Contemporary young adult romance is very hit or miss for me, but despite a few quibbles, I mostly enjoyed Huntley Fitzpatrick’s debut My Life Next Door and often recommend it to library patrons. For this reason, I had high expectations of her sophomore novel, What I Thought Was True, and they were mostly met. What… Continue reading Book Review: What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick
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Book Review: The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl #1) by Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden
I loved the Sookie Stackhouse series, and have been getting into graphic novels, so I was excited to check this out. Cemetery Girl Book One: The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden Published: January 7th 2014 by InkLit Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where… Continue reading Book Review: The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl #1) by Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden
Book Review: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
When I pitch this book, I often say that it’s zombies and angels and a murder mystery and a maybe extinct (or maybe not extinct) woodpecker. And it is all of those things, and so much more. Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley (narrated by Josh Hurley and Fred Berman) Published: Published May 3rd 2011 by… Continue reading Book Review: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Book Review: Half Bad by Sally Green
When this book was pitched as a “dark” Harry Potter and was generating so much buzz, I was skeptical. But with its breakneck pacing and unique world-building, it totally won me over.
Book Review: Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott
Don’t be fooled by this cover. While it does have a romance subplot, this is a novel about grief and loss and family and not just a teenage love story. Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott
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