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Review: Cinder

February 1, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Review: Cinder

Cinder is a retelling of the fairy tale Cinderella, but is completely different from any other retelling I have yet encountered.  It is futuristic and this Cinderella is cyborg. I like to pride myself, that I am pretty good about figuring out plot twists ahead of time, I had Cinder’s true hidden identity (even to […]

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Book Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

December 21, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Book Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych

This novella begins with Ivan’s colleagues of the court upon hearing of his death and bickering over who will be promoted to his place.  Already, I smelled greed as a prominent theme.  The reader travels to his memorial with said colleagues and finds what appears to be a devoted, distraught widow, Oh how wrong they were… […]

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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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Review: The Secret of Shadow Ranch

November 19, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: The Secret of Shadow Ranch

While visiting Shadow Ranch, with her friends Bess and George, (surprise surprise) a mystery turns up. The ranch is supposedly haunted by the outlaw Dirk Valentine, who died leaving a hidden treasure to his sweetheart said to be on the property of Shadow Ranch. Not only does Nancy take this case but also a young […]

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Review: To the Power of Three

November 9, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: To the Power of Three

I read this book about a month ago so I’m obviously late in posting a review.  I waver between thinking this is good or bad, no matter what the book,  (unless you’ve read it a thousand times) it is easy to forget details of said novel; but on the other hand it could be a testament […]

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Review: The Boy In The Suitcase

November 7, 2012 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: The Boy In The Suitcase

This book started off with great pacing and potential, but it also had its issues. Nina Borg was too much of a goody-too-shoes constantly helping people and questioning what is the right thing? Like a girl scout earning merit badges. This sounds like an awful criticism (oh you’re too nice) but it started to get […]

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Review: Devil’s Knot

October 18, 2012 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: Devil’s Knot

This book made me angry,  I found there to be six victims in this story not three, and a vast miscarriage of justice.  The West Memphis Three as they have been dubbed were guilty the minute they walked into the courtroom due to a biased jury and judge.  Misskelley, who clearly has some learning disabilities […]

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