Military-Themed YA for Veterans Day

It’s Veterans Day here in the US, a day we honor the individuals who served in the US Armed Forces. There are several great YA books that center around a military theme and today is a perfect day to highlight them. I never fancied myself a reader of “war” books but these books have made me […]

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Top Ten Favorite YA Contemporary Reads of 2013

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature from The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Read in 2013! I decided to just focus on YA Contemporary since I read a lot of it this year. (For more of my year-end favorites see my wrap up posts for: Audiobooks, New […]

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Where the Stars Still Shine Book Review

Book: Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller, Bloomsbury, September 24 Book Info: YA realistic fiction, purchased hc from Amazon, 342 pages. Rating:  5 / 5 Stars Where the Stars Still Shine sneaks up on you with its emotional hard-hitting story and doesn’t let go. Once I picked up this book I couldn’t put […]

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Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

Book: Something Like Normal by Trish Doller, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, On Sale June 19, 2012 Book Info: Young Adult Contemporary, Review copy courtesy of NetGalley, Available in HC 224 pages Rating: 4.5 / 5 Stars More Info: Goodreads | IndieBound | Amazon I’m continuing my journey into reading more contemporary with Trish Doller’s debut novel Something […]

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Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday is a weekly event started by Marcia from A Girl and Her Books, and is now hosted on a blog rotation. Cindy of Cindy’s Love of Books is the host for the month of April. This is my first week participating in Mailbox Monday and I’m so excited to visit some new blogs […]

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