Lovely War by Julie Berry
Lovely War by Julie Berry I’ve been staring at my laptop screen for the last five minutes, trying to figure out how to even begin with a review of Lovely War. This book . . . it’s one of the best...
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer I am 100% a mood reader. Despite the fact that books and reading are such a huge part of my job, almost all of the reading I do is for fun, and I read...
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Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang One of my reading goals this year was to read more graphic novels. So when Dragon Hoops snagged a Printz award at the end of January and people were going nuts about how...
View ArticleA Cheat Sheet to the ALA Awards
A Cheat Sheet to the ALA Awards If I talk about a book, often I’ll mention if it’s won any ALA awards. Of course, if you don’t know about the ALA awards, this is kind of meaningless, so I thought it’d...
View ArticleSorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson I’ve mentioned before that fantasy is not my genre of choice (in fact, I had a few people send me messages about Sorcery of Thorns after I picked it for the July...
View ArticleBomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by...
Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal – the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Long ago I gave up giving books rankings because it was making me so insane, but if I WERE to give Bomb a...
View ArticleDefy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer One of my favorite books I read in 2020 was A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (if you haven’t read it, it’s a TERRIFIC retelling of Beauty and the Beast –...
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