Hard to believe it’s been six years since the release of Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares! One of my all-time favorite YA holiday reads. Now Rachel Cohn & David Levithan are back with more holiday cheer in The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily. Even though it’s closer to Halloween than Christmas I couldn’t […]
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This is the Story of You by Beth Kephart | Guest Post and Giveaway
Hello friends and welcome to my stop on the This is the Story of You blog tour! Beth Kephart’s latest book is about love, family, survival and nature when a superstorm hits a small town . Read on to find out more about the book, read author Beth Kephart’s thoughts about writing environmental stories, and enter to […]
Read More »Audiobook Review: As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds’ middle-grade debut As Brave as You features two Brooklyn siblings and their summer in Virginia. Genie and his older brother Ernie get to know their grandparents and learn about rural life while their parents take a vacation alone to reconnect. I could so relate to eleven-year-old Genie and his worrying ways. Without the […]
Read More »Spotlight and Giveaway: This Song is Not for You by Laura Nowlin
Hello reader friends! Today I’m happy to tell you about Laura Nowlin’s latest book This Song is Not for You, on sale today from Sourcebooks Fire. Check out a a book excerpt, and enter to win a copy for yourself! If you like music-centered YA this one might be right up your alley. Excerpt from […]
Read More »Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy Review and Giveaway
Willowdean (her mom calls her Dumplin, friends call her Will) is a self-described fat girl in a small Texas town best known that is best known for a beauty pageant. Will has never lacked for confidence, but the attentions of a gorgeous jock leave her second-guessing herself. Can she get her mojo back? Julie Murphy’s […]
Read More »Another Day by David Levithan
In Another Day, Rhiannon learns to not judge a book by its cover when she falls for A, someone who wakes up in a different body every day. When I first heard that there would be a companion book to Every Day I was thrilled yet skeptical. I thought Every Day was a nearly perfect […]
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