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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!
When Santa Fell to Earth is a charming, middle grade Christmas story with all the creative, whimsical elements that Cornelia Funke is so skilled at imagining.  Evil nutcrackers, grumpy elves…
Operation Bunny is Book One in the Wings & Co. middle grade series.  It is a little bit of magic mixed with a detective agency concept--and a whole lot of fabulous characterization.  The…
Werewolves?  Vampires?  Boarding School? Assassins?  Steampunk?  Alternate 1800's England setting?  No, this is not a list of the current trends in young adult fiction; it is a list of the elements in…
Mr. Jonathan Stroud does not disappoint!  With all his trademark humor, witty dialogue, and masterful characterization in the second book in his Lockwood and Company series, The Whispering S…
Bad Magic by Pseudonymous Bosh is the first book in the author's new series.  It begins as a contemporary middle grade book, evolves into a perplexing mystery, and ends as something altogeth…
Tyler Whitesides comes out flying, squeegee-ing, and spraying at a break-neck pace in the fourth installment of the Janitors Series--and he doesn't let up.  The continuously building action …
Over-the-top fun and brilliant!  Christopher Healy's final installment in this series could not be better.  Blistering plot pacing, uproarious humor (laugh-out-loud status), brisk banter, de…
Be A Changemaker:  How to Start Something That Matters by Laurie Ann Thompson is a terribly affirming book that not only shows you how to change the world in first-class style--it makes you …
In The Boundless, Kenneth Oppel does what he does best--create an adventure story with a strong male lead.  (If you have a guy reader in your household, then you should put Mr. Oppel at the …
The Glass Sentence is the debut novel of S.E. Grove and it is getting a large amount of good book buzz.  The outstanding feature of this work is the uniqueness of the fantasy concept and wor…
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of the few books I recall reading multiple times as a child.  Not normally a "re-reader", I adored this story and returned to it more than…
I just love Maggie!  She is smart, honest, hilarious, loquacious, naive, and definitely appreciates the value of a sweet snack.  (I would definitely vote for her for president.)  Her re…