Middle Grade Monday: Stargazing by Jen Wang

Paperback, 224 pages            Release Date: September 10, 2019 Published by: First Second  Read from: October 20, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW:  For fans of: Friends, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, POC MC, Diverse Author, Own Voices      Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both…

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

E-Audio, 09:12:03 Narrated by:  Barrie Kreinik Release Date:  April 23, 2019 Published by:  Macmillan Audio Read from: September 28- October 2, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: Death, Violence For fans of: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adult       A twisty, compelling novel about one woman’s complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in murder…     From the moment Lucy met her…

Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

e-Audio, 08:18:05 Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Robbie Daymond, & Julie Buxbaum Release Date:  May 7, 2019 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: August 9-14 & 20-23, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: anxiety/panic attacks, medical conditions (lung tumor), mentions of Sept. 11th For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      Sometimes looking to the past helps…

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Audio CD,  8 CDs Narrated by: Kate Rudd Release Date:  January 22, 2019 Published by:  Katherine Tegen Books Read from: August 15-23, 2019 Truly Devious, #2 Source: Library  TW: anxiety/panic attacks, murder, death, abduction For fans of: Mysteries, Realistic Fiction, Boarding School, Contemporary, YA      All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery,…

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…

Someone We Know by Shari Lapena

Hardcover, 292 pages            Release Date: July 30, 2019 Published by: Pamela Dorman Books Read from: August 11-16, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library TW: Death, drinking teens  For fans of: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Mystery, Adult      Maybe you don’t know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . .      “This is…

Maybe This Time by Kasie West

Hardcover, 368 pages            Release Date: July 9, 2019 Published by: Scholastic Point Read from: August 4-9, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?     Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year’s Eve parties. Name the occasion,…

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…

The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

e-Audio, 09:50:14 Narrated by: Ana Osorio Release Date:  June 11, 2019 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: June 26-July 1, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW: PTSD, Depression, Homophobia, Suicide ideation For fans of: Science Fiction,  Romance, YA, POC MC      This stunning YA debut is a timely and heartfelt speculative narrative about…

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