Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

e-Audio, 08:18:05 Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Robbie Daymond, & Julie Buxbaum Release Date:  May 7, 2019 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: August 9-14 & 20-23, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW: anxiety/panic attacks, medical conditions (lung tumor), mentions of Sept. 11th For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      Sometimes looking to the past helps…

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Audio CD,  8 CDs Narrated by: Kate Rudd Release Date:  January 22, 2019 Published by:  Katherine Tegen Books Read from: August 15-23, 2019 Truly Devious, #2 Source: Library  TW: anxiety/panic attacks, murder, death, abduction For fans of: Mysteries, Realistic Fiction, Boarding School, Contemporary, YA      All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery,…

Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

ARC, 365 pages            Release Date: August 20, 2019 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: August 16-21, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Traded with Emma at Miss Print TW: Police Brutality For fans of: Coming of Age, Contemporary, Romance, Person of Color MC, Realistic Fiction, YA      Debut YA author Natasha Diaz pulls from her personal experience…

WoW: Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!      With the warmth, wit, intimate friendships, and heart-melting romance she brings to all her books, Emma Mills crafts a story about believing in yourself, owning your mistakes, and…

Maybe This Time by Kasie West

Hardcover, 368 pages            Release Date: July 9, 2019 Published by: Scholastic Point Read from: August 4-9, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?     Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year’s Eve parties. Name the occasion,…

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

e-Audio,  12:54:22 Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle  Release Date:  May 14, 2019 Published by:  Scholastic Audio Read from: August 2-8, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW:  For fans of: Re-tellings, strong female characters, Fantasy, Sparkly Covers, YA      Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t the beautiful girl…

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

e-Audio,  10:50:29 Narrated by: Lauren Ambrose,  Vikas Adam, and Michael Crouch  Release Date:  June 4, 2019 Published by:  Balzer + Bray Read from: July 27-31, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW: Death For fans of: Romance, Historical Fiction, YA, LGBTQIAP+, Multiple POVs, Positive Body Rep, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alone      It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens,…

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

Audio CD, 13 hours           Release Date: January 9, 2018 Published by: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Read from: July 18-30, 2019 Arc of a Scythe, #2 Source: Library TW: Death For fans of: Dystopian, Bombshell Endings, YA      Rowan has gone rogue, and has taken it upon himself to put the Scythedom through…

WoW: Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!      Two-time Edgar Award finalist Lamar Giles delivers his first contemporary YA—an eye-opening novel that spotlights societal pressures, confronts toxic masculinity, and asks the question: What does it mean…

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