Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

e-Audio, 11:04:32Narrated by: Carla VegaRelease Date: February 2, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: February 6-10, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: Parental abuse (Verbal) & FatphobiaFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Body Positivity, Romance, Sparkly Covers, Diverse Authors, POC MC, POC on Cover, Coming of Age, YA   Coming of age as a Fat brown…

Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

e-Audio, 08:06:29Narrated by: James FouheyRelease Date: October 13, 2020Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: January 13-15, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: For Readers Interested In: Coming of Age Stories, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at the prestigious FATE academy, the…

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

Hardcover, 336 pages Release Date: June 16, 2020Published by: Katherine Tegen Books Read from: June 11-19, 2020Stand-aloneSource: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.) TW: Fatphobia, some queerphobia & families who aren’t acceptingFor fans of:…

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

e-ARC, 432 pages Release Date: May 5, 2020 Published by: Quill Tree Books Read from: April 29-May 3, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Parental Death, Grief, Plane Crash, Stalking, Sexual Assault…

The How and the Why by Cynthia Hand

ARC, 446 pages            Release Date: November 5, 2019 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: November 25- December 5, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Coming of…

Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy

E-Audio, 06:20:54 Narrated by:  Phoebe Strole Release Date:  October 1, 2019 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: November 20-22, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW:  For fans of: MG, Best Friends, LGBTQIAP+, Body Positivity, Contemporary, Coming of Age      The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ (now a popular…

Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

ARC, 365 pages            Release Date: August 20, 2019 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: August 16-21, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Traded with Emma at Miss Print TW: Police Brutality For fans of: Coming of Age, Contemporary, Romance, Person of Color MC, Realistic Fiction, YA      Debut YA author Natasha Diaz pulls from her personal experience…

I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

e-ARC, 308 pages            Release Date: May 28, 2019 Published by: Scholastic Read from: July 8-11, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Publisher & Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: N/A For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic…

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