Noelle's life is all about survival. Even her best friend doesn't know how much she gets bullied, or the ways her mom neglects her. Noelle's kept so much about her life a secret for so long that when her longtime crush Julian Porter starts paying attention to her, she's terrified. Surely it's safer to stay … Continue reading Review: Keep Holding On
We're in the middle of that time of year... summer reading for kids and teens. What a joy, right? For librarians, it can be a little bit of a nightmare for us when we don't get our shipment of summer reading books or when the procrastinators start coming in. Even just the Children and Teen … Continue reading Discussion: Required Summer Reading
I suppose I'd consider myself a fast reader, though definitely not up to those people who read a hundred books or more in a year. On average, it takes me only a few days to read a novel. It hardly ever takes me a week or longer to get through one, though for non-fiction, it's … Continue reading Why I Read Books Quickly
As A World Without Princes closed, the end was written and former best friends Sophie and Agatha went their separate ways. Agatha was whisked back to Gavaldon with Tedros and Sophie stayed behind with the beautiful young School Master.But as they settle into their new lives, their story begs to be re-written, and this time, … Continue reading Review: The Last Ever After
Moving in with twelve boys was not part of her plan.Jackie's goal is perfection--perfect grades, the perfect look, getting into the perfect school. If she can achieve that, then maybe her too-busy mom and dad will take notice. But when her parents die in a tragic accident, Jackie is shipped off across the country to … Continue reading Review: My Life With the Walter Boys
Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm very excited because this weekend I finally went ahead and did something that I was contemplating for a while, and then decided to just take the plunge... I opened an Etsy shop for custom bookmarks! I know there are a lot of bookish people that do this on Etsy, but I … Continue reading Custom Bookmarks – Etsy Shop
Tabitha and her four best friends all wear purity rings, symbols of the virginity-until-marriage pledge they made years ago. Now Tab is fifteen, and her ring has come to mean so much more. It’s a symbol of who she is and what she believes—a reminder of her promises to herself, and her bond to her … Continue reading Review: Pure
How is it July already?! Honestly y'all, I'm just catching up to what date it is and even then I'm either messing up the month or day of the month. Usually both. Does anyone else feel like they're a month or two behind? I'm hoping it's not just me. Anyway, I didn't do one of … Continue reading Mid-Year Reading Report
Stevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her father’s unrelenting job, it’s too hard to care for someone. Trust in anything. The pain of leaving always hurts too much. But she’ll soon learn to trust, to love.Drew and Shane have been best friends through … Continue reading ARC Review: Where It All Lands
I found my pace more in June for reading, though it did take me while to read Pride and Prejudice. I was glad that I was able to get one last book in by the end of the month, literally having started it on the 28th and unsure if I would actually finish it on … Continue reading June 2021 Wrap Up
I'm not huge on traveling, but I do like to get away every so often, and like many people I have dream destinations that I'd like to visit someday before I die. Most of them are overseas, in Europe, and have to do with my backgrounds. The main two I'd like to visit because of … Continue reading Countries I’ve Traveled To (through books)
A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks…A first meeting. Long-time friends. Bitter exes. And maybe the beginning of something new.When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms, and new possibilities take flight. Blackout is a collection of … Continue reading ARC Review: Blackout
Gecko Fosse drove the getaway car. Terence Florian ran with the worst gang in Chicago. Arjay Moran killed someone.All three boys are serving time in juvenile detention centers until they get a second chance. Douglas Healy, a former juvenile delinquent himself, is running an experimental halfway house in New York City, where he wants to … Continue reading Review: The Juvie Three
Hey everyone! How's your week going so far? Mine's been a blur and I went from thinking it was still April to thinking we're in July. I have no idea how that happened! Maybe the heat wave messing with my brain? Anyway, today I'll be doing the Three Bookish Things tag, which I saw Roxanne … Continue reading Three Things Book Tag
Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry, Naya Rivera shows us that we're not alone in the highs, lows, and in-betweens. Whether it's with love and dating, career and ambition, friends, or gossip, Naya inspires us to follow our own destiny and step over--or plod through--all the crap along the … Continue reading Review: Sorry Not Sorry
