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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!
Compass Book Ratings is hosting its 3rd annual Library Giveaway.  (Our first two Library Giveaways were through our predecessor site, Squeaky Clean Reads.)  Patrons, librarians, educators...basically …
Just when you think that there can't be any more room in the middle grade fantasy genre, along comes a book like The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens to assert that there is still plenty of room for a r…
The Land of Stories:  The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer is fantasy aimed firmly at younger middle grade readers.  The story follows the twins, Alex and Conner, on an adventure through a…
The tagline "When mice do more than point and click" is what initially caught my eye and caused me to pick up Mousenet by Prudence Breitrose.  This gentle novel successfully incorporates themes about …
Atmospheric, gothic, unique, fresh, imaginative, brilliant--pick any of these adjectives to describe The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann; yet none of these adjectives completely captures the ess…
Ah, sweet romance!  With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we polled our reviewers to find out what their top picks were for romance authors and romance novels.  For those readers in search of t…
With The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, Stiefvater further solidifies her reputation as one of the quality writers for young adult fiction and demonstrates that she is not a one-trick pony…
Move over mice of the literary world!  You may be cute (and some of you may have a motorcycle), but rats can be noble creatures, too, as we learn in Malcolm at Midnight by W.H. Beck.  This w…
The Legend of Holly Claus is a fairy tale in the traditional sense:  a dark curse, a kind-hearted princess, an evil warlock, a magical godmother, and loyal animal friends.  Replete with detailed descr…
With the posting of the book review and content analysis of The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene, Compass Book Ratings now has 600 books in our database.  We fired-up the website on March 19, 2012 wi…
Clever, exhilarant, and fresh, The Supernaturalist is science fiction that everyone can love.  Combine snappy and witty dialogue, heart-felt characters, and a plot with plenty of twists…
With perhaps the coolest cover and the coolest title I have encountered in a long time, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger is irresistible.  "Pick it up, you must."&nbs…