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Khristina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Khristina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Khristina Chess
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May 2014
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Hollow Beauty
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2014
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The Cutting Edge of Friendship
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Junior Missing
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Straight A's
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2014
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Drive to June
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2015
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Unquiet Riot
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The Delinquent Hero
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The Future Unborn
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Swallow the Rainbow
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Property of Nobody
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Khristina’s Recent Updates
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Khristina Chess
is on page 112 of 476 of Project Hail Mary
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Khristina Chess
entered a giveaway
Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author)
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Khristina Chess
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26 other people
liked
LiftsandLiterature's review
of
Twisted Pawn (Society of Villains, #2):
"I really took my time with this one and savored every sentence.
Achilles and Tierneys story was so much more than I hoped for. This world is setting up to be all consuming. I cannot wait for the next book! " |
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"This is a hard book to rate because there were quite a few aspects I loved and were handled skilfully, but ultimately, the parts that didn’t work for me had a great impact on my overall reading experience.
Hollow Heart is a beautiful story of second c" Read more of this review » |
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Khristina Chess
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Khristina Chess
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Khristina Chess
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1371 other people
liked
Yun's review
of
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty:
"Sometimes I think I've seen it all. Certainly as a reader of fiction, I think I've read it all. But then a nonfiction book comes along, and the true tale within is so gripping, so abhorrent, as to blow all those made up stories out of the water.
I'd p" Read more of this review » |
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Khristina Chess
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So I finally got around to reading this one, and now I understand the hype. I read it within 24 hours. This is a middle-grade novel with big adult themes like state-sponsored murder and sacrificial love. The 12-year-old main character, Jonas, is both ...more |
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Khristina Chess
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"I am askew." ― T. Greenwood, quote from Where I Lost Her I loved everything about this heartbreaking and deeply engrossing novel. There are so many layers to peel away. So much symbolism and emotion. There is the present mystery: who was that little ...more |
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Khristina Chess
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“He shook his head. “Zombies are different than robots.”
“I agree. Zombies are fictional characters.”
― The Future Unborn
“I agree. Zombies are fictional characters.”
― The Future Unborn
“Demonstrate your connection with popular culture. You could use ‘hashtag brilliant’ throughout your essay to describe yourself.”
― The Future Unborn
― The Future Unborn
“In all those movies, how does Lois fail to see that Clark Kent is really superman? I mean, his disguise is a pair of glasses.”
― The Future Unborn
― The Future Unborn
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
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“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”
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“Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness”
― The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
― The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
“There is no place for the word twerking anywhere on your college application. Ever.”
― The Future Unborn
― The Future Unborn
“Demonstrate your connection with popular culture. You could use ‘hashtag brilliant’ throughout your essay to describe yourself.”
― The Future Unborn
― The Future Unborn
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This is a book club for all those who love Young Adult books. We know you love to read, and so do we. We will have optional group reads each month. If ...more
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Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!! Building and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and le ...more
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