I’m always up for a book about magic, but add a historical setting, and there’s no question that I’m in. The world building was very good. I was drawn into the deft way that historical society was melded with the fantasy elements. Henrietta is poor, but manages to make her way in he […]
Tag: Young Adult
A World Without You By Beth Revis
A World Without You was a departure for Beth Revis, who is known for her excellent sci-fi stories. The story opens as Bo is facing the suicide of his girlfriend, who suffered from depression and was a fellow student at a school/treatment facility. There is no big reveal about Bo, you know he is mentally […]
A Week Of Mondays By Jessica Brody
One of my favorite movies of all times is Groundhog Day, which came out in the 90s. In that movie, a cynical and somewhat washed-up news anchor keeps repeating the same day over and over again. A Week of Mondays takes that same idea and sets in in high school in the life of Ellie, […]
Blog Tour: A Week Of Mondays
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for A Week Of Mondays! I am really excited to have Jessica Brody on the blog today answering a few questions about this super fun book. Enjoy! In A Week of Mondays, Ellison gets a second (and 3rd, 4th, etc) chance to redo a day […]
Blog Tour: The Shadow Hour
Welcome to the blog tour for The Shadow Hour, book two in The Girl at Midnight series. After you read my thoughts, don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a finished copy and check out the other stops on the tour! The Girl At Midnight was one of my happy surprises […]
Blog Tour: Goldfish
Welcome to my stop in the tour for Goldfish by Nat Luurtsema. First, let me just say that Goldfish is absolutely hilarious. The writing is so, so funny, but inside there is also a great story. I’m going to share more of my thoughts next week, but for the blog tour, I put together a […]
Blog Tour: Never Missing, Never Found
Kidnappings seem to be a popular theme this summer and fall in YA, and in Never Missing, Never Found, we are thrown into Scarlett’s story with a haunting prologue. Even though it has been more than a few years since her return, things aren’t the same. Her sister ignores her, her mother is gone, […]
This Savage Song By Victoria Schwab
Victoria Schwab has long since earned her auto-buy status for my personal library, and I was curious about This Savage Song and how a gritty urban fantasy would fit into this author’s collected works. Well, it fits in quite nicely, as it turns out. The world of This Savage Song is very dark and violent. […]
Learning To Swear In America By Katie Kennedy
When you’re learning a new language, one of he first things you want to know (or maybe its just me) is how to swear. The thing is, though, that swearing is different in every language. It really taps into the subtleties of word order, cultural idioms, and language norms that are really hard to […]
Ex Libris Audio: Magonia
Oh, how I wanted to like this book. The idea seemed liked something that would be perfect for me. Yet, when it was done, I just couldn’t say that I enjoyed it. The story started with Aza, who was very ill with a mysterious disease that attacked her respiratory system and the strange things she […]