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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!
Stuart Little by E.B. White, the author of Charlotte's Web, is considered a children's classic.  It tells the story of Stuart, a mouse, born to a human family in New York City.  Th…
The Water Castle by Megan Frazer Blakemore will deftly upset readers' preconceptions.  At first glance it appears to be another 'family-of-children-go-to-mysterious-house-and-discover-magical-things' …
The Sea of Monsters is the second book in Rick Riordan's wildly popular Percy Jackson Series.  Annabeth, Percy, and Grover are back with some new characters and a new quest.  Wildly careening from enc…
Author Patrice Kindl borrows storylines from Jane Austen, characters from Cinderella, and a setting from I Capture the Castle.  The delightful result is Keeping the Castle and quite a bit of frothy fu…
Affirming and charming!  Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman is more than just the story of twelve-year-old CeeCee after the death of her mother.  It is also a love letter to t…
Charming! Orphans, a mean aunt, a snobbish cousin, a kindly uncle--Dancing Shoes has all those good old-fashioned elements that make for timeless children books.  Author Noel Streatfeild doe…
Exquisite!  M.L. Stedman masterfully constructs in THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS a compelling tale hinged on a single, catalytic decision.  Conflicted characters in a complex web of relationships struggle …
Deseret Book Kicks-off a Summer of a Million Gifts Prizes include an 8-day cruise, a missionary wardrobe, a wedding reception, and daily gifts Enter to win a $50 gift card below. Press Release - De…
It is impossible to resist 17 year-old Josie Moraine, the protagonist of Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys.  It isn't often a character comes along who completely wins a reader over, but the reader will…
Sharon Draper tackles tough issues such as abduction, dating abuse, and pedophilia is her latest novel, Panic.  Because her focus is the issues (they aren't even really "themes"), the development of c…
Let the rejoicing begin...school is out and summer is finally here!  Road trips, ice cream, the 4th of July, swimming, lazy summer days with not a scrap of homework in sight, and of course, the beach-…
In a truly authentic novel, author Vanessa Diffenbaugh gives us a character, Victoria, who believes that she is "unforgivably flawed".  Diffenbaugh is to be commended for her brilliance and the b…