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 […]
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I’m a big fan of Tim Federle’s funny Nate series so I was excited to pick up his first YA The Great American Whatever. This book is about Quinn, a guy trying to pick up the pieces of his life after the death of his older sister. Can he ever get his screenwriting mojo back, […]
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I couldn’t look away from last year’s unsettling You, the Caroline Kepnes book that introduced Joe Goldberg, the serial killing bookseller. In Hidden Bodies, Joe’s back to try to find love (and to add to his body count) in this darkly entertaining and macabre sequel. This book had me on edge from start to finish, […]
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Wicked Sexy Liar is the fourth and final book in Christina Lauren’s Wild Seasons series. (Say it isn’t so!) The first three books in this series focus on a friendship trio who impulsively marry three strangers in Vegas and their romantic exploits. This final installment focuses on the womanizer Luke and the relationship gun-shy London. […]
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A lot of my audiobook listening is done in the kitchen so it makes sense that I get lost in some foodie fiction now and then. I’ve listened to a few appetizing audiobooks lately and I’ll talk a little about each of them in this roundup. And bonus- all of these audiobooks are half-off […]
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A Window Opens is Elisabeth Egan’s debut novel. Egan is the books editor at Glamour magazine and she draws on her personal work experience for this book. It’s about a magazine editor who experiences culture shock when she starts working for retail giant Scroll. I’ve had my eye on this book because I like workplace […]
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