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Book Review: Why We Broke Up
I love like a fool, like a Z-grade off-brand romantic comedy… I really wanted to love Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and illustrated by Maira Kalman. Really. For one thing, the book itself is...
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Book Review: The President’s Daughter
My friend Jasmine loves Ellen Emerson White‘s The President’s Daughter. Buoyed by Jasmine’s enthusiasm, I put in a request through ILL. When the book came in, I texted her, all excited about it. Which...
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Book Review: 8th Grade Superzero
“Think about it. You don’t have to do something BIG. Just something right.” 8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is about Reggie Garvey McKnight, a kid who has been spending his days...
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Book Review: Looking for Alibrandi
In my quest to consume all things Melina Marchetta (well, at least all contemporary realistic lit things), I sought out Looking for Alibrandi, the one book of hers I hadn’t read. This review will be...
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Book Review: Silver Sparrow
Mother didn’t ruin my childhood or anyone’s marriage. She is a good person. She prepared me. Life, you see, is all about knowing things. That is why my mother and I shouldn’t be pitied. Silver Sparrow...
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Book Review: The Reece Malcolm List
Full disclosure: I am friends with the author. Full FULL disclosure: Reading The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding was a very strange experience for me. For one thing, I do not personally know a lot...
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Book Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Like so many things Henry had wanted in life—like his father, his marriage, his life—it had arrived a little damaged. Imperfect. But he didn’t care, this was all he’d wanted. Something to hope for, and...
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One Sentence Book Reviews
I am so, so, so far behind on reviews. Trying something new to get caught up. Also Known As by Robin Benway: This book was fun to read, but I honestly cannot even remember how it ends. Ash by Malinda...
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Audiobook Review: Junie B. Jones Collection (Books 1-8)
Junie B. Jones (the book series and the character) is so great, you guys. SO GREAT. I wasn’t sure how she would fare on audiobook, but she is great there, too. Mostly because she acts as an excellent...
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Book Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
The next time I say that I don’t like literary fiction, remind me how much I loved Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple. Just remind me, okay? Because I really kind of loved this book. Why did I...
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Audiobook Revew: Holes
I’m currently watching the movie version of Holes, so I figure now is as good a time as any to review the audiobook (written by Louis Sachar, narrated by Kerry Beyer). Let me just start by saying the...
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Book Review: The Disenchantments
As usually happens when The Disenchantments start a show for strangers instead of just kids at our school, the crowd stares at them in a stunned silence. One of my favorite things about The...
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Book Review: You Look Different in Real Life
There was the version of me I created to show the world, and the version of me that felt like me…and I can’t tell where they overlap. All young adult literature is concerned with identity. If you ever...
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Book Review: The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance
I just decided that life was like a farmer standing in a field and a kid racing down the road on a Kawasaki, arguing about whether the fence posts are rushing by or standing still. Each thinking the...
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Book Reviews: Joan Bauer and Teen Work Ethic
Then I mentioned the part about being ignored for my age and put in a word for teenagers everywhere. “It happens a lot, Mrs. Gladstone. Our money is just as good as an adult’s, sometimes we’ve had to...
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End of Year Mini Reviews: Saints, Aya, and The House of Hades
I haven’t written a proper review since October?! That’s just not on. Especially considering I have read a ton of books since then. Me and this blog have a lot to hash out in the next few days/weeks....
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Book Review: Fangirl
I just have to say up front that Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell is the type of story I love to read, and the type of story I want to see more of in YA lit. It’s about a girl who goes to college and has to...
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