Welcome to my Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!” Previously,…
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Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
by Jessicaby JessicaWelcome to the Nostalgic/New Review series! In this series of reviews, I revisit the books and authors that were influential in my teen and young adult years. 2020 has been a big year for publishing “blasts from the past!” I…
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This book was recommended to me by a friend and it is this book that pulled me out of my reading slump that I went through during university. I hadn’t had the time to pick up a book like this…
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They actually exist! When it comes to YA, regardless of the genre, the formula can start to get repetitive: Person A meets person B, they flirt, person A loses person B in some way or another, chaos ensues, person B…
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The Summary Young adult writer Maureen Johnson crafted the world of the Truly Devious trilogy over three books: Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall. All three feature as aspiring detective and high school student Stevie…
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The Summary With their mom off to rehab and their dad unknown to them since birth, twins Ellery and Ezra are left with their grandmother in the small town of Echo Ridge, living in the house where their mother and…
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If you had a chance to do over part of your college experience, would you? Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal—but Shane’s made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that?…
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I had to take a little time to let my thoughts marinate after reading A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit. It was not a book that had been recommended to me, nor was it sitting on my…
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I’ve been reading but haven’t had time to write “real” reviews lately, so here are a few mini ones! Have you read any of these? Please let me know what you thought in the comments! American War This book was…
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I received a copy of It Takes Death to Reach a Star from Vesuvian Books in exchange for an honest review. TLC Book tours sent me a fabulous one last time, so I was very excited to get this one.…