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LibrarianRyan
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder
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⬇4 🌟
Are you a fan of Data from the Goonie, or Inspector Gadget? Did you wish they have more brainy female characters? Girl do I have the book for you. Luella just wants her parents to understand her. She has DNA that can be changed by a toxic cloud and it is the last thing she wants to happen. And she is so smart. She could probably teach Tony Stark a thing or two. ⬇

LibrarianRyan And while at 9 she is a little scrawny to go head to head with the Hulk, her Devil Dinosaur is more than up to the challenge.

This is a kick off to a girl power marvel adventure that says smart is AWESOME. Saving your self is AWESOME, and saving everyone else is... Well it has to be done. This graphic novel has the laughs a middle grade student would want, action, comedy, plus a storyline that won't have adults talking about “kid stuff”.
4y
LibrarianRyan Now if this reviewer was sitting in english class they could make the argument that this is an allegory about not wanting to become a “woman” or the changes that happen as girls grow older. It‘s in there, it can be seen, but who cares. This is just a fun read and I can not wait to grab book 2.
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4y
Crazeedi This sounds absolutely awesome!!!! And I received your card today which is absolutely awesome too! Thank you so much!! 4y
LibrarianRyan @Crazeedi you are welcome. And this was fun. 4y
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4.5 🌟
I was immediately in love with Gertrude. The 37 year old foul mouthed pain in the heiny stuck in a 10 year old's body. She was supposed to spend an hour, or even a day in Fairyland, but instead she has been stuck for 27 years. She has just gotten more rotten as time goes on.
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LibrarianRyan
Thornhill | Pam Smy
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2.5 🌟
I feel this book has been over hyped. For a while there every October people pulled it‘s dark pages out and said it was the haunted house book middle graders are craving. I heard everything from a middle grade version of House on Haunted Hill, to a shorter version of Rose Madder. Ummmmmm, I think not. To me this feels more like Flowers in the Attic by way of Brian Selznick without the incest.

DGRachel Well, at least it skips the incest... 😱 5y
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LibrarianRyan
The Golden Spider | Anne Renwick
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4 🌟
I quite enjoyed this steampunk tale of medical espionage. The steampunk was not outlandish, made sense, and worked well in the story line. I was not expecting much from this book or from the audiobook. But I found myself sucked into the adventure and the romance of the story. This is just the first book in a trilogy and I will be checking out the rest of the series as soon as my Hoopla account renews.
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LibrarianRyan
Jim Henson's The Power of the Dark Crystal | Simon Spurrier, Jim Henson, Phillip Kennedy Johnson
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(This title should read Vol 3)
4 🌟
What a wonderful end to this series. It was almost a shame to close the pages. Our heroes found the secret of the Dark Crystal and helped bring unity to both their people. I loved everything about this series and think it‘s a shame the movie never came together. There is a spin-off series called Beneath the Dark Crystal. I guess I will now have to go pick that up.
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LibrarianRyan
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4 🌟
Volume 2 does not suffer from the second book slump. But is that even a thing with graphic novels? This smoothly continues from book one. This time our team of heroes are on a quest to the firelands to put back that shard. Loving this series.
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June's Blood | Juliet Vane
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June felt like I read nothing, but then like I read everything because I was trying to finish a project at work. It was crazy. My stats are above.

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Avanders So many reading challenges!!! 🤭🤭🤭 5y
LibrarianRyan @Avanders I know. I bit off a bit this year. It was just hard to say no. 5y
Avanders I know the feeling 😁😘 5y
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LibrarianRyan
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4 🌟
This story starts 6 weeks before Illuminae. Private Olivia has joined the ship to work with AIDEN and teach him moral imperatives. This story is super short, but it packs a wallop. It‘s all about AIDEN learning “I”. It‘s the first step to “creating” the supercomputer that can give Hal a run for his money. A great read. It works well as a side piece after you have finished everything else.

tjwill How can I read this? Do you know if they will be publishing it officially? 5y
LibrarianRyan @tjwill According to Jay Kristoff, it will not be published anywhere else, or released as an ebook. (That could change, but I have no idea). I am willing to share, if you would send it back when you are done. I might even open it up and do a mail chain because I know there are a few people who want to read it. (edited) 5y
BooknerdsLife Oh Lucky you!!! 😍 We don‘t even get Memento here in Australia and have to preorder through American stores but the shipping was way too expensive for me 😭 5y
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Stepsister | Jennifer Donnelly
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3 🌟 What happens when Fate and Chance make a bet over a map?
I almost DNFed. The book moves along very slowly, and the audiobook makes it worse. On top of that, beauty is a big thing in this book. Isabella asks the fairy queen to give her beauty, and the fairy queen says she will only grant this wish if Isabella can find all three pieces of her broken heart. This book is that quest. listen @ 1.75 speed to stay awake.

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All Systems Red | Martha Wells
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4.5 🌟
I am officially a Murderbot fan! This book packs so much into just a few pages.
Its a quick read that will have you glued to the pages and screaming for more. Murdotbot, just might have a heart and I want to see it develop. And see what type of trouble he can get himself into.

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DarcysMom Murderbot is the best! 🥰🥰 5y
Gezemice Love Murderbot! 5y
Sweetkokoro I LOVE Murderbot! And I love seeing more people enjoy him!! 5y
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shanaqui I juuuust reread this today! I love Murderbot's snarky “aarrgggh people noooo“ reactions.

(Sidenote: I find it really odd when people call Murderbot “he“ -- or she! I'm fairly sure it states pronouns as “it“, and I've managed to log those even though so very few *people* use that for themselves. Gave me a jolt just now reading this review/comments. 😅)
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LibrarianRyan @shanaqui your right. You are very right. It is an It. It‘s odd how we automatically gender. Especially when he talks about having no sex parts because he‘s not a f$&@ bot. 5y
Saw629 Would you recommend this book to someone who peruses sci-fi books, but isn‘t huge into them? 5y
LibrarianRyan @Saw629 I think I would. It takes place on a Tera firma but it‘s more an action/thriller. Murderbot is a security guard who has a job to do. Plus it‘s short. It isn‘t bogged down like many sci-fi are. Researchers are on a new world determining what it is, so the author doesn‘t have to delve too much into the world. Plus it‘s a great character study. It‘s easy to forget murderbot isn‘t a “man” because it feels like one. 5y
Cinfhen Well done 🙌🏻 5y
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