The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - a shepherd boy travels from Spain to the pyramids in Egypt seeking his treasure. A supposed parable about following your dreams. So.extremely.repetitive. If you're on Goodreads, look for Tim "the enchanter"'s review, he has a much more articulate view.
1 star
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Counting by 7's by Holly Goldberg Sloan - Willow is a 12 yo genius. Her life is abruptly upended one day. Unexpected people step up to help her and in the process everyone begins changing. I must be in a good mood, I loved everything about this book.
5 stars
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Books I quit
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - just couldn't get over the writing style of this. I don't like the "if I had but known" genre and this was even worse with the telling something was coming, going back in time to explain something, and then telling what was actually happening. I'm not giving anything away by saying the narrator is Death, so bad things are in store.
Shiver by Maggie Steifvater - a YA book with werewolves. Too much teen angst for me to finish. And of course it's a trilogy and I just don't care.
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