Hello, Cruel Heart is Maureen Johnson's telling of Cruella De Vil's teenage years. It's a Disney story. Warning given.
Hello, Cruel Heart: a new Maureen Johnson story
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Before the round table with Cursed by Thomas Wheeler
I didn't know Cursed by Thomas Wheeler was adapted on Netflix or a King Arthur retelling when I started reading. Now I NEED to watch the series.
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Deathless Divide: a perfect sequel by Justina Ireland
The sequel to Justina Ireland's Dread Nation is here. In Deathless Divide, Jane fights zombies, delusional scientists, sexism, and racism.
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Ending the story with The Pretenders
I finally got a chance to read The Pretenders by Rebecca Hanover. It's the longed-for sequel to the science fiction YA novel, The Similars.
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Welcome to the blog tour: Lobizona by Romina Garber
Manu grew up hiding as an undocumented immigrant in Miami. Until she learns more about her story and that she is a Lobizona. Join me on the blog tour of Romina Garber's new book.
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My review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
It's taken 18 months but I've tried re-reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green to write a proper review. I couldn't finish it on a re-read. Here's why.
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My Long List of Impossible Things that can’t be done after a war
We imagine a war ending to be celebrations and champagne, but Michelle Barker's new novel, My Long List of Impossible Things shows that it's anything but.
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Who will you rely on in the zombie apocalypse? Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
More than zombies, Highway Bodies by Alison Evans is a story of dealing with death, friendship, battles, and ... zombies in Melbourne.
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Two best friends in Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall
Skylarking is Kate Mildenhall's debut novel and the story of friendship, love and loss growing up on a lighthouse island.
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Book Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Justyce is heading to Yale and has a promising future, once he navigates growing up black in Dear Martin by Nic Stone.
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The Boy Who Steals Houses – and stole my heart
In her second novel, CG Drews tells of Sam, The Boy Who Steals Houses. It's a powerfully-written story of homeless brothers and family.
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Dread Nation: I’d say zombies and Post-Civil War but it’s so much more
Dread Nation: A post-civil war historical novel, with added zombies. Justina Ireland has written a mostly historically correct novel.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
