Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

I don’t normally talk about the audio books I listen to because most of them are backlist, but I really want to start! So, I’m starting Listen Up to write short reviews on the books that I listen to!  Audio, 10.5 hours Release Date: May 2, 2017 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: August 7-15, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Library …

The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian

Hardcover, 278 pages Release Date: August 8, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: August 19, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Library For fans of: Coming of Age Novels, Diverse Reads, Diverse Authors, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones,       The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and the…

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

ARC, 336 pages Release Date: August 8, 2017 Published by: Little Brown Read from: August 6-8, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA 2017  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself, Mental Illness, LGBTQIAP+, POC MC, Diversity, Diverse Families, Realistic Fiction, YA       When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn’t sure if she’ll ever…

The End of Our Story by Meg Haston

I don’t normally talk about the audio books I listen to because most of them are backlist, but I really want to start! So, I’m starting Listen Up to write short reviews on the books that I listen to!  Audio, 6 parts Release Date: April 4, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: July 23-26, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Library  For…

The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby

ARC, 274 pages Release Date: August 1, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 2-6, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  #BooksforTrade  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself,       Gorgeously written and emotionally charged, The Secret History of Us explores the difficult journey of a teenage girl who must piece her life together after losing her memory in a near-fatal accident.   …

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

ARC, 336 pages Release Date: July 25, 2017 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: July 25-August 2, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TLA 2017 For fans of: Contemporary, Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Bombshell Ending, YA      For fans of Pretty Little Liars, Little Monsters is a new psychological thriller, from the author of The Darkest Corners, about appearances versus reality and the…

Listen Up: Fireworks by Katie Cotugno

I don’t normally talk about the audio books I listen to because most of them are backlist, but I really want to start! So, I’m starting Listen Up to write short reviews on the books that I listen to!  Audio, 7 parts Release Date: April 11, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: July 16-20, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Library …

This is How it Happened by Paula Stokes

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: July 11, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: July 15-18, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Sparkly Covers, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, YA       Somehow…

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

ARC, 287 pages Release Date: July 11, 2017 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: July 4-8, 2017 Stad-alone Source: TxLA 2017 For fans of:  Contemporary, Romance, Diversity, Grief, Realistic Fiction,       From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a charming and poignant story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection…

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