3 Stars – It’s Okay I wanted to LOVE this second installment of The Legendborn Cycle and there was so much good in this novel…
Tag: Young Adult Lit
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
– Completes Me! This book deserves every single award that is listed on its cover. I am an absolute lover of YA and Middle-School books…
Book Review: The House on Mango Street
– Worth It I do not love reading books that are categorized as “classics” but thankfully my sister always makes sure there is at least…
Book Review – Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
– It was okay… As an avid reader I am a big proponent of watching movies before reading the books they are based on. In…
Book Review: 13 Reasons Why
– Completes Me! There may come a time when references to cassette tapes and a walkman no longer make sense, but the heart of this…
Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou It seems that lately, any book that discusses the ‘real life ugliness’ that too many…
Review: Among the Imposters (Shadow Children Series #2) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
If you’re following my reviews…I decided to go ahead and keep reading this YA dystopian series! In this second book of the series, the…
Dear Martin by Nic Stone- Book Review
Completes me! (5 stars) What happens when you read a recommendation from your teenage niece? Weeping. Lots of weeping on a Sunday night as you…
January Round Up
As I try to tackle the feat of 100 books in 2020, I thought it might be interesting to try and do a monthly “round…
Illuminating Color
In 2017 I read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. It was a breakout, much anticipated first novel by young black woman responding to America’s…