Tag: Scholastic Press
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Book Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
In autumn 2024, I gave The Raven Boys, the first book in Maggie Stiefvater’s “The Raven Cycle”, another try. Years earlier, I’d made my first attempt in English, but it wasn’t as successful due to the writing style and language being too difficult to follow for me as a non-native English speaker. Even though I…
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Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
It has been years since I first read The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater and was completely lost. I didn’t understand a thing and wondered what on earth I just had been reading. In fall 2024, I reread it and I finally kind of understood it. What’s the difference? I read it in my native…
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Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
When The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins got first published in 2008, I assume no one expected this book – and its sequels – to become what we call a “Classic” in young adult literature. At the time, I didn’t know YA books even existed, so when I first heard about it was with the…
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Book Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
In 2018, I finally read The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. I really, really didn’t enjoy this reading experience, I felt so lost all the time. I had no clue what I was reading, this highly influenced my rating. I zoned out a lot. I still have no idea what the problem was, maybe I…