Reading One of Us is Lying was the result of a social media twist. I somehow started following Karen McManus on Twitter some time ago, and it’s been a kick to watch in real time as her book went from unpublished to New York Times Best-Seller. It’s a well-deserved place as she put together something…
Books We Adore: The Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so we wanted to share a review not of a Civil Rights-era historical novel, but a novel that explores many of the issues still facing the African-American community, and therefore should be of importance to all Americans. –Sandie Shhhh. Don’t tell…
Emergency Contact Giveaway & Love
Simon Teen is partnering with Teen Lit Rocks for an amazing Emergency Contact giveaway! I wish I could enter it myself, because I love Herschel Supply backpacks, and the branded pop socket is adorable. We get pitched blog tours and giveaways all the time, but we’re picky about which ones we do. But we have…
Review: The Bone Queen by Alison Croggon
Cadvan of Lirigon is running from his past. Once one of the most powerful Bards in Edil-Amarandh, he made mistakes in his arrogance and youth that unleashed an unspeakable evil on the world. Realizing his mistake, he helped to recapture the evil and accepted his banishment from the world of the Bards. But it turns out…
Giveaway: Mystery Box of ARCs
Hello everyone, long time no posts. I recently returned from the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference and realized we have loads of duplicate books. I’d like to send a box to a lucky reader, preferably to a media specialist, a fellow book blogger, or a teacher interested in starting or adding to their class library….
Favorite 2017 Books You Should Read in 2018
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know that January is half over and we should have posted this a month ago, but we figure it’s never too late to recommend some of our favorite 2017 books. If you haven’t read any of these yet, add them to your 2018 TBR list immediately! A Conjuring of Light by…
Books We Adore: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Trilogy
The To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before books are the first Jenny Han books I’ve read, and I have to admit I’m in love. I don’t know if I’ve read any other book that feels so real. Like the reader is peeking into Lara Jean’s life. There are so many mundane everyday moments mixed…
Editor’s Pick: The Suffering Tree by Ellie Cosimano
The Suffering Tree by Elle Cosimano Victoria Burns doesn’t want to be part of her new community any more than the residents want her there. She and her mother and brother were given the house by the town patriarch, Aloysius Slaughter, after his death, despite never having met him and having seemingly no connection to…
Heroines Who Rock: Nameless Queen from A Thousand Nights
Heroines Who Rock: Nameless Queen from A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston Who She Is: She is the daughter of a desert trader, and the younger, less beautiful sister to his firstwife. She is her village’s sacrifice to the demon king Lo-Melkhiin. She is the latest in the hundreds of wives who slake his thirst. But…
Editor’s Pick: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
John Green writes young adult fiction like few other writers can. His characters are witty, intelligent yet quirky and still very much teenagers dealing with everything that life throws at them. Turtles All the Way Down is very much the same and yet, very very different. Green has, in the past, skirted delicately around the…