Optimists Must Die by Susin Nielsen

Audio, 10 parts Release Date: February 21, 2017 Published by: Listening Library Read from: March 3-5, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive)  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Marginalized Voices, YA      Award-winning author Susin Nielsen has written a laugh-out-loud and heartrending novel for fans of Robyn Schneider’s Extraordinary Means and Cammie McGovern’s Say What You Will.      Beware: Life…

Hunted by Meagan Sponer

ARC, 374 pages Release Date: March 14, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: February 26, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Publisher (I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Fantasy, Retellings, YA      Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in…

Waiting on Wednesday: Top Ten by Katie Cotugno

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!      From Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days, How to Love, and Fireworks, comes Top Ten—the top ten best moments in the best friendship—turned potential romance—between a couple who should have…

Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin

Hardcover, 192 pages Release Date: February 21, 2017 Published by: Katherine Tegen Books Read from: March 2-4, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Marginalized Voices, Books in Verse, YA      Pamela L. Laskin’s beautiful and lyrical novel in verse delivers a fresh and captivating retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that transports the star-crossed lovers…

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