Book Reviews

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This is where I provide a clear-cut list of the book reviews available to you through my blog. Below, I have them in alphabetical order by title and/or author, in order by highest recommendation to lowest, and so on. I want book reviews to be easy to locate for my readers. Please send me an email if there is any particular review you are looking for. Thank you!
 -Nadine

*'bk' = 'book'

REVIEWS LISTED BY RECOMMENDATION (Book title only. See below for lists alphabetized by author and book title):
By Darkness Hid  (book 1) - Jill Williamson
To Darkness Fled (book 2) - Jill Williamson
From Darkness Won (book 3) - Jill Williamson
Cinder, (Lunar Chronicles, bk 1) - Marissa Meyer
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire & Thorns, bk 1) - Rae Carson
The Crown of Embers (Fire & Thorns, bk 2) - Rae Carson  
The Harry Potter Series, by J. K. Rowling (see individual ratings below)



4.5 Stars


Cast of Stones, A - Patrick W. Carr
Daughter of Light - Morgan Busse 
The Fablehaven Series, by Brandon Mull
Host, The - Stephanie Meyer
Replication - Jill Williamson 
The Word Changers - Ashlee Willis



 

Armored Hearts - Pauline Creeden & Melissa Turner Lee
Black (Circle Series, bk 1) - Ted Dekker
Divergent - Veronica Roth
Dragonspell, - Donita K. Paul
Girl Who Could Fly, The - Victoria Forester
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (# 2) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (# 7) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (# 6) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (# 5)- J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling
Heartless - Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Help, The - Kathryn Stockett
How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
Hunger Games, The - Suzanne Collins
Insomnia - J. R. Johansson 
Insurgent (Divergent #2) - Veronica Roth
Magician's Nephew, The - C. S. Lewis
Matched - Ally Condie
Mortis - Hannah Cobb
Pearl Wars, The (Skyship Academy #1) - Nick James
Raider's Ransom - Emily Diamand
Shifter, The - Janice Hardy
Unbound - J. B. Simmons
Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The - C. S. Lewis
WADE BOSS: Hybrid Hunter - Marcus MacGregor 


3.5 Stars

Allegiant (Divergent #3) - Veronica Roth
Dreamtreaders - Wayne Thomas Batson
Enclave - Ann Aguirre
Monument 14 - Emmy Laybourne  
Monument 14: Savage Drift (#3) - Emmy Laybourne
Monument 14 - Sky on Fire (# 2) - Emmy Laybourne
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
Ship Breaker  - Paolo Bacagalupi



3 Stars


Birthmarked (Birthmarked Trilogy - Caragh O'Brien
Burning Bridge, The - John Flanagan
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Crossed, (book 2) Ally Condie
Defiance, by C. J. Redwine
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Firebird, by Kathy Tyers 
Giver, The - Lois Lowry 
Knightley Academy, The - Violet Haberdasher
Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
Ruins of Gorlan, The - John Flanagan
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary - Brandon Mull
Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham

  


2.5 Stars



Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Incarceron - Catherine Fisher
Maze Runner, The - James Dashner
Shiver - Maggie Steifvater
Twilight Saga, The - Stephanie Meyer
Wings - Aprilynne Pike

  

Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Long Walk, The - Stephen King
Mockingjay, (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 3) - Suzanne Collins
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
His Dark Materials (Golden Compass Series)  - Philip Pullman










CHRISTIAN BOOKS (Alphabetized by book title):

Black (Circle Series, book 1) - Ted Dekker 
By Darkness Hid (Blood of Kings Series, book 1) - Jill Williamson
Daughter of Light - Morgan Busse 
Dreamtreaders - Wayne Thomas Batson 
Dragonspell, (Dragon Keeper's Chronicles, book 1) - Donita K. Paul
Firebird, (Firebird Series, bk. 1) - Kathy Tyers
From Darkness Won (Blood of Kings Series, book 3) - Jill Williamson
Heartless - Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Magician's Nephew, The (Narnia, book 1) - C. S. Lewis
Replication - Jill Williamson
To Darkness Fled (Blood of Kings Series, book 2) - Jill Williamson
Unbound - J. B. Simmons
Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The, (Narnia, book 5) - C. S. Lewis





