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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!
Breathe a big sigh of relief because author Veronica Rossi manages to pull off a successful conclusion to her trilogy--a rare feat.  (However, the cover for the third book is still misrepresentat…
A Newbery award winner and a frequently required reading book for fourth graders, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell really should be required reading for everyone.  The story is told in the …
Although she wrote many novels, author Willa Cather is probably best known for her novels Death Comes for the Archbishop and My Antonia.  The Song of the Lark is one of h…
Channeling the star-crossed love of Romeo and Juliet and the romance of An Affair to Remember, Jennifer E. Smith once again brings young adults a terribly romantic novel, The Geography of You and Me. …
This book has a clever premise that the author plays out more unconventionally than the dust jacket would lead the reader to expect.  To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han has a conflicted pr…
Exquisite writing and voicing by author Katherine Rundell is what makes Rooftoppers truly soar.  The writing makes the reader drink in the night Paris air and feel the slate roofs underfoot.  The ques…
Charming and witty, The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates:  Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson is mostly an adventure with a light touch of magic.  The narrative follows a plucky Hilary We…
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The voice and writing in West of the Moon by Margi Preus is both gorgeous and irresistible.  The story of fourteen year old Astri is entwined with that of Scandinavian folktales as Astri compares and …
Recommended Books for Young Adult Readers Recently, one of my high school sons told me he is pretty sure there is a correlation between required high school reading selections and depression in high s…
Recommended Books for Middle Grade Readers Ah, summer, sweet summer!  Just because you are tossing the textbooks and homework, doesn't mean that there won't be reading on the hammock or at the beach. …
Almost 100 New Reviews Now Available! On May 15, 2014 Compass Book Ratings acquired CleanTeenReads.com.  Many reviews were acquired from CleanTeenReads.com and these reviews were not completed us…