Character Playlist: Augustus Waters
Amanda Awhile back, I created a playlist for Hazel Grace, and I decided that it was high time that I created one for her love, Augustus Waters. Augustus Waters, the beautiful,…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Too Close for Comfort
*Minor spoilers ahead* I eagerly anticipated the released of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu for months; it is probably one of my favorite books, it provided a basis for my…
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…
Character Playlist: Park
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…