Jackpot by Nic Stone

ARC, 352 pages            Release Date: October 15, 2019 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: October 19-25, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Trade with Miss Print TW: Poverty For fans of: Vampires, Paranormal Romance, Historical Fiction, Sparkly Covers, Diverse Authors, POC MC, YA      From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear…

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

e-ARC, 400 pages            Release Date: May 7, 2019 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: June 15-21, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, YA, Realistic Fiction, Own…

Mini Review Monday: Can’t Escape Love by Alyssa Cole

e-Audio, 04:23:39    Release Date: March 19, 2019 Published by: HarperAudio Read from: May 10-12, 2019 Reluctant Royals, #3.5 Source: Library TW: N/A For fans of: Romance, Contemporary, Diversity, Interracial Romance, Adult, Novella, Realistic Fiction          Regina Hobbs is nerdy by nature, businesswoman by nurture. She’s finally taking her pop culture-centered media enterprise, Girls with Glasses, to…

Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch

ARC, 299 pages Release Date: May 8, 2018 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: May 9-13, 2018 Love & Gelato, #2 (Companion Novel) Source: TxLA For fans of:  Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Adventure, Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Road Trips, YA      Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt’s over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop…

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Hardcover, 391 pages Release Date: April 10, 2018 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Read from: March 27, 2018 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of:  Contemporary, Romance, Sparkly Covers, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC, Realistic Fiction, Texas setting, Multiple POV, Debut Authors      For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were…

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

e-Audio, 320 pages Release Date: January 30, 2018 Published by: Berkley Books Read from: February 9-11, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of:  Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Diversity, Sparkly Covers, LOL, Debut Author, Adult      A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty…

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…

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

ARC, 320 pages Release Date: October 24, 2017 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Book Read from: October 22-23, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, YA A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun….

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

ARC, 208 pages  Release Date: October 17, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: October 15, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Tear-Jerker, YA      Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race…

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