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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 Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt is most deservedly a Newbery Honor Book.  Frankly, I love this book.  Set against the backdrop of 1967 and 1968, the reader sees historical events …
Sporting a striking cover, Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes is an authentic and moving story set in the Italian countryside during World War II.  The characters and their plights are…
We are firm believers that there is the perfect book out there for everyone!  So whether your mom loves fiction or non-fiction, thrillers or thinkers, we have a few suggestions from our recent reviews…
Wow.  What more is there to say?  Author Sharon M. Draper singlehandedly instigated a paradigm shift for me with her middle grade novel, Out of My Mind.  The protagonist, Melody, has ce…
Dork Diaries:  Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Racehl Renee Russell is a doodle diary styled after Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but aimed firmly at girls.  This book targets an eleme…
The Problem I love to give my niece and nephews books for their birthdays and Christmas, but my youngest nephew has me stumped.  I take great pride in finding the perfect book for each child, but thi…
Face Mustache or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (And Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom Angleberger is all about fun (just in cas…
Vordak the Incomprehensible:  How to Grow Up and Rule the World by Vordak T. Incomprehensible is a comic novella:  prose intermingled with cartoon illustrations, lists, and graphics.  It is a tongue-i…
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty is book 1 in The Colors of Madeleine Series.The book alternates between contemporary Cambridge, England and a different world referred to as the Kingdom of Ce…
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald starts out as just that--a guide or self-help book on how middle school students can avoid reading.  Narrative passages are intermingled w…
Big Nate:  In a Class By Himself by Lincoln Peirce is the wildly popular and New York Times Best Selling first book in a series.  These books follow in the footsteps of the comic novella style popular…
Swipe by Evan Angler is a taunt and tense dystopian novel perfect for tweens and teens.  The author does a first rate job of creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and paranoia, never quite s…