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…
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: The Weekly Wrap-Up! Sunday 10/15/2017: Stacking the Shelves #239 & the Weekly Wrap-Up! Monday 10/16/17: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Tuesday 10/17/17: Top 10 Yummy Foods in Books that Then Made me Hungry! Wednesday 10/18/17: Waiting on…
Today I’ll be away because I’m attending Tweens Read for work! It’s held in Pasadena, Texas and it’s a great event that is totally free! This year there were 25 authors! There’s a couple authors I want to meet, but mostly I just want to thank Celia Perez for Skpying in to our library and…
Off the book topic… What is your favorite scary movie? I have a very unhealthy obsession with classic horror movies like Halloween and Friday the 13th! As for the more recent ones, nothing touches the psychological thriller series, Saw! What about you?
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! When seventeen-year-old senator’s son Grant Tavish is involved in a fatal accident, all he wants to do is face the consequences of what he’s done, but the consequences…
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week we will post a new Top Ten list . Everyone is welcome to join. This week’s topic is: Top Ten Yummy Foods Mentioned in Books that Then Made me Hungry! 1. Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen: If you didn’t go out…
ARC, 208 pages Release Date: October 17, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: October 15, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Tear-Jerker, YA Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race…
This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what all we borrowed, bought, and received for review. It’s hosted over at Tynga’s Reviews. From the Library: From publishers: Thank you Harlequin Teen for the ARC’s! The Weekly Wrap-Up! Sunday 10/08/2017: Stacking the Shelves #238 & the Weekly Wrap-Up! Monday 10/09/17: Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard: The Ship of…
Who is your favorite horror/suspense author and why? I don’t read much YA horror for some reason, but I read a TON of thrillers, so here’s my 2 favorite authors from that genre! There’s only been two authors who I can honestly say made me guess wrong. And it’s only…
No one knows what really happened on the beach where Roxanne Cole’s body was found, but her boyfriend, Cage, took off that night and hasn’t been seen since. Until now. One year—almost to the day—from Ro’s death, when he knocks on the door of Blue Gate Manor and asks where she is. Cage…
