*Arc Review* Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things- Jacqueline Firkins

In this charming debut about first love and second chances, a young girl gets caught between the boy next door and a playboy. Perfect for fans of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Mansfield, Massachusetts is the last place seventeen-year-old Edie Price wants to spend her final summer before college. It’s the home of […]

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*Arc Review* Maybe This Time- Kasie West

One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love? Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year’s Eve parties. Name the occasion, and Sophie Evans will be there. Well, she has to be there. Sophie works for the local florist, so she can be found at every big event in her small hometown, arranging […]

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*First Line Friday- 3/29/19* His Hideous Heart- Dahlia Adler

Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation. Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar to […]

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*Arc Review* The Rumor- Lesley Kara

When a single mother hears a rumor outside her son’s school, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another. . . . And now there’s no going back. Rumor has it that a notorious killer, a woman who has been released from prison years after her brutal crime, is […]

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*First Line Friday* 3/22/19 Finale- Stephanie Garber

Welcome, welcome to Finale, the third and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! Welcome, welcome to Caraval…all games must come to an end. It’s been two months since the last Caraval concluded, two months since the Fates have been freed from an enchanted deck of cards, two months since Tella […]

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Book Mail!!

My reading for the week has changed. I just finished Call It What You Want and I’m dropping everything else to read what I just received in the mail. I’ve been so excited since I’ve heard that there was going to be a third book and I’m going to lose all kinds of sleep to […]

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*Arc Review* Lie With Me- Philippe Besson

The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald.  We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The bike smells like gasoline and makes […]

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*ARC Review* Bright Burning Stars- A.K. Small

 Best friends Marine Duval and Kate Sanders have trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School since childhood, where they’ve formed an inseparable bond forged by respective family tragedies and a fierce love for dance. When the body of a student is found in the dorms just before the start of their final year, Marine and […]

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*First Line Friday* Circle of Shadows- Evelyn Skye

Happy Friday! The weekend is almost here and I am excited. We are getting ready for the Christmas break and also preparing for a few blog tours coming up in the next few weeks. What are your weekend plans? This week, I’m going with a book JT and I both highly enjoyed. I finished it […]

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*ARC Review* Twice Dead – Caitlin Seal

Title: Twice Dead Author: Caitlin Seal Publisher: Charlesbridge Teen Release Date: September 18, 2018 Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance My Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Summary: Naya, the daughter of a sea merchant captain, nervously undertakes her first solo trading mission in the necromancer-friendly country bordering her homeland of Talmir. Unfortunately, she never even […]

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