Publisher: SimonTeenPage Count: 256Release Date: March 7th, 2023Series: StandaloneRating: 3/5 Stars - Liked it Yaz, Jax, Spider, and Han are teens who are avid players of local puzzle scavenger hunts, dashing about Seattle to solve clues before other teams in the area. But a scavenger hunt hosted by hacktivist group the Order has a potentially... Continue Reading →
Review: WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH by Elizabeth Acevedo
Publisher: HarperTeen Page Count: 392 Release Date: May 7th, 2019 Series: Standalone Rating: 4/5 Stars - Really Liked It Note: I was provided a free copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for my fair and honest review. Emoni Santiagos has a lot on her plate: college applications, raising money for senior trip... Continue Reading →
May 2019 Book Picks
I'm incredibly excited about several books releasing in May, although as fate would have it, I haven't had a chance to read any of my picks yet! My interest as registered below is based largely on hype and/or the book premise. A few of these I DO have ARCs for, so look for reviews in... Continue Reading →
Top Five Tuesday – Favorite Romantic Reads
Another Tuesday, another Top Five list! This week, our esteemed host Bionic Book Worm has asked us to share with her our favorite romantic reads. (If you haven't figured it out by now, Shanah is secretly just mining us for reading recs!) Because some of my favorite romances evolve over a period of books, a few... Continue Reading →
April 2019 Book Picks
Guys, there have already been a ton of good books this year, but April in particular is looking particularly heavy with excellent reads! Below are the highlights of what I'm looking forward to. What book are you excited for? Let me know in the comments below! THE PRINCESS AND THE FANGIRL by Ashley Poston Release... Continue Reading →
Top Five Books Set In Your Own Country
This week for Top Five Tuesday, Bionic Book Worm has asked us for our favorite books set in the country we live in! I thought about tweaking this prompt as I live in the very prolific United States, but then decided I don't often give myself a chance to talk about the handful of contemporary... Continue Reading →
Top Five Tuesday – Characters That Sort Into Slytherin
At last, we've reached the final week of Bionic Book Worm's Hogwarts celebration! It's time to celebrate everybody's favorite house to hate, Slytherin! For those of you who don't know about this house, the members have the following traits: They are ambitious, driven, goal focused, determined, prepared, perfectionists, adaptable, realistic, self reliant, charming, assertive, and... Continue Reading →
Review: PRIDE by Ibi Zoboi
Publisher: Balzer + Bray Page Count: 304 Release Date: September 18th, 2018 Series: Standalone Rating: 3/5 Stars - Liked It Zuri Benitez is one of five sisters living in a tiny apartment in Bushwick, New York. It's crowded, but Zuri loves the atmosphere and feel of her Afro-Latino neighborhood, and is increasingly resentful of the... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday – 2/20/19
Happy Wednesday everyone! Time for another WWW Wednesday, a meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words. Want to participate? Simply answer the three questions below and tag the host site! What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: THE BIRD KING... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday – 2/13/19
This meme is hosted by Taking on a World of Words. To participate, simply answer the following three questions (and please tag the host site!). What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently Reading: PRIDE by Ibi Zoboi I love pretty much any adaptation... Continue Reading →