One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

ARC, 358 pages Release Date: May 30, 2017  Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: May 27-May 28, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA  This includes: Contemporary, Romance, Mystery, Debut Authors, Multiple POVs, Realistic Fiction, Mental Illness or Disabilities, Stand-alone, YA      One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four…

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

ARC, 374 pages Release Date: May 30, 2017  Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: May 21-May 26, 2017 Dimple & Rishi, #1 Source: TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary,Romance, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA, LOL, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Multiple POVs, Sparkly Covers      A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose…

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

e-ARC, 464 pages Release Date: February 28, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: February 12- 16, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (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.)  For fans of: Realistic Fiction,  Contemporary, DEAR, Debut Author, Own Voices, YA    …

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

e-ARC, 448 pages Release Date: February 7, 2017 Published by: Thomas Dunne Books Read from: January 1-5, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Publisher (Netgalley: This book was provided for a just and honest review. There was no compensataion given for the review.) For fans of: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Retellings, Magic, YA      Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. …

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

ARC, 408 pages Release Date: Jannuary 31, 2017 Published by: Flatiron Books Read from: January 25-30, 2017  Caraval, #1 Source: Bea 2016 For fans of: Adventure, Magical Realism, Romance, Fantasty, Bombshell Endings, Sparkly Covers, YA       Whatever you’ve heard about Caraval, it doesn’t compare to the reality. It’s more than just a game or a performance. It’s the closest…

You Don’t Know my Name by Kristen Orlando

e-ARC, 320 pages Release Date: January 10, 2017 Published by: Swoon Reeads Read from: January 7-11, 2017  The Black Angel Chronicles, #1 Source: Netgalley (I recieved this book for free from the publisher. This in no way shaped my review of the book.) For fans of: Spies, Contemporary, Romance, Action, Realistic Fiction, YA      Fighter, Faker, Student, Spy. Seventeen-year-old…

Everyone We’ve Been by Sarah Everett

ARC,  391 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers Read from: October 11, 2016-October 21, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Mysteries, Contemps, Romance, YA, Chick-lit, Debut Authors, Diverse Reads      Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy that…

Into White by Randi Pink

ARC,  271 pages Release Date: September 13, 2016 Published by: Feiwel and Friends Read from: September 16-September 19, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary, Magical Realism, Religion, YA Sixteen-year-old Latoya Williams, who is black, attends a mostly white high school in the Bible Belt. In a moment of desperation, she prays for the power to change her race…

The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone

ARC, 342 pages Release Date: June 7, 2016 Published by: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Stand-alone Source: TLA For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Grief, Sadness, Chick-lit, Debut Author,       First loves. Last Wishes. Letting go.      Seventeen-year-old Maddie O’Neill Levine lives a charmed life, and is primed to spend the perfect pre-college…

Take Me Away

Diverse Book Blogger. Diverse YA Librarian. Wonder Woman enthusiast. Bookish Blerd. "GryffinClaw" Geek extraordinaire. Pitbull mom. She/her linktr.ee/take_me_awayyy