaint Story That Flows Like a Small Stream
Book Review – The Man on the Mountaintop, by Susan Trott The first half of the book read like a character study rather than a story, and...
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Michelle Reynoso
Feb 5, 20191 min read
Blood, Guts & Not Much Glory
I found it extreme in its violence and crudeness to the point that the main character is so extreme he’s almost a caricature...
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