maggietokudahall's reviews
1018 reviews

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

4.0

My thoughts are best summed up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w-milkDSi4

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King

5.0

One of the strongest YA novels I've read in the last few years.

My full thoughts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w-milkDSi4

Alex and the Ironic Gentleman by Adrienne Kress

4.0

When I was a bookseller, this book made me want to write for kids. Totally adorable. A more full review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9kdg87XJM4

The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman

5.0

I love this trilogy so hard it makes my face hurt. Doodle review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1L0NWjHawM

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

5.0

Grim, but gorgeous. A doodle review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpUXAhwFWD0

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

5.0

LOVED this book. LOVED.

Doodle review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x5PFBeQis0

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

4.0

I didn't realize how many other series rip this series off until I read this series. Annoyance: a word which here means, those books I read before weren't as good as I thought they were; they were derivative.

Doodle review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKO95QXz8Qs

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.0

I felt obligated to read it. I do not feel obligated to love it.

Doodle review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEE-vou3RA

The Giver by Lois Lowry

3.0

I remember LOVING this book when I was in 6th grade, and it was assigned. But after so MANY dystopian YA novels have come out, it's hard to approach this one with the same enthusiasm, which isn't fair AT ALL but is true.

Doodle review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2StLM0xQZ7U

Animal Farm by George Orwell

2.0

George Orwell wasn't SUPER into subtlety. So. There's that. My doodle review is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0Wc68D6mIM