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The 5th Wave

November 21, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

More YA Lit for Doctor Who Fans

Because I have now spent 20 years of my life doing Reader’s Advisory, when I read a book I have a tendency at the end to then think to myself, “Now who would like this book?”  And I have some go to pop culture references in part because they are the things that I love.  […]

May 10, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A Second Opinion: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (review by Cuyler)

The 1st Wave. Lights Out. Your car. Your cellphone. Your toaster? Toast. The 2nd Wave. Surf’s Up. Heard of a tsunami? Meet great-grandaddy tsunami. Hope you can hold your breath, because they’re only getting started. The 3rd Wave. Pestilence. The Red Tsunami. Not to be confused with Wave number two. This is a bit more […]

April 2, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (reviewed by Chris Dahl)

Sometime reviewer Chris Dahl sent me this review with the subject heading: 5th Wave review, here it is if you dare.  I dare.  It was so interesting to watch Chris read this book because 1) he is a huge Rick Yancey fan and 2) he was bothered because he was having such a different reaction […]

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