Today is a DAY, y’all. I recently added all the books I have pre-ordered to a Google calendar to 1) track how many I actually have pre-ordered (I really need to cut back. . .) and 2) to remind myself of book birthdays each week! For May 7th, I had 6 books ordered and I decided that, well, why not […]
Best. Day. EVER! Today Sara Raasch, author of the Snow Like Ashes trilogy and the newly released These Rebel Waves, is here on the blog to share a bit about her latest book and more! Don’t forget to read more about These Rebel Waves after the interview! You can grab a copy today (no waiting is the BEST)! All About Sara You wrote […]
I have THE BEST job today, y’all, because I get to share an exclusive interview with Megan Bannen! If you weren’t aware, Megan is the debut author of The Bird and the Blade, a YA fantasy that is sure to wreck your heart in all the best ways. But seriously. It’s amazing. Please buy it so we can fangirl together! Without further ado, […]
I don’t know what I expected with The Bird and the Blade but what I got was WAY better than I thought possible. Y’all. I loved this book. LOVED IT. It’s tragic and packed with emotion and written in a unique style that immediately grabbed my attention. For the record, I had no idea that this was actually a retelling of the Italian opera Turandot. Set in the Mongol Empire, the […]
This book needs to be required reading for everyone, though I think teens especially. It’s weird, we talk about representation in the book community in regards to certain groups of people but you know what I don’t see as much of? Good rep of teens. Just… teens. I read a LOT of young adult fiction and it hasn’t been that […]
I don’t read contemporaries. Well, let me re-phrase that. I don’t read them often because, of the ones I’ve read, they can be divided into loved it or never reading again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda was a pick for a reading challenge and far from my usual selection but all I can say is that it was ALMOST […]
Two teens. Only one can be the Imperial Enchanter. Let the games begin. I was, perhaps, too excited for this book. After all the raving on Twitter I thought I absolutely had to read it. So I did. And while it was good, it wasn’t great. The premise is that in this alternate Russia, there can only be one person with magic — the Imperial […]