Celaena Sardothien has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines for her crimes as the best known assassin in Adarlan. The reason? To compete in a competition to become the Queen’s champion, mostly so the Crown Prince Dorian can make his father angry. As she competes against fellow assassins, she beats boredomRead More
Supporting Transgender Voices in YA
With the recent news that the Trump administration is actively working to narrow definitions of gender, we need to support and share stories by transgender and non-binary authors. So, this week I’ve decided to feature some young adult novels from own voices authors that show authentic transgender stories. Reading and sharing these books, especially forRead More
Review: A Danger to Herself and Others
Title: A Danger to Herself and Others Author: Alyssa B. Sheinmel Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: February 5, 2019 I was sent an eARC of this through NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire in exchange for my honest review. Hannah Gould knows that there’s been a mistake; she doesn’t need to be here, she doesn’t need to be institutionalized. Everything thatRead More
10 Tahereh Mafi Quotes to Celebrate A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA
Guys, A Very Large Expanse of Sea was released today and I’m so excited for you all to read it. This book is just something that is so needed in the YA community, and Tahereh Mafi finally got to write a book that she probably wanted when she was a teenager. She gives a voice toRead More
Review: A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Immediately after 9/11, Shirin has had to learn how to block out all the racist comments and rude stares that she gets as a Muslim girl. But she refuses to back down; she refuses to be anything but herself. But, that means that she’s sacrificed making friendships as she moves around from school to school.Read More
Read to Resist: Sexual Assault
There are plenty of people that argue that rape or sexual assault shouldn’t be discussed or included in young adult books because it’s too dark. Many people believe that these kinds of subjects shouldn’t be included in teen literature because the dark behavior that’s being represented “must be condoned by the adults in their schoolRead More
Harry Potter in the Trump Era
It’s not the first time that Harry Potter has been equated to the Trump administration; Trump himself has been equated to Voldemort (though maybe a better comparison would be Cornelius Fudge?), Betsy DeVos to Umbridge, and Jeff Sessions to the Death Eater Antonin Dolohov. In fact, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is veryRead More
Review: The Darkest Star
Title: The Darkest Star Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Publisher: Tor Teen Publication Date: October 30, 2018 I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Evie Dasher lives in a world balanced on a precarious peace between humans and the alien race, Luxen, that have invaded them. Trying toRead More
Character Playlist: Celaena Sardothien
For those of you that have been following me on Instagram, you know that I’ve finally jumped aboard the Sarah J. Maas bandwagon. This is mostly because I’ve been recommending these books to people at work, but when they ask about the content, I didn’t know enough to answer their questions. Now I will! IRead More
Author Interview: Liz Long
I first connected with Liz Long through Instagram, and she was kind enough to send me some of her books to review (check out my review here!). As I’ve started to connect with more authors through Instagram, I thought it would be fun to feature some through interviews, and Liz kindly agreed to be my firstRead More
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