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Books I DNF (did not finish) in 2022

MAJOR TRIGGER WARNINGS:  Animal cruelty, death, s3xual harassment, kidnapping, gaslighting, and predatory behavior are all mentioned in this post. Please be cautious!   Well, there's a reason I didn't talk about any of the books on this list. Since I DNF them! And in my own humble opinion, I don't recommend any of these either. 1. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall.   This is a middle grade novel about four sisters and their father spending their summer at a cottage. It seemed like a cute book at first, but I was really disturbed at the way the characters were treating their pet dog. They kept on feeding him non food items such as a paper map. It seemed like animal cruelty to me.  2. The Big One Oh by Dean Pitchford This is a middle grade novel about a ten year old kid named Charley who is trying to make friends so he can invite them to his first birthday party ever that is horror-themed. It was okay for the most part but there is a subplot were Charle...

FACE ON THE MILK CARTOON SPOILER FREE REVIEW

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  Trigger warning: Kidnapping A while ago I read the very first book of the Janie Johnson series by Caroline B. Cooney , titled The Face on the Milk Carton .  This is a YA novel taking place sometime in the late 80s or early 90s (the book itself was published in 1990), when pictures of missing kids were placed on the sides of milk cartons. Janie Johnson is 15 years old and lives a relatively normal life in her small town in Connecticut.  One day she accidentally drinks milk from the milk carton of one of her friends at lunchtime at school, and she recognizes that the picture of the missing girl on the side is actually...of her? It was a picture of her when she was three years old, and she was supposedly kidnapped from a shopping mall in New Jersey, and her real name is Jennie Spring. Janie cannot believe what she saw. She thinks there is no way she could've been kidnapped, since her parents are so loving and kind. So she at first thinks maybe this is all just or dream or...