Dread Nation: A post-civil war historical novel, with added zombies. Justina Ireland has written a mostly historically correct novel.
Dread Nation: I’d say zombies and Post-Civil War but it’s so much more
A semester of reading. Fluffy, non-academic reading
In among my grad school work it was a semester of reading fluffy books. These novels helped me get through my first semester.
Living with your family in a van in Roam by CH Armstrong
Abby is doing her best to start school afresh, and hide that she lives in a van with family in Roam by CH Armstrong.
Would you attend boarding school with your clone? The Similars by Rebecca Hanover
When six clones join Emmaline’s prestigious boarding school, she must confront the heartbreak of seeing her dead best friend’s face each day in class. Technically true but The Similars by Rebecca Hanover is much more complex.
A return to Weep in the Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Woohoo, the Strange the Dreamer sequel, Muse of Nightmares has been released. Laini Taylor's second book in the fantasy series is just as amazing.
Deogratias: a Hutu boy in the Rwandan genocide
The graphic novel of Deogratias by Jean-Philippe Stassen is released and tells the story of a teen boy in the Rwandan genocide.
Dear Evan Hansen: the Novel
Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen has been converted to a beautifully written novel by Val Emmich. It's deep, and dark: everything a musical isn't.
Reading Eleanor & Park for Banned Books Week
It's Banned Book Week so I'm reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: a story of laughter, tears, awkwardness, and young love, and loss.
Switching Places in The Pretender with Katie Ward
The poor girl from an abusive home switches with the princess struggling to understand her role in Katie Ward's The Pretender.
Living in a divided Germany in The House of a Thousand Eyes
Who can Lena trust in 1980s Berlin, when she's a cleaner for the Stasi and her uncle is missing? The House of a Thousand Eyes is a new novel by Michelle Barker.
What I Learned Reading Darius the Great is Not Okay
I learned new things about Persian culture, Iran, and Star Trek reading Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram.
Strange the Dreamer – My new favorite fantasy novel
An unseen city, a war orphan librarian, and a blue girl in the sky and his dreams. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is my new favorite YA novel.
Children of Blood and Bone: I don’t understand the hype
I suspect I would have liked the Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi if it wasn't so hyped. It's a good fantasy YA novel.
Fire Song: I read another beautifully written but brutally tragic novel
Grief, love, and life on a Canadian Indian Reserve in Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones.
Family, piano, and expectations in A Thousand Perfect Notes
Beck's mom wants him to be a world-famous pianist, at any cost. A Thousand Perfect Notes by CG Drews is a heart-breaking but inspiring story of family, friendship, ambitions, and mental illness.
The adorable Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
I finally read Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. It's an adorably cute story of love, trust, friendship, and self.
Building a new society in Aftermath by Meiling Colorado
Post-war is meant to be easier, right? Aftermath by Meiling Colorado is the story of a community trying to move on but things get in the way.
Can science win them back? Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein
Can science win them back? That's what Maya attempts in Chemistry Lessons: the new Young Adult novel by Meredith Goldstein.
Paper Towns, population: sometimes one.
How close do you really know the people around you? That's the question in Paper Towns by John Green in this YA novel.
First love and first loss with green cows in The History of Jane Doe
Dating the new girl in a small town means geeky nerd Ray finally fits in. The History of Jane Doe by Michael Belanger is Ray's coming-of-age with love and loss and life (and possibly green cows) in a small town.
