Young Adult
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Best of 2016: YA, Adult Fiction & Non-Fiction
Now it’s time for part two of my ‘Best of 2016’ reads: this post’s focus is all about young adult and adult fiction. I feel that, while my reading year was overwhelmingly picture books and middle grade lit, there was so much depth and matter in the contained selection of YA and adult fiction I… Read more
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Year End Giveaway: Children’s/YA Book Bundle & Adult Fiction Book Bundle!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for giveaways! Right?! Over the course of the year, I have- through a variety of ways- accumulated duplicate copies of some titles. Whether through generous publisher extras, my own purchases, gifts, etc., I have a handful of titles I would like to give readers a chance to win… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Added To My To-Read List!
Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week: title you’ve added recently to your to-read list. Well, this topic doesn’t require much preamble- I’m always and forever adding to my to-read list! Here, in no particular order, are some of… Read more
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Blog Tour: Speed of Life by J.M. Kelly
Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for J.M. Kelly’s contemporary YA title, Speed of Life! Read on for my thoughts on the book as well as a special excerpt from the novel! Speed of Life by J.M. Kelly Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: October 11,… Read more
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Upcoming Blog Tours: Everton Miles is Stranger Than Me & Speed of Life
This week I have two blog tours I am participating in, and I wanted to share some information about the tours as well as the books! The first tour, coming up on October 13th, is courtesy of Dundurn Press for Philippa Dowding’s middle grade title Everton Miles is Stranger Than Me. Canadian author Philippa Dowding… Read more
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Blog Tour: Secrets in the Snow by Michaela MacColl
Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books organized blog tour for Michaela MacColl‘s latest historical YA title, Secrets in the Snow: A Novel of Intrigue and Romance! Be sure to check out the other stops on the tour! Review: Secrets in the Snow: A Novel of Intrigue and Romance by… Read more
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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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