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…

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

E-Audio, 10:38:15 Narrated by: Bahn Turpin  Release Date:  September 23, 2019 Published by: Harlequin Audio Read from: January 30-February 3, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, POC on Cover, POC MC, Sparkly Covers,  Realistic Fiction, YA      Co-written by sisters Maika and Maritza Moulite, and told in epistolary style through letters, articles, emails, and diary…

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…

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

E-Audio, 12:24:16 Narrated by: Maite Jáuregui, Ruta Sepetys, Richard Ferrone, Neil Hellegers, Joshua Kane, Liza Kaplan, & Oliver Wyman  Release Date:  October 1, 2019 Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: December 22-26, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: Child/Infant deaths, kidnapping For fans of: Historical fiction, Romance,       A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.      Madrid, 1957….

Chosen by Kiersten White

e-ARC, 368 pages            Release Date: January 7, 2020 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: December 18-23, 2019 Slayer, #2 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, Romance, Realistic…

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

E-Audio, 10:17:23 Narrated by:   Adjoa Andoh Release Date:  November 5, 2019 Published by: HarperAudio Read from: December 18-22, 2019 The Brown Sisters, #1 Source: Library  TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Diversity, #OwnVoices, Diverse Author, POC on cover, POC MC, Between the Covers, Rom Coms, Adult, Body Image      Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek…

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