Genre: Young Adult

Review: Janie Face to Face

March 6, 2013 Whitney Review 4 Comments
Review: Janie Face to Face

I loved the Janie books when I was younger. I first read The Face on the Milk Carton when I was 10 (so 1995) but it was first published in 1990. Notice that I said 1990. Caroline B. Cooney released the fifth and last Janie book this year, Janie is now 20 and in college […]

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Review: Splintered

March 1, 2013 Whitney Review 4 Comments
Review: Splintered

Splintered has a pretty cover. That’s about the only good thing I can say about it. Splintered is the story of Alyssa, the great-great-great granddaughter of Alice Liddell who has totally fucked over any future female relations with her trip down the rabbit hole. Alyssa’s mother Allison is currently in an asylum, dressing in the […]

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Book Review: Right Side Talking

February 20, 2013 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Book Review: Right Side Talking

I should probably prefix this review by saying I had brain surgery when I was a teenager due to uncontrolled epilepsy so when going into a book about a teen girl who had epilepsy having the two  hemispheres severed because of said condition, I knew I was bound to critique and be realistically critical.  And I was. […]

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Review: By the Shores of Silver Lake

February 15, 2013 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: By the Shores of Silver Lake

By the Shores of Silver Lake is a much more mature novel in comparison to the series thus far.  Hardship has befallen Plum Creek.  It is addressed right away that the Ingalls have suffered through Scarlet Fever with Mary becoming blind as a resolute.  Also, even though it is not mentioned, in the gap between […]

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Review: On the Banks of Plum Creek

February 13, 2013 Whitney Review 4 Comments
Review: On the Banks of Plum Creek

The whole book is a treasure really, but I particularly liked when Laura would go off to discover the inhabitants of Plum Creek, splashing her feet in the water, running up hills and encounters with water wild life. Although my favorite was her class party at Plum Creek with snotty Nellie Olson.  As a come […]

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Review: Little House on the Prairie

January 25, 2013 Whitney Review 3 Comments
Review: Little House on the Prairie

I recently brushed off the dust and read it for the first time in over fifteen years. When  I first read Little House on the Prairie I was overwhelmed by the coolness of Laura playing in the tall prairie grass with her sunbonnet swinging down her back, with a vigilant look-out for Indians after chore […]

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Review: The Secret of Red Gate Farm

December 7, 2012 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: The Secret of Red Gate Farm

I really didn’t see The Secret of Red Gate Farm as much of a mystery, not because there wasn’t something to be solved but because it dealt more with cults.  However loosely used, a group of people run around flapping their arms to a tribal dance during the full moon, dressed in white sheets that […]

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Review: Nancy’s Mysterious Letter

December 5, 2012 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: Nancy’s Mysterious Letter

I really liked this installment of the series because it had a race against time aspect to it not only to find Nancy Smith Drew but also to stop her from marrying a gold digger. This almost felt like an episode of The Dating Game gone wrong; a contestant being yanked off stage. As for […]

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Review: The Clue In The Diary

December 3, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: The Clue In The Diary

Okay, so Nancy finds a diary during a house fire and believes there could be a clue in it to find the arsonist. (hence, the title)  while leaving the scene, her car is in an accident and meets Ned Nickerson — Yay!  He falls head-over heals in disgusting puppy love and will do anything to […]

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