Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

E-Audio, 11:03:19 Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller Release Date:  January 7, 2020 Published by:  HarperTeen Read from: February 19-21, 2020 Loveboat, Taipei, #1 Source: Library  TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Sparkly Covers, POC MC, YA      Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen, and praised as “an intense rush of rebellion and romance”…

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

E-Audio, 11:00:25 Narrated by: Korey Jackson Release Date:  January 21, 2020 Published by:  Quill Tree Books Read from: February 9-10, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: Toxic Masculinity (but they learn from it) For fans of: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Sparkly Covers, e-Audio, YA An Indie Next List Pick!      In his first contemporary teen novel, critically acclaimed author and…

One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus

E-Audio, 10:24:54 Narrated by: Maria Liatis, Holly Linneman, Fred Berman, Karissa Vacker Release Date:  January 7, 2020 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: February 3-5, 2020 One of Us is Lying, #2 Source: Library  TW: Death, Drinking For fans of: Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller, YA      The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller everyone is talking…

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

e-ARC, 368 pages            Release Date: January 21, 2020 Published by: Wednesday Books Read from: January 25-28, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Publisher and 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,…

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

E-Audio, 09:09:21 Narrated by: Bahni Turpin Release Date:  September 24, 2020 Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: January 20-26, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: Violence, Drug Use, Drinking, Racial microaggressions For fans of: Contemporary, POC MC, Realistic Fiction, YA      Trapped in sunny, stifling, small-town suburbia, seventeen-year-old Morgan knows why she’s in therapy. She can’t…

Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

ARC, 323 pages            Release Date: January 14, 2020 Published by: Henry Holt & Company Read from: January 20-24, 2020 Companion Novel (Past Characters Mentioned) 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.)  TW: N/A For fans…

Gravity by Sarah Deming

E-Audio, 10:40:55 Narrated by: N’Jameh Camara Release Date:  November 12, 2019 Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: January 1-11, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: Violence, Drug Use, Hurried Weight Loss (to make weight for the ring), Dsyfunctional Family (Alcoholic mother) For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Sports, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, YA      A. S. King…

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