Audiobook Review: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Audrey is 14 and dealing with social anxiety after a bullying incident. Now she stays close to home, wears dark glasses, and only ventures out to see her therapist Dr. Sarah. Her brother’s friend Linus takes an interest in Audrey and helps her to find her way again. Finding Audrey is Sophie Kinsella’s (Confessions of a […]

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Audiobook Review: Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

In Saint Anything, Sydney’s older brother Peyton goes to prison after a drunk driving accident – leaving her family shattered and Sydney feeling invisible. She changes schools for a chance to start over and bonds over pizza, French fries, music and lollypops with siblings Mac and Layla. Meanwhile, Sydney’s mom obsesses over Peyton and Peyton’s […]

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Audiobook Review: The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

I’m a big fan of Cynthia Hand’s Unearthly series and I was excited to check out her first contemporary novel. The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a beautiful, heart-wrenching book about a girl who lost her brother to suicide, and is now haunted by guilt and her brother’s spirit. This emotionally devastating book tore […]

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Book Review: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is a unique story that reads like a dark fairy tale. Ava Lavender recounts the story of the Roux family, from the origins of her grandmother Emilienne’s bakery to her mother’s hopeless love for Ava’s father. The unusual story sparkles with magical realism and fairy tale language, and the descriptions of […]

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Audiobook Review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

When I was looking at a roundup of the 2014 “best of” lists, one book that kept popping up is Celeste Ng’s debut Everything I Never Told You. I ended up gifting a copy to my sister for Christmas, and my teen got a copy for Christmas as well. The universe was telling me to […]

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Audiobook Review: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future

With A.S. King’s books you know you’re going to get something off the beaten path, something with a little magical realism to it and something offbeat. Like her latest book Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future. When drinking beer one night, Glory and her friend Ella impulsively drink the remains of a petrified bat and […]

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