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The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Posted December 2, 2025 by berrywinters_zfqs1i in Books Read / 0 Comments

Publisher: HarperAudioFirst Published: May 1, 2018Main Genre: Historical FictionTime Length: 19 hours and 27 minutesFormat: Audio bookSource: Audible Goodreads PURCHASE AT:Amazon / Barnes and Noble \ Thrift Books Synopsis:(From Goodreads) When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the […]

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Posted November 27, 2025 by berrywinters_zfqs1i in Books Read / 0 Comments

Publisher: HarperAudioFirst Published: May 3, 2022Main Genre: Literary FictionTime Length: 11 hours and 50 minutesFormat: Audio bookSource: Audible Goodreads PURCHASE AT:Amazon / Barnes and Noble \ Thrift Books Synopsis:(From Goodreads) After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always […]

From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Posted October 18, 2025 by berrywinters_zfqs1i in Books Read / 0 Comments

Publisher: Atheneum BooksFirst Published: January 1, 1967Main Genre: Children’s FictionPages: 176Format: PaperbackSource: Hyde Bros. Books (a local Fort Wayne bookstore) Goodreads PURCHASE AT:Amazon / Barnes and Noble \ Thrift Books Synopsis:(From Goodreads) After reading this book, I guarantee that you will never visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or any wonderful, old cavern of a […]

The New Girl by R.L. Stine (Fear Street #1)

Posted October 5, 2025 by Shaun Winters in Books Read / 0 Comments

Publisher: Simon PulseFirst Published: June 1, 1989Main Genre: Young Adult Horror FictionPages: 168 pagesFormat: PaperbackSource: Ebay Goodreads PURCHASE AT:Amazon / Barnes and Noble \ Thrift Books Synopsis:(From Goodreads) Welcome to Fear Street. Don’t listen to the stories they tell you about Fear Street. Wouldn’t you rather explore it yourself…and see if its dark terrors and […]

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Posted September 21, 2025 by Shaun Winters in Books Read / 0 Comments

Publisher: Balzer + BrayFirst Published: September 15, 2015Main Genre: Contemporary Young AdultPages: 371 (actual pages of story)Format: HardcoverSource: Half Price Books Goodreads PURCHASE AT:Amazon / Barnes and Noble \ Thrift Books Synopsis:(From Goodreads) Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. […]