Review: One of Us Is Lying
Amanda “Some people are too toxic to live. They just are.” -Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying Five unlikely students go into detention: Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, Cooper, and Simon.…
Young Adult Literature
Review: The Forgetting
“The past is never really gone. It only lies in wait for you, remembered or forgotten.” -Sharon Cameron, The Forgetting The Forgetting occurs every twelve years in Canaan, when everyone…
Review: Things I Should Have Known
“It’s like people have a place in their brain for normal, and they have a place in their brain for something obviously wrong, but they can’t deal with something just…
Review: We Are Still Tornadoes
“If you can’t forgive someone you’re close to for making a mistake, then why do apologies even exist?” -Michael Kun and Susan Mullen, We Are Still Tornadoes As Cath gets…
My Anticipated YA August Releases
It seems like 2017 has been killing it so far in the young adult department, with releases like The Hate U Give, History is All You Left Me, and Goodbye…
Review: History Is All You Left Me
“History is nothing. It can be recycled or thrown away completely. It isn’t this sacred treasure chest I mistook it to be. We were something, but history isn’t enough to…
Review: Goodbye Days
“For the most part, you don’t hold the people you love in your heart because they rescued you from drowning or pulled you from a burning house. Mostly you hold…
Review: The Sun Is Also a Star
“We’re kindling amid lightning strikes, a lit match and dry wood, fire danger signs and a forest waiting to be burned.” -Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star Natasha…
50 Best YA Books
As some (or most) of you may know, I am interning at Booklist in Chicago until the the end of May. In trying not to think about what’s going to…
Review: At the Edge of the Universe
“You can choose to be happy with what life gives you…or spend your life miserable. I choose happiness. It’s really that simple.” -Shaun David Hutchinson, At the Edge of the…