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Compass Book Ratings brings you our annual, hand-picked book gifting recommendations broken out by demographic. However, these books would be loved by both boys and girls, and young adults might even …
So if you have seen our young adult summer reading lists from previous years, then you know the drill:  approximately 12 weeks of summer = 12 suggested books.  (Keeping the math simple since it is sum…
Following in the tradition of the last couple of years, we have selected 12 books for our middle grade summer reading list.  That is basically one book per week.  Again, we tried to create an eclectic…
Here it is!  Our most popular post of the year:  Hand-picked audiobook recommendations for the family road trip, 2017 Edition.  And also by popular request, we have included the length of the audioboo…
Compass Book Ratings Celebrates Its 5th Year! It is hard to believe that we have just completed our 5th year of reviewing books.  We thought it an appropriate time to note and celebrate some mileston…
The winner of the #LoveToReadCBR Contest is Abigail, who wrote: "What do I love about Compass Book Ratings? Top of the list would be that you don't just give a reviewer's opinion on a book's content,…
'Tis the time of year when there are book awards being announced at every turn.  One award that Compass Book Ratings always submits nominations to is the Cybils Awards.  This year two of our nominatio…
It is that time again when the American Library Association makes their annual selections for the past year's outstanding  contributions to children's literature.  For the most part, we think they cho…
CBR, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. [share title="Share this Page" facebook="true" twitter="true" google_plus="true" linkedin="true" pinterest="true" reddit="true" email="true"] Why we…
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Again, Compass Book Ratings brings you our hand-picked book gifting recommendations broken out by demographic.  We tried to select some of our favorite reads this past year that also happen to be on t…
[caption id="attachment_10530" align="alignleft" width="194"] Click on Book Cover to See Full Book Review[/caption] CBR:  How did you know the romantic suspense genre was the one for you? Ms. Eason:…