Young Adult
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Blog Tour Stop for Birthday by Meredith Russo!
Welcome to one of the last stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for award-winning author Meredith Russo‘s latest YA novel, Birthday! Read on for my thoughts on the novel, and please be sure to take a look at the postcard at the bottom of the post and check out the rest of the participating Read more
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Coming Up: Blog Tour for Meredith Russo’s BIRTHDAY!
Hi everyone! A note here that I am one of the lucky participants in the upcoming Raincoast Books blog tour for Meredith Russo‘s new YA novel, Birthday! (You may recognize the author from her wonderful, poignant and award-winning YA debut, If I Was Your Girl). The blog tour for Birthday begins on May 20th and Read more
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Review: Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
Review: Here to Stay by Sara Farizan Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Thomas Allen & Son. Thank you! Publication: September 18, 2018 by Algonquin Books Book Description: What happens when a kid who’s flown under the radar for most of high school gets pulled off the bench to make the winning basket in a varsity playoff Read more
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Review: Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
Review: Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: February 12, 2019 by Roaring Brook Press Book Description: A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks. Miriam’s family should be rich. After all, Read more
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Blog Tour Stop for Eileen Cook’s You Owe Me a Murder!
Welcome to one of the last stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for Canadian author Eileen Cook‘s latest YA novel, You Owe Me a Murder! Read on for my thoughts on the novel as well as a Q&A with Eileen. Be sure to take a look at the postcard at the bottom of the Read more
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Coming Up: Blog Tour for Eileen Cook’s You Owe Me A Murder!
Hi there readers! What a week. A week’s plans for posting, reading, reviewing, and general life stuff kind of all went to pot as our entire family, yours truly included, got sick!! It has been exhausting to say the least…but hopefully we are all on the mend! Anyhow, in much more pleasant news, I am Read more
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Spotlight on Minecrafter Author Danica Davidson!
Welcome to a very special post featuring a guest article from middle grade and YA author- and literacy advocate- Danica Davidson! You may have kids or teens who have read one of Danica’s sixteen middle grade and young adult novels, including the twelve popular Minecrafter books. In the summer of 2018, Danica was invited to Belgium Read more
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Graphic Novel Look: The Divided Earth, The Big Bad Fox & more!
In the last few months, I’ve had the pleasure of reading a handful of young adult and children’s graphic novels. Here is a rundown of those titles, featuring the latest from Faith Erin Hicks, a standout from Benjamin Renner, as well as a look at cartoonist and illustrator’s Liz Climo’s latest collection! The Divided Earth Read more
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What I’d like to read before the year’s end…
It is a truth universally acknowledged (uh, maybe), that a book reviewer and/or avid reader will likely never read all the books they had planned to before the year’s end. In any event, I never do! I have my books for review and I’m terrifically fortunate in that I get to review books that I Read more
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Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway for Karen Rivers’s YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING!
Welcome to one of the stops on the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour for You Are the Everything, a new young adult novel from award-winning Canadian author Karen Rivers. Please read on for my thoughts, a very special guest post from Karen herself, as well as link to a tour-wide giveaway for Canadian residents. Read more
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