Who doesn’t love a time-travel romance? I loved The Time Traveler’s Wife (but not the movie—book is so much better) and I even admit I fell in love with Claire and Jamie, the exasperating couple in The Outlander Series. I couldn’t think of an equivalent in young adult fiction, and the blurb for Time Between… Continue reading Time-Travel Romance: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
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New Twist on Paranormal: The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Vampires. Werewolves. Zombies. Even mermaids. There’s countless young adult novels that tell the stories of these supernatural creatures. It’s refreshing to encounter a wholly original take on the paranormal. When I was a child, I was absolutely fascinated with my shadow. I’d periodically check to see if it was still following me and sometimes wondered… Continue reading New Twist on Paranormal: The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
The Color of Hope: Fingerprints of You by Kristen-Paige Madonia
Admittedly, I was drawn to the book because of the gorgeous tattoo cover art, but was pleased to discover that Kristen-Paige Madonia’s debut, Fingerprints of You, was an excellent example of the rare category of YA literary fiction. Lemon is the only daughter of Stella, a woman who never grew up. Lemon and her artistic… Continue reading The Color of Hope: Fingerprints of You by Kristen-Paige Madonia
Science Fiction and Fairy Tales: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
I’m a fan of fairy tale retellings. From classics like Robin McKinley’s twists on folk tales, to Jackson Pearce’s updated versions of Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, or her forthcoming adaptation of The Little Mermaid, I never get tired of hearing a new spin on a fairy tale. But nothing is cooler than Cinderella… Continue reading Science Fiction and Fairy Tales: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Rereading: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
We’re starting a teen book club at my library. Initially, I thought my school year program would be a writer’s group, but we decided to scale it back and just do a month of NaNoWriMo programs for writers, and judging by the success of that, decide if we wanted to have more writing programs (We… Continue reading Rereading: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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