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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!
With the posting of the book review and content analysis of Crossed by Ally Condie, Compass Book Ratings now has 300 books in our database.  We fired-up the website on March 19, 2012 with 228 reviews …
In Theodore Boone:  The Abduction, John Grisham tries his hand at writing for kids.  Although this is the second book in a series, it is not necessary to have read the first book so feel free to jump …
"The trouble with poets was that most of them happened to be crazy.  Either they started out that way or they wound up that way in the end." In The Green Man by Michael Bedard we learn that it…
In 2008 there was a little flutter criticizing the Newbery Award Winners for being out of touch with what children want to read these days.  At first glance, Inside Out and Back Again seems a poster-c…
What better present to give your mother than a book?  Compass Book Ratings has gathered some of our favorite books from a wide selection of genres.  All the books have content levels below 5 in all th…
Image:  How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer challenges common, pre-conceived notions regarding creativity.  Split into two sections, the first part of the book looks at creativity in individuals and …
The Princess and the Bear is the second book in a trilogy by Mette Ivie Harrision.  Less of a sequel and more of a companion book, the reader would still benefit from reading the first book, The Princ…
Enter to win a copy of Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson. A great read (5 stars!) recommended for ages 14+.   Giveaway Dates:  4/20/2012 through 4/29/2012 Thank you to Lerner Publishing, sponsor. …
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature was first awarded in the year 2000 to Monster, by Walter Dean Myers.  Selected by a committee of 10 members, one book is named…
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler is a 2012 Michael L. Prinz Honor Book.  Author Daniel Handler is probably best known under his pen name, Lemony Snicket, the author of A Series of Unfortunate Events.…
The Returning by Christine Hinwood was a curious book.  Stylistically, she deliberately uses truncated prose to create the setting and mood of the story.  Hinwood jumps, seemingly randomly, from chara…
Thank you to all who entered their library in the 2012 Compass Book Ratings Library Giveaway! And the winners are... Prize Package A - Shadow Mountain Teen titles Inglewood Public Library, CALIFORN…