YA
Review of “Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus” by Dusti Bowling
Review of “You Should See Me In A Crown” by Leah Johnson
Review of “Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body” by Rebekah Raussig
Review of “A Torch Against The Night” by Sabaa Tahir (Ember in the Ashes: Book 2)
Review of “brown girl dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson
Review of “The Light in Hidden Spaces” by Sharon Cameron
Review of “The Edge of Falling” by Rebecca Serle
Review of “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow” by Laura Taylor Namey
Review of “Starfish” by Lisa Fipps
This novel is a book for all ages. It does not need to just apply for YA. It is written in verse and beautifully tell a story about a young girl who struggles with how other people view her body image. This book is about a young girl who is Read more
Review of “Fangirl” by Rainbow Rowell
Oh wow! This book was good! 5 star easily from me. Cath and Wren are twins. Wren wants a little indepnedance from Cath when they head off to college. Cath is very much a loner only spending her time with Wren. So when she goes to college, she has no Read more
Review of “Inside Out & Back Again” by Thanhha Lai
WOW! A 5 star read for me! At first, I thought this book was for smaller children. But I was wrong; this book can be read by any age. It is a wonderful book of poetic verse about a young Vietnamese girl. The Story begins at the end of the Read more
Review of “Lily and Dash: Book of Dares” by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
I am giving this book a 3.5 to 4 star review. It was a cute read! Get ready because Netflix has the movie coming out for the holidays! Basically, a cynical young man (Dash) who hates Christmas happens upon a scavenger hunt through a book store which expands through NYC. Read more
Review on “Saint Anything” by Sarah Dessen
I am rating this book a 4-4.5 star review. There was just something about this book that I loved! It was my first book by Sarah Dessen and will not be my last. This book is about a teenager named Sydney. Her brother, Peyton, is the center of her parents Read more
Review of “Furia” by Yamile Saied Mendez
I enjoyed this book a lot! I am giving it a 3.5-4 star review. Camillia is a 17 year old living in Argentina. She has kept a secret from her parents- she plays soccer. Her dad is abusive and her mother is rather strict for only their daughter. Her brother Read more
Review of “Go Ask Alice” by Anonymous
This book was okay. I read it in one sitting. This novel reminded me of the scene in the TV show “Freaks and Geeks.” This scene is what this book felt like to me. Anyways, the plot is simple enough. It is a traditional diary form (1st person). The narrator Read more
Review of “Zac and Mia” by A.J. Betts
I am rating this novel a 3 star review. I wanted to read this book after hearing that it will be made into a TV show for Hulu. Basically, the story is about two teenagers with cancer. Zac has leukemia and Mia has Osteosarcoma . Zac is more laid back whereas Read more
Review of “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare
I am giving this book a 4 star review. “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare is the 1st book in the series of “The Mortal Instruments.” This is not my typical genre to read. But it held my interest, and I am shocked. It is well written novel. I had Read more
Review of “Leah on the Offbeat” by Becky Albertalli
I am giving this book a 3.5 star review. So I love the “Simonverse” novels! I really wanted to like this book as much as the others, but there was something about it that was flat for me. We are taken back to Alabama where we meet the “Simon gang” Read more
Review of “The Upside of Unrequited” by Becky Albertalli (Simonverse #2)
OMG I loved this book a lot! I am rating it a 4.5 star review! Basically, a novel about sisterhood, growing up, first loves, etc. It is about a girl who has a twin sister. She has never had a boyfriend, but her sister just started to date a girlfriend. Read more
Review for “A Summer to Die” by Lois Lowry
I am giving this book a 4 star review! Get ready to cry with this book. It gives you all the feels. It is about death, birth, and living. Basically, she is a young girl with a sister who is dying. You kind of learn all about the disease through Read more
Review of “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper
I am rating this book a 3 star review. Melody has cerebral palsy. The book follows here through her elementary school age and the struggles of going to school, making friends, communicating, etc. Melody is extremely intelligent and joins a quiz team. This novel is for middle school aged children. Read more
Review of “The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
I am rating this novel a 4.5 star review. Such a page turner. If you want a murder mystery but do not want to read a book about a cop investigating a murder (Blah) then this is the book for you. This book follows the rules of a classic who-dun-it. Read more
Review of “The Mall” by Megan McCafferty
I am giving “The Mall” is 3 star rating. I found the references to everything 90s to be constant and annoying. I should have counted how many time the writer refers to a store, product, toy, TV show, movie, etc. from the 90s but that would be more than the Read more
Review of “All American Muslim Girl” by Nadine Jolie Courtney
4.5 rounded up. I loved this novel a lot. I learned so much about being Muslim, living in America, and just her being a normal teenager. This novel had me looking up words in the dictionary! I love it when a YA novel is like this. Where you learn so Read more
“Let It Snow” by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle review
I would rate “Let It Snow” by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle a 3. 5 Star book. It was a cute holiday read with a blizzard and a lot of teenage love/problems. This is the perfect book to curl up with when it’s cold outside. I read it in Read more