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June 12, 2020
Book Review: Carry On
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBT Romance Publishing Info: May 2017, 522 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right. Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand… Continue reading Book Review: Carry On
June 10, 2020
Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Publishing Info: May 19, 2020, 520 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Ambition will fuel him.Competition will drive him.But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as… Continue reading Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
June 8, 2020
Book Review: Chosen Ones
Genre: Adult Fantasy Publishing Info: April 2020, 432 pages Blurb (Goodreads): A decade ago near Chicago, five teenagers defeated the otherworldly enemy known as the Dark One, whose reign of terror brought widespread destruction and death. The seemingly un-extraordinary teens—Sloane, Matt, Ines, Albie, and Esther—had been brought together by a clandestine government agency because one… Continue reading Book Review: Chosen Ones
June 5, 2020
Book Review: This Is My America
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction Publishing Info: July 28 by Random House, 416 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system. Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent… Continue reading Book Review: This Is My America
June 1, 2020
Book Review: Everything All At Once
Genre: Fiction, YA Published Oct 2018 by The Hidden Meridian 496 pages Blurb (Amazon): Nearly sixteen, Kila Lorens obsesses over music, corduroys, and the bitter absence of her first kiss. Newly seventeen, Ethan Lorens—Kila’s older brother—is the drummer of an indie band with some secret plans. Mixing their friends together induces irreversible crushes, late-night courtship,… Continue reading Book Review: Everything All At Once
May 29, 2020
Book Review: The Book Thief
Genre: Historical Fiction Published in 2005 by Alfred A Knopf552 pages Blurb (Goodreads): It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still. By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It… Continue reading Book Review: The Book Thief
May 28, 2020
Book Review: Furiously Happy
Genre: Nonfiction, biography, memoir Published Sept 2015 by Flatiron books329 pages Blurb (Goodreads): In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has led her to live life… Continue reading Book Review: Furiously Happy
May 26, 2020
Teen Tuesday: The Order of the Key
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publishing Info: July 9, 2020, 240 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Jacklyn Madison never expected to be attacked by a beast on an evening snack run. Add a rescue mission enacted by a trained regiment of teenaged warriors, and her night officially becomes just like a scene from one of her beloved comic… Continue reading Teen Tuesday: The Order of the Key
May 25, 2020
Memorial Day
Here’s a little red, white, and blue stack in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. I’ve also included an image of The Gold Bug by Poe. Why? you ask. It’s because this is one of the books they handed out to soldiers during WWI called “Little Leather Library” editions. They were mailed over… Continue reading Memorial Day
May 24, 2020
Book Review: The Journey to No Man’s Land
Genre: Middle Grade, Adventure Blurb (Goodreads): A land of dragons and treasure, hidden deep within dangerous seas… All Milo wants is for his brother, Theo, to stop dragging him into dangerous situations. Milo just wants to work on his inventions in Nemono Labs in peace and quiet. But when Theo decides to explore an old… Continue reading Book Review: The Journey to No Man’s Land
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