All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely is a superb collaboration between two powerful young adult writers who are able to encapsulate sharp, incisive insight into contemporary issues with their solo books. This book melds that characteristic writing and takes it up to a new level, making the story even more hard hitting […]
On The Edge by Allison Van Diepen | Book Review
January 18, 2016
On The Edge by Allison van Diepen is a book that I continually found myself looking at — thinking that it looked like a relatively interesting young adult contemporary book. However, I never really made any time to sit down and read it — there were always more pressing books that I had wanted to […]
Light Of Day by Allison Van Diepen | Book Review
January 13, 2016
Light Of Day by Allison Van Diepen is one of those books that I began almost immediately after finishing a previous book by the same author -Â On The Edge. I had no clue what to read next, however, because I had a book in a similar style on hand, I went with it. Do you […]
The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand | Book Review
January 6, 2016
Are you in the market for a gut wrenching read? You need to get a copy of The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand. Reader friends, this book absolutely gutted me. Granted, that is something that I would expect based upon the subject matter. Still, although I had expected the emotions, it did not […]
Rules For 50/50 Chances by Kate McGovern | Book Review
December 31, 2015
You guys – as I am wont to do, I read Rules For 50/50 Chances by Kate McGovern sooner rather than later due to another blogger, specifically,Brittany at The Book Addict’s Guide, tweeting about it. I do not think I am the only person who does this. She just made McGovern’s debut sound so good […]
Allison: Heartsong Cottage | Emily March | DNF Review
December 24, 2015
Why’d I Pick This Book to Read: Heartsong Cottage had been recommended to me by the wonderful folks at St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley. Upon reading the description, I felt that this book would fit perfectly into my list of books to read this year for the Christmas season. It sounded like a nice contemporary […]