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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 Mouse with the Question Mark Tail

The list of children books that feature a mouse as a major character is long indeed.  (Somehow mice are consistently adorable and charming in literature, but oddly not so much in reality.)  The prolif…
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The Rithmatist

It is a rare thing to encounter true creativity and originality in literature these days, yet Brandon Sanderson has achieved just that in The Rithmatist.  The world Sanderson has conjured is genuinely…
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Dualed

Dualed by Elsie Chapman is a dystopian young adult novel narrated in first person by the female protagonist, 15 year old West Grayer.  The basic premise is that the city of Kersh is a haven, but becau…
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Will in Scarlet

Yes!  Finally, a return to classic adventure!  Matthew Cody brings it in Will in Scarlet, a retelling and slight re-imaging of the Robin Hood story from the angle of the character Will Shackley, aka W…
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Book Giveaway: Children of the Jacaranda Tree

Compass Book Ratings was lucky enough to end up with an extra copy of Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Saha Delijani.  This book giveaway lasts only one week so don’t procrastinate! To see full book…
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Iron Hearted Violet

Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill is an original fairy tale with soul.  This middle grade fantasy has two likeable main characters:  Violet, a not beautiful, but strong princess and Demetrius, a l…
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Abandon

In many ways, the old stories are the best stories.  That is why it is so popular to re-tell and re-spin fairy tales and myths.  Author Meg Cabot does just this by drawing inspiration (light…
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Assassination Vacation

The New York Times Best Seller Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowel is a little bit travelogue, a little bit history, a little bit memoir, and a little bit random.  Vowel meanders through a historica…
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Book Giveaway! OUT WITH IT

Compass Book Ratings was lucky enough to end up with an extra copy of Out With It:  How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice by Katherine Preston.  Perhaps you saw the author interview on the Today Show…
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The Screaming Staircase

Atmosphere?  Suspense?  Mystery?  Charismatic characters?  Witty banter?  Oh, and did I mention heart-stopping frightening at times?  Yes!  Jonathan Stroud's latest novel, The Screaming Staircase, is …
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900th Book Review Posted!

With the posting of the book review and content analysis of The Darkest Path by Jeff Hirsch, Compass Book Ratings now has 900 books in our database.  We fired-up the website on March 19, 2012 with 228…
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The Testing

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau is a young adult dystopian novel set in North America after a world war that has inflicted catastrophic damage to its ecosystem, infrastructure, environment, and coun…
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