Posts By: Heidi

We Are Okay

We Are Okay

My Thoughts: Okay. I know I am late to the game on this one. People I trust have been telling me how great it is for months. It wasn’t until We Are Okay won the Printz award that I finally picked it up. Of course, my friends were right. There’s just something about this book. The summary… Read more »

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Rickshaw Girl

Rickshaw Girl

My Thoughts: So, this book isn’t YA. It’s geared more towards intermediate readers (about 4th – 6th grade.) I don’t normally cover books that young. However, Mitali Perkins mentioned it when she was on tour for her newest YA, You Bring the Distant Near, and I knew I had to read it. When it was on… Read more »

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Sightwitch

Sightwitch

My Thoughts: I am obsessed with The Witchlands series. I’ve been a fan of Dennard’s books since Something Strange and Deadly but this series is so totally my thing! I mean, I have some very fangirly thoughts about Truthwitch and Windwitch. Sightwitch is such a cool addition to The Witchlands series. I loved the journal format so much! The illustrations and… Read more »

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If You Come Softly: 20th Anniversary Edition

If You Come Softly: 20th Anniversary Edition

My Thoughts: When given the opportunity to review an audiobook of the 20th anniversary edition of If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson, I jumped at the chance.I’ve read Woodson’s picture books and her autobiographical Brown Girl Dreaming, but I had never read her YA fiction. What a mistake! This book is short (the audiobook is just… Read more »

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Gone Rogue (Wires and Nerve Vol. 2)

Gone Rogue (Wires and Nerve Vol. 2)

My Thoughts: Yes! So much yes! I am a huge fan of The Lunar Chronicles and absolutely adored Wires and Nerve, Vol. 1. It was so great to get back into the new story and find out more about what happens next. Oh how I love Iko. She is just such a great character. She stole the… Read more »

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More Than We Can Tell

More Than We Can Tell

My Thoughts: Brigid Kemmerer’s Letters to the Lost was one of my favorite books last year. So I was going to be excited for any book she had coming out this year. But then I found out that More Than We Can Tell is set in the same town as Letters to the lost. Not only that,… Read more »

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The Beauty That Remains

The Beauty That Remains

My Thoughts: What a gorgeous story. I mean, it will totally break your heart. But in a really beautiful way, so you almost don’t mind. It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of books with multiple narrators. I was so invested in each of the teens telling their stories in this one. Shay, Autumn,… Read more »

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The Night Diary

The Night Diary

My Thoughts: I first heard about this book at BEA of last year. When the editor was talking about it I had one of those moments when I became aware that there was a huge hole in my knowledge of important world history. She mentioned that the book was set during the partition of India…. Read more »

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White Rabbit

White Rabbit

My Thoughts: I absolutely loved Caleb Roehrig’s debut, Last Seen Leaving. I don’t typically gravitate toward thriller/suspense novels but Caleb’s intrigued me and I devoured it. Of course I was so excited for White Rabbit. And of course I absolutely loved it as well! Maybe even more! First of all… Rufus. Oh my stars. What a great character. He… Read more »

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