That Weekend by Kara Thomas

e-Audio, 10:28:49Narrated by: Phoebe Strole & Kristen SiehRelease Date: June 29, 2021Published by: Books on TapeRead from: July 16-19, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Family Diversity, Mysteries, YA    THREE BEST FRIENDS, A LAKE HOUSE, A SECRET TRIP — WHAT COULD GO WRONG?     It was supposed to be the…

We Are Inevitable by Gayle Foreman

e-Audio, 07:54:50Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra Release Date: June 1, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: July 14-16, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Substance Abuse (Not on paper. Only Recovery is shown), GriefFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA    ‘I got this whole-body feeling… it was like a message from future me to…

Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd

e-Audio, 09:30:17Narrated by: Aaron Landon & Stacy GonazalezRelease Date: June 8, 2021Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)Read from: July 11-13, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Gaming, YA    By day, Emilia is a field hockey star with a popular boyfriend and a mother obsessed with her academic future. But by night,…

We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

e-Audio, 09:26:07Narrated by: Carly Robins Release Date: June 8, 2021Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: July 8-9, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Clinical DepressionFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Mental Health, Weddings, Fictional Foodie, YA    A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight their…

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

e-Audio, 13:49:19Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni Release Date: June 1, 2021Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: July 6-8, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: RacismFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Thriller, Dark Academia,…

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

e-Audio, 09:33:34Narrated by: Ali AhnRelease Date: May 18, 2021Published by: Flatiron BooksRead from: July 4-6, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW:For Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Forbidden Love, Books set in places other than the USA, YA      Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly…

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton

Hardcover, 243 pages Release Date: June 22, 2021Published by: Quill Tree Books Read from: June 26 – July 2, 2021Stand-alone Source: BoughtTW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Coming of Age, YA   Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious,…

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Hardcover, 304 pages Release Date: June 1, 2021Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: June 1-26, 2021Stand-alone Source: BoughtTW: Cheating (Not on page, but is mentioned several times) For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Coming of Age, Magical Realism, YA   #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back with her eagerly anticipated…

With You All the Way by Cynthia Hand

e-Audio, 09:38:42Narrated by: Joy Osmanski Release Date: March 30, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: June 17-19, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Cheating For Readers Interested In: Contemporary,  Romance, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alone, Teachy not Preachy, YA       Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and…

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

e-Audio, 09:39:51Narrated by: Jordan CobbRelease Date: May 4, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: June 9-11, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley AudioTW: Mention of the n word (Never fully says it), Micro-aggressions, ColorismFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary,  Romance, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA       Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never…

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