“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 them in your heart because they save you, in a million quiet and perfect ways, from being alone.” –Goodbye Days, Jeff Zentner Carver Briggs believesRead More
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 is a scientist. She has always believed in facts and figures, not in fate and destiny. And definitely not in love. Especially when her familyRead More
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 happen when that internship is over, I’ve been back at the blogging, trying to up my content on other social media sites and create more postsRead More
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 of the way through 2017. But some of the books I’ve read check off some of the things on this list, and I thought itRead More
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 between two different worlds: the prep school she attends and the poor neighborhood she lives in, overrun by gangs. The two worlds collide when StarrRead More
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 talent for creating engrossing stories that you lose yourself in. And the talent for crafting beautiful relationships. Basically, I love Rainbow Rowell, and this playlist isRead More
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 Universe Tommy and Ozzie have been basically inseparable since elementary school, always dreaming about their escape from their small town in Florida. Suddenly–Tommy disappears, and isRead More
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 takes the time to see past Libby’s weight, and Jack puts up a facade that allows him to fit in, hiding his biggest secret: heRead More
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 of struggling with the way she looks. It’s a message that she constantly has to tell herself, but it is worth the reminder. Libby is allRead More
5 Dystopias to Read During Trump’s Presidency
Lately, it’s definitely felt like we’ve been living in a dystopian world; Trump’s lack of experience in the field of politics has created a wave of chaos in the first month of him being president. In fact, many of the news stories that pop up nowadays almost don’t feel or seem like they’re real–as longRead More
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