The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak was not the book I was expecting to read when I picked it up. It popped up on my recommendations on an ebook hosting site, and I thought it sounded vaguely interesting, a good read to at least pass the down time at work, but I wasn’t really…
Review: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake
The title of this book, SUFFER LOVE, is taken from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” wherein Benedick and Beatrice fall in love despite or in spite of themselves. Though the play is a comedy – and this book does have some humorous lines – the book is by and far not a comedy. The parallel…
Editor’s Pick: Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Jeff Garvin’s SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN tackles the tough and timely topic of gender identity in a way that will captivate the reader, connect with the reader (especially the YA crowd) and ask us t revise how we view and (in some cases) make snap judgements about people. Riley is like so many teenagers today…
Editor’s Pick: Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
“Say What You Will” by Cammie McGovern Publish Date: June 3, 2014 | Publisher: Harper Teen | Pages: 352 | Buy it on: Amazon ~ Barnes & Noble John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern’s insightful young…
Editor’s Pick: Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho
“Althea & Oliver” by Cristina Moracho Publish Date: Oct. 9, 2014 | Publisher: Viking Juvenile | Pages: 384 | Buy it on: Amazon ~ IndieBound What if you live for the moment when life goes off the rails—and then one day there’s no one left to help you get it back on track? Althea Carter…