When You Reach Me
When You Reach MeBy: Rebecca SteadMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 12 and up When You Reach Me: A book with heart, secrets, AND a mystery! This book has heart AND a genuinely fun mystery to solve. Set in the gritty, nostalgic backdrop of late-1970s New York City,…
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Doing Time
Doing Time (The Time Police, #1)By: Jodi TaylorMy Rating: Four out of five StarsBest For: 16 and up Doing Time: Sci-Fi Comedy, Time Travel Shenanigans, and an Inside Joke I Missed! Okay, I think I read this book in the wrong order. Jodi Taylor is best known for her 14-book…
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Theo of Golden
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Theo of GoldenBy: Allen LeviMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up (for pacing, not content) Theo of Golden: A Masterpiece of…
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Moonflower Murders
Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)By: Anthony HorowitzMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up Moonflower Murders: Double the Mystery, Classic Whodunnit Clues, and Brilliant Meta-Storytelling! I’m so glad I discovered Anthony Horowitz! Ever since that first milestone recommendation got me hooked on Magpie Murders, Horowitz has turned…
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Honey, I Found a Starship
Honey, I Found a StarshipBy: J.N. Chaney and Matthew GoodwinMy Rating: Three out of Five StarsBest For: 14 and up Honey, I Found a Starship: An Awesome Premise That Failed to Deliver Okay, looks like I need to be the voice of reason. There are a WHOLE lot of five…
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
How to Cheat Your Own Death (Castle Knoll Files #3)By: Kristen PerrinMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up How to Cheat Your Own Death: A Debut Series That Just Keeps Getting Better Kristen Perrin is back with the third installment of the Castle Knoll Murder Mystery…
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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (The Siege, Book 1)By: K.J. ParkerMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Sixteen Ways…
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, Book 1)By: Alan BradleyMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 12 and up…
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Buckeye
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained BuckeyeBy: Patrick RyanMy Rating: Three out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Buckeye: A Plodding History Lesson That Mad Me Cry I have a…
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Project Hail Mary
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Project Hail MaryBy: Andy WeirMy Rating: FIVE out of Five Stars (All the stars!)Best for: 14 and up (Safe for mature 12+ year olds) Project…
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Snow Crash
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Snow CrashBy: Neal StephensonMy Rating: One out of Five StarsBest For: No one (Strictly 18+ for those who insist) Snow Crash: Consider This Your Warning…
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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (Theodore Boone, #1)By: John GrishamMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 12 and up Theodore Boone: John Grisham’s “Idiot’s Guide…
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Magpie Murders
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Magpie MurdersBy: Anthony HorowitzMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Magpie Murders: A Brilliant Meta-Mystery That Doubled My Fun This was…
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Swiss Family Robinson
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Swiss Family RobinsonBy: Johann David WyssMy Rating: Two out of Five StarsBest For: Readers 16+ (who have a high tolerance for boredom) Swiss Family Robinson:…
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Water for Elephants
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Water for ElephantsBy: Sara GruenMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up Water for Elephants: A Gritty, Heartfelt Trip to the Depression-Era…
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Little Thieves
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Little ThievesBy: Margaret OwenMy Rating: Three out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up Little Thieves: Great World-Building, But a Rough Road to Travel I…
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Dragonborn
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Dragonborn (Dragonborn, #1)By: Struan MurrayMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 10 and up Dragonborn: It’s Harry Potter, but with Dragons. Need I Say…
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The Square of Sevens
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The Square of SevensBy: Laura Shepherd-RobinsonMy Rating: FIVE out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up The Square of Sevens: A 5-Star Historical Mystery That…
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The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The T.O.A.S.T. MysteriesFramed! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #1)Vanished! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #2)Trapped! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #3)By: James PontiMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: All…
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The Widow
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The WidowBy: John GrishamMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up The Widow: Grisham is Back in the Courtroom with a Twist…
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Cloud Cuckoo LandBy: Anthony DoerrMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Beautiful, 600-Page Meander Through Time I…
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City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)By: Adrian TchaikovskyMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up City of Last Chances by…
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The Impossible Fortune
The Impossible Fortune (The Thursday Murder Club, #5)By: Richard OsmanMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 14 and up The Impossible Fortune: Retirement Fun, Murder, and the Playing the Old Person Card! I wasn’t expecting another Thursday Murder Club Mystery, so I was absolutely thrilled when this one arrived…
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The Secret of Secrets
The Secret of SecretsBy: Dan BrownMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up The Secret of Secrets: Prague, Puzzles, and Non-Local Consciousness! This is the most fun Robert Langdon story since The Da Vinci Code! Dan Brown hasn’t changed as a writer, and that’s a very good…
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Klara and the Sun
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Klara and the SunBy: Kazuo IshiguroMy Rating: THREE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up Klara and the Sun: A Brilliant AI with a…
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The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom TollboothBy: Norton JusterMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 10 and up The Phantom Tollbooth: A Clever Book with a Bland Story Somehow I escaped childhood without ever reading The Phantom Tollbooth! So when a mysterious tollbooth appeared on my Kindle, I decided it was time to remedy…
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The Ogress and the Orphans
The Ogress and the OrphansBy: Kelly BarnhillMy Rating: THREE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 10 and up The Ogress and the Orphans: A Clever Fable That’s a Little Too Sweet Kelly Barnhill is a quality middle-grade author, and her book The Ogress and the Orphans is a clever fable with a lot…
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The Eagle’s Claw: Midway’s Historic Sea Battle
The Eagle’s Claw: A Novel of the Battle of MidwayBy: Jeff ShaaraMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up The Eagle’s Claw: The Greatest Sea Victory in US History Just like I loved his dad Michael’s take on The Battle of Gettysburg, I absolutely loved Jeff Shaara’s…
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Exploring Love and Video Games in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowBy: Gabrielle ZevinMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Love Story about Video Games (and People) I’m a bit torn on this one. I definitely liked it, but I was disappointed in the content and the…
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To Wake the Giant: Pearl Harbor Uncovered
To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl HarborBy: Jeff ShaaraMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up To Wake the Giant: A Day That Lived in Infamy, Brought to Life Just like I loved his dad Michael’s take on The Battle of Gettysburg, I absolutely loved…
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