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2019 Reading Challenge Reviews - Books 32 & 33

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For new readers, welcome! This year, I'm participating in the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge and finding it really useful towards my reading goals. Find out more in my Overview post or on the Pop Sugar website. For those who have been keeping up regularly, thank you! You may notice that my reading challenge review posts have skipped book number 31. This is because book number 31 was an ARC (Advanced Review Copy) given to me by the publisher as an eBook via NetGalley that I have already discussed in it's own post. I did not read it as part of the Pop Sugar Challenge, so for tracking purposes I'm labeling it as "I've read more" on my challenge tracker. See my post on Magic Diary by Pat LaMarche for my review on book 31. Book 32: There's Something About Sweetie  by Sandhya Menon I gave this book 4/5 stars on Goodreads, but it could easily have gotten 4.5. The prompt I chose for this was "A book with Salty, Sweet, Bitter, or Spicy in t...

Book Review: Magic Diary by Pat LaMarche

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Thank you Sunbury Press, Inc. for giving me an advanced copy of this book to review. Genevieve is a teenage girl who has a relapse in her battle with cancer when her teacher gives her a magic diary. The magic diary is supposed to help Genevieve keep track of her thoughts and feelings and speed up the passage of time during her treatment. However, the unexpected happens; entries start appearing from historical figures as messages to Genevieve to help her understand all of the challenges she is facing. There were a lot of things that I loved about this book. First, I love that it is about keeping a journal or diary as a coping mechanism during difficult times. This is something I found very useful when I was Genevieve's age, though for different life events. I also loved how the book introduced readers to different historical figures. There were also some things I both liked, and felt conflicted over. I enjoyed that some entries tied into modern events, but some transition...