Why Did I Listen To Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind of) Liked Me by Andrea Portes? Honestly, I decided to listen to Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind Of) Liked Me by Andrea Portes because I saw that the audiobook was relatively short. This book has been physically sitting on my bookshelf for quite a while and […]
Dragonfly Girl by Marti Leimbach | Book Review
February 23, 2021
I love picking up young adult books where the protagonist has a passion for something. Dragonfly Girl by Marti Leimbach appealed to me because the main character, Kira, is SO into science at basically the detriment of everything else. Plus, we have a little bit of romance and international travel as well as some shady dealings. […]
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | Book Review
February 17, 2021
I love that Jennifer Lynn Barnes is such a prolific writer – spanning all different sorts of YA types. It is awesome that her books do NOT consist of recycled plots. I was extremely excited for The Inheritance Games because the plot summary gave me The Westing Game vibes. Luckily, JLB delivered on my expectations, in fact, […]
YA Books For People Who Can’t Stick To One Genre
July 23, 2020
You know me, I just cannot stay with one single genre. I want to read everything and widely and with variety. So, here’s five young adult books I’ve recently read from various genres that you should certainly check out. I think my best childhood summer time memories come from going to camp. That’s why I […]
5 New YA Contemporary Books To Read
June 29, 2020
If I am in the mood to read something that I will find instantly absorbing or interesting, I pick up a young adult contemporary book. We are in a time of abundance and quality. Seriously, there are so many great young adult contemporary books coming out and already released that the challenge is really in […]
Life Is Short and Then You Die edited by Kelley Armstrong | Book Review
May 31, 2020
I do usually tend to enjoy short story anthologies and sampling different authors – via completed stories (not samplers, those are the worst). However, I am just thinking that maybe Life Is Short and Then You Die was just not the anthology for me. It seemed like most of the stories within were kind of a […]