Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

ARC, 336 pages Release Date: August 8, 2017 Published by: Little Brown Read from: August 6-8, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA 2017  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself, Mental Illness, LGBTQIAP+, POC MC, Diversity, Diverse Families, Realistic Fiction, YA       When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn’t sure if she’ll ever…

The End of Our Story by Meg Haston

I don’t normally talk about the audio books I listen to because most of them are backlist, but I really want to start! So, I’m starting Listen Up to write short reviews on the books that I listen to!  Audio, 6 parts Release Date: April 4, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: July 23-26, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Library  For…

The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby

ARC, 274 pages Release Date: August 1, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 2-6, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  #BooksforTrade  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself,       Gorgeously written and emotionally charged, The Secret History of Us explores the difficult journey of a teenage girl who must piece her life together after losing her memory in a near-fatal accident.   …

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

ARC, 336 pages Release Date: July 25, 2017 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: July 25-August 2, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TLA 2017 For fans of: Contemporary, Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Bombshell Ending, YA      For fans of Pretty Little Liars, Little Monsters is a new psychological thriller, from the author of The Darkest Corners, about appearances versus reality and the…

Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2017

  Total Number of Posts: 2,010 (This includes those that aren’t published!)  Total Number of Followers: 396 Total Number of Pageviews: 506, 053 (Holy crap that was NOT in the 500’s before I moved!!!)  Books Reviewed: 9 Movies Reviewed: 1 Audios Listened to: 4 Books Read and Reviewed: Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally (4 Stars)…

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