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Cindy M
An accountant and CPA by profession, I found myself a book reviewer for Squeaky Clean Reads by happenstance. When the opportunity came to transform that website into Compass Book Ratings, I was excited to seize it and meld my business background with my love of books. As the mother of three teenage sons, I have read a large number of children and young adult books and I believe that there is great value in a content review service. As much as we would love to read everything our children read, there just isn’t enough time. I also appreciate being able to select books for myself that are really worth my precious and limited reading time. I believe there is a book out there for everyone–they just have to find it!
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The Dragon’s Promise

Elizabeth Lim's second and final installment of this duology does not disappoint. Picking up almost immediately where the first book ended, it jumps right into the action and it is a whirlwind of eve…
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Trex

Trex is a mix of mystery, action, adventure, and science fiction--all topped with a dose of real-world reality when it comes to some of the things that middle schoolers struggle with. The format is a…
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The Thursday Murder Club

Utterly delightful from first to last! This is the debut novel of Richard Osman, a script writer. This is a mystery with plenty of twists and turns, a few red-herrings, and deaths in spades. It is …
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Race for the Escape

Race for the Escape is a blazing fast read--even by middle grade standards. With a lower page count that feels like a novella and then literally non-stop action, there is no time to get bored or for …
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Best Audiobooks for the Family Road Trip 2022

I cannot tell a lie--I really love this annual post, or perhaps I just love doing the "listening" research to find fabulous recommendations. It seems like audiobooks are more popular than ever, but i…
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Chasing After Knight

Looking for escapist romance that reads like a movie? Then look no further. Chasing After Knight is a quick read that clips right along. Initially, the book starts out alternating between the presen…
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Perfectly Parvin

What begins as a story about a freshman girl looking for validation through a boyfriend, ends up being a multi-layered coming-of-age story looking at what it means to be your authentic self, figuring …
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Death on the Nile

Agatha Christie delivers the mystery magic that readers love. Death on the Nile is one of her best known books and it is replete with all those trademark elements that make Agatha Christie the queen …
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The Midnight Library

For a book whose major plot catalyst is suicide, this was a remarkably and expectedly positive reading experience. This book orbits around the question of what would one's life look like if they made…
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Spellslinger

Spellslinger is the first book in a six book fantasy series. The setting is a little bit of a mash-up between the Wild West and something that feels like the middle east. The main character is Kelle…
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Refugee

Alan Gratz is becoming "the guy" for middle grade historical fiction on tough topics. Refugee has received many accolades--all of which it deserves. It is a raw, unfiltered look at the immigrant exp…
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The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

Finally!  A book that cannot be put down!  It has definitely been a while--so long in fact that I had forgotten what it was like to procrastinate everything in my life all for the sake of an…
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