I have mentioned in previous reviews how I have a love-hate relationship with collections of short stories. Some are great, and some not so much. I have found it usually depends on the author. Sometim…
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, thoughts turn to romance (or maybe the lack thereof). Yes, there is a romance section in the library and some romances are 100% that--complete with the s…
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So what is the Cybils award? It is an award for children and young adult litera…
Reader Choice Awards
Do you know the award for your state?
Award-winning! Who doesn't love awards, especially awards for books? Every state in the Union has at least one award devoted to books for …
Some Book Covers Are Pure Eye-Candy!
You can't judge a book by its cover, but wow, some covers take our breath away. I asked our reviewers to pick some of their favorite book covers for books publis…
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's House we go...
Yes, it is that time of year when the family piles in the car to trek to visit family and friends for the holidays. Nothing says…
With the posting of the book review and content analysis of Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall, Compass Book Ratings now has 1,500 book reviews in our database. We fired-up the website on…
Recommended Middle Grade Books About School
It is August and the kids are heading back to school. Wait, do you notice anything wrong with that statement?! The part with August and school in the same …
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Recommended Books for Young Adult Readers
Recently, one of my high school sons told me he is pretty sure there is a correlation between required high school reading selections and depression in high s…
Recommended Books for Middle Grade Readers
Ah, summer, sweet summer! Just because you are tossing the textbooks and homework, doesn't mean that there won't be reading on the hammock or at the beach. …
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On May 15, 2014 Compass Book Ratings acquired CleanTeenReads.com. Many reviews were acquired from CleanTeenReads.com and these reviews were not completed us…
