My Thoughts: I’ve been meaning to pick this one up ever since I visited the Biltmore Estate a few years ago. I finally got around to it because a student recommended it and the audiobook was on sale. Those two things were just the push I needed! What a delightfully odd story! I can totally… Read more »
My Thoughts: I am totally in love with the original His Fair Assassins trilogy. (Grave Mercy – Dark Triumph – Mortal Heart) When the Courting Darkness duology was announced I may have had a minor (read: MAJOR) freakout! I could not wait to be back in the world LaFevers crafted. I was a little nervous that I would… Read more »
My Thoughts: First things first, I read this book when it first came out and I loved it. But it’s taken me forever to get around to reviewing it for two main reasons: John Green’s books and videos and Nerdfighteria mean a lot to me. Like, they had a huge impact on my life. His… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
My Thoughts: Pretty much everything I know about the history of the Vietnam War came from reading Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War. That book was totally fascinating and gave me a lot of background knowledge I was lacking. But I knew there was still so much to learn. So,… Read more »
My Thoughts: In general, I am not much of a story collection reader. However, when the collection has a list of contributing authors like this one it goes on my TBR pile so fast. But we all know how unmanageable TBR piles can get. Thankfully, I was able to get my hands on an audiobook of… Read more »
I am absolutely thrilled to be the next stop on the blog tour for Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce. I first discovered her books about 10 years ago when I got my job as a middle school librarian. I quickly devoured every one of her stories. Alanna: The First Adventure remains a favorite. I couldn’t wait to… Read more »
