Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2017

   Total Number of Posts: 2072 (This includes those that aren’t published!)  Total Number of Followers: 395 Total Number of Pageviews: 636, 246 Books Reviewed: 8 Movies Reviewed:  0 Books Read and Reviewed: If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout (4 Stars) Hunting Prince Dracula by Keri Maniscalco (4 Stars) Far from the Tree by Robin…

Stacking the Shelves #241 & the Weekly Wrap-Up!

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what all we borrowed, bought, and received for review. It’s hosted over at Tynga’s Reviews. For Review:  From the Library:  Bought:  The Weekly Wrap-Up! Sunday 10/22/2017: Stacking the Shelves #240 & the Weekly Wrap-Up!  Monday 10/23/17: Calling my Name by Liara Tamani Tuesday 10/24/17: Top 10 of my Favorite Unique Book Titles! Wednesday 10/25/17: Waiting…

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

e-Audio, 7.5 hours  Release Date: October 10, 2017 Published by: Dutton Books for Young Readers Read from: October 22-25, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Library (Overdrive)   For fans of: Contemporary, NeuroDiversity, Realistic Fiction, YA      Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most…

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

ARC, 320 pages Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Book Read from: October 22-23, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, YA A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun….

Calling my Name by Liara Tamani

ARC, 384 pages  Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Greenwillow Books Read from: October 16-22, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, YA      Taja Brown lives with her parents and older brother and younger sister, in Houston, Texas. Taja has always known what the expectations of her conservative and…

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