Top Elf by Caleb Zane Huett

Hardcover, 279 pages Release Date: September 26, 2017 Published by: Scholastic Press  Read from: December 13-16, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Bought/ Suggested for Purchase by my Library System! For fans of: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Holidaze, LOL, Elves, Magic, MG       The elves can’t be kept on shelves in this hilarious middle-grade debut about what happens when Santa opens a…

Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

ARC, 312 pages Release Date: December 5, 2017 Published by: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR)  Read from: November 28-December 3, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TLA For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, LOL, YA       A contemporary novel about a girl whose high school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream leads her to new friends—and maybe even new love.     The…

I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski

e-ARC, 336 pages Release Date: July 11, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: July 2-4, 2017 I See London, I see France, #1 Source: TxLA 2017 For fans of:  Adventure, Contemporary, Romance, Road Trippin, Realistic Fiction, Rom Coms, YA I see London, I see France I see Sydney’s underpants.      Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out….

Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally

ARC, 279 pages Release Date: July 4, 2017 Published by: Sourcebooks Fire Read from: June 27-July 1, 2017 Hundred Oaks, #8 Source: Netgalley (I recieved this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review.) For fans of:  Companions, Sparkly Covers, Hot Literary Guys, Series Enders, Summer Lovin, Contemporary, Romance, YA      Swim. Eat….

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…

#famous by Jilly Gagnon

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: February 14, 2017 Published by: Katherine Tegen Books Read from: January 9- February 11, 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: Romance, Chick-lit, Contemporary,  Realistic Fiction, Social media, YA   …

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Audiobook, 6 CD’s Release Date: June 9, 2015 Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Read from: January 5-18, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Inclusive Literature, YA, Contemporary, Romance, LOL, Realistic Fiction       An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus,…

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Hardcover, 280 pages Release Date: November 18, 2016 Published by: Swoon Reeads Read from: January 12-13, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Bought For fans of: Harry Potter, LOL, Screenplays,       J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends…

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