Don’t Fail Me Now by Una LaMarche | Book Review

I love when young adult contemporary books have characters who have bigger problems then where they are going for their international senior trip or prom. I loved it when contemporary books feel grounded in a reality that I can somewhat relate to a little bit. Don’t Fail Me Now by Una LaMarche is one of those […]

Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood | Book Review

Australia has a reputation for publishing and producing some of the best young adult books around – from Melina Marchetta to Cath Crowley to Markus Zusak, there’s a whole lot of talent in the land down under. Joining the ranks is Fiona Wood. Six Impossible Things is the first book by Fiona Wood that I’ve read, […]

The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi | Audiobook Review

Why Did I Listen To This Book? All of the books that I’ve read by Paolo Bacigalupi are books that I have experienced via audiobook. And by all the books, I mean two books narrated by Joshua Swanson – Shipbreaker and The Drowned Cities. I really enjoyed those books on audio. For some odd reason, I tend […]

Blind by Rachel DeWoskin | DNF Book Review

I felt like this book was a bit much for me and I just was not in the mood for it.Blind is just not the book for me, it doesn’t have an exuberance that I enjoy.

Just Call My Name by Holly Goldberg Sloan | Book Review

I feel like I have come full circle in reviewing the sequel to I’ll Be There, titled Just Call My Name. This book is a direct sequel, taking place a few months after the events of the first book, and just like the first one, I totally cried because I am such a dork and because I have all these sappy feelings about family and friends and the little things in life.