My Thoughts: This is another book I read because my students recommended it. They are obsessed with this series and I can totally see why! The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brailler is just so much fun. I expected to find it cute, but mostly read it to humor my students. I was surprised by… 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: 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 »
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: 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: I have been a huge fan of Gayle Forman ever since I read If I Stay back in 2011. If you read my review you can see that I connected with that one in a really personal way. I went on to read and love Where She Went. And Just One Day, and Just one Year, and I Was… 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: I have long been a fan of Rachel Hawkins books. I read Hex Hall back before I started blogging and have eagerly anticipated (and loved!) every book of her’s since then! (Check out my love for Rebel Belle and Journey’s End.) But this book. Oh, this book. I have been anticipating it ever… Read more »
I’m so excited to be sharing my thoughts on All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson for the blog tour! My Thoughts: I was really excited to check out All’s Faire in Middle School for two main reasons: I love Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl! Astrid is such a great character and Jamieson does such a great job of exploring… Read more »
My Thoughts: Before reading, I heard a lot of mixed thoughts about Alex & Eliza: A Love Story. I was a bit leery going in. I can honestly say that I really enjoyed this one! I listened to over half of it on audiobook and then read the last chunk. (I am so impatient with audiobooks!) First things first,… Read more »
