Books Archive - Plugged In https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/ Shining a Light on the World of Popular Entertainment Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:37:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.pluggedin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/plugged-in-menu-icon-updated-96x96.png Books Archive - Plugged In https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/ 32 32 Once a Castle: A Carrick Hall Novel Vol. 2 https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/once-a-castle-a-carrick-hall-novel-vol-2/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:31:06 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=34201 Young siblings discover a rift between disparate worlds and must find a way to save everyone from evil magic.

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]]> The Addison siblings and their friends discover there are portals connecting their English village and the magical fantasy realm of Ternival. The teens must make their way through enchantments, dark mysteries and mayhem to somehow save both realities from an evil witch.

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]]> Dino Poet https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/dino-poet/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:44:17 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=34150 A brave frog tries to avoid becoming lunch by teaching a dinosaur how to write poetry. And it works.

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]]> A poetry minded dinosaur is on a quest to write the first great poem … ever! But he pauses for a little froggy-flavored lunch. However, when said frog offers a few poetic pointers, our Dino Poet decides that lunch can wait.

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]]> Brownstone https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/brownstone/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:45:56 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=34068 Almudena spends the summer with a father she’s never known and learns of a heritage she never knew she had.

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]]> It’s bad enough that Almudena has to spend the summer with a “father” she’s never met before. But she’s also being asked to help renovate a Brownstone he’s living in. Oh, and get this: The man doesn’t even speak English. Worst summer ever … until it isn’t.

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]]> Echo Nova https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/echo-nova/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:50:46 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=34015 Dash Keane goes from being a rebel teen who races and leaps across rooftops to becoming a star who jumps through time.

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]]> As a poor teenager living in the Dregs, Dash Keane can only escape his dismal reality by competing in illegal rooftop races. But then he gets a chance to race through time … and he becomes a star.

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]]> Olivetti https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/olivetti/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:21:03 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=33934 Earnest’s mother has mysteriously disappeared. And the clues to finding her might just lie in her old typewriter, Olivetti.

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]]> Typewriters have a strict code of conduct: no communicating with humans. However, when Olivetti the typewriter sees a way he can get home and find his missing former owner, he decides for the first time ever to be the one to start the conversation.

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]]> Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/wicked-the-life-and-times-of-the-wicked-witch-of-the-west/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:56:56 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=33878 Elphaba was born green in the land of Oz. But does that automatically make her wicked?

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]]> Many of us already know the story of Dorothy and her twister trip to Oz. But few know the tale from Elphaba Thropp’s perspective. Are you born green, wicked and witchy … or is wickedness thrust upon you?

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]]> God With Us: Bible Stories on the Road to Emmaus https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/god-with-us-bible-stories-on-the-road-to-emmaus/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:40:31 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=33802 While walking the road home to their village, an elderly couple and their two young charges are amazed by a stranger’s stories.

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]]> Young Moshe and Rachel are on their way home with an elderly neighbor couple when they meet a mysterious stranger. And as they walk together and share stories, the kids realize that this simple-looking man is so much more than he appears.

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]]> Annie Bot https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/annie-bot/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:56:04 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=33749 An artificial intelligence-driven robot must figure out what it really means to be human.

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]]> Annie is sweet, kind and beautiful. She’s also a robot. And Annie wants to learn what it really means to be human. That knowledge, however, might just leave her questioning everything she was programmed to do.

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]]> Bo and the Witch (Unicorn Diaries #10) https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/bo-and-the-witch-unicorn-diaries-book-10/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:23:48 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=33689 Bo the unicorn meets a witch that needs help learning how to fly.

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]]> Bo and her friends meet a witch named Charm who’s not very good at witchy things, like spells and broom flying. But everyone’s good at something! And the unicorns are determined to help Charm discover her special skills.

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]]> Tress of the Emerald Sea https://www.pluggedin.com/book-reviews/tress-of-the-emerald-sea-brandon-sanderson/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:03:24 +0000 https://www.pluggedin.com/?post_type=book-reviews&p=33643 A young heroine named Tress must sail across treacherous seas to reach a sorceress and rescue the man she loves.

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]]> Tress is an unremarkable girl who lives on an unremarkable island. It’s situated in the middle of a sea of green spores that fall from the moon. She washes windows, collects cups and cares for her family. But what Tress doesn’t want to admit, even to herself, is that she is in love with the duke’s son, Charlie. And he reciprocates those feelings.

When Charlie’s parents whisk him away to choose a bride, Charlie vows he will never love anyone but Tress. As the weeks pass, Tress begins to hope Charlie has figured out how to escape an arranged marriage. Then she receives terrible news: Charlie has been captured by the evil sorceress.

The sorceress’ island lies the Midnight Sea, a treacherous place where few dare to travel. But Tress is determined to rescue the man she loves.

And so she embarks on a journey filled with danger, loss and friendship that will challenge her as nothing ever has. Charlie’s fate rests in her hands alone, and she can only hope that she won’t let him down.

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