REVIEWS ALPHABETIZED BY AUTHOR'S LAST NAME:

Aguirre, Ann - Enclave
Bacigalupi, Paolo - Ship Breaker
Batson, Wayne Thomas - Dreamtreaders
Billingsley, Franny - Chime
Bingham, Kelly - Shark Girl
Busse, Morgan - Daughter of Light
Carson, Rae
  1. The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire & Thorns, book 1)
  2. The Crown of Embers, (F & T, bk* 2)
  3. The Bitter Kingdom (F & T,  bk 3)
Cashore, Kristin - Graceling
Cline, Ernest - Ready Player One
Cobb, Hannah - Mortis 
Collins, Suzanne
  1. The Hunger Games, (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 1)
  2. Catching Fire, (H. G. Trilogy, bk 2)
  3. Mockingjay, (H. G. Trilogy, bk 2)
Condie, Ally
  1. Matched, (Matched Trilogy, book 1)
  2. Crossed, (Matched Trilogy, book 2)

Cowell, Cressida - How to Train Your Dragon (Hiccup Memoirs, bk 1)
Creeden, Pauline - Armored Hearts
Dashner, James - The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy, bk 1)
Dekker, Ted
  1. Black, (The Circle Series, book 1)
  2. Red, (The Circle Series, book 2)
Diamand, Emily - Raider's Ransom
Fisher, Catherine - Incarceron
Flanagan, John -
  1. The Ruins of Gorlan, (The Ranger's Apprentice, book 1)
  2. The Burning Bridge, (RA, bk 2)
Forester, Victoria - The Girl Who Could Fly
Gaiman, Neil - Stardust
Haberdasher, Violet - The Knightley Academy
Hardy, Janice - The Shifter
James, Nick - The Pearl Wars (Skyship Academy #1)
Johansson, J. R. - Insomnia (Night Walkers, bk 1)
King, Stephen - The Long Walk
Laybourne, Emmy
  1. Monument 14 (Monument 14 Series, bk 1)
  2. Monument 14 - Sky on Fire (Mon. 14 Series, bk 2)
  3. Monument 14 - Savage Drift (Mon. 14 Series, bk 3) 
 
Lee, Melissa Turner - Armored Hearts
Lewis, C. S.
  1. The Magician's Nephew, (Chronicles of Narnia, book 1)
  2. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, (Narnia, bk 5)
Lowry, Lois - The Giver
MacGregor, Marcus - WADE BOSS: Hybrid Hunter
Meyer, Marissa
  1. Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, book 1)
Meyer, Stephanie
  1.  The Twilight Saga
  2. The Host
Mull, Brandon
O'Brien, Caragh - Birthmarked (Birthmarked Trilogy, book 1)
Paolini, Christopher - Eragon (Inheritance Cycle, book 1)
Paul, Donita K. - Dragonspell (Dragon Keeper's Chronicles, book 1)
Pike, Aprilynne - Wings 
Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials (Golden Compass Series)
Redwine, C. J. - Defiance (Defiance, book 1)
Riordan, Rick - Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
Roth, Veronica
  1. Divergent
  2. Insurgent (book 2)
  3. Allegiant (book 3)
Rowling, J. K.
  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone (Harry Potter, book 1)
  2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (HP, bk 2)
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP, bk 3)
  4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (HP, bk 4)
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (HP, bk 5)
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (HP, bk 6)
  7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (HP, bk 7)
Simmons, J. B. - Unbound
Steifvater, Maggie - Shiver
Stengl, Anne Elisabeth - Heartless
Stockett, Kathryn - The Help
Tyers, Kathy - Firebird
Williamson, Jill
  1. By Darkness Hid (Blood of Kings Series, book 1)
  2. To Darkness Fled (Blood of Kings Series, bk 2)
  3. From Darkness Won (Blood of Kings Series, bk 3) 
  4. Replication
Zevin, Gabrielle - Elsewhere
Willis, Ashlee - The Word Changers


