Young Adult
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Must Read Monday (49): The Memory of Light & Girl Mans Up…plus upcoming Blog Tour!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday…with a preview of an upcoming blog tour I will be participating in this week! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Required Readings from Elementary and High School
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week is all about back to school, and I have chosen to go with the the top ten required readings during my elementary and high school years. Some of the titles on this list Read more
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Blog Tour Stop: Natasha Preston’s The Cabin
The Cabin by Natasha Preston Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: September 6, 2016 by Sourcebooks Fire Book Description: There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this new young adult thriller from Natasha Preston, author of The Cellar, a New York Times Bestseller, and Awake. They Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Have Been On My TBR for Too Long…
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Now, I have not posted a Top Ten Tuesday in…let’s just say a long while, but I saw this week’s topic and wanted to join in. This week: Ten Books That Have Been On My Read more
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Upcoming Blog Tour: Natasha Preston’s The Cabin!
I am very happy to write that I will be participating in a blog tour for Natasha Preston’s The Cabin that the lovely folks at Raincoast Books have put together! Natasha Preston, breakout author of the bestselling young adult suspense novel The Cellar, has a new YA book coming out this September called The Cabin. Read more
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Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 3)
Continuing on with a Must Read Monday feature on Fall 2016 releases!… This week’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different. I’ve been looking through various sources (review journals, publisher’s sites, Goodreads, blogs, etc.) as is my norm, but my to-be read pile has grown tremendously in a short span! This is due, in Read more
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Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 1)
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different. Read more
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Review: Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski
Review: Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski Source: ARC of Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Expected publication: August 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Emily has finally finished high school in the small town where she has lived her whole life. At last, she thinks, her adult life can begin. But Read more
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Review: Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan
Review: Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan Source: ARC courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Publication: June 7, 2016 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Julia has the unusual ability to be…unseen. Not invisible, exactly. Just beyond most people’s senses. It’s a Read more
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Stand-Out Reads of 2016, So Far…(Part 1)
As we are just over the halfway mark of the year, I thought now would be a good time to look back over the stand-out reads of the year, so far… For part one, I am taking a look at three big categories: children’s fiction, young adult fiction, and adult fiction. The titles picked here Read more
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