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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!
The Secret Box by Whitaker Ringwald is a mystery with a slight supernatural/magical element.  The majority of the book follows three cousins as they slowly (at times, very slowly) unravel and chase do…
On May 15, 2014 Compass Book Ratings was pleased to acquire CleanTeenReads.com.  CleanTeenReads.com has been providing book reviews with content information since 2008 and at the time of the acquisiti…
Yes, it is time again for a family road trip and we once again have recommendations for best audiobooks based on our personal listening experience.  All of the below recommendations are family-friendl…
Originally published in 1979, Kindred by Octavia Butler demonstrates how well-traveled devices and subjects in the right hands can be innovative.  Brilliantly, she uses time travel to bring a fresh an…
Yes!  Loved it!  Through the Ever Night sustains the promise of the first book and might even exceed expectations.  Author Rossi really grows the storyline with the developmen…
Taut.  Intense.  Thought-provoking. Penetrating. And, at times, heart-breaking.  From the first word to the last, Holding Smoke will hold the reader. Author Elle Cosimano puts…
She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick is contemporary young adult fiction that starts with a thriller feel and ends channeling a little bit of Wait Until Dark.  Mr. Sedgwick does an o…
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by Alex Patterson is part Men in Black, part I Am Number Four, and part superhero story.  Character development?--Not so much.  Intricate Plot?--Nope.  Careful expositio…
Gripping, intimate, riveting, romantic --Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi is all these things and a little bit more.  Because of the initial dystopian setting, there is a tendency to cl…
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is viewed by some as a contemporary classic; once a staple of college reading, it is now finding its way onto high school literature lists.  In many wa…
The Here and Now by Ann Brashares bursts brilliantly out of the gate with a splendid set-up and a stylistic voice for the seventeen-year-old protagonist, Prenna.  This book starts off exactl…
Eat Chocolate, Lose Weight -- Honestly, how can that title be resisted?  It will probably be a best seller in no time just because of the title.  In many ways, this book re-hashed a lot…