REVIEWS ALPHABETIZED BY  BOOK TITLE: 

Allegiant (Divergent #3) - Veronica Roth
Amber Spyglass, The (His Dark Materials, book 3) - Philip Pullman
Armored Hearts - Pauline Creeden & Melissa Turner Lee
Birthmarked (Birthmarked Trilogy) - Caragh O'Brien
Black, (The Circle Series, book 1) - Ted Dekker 
Burning Bridge, The, (Ranger's Apprentice, book 2) - John Flanagan
By Darkness Hid (Blood of Kings Series, bk 1) - Jill Williamson 
Catching Fire, (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 2) - Suzanne Collins
Cinder, (Lunar Chronicles, bk 1) - Marissa Meyer
Crossed, (Matched Trilogy, book 2)
Crown of Embers, The (Fire & Thorns Trilogy, bk 2) - Rae Carson
Daughter of Light - Morgan Busse
Defiance - C. J. Redwine
Divergent, - Veronica Roth
Dragonspell, (Dragon Keeper's Chronicles, bk 1) - Donita K. Paul
Dreamtreaders - Wayne Thomas Batson  
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Enclave - Ann Aguirre
Eragon (Inheritance Cycle, bk 1)- Christopher Paolini
Fablehaven, (book 1) - Brandon Mull
Firebird, (bk 1) - Kathy Tyers
From Darkness Won, by Jill Williamson
Girl of Fire and Thorns, The (Girl of Fire & Thorns Trilogy, bk 1)- Rae Carson
Girl Who Could Fly, The - Victoria Forester
Giver, The - Lois Lowry
Golden Compass, The (His Dark Materials, book 1)- Philip Pullman
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven, bk 3) - Brandon Mull
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (HP, bk 2) - J. K. Rowling 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (HP, bk 7) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (HP, bk 4) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (HP, bk 6) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (HP, bk 5) - J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP, bk 3)- J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone (HP, bk 1) - J. K. Rowling
Heartless - Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Help, The - Kathryn Stockett
Host, The - Stephanie Meyer
How to Train Your Dragon (Hiccup Memoirs, bk 1)
Hunger Games, The (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 1)- Suzanne Collins Incarceron - Catherine Fisher 
Insurgent (Divergent #2) - Veronica Roth 
Knightley Academy, The - Violet Haberdasher
Long Walk, The - Stephen King
Magician's Nephew, The - (Chronicles of Narnia, bk 1) - C. S. Lewis
Matched - Ally Condie
Maze Runner, The - James Dashner
Mockingjay, (Hunger Games Trilogy, bk 3) - Suzanne Collins
Monument 14 - Emmy Laybourne
Monument 14 - Sky on Fire - Emmy Laybourne 
Monument 14 - Savage Drift - Emmy Laybourne 
Mortis - Hannah Cobb
Pearl Wars, The (Skyship Academy #1) - Nick James
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series - Rick Riordan 
Raider's Ransom - Emily Diamand
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
Replication - Jill Williamson
Rise of the Evening Star, (Fablehaven, bk 2) - Brandon Mull
Ruins of Gorlan, The (Ranger's Apprentice, bk 1) - John Flanagan
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven, bk 4) - Brandon Mull
Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham
Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi
Shifter, The - Janice Hardy
Shiver - Maggie Steifvater
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, book 2)- Philip Pullman
To Darkness Fled (Blood of Kings Series, bk 2) - Jill Williamson
Twilight Saga, The - Stephanie Meyer
Unbound - J. B. Simmons
Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The (Narnia, bk 5) - C. S. Lewis
WADE BOSS: Hybrid Hunter - Marcus MacGregor
Wings - Aprilynne Pike
Word Changers, The - Ashlee Willis

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