22 Lawn Boy- Jonathan Evison

September 26, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. For Mike Muñoz, a young Chicano living in Washington State, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. […]

Goodreads Monday 9/19/22 Gender Queer- Maia Kobabe

September 19, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. In the spirit of Banned Books Week, I’m going to be showcasing some of the top ten banned books of last year […]

First Line Friday 12/17/21 This Rebel Heart- Katherine Locke

December 17, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

A tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest. In the middle of Budapest, there is a river. Csilla knows the river is magic. During WWII, the river kept her family safe when they needed it most–safe from the Holocaust. But that was before the Communists seized power. Before her parents were […]

First Line Friday 11/26/21 I Am the Ghost in Your House- Maria Romasco Moore

November 26, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

From the author of Some Kind of Animal comes a wildly unique story about an invisible girl struggling to see herself in a world obsessed with appearances. Pie is the ghost in your house. She is not dead, she is invisible. The way she looks changes depending on what is behind her. A girl of glass. A […]

First Line Friday 11/12/21 The Grimrose Girls- Laura Pohl

November 12, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Once Upon a Time meets Pretty little liars. Four troubled friends, One murdered girl… and a dark fate that may leave them all doomed. After the mysterious death of their best friend, Ella, Yuki, and Rory are the talk of their elite school, Grimrose Académie. The police ruled it a suicide, but the trio are determined to […]

First Line Friday 6/25/21 Into the Midnight Void- Mara Fitzgerald

June 25, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Emanuela has finally gotten what she wanted. Since escaping her catacomb prison, she’s started running things her way. Under her rule, citizens no longer give up their lives at the first, tiny appearance of their omens. As long as they aren’t caught bad-mouthing their queen, they can live out their days like everyone else. But […]

Unpopular Opinion Review One Last Stop- Casey McQuiston

June 22, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks… For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life […]

First Line Friday 6/18/21 All Our Hidden Gifts- Caroline O’Donoghue

June 18, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar card—and then disappears. After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s […]

First Line Friday 6/04/21 Briar Girls- Rebecca Kim Wells

June 4, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Cruel Prince meets A Curse So Dark and Lonely in this epic reimagining of “The Sleeping Beauty” that follows a teen girl on a quest to wake a sleeping princess in an enchanted forest, while searching for the truth behind her own deadly curse. Lena has a secret: the touch of her skin can kill. Cursed by […]

Goodreads Monday 3/22/21 Pumpkin- Julie Murphy

March 22, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth. So when Clementine deviates […]