10PM: Closing time at Cafe Flores. The door should be locked, but it isn’t, Scott Bradley and Winsome Sommervil are about to become hostages. TEN MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING: Scott’s girlfriend breaks up with him over the phone while he’s in the cafe’s basement storeroom because he’s late picking her up for the big end-of-the-year party.… Continue reading Book Review: Ten After Closing by Jessica Bayliss
Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never really had a choice of whether she learned to dance or not. Her mother, the conservatory’s artistic director, has made all the decisions in Cason’s life. But that’s about to change. Cason has been hiding an injury, and it’s much worse… Continue reading Book Review: Brave Enough by Kati Gardner
Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview… Continue reading Audiobook Reviews: One of Us is Lying & The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
Lizzy Swift is a senior in high school, emerging from her nerd chrysalis to become a social butterfly. She starts dating popular Matt Ashley, whom she’s been pining for since freshman year. She’s delighted when rebellious new girl Claire Reynolds introduces her to Center City Philadelphia—clubs, street life, and the eye-opening art scene. As Lizzy… Continue reading Book Review: Tell Me No Lies by Adele Griffin
Sang’s life was on pause after the dramatic break with her real family. Now she’s back in the game, returning to Ashley Waters to appear like a normal student. However, returning to school hasn’t made her life any easier. When it comes to the Academy and her role in the secret organization, there’s no such… Continue reading Book Review: Love’s Cruel Redemption by C.L. Stone
Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can’t wait—for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend, before the house is sold and everything changes. The house will be filled with… Continue reading Book Review: Save the Date by Morgan Matson
After his dad commits suicide, Will tries to overcome his own misery by secretly helping the people around him in this story made up of one hundred chapters of one hundred words each. Sixteen-year-old Will spends most of his days the same way: Working at the Dollar Only store, trying to replicate his late father’s… Continue reading Book Review: What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee
Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.… Continue reading Book Review: Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
I’m awful at keeping up with my TBR, so it just keeps growing and growing, and then I end up just reading the same books over and over and never actually getting to the books I’ve picked up along the way. So maybe if I make a public list, I’ll actually get around to some… Continue reading The TBR Pile – May 2018
Every so often, I come across a tag that just looks like too much fun, and even though they’re not generally my thing, I just have to jump in and do it. I was tagged in this one by Jasmine, and big thanks to her for doing so! Here are the rules: Find a book that… Continue reading I Spy Book Tag
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