Character Playlist: Park
Amanda Music is integral to the plot of Eleanor and Park, as without it, Eleanor and Park would have never met. A few months ago, I made a playlist for Eleanor;…
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…
The 2017 Reading Challenge
While perusing Pinterest today, trying to figure out ways to promote my latest review, I came across the POPSUGAR 2017 Reading Challenge. Yes, I realize we are already a quarter…
Review: The Hate U Give
“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.” -Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give Starr Carter is situated…
Character Playlist: Simon Snow
I read Carry On this past summer and absolutely fell in love with it. It was one of those instances where I couldn’t put the book down–Rainbow Rowell has the…
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…
Review: Holding Up the Universe
“We can’t fight another person’s battle, no matter how much we want to.” -Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout and Jack Masselin. No one…
Character Playlist: Libby Strout
One of the best messages from Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven is that you are wanted. Libby Strout distributes this message to her entire high school, after years…