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…

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

e-Audio,  09:48:00 Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurio  Release Date:  May 28, 2019 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: July 19-20, 2019 These Witches Don’t Burn, #1 Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW: N/A For fans of: Witches, Paranormal, LGBTQIAP+, Romance, Bombshell Endings, YA      Hannah’s a witch, but not the kind you’re thinking of. She’s the real…

WoW: The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring

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!      Simmering in Patagonian myth, The Tenth Girl is a gothic psychological thriller with a haunting twist.     At the very southern tip of South America looms an isolated finishing school….

I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

e-ARC, 308 pages            Release Date: May 28, 2019 Published by: Scholastic Read from: July 8-11, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Publisher & 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: N/A For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic…

The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

e-Audio, 09:50:14 Narrated by: Ana Osorio Release Date:  June 11, 2019 Published by:  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: June 26-July 1, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW: PTSD, Depression, Homophobia, Suicide ideation For fans of: Science Fiction,  Romance, YA, POC MC      This stunning YA debut is a timely and heartfelt speculative narrative about…

Past Perfect Life by Elizabeth Eulberg

ARC, 328 pages            Release Date: July 9, 2019 Published by: Bloomsbury YA Read from: July 5-7, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Publisher (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.)  TW: Toxic family issues For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction,…

The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu

e-ARC, 352 pages            Release Date: July 2, 2019 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: June 27-July 3, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Publisher & 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: Toxic friendship, self-harm, abuse,…

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