Busted by Gina Ciocca

e-Audio, 8 Hours & 6 minutes Release Date: January 2, 2018 Published by: Sourcebooks Fire Read from: January 26-31, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Netgalley (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, Realistic Fiction, Laughing…

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

e-ARC, 432 pages Release Date: January 16, 2018 Published by: HarperCollins Read from: January 15-20, 2018 Truly Devious, #1 Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of:  True Crime, Thrillers, Mysteries, YA  …

Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: December 26, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen  Read from: December 3-9, 2017 Companion, 1 of 3 Source: Edelweiss For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, YA       Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage…

Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel Jose Older

e-Audio, 9 hours Release Date: September  12, 2017 Published by: Arthur A. Levine Books Read from: November 4-8, 2017 Shadowshaper, #2 Source:  Hoopla Digital For fans of: Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, YA Shadowhouse rising      Sierra and her friends love their new lives as shadowshapers, making art and creating change with the spirits of Brooklyn. Then Sierra receives a…

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…

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…

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…

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