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Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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     Swearing: 2/10 characters used the word hell or the "A" word a few times throughout the book     Sexual Content: 4/10 a short kiss, character makes lewd comment, and character talks about a time when she wanted to be in bed with a man      Violence: 8/10 the book is about death     Recommended Age: 14+      Hello and welcome, it’s good to see that you are still with me, even though most of you are my friends and are then obligated to read everything I post on my blog. This next review is on a book that I wasn't planning on reading this year, but it was conveniently available, and I had no other book to read, but the fourteen others I've already started. I stumbled upon it while a friend and I were browsing a bookstore. My friend bought it and then lent it to me sometime later. There are a lot of good things about this book, and I was thoroughly impressed with how the author...
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100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons (Book Review)

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  Swearing: 5/10, frequent use of the word hell, the “S” word, and the “A” word. Sexual Content: 3/10, mild touching, some kissing, a man tries to take advantage of the main character.  Recommended Age: 14+      A writer friend recommended 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons to me a couple months ago. It's a contemporary romance, which isn't something I normally read, but I’ve heard good things about it, so I bought it.     The book is written in two perspectives: Tessa Dickinson, a poetry blogger, who lost her sight in a car accident, and Weston Ludovico, who got in a skateboarding accident that ended with the doctors amputating his legs. Tessa is self-loathing and angry with her situation, even though the doctors assure her that she will only be blind for 12 to 14 weeks, and Weston is optimistic even though half of his legs are prostheses.       Believing that writing again would help Tessa's mental and e...
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Welcome To My Blog

       Do you like to read? Do you love a story that hooks you from the first line and doesn't let you go? Do you struggle to find good books to read? Do you come across one that looks interesting, but when you begin to read it, it doesn't seem to live up to its cover, title, or description? Well, in this blog I hope to help you find books that you will enjoy.       My goal is to read about sixty books this year and write a review for most of them. As a writer I also would like to delve deep into each story and talk about its characters, character arc, plot, and even the writing itself. With these four crucial parts of a story, I want to explore how the author did or didn't use them to their advantage and how that impacted the story.         I want to use this blog to understand how great books are great books, as well as recommend them  to other readers.  This isn't just for me, but for other writers or readers ...
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